My German Empire - Chapter 38:

After considering it for a while, he finally drew the design draft of bf109.

Although bf-1o9 has all kinds of defects, what makes his heart touched is the simple and extremely simple production process of Bf-109.

Because of its simple structure and low cost, it is suitable for mass production. In the latter part of the war, Germany was able to continue to produce bf-1o9 fighters when facing allied bombings covering almost their entire territory.

Until the end of the war, the total output of various types of Bf-109 reached more than 35,000, while the total output of Fw190 was more only than 20,000.

Wilhelm can’t help but worry that if only Fw190s are to be produced, the output may not even reach 40,000. It lags behind his enemies in total quantity alone (14,583 Hurricanes, 15,586 P51 Mustangs, 15,660 P47 Thunder, more than 16,000 Yak-9, and 20,351 Spitfire/Seafire).

Moreover, the bf-1o9 is also a very advanced fighter jet in the early stage, and it is almost rare to any opponents. It wasn’t until Merlin launched the high-horsepower engine to upgrade the Spitfire that the BF-109 started to struggle a bit.

On the Eastern Front, thanks to the chaos of the Soviet army after the Great Purge, when the war started, the Soviet Union was equipped with a large number of Ra-3 and MiG-1 fighters, and was almost beaten to the point of extermination by the Germans. The Soviets’ own aviation industry did not recover so quickly under the attack of the German army. Until the middle of 1943, when the improved Yak-9 and La-5 came out, the Soviet aviation could have the capital that rivaled the BF-109. The combat strength of Soviet fighters never surpassed the German BF-109 fighters until the La-7 fighters entered service in 1944.

In other words, the bf-109 developed in advance at this time can run rampant for at least ten years. If improvements are made to the oil standard, engine, and supercharger, it may still be strong even after ten years.

After talking about fighter jets, he was going to talk about attack aircraft. “The attack aircraft needs to attack the ground with fierce firepower, mainly attacking the opponent’s tanks and various vehicles. Since it is an attack on the ground, it must face all kinds of ground air defense weapons. Therefore, this kind of attack aircraft should have armored protection. At least it must be able to withstand a 20mm anti-aircraft gun.”

The most powerful combat power on land is undoubtedly the tank. The tank is a tracked armored combat vehicle with direct firepower, off-road capability and armor protection. It is the only land weapon that is more important than wheeled armored vehicles. Since tanks are “famous” “generals” of land weapons, is there a fighter that can compete with tanks in terms of power?

Looking around, there was such a fighter in the Soviet Union during World War II, which was born specifically to deal with tanks. This fighter was not only called a “flying tank” by the Soviets, but also called a “black death” by the Germans. “.

This was the famous Il-2 attack aircraft of the Soviet Union in World War II.

On July 1, 1941, IL-2 entered the war for the first time in the Belzina River and Bobruysk regions of Belarus, demonstrating strong attack efficiency and survivability. Since then, the Il-2 has become the backbone of the Red Army’s ground attack aircraft and played an extremely important role in the Great Patriotic War.

Unlike the attack aircraft of the same generation, the armor of the Il-2 also forms part of the aircraft’s bearing structure, and the aircraft becomes very strong, without the additional armor plate adding too much weight to the aircraft. The aircraft’s armor can withstand direct hits from small-caliber bullets, shell fragments, and shrapnel. The pilot can calmly attack the target multiple times over the target area. Driven by a skilled pilot, the Il-2 can also engage in air combat with enemy fighters.

Seeing that Wilhelm didn’t have any speed requirements for this aircraft, but only needed solid armor to protect a certain level of ammunition load, everyone did not show any difficulty, and nodded in agreement.

“Everyone should know that when using the existing technology to drop bombs horizontally, the bombs have an initial velocity in the horizontal direction when they fall, and they are affected by gravity and air resistance. The flight trajectory is uncertain and the accuracy is not high. So I also need a high-efficiency bomber that can destroy the target with only one bomb.

