The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"I have no choice!" Qin Chuan shook his head helplessly.

Qin Chuan is not talking nonsense, but until modern times, no country has used rocket-powered fighter aircraft. This also means another meaning: after actual combat and demonstration, people found that it is not suitable for use on aircraft, especially jet engines. After rapid development and increasing thrust, which allowed the aircraft's flight speed to exceed the speed of sound, there was no room for the development of rocket-powered aircraft.

In other words, Germany's efforts on ME163 can only be said to be a brave attempt, but attempts always carry the risk of failure... To be precise, if you continue to try, the price you pay may be higher. many.

"We do need another aircraft!" Qin Chuan continued.

"What plane?" Conrad, who was originally disappointed, couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

"I said it before!" Qin Chuan replied: "Just like FA330..."

"Major!" Hannah interrupted Qin Chuan with laughter: "I remember my promise, but now is not the time to talk about this!"

"Hannah is right!" Conrad spread his hands and agreed: "That is a glider powered by a submarine, but we don't have any submarines here at all, and of course there is no FA330..."

"I'm not referring to FA330!" Qin Chuan looked at Hannah and said, "Sorry, Hannah, what I said is exactly the right thing. Of course, I'm glad you will remember your promise!"

"So, what are you talking about?" Hannah asked in surprise.

Qin Chuan raised his head towards the Caucasus Mountains, which towered into the night sky in the distance, and said, "Have you seen this mountain? The highest peak of this mountain range is 5,642 meters. The mountain is covered with snow all year round and is very cold. I want to protect it... The biggest problem is that it’s difficult to get supplies up there.”

After a pause, Qin Chuan continued: "So, we need an aircraft like the FA330, which can take off and land vertically and land in a small space, so that we can easily bring ammunition supplies to the soldiers stationed on it. Do you know what this means? This means that no enemy can break through this natural barrier!"

"We have such a plane!" Conrad replied.

"Really?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised, but he didn't know this.

"Yes!" Conrad nodded: "It's called Fi282. It can take off and land in an area of ​​4 meters by 4 meters. Because it can hover in the air, the soldiers gave it the nickname 'Hummingbird'! We use It is used for reconnaissance by the navy, and a small amount of equipment is also used by the army for artillery shooting!"

Hearing this, Qin Chuan understood that it turned out that Germany used helicopters as hot-air balloons... In the past, naval reconnaissance and army artillery used to release manned hot-air balloons into the sky. The Japanese army even used reconnaissance balloons during World War II. .

This is such a waste of natural resources, the helicopter is just used for reconnaissance balloons? !

"But you may be disappointed, Major!" Hannah said: "The lift of Fi282 is insufficient, it can barely carry two people into the air!"

Hannah was a test pilot, so of course she also studied Hummingbird.

"Yes!" Major Conrad said: "And it is not suitable for combat. The enemy's anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, etc. can easily shoot it down, let alone the enemy's fighter jets!"

Qin Chuan was not surprised by Conrad's words. People in this era did not realize the importance of helicopters until the Americans used them on the battlefield for the first time in the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

"These are not problems!" Qin Chuan replied: "Look at this, there are no enemies here in the Caucasus Mountains, so there will be no threats from enemy anti-aircraft guns and machine guns!"

"How to solve the lift problem?" Hannah asked.

"The lift of one engine can lift the weight of the aircraft and two people. What if we install two engines for it?" Qin Chuan said: "Then it can even lift a cannon!"

"Two engines? That's impossible!" Conrad laughed: "Where do we install it?"

"Put it on two arms!" Qin Chuan stretched out his hand and used the fingers of both hands to make a propeller rotation... The modern American Osprey helicopter has this kind of double helix structure.

Conrad couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded and said: "Good idea, Major. A very good idea. In this way... we can easily bring ammunition, supplies, and even artillery and jeeps to any mountainous area with complex terrain. , the only requirement is to open up a landing field of more than ten square meters! This will bring great help to our mountain operations!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"There is still something to gain, isn't it?" Conrad said excitedly: "Although it is not enough to make up for the failure of ME163, it is still a surprise... It's great. Sorry, Major, I have to say goodbye!"

With that said, Conrad flew towards the jeep like a child who found candy, leaving Hannah and Qin Chuan behind.

The two sat down on the beach, and the afterglow of the sunset cast a shadow of each other on the beach.

"Isn't the injury serious?" Qin Chuan asked.

"I was actually in bed for four months!" Hannah replied.

Qin Chuan looked at Hannah in shock.

"Don't look at me like that!" Hannah laughed: "I'm fine now!"

Later, Qin Chuan realized that things were far from as easy as Hannah said...

During this test flight, the landing gear of the ME163 piloted by Hannah got stuck, and she was forced to land on the belly of the aircraft.

During the landing, Hannah suffered facial injuries and fell unconscious on the spot.

Hannah spent four months in hospital receiving treatment and eventually made a miraculous recovery. In the hospital, she also did something that surprised the doctor: when she was still suffering from headaches, in order to be able to fly again as soon as possible, Hannah actually climbed up the big tree at the door to exercise to restore her sense of balance. .

"Why didn't anyone tell me this?" Qin Chuan said.

The four months Hannah was in the hospital were probably the same period when Qin Chuan went home on vacation.

"I told them not to do it!" Hannah said.

"But you're already unconscious!"

"Before the coma!" Hannah said: "I found a pen and paper. You know, the most important thing about the test flight is this. I forgot a little about the situation at that time. Others told me that I used the The sketch was described and the words 'Don't tell Frick' were written on it!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned.

He knew that Hannah had not thought at the time that she was just in a coma or even recovering. She was worried that she would die in the line of duty and could not inform others of the results of the test flight, which meant that she was ready to sacrifice.

And at this last moment, Hannah was still thinking about Qin Chuan.

"Why should I let you know?" Hannah said in Qin Chuan's ear: "You are in no less danger than me on the front line!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, this was life during the war years.