In October 1941, the Luftwaffe encountered the F4F Wildcat fighter that took off from the US aircraft carrier on the North Sea, and many of the Luftwaffe instructors returned from the Eastern Front, so even the novice pilots knew the performance of the F4F well, and as a result, this small air battle played a two-to-one exchange ratio, two US troops were shot down and forced to land on the sea, and the Germans had a passing radar patrol plane unfortunately shot.

The recruits who went into battle for the first time came back and said that the American plane Zhennyima was strong, and even though the shells ran out, they still failed to kill the target wildcats, so that they made a forced landing on the surface of the sea, and the pilot successfully escaped.

On October 15, 1941, B24 bombers from Britain attacked the French city of Cherbourg, and on the same day, the French government and military sent a series of telegrams to Germany, demanding that the pace of deploying radars on the French coast be accelerated.

On 17 October, the 57th Night Fighter Company stationed in Belgium intercepted a group of ten B24s intended to attack German airfields in Belgium.

Lin Youde was indeed right that the future war on the Western Front would be dominated by air defense warfare, but he was too optimistic about the time when the enemy would start his air offensive.

In other words, Lin Youde overestimated the attrition of the US military on the battlefield in China, and did not expect that the industrialized United States would be able to send the B24 to the British Isles so quickly.

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"I guess B17 is also coming soon." Lin Youde looked at the schematic diagram of the air defense network of the Western Front on the wall at the General Staff Headquarters, "Our radar group on the Western Front has only completed 70 percent, and we must speed up the progress of the project and let the workers go all out." New aircraft for high-altitude interception should also be equipped with troops, and if we want to continue fighting, we must ensure that Germany's industrial production capacity is not weakened by strategic bombing, which is a matter of life and death. ”

In another time and place, war historians have always debated the effect of strategic bombing, and a considerable number of war historians believe that the United States and Britain exaggerated the significance of strategic bombing for the sake of propaganda effect, and they have come up with a lot of money to support their arguments. However, after studying the statements of both sides, Lin Youde found that although the overall damage to Germany's industrial capacity may not be too large, making people feel that "it is not worth paying so much loss", strategic bombing did affect the production of some key links.

In conclusion, strategic bombing did hasten the end of the war in another time and space.

"In the next year or even years, homeland defense will become a top priority," Lin Youde continued while recalling events in another time and space, "All the work on the Western Front should be carried out around this, the industrial capacity of the Americans is much stronger than ours, so we must play a large enough exchange ratio, such an exchange of one to one or two to one will only make us lose the war, we need more and bigger exchange ratios." Now it may be possible to make a brighter ratio by relying on the pilot's plain zhì gap, but as the war progresses, the enemy's soldiers will also accumulate experience and turn from rookies to veterans. So we have to rely on weapons to increase the exchange ratio. ”

Lin Youde said and patted the map on the wall with his hand: "The ground radar guides the air fighters to occupy a favorable position to meet the enemy, which is the biggest advantage in our hands at present, and we must give full play to this advantage to the extreme." ”

After 10 years of Lin Youde's operation, the German army's communication capability is now far ahead of other countries, and the same is true of the air force, and the ground guidance personnel of the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front have accumulated considerable experience in guiding large groups of aircraft in air combat. More than half of these experienced guides were transferred to the Western Front, and the rest took turns as instructors at the Radar Operator Crash School.

In addition to radar, another major guarantee for the air defense of the Western Front at present is the Sea Female Fox, and three brigades of Sea Female Fox are deployed on the second line of defense on the Western Front to intercept enemy aircraft that have rushed through the first line of defense. The reason for this arrangement is that the sea female fox is more time-consuming and labor-intensive than ordinary aircraft in terms of replenishment and maintenance, and it is a force that needs to be used carefully.

Lin Youde intends to rely on these deployments now, plus the TA152 fighter jets that have begun to join the active service in small batches, until the completion of mass production jets.

The mass-produced jet in Lin Youde's concept is not something with many defects like the Mei 262, but the MiG-15 Biss, even if it cannot reach the performance of the MiG-15, it must at least have the actual combat performance of the TA183 or MiG-9 to be considered successful.

Lin Youde's jet engine completion is higher than that of Germany in another time and space, after all, Lin Youde's scientific research team includes experts from all over the world, although British experts because of the war between Germany and Britain so the enthusiasm for research and development has decreased a lot, all kinds of grinding foreign workers or something, but the technology they brought has been absorbed by German technicians.

The aerodynamic chamber reported that they estimated that they would be able to complete enough engines to support the technical specifications of the "first generation of practical jet fighters" proposed by Lin Youde 43 years ago, and the swept wing aerodynamic model made by German aviation experts according to Lin Youde's instructions was also being tested in the wind tunnel.

