Hoffman believes that he is getting further and further on some evil paths, especially the introduction of the "spray thrower" tactic, which further exacerbates this self-deprecating.

At night on August 25, 1944, with Mashar's order, the German main fleet launched an attack on El Salvador.

"Level 1 combat readiness"

"Level 1 combat readiness!"

On the four ships shaped like aircraft carriers, all the ground crews immediately became busy, and the battleships protected them tightly in the middle.

Only by boarding the boat and observing carefully can we find that although they also have flat decks and hangars like aircraft carriers, in fact, there are no aircraft or bombs in their hangars. This warship, which is modified with 15,000-ton tankers, uses brand new weapons and has a majestic name in Hoffmann - the Spear Thrower.

This is the first modified aircraft carrier in the world that does not use aircraft as a combat means. Its means of strike is rockets - the head of state calls them missile aircraft carriers.

Robert Goddard, the authoritative American rocket development, once described a terrible scene to the Joint Conference: dozens of German cargo ships were loaded with rockets and launched hundreds of kilometers away from the US coastline. The densely populated and covered with industrial facilities in the eastern city turned into a sea of ​​fire. Now his "dream" is finally coming true. The entire set of tactics will use rockets to open the way and create better opportunities for aircraft carrier formations to break through - just like the spear throwers before the medieval war cavalry charge first threw out thousands of flying spears in their hands, forming a scene of intensive killing.

A kind of violent beauty and saturated beauty armed with modern technology - before that, only Hoffman knew how to appreciate it, but after today, everyone knew how to appreciate it.

The four spear throwers are actually equipped with two types of rockets. One is a 16-ton V2+ missile with a warhead of 1,000 kilograms and a maximum range of 600 kilometers. They will launch them at a position of about 500 kilometers. The other is a 3.5-ton V3 missile with a ramjet engine, a warhead of 750 kilograms and a maximum range of 450 kilometers. They will launch them at a position of about 400 kilometers.

These are two different forms and operating logics.

V2 is a typical ballistic missile. Each spear thrower can carry 24 commonly used and 12 spare missiles, with fast speeds, up to Mach 4.8, and there is nothing defensible on the earth.

The V3 is a typical cruise missile, just like the predecessor V1 rocket, which looks like an unmanned suicide aircraft, but is faster than the V1, nearly 750 km/h, exceeding all current piston-engine aircraft. Although it is difficult to defend, it can still be shot down by air defense firepower. Each spear thrower can carry 64 commonly used and 32 spare bombs.

Although they are both called missiles, the two have different sizes, different launch methods, and completely different cost.

The price of each V2+ missile is about 140,000 marks, while the price of V3 missile is about 30,000 marks. Compared with the price of V1, which is only 7,500 marks, it is a drop in the bucket for Germany today.

When the final air strike on Great Britain was launched, Germany exhausted all the V2+ missiles produced in the early stage in one go, and after the full-power production in the past few months, more goods were accumulated. After the ground launch, launch silo launch, and railway maneuver launch were successful one after another, Hoffmann was finally about to start trying to launch on ships.

However, Germany obviously has not used the Will wheel as the launch platform as Goddard expected, because the rocket needs to be launched and stabilized before launching, and then it also needs to store fuel. Therefore, using oil tankers to transform missile aircraft carriers is the most favored target after discussion with experts.

The main compartments of the four fully loaded rockets have been transformed into missiles and launch sites. The deepest compartments become the location for rocket fuel storage after being reinforced by 100mm armored steel. Generally speaking, rockets are not at great risk before fuel infusion, and the greatest risk is this batch of flammable, explosive and easy-to-corrode fuel. Therefore, not only do the compartments reinforce, but also choose to inject them at night to avoid possible harassment by enemy aircraft. The most important task of ground crew members now is to inject this batch of fuel into the rocket body fuel tank.

Germany's Rockets' level is unique in the world. If Jets and Britain can barely be considered comparable, rocket technology is far ahead of other countries. After Penemide's speech, many problems that plague Germany's missile industry, such as resources, materials, manpower, and development direction, have been solved one by one, and have achieved far more outstanding results than in history.

In history, V2 was farthest farther than 370 kilometers. Now the modified V2+ can easily reach 600 kilometers, and it enters the practical stage in advance to achieve mass production.

In the launch site test base, there is a Super V2 (later renamed V4) that has passed the acceptance and connected by two-stage rockets. It has a maximum range of 1,200 kilometers. It can be built from the Penemide base to the offshore of Norway. It is expected to be built in batches from October, and the submarine-launch performance of this missile is being transformed. Currently, the V6 rocket with two-stage series plus 4 additional boosters is being tested. The range is expected to be 2,500-3,000 kilometers. It can be attacked from Penemide to the Barents Sea. It is a strategic submarine-launched rocket that is ready to be placed in the XXX class super submarine. The maximum carrying capacity of the warhead is 5 tons - it can be used with super bombs.

