October 30, 1942, at the Kusmaidov rocket test site in the southern suburbs of Berlin, Germany. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the secret test site of the Luftwaffe, senior German military officials led by Hitler gathered.

After the development plan of the German Army was finalized, the next step was to carry out the development plan of the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force.

On the vast test site, the most eye-catching thing is a towering launch stand, next to which stands a pointed round body and a missile more than 10 meters high.

After six years of research on the V-2 missile, which was first established in 1936, it was finally time to receive the results of the investment.

This experiment was the third and final experiment of the V-2 missile.

The finalization of the V-2 missile should have been an exciting thing, but Chen Dao looked at the missile parameter manual in his hand, but he was sullen.

The V-2 missile, 14 meters long and 1.7 meters in diameter, has a theoretical maximum range of 320 kilometers and a warhead weighing one ton.

It seems that the cost is not proportional to the power, and the cost performance is low.

After seeing these data, Chen Dao immediately made an analysis of the V-2 missile from an economic point of view.

Hitler noticed that Chen Dao was not interested, and asked curiously: "Heinz, what do you think of this weapon?" ”

"This kind of disposable weapon with no return, I feel that the cost performance is a bit low, how much does it cost?"

"About a million Reichsmarks." Hitler said.

"The cost of a million・・・・・・ Tiger tank is only about 260,000." Chen Dao said.

Hitler said with a smile: "Missiles are our secret weapon, and the high cost is still acceptable." Besides, the Americans' loans are coming soon, and we are not short of money for the time being. ”

Chen Dao sighed: "The combat effectiveness of our Japanese thugs is not bad, and the Americans finally can't stand it." However, even if we eat this big pie, we have to use it carefully, and besides, we have to give half of it to our allies. ”

Seeing that Chen Dao was entangled in this issue, Hitler unhappily changed the subject: "The missile is about to be launched." ”

At this time, the sound of a countdown was heard from the loudspeakers on the launch site.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven・・・・・・ two, one, launch."

Smoke and dust billowed from the launch pad, and the missiles flew straight into the sky like clouds, then reversed course and flew south.

The distance between the missile landing site and the viewing platform was too far for even a telescope to see, and everyone had to wait for the results to be sent by the range personnel.

More than half an hour later, the call from the range reached the command center.

The missile successfully landed, about 600 meters away from the bull's-eye, within the normal margin of error.

When Chen Dao heard the results, he hurriedly found Dr. Braun, the chief engineer who designed the missile.

The result of the inquiry was that the maximum error of the missile was 1,000 meters.

"A thousand-meter error is enough to bomb the city, this time it's just an experimental model, and the error will get smaller and smaller in the future, you don't always have to worry about this kind of small problem, it's a shame for you to do this." Hitler saw Chen Dao's questioning again and explained dissatisfiedly.

Chen Dao was aware of Hitler's hidden emotions, and the anger squeezed by the intensity of his work was instantly detonated.

Lao Xi is right, if you bomb a city, an error of one thousand meters is indeed enough, but the power of the warhead is a little too small, for a city, a ton of warhead is only equivalent to a strong man being poked by his finger.

In the era when there were no satellites, it was impossible to strike with precision, so you could only work on the warhead.

However, with the vigorous investment of Mr. Ge, the hard work of the German nuclear industry engineers led by Heisenberg, and the cordial care of Chen Dao, the German atomic bomb was still not manufactured.

Even if an atomic bomb were built, it was unknown whether it would be able to fit into a V-2 missile.

Chen Dao fell into bitter thought, trying to find a way to slap Lao Xi.

Hitler did not know that Chen Dao was looking for a weapon to slap him, and said to Dr. Braun with great interest: "Why are the missiles painted in olive green?" If it looks dirty, give it a better livery and try it in black and white. ”

An unintentional sentence of a middle-aged man in literature and art, but it inspired the literary and artistic youth with a heart.

Isn't a dirty missile a dirty bomb after simplifying its name?

