Chapter 133 1944: Fast and Lightning (4)
Although Romania and Hungary are weaker, they are also diligent on the Eastern Front and play all over the game from beginning to end. In Hoffman's eyes, they are trustworthy friends who are much better than those of Turkey who become monks and self-righteous pig teammates who are half-hearted and self-righteous than those of Bulgaria and Spain, who are half-hearted, so please come and watch together.
As for Iraq, there is no need to invite observations to shock them. When I heard that there are good things like Rockets, I had already clamored to buy them, and didn’t ask about the price, and just asked about the delivery time. I even said that it doesn’t matter if there is no goods for the time being. I will pay the money first, and you can help me train the personnel first, which made Sperer very big: After all, Germany is not enough for the Rockets now. One batch of production consumes one batch, and there is no extra inventory at all.
But simply rejecting the request of the rich is not wise. This is pushing the money out, not to mention that these two guys buy the German fire as soon as they have money. If the Rockets do not do the business, do you still want to do the tank and aircraft business in the future?
After obtaining Hoffman's consent, Sperer decided to help Iran to train missile soldiers first. Of course, the price was conscientious. The price was only 4 times the cost (generally the arms cost 2 times the cost). One v2 priced at 40,000 marks, and bought more than 100,000 yuan at one time and were provided with corresponding personnel training. Other firing bases and firing facilities were charged separately. Only one thing is to say first. The "Missile Non-Proliferation Treaty" must be signed without the written consent of the German government, and Iran must not transfer the technical parameters and physical objects of the relevant equipment to a third country. The two countries naturally nodded their approval.
Iraq first left 5ooo thousand marks, signed a contract for the 1oo missile and related facilities, and then happily went back to wait for the reception.
After knowing that the number of purchases in Iraq was doubled, the rest of the terms were exactly the same, but only asked that the delivery must be carried at the same time as Iraq.
Hoffman is sometimes worried that these two companies will fight with V2 in the future, but then he thinks it's no big deal. He doesn't have this ability to mediate. How can Germany be the leader of a big country?
After nearly 65 minutes of waiting, all the work of the V2 Rocket was finally ready. The shooting car adjusted the relevant data according to the command vehicle's instructions (including wind, wind direction, etc.). The politicians only knew that they were busy, but they didn't know what they were busy with.
"Prepare for the last minute!"
"The countdown starts, 9…8…3…2…1…shot!"
I saw one rocket after another start to ignite, and instantly gushing out flames from the tail. The rocket that was standing just now dragged out long flames and flew into the sky one after another. The scene was extremely fast, and the scene was spectacular. All shots were successful. There was neither dud nor explosions in the middle of the shooting. Hoffmann felt much more at ease and his face was glorious.
In order to ensure the safety of observers, we started to build air defense towers and observation facilities before the lightning exercise started (it was originally part of the Madagascar defense system). The construction was just completed last month. Not to mention that the missile exploded on the shooting field would not be affected, even if the missile fell out of control and landed on the air defense tower, it could ensure the safety of the core area. This is why Hoffman dared to call so many political leaders here.
According to the plan of the Supreme Command, since Germany is not large and densely populated, and Penemide's rocket range is getting farther and farther, the new missile test will be mainly arranged in the territory of the African Republic of Germany in the future. It is not small in size, with a very small population and is isolated from the surrounding area. Next to it is the vast Indian Ocean, which is irrelevant even if it falls and blows up in the middle of the journey. Hoffman also hopes that Germany's satellite firing bases and nuclear weapons test bases will be set up in Africa in the future, so it is much easier to shoot satellites in Somalia across the equator than in Germany.
Although the US military is anxious to drive the ducks to the shelves, although the rocket program has barely increased its range to more than 250 kilometers, its shooting success rate is still terrible. It has only succeeded 4 times in the last 17 shots. Although it has improved compared to the 19 shots in the previous round and 16 failures in the previous round, this success rate still makes everyone shake their heads.
Crowze reminded: "The rocket with the nearest range needs to run in the air for about 24 o seconds before landing, and the farthest range takes about 5 minutes to land... We arranged for experts and observers to check the accuracy and explosion power of the bullet in the scheduled splashing and drop zone, and detailed data will come later."
Then came the tactical introduction of the Supreme Command: "In the new Blitz 2.o tactics, our army will take the lead in attacking the enemy's key defense areas with high-intensity and concealed missile saturation attacks, paralyzing its command center, supply node, strategic location and key defense areas, especially focusing on destroying its air defense capabilities, creating opportunities for our army's aviation assaults that follow closely."
"Considering that ballistic missiles are expensive and technically difficult, our army has driven a V3 rocket again. Unlike the V2 flight, the V3 rocket mainly flies in the atmosphere, with a flight altitude of between 25oo-4oooo meters, and the maximum cruising degree can reach more than 75o kilometers per hour. It is difficult for other combat aircraft except jets to intercept..."