In order to achieve this high-precision bombing capability, the aircraft must rush towards the target from the air at a nearly vertical angle, drop the bomb at an altitude of 500 to 200 meters, and then pull it up safely. It does not need to have a particularly good climb, but it must pay attention to its stability when diving. In addition, it needs enough bomb load. I hope it can carry one to two tons of bombs. “Everyone was embarrassed when they heard the load of one or two tons of bombs, Wilhelm added helplessly. “The load of bombs is not the main point, but it cannot be less than half a ton. This is the bottom line. ”

As for the last type, there are quite a few models that can be selected for a dual-engine bomber. Germany, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and even France and Italy have excellent models. Wilhelm chose to pick the DH98 “mosquito” bomber of the British company De Havilland.

This bomber is known as one of the most successfully designed aircraft in World War II.

First of all, the “mosquito” is an all wood aircraft; second, the “mosquito” is the world’s most widely used twin-engine military aircraft from 1939 to 1945, and only the German JU-88 can match it. For the all-metal era, this kind of aircraft seems to be outdated, but the “mosquito” aircraft had surprising results in World War II: nearly 40,000 planes were dispatched, and only 254 were shot down. The damage rate was 0.63%, less than 1/3 of other bombers.

The lightly loaded mosquito without bombs surpasses almost all fighters on both sides in flight speed. Four 20mm cannons and four 7.7mm machine guns constitute powerful firepower. The wooden body is difficult to reflect radar waves, making it difficult for the Germans to detect. Later, the mosquito was also equipped with a radar and became a night fighter with excellent performance, which was even more invincible at night.

Wilhelm breathed a sigh of relief after finally assigning the design tasks, and stopped Porsche when the meeting ended. “Dr. Ferdinand, wait a moment.”

“His Royal Highness Wilhelm, what is your order?” Wilhelm is now his immediate boss. Because on the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz, Porsche advocated the development of small cars. Not only did it fail to get any support, it was also squeezed out by people and had to withdraw from Daimler. Just when he was frustrated and helpless, His Highness sent someone to ask him to be the chief designer and technical consultant. This means that his dream of a small car finally has its place, which makes him very grateful to Wilhelm.

“Dr. Ferdinand, I want you to design an extra tank of more than 150 tons.” The super heavy mouse tank in the original space-time was designed by Porsche as the chief designer. It’s a pity that the mouse tank, which was about to go to the battlefield during the final defense of Berlin, broke down due to a malfunction and could only be blown up. However, the wreckage was taken back by the Soviets for research and exhibited inside the Soviet museum.

hiss! Porsche was suddenly shocked and said. “You said 150 tons?!” The 15-ton tank that His Royal Highness mentioned just now gave them a headache. Now, a 150-ton tank? !

Wilhelm nodded very seriously. “Yes, it is 150 tons. The thinnest part of the armor should be more than 50mm, and the thickest should be more than 220mm. The main gun is a 128mm naval gun, and the secondary gun is 75mm. As for the power, you can design yours, and try installing the electric drive system. Anyway, the tank space is definitely large enough, so there is no need to worry about heat dissipation.”

The original German Tiger Tank was originally bid by Scheer and Porsche at the same time. The biggest creation of Porsche was the electric drive system, which was a very advanced drive system at the time. It’s a pity that Dr. Porsche couldn’t solve the heat dissipation problem of this electric drive system, causing the generators and motors to burn easily. The result was naturally a failure. The mouse tank is definitely a giant, and the weight alone is three times that of the tiger tank, and of course the internal space is more abundant.

Seeing Dr. Porsche Nodded thoughtfully, Wilhelm added. “But don’t put all your energy on this tank. I just want to use this tank to deceive the enemy. At most I will only build a prototype.” Looking forward, the one who will be most interested in this super tank should be the Soviet Union. I really hope they can order dozens of hundreds of vehicles in one go and waste their resources.