This is a very conscious idea. Most fighter pilots on the Western Front graduated from the Eastern Front "Aviation School" and have many veterans with shooting down experience, but there are many inexperienced new students in the jet aviation team. Because judging from the equipment and test flights over the past few months, pilots with moderate experience are the least ideal to control jets. Some of their control techniques and habitual movements on propellers are incompatible with the requirements of jet flights, and they are even completely wrong. Even if the technicians and instructors explain it many times, the operation movements formed in a subtle way cannot be changed. The new students are different. A piece of white paper can draw the most beautiful paintings. They obey the instructions of instructors and technicians, keep them in mind, and what they say is what they say, and the mastery is very fast.

As for the ace pilots with more than 50 results, their extensive experience ensures that they can calmly change the jet and achieve their full potential.

The first question for admitting a jet pilot was hilarious: "Is there such equipment that a powered aircraft can fly without relying on propellers, and it can fly faster than a propeller plane?"

Many people chose not, and some people chose that they were given priority as jet pilots, because they did not have any solidified impression in the propeller field. After taking off the biplane trainer, they directly took the jet (two-seat coach version) under the guidance of the instructor. Under the teaching of the ace pilot instructor, they could quickly master the relevant technical principles, and even believed that the aircraft should be driven like this. Of course, this group of students can only be used to deal with bombers and fight head-on against the enemy. There are not many perverted guys like Marseille who are good at using high-altitude deflection angles to attack in Germany. Most old birds choose the bz tactic 262 not only much faster than the b-17, but also fly higher.

Therefore, the instructor version is equipped with a 20mm mg213, which uses precise ballistics to deal with enemy aircraft, and the student version is using a 30mm mk108, and if the powerful servo bomber hits more than 4 rounds, a heavy four-engine bomber like the B-17 will be basically done.

There is a very helpless and cruel training here. According to tactical requirements, after the novice flew the me-262 and took off, under the leadership of the instructor, the better. There is bulletproof glass in the front of the cockpit and bulletproof steel plates behind it. It is still very sure to defend against American machine gun bullets. If you can't find the ammunition in the shortest time, you can pull it high and leave and return to the base. If you really can't find it or are not sure about landing, just find a safe place to jump. Don't worry about the plane, that's what the Ministry of Military Affairs should worry about. Garland believes that a pilot who has completed basic training can become a skilled pilot after participating in 8-10 actual combat times. Anyway, the Americans on the opposite side also train bomber pilots in this way.

Germany is defensive operations throughout the process. Even if the pilot is shot down, there are many chances of surviving. As long as the US military crew is shot down, they will either die or be captured, and there is no third way out. From the cost perspective, a 4-round bomber can build 7-8 fighters, plus the losses during transoceanic transport. Basically, shooting down a 4-round bomber will win the economic cost of 1:10 for 10 fighters. If you can't fight this war in the Third Reich.

This is the war economics that Hoffman emphasized to Yeshunnek after he became the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. It is another cruel and possible successful exchange ratio tactic. Cruelty is undoubtedly, but it does work. Most of the novice pilots in Germany are still "training" at the Eastern Airlines School. They are veterans in performing Western Air Defense missions. The exchange ratio is very amazing. The sharp increase in air defense operations over the past six months has made the British and American strategic air force difficult and even difficult to sustain.

In addition to the Stormbird Aviation Commando, Yeshunnek also reported that 500 high-altitude fighters were prepared, which were the new-190a8 series fighters. After the b-109 basically withdrew from the Western Front air defense operations, the newly improved A8 series and b-219 took the lead, among which -190 was the main force.

Compared with the prototype, the A8 series uses a BM801e engine with a standard power of 2,000 horsepower and is equipped with a GM-1 injection system. The engine power can be significantly improved by "drug taking" at an altitude of more than 7,000 meters. At the same time, the weapon is completely replaced with 4 G213 cannons and strengthens armor defense at key parts.

With the reference of the engine, BM Company tried to install exhaust gas turbocharger on the BM801 engine. The laboratory had products, but the effect was still very average. Mercedes-Benz had achieved success in the DB series engine, but the Ta-152 series fighter jets were finalized at least September and entered mass production in the New Year in 1944. Therefore, the A8 cannot be simply considered a transitional model. The reaction should be the main model before the Ta-152 was put into service. The company, plus the authorized factories, has an average production capacity of up to 1,000 aircraft per month, making it the largest production of all types of aircraft in Germany (the total production of German local aircraft in April 1943 was 3,408), completely overwhelming the 800 b-219s and 400 he-218s per month, which is more than the sum of the five models of aircraft, including ju-98/ju-188/ju-290/joint attack aircraft/ar-372.

