ALL NOVEL Chapter 579 Bomber
The Greenland Air Force Base was brightly lit, and several large bombers were being pulled to the take-off point by tractors.
This is the latest ME264D high-altitude bomber produced by Germany.
This bomber pursues the ultimate high-altitude flight performance. It uses a large amount of chromium-nickel-manganese super-hard aluminum alloy to reduce the weight of the fuselage. It is equipped with four 2,000-horsepower liquid-cooled engines, plus a new four-blade propeller and a new turbine. Supercharger, the ceiling reaches an astonishing more than 14,000 meters.
Currently, no fighter jet can climb to this altitude to fight. Even at the end of World War II, only the TA-152 fighter jet could barely reach this altitude; the U.S. P51's maximum ceiling was only 12,700 meters.
Even if the ground air defense forces' large-caliber anti-aircraft guns exceeding 100 mm can shoot to this height, they have almost no accuracy and are not something to be afraid of.
In other words, the ME264D high-altitude bomber is very safe at this altitude. For this reason, this bomber has even canceled all self-defense weapons and is not equipped with even a machine gun or a turret.
After the tractor left, the ground crew brought a power supply truck to help start the engine.
In World War I, and even early in World War II, aircraft engines required ground crews to push hard on the propellers to start the plane. When the propeller obtains sufficient rotational inertia kinetic energy, the decompression device opens the exhaust valve. After closing the exhaust valve in the next compression stroke, the fuel injector injects oil into the cylinder. As the piston continues to compress, the temperature and pressure in the cylinder gradually increase. , the gas will burn to produce thrust, pushing the engine to continue rotating, and the engine will complete the starting process.
As aircraft engines become more powerful and have more cylinders, manual starting becomes more and more difficult. Especially a cold start when the oil is condensing is half-dead for the ground crew.
For this reason, engineers began to think about new methods that were more time-saving and labor-saving. Soon, various methods such as "electric starting method", "compressed air starting method", "inertial starting method", and "gunpowder starting method" came into being.
Germany adopts the electric starting method, which is efficient, convenient, safe and environmentally friendly. However, the energy density of the battery is low and the capacity is small. The battery pack that can drive the aircraft engine is too large and heavy to be installed on the aircraft. It can only be used with an external battery trailer, and there are many sets of batteries connected in series in the trailer, which has many restrictions.
Fortunately, the development of science and technology during the war was rapid. It will not be long before the German Air Force can use the "APU auxiliary power unit" to reduce its dependence on ground power supply equipment.
The huge propeller of the four-engine heavy bomber slowly rotated, and as streams of black smoke spewed out, the engine was started smoothly.
Daniel checked the instruments and reported to the tower. "Tower, Black Hawk Squadron is ready, requesting takeoff."
"Permission to take off, I wish you victory!"
Daniel pushed the throttle lever to the maximum, the engine roared, and the propellers on both sides turned faster and faster. The plane began to glide forward along the runway. When the pointer on the speedometer pointed to the take-off speed value, Daniel pulled the control lever hard, and the bomber's heavy body slowly left the ground and began to climb upwards.
One hundred meters, two hundred meters, five hundred meters, one thousand meters... The altimeter already shows ten thousand meters. In this era, this is already the ceiling of many high-altitude fighter jets.
The first officer said very excitedly. "Haha, we will be the first bomber to bomb the mainland of the United States. We will definitely scare those ungrateful Americans."
"It's a long voyage." With their flight speed of 450 kilometers per hour, it would take at least ten hours to reach the mainland of the United States. Moreover, they did not fly directly to the mainland of the United States. They had to go to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, for a tour first. What's interesting is that this trip to Ottawa was not to drop bombs, but purely to scare them.
In order to ensure sufficient flight range, each of their planes only carried 3 tons of special bombs, and the rest of the space was filled with fuel. And there are three pilots on each bomber, who take turns driving.
More than three hours later, at a radar station on the Canadian border, a radar soldier woke up his sleeping commander in a panic. "Sir, there's an enemy plane on the radar!"
"!!" The commander suddenly lost all sleep and grabbed the phone beside him. "Contact the anti-aircraft gun position quickly. What is the height?"
The radar soldier said in disbelief. "The height is over 12,000 meters."
"What?!" The officer looked at him dumbfounded. "You read that right?!"
"Unless this crappy machine breaks down again!" It is indeed a crappy machine. The radars deployed by Canada on the border are second-hand goods that have been eliminated by the United States. The detection range is only about 50 kilometers, and they often malfunction.
"Oh God." The commander of the air defense position who received the notice from the radar station sighed helplessly.
12,000 meters, they don't have anti-aircraft guns that can hit this height. "Record the opponent's course and report to Ottawa."
At this time, in the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa, the Prime Minister of Canada (William Leon Mackenzie King) was cursing and writing a letter of resignation. After scolding Germany, he scolded the United States, and after scolding the United States, he scolded himself. "I'm such a fool, I might as well have resigned last time!" As mentioned earlier, the German team's declaration of war with Canada resulted in a large amount of European foreign exchange in the Canadian treasury being turned into waste paper, and the domestic economy suffered a huge impact.
Although he was almost forced to resign, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
But they never expected that during this operation in Greenland, all the fleets they sent out would be sunk, and thousands of sailors would be caught on board.
Under criticism from the opposition parties and protests from the public, he was too embarrassed to continue sitting in this position and had no choice but to resign. "I really brought it upon myself! It's all that stupid Roosevelt's fault!"
Just as he was sighing and complaining, a panicked secretary hurried in. "Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Prime Minister, there is news from the border that the German bombers have broken into our airspace."
"What?" The Prime Minister was shocked. Are the Germans trying to retaliate against Canada for participating in the Greenland operation?
But they are the ones who suffer the loss. What kind of revenge will the Germans take? “Where did they bomb??”
The secretary shook his head. "They are not bombing, they are still going deep into the hinterland."
"..." There was a faint uneasiness in the Prime Minister's heart. Canada was vast and sparsely populated (an area of 9.97 million square kilometers, with a population of about 70,000 at this time), and there were only a few large cities worthy of German bombing.
Are the Germans planning to bomb Ottawa?
"Oh God!" The Prime Minister was startled by his guess and quickly ordered. "Quickly, contact the city defense headquarters and implement light control throughout the city."