Romania and Hungary were weaker, but they were also conscientious and played the whole game on the Eastern Front, and they were both reliable partners in Hoffman's eyes - much better than half-hearted and self-righteous pig teammates like Turkey, and much better than half-hearted "old friends" like Bulgaria and Spain, so please come and watch together. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As for Iraq and Iran, oil tyrants don't need to be invited to observe to shock them, as soon as they heard that there was such a good thing as a rocket, they shouted to buy it, and they didn't ask the price, they only pestered to ask about the delivery time, and even said that it didn't matter if it was out of stock for the time being, I would pay the money first, and you would help me train the personnel first, and then talk about it, which made Speer's head very big: after all, Germany itself does not have enough rockets now, and a batch of rockets will be consumed when one batch is produced, and there is no excess inventory at all.

But it's not wise to simply refuse the request of the local tyrant, this is pushing the money out, not to mention that these two buddies will buy German arms as soon as they have money, and they don't do the rocket business, do you want to do a good job in the tank and aircraft business in the future?

After obtaining Hoffman's consent, Speer decided to first help the two Iraqi countries train their missile troops, and the price was, of course, a conscience price -- only four times the cost (twice the cost of ordinary munitions), a V2 was priced at 400,000 marks, and a one-time purchase of more than 100 rounds was discounted by 9 and the corresponding personnel training was attached. Other launch bases and launch facilities will be charged separately. The only thing to say is that the "Missile Non-Proliferation Treaty" must be signed -- without the written consent of the German Government, the two countries are not allowed to transfer the technical parameters and physical objects of the relevant equipment to a third country.

Iraq first threw off 50 million marks, signed a contract for 100 missiles and related facilities, and then went back to receive it.

When Pahlavi learned of Iraq's purchases, he doubled them and the rest of the terms were identical, except for one requirement that the goods must be delivered at the same time as Iraq.

Hoffmann is sometimes worried that these two will use V2 to fight in the future, but after thinking about it, he thinks that it is not a big deal, and he has no mediation ability at all, how can Germany be the leader of a great power?

After nearly 65 minutes of waiting, all the work of the V2 rocket was finally ready, and the launch vehicle adjusted the relevant data according to the instructions of the command vehicle (including wind speed, wind direction, etc.), and the dignitaries only knew that they were busy, but they did not know what they were busy with.

"Last minute preparation!"

"The countdown begins, 9...... 8…… 3…… 2…… 1…… Launch! ”

I saw one rocket after another begin to ignite in turn, and instantly spewed flames from the tail, and the rockets that were still standing just now dragged out long flames and flew into the sky one after another, the speed was extremely fast, the scene was spectacular, and the launch was all successful at one time, and there was neither a dud bomb nor a mid-explosion after launching, which made Hoffman feel a lot more at ease, and his face was also bright.

In order to ensure the safety of observers, the construction of air defense towers and observation facilities (originally part of Madagascar's defense system) began long before the launch of the lightning exercise, which was just completed last month, not to mention that the missile explosion on the launch site will not be affected, even if the missile falls out of control on the air defense tower, the safety of the core area can be guaranteed, which is why Hoffman dares to summon so many dignitaries here.

According to the plan of the Supreme Command, due to the small size and dense population of the German mainland, and the increasing range of Peneminde's rockets, the future test of the new missile will mainly be arranged in the territory of the German African Republic, which is not small, has a very small population, and is isolated from the surrounding area, next to the vast Indian Ocean, even if it falls and blows up halfway, it does not matter. Hoffman also hopes that in the future, Germany's satellite launch bases and nuclear weapons test bases will be set up in Africa, and that it will be much easier to launch satellites in Somalia across the equator than on German soil.

Although the rocket project that the US military is anxious to put on the shelves has barely increased its range to more than 250 kilometers, the launch success rate is still miserable, and only 4 of the last 17 launches have been successful, although it is an improvement from the previous round of 19 launches and 16 failures, but this success rate still makes everyone shake their heads.

"The rocket with the closest range needs to run in the air for about 240 seconds before landing, and the rocket with the longest range needs to run for about 5 minutes before landing...... We arranged experts and observers to check the impact accuracy and explosion power in the predetermined splash area, and detailed data will come later. ”

This was followed by a tactical introduction by the Supreme Command: "In the new blitzkrieg 2.0 tactics, our army will take the lead in attacking the enemy's key defense areas with high-intensity and covert missile saturation attacks, paralyzing its command centers, supply nodes, strategic points and key defense areas, and paying special attention to destroying its air defense capabilities, so as to create opportunities for our army's aviation assault to follow." ”

"Considering the high price and technical difficulty of ballistic missiles, our army has developed the V3 rocket, which is different from the V2 flight beyond the atmosphere, the V3 rocket mainly flies in the atmosphere, the flight altitude is between 2500-4000 meters, and the maximum cruising speed can reach more than 750 km / h, which is difficult for other combat aircraft other than jets to intercept......"

