Rudolf von Heinsberg Hersmann, dressed in the uniform of a major of the German Naval Aviation, and his good friend, Val T.
Novotny, who also holds the rank of major of naval aviation, followed Natalie Lesinskaya into the office of the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht.
"Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal" The two young men saluted, then stood straight across from Hersmann's desk.
"Sit down."
Hersman beckoned to the two of them to sit in the chair across from his desk.
"Valt, have you flown the 262T" Because of Rudolph's relationship, Hersmann and Novotny knew each other very well, and after Rudolf returned to Germany, he was a frequent visitor to the Hersmann family.
Novotny sat upright in his chair and replied, "Flew by." ” "How does it feel?"
Hersman asked.
The 262T series is a carrier-based version of the 262, and it was designed to allow the Type 262 jet aircraft to board the aircraft carrier.
This would have been a difficult goal to achieve, as carrier-based jets require large thrust-to-weight ratios, and the 262's JuO004 engines do not provide sufficient thrust.
The project took a turn for the better.
Because after testing the British's Rolls-Royce RB23 Wieland 1, Rover's Derwent 1 and De Havit's H1, the three most advanced British jet engines are all test models, Germany's jet engine technology has made a qualitative leap, and the British have also obtained the engines of Yumo, BW, Henschel and the large amount of cash they urgently need, in fact, this is a technical exchange that has benefited both parties a lot.
Soon, Yumo upgraded its engines with some of the technology it had acquired from the UK, introducing the JuO004E jet engine, which increased its thrust to almost 1,220 kilograms while having little difference in weight and fuel consumption from the JuO004B.
This breakthrough made it possible to design the carrier-based version of the 262T, a prototype of which was assembled in late October 1943 and flown by Majors Novotny and Tilfeld.
"It was a great aircraft with a lot of thrust and it should be able to take off from an aircraft carrier with the help of a hydraulic catapult and an elevation flight deck."
"But it's not easy to land on it, and it's going to be very fast, and if you can't pull the blocking cable in time, you're going to have a big accident." ” The beveled flight deck is still a secret, and neither Novotny nor Rudolph knows about it.
"There's already a way."
Still keeping it a secret, Hersmann did not tell Novotny what was going on, but instead changed the subject, "Walt, Rudolph, the Naval Aviation Command and you have told you about helping Japan train jet pilots."
"Yes, it's just" Novotny seemed a little puzzled.
"Just ask any questions."
Hersman said.
"It's just that we don't have many jet pilots of our own," Novotny said, "shouldn't we train our own people first?"
Due to a lack of urgency, the Luftwaffe and Naval Air Force are still not officially equipped with the 262 or any other jet.
Therefore, there is no large-scale training of jet pilots, which is very expensive, 262 is a tiger swallowing oil, flying for 1 hour to burn at least 2 tons of aviation kerosene.
According to the calculation of 100 hours, at least 200 tons, if you want to train 5,000 jet pilots, at least one million tons of refined aviation kerosene will burn 1 million tons is actually far from enough, because the training elimination rate of jet pilots is not low.
Moreover, the fuel consumption of 5,000 commonly used 262 daily training flights and mission flights will also be an astronomical figure.
The current Luftwaffe and naval aviation simply could not afford it.
Therefore, Hirschmannken helped the Japanese train 180 "Silver Reaper" missile pilots, and in fact, 400 of them were trained, which was really a bloody investment, and more than 80,000 tons of aviation kerosene alone were burned And after these 400 people have completed their training.
Not only can Japan get 180 missile pilots, but it can also get up to 220, which is actually certainly not that much, because there will be some people who fall to their deaths to fly jet pilots.
This figure is likely to exceed the number of jet pilots that Germany itself has.
"Our jet pilot training is also underway," Hersman pointed to his son, "Rudolph didn't get his jet certificate."
While attending a short-term training course at the Port Kiel Naval Academy, Rudolph was trained to fly jets and was certified to fly jets in early October.
Because he learned some Japanese during the Pacific Theater, he was able to communicate with Japanese pilots.
So he was selected to work as an instructor at the Brandenburg Jet Pilots School, and Novotny is now Rudolf's boss and the principal of the Brandenburg Jet Pilots School, of which Rudolf is the vice-principal.
Hersman went on to say, "The reason why progress is not fast is because there is no need for this at the moment.
The FW190 is enough for the battlefield, and there is no need to equip a large number of jets for the time being.
The E262 is not fully mature, and the other jet models are also not fully mature.
And the Japanese pilots were not going to fly jet fighters like the 262, but this silver Reaper suicide missile. ” Hersman handed a photo of the "Silver Grim Reaper" to Novotny, "This is this missile, designed by the Henschel company and produced by the British company Rolls-Royce." ” Henschel and Volkswagen are now Germany's two largest missile producers, the former consisting of the HS293 and the Fritz X, and the latter with the V-series missiles.
However, the missile factories of both companies are now working overtime and are not having much rich production capacity.
So Henschel, who got the order, subcontracted the production of the "Silver Reaper" project to Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom.
"Japanese pilots would fly these missiles to ram American warships," Hersmann said, "and it was the responsibility of the Brandenburg School to teach them how to fly missiles."
Wehrmacht Honorary Captain Hannah Reich will also enter the Brandenburg School, she is the test pilot of this missile, and she will teach you instructors first.
He looked at Novotny and Rudolph, "Do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal."
Novotny and Rudolph replied at the same time.
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Shortly after Novotny and Rudolph left Hersmann's office, Natalie Lesinskaya brought two more Japs, Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Vice Admiral Yoshitoshi Tokugawa.
The latter was the leader of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps and was the first pilot in Japan to take to the skies.
In addition, he is also a nobleman with a head and a face, and he is the head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family.
Well educated and fluent in English, German and French.
The E264 unit is managed by him.
After several months of training, 58 of the 84 units have passed the assessment, Germany is not Italy, there is never a 100 graduation rate, and 15 of the remaining 26 units must undergo extended training and make-up examinations.
There was also one crew member who was at the bottom of the exam because of his test scores, and the captain and co-pilot committed suicide by seppuku because of shame.
Both are now being treated in the Luftwaffe Hospital However, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi did not come to discuss with Hirschmann today whether to send another crew to Germany for training, he came to say goodbye to Hirschmann.
E264 bomber.
"Why are there 42 264 planes going back to Japan with Vice Admiral Tokugawa," Hersman was a little surprised, "but these planes have not yet completed the modification of carrying the Silver Reaper, and the crew has not been trained to do so." ” "Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal," replied Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, "these aircraft do not need to be modified in this regard, for they will soon be on combat duty. ” "Combat mission" Hersman asked, "Is it the Aleutian Islands?"
"Yes."
Hasegawa Kiyoshi replied.
In fact, these 42 264s will be used to drop ceramic bacteriological bombs on the West Coast of the United States, but this is a secret to Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Tokugawa Yoshitoshi.
"Is it going well on the Aleutian Islands side?"
asked Hersman again.
The battle for the Aleutian Islands began on October 9 and continues until October 30, Berlin time, but Hersmann has not received much information about the battle.
"So far, it's going well."
Hasegawa Kiyoshi is actually the same as Hersman, and he doesn't know what happened to the Aleutian Islands front, so he can only be vague.
"Oh."
Hersman knew that the other party was perfunctory, but he didn't ask any further, but said to Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, "Since you have decided, then we will cooperate, and 42 264s will be maintained by the factory for the last time."
The E264 will also be accompanied by technicians from Metschmidt when it arrives in Japan, who will assemble the 262 aircraft and teach the maintenance of the 262 and 264. ” t1706231537: