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Chapter 366 Super Swift (1200 monthly votes in May)

Mistaking modified mosquitoes for airplanes—that's real garbage.

But if you see it as a Kamikaze attack with enhanced range (ProMax), significantly improved speed and agility, and cannons and missiles, then it's simply perfect.

After all, compared to the P-15 Styx missile, the "Gnat" is not affected by electromagnetic interference.

After editing the new mosquito gnats, Tang Wen pushed the Bismarck into the dock and began its modernization:
The rangefinder in front of the Bismarck's No. 3 turret was removed, the upper part of the structure was leveled, and then the installation of the quadruple Styx guns began.

To Tang Wen's surprise, he managed to squeeze in six quadruple launchers.

With a loading speed of 120 seconds, it can launch 12 missiles per minute.

The Beagle launcher was given basic modern air defense capabilities by removing the two 105mm secondary guns.

Finally, the refitted Bismarck set sail from port to attempt to launch the "Gnat" catapult.

With the engine throttle fully depressed, the Orpheus began to descend towards the water as it was ejected. Fortunately, the significantly reduced weight of the Gnat was a good thrust-to-weight ratio, and after a short descent, it successfully climbed up and nimbly flipped and tumbled in the air.

Tang Wen controlled it remotely for a while and felt there were no problems, so he controlled it to climb to 3000 meters, fully fueled, and dive towards the Bismarck.

The lightweight aircraft accelerated rapidly after consuming some fuel, breaking the sound barrier from the start, and finally flew steadily towards the Bismarck at Mach 1.3 in the blink of an eye, entering the Bismarck's smokestack at almost a vertical angle.

After penetrating the complex structure of the smokestack, the RDX explosive in the nose of the aircraft detonated inside the ship—the newly repaired Bismarck was instantly severely damaged.

【-twenty four】

The countless fragments that rose into the air with the explosion's flames were proof enough of its immense power.

Because it's a dive attack, its destructive effect is much stronger than that of a harpoon.

Test passed.

However, looking at the debris scattered across the ocean, Tang Wen stroked his chin and realized that the little man in the air was still the best.

The great Hans also had an aircraft carrier, the extremely unfortunate Zeppelin, whose wreckage can still be found.

It would be a waste to use gnats on such a large aircraft carrier. Are there any more powerful aircraft?

……

"Chief Engineer Chang, I need to ask you for a favor."

Tang Wen found Chang Buss, who was busy working with McDonnell Douglas to compile a new MD11 repair manual.

Although the M.D11 has many accidents, its inherent problems are not actually that serious; the bigger factor is improper maintenance.

Ground staff at major civil aviation airports cannot possibly learn all the various aircraft maintenance techniques; they mostly rely on experience.

There are many Airbus and Boeing aircraft on the market, and ground staff mostly have maintenance knowledge of these two companies. If you send them to repair McDonnell Douglas, there will definitely be problems.

Military aircraft are different. Ground crews only maintain a few specific models, so it is almost impossible for them to make mistakes or lose their composure. Therefore, the KC-10, which is related to the MD-11, can remain unscathed.

However, the most frustrating thing is that the maintenance of an aircraft is extremely complex, and the airline's maintenance manual is thicker than a dictionary, so no one can strictly follow it.

It's impossible for ground staff to carry around a manual weighing several kilograms all the time, right?

The first thing Changbus did after taking over the MD11 was to gather people from both sides to revise a simple and clear new manual in addition to the original manual, and to make special optimizations to the design that could not be modified at the moment.

This work was so strenuous that he paused for a moment before he could process Tang Wen's question:

"Oh, okay, tell me, tell me."

Tang Wen pulled him aside:
"This matter is quite important and cannot be told to a third person; it must be kept strictly confidential."

“…Okay.” Changbus nodded. Anyway, he felt that there was nothing that Tang Wen could covet, since he wasn’t a military aircraft designer.

Tang Wensong breathed a sigh of relief, then solemnly took out a piece of paper, which turned out to be... doodles?
There was a poorly drawn airplane on the paper, with an abstract proportion.

