Chapter 38 Planning 19

After pondering for a while, he finally drew the design draft of Bf109.

Although Bf-109 has various defects, what attracted him was the extremely simple production process of Bf-109.

Because of its simple structure, low cost and suitable for mass production, in the late war, when facing the bombing of the Allies that almost covered the entire country, and when many weapons and equipment could not be produced, it was still possible to continue to produce Bf-109 fighters. This can not but be said to be a miracle (Spain used it until the 1960s).

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

Yannick couldn't help but worry that if all Fw190s were to be produced, the production might not even reach 40,000. In terms of quantity alone, it was far behind others (Hurricane production 14,583, P51 Mustang production 15,586, P47 Thunder production 15,660, Yak 9 production more than 16,000, Spitfire/Seafire production 20,351), and it could not make up for the generation gap in performance, so the result was a dead end.

Moreover, the BF-109 was also a very advanced fighter in the early stage, and it was almost unbeatable. It was not until Merlin launched a high-horsepower engine to upgrade the Spitfire that the BF-109 began to struggle a bit. Although it was inferior in all aspects of performance, it could still fight.

On the Eastern Front, thanks to the chaos of the Soviet army after the Great Purge, when the war broke out, the Soviet Union was equipped with a large number of La-3 and MiG-1 fighters, but was almost destroyed by the German army. The Soviets' own aviation industry did not recover so quickly under the attack of the German army. It was not until mid-1943, when the improved versions of the Yak-9 and La-5 came out, that the Soviet Air Force was able to compete with the BF-109. And it was not until the La-7 fighter entered service in 1944 that the combat strength of Soviet fighters surpassed that of the German BF-109 fighter.

That is to say, the BF-109 developed in advance at this time could have been rampant for at least ten years. If it had been improved in terms of fuel standards, engines, and superchargers, it might have been able to remain strong.

After talking about fighters, we will talk about attack aircraft. "Attack aircraft need to carry out ground attacks with fierce firepower, mainly attacking the opponent's tanks and various vehicles. Since it is a ground attack, it must face various ground anti-aircraft weapons. Therefore, this type of attack aircraft needs good protection. At least it must be able to withstand the strafing of 20mm anti-aircraft guns."

The most powerful combat aircraft on land is 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 a wheeled armored vehicle. Since tanks are the "famous" "generals" of land weapons, is there a fighter in the air force that can compete with tanks in terms of power?

Looking around, the Soviet Union during World War II had such a fighter, which was specially designed to deal with tanks. This fighter was not only called "flying tank" by the Soviet army, but also "black death" by the German army.

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

On July 1, 1941, the Il-2 first participated in the battle in the Berezina River and Bobruysk area of ​​Belarus, showing strong attack efficiency and anti-destruction. From then on, the Il-2 became the backbone of the Red Army's ground attack aircraft and played an extremely important role in the Great Patriotic War.

Unlike contemporary attack aircraft, the armor of the Il-2 also constitutes part of the aircraft's load-bearing structure, making the aircraft very strong without adding additional armor plates to make the aircraft too heavy. The aircraft's armor can withstand direct hits from small-caliber bullets, artillery shell fragments, and shrapnel, and the pilot can calmly attack the target multiple times over the target area. Under the control of a skilled pilot, the Il-2 can also engage in air combat with enemy fighters.

Seeing that Yannick had no speed requirements for this aircraft and only needed a certain amount of ammunition protection with strong armor, everyone nodded in agreement without showing any difficulty.

"Everyone should know that when bombing horizontally with existing technology, the bomb has an initial velocity in the horizontal direction when it falls. Affected by gravity and air resistance, the flight trajectory is uncertain and the accuracy is not high. Even if thousands of bombs are dropped in one breath, it is not certain that the target can be hit. So I need a highly efficient bomber that can destroy the target with only one bomb.

In order to achieve this high-precision bombing capability, this aircraft must rush to the target from the air at a nearly vertical angle, drop bombs at an altitude of 500 to 200 meters, and then pull up safely. It does not need to have a particularly good climb, but it must focus on stability during a dive. In addition, it needs enough bomb load. I hope it can carry one to two tons of bombs." When everyone heard about the one to two tons of bomb load, Yannick added helplessly. "This bomb load is not a hard indicator, but it cannot be less than half a ton. This is the bottom line."

As for the last type, there are many models to choose from for twin-engine bombers. There are many excellent models from Germany, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and even France and Italy. After much deliberation, Yannick chose the DH98 Mosquito bomber from the British company De Havilland.

This bomber is known as one of the most successful aircraft designs during World War II.

First, the Mosquito is a fully wooden aircraft; second, the Mosquito is the most widely used twin-engine military aircraft in the world between 1939 and 1945, and only the German JU-88 can rival it. For the all-metal era, this aircraft seems to be outdated, but the Mosquito has achieved amazing results in World War II: nearly 40,000 sorties, 100,000 bombs, only 254 were shot down, and the loss rate was 63%, less than 1/3 of other bombers.

The Mosquito can bomb and fight. The light-loaded Mosquito without bombs exceeds almost all fighters on both sides in terms of flight speed. Four 20mm cannons and four 7mm machine guns constitute powerful firepower. The wooden fuselage is also difficult to reflect radar waves, which puts the German army in a dilemma of being difficult to detect, catch up, and defeat. Later, the Mosquito was equipped with radar, becoming an excellent night fighter, which is even more invincible at night.

After finally arranging the design task, Yannicksen breathed a sigh of relief and called Porsche when the meeting was over. "Dr. Ferdinand, please wait a moment."

"Your Highness Yannick, what do you want?" Yannick is now his boss. Because at the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz, Porsche insisted on developing a small car, but not only did he not get any support, he was also excluded by people for a time, and had to withdraw from Daimler. Just when he was discouraged and helpless, His Highness actually sent someone to ask him to be the chief designer and technical consultant. This means that his dream of a small car finally has a place to play, which makes him very grateful to Yannick.

"Dr. Ferdinand, I want you to design another tank over 150 tons." The super-heavy Maus tank in the original time and space was designed by Porsche as the chief designer. Unfortunately, during the final defense of Berlin, the Maus tank that was about to go to the battlefield broke down due to a malfunction and had to be blown up, but because the skin was too thick, it was not completely blown up. The wreckage was taken back by the Soviets for research and then exhibited in the Soviet museum.

Hiss! Porsche immediately took a breath and said in surprise. "You said 150 tons?!" I had no idea about the 15-ton tank that His Highness just mentioned, and now there's a 150-ton one?!

Yannick nodded very affirmatively. "Yes, it is 150 tons. The thinnest part of the armor thickness must be more than 50MM, and the thickest must be more than 220MM. The main gun is a 128mm naval gun, and the secondary gun is 75mm. As for the power, you can try to install the electric transmission system you designed. Anyway, the space of this tank is definitely large enough, so there is no need to worry about heat dissipation."

The German Tiger tank in the original time and space was originally bid by both Scheer and Porsche. The biggest creation of Porsche's Tiger is the electric transmission system, which was a very advanced transmission system at the time. Unfortunately, Dr. Porsche could not solve the heat dissipation problem of this electric transmission system, which caused the generator and motor to burn easily. As a result, it was naturally eliminated. The Maus tank is definitely a behemoth, and its weight alone is three times that of the Tiger tank, and of course the internal space is more abundant.

Seeing Dr. Porsche nod thoughtfully, Yannick added a sentence. "But don't put all your energy on this tank. I'm only using it to deceive the enemy. I'll only build a prototype at most." Looking around, the one who is most interested in this super tank should be the Soviet bearded man. I really hope he can order the construction of dozens or even hundreds of them at once.