In the ceremonial hall, Ito whispered to a colonel in the aviation headquarters next to him: "What is the difference between the V3 and the cherry blossom missiles that Germany gave us before?"
"The performance is better, faster, longer range and higher accuracy, but they are essentially similar to jets. It's nothing more than a manned attack, and the German v3 rocket is automatically tracked. Although the German side did not say it thoroughly, I think the v3 rocket can also be manned."
“Automatic tracking is more accurate than manned driving?”
"That's impossible. Unless in special climates such as night, fog, heavy rain, the artificial accuracy will be very poor, but..." The Colonel said in a low voice, "It's difficult to train special attack pilots. The Empire can accurately hit enemy ships so far, but there are only a few special attack players. Automatic tracking weapons can be continuously produced. One automatic rocket may not be able to compete with one cherry blossom, and 1 O automatic battle with one cherry blossom?"
In Hoffmann's dictionary, V3 also has an impressive noun, silkworm cruise missile. He originally wanted to use the loud and terrifying name "Tomahawk cruise missile". Later, he felt that the difference between the name and product was too big, and it ruined the reputation of the Tomahawk, so he told the scientists of Penemide that he hoped that the next generation of more powerful cruise missiles would be called Tomahawk, and this generation would be called Silkworm.
The modified V3 is less than 7.5 meters long, but the bullet body has a diameter of 1.36 meters. Compared with the slender and thin scues, it looks fat and short, and it is completely appropriate to call silkworms. The ones who appear on the silkworms are no longer the Earth Warriors, but the fully tracked carriage.
The relaxed and humorous tone of the introduction officer of the commander sounded at the scene: "Because our army seized too many US Sherman tanks, although they were not able to fight, the transportation capacity was really good, reflecting the Americans' industrial manufacturing level. Our army transformed it into missile launchers based on the principle of making the best use of things. In addition, the Sherman car body is also widely used as bridge carriages, cranes, bulldozers, rocket launchers and other service fields. It is active in various troops of our army. The removed turrets are not idle, and they are all used on Siber-class 6 boats or ground fixed defense fortifications... In Yuan's words, the Sherman tanks are full of treasures, so they cannot be wasted."
Everyone laughed, how good the Germans were in the battle, sometimes the official propaganda and cold press releases were far from as shocking as they saw the real thing: hundreds of freewheels/windows, the mountain of m1 Garland rifles, Thomson submachine guns, Browning heavy machine guns, American jeeps lined up one football field after another, and ten cards were fully showing the German army's outstanding record. Sherman's seizures alone had to be calculated in thousands, and there were all models of different periods. As for the latest US m6, m26, m26/sp tanks, the South American battle, were seized again.
In contrast, the complete Tiger tank trophy in the US military was the first to get from Stalin, and there was not a single new one. It was not that the Tiger trophy was indestructible, but that the US military had never finally controlled the battlefield, so they could not get the complete trophy.
In addition to a series of Sherman tanks directly seized from Britain and the United States through combat, the United Kingdom also handed over all Sherman tanks after announcing a ceasefire (including both the British owned and the US military equipment that the British surrendered). The total number of Shermans owned by the German army has exceeded 5ooo, and is currently the second largest equipment country for Sherman tanks in the world. Japan has jumped to the third place in the world with more than 1ooo. The German army used its universal transformation advantage and transformed it into a service tank as much as possible, and at the same time it dealt with a batch of Japan at a suitable price.
The German army also transformed the No. 4 tank, but the carrying capacity was not as strong as that of Sherman. In addition, the No. 4 chassis was also used to produce various self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but it was not as idle as Sherman, so it eventually gave up the transformation plan. Experts from the Ministry of Military Affairs believed that the Tiger chassis would be a better carrier, not only able to carry v3, but even v2.
With the rapid advancement of Germany's replacement, tens of thousands of No. 4 troops have begun to go abroad. France and Italy have basically mastered manufacturing technology. From the Ural Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, from the Indian Ocean to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, No. 4 has begun to become the main tank of allies in Europe, America, and the Middle East, and has a lot of equipment in Japan.
Only the British were shy and refused to use German goods. Churchill and the Black Prince, who were focused on fiddling with new tanks, have been shot dead by Marshal Brooke. The comet based on Sherman has also become a rootless wood and a water without a source. However, the British have really good things in their hands. They took out the prototype Centurion (Sun Qiu Lun) car. In terms of technical indicators alone, they have surpassed the Tiger Style. They are basically the same as Tiger 2, but their reliability and production capacity are very poor, much worse than the Tiger 3, which was the latest Tiger 3. Tiger 3 is an improved version that uses new motivations, and others have mature foundations, while the Centurion is a brand new heavy tank with a technical difficulty that is comparable to the Tiger Style in Germany, and it is destined to be smooth sailing.
Chapter completed!