500-190a8s are not valuable. The pilots who fly these aircraft are valuable. The least of them has 7 results, and the most is more than 100 (the higher ones have pulled away the Stormbird). The total number of shot downs of all pilots is tens of thousands. British and American pilots have 5 shot down records to be aces. Here, the standard for aces is 10 times that of 50 aircraft.

At 15:14, the US fleet had already flown over Hannover and was constantly attacked by air defense fighters along the way. However, the huge fleet was unmoved and continued to move forward. However, there were some different news. Kam Huber, who was responsible for overall command, received a report that the US military dispatched new escort fighters this time, with a number of about 100.

He sneered: "It seems that Americans have also made new things. I don't know who is more powerful."

"I bet that Americans will be surprised to see our Stormbird," Garland smiled. "This batch of new aircraft is probably the P-51 mentioned in the intelligence notice? I don't know if the bomber has been replaced with a B-29."

He guessed correctly that this batch of aircraft is a newly put into use P-51b fighter. After replacing the British Merlin engine, the performance has increased greatly, which can provide full escort for the bomber fleet. Unfortunately, the number is far from enough because of the obstacles between Britain and the United States. Otherwise, the Eighth Air Force will completely replace the escort aircraft this time and change the p-47s to p-51.

As for the B-29 that Garland wanted to see this time, there was not a single B-17, and only part of it was Lancaster. This was the Lancaster that the British gritted their teeth. This heavy bomber suffered heavy losses when bombing Azores, and the number decreased sharply. However, Portugal picked up a ready-made bargain and began to equip a large group of Lancasters.

On the command plane headed by the large US military formation, Brigadier General Curtis Limei, who was the captain of the Fourth Bomber Wing of the Eighth Air Force, was flipping through the navigation map and then checking the terrain below. Berlin has surpassed the hyperbolic positioning system method commonly used by the British Air Force, and the farther it is, the more unusable it is. Fortunately, the experienced navigation officer made up for this defect, and with the few clouds today, he sighed: "What a good weather for bombing."

The sergeant in charge of navigation turned around and asked him: "Sir, if you fly in a straight line, you will be able to reach Berlin in 20-25 minutes. Does the fleet need to turn and take evasive actions?"

Li Mei shook her head: "Don't waste time, fly straight, and leave as much time as possible for the p-47s to stay up."

The mission received by the Eighth Air Force this time was very clear, bombing Berlin and destroying landmark buildings in Berlin including the Prime Minister's Office, the Parliament Building, Brandenburg Gate, Victory Column, Berlin Cathedral, etc., to retaliate against New York air raids. Considering that Berlin is the area with the most dense air defense firepower in Germany (second only to Azores), Li Mei not only led the team to command, but also mobilized the most bombers and escort fighters.

In the past, the Eighth Air Force usually conducted flexibly dispatching the routes to attract German air defense fighters to avoid real attacks. However, Germany soon adopted an independent defense zone system. Air defense fighters were only responsible for handling one area and did not require blind reinforcements. With the rapid increase in the number of German fighters, generally each air defense zone can maintain more than 400 fighters. The total number of air defense fighters on the entire Western Front exceeded 4,300 and is still growing rapidly. Avoiding real attacks can attract dozens of mobile aircraft to adjust. For example, the key air defense zones in Berlin can usually gather more than 600 aircraft. This density greatly surpasses the same period in history, and has also caused the British and American strategic air strikes to remain unremarkable.

Considering that Berlin has many air defense fighters, Li Mei hopes to use straight-line flight to get an additional 10 minutes of air stagnation time for the P-47s. The maximum range after they mount the secondary fuel tank is only 2,200 kilometers. If they fly to Berlin according to the regular route, they have to turn back directly and have no way to protect them.

At 15:15, Berlin sounded the air defense alarm, and sharp and harsh sirens sounded on the streets and alleys. There was nothing to be ashamed of Hoffman hid in the bunker under the escort of the guard flag team.

"Head of the People's Republic of China, the number of US military aircraft has been reduced to more than 1,200, of which the bombers returned and the number of shot down exceeded 100."

"Let's go and fight, I believe you." Hoffman thought for a while and added, "I'm in an air-raid shelter, very safe."

"We will feel at ease." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!