Chapter 690: Night fighter

France, Paris, suburbs, an ordinary airport.
The entire northern part of France is under German control, and this military airport is more tightly guarded.
During the day, ordinary fw190 fighter jets took off from this airport to guard the safety of the sky over Paris. It seemed nothing unusual. However, at night, the closed hangar here was opened. From the door of the hangar, quite a few Strange fighter plane.
This is a twin-engine fighter, just listen to the name and you will know it is peculiar.
Because the excellent fighters are single-engine fighters, their maneuverability is much worse than that of single-engine fighters. Just because the engines are on the wings, the aircraft's overload is limited.
However, one of the advantages of dual-engine over single-engine is that it has sufficient power reserve and large load capacity. This is also the reason why the bomber uses dual-engine or even four-engine layout.
However, what load capacity does a fighter jet require?
If it is a daytime fighter, it is definitely not necessary. The lighter the better, but the night fighter is not.
Night fighters are never born to fight against enemy fighters. Its purpose is to intercept opponents' bombers! However, there are many restrictions on fighting at night. The first is how to find the target.
In this era, night fighters mainly rely on the sharp eyesight of the pilots to observe in the clear night sky, as well as more careful, serious and patient.
Even so, it is more luck to be able to find enemy bombers.
Only luck, of course not, more depends on strength, such as now!
This night fighter has two db603 engines arranged on both sides of the fuselage, providing 1900 horsepower, which is more than enough to drive this night fighter.
At the same time, the space in the nose was 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. At the same time, in front of the nose, there are some fork-like radars. antenna.
Yes, if you want to find a target 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 an inevitable result of the use of dual-engines.
In order to adapt to the nose, this aircraft uses the first three-point landing gear.
The shape is extremely special, but since the test flight has been carried out at the Libyan base, almost no one noticed the existence of this kind of aircraft, and it only flies at night!
And tonight, it's no longer ordinary flight training, but battle!
Captain Werner-Strieb, the founder of the German night fighter force, is also the proponent of the he219 night fighter.
Historically, Germany originally modified night fighters. For example, based on the dual-engine Junker-88, it was converted into a night fighter. After all, it was only an emergency. Now, when Cyric puts forward the indicator, this is specially designed for night. The fighter jets built for combat were soon made up by Henschel.
At the same time, it has a resounding nickname, Owl.
Now Werner is taking his radar operator Corporal Fisher, walking across the lawn next to the runway.
This kind of night fighter has only recently entered the low-speed production stage. The entire Luftwaffe's equipment number does not exceed 30, and only ten are deployed in the base here.
"The superiors require our night fighter squadron to be vigilant, and there will be enemy situations at any time." Captain Werner said: "We are no longer training, and finally we have to fight."
Hearing what he said, Fischer was shocked: "Could it be that the British still dare to bomb us?"
Now, the British are shivering on the British Isles. Under such circumstances, would the British dare to bomb them?
"Yes, that Churchill is a lunatic. Under his leadership, the whole of England is mad." Werner said. At this time, in his eyes, the British were really mad without being caught. In Europe, which country can stop Germany's expansion?
As soon as he walked in front of his fighter plane, the entire base sounded the sound of an air defense alarm.
"Quick, go up!" Werner shouted.
This type of combat mechanism is special, and the landing gear is also very large. For ordinary fighters, the pilot can jump up without a gangway. However, this fighter must use a gangway several meters high to reach the cockpit.
The two quickly climbed in, plugged in the headphones, and an order came from inside: "The British bomber unit was found to be taking off from across the strait. It is expected to arrive in 30 minutes."
The German radar force has already set up a security network on the coastline. The distance was so close that the British bomber force had been spotted here not long after taking off.
The warning time is quite sufficient.
"Received on 01, the No. 1 Night Fighter Battalion, all take off!" Werner shouted loudly on the radio ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Although there is still half an hour to arrive, but if the opponent flies near Paris Of course it’s impossible to intercept it!
The Mercedes-Benz engines on both sides were started in turn, and the three-blade propellers rotated to push the fighter jets to roll on the runway. The landing gear at the first three points was high, which made the fighter flutter. As the speed increased, the runway lights were moving towards Retreat behind.
Werner pulled the operating lever skillfully, the high landing gear in front was lifted, and then he continued to slide forward for two seconds, and the landing gear at the back followed up.
The body of nearly 12 tons left the ground in this way. This take-off process was simply not as good as the bomber.
Yes, it is of this order of magnitude, surpassing many light bombers! You know, the fighter jets of this era are almost just a few tons.
The hugeness of the he219 night fighter can be seen. At the same time, it also has an ultra-high endurance. For example, it can reach a range of 2,300 kilometers at a cruising speed of 484 kilometers per hour, which means patrolling in the sky for five hours!
So, after discovering that the British took off, they also started to take off!
The night sky is quiet, one after another night fighter planes fly into the sky, flying along the route west of Paris.
At this time, Werner was more relaxed. Their entire flight was guided by ground commands. Relying on their own airborne radar alone was far from enough.
In later generations, airborne radars often have a detection range of hundreds of kilometers, and even abnormal ones up to a few hundred kilometers, which are enough to act as an early warning aircraft. But now, their airborne radars have an effective range of only four kilometers.
At this time, while he was flying in accordance with the ground guidance, Fisher also began to fiddle with the radar, first to warm up the various systems, which is a meticulous job.