Chapter 1062 Tracer 1
Chapter 1062 Tracer 1
In a matter of tens of seconds, approximately hundreds of tons of munitions were detonated. Dozens of railway tracks, freight stations and marshalling yards were wiped out in the explosion, and this was just the beginning. The explosion also ignited a nearby granary. You must know that flour is also a high-energy explosive when the conditions are right! After hundreds of tons of flour in this granary were thrown into the air and then ignited by incendiary bombs, the fate of the entire city had been decided. With the help of the wind, the fire spreading from the northwest would eventually swallow up the entire city. City! This hub that provided supplies to the Seventh Army was completely finished!
"We seem to have done something big." The Lancer bomber squadron commander who lit all the fuses said with lingering fear as he looked at half the city that had turned into a sea of flames. He also didn't expect that a bomb would cause so much damage.
"Everything we saw was burning and exploding. The whole city almost turned into a city of sin that was destroyed by God's punishment in the Bible. We had estimated the impact of this air raid before departure. We might only be able to blow it up. Thirty percent of the supplies of the Russian army can paralyze this place for about a week at most. If you are lucky, it can cause 4-digit casualties. But now, we have discovered how powerful the Air Force is, like a demon released by Pandora from the magic box. It’s so terrifying. I hope God can forgive me. All this is caused by the hateful war.” After this battle, a German Air Force captain described the scene at that time.
Just when the bombing on the ground was reaching its climax, at an altitude of 4,300 meters, a special detachment was divided into six 4-machine formations and cruised around the battlefield. Judging from the painting of the aircraft, these aircraft should belong to the "Expert Second Squadron". One of the planes, with its nose painted red, is very eye-catching in the entire fleet. These guys, who look very similar to K-4 bombers, are performing a special mission, waiting for their prey to come to them.
From a technical perspective, these aircraft can also be called derivatives of the K-4 bomber. But it is different from the three-seat twin-engine bombers that perform bombing missions. Almost no weight of this aircraft is reserved for bombing! This twin-engine aircraft, numbered K-4M, was developed from the K-4J long-range reconnaissance aircraft. The latter is a two-seat aircraft. The last seat has been turned into a fuel tank to increase the range. At the same time, because it does not need to carry out bombing missions, the strength of the aircraft is slightly weaker. At the same time, all bombing-related parts have been removed, such as aiming devices and bomb hangers. rack and so on. After some improvements, this aircraft has the longest range among the aircraft currently participating in the war on both sides.
This K-4M aircraft, called Tracer, is a heavy-duty fighter jet based on the high-speed and long-range K-4J aircraft! Specifically used to hunt down some relatively solid aerial targets! Maybe some people immediately thought of the Russian Ilya four-engine bomber, but in fact, dealing with this Russian bomber was just a matter of Tracer. How could Prince Ruprecht, a time traveler, not know about those 3- and 4-shot aerial overlords in the middle and late stages of the first battle? Apart from anything else, the V400 and V1500 are existences that you cannot bypass. If you want to use an ordinary fighter jet to kill something as big as a B17, it is not that difficult!
When production of the K-4 bomber began,
Tracer has actually already started research and development. And now, when the Russian Ilya bomber appears, the first production model of Tracer has been delivered. The Russians are unfortunate, but at the same time very lucky, because they are the first and professional interceptor aircraft in the world. Countries that are fighting each other, and the misfortune can be easily explained, because these planes are designed to deal with giants in the air like Ilya!
These aircraft are not simply used as interceptors by adding two machine guns. Although in World War II, many twin-engine fighters were used to deal with various bombers, or simply twin-engine bombers were modified and used as interceptors, but in fact The difference between an interceptor and an ordinary fighter is still very huge, especially this K-4M interceptor. It is no exaggeration to call it the pinnacle of today's aviation!
Since you want to intercept your opponent, you need at least two things. First, you must be fast enough. The second firepower is strong enough! Increasing engine power is naturally the most direct and violent way to increase speed, but unfortunately, engine power can be increased just by saying you increase it? ! The current power system uses the same 250-horsepower Daimler-Benz engine as the ordinary K-4 bomber. However, the weight is slightly reduced. In order to make this aircraft have a higher speed, German designers have spent a lot of effort.
Because it does not have to undertake bombing missions, it is necessary to reduce the structural weight. At the same time, in order to reduce frontal resistance, the Germans finally turned to the wings. The length of the Tracer's wings is nearly 2 times shorter than that of the K-4. Mido! A new cowling was installed on the front of the engine. The entire body is also shortened and more like a spindle. After some improvements, the weight of the aircraft was reduced by 300KG compared with the empty weight of ordinary K-4 bombers. However, due to the increase in wing load, the hovering and landing performance are somewhat worse. But all these changes allow the K-4M bomber to fly at a high speed of 210 kilometers in combat mode! You must know that the maximum flight speed of the historical Fokker D fighter is about 180!
Although the engine power remains unchanged, this engine has undergone some changes after all. The biggest change is the optimization of the high-altitude section! On the engine, German engineers installed the first supercharger for an aero engine! Why couldn't airplanes reach high altitudes during World War I? On the one hand, the power is poor, and on the other hand, the air intake is insufficient. If you can increase the power, you can, but another way is to increase the air intake to improve the engine's working conditions at different altitudes. In fact, what is different from what some people in later generations imagined is that the pressurization device of the World War II aircraft was not only turned on at high altitudes, but was actually turned on during PK at medium and low altitudes. For aero engines, the amount of fuel injection is never a problem, the biggest problem is the amount of air intake.
After installing a very primitive supercharger, the maximum altitude of the K-4M bomber reached more than 4,500 meters! You know, this is about 1,000 meters higher than the flying altitude of most fighter jets and bombers today! In other words, theoretically, if this aircraft wants to cross the battlefield, except for being covered by the opponent's anti-aircraft guns, there is nothing in the air that can threaten their existence! Because you can't reach it!
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