Chen Dao coughed lightly and said coldly: "I think it will be enough to produce one or two hundred of this missile, and it will be mass-produced after it is equipped with the new warhead I designed for it in the future, and it has the ability to destroy a city with one missile." What do you think? ”

Hitler succeeded in arousing curiosity by Chen Dao.

"The warhead that can destroy a city at once, is it the big guy?"

Chen Dao knew that Lao Xi was referring to the atomic bomb, and immediately shook his head.

"No, the big guy can't use it in a short time, I'm talking about a new weapon I just thought of, compared to the big guy, the new weapon has a low cost and a low technical threshold, but the power is about the same as the big guy, and the most important thing is that it can be easily loaded on the missile."

Hitler's curiosity intensified, and he eagerly asked: "What weapon are you talking about?" ”

"The weapon I said is ・・・・・・ kept secret for the time being, and I'll tell you when it's developed."

Hitler did not feel frightened at this time, and asked Chen: "Do you want to keep it a secret from me?" ”

Chen Dao pointed to the distance to change the topic: "Look, the ME-262 bomber has come out, let's see how it performs." ”

When the word ME-262 bomber was mentioned, Chen Dao's resentment towards Lao Xi became even stronger.

In 1941, the ME-262 fighter underwent a fairly successful test flight, and on the test site, Lao Xi decided to develop a high-speed bomber based on the ME-262 that the fighter could not catch up with.

Lao Xi's logic is very simple, when encountering enemy fighters, the ME-262 bomber can get rid of the pursuit of enemy aircraft at high speed, so that it can save fighter resources without fighter escort.

Lao Xi's thinking is very divergent, divergent to the point of no return to send the newly born ME-262 fighter to the point of no return for high-speed bombing.

Fortunately, the outstanding representative of the German bureaucracy, His Excellency the "Brother-in-law", stepped forward and set things right.

In line with the principle of having a policy and a countermeasure, the Luftwaffe made preparations with both hands.

The first preparation was to vigorously study the fighter model of the ME-262 and invest an additional five million Reichsmarks.

On the other hand, it is a strong study of the bomber model of the ME-262 and an "huge investment" of half a million Reichsmarks.

Under Chen Dao's guidance, the engineers of the Messerschmitt company took 500,000 marks and successfully developed a jet bomber.

With a cacophony of noise, the ME-262 bomber soared into the sky, circled in the sky, and then pulled low into the air and rushed towards the distant range.

More than 600 meters from the shooting range, heavy black smoke was sprayed from under the left and right wings of the bomber, and six rockets flew towards the shooting range with black trails.

Four launches, six each, for a total of 24 rockets, and a series of explosions occurred at the range.

Hitler put down his binoculars and looked back at Goering.

"This is the jet bomber you developed? Why rockets, not aerial bombs? ”

Goering had already prepared: "The ME-262 was so fast that a horizontal-throwing bomb simply could not hit the target. ”

"You can't bomb horizontally, you can bomb by dive, you can't think of such a simple solution?"

"We experimented with dive bombing, and as a result, the fighter plane disintegrated in the time and space of the dive, and we lost a good test pilot," Goering said. ”

Hitler said, "So you use this method? ”

"Yes, the development of the bomber is your order, and the Air Force has to complete it no matter how difficult it is, so there is this bomber."

Hitler was silent for a long time, and uttered a very irresponsible remark.

"What I said about developing a bomber is just talking, why don't you know how to be flexible and lose a test pilot in vain. However, this bomber also looks very good, what caliber is the rocket he carries? ”

Chen Dao grabbed his right hand with his left hand, resisted the urge to beat people, and replied coldly: "The warhead is 210 millimeters, and each plane can carry 24 shells, which are fired in four shots." ”

When several people were talking, the ME-262, which threw away the rocket and resumed its identity as a fighter, flew in the sky like a swallow, making tactical moves such as rolling and flying upside down.

"Very good, both weapons were successful, immediately install the production line, first produce 200 ME-262s, fifty trainers, a hundred fighters, fifty bombers. As for the V-2 missiles, 500 will be produced first. Heinz, when will your new weapon succeed? ”

"It will be a year at the earliest."

