"This kind of plane is good, I like it!" Heinz Barr, who has already made his mark, can't help but exclaim as he drives the Hellcat to shoot down the third Spitfire

Recently, Huaxia transferred the technology of Hellcat production to Germany.

The Germans did not lack the technology for the production of aircraft, but simply lacked practical experience with a perfect carrier-based aircraft. The several carrier-based aircraft they produced were not very ideal, and they were at a disadvantage in the face of British Spitfire and other fighters. Moreover, there are Goering obstructing from time to time, so that the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy are already outdated.

Raeder soon discovered the problem with the aircraft carrier, but Goering's lack of cooperation always haunted the aircraft carrier, and he decisively sought help from Huaxia.

With the naval exchanges between China and Germany, and even a large number of Chinese naval cadets practicing in Germany, the relationship between Raeder and the Chinese Pioneer Army was good. Moreover, the Germans have long heard the name of the Hellcat, and all kinds of practical combat experience are also lacking in the Germans.

Meng Xiang also considered the carrier-based aircraft of the Germans, although in other time and space, there were glorious German carrier-based aircraft, but because the deviation from the current historical trajectory was too large, the cost of the aircraft produced was far more than that of the Hellcat. Even if the relevant technology is given, it is very difficult for the Germans to form a separate production line of carrier-based aircraft because of the existence of Goering, and it is better to directly give the Germans Hellcat a quick army.

Therefore, it is not important that the production technology of Hellcats that Huaxia has digested and absorbed transferred to Germany is important, but the important thing is that along with this technology, which is considered to be a free ride, there are still 300 Hellcats.

Of course, this is still through the copycat company, with the original Huaxia order, to exchange some preferential measures between the three parties.

It was through this single business of Hellcat that Meng Xiang obtained some key technologies of the German turbojet engine.

With Frank Whittle on board, the Vanguard jet engine was a huge success, and even now prototypes of turbojets are out. But in the base production sequence, the production of some jets is always limited. After repeated exploration, Meng Xiang realized that there were two types of jet engines.

Whittle's engine was centrifugal, while the engine developed by Hans-von Oan in Germany was axial-flow.

Although because of the simple structure, it can be manufactured with relatively poor materials, so that the early centrifuge-type jet can be popular, but the centrifugal compressor has a large resistance and low compression ratio, and has been gradually eliminated in the future. In its place was a high-performance axial turbine engine

Meng Xiang also didn't expect that the base would set restrictions in such unfamiliar places for non-professionals, which puzzled him for a long time before he realized that the Germans' key technology was needed to make those high-altitude and high-speed jets appear after World War II.

Because of the harsh materials and craftsmanship of the axial engine, it is difficult to produce quick results in a hurry, so Meng Xiang simply started the idea of the Germans.

Although the spies who joined Germany can get some information, the lack of practical guidance needs to be slowly explored and digested, so in this transaction, Meng Xiang directly changed the technology and guidance of the jet engine.

"It's not enough to have these planes, if only they could transfer one of those newest aircraft carriers!" Lao Xi spoke privately.

To be honest, Lao Xi also realized the role of aircraft carriers in the gradually growing navy, but he also knew that the German had some experimental nature of the Count Zeppelin aircraft carrier, and the level was not very good. And the performance of the Ark Royal-class aircraft carriers that the Vanguard Army handed over to the Germans is also a bit outdated. Lao Xi, who wants to have the biggest and best psychology, even looks down on the Essex-class aircraft carrier newly commissioned by the Americans. Instead, he set his sights on the two Midway-class aircraft carriers that Huaxia served.

The Midway-class aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 60,000 tons immediately attracted the attention of Lao Xi.

"No problem!" Meng Xiang agreed very simply.

For Meng Xiang, although the Midway-class aircraft carrier has been refitted, its performance is also firmly in the top spot among aircraft carriers of various countries at this time. But Meng Xiang knew that there were also many inappropriate things about the Midway class, and it would soon fall behind. The Midway class does not have much advanced technology that is ahead of its time, and after a short break, it can be sold at a high price, and Meng Xiang, who claims to be an arms dealer, has never given up chasing huge profits in the arms market.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Chinese Navy has only two or three aircraft carriers, but they don't know that there are only three for the cadets to study. One Ark Royal-class, one Essex-class, and one Crane-class aircraft carrier.

When the other Japanese-style aircraft carriers changed hands with those Royal Ark class one after another, the Soryu was retained, and in the name of the battle goods and the first aircraft carrier in China, and the Izumo retained in Shanghai Tang, it was used as a patriotic education and national defense education base for the people to visit at will.

