As soon as the missile appeared, it caused a sensation, not that everyone has never seen a missile, but that the appearance of the missile was somewhat shocking. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Among the five countries of Italy, Japan, France, Romania, and Hungary that came to observe the exhibition, except for Romania and Hungary, which have a somewhat inferior level of technology, the political leaders of France, Japan, and Italy, which can be regarded as powerful countries, have all consulted their own scientists through various channels to learn more about the principle and operation mechanism of rockets. Among the three countries of Japan, France and Italy, Japan started the earliest, France has a stronger heritage, and Italy has the most convenient conditions, but they are not as good as Britain.

Although the UK was not invited to observe, in fact, the country not only has strong rocket technology, but also got a V2 for reference, the only disadvantage is that the British scientific research team is divided into three booths: the local one, the United States and Canada.

It wasn't rockets that really shook the world's dignitaries, but rocket-loaded trucks – a real behemoth that had never been seen before.

This missile truck is the crystallization of the joint development of four top German companies, integrating the three functions of transportation, erection and launch.

The power system uses two high-power diesel engines produced by MAN and a matching gearbox, with a combined power of 1,380 horsepower, which can be turned on only half of them individually, and the whole system is carefully placed on a shock-absorbing base (similar to the arrangement of submarines) in order to reduce vibration and noise. When using road transport in the full load state or off-road driving in the no-load state, the power of a single engine can meet the demand, and only when the off-road state is fully loaded, the two units need to work together. The maximum road speed is 60 km/h, the maximum off-road speed is 25 km/h, and the continuous driving range is up to 400 km/h when fully loaded with fuel.

The chassis is jointly composed of Mercedes-Benz and Skoda, and the overall length of the vehicle is about 24 meters, using 10×10 wheel drive, with an empty weight of 27 tons and a maximum full load weight of 65 tons. The cab layout is very creative, with a total of two pilot-crew compartments on the left and right, which can seat up to 12 people. The two cockpits are completely independent, with a recess in the middle that allows the tip of the rocket to fit just in it.

All superstructure components, including the lifting device, are handled by Henschel, which is generally fully automatic, and can also be used manually in special cases, requiring 4 adults to cooperate and shake the handle 240 times to completely erect the rocket. The car body is equipped with a number of sets of hydraulic shock absorption systems -- the rocket is a precision equipment, and vibration is its natural enemy.

In fact, this is a standard V4 missile launch vehicle, because the length of the improved V2 rocket is only slightly more than 13 meters, the diameter of the bomb is 1.04 meters, the weight is less than 10 tons, and there is only a short, thin section on it, and there is no need for the depression area in the two cockpits, only the V4 with a length of more than 21 meters, a bomb diameter of up to 1.9 meters, and a weight of more than 30 tons is just a perfect match. Of course, it doesn't matter if the length is a little longer, say more than 25 meters, and the weight exceeds the full load of 4-5 tons, the truck can fit it perfectly.

Hoffman was so pleased with the truck that he personally named it the "Earth Warrior," and those in the know learned that although the chassis, engine, and components were all jointly developed by various companies, the idea of such a stylish shape, especially the separation of the left and right cockpits and the recessed center was entirely designed by the Führer -- the sketches he drew were almost identical to the final product except for the proportions, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Since it is a big guy, the price of this multi-functional missile launcher is also quite hot, a total of 20 units were produced by bidding as a whole, and the total price of R&D expenses plus production costs together exceeds 90 million marks, and the unit price is as high as 4.5 million units, which is equivalent to 16 Tiger or 12 latest Tiger 3, even if the R&D expenses are removed, the production cost alone is more than 2.5 million marks.

In fact, what is displayed in front of everyone is not all the vehicles owned by the missile battalion, in addition to these earth warriors, there are also command vehicles, flatbed trucks (transporting spare bombs, without the function of launching and erecting), and officers and soldiers support vehicles (sleeper vehicles that can accommodate 16 people), not to mention the trucks, all the supporting vehicles together with the launch vehicles constitute the complete set of equipment of the missile battalion, which occupies a lot of establishment, funds, and tonnage. All missile assault battalions were directly subordinate to the Supreme High Command, and the cost of equipment for a battalion was higher than the price of a Type 1944 armored division. Not to mention the quality of officers and soldiers, more than 70 percent have university diplomas.

A full 14 Earth Warriors set off from the German mainland, first through the German-Italian highway to the port of Trieste in northern Italy, and then around the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Horn of Africa, the Indian Ocean, and finally disembarked at the port of Tamatave in eastern Madagascar, and arrived at the launch site under their own power. They openly chose Madagascar, which has relatively backward basic conditions, instead of Western Europe, which has perfect infrastructure and good road conditions, shows that the German army is very confident in this operating system!