If the prototype of the new-generation jet-powered aircraft in '43 will be able to fly test, it will be the MiG-15 Bis, one of the world's first jet giants, which was born six years ahead of schedule.

Of course, this space-time MiG-15 can't be called MiG-15, Lin Youde decided to call it VF-1, V means victory, victory warrior-1.

But before the development of the new aircraft is completed, the Luftwaffe must use various modifications of the TA152 and BF109 to withstand the upcoming vast number of air fortresses and Lancasters - well, this time and space Britain is more wasteful than the previous time and space, probably the number of Lancasters will not be particularly large, but judging from the fact that the Americans are in such a hurry to send bombers into the skies over the European continent, the bomber group of the US Army Air Corps in this time and space will be much more powerful than in another time and space.

Thinking about this, Lin Youde couldn't help but complain about the person who created this world, and the thing weakened the industrial power of the old powers with the excuse of "magic technology", so that he could be prosperous in Europe, but he didn't give the Americans a god, forcing the Americans to develop the same industrial power as another time and space - no, maybe it is more perverted than another time and space.

Lin Youde sighed, which made the air force generals who were still discussing the essentials of air defense operations all stopped, and they all looked at Lin Youde.

Different from the army and navy, the Luftwaffe is completely for Lin Youde, from the commander of the air force to the lowest level of ground crew, Lin Youde is regarded as the commander of the air force, not much of the German government and the high command, and the air force also likes to regard itself as a descendant, in the mouth of the air force, the Lufthansa team established by Lin Youde is the ancestor of the word head team that is now in the limelight, earlier than the 141 task force, for which the air force has not been less engaged with the special forces.

However, the special forces often use the air force to deliver them, so the two sides are in a state of knowing each other very well and not pleasing to each other.

At this moment, as soon as Lin Youde sighed, the voices of the air force generals immediately became quieter, and in the blink of an eye, there was silence in the map room, and the staff officers who were still doing other work raised their heads inexplicably, not knowing what was going on.

"What's wrong, Mr. Lin." The Air Force Commander asked cautiously. Because Lin Youde doesn't like a certain fat man, the general system of the Luftwaffe in this time and space is completely different from another time and space, and even the commander of the air force is a guy who has never heard the name.

"No, don't worry, I just think about the terrible industrial capacity of the Americans, and I think the future is going to be tough."

"We're going to try to get the exchange ratio you need." The commander of the Fighter Command immediately patted Lin Youde on the chest and reassured, "In fact, we have achieved good results in the past few days, although we have lost planes, but there are no casualties. ”

"This is just a small test of the Americans, they have begun to mass produce free wheels, these emergency transport ships with a design life of only five years are produced very quickly, and now we have confirmed that at least fifty free ships have been produced and put into use, this is only the initial production, and when the factory workers are familiar with the production process, the Americans can mass produce this kind of 10,000-ton ship at the speed of one ship a day, and the speed at which they produce will greatly exceed the speed at which our submarines and aviation can sink these ships, When the time comes, American planes and spare parts will be delivered to the British Isles in a steady stream. ”

"Mr. Lin," said the commander of the Fighter Command, looking at Lin Youde, "you have repeatedly emphasized this to us in the past few years, and we are mentally prepared to meet this test. ”

"I know that you are ready, and I am mentally prepared, but I can't help but sigh that the Americans really occupy a unique position."

In fact, Lin Youde occasionally thinks that if it weren't for the Germany led by him to mess up Europe, the Yankees who lacked Shenji would probably have to wait for Shenji to be born slowly after occupying Japan, and now, the Americans have the British and Russian Shenji as thugs, and they can give full play to their industrial capabilities to influence the situation of the war, and as a result, they have actually created the opportunity that the Americans dreamed of.

Therefore, Charlotte in the United States is estimated to be quite grateful to Lin Youde in her heart.

It's a pity that it is basically impossible for the Americans to be defeated in this war, unless the Egg Pain Star immediately gives Lin Youde a golden thigh, otherwise Germany basically does not want to land on the American mainland.

In Lin Youde's eyes, the best outcome that can be achieved in this war at present is that the two sides will have an indefinite truce, and like North Korea, neither side can defeat each other, but can only stop fighting indefinitely -- so legally speaking, the Korean War has not ended until Lin Youde crosses, but is just in a state of truce.

It's still a strange feeling to fight hard for an indefinite truce.

Therefore, Lin Youde will never say this prediction, he can only continue to instill faith in his subordinates and the people: as long as we persist, we will definitely win.