But what can Qin Chuan do?

Help Germany develop more advanced fighter jets?

Qin Chuan does not have this ability. He is not a scientist. Everything he knows is just a cross-age cognition, but these cognitions cannot help Germany develop fighter jets that can move to higher altitudes.

In fact, Germany was already developing jet fighter jets at this time, that is, ME262. However, the fighter model of this aircraft took 1944 to be put into actual combat, but it was too late at that time. The bombing of the former Allied B17 in mass production of ME262 had caused a serious blow to the German army's industry, politics and economy.

Qin Chuan cannot give any advice to scientists in the research and development of ME262... Qin Chuan is an amateur in this regard.

Use V1 missile to counter?

This is obviously unrealistic. V1 missiles can indeed hit London or even pose a threat to British airports, but... it is not realistic to block the airport. On the one hand, it is because the V1 missile is not accurate enough at this time. On the other hand, the airport can be repaired as soon as possible. With the mechanized equipment of Britain and the United States, even if the airport is blown up, it will only take a few hours to restore and let the B17 take off.

In this case, no matter how many V1 missiles are, it is not enough.

Qin Chuan buried his face in his palm in distress... He suddenly realized that all the things he did might be useless, and he could not avoid becoming a fish that was affected in the defeat.

"This is a difficult problem, Frick!" Hannah comforted Qin Chuan's ear: "And we still have time, so there is no need to rush for a moment!"

"My thought..." Conrad said: "It is to continue the ME163 program. Even if there are shortcomings mentioned by the major, we have to give it a try, right?"

Qin Chuan did not answer.

In fact, Qin Chuan didn't even hear what Conrad was saying, he was already trapped in his own thinking.

As he thought about it, Qin Chuan felt something was wrong... Is this B17 an invincible existence? So how does Hyundai deal with such high-altitude bombers?

Then Qin Chuan thought that China had actually encountered similar troubles: for a long time, the RB-57D, a reconnaissance aircraft flying at an altitude of 20,000 meters, was reconnaissance over my country as if it had entered a no-man's land until my country successfully shot down its first land-to-air missile in 1959.

Yes, surface-to-air missiles!

The best equipment to deal with high-altitude targets is not fighter jets, but surface-to-air missiles, unmanned surface-to-air missiles...

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but lighten his whole body and said, "I thought of a solution, but I don't know if this method can be achieved or whether it can achieve the effect we expect!"

"What's the solution?" Conrad Hannah asked in unison.

"Why do we have to drive ME163 by manned?" Qin Chuan asked back without answering: "Why can't it be driverless like the V1?"

"You mean..." Hannah asked hesitantly: "Turn it into a bomb instead of an airplane?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"But this is almost impossible, Major!" Conrad shook his head and said, "You know, the reason why V1 can fly to the target is because the target is there, it is a building that cannot move or an airport, an ammunition depot, etc.... We can calculate its distance, angle, and even correct its ballistics. But the target of ME163 is an enemy aircraft. Although the B17 target is large and the flight speed is not fast (note: B17 has a maximum speed of 483 kilometers per hour), it is a target that moves quickly in the air..."

"The ME163's flight speed is much faster than it, isn't it?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes, of course!" Conrad said: "The speed of 950 kilometers is almost twice that of the B17, but..."

"In other words, it is entirely possible to catch up!" Qin Chuan interrupted Conrad's words.

"How to chase?" Conrad spread his hands in confusion: "The goal is moving, we can't say to ME163, 'Hey, it's right there, go up and crash it', or give it a picture to let it recognize..."

"You seem to have forgotten the TV guidance, Colonel!" This time it was Hannah who interrupted Conrad.

"No, I haven't forgotten this!" Conrad replied: "In fact, we have applied TV guidance to V1. But it still has the problem that the major said: the speed is too fast to judge the distance in time and accurately, and the operator has not yet reacted that it has crossed the target! In other words, the operator cannot grasp the detonation time, which is completely different from the V1 that attacks a fixed target..."

"This is no problem, colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "In fact, the operator does not need the operator to complete it, because we have the near-blasting fuse!"

Conrad couldn't help but open his mouth halfway, then nodded slowly and said, "This may work. Combining TV guidance with near-fighting fuses, the operator just needs to keep an eye on his target and operate the ME163 to fly toward the target..."

After pausing, Conrad said: "Before this, we must solve another problem. The near-fighting fuse is extremely sensitive. It is possible that we can trigger it when we adjust the missile's posture!"

Conrad is right.

The working principle of near-fighting fuse is very simple, which is to emit electromagnetic waves to detect the distance from the target. If the distance continues to decrease, it will not be triggered. Once the distance becomes larger, it will detonate at that moment, thereby achieving automatic detonation of the shell at the closest position to the target.

This is no problem for shells with no big changes in movement trajectory, but ME163 is different...

During the flight, ME163 needs to continuously adjust its flight attitude. During this adjustment, the distance between the two may change from decreasing to increasing, so the near-fighting fuze is triggered too early.

"We can do some necessary calculations!" Hannah said: "For example... ME163 takes ninety seconds to climb to a height of 9,000 meters. I mean, if the target position is 9,000 meters, the near-fighting fuze will be opened in the last kilometer!"

"It's right!" Conrad nodded in agreement: "That is to say, the near-fried fuse is locked at the beginning and unlocked after entering a high altitude. This will reduce the error of triggering the fuse too early due to adjusting the posture!"

Then Conrad said: "But it has a defect, it may be interfered with by enemy radio and lose its effect!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan agreed.

This disadvantage exists during V1 radio guidance and is not solved, so it is just a transitional method that can solve the gap that cannot deal with high-altitude targets in the short term.
Chapter completed!