Thanks to the recommendation of "The Signal" chief female reporter Lisa and the participation of Leni Riefenstahl, another special shooting went smoothly.
Coupled with the request for filming from the Imperial Ordnance and Munitions Department and the Imperial Transport Department, all participants received the maximum support from relevant departments. For example, by issuing a special pass, you can recruit trains for free, give priority to the right of way of the railway, etc.
As the most important contact and participant, female reporter Lisa will also go with the team. The unexpected destination was not the Reich Ministry of Transport, but the "GGL Greater Deutsche Locomotive Manufacturers Federation", which was formed by the merger of German locomotive manufacturers and was under the control of Reich Minister of Arms Speer.
It makes sense when you think about it. After all, the most important locomotive must be built first, and then the rails can be laid on site for testing.
Besides, from 1942 to the end of the war in 1945, the GGL Greater Deutsche Locomotive Manufacturers Association manufactured more than 6,300 BR52s. Including the locomotives produced in the early post-war period, the total number was as high as 6,719 units. There were a total of 17 GGL factories. Participated in the manufacture of BR52. It is one of the most produced railway locomotives in the world, and many BR52 modified locomotives were lost to other European countries after the war. In terms of manufacturing locomotives, GGL's current technology is definitely the best.
And as part of the ambitions of the Third Reich. From the moment the "Broad Gauge Railway" plan was born, the Nazi government did not deliberately hide it. Instead, a large number of design drawings were released to the public in various forms such as news videos, newspapers, magazines, and even posters. These drawings can still be seen in later generations. Especially the comparison with the B52-class KDL1 wartime steam locomotive most intuitively shows the futuristic streamlined huge body of the SA3 express train.
Now this fast train painted in fiery red is showing its shocking completion behind the factory gate that is slowly opening.
"Wow -" Even though she knew everything in advance from her companions who had followed Wu Chen on the adventure of the traffic light splicing section, the female reporter still couldn't hide her excitement when she saw the SA3 express train for the first time. In a sense, this is her "character background".
"All development projects have been completed or nearly completed." The GGL engineering director accompanying the female reporter looked familiar.
"It's a pity it's a year too late." But the female reporter couldn't remember where they had met.
"Ah..." The GGL engineering director understood that the female reporter was lamenting the untimely death of Dr. Fritz Todt, the former Minister of Ordnance and Ammunition and "the father of the German artillery battery": "To tell you the truth, I was also secretly depressed for a long time. . Even now, I am still grateful to the doctor for trusting me and letting me take charge of the design of the new train."
"We all miss Doctor, Mr. Wagner." Upon hearing this, the female reporter's memory of the plot immediately revived. The slightly decadent middle-aged man in front of him is Richard Felix Paul Wagner, the former design director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn design office. Dr. Fritz Todt was relieved of his duties as director shortly after his death.
As he was talking, a tall and thin Germanic engineer rushed over.
"Ah, this is Dr. Gunther Wuns, the general person in charge of the broad-gauge railway project." The former design director introduced to everyone.
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen." This serious doctor of technical sciences from Germany is younger than expected.
"Doctor, have we met somewhere?" It sounded more like an occupational disease of female reporters.
"Maybe it's because I have a plain, popular face." Dr. Gunther Vince had obviously never seen a female reporter.
"Ah, I was rude." The female reporter apologized appropriately.
"Don't take it seriously. They are all serving the empire." Dr. Gunther Vince's belief in his heart is unshakable.
"Okay, doctor." The female reporter's eyes were full of due appreciation.
"Please come with me." As project leader, Dr. Gunther Vince took over the hospitality duties from the former design director.
"Excuse me, doctor." After politely saying goodbye to the former design director, the female reporter led a group of photographers who seemed to have discovered a new world to the behemoth parked quietly on the track.
"What is that?" Someone finally shouted when they saw a strange-looking aircraft rising slowly on a hydraulic platform in a special carriage with walls on both sides slowly opening.
"Ah, that's the FI-282 'Hummingbird' helicopter." The well-informed female reporter immediately recognized this advanced aircraft with its propellers unfolding.
In fact, as early as August 1907, four years after the Wright brothers' first flight, Frenchman Paul Kearney developed a full-size manned helicopter and successfully tested it on November 13 of the same year. This French helicopter was called "humanity's first helicopter". At that time, people also nicknamed it "Flying Bicycle". This simple helicopter not only relied on its own power to lift 0.3 meters from the ground, but also completed vertical ascent. It was airborne and flew continuously for 20 seconds, achieving a milestone free flight.
In 1936, the German Fokker Company publicly demonstrated its own FW-61 helicopter after making many improvements to early helicopters. A year later, the aircraft set multiple world records. In 1938, a young German girl, Hannah Leitch, flew a twin-rotor helicopter. She performed a perfect flight performance at the Berlin Stadium, and this helicopter is recognized as the first truly successful test flight in the world. helicopter.
After the outbreak of World War II, helicopters were mostly used in the field of military reconnaissance. In July 1940, the prototype of the new carrier-based helicopter FI-282 developed by Anton Flettner GmbH of Germany rolled off the production line. In early 1941, the aircraft began test flights, nicknamed FI-282. "Humming-Bird" and performed well. In order to allow the helicopter to board the ship, Flett organized the pilots to fly the FI-282V5 helicopter to conduct take-off and landing tests in the 4×4 meter landing area designated on the German Navy cruiser. The take-off and landing test area shows that the FI-282 can fully operate in such a small area. Take off and land within the area, even at night. This helicopter also surprised the Germans. The military immediately ordered 15 pre-production models and 30 official production models, which were mainly assembled in the new factories in Johannest and Bad Tolz. The Germans use FI-282 small helicopters to conduct reconnaissance in offshore waters to obtain important intelligence information. By the summer of 1943, about 20 FI-282s had rolled off the production line. After being delivered to the German Navy, these aircraft followed the fleet in combat over the Mediterranean, Aegean Sea, and Baltic Sea. They were not only used as anti-submarine aircraft to observe Allied submarines around the fleet. , and also serves as a transport helicopter to provide vertical supply to the ship. As Germany's first carrier-based helicopter, several FI-282s also played a role in the defense of Berlin, but in the end they were all destroyed by the Soviet Red Army's anti-aircraft artillery. Before the end of World War II, the German army destroyed most of the remaining FI-282 helicopters, and only three prototypes were captured by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Fl-282 helicopter: The engine is a BMW-Bramo Sh 14A 7-cylinder radial engine, with a maximum power of 160 horsepower, a crew of 2, a length of 6.56 meters, a height of 2.2 meters, a net weight of 760 kilograms, a maximum take-off weight of 1000 kilograms, and a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour. rice. The manual cruising speed is 80 kilometers per hour, and the automatic mode is limited to 60 kilometers per hour. The range is 168 kilometers and the endurance time is 2 hours and 5 minutes.
It is further divided into two models: land-based reconnaissance aircraft Fl 282 B-0 (without cockpit glass) and ship-based reconnaissance aircraft Fl 282 B-1 (plexiglass glass awning).
"Nothing will be difficult for you, madam." Dr. Gunther Vince smiled approvingly: "This is the bulletproof armored FI-282 B-2 V1 specially made for this project. Guess who the driver is. ?”
"It can't be..." The female reporter's expression said it all.
"Hi, Lisa!" The female pilot of the FI-282 B-2 V1 bulletproof armored helicopter recognized her old acquaintance first.
