Imperial Overlord

German fighter jets are divided into two factions, one is represented by the me-109e fighter jet, which takes a flexible and gentle route.

When the me-109 fighter was designed, it was a harsh design to reduce its own weight as much as possible. This is a bit like Japan's Zero fighter, which is a system design project.

In this case, a whole fighter aircraft is designed by systems engineering, that is to say, how the engine is integrated into the aircraft design as a design.

The advantage brought by this is that the aircraft can give full play to the biggest technical advantages of the aircraft itself at the beginning of its design and several minor modifications after that.

In other words, including the Zero and me-109 fighter jets, many of the Axis aircraft were born this way.

At the beginning of their birth, they were stimulated to their greatest potential, surpassing the enemy's weapons in performance, forming a terrifying quality advantage.

Another route is the fighter faction that was born on the basis of the engine represented by the fw-190.

Because the me-109e fighter takes up a lot of water-cooled engine capacity, the fw-190 fighter can only use air-cooled engines as its power system.

The design of the entire aircraft can be said to be designed around the engine. The reason is that the production capacity of the jumo and the db engine is insufficient, so only the bmw air-cooled engine can be used.

This makes the nose of the fw-190 very thick, completely different from the slender Spitfire and the me-109e.

But such a fighter jet designed around the engine brings the advantage of accumulating experience that can quickly adjust the aircraft design according to the engine.

In fact the advanced fighters of the later period of the war, including today's various advanced jet fighters, were based on designing the airframe around the engine.

The fighter designed in this way has a lot of room for improvement and more stamina for development. This is also the main reason why the German fw-190 fighter eventually developed the ta-152.

Of course, there are many ways to improve engine performance. For example, the use of high-grade gasoline can immediately increase the combustion ratio of aero-engines.

The British Merlin engine is actually an engine that takes the regular route and gradually surpasses the ultimate success.

On the contrary, the German db engine has reached the extreme in the crooked way, and finally persisted to the last example because of Germany's strong industrial system.

As for the Zero fighter, which is familiar to many people, it is a fragile cherry tree built by Japan using special material technology and overall design ideas under the premise that its domestic industry is not strong.

The Merlin engine came to the end and became the most famous engine in the world because the route it chose was the most orthodox and safest development path.

The db engine was barely supported to the end, and halfway through, it was passive because its performance could not surpass its opponents, because Germany used its precision machining advantages to force its life to continue...

The Zero fighter collapsed on the way, and the reason for losing everything is actually very simple: it took a wrong road without strong industrial support.

Because of this, in the German fighter system, Li Le is most optimistic about the fw-190 fighter series, and the subsequent successor is almost the ta-152.

After all, among the industrial products of the apocalypse in Germany, only the ta-152 fighter jets are left with the ones that can compete with the Allied fighter jets.

As for jets, it must be done, and it is also a must-have technology. But in the important 41 years, it is obviously impossible to count on that kind of magical artifact.

Of course, Li Le knew that Germany would even be able to fly the me-262 in 43 years if they did not spare any expense, but this kind of aircraft also has no long range, even shorter than the me-109 fighter jet.

This "airport defender" is useless to the attacking Germany, and it is also a tasteless product for the defense!

why? With the size of Germany, it can only continue to expand its own heritage in the attack, and finally defeat those powerful opponents.

Once the war becomes stalemate, what about the German heritage, let alone the me-262, the mig-15, f-86, or even the more advanced mig-17 and f-100?

Even if the United States exchanged 100 planes for you, it would be enough to force Germany to surrender voluntarily.

On the contrary, he just found a weapon that really suits Germany's national conditions among the many doomsday technologies in Germany, and accelerated the production within 40 years.

For example, there are not many advanced technology Stalker tank destroyers at all, but a real artifact that has been ignored by everyone!

A battalion of rat tanks cannot defend the entire Eastern Front, but a division's stalkers can keep the Eastern Front for more than ten days - this is the qualitative change brought about by quantity.

