The X-4 was studied relatively early, starting in 1942, and by the beginning of 1944, it matured and completed the actual combat targeting, but the wired guidance method made Hoffman not very satisfied, and later transformed to act as an anti-tank missile under his suggestion, and the air-to-ground anti-tank missile is not bad to use, because the tank speed is much slower than the slowest heavy bomber, so it can be easily hit by remote control;

The subsequent X-6 was closer to Hoffman's expectations, the missile uses a radio proximity fuse and an infrared dual seeker, with a total weight of 85 kg, a maximum attack range of 7 km, a maximum speed of up to 1150 km / h, and a maximum of 45 seconds in the air, after which it will choose to self-detonate if it has not hit the target. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Judging from the target experience, it is very effective to deal with large targets with a speed of less than 500 kilometers per hour, such as 4-round bombers, twin-shot attack aircraft with torpedoes or bombs, and it is a little powerless to deal with fighters with high speed and strong maneuverability, but after all, it is on the right path, Hoffman believes that as long as the liquid fuel still used by the X-6 is replaced with solid fuel, and then the seeker and airborne radar system are upgraded, the expected X-8 can kill any piston aircraft, as for whether it can hit a speed of 1000 kilometers/ Hours of jets, that's another matter, can't be too anxious isn't.

Because Hoffman thought very clearly, new weapons are valuable, but the most important thing is the tactical concept, the tactical concept is not upgraded, just the improvement of equipment is completely empty, the history of the Iran-Iraq war only broke out more than 30 years after the end of World War II, but these two brothers fought a World War II-level war with the third generation of weapons, and it was miserable.

The lessons of the French campaign are even more obvious, the main force of the German armored forces at that time was still the No. 2 No. 3 tank, which was not as good as the French tank, and the number was not as large as the opponent, but the German tactical concept and offensive strategy completely subverted the enemy's cognition, and when the French were still slowly preparing to fight a typical defensive, attrition, and blockade line war in 1918, Germany had already used a blitzkrieg, and immediately defeated the opponent, and forced France to sign an armistice treaty in six weeks - in World War I. 6 weeks was not even enough for Tsarist Russia to fully deploy the western army.

If Germany used its original equipment to fight a war in World War I mode with the French, no matter how brave and good the German army was, the outcome would be certain death.

In this South American campaign, although Germany had the advantage of sea control and tank performance, if it really fought a positional war that was advancing steadily according to Clark's idea, not to mention that Rommel only had 120,000 troops in his hands, it might not be able to eat it if it doubled, but the German army adopted the strategy of attacking El Salvador first, and forced the landing by means of rocket washing, air control, and naval artillery suppression, and immediately defeated Patton's department.

Hoffman is not an expert in tactics, but he believes that the Blue Army Command represented by Guderian and the Red Army (imaginary enemy) Command represented by Paulus will be able to finally rehearse Blitzkrieg 2.0, and in his mind, weapons and means such as deterrence, decapitation, rockets, and joint attacks will ultimately achieve three goals:

First, the distance folds

The new Blitzkrieg 2.0 will no longer be a rotten battle of progress, step by step, and layer by layer, the front and rear are battlefields, although South Africa is still a large country, but Hoffman considers the depth of the entire country together. The reconnaissance plane had long repeatedly checked Bradley's deployment, and he relied on the terrain to build at least four lines of defense, placing a small number of troops in the front line, and placing the main force and reserves on the second and third lines of defense, thinking that this would thwart the sharp spirit of the German attack spearhead, how could he know that the Germans would adopt the method of distance folding and attack four lines of defense at the same time?

Second, time compression

Not to mention the slow unfolding speed of World War I, the war has been going on for 6 weeks, and the Russians have not yet finished it, not to mention the advanced behavior of the Blitzkrieg 1.0 era with hours or even days of aircraft bombing, and then the implementation of 50-120 minutes of artillery preparation, in Blitzkrieg 2.0, time is everything. When the bomber group, the fighter group begins to take off, the rocket forces are ready, and then they will splash down at a rapid and powerful speed, and then there will be an endless stream of ground air attack groups that open the way from the sky, and the iron flow on the ground surges, and the rapid assault, opening the gap with the strongest force and then quickly drowning it - who gave you time to retreat to the 2nd and 3rd lines of defense?

Third, battlefield control

There were no two sides in the South African campaign to control the sea, but Germany had a huge submarine group, and whoever came and who died, let alone half of the sea power; Air supremacy, the German army is dominated by a huge air force group, superior fighters, and a new army aviation attack group; The right to control the land, the torrent of German steel is the quality assurance.

However, on this basis, Hoffman also proposed the fourth right -- the right to control the electromagnetic system, to undermine the US military's ability to transmit and obtain information. In terms of electromagnetic control, the radar system has arranged for anti-radiation bombs to deal with it, and most importantly, communication jammers have also arrived on the battlefield.