Ito, who was in the viewing seat, whispered to a staff officer of the Aviation Headquarters next to him: "What is the difference between the V3 and the Sakura missiles that Germany gave us before?" ”

"It's better, it's faster, it's longer, it's more accurate, but it's all jet-like in nature. It's nothing more than a kamikaze attack manned, and the German V3 rocket is automatically tracked, although the German side didn't say it thoroughly, but I think the V3 rocket can also be manned. ”

"Auto-tracking is more accurate than manned?"

"That's impossible, unless it's at night, fog, heavy rain and other special climates, the artificial accuracy will be very poor, but ......" Dazuo said in a low voice, "It's difficult to train special attack pilots, the empire can only accurately hit the enemy ship so far There are only more than 300 special attack members, but automatic tracking weapons can be produced continuously, 1 automatic rocket may not be able to fight 1 cherry blossom, 10 automatic weapons may not be able to fight 1 cherry blossom?" ”

In Hoffman's naming dictionary, V3 also has an impressive term - silkworm cruise missile, originally he wanted to use the loud and frightening name of "Tomahawk cruise missile", but later felt that the difference between the name and the product is too great, ruining the prestige of the Tomahawk, so he told Peneminde and a group of scientists that he hoped that the next generation of more powerful cruise missiles would be called Tomahawks, and this generation would be called Silkworm Style.

The improved V3 is less than 7.5 meters long, but the body has a diameter of 1.36 meters, which makes it look fat and short compared to the slender and thin Scud, and it is completely appropriate to call it a silkworm. The silkworm babies are no longer the earth warriors, but the full-track carriers.

The scene sounded the relaxed and witty tone of the introducer of the high command: "Because our army has captured too many US Sherman tanks, although it is not possible to use them to fight, but the transportation capacity is really good, reflecting the industrial manufacturing level of the Americans, our army has transformed it into a missile launcher in line with the principle of making the best use of things, in addition, the Sherman body is also widely used as a bridge erection vehicle, a crane truck, a bulldozer, a rocket launcher and other service fields, active in all units of our army, and the turrets that have been removed are not idle, Both are used on Sibel-class landing craft or ground-based fixed fortifications...... In the Führer's words, the Sherman tank was full of treasures that could not be wasted. ”

Everyone laughed, what is the record of the Germans, sometimes the official propaganda and cold press releases are far less shocking than the real thing: hundreds of Liberty/Victory ships, piles of M1 Garand rifles, Thomson submachine guns, Browning heavy machine guns, American jeeps lining up one football field after another, ten rounds of large trucks are all fully showing the brilliant achievements of the German army, the number of Sherman captures alone must be calculated in thousands, and there are various models in different periods, as for the latest cutting-edge M6, M26, The M26/SP tank was captured again after the South American campaign.

In contrast, the complete Tiger tank trophies in the hands of the U.S. military were the first to get from Stalin, and there was no new one, not that the Tiger was indestructible, but that the U.S. military never finally controlled the battlefield at all, so it could not get the complete trophies.

In addition to a series of Sherman tanks directly captured from Britain and the United States through operations, Britain also handed over all Sherman tanks (including both Britain's own possession and U.S. military equipment surrendered by Britain) after the armistice, and the total number of Shermans owned by the German army has exceeded 5,000, making it the second largest equipment country in the world at present, and Japan ranks third in the world with more than 1,000 Sherman tanks. The Germans took advantage of the universal transformation and transformed it into service tanks as much as possible, and at the same time disposed of a batch to Japan at a suitable price.

The Germans also modified the No. 4 tank as a tracked vehicle, but the carrying capacity was not as strong as the Sherman, and the No. 4 chassis was also used to produce various self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but it was not as idle as the Sherman, so the modification plan was finally abandoned. Experts from the Ministry of Armaments believe that the Tiger chassis will be a better carrier, which can carry not only the V3, but even the V2.

With the rapid advancement of Germany's rearmament, tens of thousands of No. 4 troops have begun to go abroad, France and Italy have basically mastered the manufacturing technology, from the Ural Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, from the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic, No. 4 has begun to become the main tank of the axis allies in Europe, America and the Middle East, and there are also a lot of equipment in Japan.

Only the British were still ashamed to refuse to use German goods, and focused on tinkering with new tanks - the cheating Churchill and the Black Prince had been shot by Marshal Brooke, and the Sherman-based comet had become a rootless tree and a source of water, but the British really had good things in their hands, and they came up with a Centurion (Sun Qiulun) prototype, which was better than the Tiger in terms of technical indicators alone, and was basically the same as the Tiger 2, but the reliability and production capacity were very poor, much worse than the latest German Tiger 3. The Tiger 3 is an improved version that uses a new engine, and everything else has a mature foundation, while the Centurion is a newly developed heavy tank, which is technically comparable to the Tiger originally developed by Germany, and is destined to be unsuccessful.