In the same way, putting 100 me-262s on the front line, and 300 ta-152s, are completely different concepts. The former can scare the air force of the other side, but the latter has the opportunity to regain air supremacy on the battlefield!

While Germany was working hard to equip stg-44 assault rifles, a large number of iron fist rocket launchers, and mass production of Stalker tank destroyers, the Luftwaffe was obviously not idle.

They improved their fw-190 for two generations and finally formed a terrifying combat capability. At this time, the Luftwaffe has been equipped with a full 500 fw-190a fighter jets, participating in combat operations against the United Kingdom.

Combined with more than 1,000 me-109e fighters, the total number of fighter jets in the British Air Force is still less than a fraction of the German fighter jets.

Although more than 300 German aircraft were shot down in the continuous bombardment of the British mainland, the morale of the entire combat force was still high.

After all, they also shot down more than 200 RAF fighter jets and blew up the UK's industrial areas to rubble.

The he-111 bomber had been discontinued by Goering himself because of its unsatisfactory performance in the war.

This is the advantage of having a professional Air Force commander like Goering - he can analyze the problem himself, and without Li Le intervening too much, he can make many correct decisions.

Replacing the he-111 bomber is the Junkers ju-88 multi-purpose bomber, which is obviously more advanced and can be converted into aircraft with other functions to continue use when appropriate.

The ju-88 can be said to be the most widely used aircraft produced by Germany during World War II. It can not only be used as a bomber, but can also be converted into a night fighter, a transport aircraft and a sea attack aircraft.

It can carry a variety of weapons such as torpedoes and bombs, and even provide partial reconnaissance for the Navy. How comprehensive is this aircraft? Comprehensive to almost omnipotent.

"The work of developing a new fighter has already reached the stage of drawing demonstration." Dr. Tan Ke assured Li Le and Goering at the working meeting.

The head of Juncker also said that his company was able to complete the design of the new multi-role mid-size aircraft.

And Dornier, another company that produced bombers, was not idle either. Li Le gave them an order that made Goering sound crazy.

"Yes, develop a four-engine long-range strategic bomber! We can have no such aircraft, or we don't need such aircraft for the time being, but we cannot do without research and reserves in this area!" Li Le said.

While throwing the development report on the German bomber on the table, he said: "We may bomb distant enemies in the future~www.wuxiaspot.com~We need strategic bombers with a huge bomb load!"

"Maybe 1,000, maybe 2,000, it will take us to gain a firm foothold in the Middle East." He confidently stated his plan.

In Li Le's view, if Germany needs a complete strategic air defense network, it needs at least more than 7,000 active fighter jets, and another 7,000 aircraft support.

Goering never dared to imagine such a huge army. When Li Le told him that the empire needed about 15,000 fighter jets, Imperial Marshal Goering almost regarded Li Le as a lunatic.

However, with the development of time, the Luftwaffe gradually summed up its tactics in the bombing of Britain, and finally found that what Li Le said might be true.

In order to cope with the possible air counterattack from the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and even the German mainland must prepare at least 3,000 aircraft to face it.

In the same way, Germany is a continental country and needs to face the threat from the Russians, and at least 3,000 or even 5,000 aircraft must be reserved for combat.

If it includes the defense of other places, the aircraft stationed in North Africa and other military heavyweights, Germany's equipment of 12,000 aircraft may not be enough.

In the process of bombing Britain's continuous dispatch of aircraft, the Luftwaffe has mastered the technology of large-scale air force formations and accumulated experience in using bombers.

Goering is even fantasizing in his mind now that 1,000 four-engine bombers, or even more four-engine bombers flying over the enemy's heads overwhelmingly, is such an enjoyable spectacle.

Of course, in real history, unknown to him, Goering had seen this scene with his own eyes, the sight he saw in despair as American and British bombers flew over his head.