The next day, Conrad said excitedly as soon as he stepped into Qinchuan's command center: "Major, what you said yesterday was affirmed, and they praised it because it can double the carrying capacity of the 'hummingbird' with minor changes..."

"This is not what I hope!" Qin Chuan interrupted Conrad's words.

"What? But this is what you asked!"

"It's true!" Qin Chuan replied: "But what I need is not to still use the Hummingbird' cabin to improve it!"

“That’s…”

"Think about it, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "The two rotors can greatly increase the length and width of the cabin. We can not only use it to lift supplies, but also use it to carry personnel!"

Conrad couldn't help but say "Oh": "So we can quickly transport soldiers to mountains with complex terrain!"

"So that's it!" Qin Chuan replied.

Qin Chuan didn't want to say too much. Few people in this era could understand or imagine the role of helicopters on the battlefield. They simply thought that this slow and unfast aircraft would only be the target of enemy air defense equipment or fighter jets... The "hummingbird" used as artillery observation is such a fate.

What they don’t know is that in addition to logistics transportation, the greatest use of helicopters can also be used for special operations against targets behind enemy lines. Especially in this era when fighter jets generally do not have night combat capabilities, it will be an enemy’s nightmare to carry out special operations at night.

"No problem!" Conrad said: "But if you want to redesign and test flights, it will not be produced in a short time."

"I know!" Qin Chuan nodded, unable to eat hot tofu in a hurry, it requires patience.

"Then..." Conrad signaled Hannah, who poured him wine, not to leave, and then continued, "Can we talk about yesterday's topic?"

"You mean ME163?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Conrad nodded.

"Colin!" Qin Chuan spread his hands helplessly: "I am not omnipotent, some things cannot be changed!"

"Frick!" Hannah replied, "If you can't change it, think of other ways. We are facing a big crisis. We need ME163!"

"Crisis?" Qin Chuan was a little puzzled.

"Yes!" Conrad nodded and said, "I think you still remember the American B17 bomber! We have dealt with it in North Africa!"

Of course, Qin Chuan remembered that he was bombarded several times by this thing while testing V1.

"What's wrong?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We got the exact information!" Conrad said: "The British got the bomber, about fifty, and there were probably more in the future. They were learning to use the bomber!"

So Qin Chuan understood.

The B17 is a long-range high-altitude bomber.

As mentioned earlier, the B17 can fly up to 10,667 meters, while the ceiling of the German fighter BF109 can only barely reach 10,000 meters, which means that the German fighter jets do not effectively intercept the B17 unless the B17 lowers the altitude in order to hit the target more accurately.

What's worse is...

The bomber B17, known as the "Sky Fortress", has strong firepower itself. It is equipped with 10 to 13 machine guns, and with its rough skin and thick flesh, it is often difficult for German fighter jets to knock it down.

Among them, especially the latter, there is a reason why the B17 is called the "Air Fortress". One of them is the most famous "Memphis Beauty", which has carried out 25 missions of bombing across Germany. During this period, it has changed 9 engines, main wings on both sides, two vertical tails, main wheels on both sides and more components... Almost all of the whole body can be replaced and can still fly in the sky to continue the mission.

On the other hand, London is only one thousand kilometers away from Berlin, while the B17's voyage is 2,979 kilometers, which is enough for a round trip.

"If Americans use Britain as the B17 base, they can bomb any corner of Germany!" Conrad said: "This includes not only Berlin, but also industrial cities such as Frankfurt. Our logistics and military industry will be hit to a considerable extent!"

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement.

In fact, the B17 bomber is one of the reasons why Germany will collapse so quickly in the later stage: According to statistics, Britain and the United States dispatched a total of 4 million aircraft, and at the cost of 1% loss, they dropped 2.7 million tons of bombs on the European continent controlled by Germany, destroyed 55,000 German combat aircraft, killed 1 million residents in Germany, and lost 7.5 million people homeless. Germany's war machines were seriously bleeding, and road transport was paralyzed by 90%.

And a considerable number of these B17 bombers do not even require fighter escort.

It’s not that Qin Chuan didn’t know this but that he put too much energy on the front line and almost forgot about the dangers from behind or the British and American directions... If the Soviet issue can be changed through strategy and strategy, the threat from Britain and the United States directions is almost impossible to change because it is a gap in science and technology and industrial scale.

Qin Chuan frowned and said, "So we need an interceptor?"

"Yes!" Conrad replied: "This interceptor should be able to reach an altitude of more than 10,000 meters at high speed. It does not require a long time to stagnate the air, but it can shoot down the huge B17. There is another requirement, that is, it is cheap and can be produced in large quantities!"

Conrad was right, because the number of bomber groups dispatched by the British and American troops may be huge... Usually there are about 300 at a time. If there is not a sufficient number of interceptors, it is not enough to effectively implement interception.

ME163 naturally flashed in Qin Chuan's mind, and it did meet these requirements.

But Qin Chuan also denied this plan: "Just I said, this method won't work!"

The reason why Qin Chuan is so sure is that Germany in history put ME163 into actual combat, but did not get the effect they expected. Not only did it fail to achieve the effect, but it also caused a large number of casualties to pilots.

"Then think of other ways!" Hannah said: "Think about the consequences of this. When we were in a difficult position to distinguish the Soviets, the British and Americans were preparing a large number of bombers. One day, when they thought the time was ripe, they would carry out large-scale bombings on Germany... If they could not stop them, all the victories now would be empty, because we would lose them in the future!"

Hannah is right that the massive bombing of German industry is deadly to Germany.

In this regard, Britain and the United States have actually been sure to win from the beginning, to be precise, the United States.
Chapter completed!