Chapter 514: Communiqué for personal vendetta
Churchill, of course, knew what that was.
In fact, when Churchill saw a telegram from the Soviet Union about the inquiry, he immediately jumped out of his chair.
"The Germans finally used the 'airplane missile' on the Soviets!" Churchill said. (Note: The British call the V1 an 'airplane missile')
"Do you want to pass on the information to the Soviets?" The staff officer asked.
"No!" Churchill lit the cigar on his lips and, after a moment's thought, replied, "Be reserved, understand?" ”
"Your Excellency Prime Minister......" The staff officer was a little puzzled.
"We also need the Soviets to give us information!" Churchill said, "If you pass on all the information to them...... They won't give us follow-up information! ”
Hearing this, the staff officer couldn't help but suddenly realize, nodded and said, "Yes, I know what to do!" ”
The staff officer did know what to do, and he sent a telegram to the Soviet side, revealing only a little information: "Our side has also been bombed by this new German equipment several times and suffered losses, and our understanding of this equipment is also very limited, and it is speculated that it may be an unmanned aerial vehicle, and we hope to continue to keep in touch with and share information about this equipment in the future!" ”
This means that the Soviet side revealed a little bit of bombing data, and the British side also revealed a little bit of it.
Churchill, on the other hand, immediately sent a telegram to Roosevelt in a high profile: "I am right, the Germans used 'airplane missiles' on the Eastern Front, and do you know what is happening? They used 'aircraft missiles' to bomb a position only a kilometer away from the German lines. So, I have every reason to believe that the accuracy of this equipment is less than a kilometer! ”
Roosevelt was lost in thought, or rather shock, when he received this telegram.
He really couldn't imagine how Germany, which was restricted by the Treaty of Versailles, would still have one piece of equipment after another that made everyone stunned...... For example, this "aircraft missile" has an accuracy of one kilometer after a few hundred kilometers, which is simply incredible.
Thinking about Roosevelt, he felt a little terrifying, if the Germans produced this equipment on a large scale, then what could they confront the Germans in the future? Marine? Landing battles?
Roosevelt unconsciously fell into a pessimism.
This information, of course, also reached Stalin, who was silent for a while with his pipe in his mouth, and then said only a few words: "Go ahead and attack Kholm!" ”
Stalin didn't really take this matter too seriously, in his eyes, the decisive victory in the war was more about quantity, if only a few new pieces of equipment of a small scale...... That's just a showcase.
Stalin's idea can be said to be justified or unreasonable.
It makes sense because an important indicator for evaluating equipment is output...... If the performance is good but the cost is high, and you can only produce a few or a dozen cars a year, it will also not work.
In modern times, the typical Japanese Type 10 tank, the performance on paper is really good (the reason why I say 'on paper' performance is because this tank has frequent failures in training, and many of its performance is obviously blown out), but the cost is high, and only a dozen units can be produced a year...... If this thing is really put into the battlefield, I am afraid that it will drag itself down before defeating the enemy.
It doesn't make sense to say that some equipment is strategic and doesn't need to be scaled up. For example, only one or two atomic bombs can play a decisive role.
Of course, this is all turmoil within the leaders of various countries, and Holm does not feel much.
If anything, the Soviets became more and more cautious, and they all cowered when attacking, no matter how much the officers shouted and scolded from behind, and many of them looked up at the sky from time to time, worrying whether a "plane missile" would fall from the sky and blow them up into the sky.
Qin Chuan and Conrad liked to whet the Soviets' appetite in this way, and when the Soviets were always worried that there would be another "airplane missile", they just didn't move, and after a few days, when the Soviets slowly put down their hearts and even almost forgot about it, suddenly the "airplane missile" fell from the sky again, and this time there were three of them.
Except for one of the three missiles, which malfunctioned and fell on the way, the other two hit the west bank of Holm with great accuracy.
One hit a row of houses, knocking down an entire row of houses...... However, this may be because this row of houses has been bombed before, otherwise it would not have been so powerful.
The other hit the cemetery, shattering, turning over or blowing up all the tombstones in the cemetery, leaving a large pit several meters deep.
As for the faulty V1, it was confirmed that it exploded shortly after it hit the ground...... For reasons of secrecy, the Germans installed several detonation fuses on the V1 to ensure that it could explode under any circumstances, and these fuses proved to be successful as well, as almost all of the V1s fired out exploded normally.
That scared the Soviet soldiers...... The soldier's greatest fear is that he encounters this kind of thing, encountering an enemy piece of equipment on the battlefield that they cannot counter.
This can make soldiers feel like they are fighting a battle with no hope of victory, and they may even wonder if the whole country will collapse under this equipment.
As a result, negativity, slackness, fear, and all kinds of negative emotions have sprung up.
The command of the German Army Group Center also received relevant information.
Kruger immediately called Conrad: "Colonel, I heard that you used a new type of equipment in Holm?" ”
"Yes!" Conrad replied.
"I want to know...... Can this new equipment be used in other directions? Kruger said: "You know, our Army Group North is not completely out of trouble!" ”
"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Conrad replied: "I can't say too much about confidentiality, please forgive me!" ”
Then Conrad hung up the phone.
Qin Chuan looked at Conrad with a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong?" Conrad asked.
"Why didn't you accede to Marshal Kruger's request?" Qin Chuan asked.
"No why!" Conrad replied, "I just want him to understand how foolish it is for him to leave you and your troops in Holm!" ”
"Okay!" Qin Chuan rolled his eyes: "That's for this!" ”
"Yes, that's it!" Conrad said: "Everyone knows that there is no good end to offending me, even the marshal!" ”
After a pause, Conrad added: "Now, if this guy isn't too stupid, he should know what to do!" ”