Chapter 360 Haiphong Port (Part 2)
This aircraft is Germany's strongest fast long-range delivery tool at present. In the plan of the head of the empire, on the basis of this aircraft, it will develop stronger, newer and more efficient improved models in the future, becoming an indispensable and important force in Germany's intercontinental strategy. ∈◆, In this era, due to technical constraints, countries have not yet developed the concept of strategic air transport, and Xu Jun is determined to let Germany be ahead of everyone.
bv222 still has great potential to explore. Blomfoss Company can guarantee this, and Xu Jun also has many special ideas to prepare to use this giant aircraft as a platform for testing. The current performance indicators of this aircraft have exceeded the historical prototypes. Because he is worried that excessive structural changes will affect the speed of finished product production, Xu Jun did not directly come up with the final improved drawings, but chose the basic standard model after the technology is fully mature.
Bromfort did not disappoint him, especially after learning that Xu Jun took over the position of head of state, he devoted all the most elite forces in the company to this project. They tried to use this method to win the favor of the new head of state.
The company's upper-level thinking is very clear. So far, most of Bromfos' performance is based on the good relationship established by the company's senior management and the Hitler Nazi Party. Otherwise, why would so many old shipyards in Germany only focus on his?
Now the company's future is firmly tied to the German tank. If you want to maintain the increasingly fierce naval ship market, you must make achievements that the new head of state can confirm, so that the new head of state can change the house smoothly. So this is the case with u1001 and bv222. Bromforth spent all his effort to create the best products to prove that he really has the strength worthy of the head of state and the empire.
In the end, they did succeed and were recognized by the head of state. Not only did they get a large number of orders for new U-boats, but they also signed a manufacturing contract for the latest first-class heavy cruiser with the Navy. Some shipbuilding experts under the company were also absorbed into the technical research and development team of the Imperial Navy's new aircraft carrier. In the eyes of the company's senior management, this represents a super luxury order comparable to the Bismarck. Thinking about the profits involved, it makes people covet it.
The BV222 seaplane that appeared over the sea defense was the No. 3 of the four initial versions made by Blomfoss. To put it directly, this is a prototype. She sent her to Asia with the purpose of conducting a series of experiments. The data obtained in actual use will affect the improvement of subsequent models.
Xu Jun believes that this kind of aircraft has a very large use in Southeast Asia. The colonial islands in the South China Sea are far apart, and many areas lack airport runways and ancillary facilities. However, these islands are surrounded by the sea on land, with empty and peaceful harbors and rivers as dense as spider webs. In this place, seaplanes are the fastest and most convenient means of transportation.
What Xu Jun values most is that the amazing range and load capacity of the bv222. After replacing the new engine, the maximum speed of the aircraft has increased to 360 kilometers per hour. This transport aircraft can carry an payload of 18 tons at a time, and the space in the cabin can carry 96 fully armed soldiers or 64 stretchers.
Because of the application of new materials and structures, the aircraft's self-weight is effectively controlled, and the range is therefore increased to 5,600 kilometers accordingly. If it is installed in the sub-oil tank, it can reach an extreme flight distance of 7,400 kilometers. This is enough to fly back and forth from the east coast of the Indian Peninsula to French Indochina. If it is based on Singapore, the range of this aircraft can easily cover the entire South China Sea colony. If it is deployed to Australia, its range can cover the entire Southwest Pacific region, and both military and civilian have great development potential.
During a short stop in Mumbai, the local British Royal Navy felt completely incredible that the huge aircraft could take off directly from Cairo and cross the Arabian Sea along the Red Sea across the Gulf of Aden. The entire journey was more than 5,000 kilometers without rest and pauses. Not to mention that in addition to more than 20 German officers and soldiers, the aircraft also carried more than 30 British and Indian officers stranded in Cairo and five tons of urgently needed medicines from the local area.
This amazing record made the British very interested in this magical aircraft. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom has even proposed cooperation intentions to Germany. Their existing Sunderland seaplanes are indeed very excellent, but they are completely difficult to match the Viking behemoth in terms of range and load. The British wanted to order three aircraft for trial evaluation first, and directly asked whether the Luftwaffe could have a few aircraft for the British in the products they ordered in the early stage.
The plane took off from Mumbai and made a short stop in Singapore, unloaded some British naval personnel with a shuttle, loaded with a batch of supplies that the French Indochina German contingent was urgently needed, as well as a group of British military officers stationed in Myanmar who returned to the team after their leave in Singapore.
Then the plane took off from Singapore, flew north along the Malay Peninsula, and finally landed outside the Bangkok Port, in order to familiarize the crew with the most important port and base in Southeast Asia. After unloading the British officers there, everyone rested in the Bangkok Port for a night, and took off from the port in the early morning of the next day to start the last flight. The originally planned destination was Saigon, but because the mission had moved to Tokyo (Hanoi), the end was changed to Hai Pang Port.
The bv222 spent most of the time along the coastline and even crossing part of the Thai territorial waters. On the way, two Thai Air Force Boeing 218 fighters were attracted. The two brightly painted birds wanted to come and chat with each other. After the Thai pilot saw the huge iron crosses and the lined machine gun mounts, he never dared to continue to get closer. After flying sneakily in the distance for a while, perhaps because the range had reached the limit of the Boeing fighter, the other party retreated voluntarily and the two sides broke off contact.
"The ground report channel has been cleared, sir." The radio reported to the captain through in-flight communication.
"There are enough open water for us to land. My only concern is the sandbar hidden underwater. It is located at the estuary and the siltation will be worse than elsewhere." Major Oheim held the rudder pole firmly with his left hand, freed up his right hand and placed it on the throttle pole.
"The speed of 200 kilometers is 19180," the co-pilot loudly reported the parameters.
"Pay attention to the height and stabilize the rudder." Major Oheim's tone seemed very relaxed. Except for the fact that it was indeed going well, he did not want to put too much pressure on his subordinates.
"The height is five hundred, the speed is one hundred and six." The co-pilot reached out and held it on the flap joystick.
The plane has reached its critical speed of landing. Under the technical conditions at that time, after this type of seaplane entered the final landing procedure, its state was almost irreversible. Looking out from the cockpit window, the slightly turbid sea surface in Haifang Port was rushing towards the plane quickly, and the white waves stirred up on the sea seemed to be within reach.
"Put down the flap." The captain ordered.
"Let the flap down." The co-pilot quickly pulled down the joystick and then replied loudly.
"Stay speed, contact" Major Mannheim said before he finished speaking, the huge fuselage shaking suddenly, and all the items on the tabletop were not fixed.
The solid fuselage began to shake regularly, and the passenger door could clearly feel the strong sense of slowing down. The safety belt on the waist tightly tied the body, firmly fixing the crew members on the aviation seat.
Major Oheim was very skilled. The plane was very light and steady when entering the water, without bounce or deflection. The huge bv222 was like a speedboat, galloping forward rapidly in the channel of Haifang Port. All the speed plates were opened, the accelerator began to close, and the speed of the plane slowly dropped. After gliding for a kilometer, the huge German seaplane finally stopped steadily, with a camouflage fuselage of dark green and gray green, floating steadily on the calm sea outside Haifang Port.
"It's finally here, our destination." With the help of the crew members, Captain Binz Horn opened the hatch door at the back of the fuselage. He stood at the entrance of the hatch door two meters above the water surface, stretched out his arms and took a sip of the air with the smell of sea water.
"It looks like other cities, that's our ship." Captain Stoffenberg took out his telescope from his leather hood.
"Which?" Captain Horn asked.
"It's the one with a submarine parked beside it. Alas? The group of people above are waving to us." Stauffenberg held the telescope with one hand and stretched out of the cabin with the other hand and waved it to the other party.
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