The two aircraft slowly approached the airport runway one by one and the other. At low altitude, they lowered their landing gears almost at the same time. The flaps of the aircraft were adjusted to the angle, and soon the landing gears of the two aircraft came into contact with the ground. The powerful impact force caused the aircraft to rise and fall a few times, but they still smoothly transitioned from the flight state to the ground to glide. Compared with the fw-190d fighter jets docked on the side, the appearance of these two aircraft looked a bit special.

Removing the hatch of the cockpit, a German pilot drilled out of his plane's cockpit. He proudly showed off to the ground crew members who were surrounding him, saying that he had shot down 11 Soviet fighters this time.

The engine of another aircraft has not yet been turned off, and the three-blade wide propeller is still rotating. However, after the plane has just stopped on the runway, ground crew members ran over to surround the new fighter. Waiting for the pilot to pull open the hatch, cheering sounds in the crowd.

"This aircraft is very fast and is very easy to control at high altitudes. It is very close to the performance introduced in the instruction manual." As soon as he climbed out of the plane, the pilot handed over the leather helmet and goggles to the ground crew who came forward to greet him, and introduced the test process to the engineer who rushed over with an anxious expression on his face.

He put one hand very high, and then signaled the staff to see his flight altitude: "We tried this altitude of 13,000 meters. The engine was still in good condition, the operation was normal, and the power output was very stable."

He said, thinking about it again, and then added: "The front end of the aircraft is too long and slightly affects the field of view directly below. Of course, I think this effort is worth it. This engine performs very well. Although it is a little more difficult than the fw-190d fighter when rolling, the other performance is much higher."

While telling the battle test process just now, several engineers around him were recording the performance of the aircraft in various flight states described by the pilot. They recorded it very seriously, after all, this aircraft was a carefully designed treasure they had over the years.

"This is impossible. When designing this engine, it emphasized the output power. After all, it is very difficult to fly a fighter jet to a speed of 700 kilometers per hour." The staff smiled embarrassedly, but still looked at the plane he designed proudly and added: "The vision problem cannot be improved, which is also a regret for us."

"In fact, the impact is not big. At the speed of this aircraft, no object can hide in the lower part of me for a long time." The pilot was obviously very optimistic about the aircraft and immediately spoke: "This is a rare and good aircraft. If we can equip this aircraft on a large scale, then no one will be our opponent."

This is indeed his heartfelt words. As a trump pilot with 25 records, he has flew the FW-190d fighter and also tried to fly the Italian-made Me-109c export foreign trade fighter. A few days ago, he also participated in the evaluation of the seized British hurricane fighter jets, so his words have high reference value.

The British hurricane fighter is generally a slightly worse aircraft than the German FW-190d fighter, so even if this aircraft can cause trouble for the FW-190d fighter, it cannot be better than the new German fighter that has just been in service. The intelligence sent back by the spy was that the Americans had just equipped the P-40 fighter a few days ago, and its performance was similar to that of the British hurricane fighter, which made the Luftwaffe very relieved. At least they have not been surpassed by others. Of course, not to mention the Soviet fighter jets, the improved i-16 fighter jets are not as good as the British hurricane, let alone challenging the new German fighter jets.

It can be said responsibly that this type of fighter design that is close to the peak is not comparable to those second-rate piston fighters at this stage. Because of Akado's secret suppression, the British Spitfire fighter jets are still missing, and the Soviet fighter jets are even behind. Therefore, the Luftwaffe can be said to be a hero, at least at this stage, there will be no real opponents.

On the other hand, another pilot was complaining to other staff members: "The weapon system of this aircraft is obviously not friendly enough for novices. The lethality of the 30mm caliber shaft gun combined with the 20mm caliber wing cannon is worthy of recognition, but the ammunition carried is very limited. Just now, we were forced to give up two Soviet fighters because of the ammunition problem. I think if we were newbies, we would not be able to shoot down 17 Soviet aircraft today."

"If it is to deal with active enemy fighters, two 13mm caliber machine guns are enough, of course, if it is 4, it will be better. Carrying more bullets is obviously more advantageous." He pointed to the plane and said, "This plane has a larger fuel tank, so the range is longer, and the time to stay empty is longer. If the amount of ammunition returns frequently, it will be a little bit more cost-effective."

