Chapter 425 ME262

Back in time by half an hour.

It is tens of kilometers away from the Amal oil field.

A long runway is not conspicuous in the desert, and the small buildings are painted like the desert. If you don't look closely, you can't recognize it at all, especially if you look at it from the sky. It just blends in with the sand dunes.

Here is the secret military research base set up by Germany in Libya. The original Panther tank project was launched from here, and now it is an important military research base in Germany.

On the runway, a specially shaped aircraft is preparing for takeoff.

From the outside, this plane is different from the previous planes. The biggest difference is that there is no propeller!

Judging from the size, it is the size of a fighter jet, and the nose of a normal fighter jet should be huge. After all, the engine is installed there, and there is a propeller extending forward.

But what about now? The nose is not big and looks very smooth, and on the wings on both sides, there are two cylindrical things hanging.

Somewhat similar to the twin-engine layout, this cylindrical thing is not a piston engine, it is the most precious thing of this aircraft, a jet engine.

It's a jet!

There are many differences from the propeller aircraft of this era. For example, its wings are swept back, which enables it to reach greater speeds than straight wings, and it has three-point landing gear.

At this time, beside the plane, a tall Germanic man was patrolling the plane left and right, with pride on his handsome face.

He is the designer of this plane, Willie Messerschmitt, and this plane is already his greatest pride! This is the world's first jet to enter the final flight test phase!

This aircraft, the ME262 fighter jet, was almost identical to the historical one, except for the swept wings. The time is a few years earlier.

Messerschmitt was very excited.

The success of the BF109 fighter has given Messerschmitt a very high reputation. This fighter was years ahead of other countries and left Britain far behind. When the BF109 was flying in the sky, nothing was his Unable to cope.

Because of this credit, Hitler commended Messerschmitt. The biggest reward was to change the name of the Bavarian Aircraft Manufacturing Company to Messerschmitt Aircraft Manufacturing Company.

Therefore, the previous aircraft models were named after BF, and the new aircraft were named after ME! This is the initials of Dr. Messerschmitt.

(A reader has a big question in front of me, isn’t it ME109? How did it become BF109? To be precise, the Bavarian Aircraft Factory was renamed in 1938. Before, it used BF, and after that, ME, so BF109 is not Incorrect.)

However, the BF109 did not dominate for a few years. Later, with the support of the Navy, the FW190 came out. This fighter with a high-horsepower air-cooled engine surpassed the BF109 in performance.

At that time, Messerschmitt was very unwilling. He wanted to continue to improve the BF109, so that the performance of this fighter would surpass the opponent's. However, then, under Cyric's suggestion, he changed his plan.

Piston fighter jets are about to reach the limit of performance. Due to the limitation of the propeller, the speed of the aircraft cannot be too high, especially the speed of sound cannot be exceeded.

If you want to fly faster, you need a jet! And Messerschmitt, the next focus will be on the development of jets!

It's not impossible.

Historically, as early as September 1937, Germany's first turbojet engine was designed by Professor Hans-Joachim-Pabest-von Ohhein of the University of Göttingen.

After that, von Ohhein went to work in Ernst Heinkel's company, and on August 27, 1939, the world's first aircraft to fly entirely on a turbojet engine made its maiden flight.

At the same time, the Brandenburg engine factory is also making jet engines, this place is abbreviated as BMW (not BMW).

The biggest difference between this scheme and O'Hain's design is the use of axial-flow compressors. Such an engine has a smaller cross-sectional area, and at the same time, the rotational speed is low at the same thrust output, which is the current industrial foundation. the most suitable solution under the conditions.

Now, with Cyric's crossing, these technologies are also several years ahead of history. Several companies in Germany are working hard on jet engines, as well as the high investment of the Imperial Aviation Department as the basis.

Last year, Junkers' Jumo 004 turbojet, which stood out from the competition of several engines, was selected by the Imperial Aviation Ministry as the power for the next generation of jet aircraft, and the current ME262, on both sides of the wing The huge engine is this jet engine.

In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, the aircraft was tested at the base in Libya, where the space is vast, even if it crashes, it will not cause accidental damage and cause leakage.

Every test flight is one step closer to the ideal. The current aircraft has entered the final stage. After flying for a while, it can be finalized and slowly delivered to the Air Force.

Beside Messerschmitt, test pilot Fritz Wendell, dressed in full flight gear, was ready to board the plane for a test flight.

The weather in Libya is very hot, and Wendell didn't say much. After waving to Messerschmitt, he climbed the gangway and entered the bubble-like cockpit to prepare for takeoff.

Just then, suddenly, a signal soldier hurried over and shouted loudly: "Emergency, emergency, please stop the test flight immediately, the British bombing is coming soon!"

The long-range alert radar, after discovering the British bomber formation, immediately sent the alert to everywhere, including the base here.

The British are about to bomb. For the sake of safety, the test flight has been suspended!

Hearing this, Messerschmitt was stunned for a moment, and then, a bold idea came to his mind: "Reload the plane immediately! This time, we can just beat the British guy!"

This aircraft has entered the late stage of the test flight, and has also been equipped with weapons, but it has not loaded bullets. Now it is loaded immediately, just enough to catch up with the interception!

"However, General Albert told you to stop the test flight," the signal soldier said.

"Go to his Albert, I am directly responsible to the Führer." Messerschmitt said: "Get away from me!"

This is a great opportunity! , Messerschmitt is already eager to try.