During the 1930s, there were still great misunderstandings about the use of the Air Force.

For example, in most of the views, it is more cost-effective to attack ground targets, and using ground troops is too expensive and more dangerous.

Therefore, in this era, although most aircraft are bombing, they generally carry out strategic bombing from high altitudes, and the target does not have the ability to counterattack. And when it is necessary to solve high-value point targets, dive bombers are usually the first choice.

The Spanish Civil War was a test site for new weapons. Germany brought its weapons to Spain for testing. In addition to weapons, they also had their tactical ideas.

The Stuca bomber became famous in the Spanish Civil War. This dive bomber is quite threatening to ground targets.

Moreover, in addition to dive bombing, there are new discoveries, such as the armed version of Henschel HS123 and cannon Henschel H112, which have also been verified, indicating that even if the aircraft does not use bombs, it is a highly efficient weapon. It can sweep the ground targets, which is a special ground attack aircraft!

The experience of the Spanish Civil War prompted the Luftwaffe to agree to develop an aircraft that plays an offensive role, and eventually signed a contract to develop a new "attack aircraft".

And the final manifestation of this contract is the current hs-

This is simply an invention that has a profound impact. The specialized A-10 attack aircraft of the United States in later generations can be said to be completely inspired by the HS-129.

It's exciting enough to think about it. This special attack aircraft, which fires wildly at an ultra-low altitude of dozens of meters, can be equipped with large-caliber aviation cannons and machine guns, and at most a few bombs as ingredients, can turn any target on the ground into a slaughterhouse!

It is so difficult to resist it. This kind of aircraft is simply an armored aircraft. Unless it is a shell hit directly, machine gun bullets or shell fragments are tickling for it, fighters and anti-aircraft guns are not sure about it, and they are even more unmanned for ordinary ground targets.

This kind of aircraft is a flying tank!

At the same time, its design starts with protection. If you want to sweep across the ground and show your majesty, it also has special needs.

On the battlefield, the plane suffered damage from the ground mainly from rifles and machine guns, so it is necessary to thicken armor around the cockpit and engine, and the windshield is also made of 75mm thick bulletproof glass.

Because it is necessary to fly at low altitudes and use a machine gun to directly shoot the target on the ground, the cockpit should be as close as possible to the nose so that the pilot can see the ground. At the same time, this kind of aircraft has another requirement, although it is not a technical requirement, but it determines the success or failure of the design plan: the Imperial Aviation Department requires that this kind of aircraft can only be equipped with "unimportant" low-power engines not used in other design plans, so that this kind of aircraft will not exclusion the fighter jets and bombers listed as the main production force.

In later history, many statements are that the HS-129 was stimulated by the Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft. In fact, the research on this kind of aircraft began after the end of the Spanish Civil War, but after being stimulated, the development was accelerated.

But now, with Cialis traveling through time, everything is different. As long as the projects supported by Cialis can of course be developed quickly. At the same time, Germany has better conditions than in history, which also makes the development of this aircraft smoother.

In comparison, the dual-engine HS129 has higher survivability than the single-engine Stuka, and the speed, ceiling, range, armor and ammunition load of the HS129 are higher than that of Ju-87g. It can be said that this aircraft surpasses Stuka in all respects. You should know that Stuka is still a fixed landing gear and does not have armor protection.

However, it is precisely the dual release of hs129, heavy armor protection and large firepower that makes the hs129 cockpit particularly narrow and poor flight maneuverability.

These advantages and disadvantages are shown on the Air Force's HS-129, but this Navy aircraft has improved the disadvantage of poor maneuverability.

It's very simple. The hs-129 has poor maneuverability. In addition to armor, there is another factor, which is the engine. The Air Force's hs-129 uses a 14m type 14-cylinder air-cooled engine with a single power of 700 horsepower.

The Air Force's demand for aircraft quantity is urgent, and it is impossible to squeeze out the production of other aircraft for such special ground attack aircraft, and for the Navy, this is no problem.

Now, the Navy Air Force only has a few hundred aircraft in total. After this attack aircraft was attracted by the Navy, it first replaced the low-power engine.

What to change? Almost the same as the one used in the fw190, the 14-cylinder dual planetary air-cooled engine bmw 801!

For the Navy, using the same engine can effectively reduce maintenance issues, and the types of accessories can be greatly reduced. Moreover, it doesn’t matter if it is a little extravagant. Anyway, there are only a few aircraft on board now, and even if the subsequent equipment is successively carried, the total number will not exceed one hundred aircraft.

This engine can output 1500 horsepower in the early model, and after being used on the hs-129, it was optimized and reduced to 1200 horsepower, which is mainly based on the compromise between reliability and fuel consumption.

The higher the horsepower of the engine, the better the natural performance for the aircraft, but the premise is to sacrifice other aspects, the most important thing is life and fuel consumption.

For example, a small QQ engine can output 500 horsepower after being modified by an engineer, but it will be scrapped in an hour.

After changing this new engine, the disadvantages of the hs-129 due to thick armor and other factors were eliminated, and the maneuverability was greatly improved, which made the Air Force envious.

The Air Force cannot afford it, nor can it bear it.

Now, this aircraft has just been developed, and there are only a few of them on board. This time, it is their first actual combat flight, and it also means to test the performance of this aircraft.

At this time, in the narrow cockpit, the pilot Lieutenant Steinkamp was making preparations before takeoff in an orderly manner.

If you look at it from the outside, the cockpit is actually not small, the width is the same as that of a fighter jet, but when you get inside, almost everyone has to curl up, because of armor protection.

The first thing to protect is of course humans. This ground attack aircraft specially designed an armored protection like a bathtub. The pilot almost sat on the bathtub. In this way, all kinds of shells shot from the ground can be blocked.

At the same time, this bathtub also deteriorates the pilot's environment. Large bathtub means heavier armor, so the smaller the bathtub, the better, which makes the space inside very limited.

These are not the places where Steinkamp complained. When I heard that even the British pounding cannon could not penetrate his bathtub armor, as a pilot, of course, I was the happiest.

It's a little smaller and acceptable.

On the wings on both sides, the engine was started one after another, and the good front view allowed him to skillfully aim at the take-off runway.

It's his turn!

The accelerator was fully opened, the brakes were loosened, and the hs-129 attack aircraft was slid and ran away from the warship. Before reaching the front of the deck, it was already pulled up!

Using two BMW engines is simply a luxury and a waste! This is the result of compressing power. If you use the latest 2,000 horsepower model now, it would definitely be even more amazing!

Attack, attack!

While the Earl Zeppelin was launching the carrier-based aircraft here, another Adolf Hitler was also launching the carrier-based aircraft.

Both warships have the maximum load capacity, each equipped with 72 carrier-based aircraft. Now, each aircraft carrier has 5 FW190s left for fleet air defense, and the rest of the carrier-based aircraft are all released!

More than 130 carrier-based aircraft rushed towards Scapa Bay less than 200 nautical miles away.

The Air Force fired the first shot, and their navy ended in the past, so it must be beautiful! None of them can be kept!
Chapter completed!