Chapter 692 Night Fighter (Gagen)

France, Paris, suburbs, an ordinary airport.

The entire northern part of France is under German control, and this military airfield is more heavily defended.

During the day, ordinary FW190 fighter jets take off from this airport to guard the safety of Paris. It seems that there is nothing out of the ordinary. However, at night, the closed hangar here is opened. Weird fighter.

This is a twin-engine fighter, and when you hear the name, you know it's peculiar.

Because, excellent fighter jets are single-engine fighter jets, and the maneuverability of twin-engine fighter jets is much worse than that of single-engine fighter jets. Just because the engine is on the wing limits the overload of the aircraft.

However, one of the advantages of twin engines over single engines is that the power reserve is sufficient and the load capacity is large, which is also the reason why the bomber uses double engines or even four engines.

However, fighter jets, what load do you need?

If it's a day fighter, it's definitely not needed, the lighter the better, but a night fighter, not so much.

The night fighter was never born to fight the enemy's fighters. The purpose of its existence is to intercept the opponent's bombers! And wanting to fight at night, there are many restrictions, the first is how to find the target.

In this era, night fighters mainly rely on the pilot's keen eyesight to observe in the clear night sky, as well as more careful and serious, patient.

Even so, being able to spot enemy bombers is more a matter of luck.

Just relying on luck, of course not, more depends on strength, such as now!

In this night fighter, two DB603 engines are arranged on both sides of the fuselage, providing 1900 horsepower power to drive this night fighter, which is more than enough.

At the same time, the space in the nose is vacated.

This fighter plane is full of weird specialities. For example, the cockpit is almost on the nose, a huge bubble-shaped cockpit with excellent omnidirectional vision, and at the same time, in front of the nose, there are some fork-like radars antenna.

Yes, if you want to find targets at night, you must rely on radar! The electronic equipment of this era is still quite primitive, which will inevitably bring about a huge volume and a soaring weight, which is also the inevitable result of the use of dual engines.

In order to fit the nose, the plane uses the front three-point landing gear.

The shape is very special, but since the test flight has been carried out at the Libyan base, almost no one has noticed the existence of this aircraft, and it only flies at night!

And tonight, it is no longer an ordinary flight training, but a battle!

Captain Werner-Streeber, the founder of the German night fighter unit, and the indicator of the He219 night fighter.

Historically, Germany initially modified night fighters, such as the twin-engine Junker-88, which was converted into a night fighter. After all, it was just an emergency. Now, after Cyric put forward the indicator, this one is specially designed for nighttime. The fighter jets built for combat were quickly tinkered with by the Henschel Company.

At the same time, it also has a resounding nickname, the owl.

Now, Werner is walking across the lawn next to the runway with his radar operator, Corporal Fisher.

This kind of night fighter has only recently entered the low-speed production stage. The number of equipment in the entire Luftwaffe does not exceed thirty, and only ten are deployed in the base here.

"The superiors asked our night fighter squadron to be more vigilant, and there will be enemy situations at any time." Captain Werner said: "We are no longer training, and we are finally going to fight."

Hearing his words, Fisher was stunned: "Could it be that the British still dare to bomb us?"

Now, the British are shivering on the island of England. Under such circumstances, would the British dare to bomb?

"Yes, that Churchill is a madman. Under his leadership, the whole of England is crazy." Werner said, at this time, in his eyes, it was crazy for the British to capture without hands. In Europe, which country can stand in the footsteps of German expansion?

As soon as he walked in front of his fighter plane, the air defense alarm sounded throughout the base.

"Quick, go up!" Werner shouted.

This fighter has a special shape, and the landing gear is also very high. In an ordinary fighter, the pilot can jump on it without a gangway. However, this fighter must use a gangway several meters high to be able to reach the cockpit.

The two quickly climbed in, turned on the earphones, and an order came from inside: "I found that the British bomber unit is taking off from the other side of the strait and is expected to arrive in thirty minutes."

The German radar unit has set up a warning net on the coastline. Because the distance is so close, the British bomber unit was discovered here not long after takeoff.

The warning time is quite sufficient.

"Received No. 01, the first group of night fighters, all take off!" Werner shouted loudly on the radio.

Although there is still half an hour to arrive, but if the other party is intercepted by flying near Paris, of course it will not work!

The Mercedes-Benz engines on both sides were started in sequence, and the three-blade propellers rotated, pushing the fighter to roll on the runway. The landing gear at the first three points was very high, causing the fighter to float a little. As the speed increased, the runway lights were rapidly moving towards Back off.

Werner skillfully pulled the lever, and the tall landing gear in front lifted up, then continued to glide forward for two seconds, and the rear landing gear followed.

The body of nearly 12 tons left the ground like this. This take-off process is almost as good as that of a bomber.

Yes, it is this weight order, surpassing many light bombers! You know, fighter jets in this era are almost only a few tons.

The huge size of the He219 night fighter is evident. At the same time, it also has an ultra-high endurance, such as a cruising speed of 484 kilometers per hour, which can reach a range of 2,300 kilometers, which is five hours of patrolling in the sky!

So, after finding out the British took off, they started taking off too!

The night sky was quiet, and one night fighter jet after another took to the sky, flying along the westward course of Paris.

At this time, Werner was relatively relaxed. Their flight was guided by the command and guidance on the ground. It was not enough to rely on their own airborne radar alone.

In later generations, airborne radars often have a detection range of hundreds of kilometers, and even a few hundred kilometers perverted, enough to act as an early warning aircraft, but now, their airborne radars have an effective distance of only four kilometers.

At this time, while he was flying according to the ground guidance, Fisher also began to fiddle with the radar. First, the warm-up of each system must be carried out, which is a meticulous work.