I don't know if it was because the critical situation in the Pacific theater promoted the harmony of the Japanese Navy and Army, and there were no unpleasant quarrels at the Japanese base camp meeting on October 10. Pen ~ fun ~ cabinet www.biquge.info and the Navy and Army also reached an agreement on the two issues of "Operation Jie-1" as soon as possible and "strengthening cooperation between Japan and Germany" (in fact, asking Germany for help).

On October 12 (Berlin time), Lieutenant General Hiroshi Oshima and General Kiyoshi Hasegawa, heads of the Japanese Navy and Army Mission in Germany, paid a rare joint visit to the Chief of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht, Hersmann.

"Your Excellency, our invincible Imperial Japanese Army recently won another unprecedented victory in the Pacific Theater, sinking 9 US aircraft carriers and 1 battleship; sank and damaged at least 12 cruisers and destroyers; About 40 transport ships and landing ships of various types were sunk. and crushed the great offensive of the American army on Christmas Island......"

General Hasegawa Kiyoshi first boasted in English (he speaks English, Oshima speaks German, Hirschmann speaks both, and there is an interpreter on the spot) - in fact, it is not a boast, and by ordinary standards, the Japanese have been fighting well in the Pacific lately. He did not lose any ships, but sank dozens of large and small ships of the Americans, among which there were also large aircraft carriers and battleships. If it were another country, I am afraid that such a big loss would be unbearable.

But the United States is a local tyrant!

They are big tyrants who can build dozens of aircraft carriers a year, and the number of ships they lost in September and October is certainly not as high as that of the new ones...... Even the number of aircraft carriers is increasing, and the real losses of the Americans are 6 escort carriers and 1 fleet carrier. And in September and October 1943, at least 10 escort aircraft carriers were commissioned, and another 1 Independence-class and 1 Essex-class were in service!

Therefore, the Japanese will definitely not win the war by exchanging a dozen planes for a ship.

"The Americans are attacking Holland Harbor now, are they?" Hersman saw that Hasegawa had finished speaking, so he asked about the latest battle situation.

"Yes." Hasegawa Kiyoshi nodded in acknowledgement. "But at the moment it is only a large-scale air strike, and there is no sign of landing...... We found no trace of the American landing fleet. ”

In fact, the Japanese military now does not know where the main force of the US 7th Fleet is—the I-166 submarine sent by the Japanese to track the US fleet lost contact on October 10, and it is estimated that all of them have been reincarnated.

The remnants of the Japanese army and navy aviation on the islands of Amaknak and Unararaka were all evacuated on the 11th, so it was impossible to send long-range reconnaissance planes to search for them.

So most of the North Pacific is now a blind spot, and no one knows where the US 7th Fleet is? At the same time, the US fleet that entered the North Pacific was gone.

Now the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet are heading at full speed to the central waters of the Aleutian Islands, hoping to prevent the two American fleets from meeting. However, considering the fuel consumption of 15,000 tons a day, it is clear that the current actions of the combined fleet will not last long.

"The Americans have great strength," Hasegawa said, turning the other cheeks, "and despite the setbacks, they can still maintain their offensive in the Pacific." In order to break this offensive and force the United States to sue for peace, Japan and Germany must work together. ”

Cooperate? It's a call for help, right?

Hersman knew for a long time that the Pacific War would be fought like this, a war of 6 million tons of oil and 260 million tons of oil! Americans would be stupid if they don't play the local tyrant card. And what can Dick Si and the local tyrant fight? Fight for airplanes? Ship pooling? If you can win, you can have a ghost!

The only thing Japan can fight for is nothing more than a bad life. Therefore, when the European version of the Lend-Lease Act was proposed at the beginning of the year, Hersman regarded the assistance to Japan with suicide weapons as a key project.

And after Japan rejected Hirschman's "unreasonable demands", Hirschman did not abandon efforts to develop "artificial intelligence weapons". In April, Hersman instructed the Air Force Armament Agency and the Naval Armament Agency to issue a second round of tenders for the development of the "AI missile" - because the V1-J man-operated missile had two major accidents in a row in the previous "service test" (although Germany would not be equipped with the V1-J missile, but still carried out the service test very seriously), and lost two Ju88 bombers and all crews. So the whole project was deemed a failure, and Hirschmann, after much deliberation on the offensive, agreed to cancel the contract for the production of the V1-J man-operated missile using an unreliable liquid rocket engine and re-tender the man-operated missile using a jet engine.

In addition, Hersman also believes that after being consumed by the United States, Japan will probably not be able to produce 1,500 good pilots who can fly V1-J rocket-operated missiles (this kind of missiles are difficult to fly. Pilots of Leich's level went to pilot). Therefore, the Japanese now need "high-quality suicide missiles" that are more powerful, more reliable, and easier to operate, more flexible, and more comfortable.

In fact, the kamikaze tactics adopted by Japan in history were very unsuccessful and did not sink many worthy warships. According to later statistics, the Japanese kamikaze squadron dispatched about 1,298 aircraft, and the proportion of successful hits against US ships was only about 5%, and the sinking rate was even lower.