The actual situation is not as good as it appears, and there are also problems such as breakdowns and failures in between, which is one of the key factors in Keitel's complaint that the deployment of the rocket battalion is dragging its feet, but the overall situation is much better than expected. In order to prevent accidents, Germany deliberately dispatched 14 vehicles (2 in reserve), and the final 12 vehicles were able to safely gather at the launch site. However, Hoffman is not as optimistic as everyone else, because this launch vehicle carries only 10 tons of missiles, which is not one-third of its load at all, and the test for the vehicle is not particularly large.

The current scene is enough to frighten people: the knowledgeable generals and marshals understand at a glance that this posture means that the German rocket forces can completely get rid of railways and roads to achieve mobile deployment and field operations, and the effectiveness is greatly improved, and the threat is also greater.

"Gentlemen, I'm the German rocket engineer Krauser, please allow me to explain to you the ...... about the parameters of the rocket" A deep baritone sounded at the scene, Braun and others were also in Madagascar, but he didn't have to go out personally to introduce this kind of trivial matter, he and most of the Peenemünde scientific research team were at the predetermined splash point of the missile.

"On the left side of the launch site, the No. 1 mark is the V2 rocket standard type, with a range of 320 kilometers, a circular probability deviation of 8 kilometers, and can carry a 1,500-kilogram warhead, with a terminal speed of Mach 4.8, which is completely uninterceptable; on the right side of the launch site, the No. 2 word is marked on the V2 rocket with a power enhancement model, with a range of 200 kilometers, a circular probability deviation of 6 kilometers, and a maximum of 2.25 tons of conventional warheads or special warheads."

Although Krauser did not elaborate on what a special warhead is, the generals knew that it was nothing more than chemical weapons and bacteriological weapons -- although they are weapons prohibited by international conventions, they are standard weapons for powerful countries, and everyone tacitly has developed and stockpiled a batch of them. Germany was the first in the world in chemical weapons, and Hoffmann knew that Japan had a high level of bacteriological weapons.

"In the center of the launch site, the word No. 3 is marked with the V2 rocket with an enhanced range, with a maximum range of 500 kilometers, a circular probability deviation of 10 kilometers, and a warhead of about 1 ton."

Krauser introduced it in detail, and everyone was taking notes, but Hoffmann knew that the data were all wrong, and the real data was an order of magnitude better than the introduction, on the one hand, for the sake of secrecy, both to show the level of Germany and not to let other countries know the real core secrets; On the other hand, these data are used in conjunction with the export version (monkey version), and the technical parameters of more water can be used to get more money out of the pockets of the wrongdoers.

After the V2 was officially finalized and mass-produced, the names of the standard, power-enhanced, and range-enhanced models were no longer used, and the temporary name V2+ was no longer used, and Hoffman gave them a loud and new title - Scud!

Scud A: standard range 250 km, warhead 2.5 tons, circular probability deviation 3.5 km;

Scud B: standard range 400 km, warhead 1.8 tons, circular probability deviation 5 km;

Scud C: maximum range 650 km, warhead 1.25 tons, circular probability deviation 7.5 km.

These models are all heavier and more powerful than the Scud missiles developed by the Soviet Union in history, but the circular probability deviation is really unsatisfactory.

After the erection command was given, the rocketeers slowly straightened the missiles, and after a few minutes, began to inject liquid fuel into the missile engine turbopumps, and finally detected the missile battery, set the gyroscope, and other technical parameters. Since missile launches are carried out in an absolutely vertical state, they need to be calibrated after fuel injection using a latitude and longitude sight and gyroscope calibrator -- these are very technical tasks that cannot be played without a university diploma in science and engineering.

Because the rocket fuel is highly toxic and unsafe, the liquid fuel is poured on the spot before launch, and none of the dignitaries who came to observe the rocket were waiting for a long time, and they all stared intently, for fear of missing a single detail, and sincerely thanked Germany for opening such a top-secret scene to them.

Because there are a lot of things to show this time, in addition to new combat concepts and new tactical systems, all kinds of new equipment are indispensable. Before the launch of the rocket, the Germans had already swaggered to pull out the latest batch of Tiger 3 tanks that had rolled off the assembly line. With 68 tons of gross tonnage, 850 horsepower HL234+ engines, 128mm/L55 tank guns, and 165mm inclined armor, the Tiger 3 (King Tiger) tank makes everyone's eyes straighten and their hearts beat faster.

The on-site display is even more amazing: the Germans will collect the enemy's strongest defense tanks, including the latest Russian-made IS-2 heavy tanks, American-made M6 heavy tanks (although M26 has also been captured, but it is still in South America), American-made Super Sherman (Dumbo with a turret thickness of nearly 150mm) is placed on the shooting range, and there is no enemy of the King Tiger at a distance of 2000 meters, and it can be worn in any position, and the hit rate is very high, basically 3-4 guns can hit (the opponent is stationary), If you're lucky, you'll wear it at 2400 meters.

The opponent's artillery, except for the Russian-made 122mm (the accuracy is miserable), basically does not pose a threat to the King Tiger at a distance of 800 meters.

The crowd finally understood why Germany had decided to open up the export of the Tiger style, which was an old toy for the German army......