Hoffman felt that he was going further and further down certain evil paths, especially the introduction of the "spear-thrower" tactic, which exacerbated this self-deprecation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At night on August 25, 1944, with the order of Marchar, the main German fleet launched an attack on El Salvador.

"Combat readiness of the first level"

"Level 1 combat readiness!"

On 4 ships shaped like aircraft carriers, all ground crews were immediately busy, and the battleships protected them tightly in the middle.

Only when you board the ship and take a closer look can you see that although they also have flat decks and hangars like aircraft carriers, they actually have no planes or bombs in their hangars. The 15,000-ton tanker-converted warship wields new weapons and has a formidable name in Hoffman's mouth: the spear-thrower.

This is the world's first modified aircraft carrier that does not use aircraft as a means of combat, and its means of striking is rockets -- the Führer called them missile carriers.

Robert Goddard, an authority on rocket development in the United States, once described to the Joint Chiefs of Staff a terrible scenario: dozens of German freighters loaded with rockets were launched hundreds of kilometers away from the coastline of the United States, and the densely populated eastern metropolis full of industrial facilities was turned into a sea of fire, and now his "dream" was finally about to come true. The whole set of tactics will open the way with rockets, creating a better opportunity for the aircraft carrier formation to break through the defense -- much like the medieval war cavalry charging forward spear throwers first threw thousands of flying spears in their hands, forming a scene of intensive killing.

A kind of violent beauty and saturated beauty armed with modern technology - only Hoffmann knew how to appreciate it before this, and after today, everyone knows how to appreciate it.

The 4 spear-throwers are actually equipped with two rockets, one is a 16-ton V2+ missile with a warhead of 1,000 kg and a maximum range of 600 km, and they will launch at a position of about 500 km; One is a 3.5-ton V3 missile with a ramjet engine, a warhead of 750 kg, and a maximum range of 450 km, which they will launch at a position of about 400 km.

These are two rockets with different forms and operating logics.

The V2 is a typical ballistic missile, each spear thrower can carry 24 common and 12 spare shells, and the speed is high, up to Mach 4.8, there is nothing on earth that can be defended.

The V3 is a typical cruise missile, much like an unmanned suicide plane like its predecessor V1 rocket, but faster than the V1, nearly 750 km/h, more than all current piston engine aircraft, although difficult to defend against, but still shot down by anti-aircraft fire, each spear thrower can carry 64 common and 32 spare shells.

Although they are both called missiles, they are different in size, launch methods, and cost.

Each V2+ missile costs about 140,000 marks, while the V3 missile costs about 30,000 marks. Compared to the V1, the price of only 7500 marks has increased significantly, but it is a drop in the bucket for Germany now.

When the last air raid on Great Britain was launched, Germany used up all the V2+ missiles produced in the early stage in one go, and after several months of full-scale production, it has accumulated more goods. After the successes of ground launches, silo launches, and railroad maneuver launches, Hoffman is finally about to try shipborne launches.

However, Germany apparently has not yet used the will wheel as a launch platform as Goddard expected, because the rocket needs to be erected and stabilized before launch, and then the fuel needs to be stored, so the use of tankers to transform missile carriers is Hoffman's favorite goal after discussing with experts.

The main compartments of the four fully loaded tankers have been converted into missile and launch site shelters, with the deepest compartment reinforced with 100mm armor steel to serve as a storage site for rocket fuel. Generally speaking, rockets are not very dangerous before fuel is filled, and the greatest risk is this batch of flammable, explosive and corrosive fuel. Therefore, it is necessary not only to strengthen the cabin, but also to choose to pour at night to avoid possible attacks by enemy aircraft. The most important task for the ground crews now is to inject this batch of fuel into the rocket body fuel tank.

The level of German rocketry is unique in the world, and if the jet aircraft and the United Kingdom are barely on par, rocket technology is far ahead of other countries. After Penemünde's speech, many of the problems that plagued the development of Germany's missile industry, such as resources, materials, manpower, and development direction, were resolved one by one, and far more outstanding achievements were made than in history.

Historically, the V2 has been able to reach 370 kilometers at most, but now the modified V2+ can easily reach 600 kilometers and enter the practical stage ahead of schedule for mass production.

In the test base of the launch site, there is a super V2 (later renamed V4) that has passed the acceptance and is connected by a two-stage rocket in series, with a maximum range of 1,200 kilometers, which can be hit from the Penemünde base all the way to the sea off Norway, and is expected to be built in batches from October, and at the same time the submarine-launched performance of the missile is being modified; At present, the V6 rocket with two stages in series plus four additional boosters is in full swing, with a range of 2,500-3,000 kilometers, which can be fired from Penemünde all the way to the Barents Sea, and is a strategic submarine-launched rocket that is ready to be put into the XXX-class super submarine, with a maximum carrying capacity of 5 tons of warhead -- which can be used with super bombs.