This so-called "super blocking" system has a total of 3 sets, a single set of power reached a terrifying 60 kilowatts, the antenna tower is as high as 35 meters, the interference frequency bands are all commonly used by the US military, and the interference range deployed behind the Mozambican border covers most of South Africa. In addition, the Germans also equipped the Fw-190 with jamming pods, developed mobile jamming vehicles with Sherman tanks, and used all moves to target Bradley's communication capabilities - when his troops were covered in an overwhelming meteor shower, it was not known if he would be able to convey instructions to the lower levels.

In the evening, the results of all missile launches came, and 85 percent of the missiles were splashed down according to the predetermined targets, and another 15 percent were better than expected.

Hoffman specially summoned Guderian and Paulus, and first said to Guderian: "For well-known reasons, I basically will not choose to start a war in North America, and the Americans have proposed peace to our side for the second time, and this South African campaign is likely to be the last large-scale army group offensive campaign, and the Americans have the sincerity of the peace talks, but they have not yet fully understood their own situation, and they have always had unrealistic illusions about the situation, so this campaign must be majestic and achieve deterrence."

I know it's hard to get you to concentrate on a lot of new weapons and tactics in just 3 months, but as our army's premier tactician and blitzkrieg mastermind, I want you to take this set of tactics to the next level. There may be Blitzkrieg 3.0 or 4.0 in the future, but we will all grow old, and we may be just a clapping spectator rather than a conductor. “

Guderian nodded in agreement: "I fully understand the Führer's painstaking efforts, and I will try to find ways to put into practice your epoch-making combat concept." ”

Hoffman turned his head back to Paulus: "This new tactic cannot be kept secret, as long as we want to use it, the enemy will know about it." It's entirely possible that Americans will learn in the future, so when you're studying offense, you'll also have to try to think of ways to defend yourself. And you should keep your position as low-key as possible, not on Germany, but on the Republic of the Americas—if the Americans were to press the American Republic with lightning speed in the future, how would you prepare to resist before the mobilization for war on German soil, and prevent the nascent republic from being swallowed up in one bite.

In view of the strength of the American Republics, your strength is about 10-150,000 troops in peacetime, and the expansion limit is 20-250,000 in a short period of time. ”

Paulus's appointment as supreme military commander of the American republics had been made clear internally, and he preferred to hold the post of chief of the general staff, with the rank of marshal of the republics of the Americas—a compensatory and alternative for Hoffmann to already hold the rank of general and at the same time to determine not to be promoted to German field marshal. Those who hold the rank of marshal of other continental divisions will be half a rank lower than the native marshal.

Paulus replied respectfully: "Führer, don't worry, I will definitely come up with a way, I have learned some things in the past two days, but it is not yet systematic. ”

Hoffman nodded in satisfaction, and Paulus was satisfied with his conscientious attitude, otherwise he would not have pulled him back from the "abandoned" list and entrusted him with reuse.

"If you find that there are still problems after the combined exercises, not necessarily limited by the time limit of November 15, you can delay it a little longer, I can afford to wait, but it is better to end the fighting no later than the end of this year, because I still need to deploy troops to Central America, and there is no shortage of troops, and there is a shortage of time, materials and transportation capacity, so it must be comprehensively measured. You are all still young, and there will be a chance to ...... in the future."

The two were stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

Guderian is 56 years old, Paulus is only 54 years old, and Rommel is 53 years old; Even Manstein, who had reached the peak of his land commanderhood and was known as the "best of the handsome," was only 57 years old -- a title he himself hated and believed that "only the Führer is worthy of the commander of the handsome, whether in the past or in the future."

As for the other commanders, their future arrangements are also basically brewing:

Rundstedt - Honorable Retirement;

Blomburg - Second Front, General Adviser of the German Army;

Qu Hillel - Retired;

Bock - retired, Turkey is ready to ask him to be the Army's General Adviser;

Weix - 2nd Tier, General Adviser to the European Army;

Kleist - Second Front, Military Chief of German East Africa;

Moder - Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern European Command, guarding the Western Russian front;

Yodel - promoted to Field Marshal, Chief of Staff of the Supreme High Command;

Hausser - relegated to the second line after being promoted to field marshal, general adviser to the SS.

Other post-war arrangements were also largely in place:

Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme European Command: Keitel

Commander-in-Chief of the European Army: Manstein

Commander-in-Chief of the European Air Force: Kesselring

Commander-in-Chief of the European Combined Fleet: Machar

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the European Army and Commander of the Rapid Reaction Forces: Guderian

Third Deputy Commander of the Combined European Fleet and Commander of the Mobile Fleet: Crank

Commander-in-Chief of Western European Command: Rommel

Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Home Command: Schellner

Chief of the General Staff of the German African Republic: Erhard Laws