The V8 rocket with a three-stage rocket with a range of more than 5,000 kilometers has also completed the relevant design and is preparing to carry out ground ignition tests at the appropriate time. According to Braun's schedule, it is expected to be produced from 1949 to 1950. The warhead carries the same capacity of 5 tons. It is not only planned to be equipped with super bombs, but also more advanced nuclear fusion bombs.

However, the development of the V5 cruise missile is not very smooth. The development requirements for this missile are to be able to load the aircraft, the weight cannot be greater than 800 kilograms, the range must not be less than 120 kilometers, and the penetration speed must not be less than 900 kilometers per hour. Now the three targets can only achieve any two of them.

Since V5 cannot be realized, V7, which is prepared for anti-radiation based on V5, cannot be realized for the time being (weight is not greater than 250 kg, warhead is not less than 50 kg, and range is not less than 60 kilometers).

As can be seen from the model, now all odd-ends have become cruise missiles, and even-ends have become ballistic missiles. Hoffman is preparing to wait for the next stage to re-released the nomenclature to distinguish cruise and ballistic.

The accuracy problems that plague German rockets in history have gradually improved. V2+ ballistic missiles and V3 cruise missiles use triple guidance mechanisms: first, inertial gyroscopes; second, enemy radio radiation guidance; third, our radio command guidance. If necessary, V3 can also be equipped with improved infrared guidance.

At the same time, this time, Mr. Conrad Chuze's masterpiece was also installed on the V2+ ballistic missile. The Z5 core computer with a combination of electron tubes and relays was used. The computing speed was close to 800 times per second. The reason why it was said to be the core is that the computing system installed on the rocket only needs to install a given logic for calculations without having general programming capabilities or complete computing capabilities. It can be installed on it after being greatly simplified. For confidentiality, a timed self-destruct device is also installed.

In Germany, the general-purpose Z5 computer with a total of 1,000 times/second has played a role in various core fields. The next goal of the Conrad Chuze research team is the Z6 - a large general-purpose computer with a computing speed of 10,000 times/second. This scientific research project, called "My Pension" by Hoffman, has now been valued at more than 500 million imperial marks. Once the Z6 is successfully manufactured, it can reach at least 1.5 billion marks of valuation - it can be used by colleges and universities, research institutions and even key government departments in Germany and Europe, and it is naturally monopolized.

The circular probability deviation of the improved V2+ ballistic missile was reduced from 10-12 kilometers of the early V2 to 7-8 kilometers. Because of the slow flight speed of V3, the guidance effect is obviously better. When our side has exact instructions to relay guidance, the circular probability deviation directly dropped from 5-6 kilometers to 2-3 kilometers.

While the rocket soldiers were busy quickly, two XXI submarines quietly poked their heads off the sea outside El Salvador - they will form a relay guide for missile launches to contribute to improving hit accuracy.

"Report to the sir, everything is ready and can be started." At about 2 a.m., the telegram of everything is ready finally arrived in Lieutenant General Dornberg. He looked at Mashal, who nodded with a smile, indicating that he could order.

The head of the Penemide Base, Dornberg, who was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general for his merits, held his breath and issued the "start" order, and the spear thrower tactics were immediately activated.

"ignition!"

The missile aircraft carrier surrounded by battleships was launched quickly, and missiles began to drag the shocking tail flame into the sky: the V2+ was launched vertically, and the tail flame continued to rise but there was a clear angle, and the V3 was launched at an oblique angle, rising first, and then gradually leveling.

All the naval officers and soldiers stared blankly at one flame after another, and then suddenly burst into fierce cheers: "Long live the empire!"

"It's really shocking!" Mashar smiled, "Now I can finally imagine what it feels like to have 500 missiles landed in the city of London."

"I dare not say that I will succeed in the end. I will have to work hard to identify the results and take as many photos as possible later."

"Of course."

After the missile was launched, the ground crew and pilots on the four aircraft carriers also carried out final preparations to assault El Salvador at dawn...

A few minutes later, while most V3s were still flying in the air, the V2+ who passed through the atmosphere and returned to Earth had begun to fall according to their predetermined targets. The US radar station in El Salvador only saw a bright spot flashing through the screen, and the troops on duty on the ground watched these strange meteors pounce on the airport, port, and barracks...

Then there was a violent explosion!
Chapter completed!