In actual combat, there were nominally only two Tushima ships, but in the base shipyards in various places, there was often a secret dock, and by this time there were already seven Red Alert aircraft carriers in various places.

When I was at the aircraft carrier level of the Red Alert base, the level was basically the same as that of the Essex class, and there were not too many bright spots. The occasional glimpse is also mistaken for another aircraft carrier. Even the Germans knew only about the existence of Midway, and not about these lurkers.

When Lao Xi asked for those Midway-class aircraft carriers, these seven aircraft carriers had all been upgraded to the second level.

"With them, there's no need for the Midway class!" Meng Xiang said with emotion.

To be honest, at the beginning, Meng Xiang was not very optimistic about the first-class aircraft carrier at the base, and the cost performance was not as good as that of the Essex class, so only one test was produced. But after it was subsequently upgraded to a second-class aircraft carrier, although the performance was not as good as that of the Kitty Hawk after World War II, it highlighted the highest level of aircraft carrier performance in World War II, which made Meng Xiang make up his mind and produced 6 more in one go.

This is also one of the reasons why Meng Xiang happily agreed to transfer the Midway-class aircraft carrier.

If it weren't for the hidden threat of the base from the Time and Space Administration, Meng Xiang might have directly equipped the troops with all the weapons produced by the Red Police.

But a little sense of distress made Meng Xiang still keep the two Midway-class ships that had been modified and explored again and again, and only sold the two newly built and modified in the German style.

In addition to saving the war of words with the British later, it was these two aircraft carriers, newly built from the new base shipyard in the Netherlands, that avoided the eyes of the British intelligence services and appeared directly in the English Channel, taking the British by surprise.

The two ships cruised over the behemoth near Worth Bay, and the flying Hellcats scrambled the British.

The service of the Hellcat made the carrier-based aircraft of the German aircraft carrier suddenly change their guns.

Now in the sky above the English Channel, the cats of Hellcat's paws have begun to play with fire-breathing fireballs.

Although the Spitfire's MK5 is a big name and has an advantage against BFV10RE, its performance is still a lot worse than that of Hellcat.

Ge Fatzi also had a plan for this, and when the three hundred Hellcats were put into service, in addition to the two hundred Hellcats that were incorporated into the Midway-class aircraft carrier, the remaining one hundred were transferred to the sequence of the Air Force.

Now in the plan to parachute into the Isle of Wight and directly threaten Portsmouth, as well as Southampton and the South Road in the west and south of London, all 100 Hellcats have been put into this escort mission.

Because of the Sea Lion plan formulated by the German General Staff, in addition to targeting the middle road near Dover that threatens southeast London, the southern route of the Isle of Wight is the task of the air force won by Ge Fatzi, so he naturally exerted his efforts. In addition to Hellcat, as in the mid lane, there are a large number of FW190 fighters following.

The 2,000 or so planes prepared by the Germans in the Sea Lion plan were basically concentrated in these two routes.

If the middle route is a joint operation of the sea, land and air, then compared with the southern route, which is dominated by the air force, the landing of the north route at Worth Bay is the leading role of the navy.

Two hundred Hellcats are already the air workhorse of the Navy. Still, the attack here made the British feel threatened. Landing from Worth Bay could penetrate directly into the heart of England, and in addition to threatening Birmingham, Coventry and other places, it could even cut off the retreat of the London defenders directly to the north and northwest of London.

In this way, the purpose of the Germans was already very clear, they surrounded London on three fronts, and they wanted to pack London directly, and dealt with the resistance of the British at one time.

The three-way attack also smoked the British defence, and while Churchill was busy fighting fires, another piece of bad news made him furious.

"These cheap embryos who take advantage of the fire to rob!" Churchill scolded in disgust. As soon as the news came, several major resistance groups in Northern Ireland had united to demand a definitive solution to the question of the return to Ireland, and had threatened that if the British government did not agree, then they would fulfill their wishes through the Germans.

And the British intelligence also provided indications that there were already German ** troops operating in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Although the British had a garrison in Northern Ireland, it would be a soft spot if the Germans attacked in a big way. This was clearly a possible fourth offensive direction for the Germans.

Churchill, who had always been tough on the Northern Ireland issue and had repeatedly sent troops to suppress it, could not help but be in a dilemma and became manic.

After thinking about it for a long time, his thick fingers finally grabbed the phone that was talking to the other side of the ocean:

"London is in danger, England is in danger, the world is in danger, we need more help from you!"