"This is an aircraft based on the ME262, with an enlarged ME262 fuselage, increased wing sweep angle, engines integrated into the wings, and a Y-shaped horizontal tail."

Powered by two 21 kN Bristol-Ovis engines, with a 700 kg solid rocket booster mounted at the rear of the fuselage, the empty weight is controlled at 3.5 tons. After acceleration using solid rockets, it must be able to withstand a brief speed of Mach 2 without disintegrating.

Additionally, I need four heavy-duty hardpoints for the belly and wings. I need your help to complete the specific airframe design... I don't need to actually build it, just a theoretically feasible plan.

(As shown below (but the solid rocket motor at the tail is not shown))
As an old man who lived through the early days of jet aircraft, Changbus had a deep impression of the ME262 and was also very familiar with early aircraft and engines.

He thought about it for a moment and realized something was wrong:
"The Orvis engine is lighter than the original BMW jet engine that came with the Me 262, but it can only reduce the weight to 3.5 tons at most. Adding a 700-kilogram solid rocket booster will bring the weight to at least 4.3 tons. Moreover, your airframe is larger than the original version, so even using modern aerospace materials, the weight can only be reduced to 4 tons at most."

Tang Wen: "What if we don't consider any armor and life support systems? I've been thinking about a fictional novel lately and need your help. I only need a theoretically feasible solution, but it must have a basic internal design—by the way, the nose needs to have 250 kilograms of ballast for the radar."

"This is...good."

Tang Wen has been giving him so much support lately, so when he finally got a freelance job, Changbus naturally chose to take it, since it wouldn't take much effort.

Moreover, this modified 262 design is quite interesting:
With an empty weight of 3.5 tons and an engine thrust of 4.2 tons, strictly speaking, the thrust-to-weight ratio for takeoff with half fuel is greater than 1, so it can definitely go supersonic.

Add another rocket booster, which on paper has a thrust of more than 5 tons, and can easily break through Mach 2 in the terminal phase, or even Mach 2.2.

It's just a hypothetical plan anyway, nothing serious.

After Tang Wen finished giving his instructions and left, he had already roughly figured out the layout and plan in his mind.

……

The ultimate modified and enhanced version of the ME262, or "Super Swift".

If we could salvage the Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier, we would have its main carrier-based aircraft, capable of low-altitude penetration at speeds exceeding Mach 2, which would be difficult to defend against even with modern technology.

—The Second Fleet 59 Peak Edition has been officially released.

After painstakingly strengthening Hans's camp, good news also came from Goose City regarding Hans:
The first batch of Hanma S9s has been assembled!

……

"Some customized automated tools haven't arrived yet, but the basic assembly line has been set up. We're making up for the missing equipment manually. These are our first ten cars assembled."

Yang Zhanchi stood somewhat embarrassed by the test track. In fact, Tang Wen had already given them parts for 20 cars, but it took him a long time to figure out how to get the fledgling assembly line up and running.

Compared to the genuine 740, the most obvious change in the Hanma S9, besides the rebadged version, is the front end:

The original two large nostrils were not copied verbatim; instead, they were made more rounded with added curves, and then connected together in the middle.

Tang Wen immediately recognized it: Isn't this the future Skoda?
However, Skoda's air intake is not as good as BMW's yet, so it's not accurate to say it copied it. It just looks quite harmonious and doesn't ruin the original aesthetic.

Now, a Hanma S9 is driving through a rugged stress-relief section of road and circling around the spacious test track to check the assembly quality and for any abnormal noises.

However, these procedures were actually completed long ago; they were just being shown to Tang Wen now.

How many cars can the assembly line assemble per day now?

"We have 3 vehicles, but the main problem is getting the workers and the lack of automated tools. Once everything is in place and the workers are trained, we can assemble up to 30 cars a day, with an annual production of 1.1 vehicles."

"Okay."

Tang Wen was somewhat indifferent to this pitiful number, but fortunately, the first step had been taken and he could start hyping it up.

(End of this chapter)