“Me163?”

Of course Qin Chuan knew what Me163 was, but at this time, he should have acted as if he didn't know.

"Simply put!" Conrad replied: "It's a rocket-powered aircraft!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but widen his eyes: "What do you mean is that you want to apply the power of V1 to the plane?"

"So that!" Conrad nodded: "Why not? It is cheap and flies very fast, reaching 950 kilometers per hour, much faster than our existing fighter jets!"

"But have you ever thought about its shortcomings?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Of course I thought about it!" Conrad replied: "That's why we have to test flights and solve these shortcomings!"

This Me163 should be said to be a German attempt, or it can be said to be a helplessness.

Because Germany has serious shortage of resources and productivity in the middle and late stages, that is, the equipment produced by the rear industry cannot keep up with the consumption of the frontline, so Germany hopes to produce a cheap fighter with short production cycles and quite good performance.

Inspired by the V1 missile and some test flights, the German military industry considered: Why not transform the V1 missile into a fighter?

The idea is indeed very good, because this is the first and only rocket-powered engine in human history that is practical and practical, but its inherent shortcomings determine how much it cannot play in the battlefield.

"You just mentioned its shortcomings?" Hannah looked at Qin Chuan in confusion: "You have just heard of it and haven't even seen it. How can you know its shortcomings?"

"Because its shortcomings are too obvious!" Qin Chuan replied: "Did you forget how long it takes for us to recharge the V1? And when we find the enemy aircraft group, we should take off and intercept it immediately without that long time to prepare!"

"We can overcome this problem!" Conrad invited Qin Chuan to the other side and replied: "We positioned it as an interceptor, that is, to deploy it on routes where enemy aircraft groups may appear... Because it is very cheap, we can do this!"

In some ways, what Conrad said is correct, because quantitative change will cause qualitative change, and the role that can be played by a large number will be different.

"What then?" Qin Chuan asked.

"And..." Conrad said: "Just like other aircraft combat, pilots can use machine guns and cannons to knock down enemy aircraft! As mentioned earlier, its speed is as high as 950 kilometers per hour, which gives it a great advantage in air combat!"

"Is that true?" Qin Chuan asked back.

"Why not?" Conrad looked puzzled: "Hannah didn't find any problems in this regard after the test flight, did she, Hannah?"

"Yes!" Hannah agreed: "If there is any problem, it is the moment of taking off, it climbed to a height of 9,000 meters in just ninety seconds, and the huge overload almost made me unconscious!"

"What weapons do you plan to equip it with?" Qin Chuan asked.

"MG151 heavy machine gun, or MK108 cannon!" Conrad replied.

"What is the range?" Qin Chuan asked again.

"About four hundred meters!" Conrad replied.

Among them, the MK108 cannon is especially the large warhead, which will fall 41 meters within a distance of 1,000 meters. Therefore, if you want to hit the target, you must open fire at a very close distance.

"Hmm!" Qin Chuan responded and stopped talking.

"Is there anything wrong with this?" Conrad asked.

"Do you think this is OK?" Qin Chuan asked back.

"I don't think there is anything wrong!" Conrad's face was full of confusion.

Hannah suddenly thought of something and replied: "No, there is a problem... The speed of 950 kilometers per hour is 263 meters per second. In other words, it takes less than two seconds from the target entering the pilot's range. The pilot has no time to aim and shoot, unless he can complete all the movements in two seconds!"

Conrad couldn't help but say "Oh" when he heard this, and then he remained silent.

After pausing for a while, Conrad asked again: "Can we let the pilot aim in advance, that is, aim at the target, and only need to pull the trigger when the target enters range..."

"This is theoretically feasible!" Qin Chuan said: "But actual combat is another matter. Aiming in advance is not as easy as imagined, and it is not even easy to judge the distance of the target, especially on a fast-flying plane... You think it is 400 meters, but it may actually be 800 meters or even more. When you are sure to enter 400 meters, the target with a hesitation in the blink of an eye will be behind you. What's more, if the enemy and us are flying towards each other, the reaction time left for the pilot will be shorter!"

Conrad couldn't help but frown in distress.

Qin Chuan is talking about the facts. Sometimes it is not that the faster the speed, the better. The speed of Me163 will make it something that has nothing to do with the battlefield, that is, the enemy cannot defeat it, and at the same time it cannot defeat the enemy.

On the other hand, due to its fuel danger and high failure rate, Me163 almost became a suicide weapon... Up to 80% of the lost Me163 were caused by its own failure and crash.

"Maybe...we can slow it down!" Hannah said.

"No!" Conrad replied: "If the speed is reduced, it will have no advantages compared to other fighter jets!"

Conrad is right. If the speed of Me163 is reduced to about 700 kilometers, although this will give pilots time to aim, why should I use Me163 instead of an airplane if so?

Cheap may still be a good reason, but more importantly, the pilot's losses, and the Me163 has another fatal disadvantage...it's fuel is only enough for it to fly in the air for eight minutes.

After thinking about it, Conrad shook his head and said, "You should have told us this earlier, Major!"

"But... how did I know?" Qin Chuan spread his hands.

"I don't mean to blame you!" Conrad sighed: "I mean, you see, we have been researching for so long and wasted so much time and energy, especially Hannah risked her life several times..."

Speaking of this, Conrad suddenly realized that he had let go.

"So!" Qin Chuan looked at Hannah and said, "You are going to cancel this plan. It will not benefit other than causing casualties to our pilots!"

"No!" Hannah opposed: "We have paid so much blood and we can just go into actual combat..."

"Continuing this plan will only cost us more!" Qin Chuan interrupted Hannah.
Chapter completed!