Chapter 135: 135 Trust
At the same time, in London, England, in the Vix Hughlmarin Aircraft Design Company, a group of RAF commanders were also frowning at the news they just received.
"Information from France." An air force intelligence expert looked at his colleagues around him and spoke: "In Spanish air combat, the performance of the most advanced fighter jet of the Soviet Red Army's Red Army's I-16 has completely surpassed the Bulldog fighter jet that our army is using, which is not good news for us."
"I think about developing future fighter jets now? It's too late!" An air force pilot sighed and complained: "What did you do earlier? A few years ago, we created a GC fighter jet (nicknamed cockfighting), but we didn't have any funds and equipment. We finally produced several aircraft and sold them to the Japanese."
"Yes! A few years ago, our chief designer Michel returned to China on a military transport ship. She disappeared at sea and was unknown. It was the damn German who took action!" An aircraft engineer interrupted.
"Okay! Don't talk further and further! We are very sorry about the disappearance of Michel designers. But now we are discussing how to deal with more and more air threats." An air force colonel knocked on the table, his expression obviously strange: "Also, don't mention that shit cockfighter again. The problem we are discussing next is not something that old biplane fighter can solve."
"It is obvious that the Soviet advanced fighter i-16 appeared over Spain. This very fast fighter made all our planes obsolete, but this is not the main content of the meeting today. The main content is that the i-16 fighter suffered heavy losses over Spain!" The air force intelligence personnel saw that everyone was quiet and continued to introduce the information in their hands.
"Oh God! You mean the Soviet I-16 fighter jet that was said to be able to fly 186 miles per hour was defeated? Italian planes?" an aircraft designer asked in disbelief.
British intelligence officers pressed a photo on the table, and there was a blurry shadow on the photo, but obviously this shadow could still see many characteristics, such as the slender fuselage, the closed cockpit, and the monoplane structure: "Franco's National Army used a super fighter that we had never heard of, and it defeated the Soviet i-16 fighter very easily and completely."
The intelligence official said: "The information obtained by the spies we deployed in Germany is not very detailed. It is just mentioned that several German companies jointly developed a new fighter, named after the Messmit Company, and the official code is the me-109 fighter."
He paused, pointed to various parts of the plane in the photo and continued: "This aircraft should be a fully metal structure, with a fully enclosed cockpit, and its aerodynamic performance is very terrible. According to our intelligence team in Spain, and our people in Franco, ours said that the speed of this German aircraft has exceeded everyone's imagination, and many people say that this aircraft has a speed of more than 250 miles per hour."
An air force fighter pilot looked at his colleague in horror, his voice changing a little: "This is impossible! No aircraft can fly as fast as possible! Even the new fighter pre-research project led by Michel does not have this flight speed."
The intelligence officer snorted and then returned to his solemn tone and answered his question: "I'm sorry to tell you! This speed is true! Because we also have spies in the Republican air force, they confirmed the existence of German fighters from another aspect! They said that this fighter has a speed of at least 250 miles per hour! It's only a lot!"
"My God! You mean, now the Soviet Union and Germany have fighter jets that we cannot match? And one of the fighter jets can't even do our technical reserves?"
"In fact, the development of the new super fighter was seriously dragged behind because of the disappearance of Michel designer Michel. Now we have two fighter solutions, one is the Fearless Fighter solution with all-round rotating turrets, and the other is the Navy Dapeng Fighter solution. The designs of the two aircraft are similar, and the performance is comparable to that of the Soviet i-16 fighter jets." An air force technical official frowned and said: "But we need time to experiment, and we need time to deploy and produce these aircraft."
"Test flights of these two aircraft now! I will have all the relevant data to achieve mass production before the end of the year." The Major General of the Royal Air Force, who had the highest rank on the spot, finally set the tone for the discussion: "These two aircraft will be produced immediately next year! The Royal Air Force will purchase 500 aircraft per model."
"In addition! Even if Chief Designer Michelle is gone, you should continue to develop a brand new future fighter jet for the Royal Air Force!" He stood up, walked to the blackboard on a wall in the conference room, and picked up a piece of chalk: "The Royal Air Force requires future fighter jets, which must have a speed of 300 miles per hour!"