In Hersman's view, such a "kamikaze attack" is simply an irresponsible suicide. With the output of American ships, if they were to collide with such an exchange ratio, the Japanese would definitely become extinct.

That's why Hersmann proposed the tactic of "boutique suicide" - this is a very much in line with the German thinking!

"Admiral Hasegawa, Lieutenant General Oshima." Hersman said, "I have always tried my best to promote cooperation between Japan and Germany. And I understand your difficulties, so I have people design some weapons that will be useful for you...... Artificial intelligence weapons. ”

AI weapons? Sounds amazing!

Lieutenant General Hiroshi Oshima immediately said, "What kind of weapon?" ”

"Missiles." "It's all manipulative, weaponry that can be used to die with the enemy," Hirsman said. ”

Such artificial intelligence?

Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Hiroshi Oshima glanced at each other, both slightly disappointed. Similar weapons were obtained in Japan in 41 years and copied them, but they were later abandoned because the situation on the battlefield improved. After the Panama Campaign, the Japanese Navy had actually picked up the V3 man-operated missile system that Germany had aided Japan at that time and studied it again.

However, the results of the research found that this human-operated missile has great limitations and is no longer suitable for today's battlefield. The first is that a "missile" with a push-back engine (which is actually an airplane) is difficult to maneuver, and only the best pilots can control it.

The second is that the design of the V3 manned missile has serious flaws (mainly caused by the immaturity of the thrust engine technology), the flight accident rate is high, the engine is easy to catch fire (the heat dissipation of the pushback engine is a problem), and its speed is not fast enough compared to today's American carrier-based fighters, and it has no self-defense ability, so it is easy to shoot down.

If Hirschman is still taking out a weapon like a V3 man-operated missile, the two Japanese devils will not be interested.

Hersman had already gotten up from his seat and said to the two Japanese, "There's a sample here, let's go and see it." What else do you want, let's talk about it after reading this. ”

Samples of AI weapons are housed in a building next to the General Staff dedicated to storing and displaying a variety of weapons – a joint site of the German Navy, Army and Air Force Armaments Agency, which houses a number of exhibition halls containing physical objects or models of various weapons used by the German army.

On the top floor of the building, in a grand exhibition hall with granite tiles and floor-to-ceiling glass windows, there is now an impeccable suicide weapon of exquisite design and workmanship - the "Silver Reaper" human missile, jointly developed by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom and Henschel in Germany!

A middle-aged and somewhat well-fated Luftwaffe lieutenant (reserve draftee) spoke fluent Japanese to the two Japanese generals to give a comprehensive introduction to the capabilities and characteristics of the "Silver Reaper" missile, which at first glance looked like a small aircraft.

"This is a combination of the most advanced aviation technology from Germany and the United Kingdom, using the most advanced technology, handcrafted by technicians at the Rolls-Royce factory in the United Kingdom......

A suicide weapon handcrafted by Rolls-Royce technicians, and it's a limited edition. This is certainly a luxury item in a suicide weapon that most people will shy away from!

"Look at the two," the chubby lieutenant was the manager of Mercedes-Benz Motors in Japan before the war, and he could speak Osaka dialect, like an original Japanese profiteer, he pointed to this suicide missile with a silver body and a shell as perfect as a Rolls-Royce car, "The shell of this missile is made of the most advanced high-strength aluminum alloy, and the workmanship is very elegant, and the safety of passengers and missiles is fully considered, and nickel-chromium-manganese rolled steel is used as a bulletproof steel plate in key parts, Can withstand strafing from American 0.5-inch (12.7mm) aviation machine guns......"

"Suicide weapons should also be considered for safety?" Hiroshi Oshima objected at this time - even if he was a German fan, he couldn't imagine the purpose of producing a suicide weapon with a focus on safety.

Of course, Rolls-Royce and Henschel did not create this suicide weapon to kill the pilot who flew it, but to use it to destroy enemy warships. Therefore, security must be considered before the purpose of destruction is achieved. Therefore, the design and manufacture of the 'Silver Reaper' fully consider the three indicators of safety, reliability and comfort......"

"Comfortable?" Hiroshi Oshima frowned, is this to make the special attack team members comfortable to complete the last journey of their lives?

"Yes, both of you. This is the cockpit of the missile, with a teardrop-shaped bulletproof glass cover cabin with a wide field of vision, and the cockpit also has a pressurization function, which can adapt to extreme climatic conditions of more than 10,000 meters, and the internal space is also relatively spacious, and it will not feel depressing when riding in it for a long time. There are also hand-stitched leather seats, which are very comfortable and can relieve fatigue and tension. In addition, a DSC tape recorder was installed, which allowed the pilot to listen to some relaxing music...... Of course, leather seats and DSC recorders are optional.

In addition, the 'Silver Reaper' missile also uses a very safe W1B jet engine produced by Rolls-Royce, which can provide up to 500 kilograms of thrust, which can make the 'Silver Reaper' missile reach a maximum level flight speed of 800 kilometers per hour and a range of up to 200 kilometers. If installed on our German Me264 long-range bombers, it is possible to rely on the guidance of the on-board FuG300 radar to achieve over-the-horizon strikes. ”