Imperial Overlord

In June 1941, there was another piece of good news for Germany. Or, this month, there is good news for the Luftwaffe.

After more than two months of intense experiments, Germany's first practical single-engine jet fighter "Crow" officially began to be installed in the Air Force.

At the same time, another kind of fighter jet has also entered service in the Luftwaffe sequence. This kind of fighter jet is Dr. Tank's proud super piston fighter TA-152!

Let's talk about Germany's Raven fighter jets first. In fact, in real historical time and space, Germany had the opportunity to be equipped with jet fighters earlier.

It is a pity that Hitler, after watching the ME-262's flight performance, decided only by his own will that he had no confidence in its air combat capability.

Nor did Goering insist on persuading Hitler, and he himself had no interest in changing the fighter formations in service in the Luftwaffe.

As a result, the Fuhrer then insisted that all Me-262s be converted into bombers, and even issued an order of the Fuhrer signed by him.

In this way, the Luftwaffe's plan to mass-produce this new jet in the second half of 1941 to defend against Allied air raids fell through, just for an order of the Führer.

Because in 1941, the bombing of Britain was becoming increasingly unfavorable, and the Fuhrer hoped to use the ME-262 to carry out "unstoppable bombing" of the United Kingdom.

In order to cater to the Führer's foolish wish to drop a few bombs from the aircraft, the entire production line of the ME-262 aircraft had to be reconfigured.

The Me-262 itself was designed for fighters and interceptors, but it became a pilot's nightmare after starting a ground attack on Hitler's orders.

In the beginning, dive bombing was carried out to improve the hit rate, and many aircraft disintegrated in the sky because of the shock; the squadron commander later had to order horizontal bombing in order to save the plane - as a result, the hit rate was greatly reduced.

Who in Germany dared to defy Hitler's will and make the most of it? - The consequence is that all me-262s are equipped with bomb pylons, as if bayonets are attached to cannons.

Li Le is not Hitler. Although he looks exactly like Hitler, he is not the real Führer after all.

It's just that he, the head of state, will not use an excellent fighter to do bomber work.

Therefore, in the absence of interference, the German jet fighters will of course be brought into service ahead of schedule.

The terrifying Raven, an air killer similar to the F-86 fighter! Its flight performance is faster than all the active fighters in the world, and even faster than the TA-152 fighter that Germany has just equipped with.

The pylon on its belly can mount the auxiliary fuel tank, which allows it to have a larger combat radius. Because of the increase in speed, the combat radius of the Raven fighter is almost double that of the ME-109E fighter!

In addition, this fighter also has an absolute advantage in flight height, it can intercept B-17 bombers, which is one of the purposes of its development!

Goering wanted the Luftwaffe to have high-altitude fighters capable of intercepting American B-17 bombers, a hard indicator for Ravens.

The Luftwaffe does not want to use piston fighter jets and American bombers to fight head-to-head at an altitude of 10,000 meters. This kind of consumption is unbearable for the German executives.

The birth of the crow ended this worry: the crow can dive down at an altitude of 14,000 meters and intercept American bombers at high speed. At the same altitude, American **** fighter jets would be as bulky as bricks.

In comparison, at this height, the crow can also do some conventional fighting moves, which is already an advantage that is enough to be called a sky-defying advantage.

It can be said that the TA-152 fighter was developed almost together with the Raven fighter, and the two were almost in service together.

It can be said that if the Raven fighter represents an infinite future, then the TA-152 fighter represents the highest achievement of the piston fighter.

In fact, in addition to the combat performance of this fighter at low and medium altitudes, it is better than the crow, and its performance is slightly behind.

But the rare thing is that this kind of aircraft has a very big advantage, that is reliability! In terms of failure rate, the TA-152 is much, much better than the Crow.

Although German scientists and engineers have racked their brains to improve the engine and make a fuss about the material as much as possible, the jet engine is still a new product, and the low reliability is a problem that cannot be avoided.

Whether in the past or in the future, the jet engine is a precious piece of equipment, unable to maintain good attendance in the harsh field environment.

This is reflected in the fighter, which is the problem of attendance. Only 500 of 1,000 planes can take off and fight, which is a nightmare for commanders.

It is necessary to know that the plane that cannot take off does not need to be parked there. It also needs to be transported and repaired, and it needs special personnel to maintain it. The daily consumption is not much less than that of take-off operations.

Because of its low reliability, the Luftwaffe did not intend to use the Raven fighter jets for its ace pilots. Instead, the Luftwaffe executives preferred to train novices to fly jet fighters.

The famous TA-152 fighter has become a new weapon issued to German ace pilots!

Li Le's plan is that the TA-152 fighter will be the standard vehicle for German ace pilots before the jet fighter is fully mature.

After the jet fighter is fully mature, Germany will fully enter the jet fighter era.

After all, most of Germany's current opponents are still outdated I-16 fighter jets!

You know, after using some British technology and burning high-quality fuel, the TA-152 fighter can achieve a top speed of 750 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 9,000 meters.

This speed exceeds all the aircrafts in service in various countries~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is only slower than the jet fighter Crow.

The TA-152 fighter jet equipped with a large-caliber cannon is the leader among similar aircraft in terms of attack power and speed, and those aircraft that are comparable to it in history are still on the drawings.

The P-40 fighters equipped by the United States and the Zero fighters equipped by Japan are completely unable to compete with it.

Even the ME-109 and FW-190 fighters, which are the most equipped in Germany, are not as good as the TA-152 fighters.

Whether it is the Raven or the TA-152, it is the best fighter of this era. In June 1941, the Luftwaffe began to field both types of aircraft at the same time.

At a time when rivals did not have even one such aircraft, the Luftwaffe had two of them all at once.

If you count the night version of the ME-262, the three fighters of the Luftwaffe have fully surpassed their enemies. Moreover, the gap between the two sides has been large enough to control the air to the point of defeat.