The V8 rocket, which uses a three-stage rocket with four additional boosters and has a range of more than 5,000 kilometers, has also been designed, and is ready to carry out ground ignition tests at the appropriate time, according to Braun's schedule, it is expected to be produced in 1949-1950, with a warhead carrying capacity of the same 5 tons, and is planned to carry not only super bombs, but also more advanced nuclear fusion bombs.

However, the development of the V5 cruise missile is not very smooth, and the development requirements for this missile are to be able to mount an aircraft, weigh no more than 800 kg, have a range of not less than 120 kilometers and a penetration speed of not less than 900 km / h, and now only any two of the three targets can be achieved.

Since the V5 cannot be realized, and the V5 is based on it, the V7 that is ready for anti-radiation will not be realized for the time being (the weight is not more than 250 kg, the warhead is not less than 50 kg, and the range is not less than 60 km).

As can be seen from the model number, now the singular ending has become a cruise missile, and the even ending has become a ballistic missile, and Hoffman is ready to wait for the next stage to reintroduce the nomenclature to distinguish between the cruise class and the ballistic class.

The accuracy problems that historically plagued German rockets were gradually improved, and the V2+ ballistic missile and the V3 cruise missile used a triple guidance mechanism: first, an inertial gyroscope; secondly, enemy radio radiation guidance; Thirdly, the V3 can be equipped with improved infrared guidance if necessary.

At the same time, this time on the V2 + ballistic missile is also installed Mr. Konrad Chuze's masterpiece, using a combination of electron tube and relay Z5 type core computer, the calculation speed is close to 800 times / second, the reason why it is said to be the core, because the computing system installed on the rocket only needs to install the given logic for calculation and does not need to have general programming ability, nor does it need complete computing power, it can be installed on it after greatly simplification, and a timed self-destruct device is also installed for secrecy.

In Germany, the 1,000 general-purpose Z5 computers are already working in various core areas, and the next goal of Konrad Chuuzer's research team is the Z6, a large-scale general-purpose computer built with a combination of electron tubes and transistors, with a speed of up to 10,000 cycles per second, and this research project, which Hoffmann called "my pension", is now valued at more than 500 million Reichsmarks, and once the Z6 is successfully manufactured, it will reach at least 1.5 billion marks - universities and universities throughout Germany and Europe. Scientific research institutions and even key government departments can use it, and it is a natural monopoly.

After the improvement, the circular probability deviation of the V2+ ballistic missile was reduced from 10-12 km to 7-8 km in the early V2, and the guidance effect of V3 was obviously better because of the slow flight speed, and the circular probability deviation dropped directly from 5-6 km to 2-3 km in the case that the side had exact instructions to relay guidance.

While the rocketeers were busy quickly, two XXI submarines quietly poked their heads out of the sea off El Salvador -- they would work together to form a relay guide for missile launches, contributing to improving the accuracy of hits.

"Report sir, everything is ready to start." At about 2 o'clock in the morning, the telegram that was all ready finally reached Lieutenant General Dornberg. He looked at Machar, who smiled and nodded, signaling that he could give the order.

Dornberg, the head of the Penemünde base and who had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general for his merits, held his breath and gave the order to "activate", and the spear thrower tactics were immediately launched.

"Ignition!"

The missile carrier, surrounded by battleships in the center, was quickly launched, and one missile after another began to drag a terrifying tail flame into the sky: the V2+ was launched vertically, and the tail flame kept rising but had a clear angle, and the V3 was launched at an oblique angle, first rising and then gradually leveling out.

All the officers and men of the navy stared blankly at the flames that swept away one after another, and then suddenly burst into fierce cheers: "Long live the Empire!" ”

"It's really, it's really shocking!" "Now I can finally imagine what it would be like to drop 500 missiles on the city of London." ”

"I don't dare to say that I will succeed in the end, and I will have to ask the pilots to identify the results of the battle and take as many photos as possible."

"Of course."

After the missile launch, the ground crews and pilots on the four aircraft carriers also made final preparations for a surprise attack on El Salvador at dawn......

A few minutes later, while most of the V3s were still in the air, the V2+s, who had crossed the atmosphere and returned to Earth, had begun to fall according to their intended targets, and the US military radar station in El Salvador saw only a bright spot flash from the screen, and the troops on duty on the ground watched these strange meteors pounce on the airport, port, and barracks......

And then there was a violent explosion!

"Boom!"