He wrote a number "300" on the blackboard with chalk, and continued: "Having a fully enclosed cockpit can allow the plane to fly higher altitudes! In addition, a single-wing structure must be used! Do you understand?"
"Yes! Sir!" Everyone stood up and stood attentive.
"Dear designers and manufacturers, I know that you always develop aircraft to provide us with choices, but now is an extraordinary period, so I have to change some of the traditions we continued before! I hope you can understand!"
"No problem! We support the decision made by the RAF!" several designers and merchants nodded.
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General Bolauchic, the German Wehrmacht General Headquarters, is looking through the Army expansion report this month. In a top-secret cover printed, it records important achievements of Germany's expansion of the Wehrmacht Army in the past two months.
In recent days, the German Army has received 70 heavy artillery produced by Krupp, with a caliber of 150 mm. These cannons are the largest caliber among the weapons used in Germany at this stage. They can strike targets 20 kilometers away with new shells. They are definitely world-class artillery weapons.
If we add the 28 trucks, 41 tanks provided by Mercedes-Benz, more than 5,000 G43 semi-automatic rifles produced by various factories, and 12,000 recruits - then the process of German expansion in the past two months can be described in the two words "perfect".
In fact, his strength is enough to scare the British and French. The total number of the National Defense Forces is close to 1 million. It owns the largest number of cars and motorcycles in the world, and is equipped with a total of 2,700 tanks and armored vehicles of various models.
In addition to the 30 me-109a fighter jets transported to Spain to support Franco, the Air Force has deployed 110 of these aircraft in its own country. Based on the experience in Spain, the staff have improved the me fighter jets produced later, slightly increased the fuel tank inside the aircraft, and installed two general hangers under the wings - they can hang secondary fuel tanks or small bombs.
The Air Force Commander-in-Chief Catherine has another ace in his hand. This month he received 17 ju-87 dive bombers named Stuka by Akado. This aircraft designed specifically for attacking the ground has given the not-so-large Luftwaffe one more function: attacking enemy ground targets.
Of course, if the German army has basically recovered its vitality and the German air force is constantly growing, then when it comes to the German navy, the changes this month are enough to be described as earth-shaking.
In the shipyard in Kiel, Germany strengthened its vigilance. In the several large docks farthest from the civilian area of Kiel Port, shipbuilders began to weld the huge hull in segments. This shipbuilding plan, code-named "q-1a(h)," built the first aircraft carrier in German history, and two were built in one piece.
These two ships were highly expected by the naval generals and will become the only strike force in the German naval surface ship formation that can challenge enemy warships in the future. They will become the core of the two German naval formations.
All this was carried out in an orderly manner in the head of state's plan. Germany, a huge war machine, had been operating efficiently and was ready to fight to cleanse its own shame. Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Blauchic's mouth: these equipment were designed by the head of state and the military, and had not been tested by actual combat. It seemed powerful, but it was really unsure.
In fact, some of the army's equipment is now effective after actual combat inspection, and the Air Force is so happy that it will wake up in a dream. However, because the Navy has no actual combat inspection, many generals doubt the development direction formulated by the head of state, but they are still tremblingly developing the weapons and equipment designated by the head of state.
Major General Gascoll of the intelligence department knocked on his unclosed door: "Lieutenant General, we have just destroyed a spy organization affiliated with France and captured four main personnel. They tried to steal our fighter drawings and were caught by the Gestapo. What do you think?"
"Have you asked where the embassy?" Blauchici put down the documents in his hand and asked.
Gascole nodded and replied: "Yes, our diplomats contacted their embassy, and the French were still the same. They did not recognize any spy activities, and these people were 'not in existence' in France. So they let us deal with it."
"Then let's deal with it as before! Send it to the concentration camp and produce socks!" said Bolauchic.
"Yes! General!" Gascoll turned around and walked out.
"Gascole..." Blauchichi suddenly asked, "Do you believe everything about the Head of State?"
"Of course!" Gascoll replied without thinking: "He is God's gift to the German people! I will follow him until death."
Chapter completed!