Several staff members kept nodding, some recorded these problems in their notebooks, and some were drawing something on white paper with pencils. This fighter is the latest technology product of the Germans and is regarded as the ultimate improved model of the FW-190d. This aircraft was named Ta-152 in Germany, and the official code of the Air Force was called Ta-152d fighter.

As early as when the Luftwaffe was equipped with the FW-190d fighter and began to completely replace the original Me-109a fighter, the Folk Wolf design team began to develop alternatives to the FW-190d fighter.

Originally, this type of fighter was developed to increase the range of the FW-190d fighter. Because the Luftwaffe is preparing to mass-produce a four-engine long-range strategic bomber, which is later the Butcher bomber, a new long-range fighter that can provide long-range escort is needed.

Soon, the Ta-152 fighter with increased wingspan and engine power was taken out. This aircraft can fly 1,100 kilometers to perform escort missions without carrying an external fuel tank. If an external auxiliary fuel tank is installed in this aircraft, it can fly 2,000 kilometers to escort the butcher strategic bomber, completely solving the so-called short-leg disadvantage of the Luftwaffe.

However, then General Katherine Katherine, the current chief of staff of the Imperial Air Force, believed that the new fighter jets not only had the task of escorting bombers, but also had to be able to intercept high-altitude strategic bombers such as butchers. He was worried that because of the emergence of the butchers strategic bombers, other countries would be prompted to develop such high-altitude long-range bombers to attack Germany, so he ordered the new Luftwaffe next-generation fighter jets to have high-altitude interception functions.

So under this requirement, the Ta-152 was further strengthened and equipped with a more advanced engine, which increased the climbing height by 13,000 meters higher than the Butcher Bomber. In addition, a 30mm-caliber nose cannon and a 20mm-caliber wing cannon were installed for this fighter.

As a result, due to the requirements of this "magic modification", the design of this aircraft has been greatly delayed, so that the Butcher Bomber has been mass-produced and equipped with more than 300 aircraft. After bombing London, the capital of the British, this long-range fighter that escorted the Butcher Bomber has just completed the design and finalization work.

The German engineers who pursue perfection not only completed the design of this fighter in accordance with the requirements of the German Air Force, but also added an unexpected function: the engine of this aircraft can briefly increase the engine power by injecting special liquid mw50, and fly out an astonishing "unpredictable" speed of 740 kilometers.

After the reliability test, Akado reluctantly ordered the trial production of the Ta-152d fighter jet, so Wolf finally got the coveted order and began to produce the military's first new fighter jet order - 40 Ta-152d fighter jets. However, it seems that this kind of fighter jet can indeed be said to be the crystallization of German aviation industry wisdom. It has appeared just like the fw-190d fighter jet, making the fighter jets in service all over the world outdated.

20 produced Ta-152d fighter jets were sent to the Eastern Front for actual combat tests, 4 were sent to North Africa for special environmental adaptation tests, 10 were reserved for local air defense for use and deployed to the Berlin Air Defense Command, and the other two were transported to the French coast to participate in actual combat against the UK. The remaining four were handed over to the Navy to test the performance indicators of carrier-based aircraft.

Soon the results of the front line were transmitted back to Berlin. The TA-152d fighter jets achieved brilliant results in shooting down 19 enemy fighters, but no loss was made. This reminded the commanders of the Luftwaffe that they had just equipped the FW-190d, so the calls for mass production of the TA-152d fighter jets were rising and falling.

However, the news sent back by the Navy is not as good as the Air Force. Because of the long nose, the aircraft carrier take-off and landing of this type of aircraft is more dangerous than the FW-190d aircraft. In addition, the Navy has no good feelings for liquid-cooled engines, and they are more willing to equip air-cooled engines that do not require fresh water and are more reliable.

After all, the Navy Air Force does not have the need for the Air Force to "intercept high-altitude bombers", so the FW-190 Naval Fighter, which is capable and reliable, is more popular and favored by naval generals. Compared with the new fighter aircraft, the Navy Generals care more about the two aircraft carriers No. 7 and No. 8 being built.

The staff here are constantly recording the information feedback from the battlefield, and the pilots there are constantly making their opinions. For example, the Ta-152d fighter has increased its wingspan and the rolling performance has been reduced. The pilot recommends writing to the operating manual so that the pilots can better understand the performance of their aircraft. For example, installing hanging points on the wings of the aircraft to mount bombs to complete simple ground support tasks when performing patrol missions.
Chapter completed!