"It's too long, add another 500, and this year produce 1,000 V-2 missiles for Stalin."

After Goering and other heads of relevant departments took note of the old Xi's order, Hitler asked: "What other new weapons?" ”

"There are also ME-264 strategic bombers, three variants of the FCD of the FW-190 fighter, and a new type of general-purpose helicopter."

"Invite Dr. Kurt Tank, and I'll ask him where the FW-190 fighter is going."

Soon, the front door was bare, and the "brilliantly smart" Dr. Tank was invited to Hitler's side.

DR. KURT TANK IS A MAN WHO CAN EASILY REMEMBER HIS FIRST NAME, AS HIS NAME IS KURT TANK, AND THE LAST NAME PART IS WRITTEN EXACTLY THE SAME AS TANK.

After Chen Dao heard it once, he remembered the name.

Dr. Tank explained to Hitler three directions of improvement for the FW-190 fighter.

"It was General Rosen who gave us ideas and solved some of our troubles."

Hitler was surprised and asked: "Heinz, you tried to prevent the mass production of the FW-190 in the first place, just to study today's new model?" ”

Chen Dao said: "Yes, the FW-190 was originally put into production as a new fighter, in order not to affect the production of Messerschmidt, but also to allow the front-line troops to use a more mature model, so after consulting with Herman, I did not let it be mass-produced." It's just that fighter-bombing models were used on carrier-based aircraft of naval aviation. This is also the reason why we did not use the FW-190 in our previous battles on the Eastern Front. ”

"The improved model is now complete?" Hitler asked.

Chen Dao looked at Dr. Tank, and Dr. Tank said: "According to General Rosen's meaning, we have made three improved models, the first improved model is the FW-190F model, this modification is a fighter-bombing type, focusing on the development of medium and low-altitude performance, and has been put into production and equipment for naval aviation, which can carry torpedoes and bombs, and what we want to test today is the model that carries rockets, which is the kind of rocket that has just been ME-262."

"What are the models C and D? Is there any difference? Hitler asked.

"The FW-190D is a sub-model of the FW-190F in order to match the characteristics of the air combat on the Eastern Front, and it is also a sub-model of the FW-190F operation, specifically to replace it with a JUMO213 engine, and then focus on the development of its performance in low- and medium-altitude operations. General Rosen said that the Il-2 on the Eastern Front was a nuisance and that a dedicated low- and medium-altitude fighter was needed to deal with it. Dr. Tank said.

"Type D is a low-altitude combat model, but what about Type C, is it a high-altitude combat model?" Hitler asked.

"Yes, the FW-190C fighter is planned to use the latest DB603 engines, and the direction of development is high-altitude operations."

"We also want to use the DB-603 engine." A person flashed next to him, it was none other than Focke-Wolff's old enemy of the aircraft manufacturing company, the president of the Messerschmitt company, Dr. Messerschmidt.

Seeing his old friend come forward, Hitler suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Chen Dao did not care that Dr. Messerschmitt was an old friend of Hitler, and did not hesitate to throw a black punch.

"As far as I know, isn't the next task of the Messerschmitt company to ensure the development and production of the ME-262 jet fighter and the ME-264 strategic bomber? Don't fight DB-603 ideas, it's enough to give you some DB605 to use. Focke-Wolf had already made concessions in order to secure the production of the ME-109 fighter, and now it's time for you to give back to Focke-Wolf. ”

Seeing Chen Dao stand up and fight with Messerschmidt, Lao Xi weighed it for a while, and finally fell to Chen Dao's side.

"It's all for the good of the empire, and everyone has to cooperate with each other to make the most of the limited resources. Since Dr. Tank represents a new direction in the development of the Reich's piston fighter, simply, the new aircraft is named after Dr. Tank's surname.

Those two fighters, in the future, do not start with FW, but start with TA instead, and renumber them. With the latest engines, be sure to get into battle as soon as possible.

Heinz is right that the most important task of Messerschmitt at the moment is to develop and produce the ME-262 and ME-264."

Dr. Messerschmidt wanted to fight for it again, but Chen Dao didn't give him a chance.

"I have a suggestion, I think we need to develop a single-engine jet fighter to use with the ME-262 fighter, is Dr. Tank interested in getting involved?"

Seeing Chen's warning gaze, Dr. Messerschmidt finally decided to remain silent, lest he lose any new projects.

The subsequent test flights of the ME-264 and the test flights of the three FW-190 fighter sub-models did not have any surprising scenes.

What really caught the eye was the test flight of the new helicopter.

"This new helicopter is the FI-382 type utility helicopter, which is a new model designed to replace the FI-282 and FA-223 helicopters.

In the previous battle, the FI-282 helicopter was too small, and the FA-223 was too large to be precise, the rotorcraft, so we developed this FI-382 utility helicopter to be used as an artillery observation aircraft and perform tasks such as maritime patrol, anti-submarine, search and rescue, and material transportation.

In addition, because of the production of new engines, the old DB-601 engine is facing obsolescence, but this reliable and stable engine production line is very large, and it is a pity to eliminate all of them, so we decided to keep part of the DB601 engine production line for FI-382 helicopters, so as to avoid competing with new fighters for new engine resources. ”

Hitler looked through the helicopter's manual.

The aircraft looks similar to the FI-282, except that there is an extra cabin on the fuselage behind the cockpit and an extra tail propeller on the tail.

The plane has two pilots, and the rear cabin can carry ten soldiers, or 1.2 tons of cargo, and if you hang items, you can hang nearly two tons of weight.

The practical ceiling of the aircraft is 3600 meters, and the maximum speed is 200 kilometers per hour.

Hitler looked at the tadpole-shaped helicopter and suddenly said, "We can use it to fight mountain warfare." ”

"Jungle warfare is fine." Chen Dao said with a flickering gaze.

This FI-382 helicopter is a copycat of the UH-1 utility helicopter that shone in the Vietnam War.

By the time the two spoke, FI-382 had already taken to the skies, circling in the air, and the MG-42 machine gun in the machine gunner's hand was firing wildly on the machine gun mount at the left hatch of the helicopter's rear compartment, raining bullets on the range.

Hitler watched with relish.

"Can it carry bombs and bomb the Russians?"

Bombing, seeing bombing again, why does Lao Xi always want to let it carry bombs when he sees a new plane? Isn't it just talking?

Chen Dao held back the anger in his heart and said coldly: "This aircraft can add weapon pylons to the left and right of the fuselage to carry cannons or rockets, but it is still being studied, as for carrying aerial bombs, it will not be considered for the time being." ”

After some observation, the group returned to Berlin satisfied, had a lunch in the dining hall of the Supreme Command, and after a brief rest, another important meeting with the participation of the Navy began.

Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme High Command, served as the moderator of the meeting.

Keitel pointed to the world map that almost obscured the entire wall on the wall and said: "We are in the eastern theater of operations, mainly the army and the air force, and in the last two days of meetings, we have done a good job in the development plan of the air force and the army. In the future, the United States and Great Britain, especially the Americans, are very likely to deteriorate their relations with us when they gain the initiative in the Pacific theater in 1943 or 1944. So we have to prepare in advance.

If the United States declares war on us, it will inevitably be allied with Britain or Russia, or it may be allied with both countries, because the United States needs a springboard if it wants to invest troops on a large scale in Europe, Russia is already at war with us, and Britain does not want to see a strong Germany on the European continent, and it is very likely to tear up the armistice agreement with us.

By that time, the Atlantic will be our first line of defense, and the first to go into battle will be the German Navy. Now Marshal Raeder will talk about his concept of operation. ”

"Our plan is to cut off the British mainland from its overseas colonies in the Atlantic by using wolf pack tactics, a combined operation of strategic bomber forces and surface ship forces," Marshal Raeder said. And to do it to wipe out half of the American transport fleet in the Atlantic. ”

Marshal Raeder said as the curtains were drawn and the slide projector turned on.

In the projection of the slide projector, three views of a submarine appeared.

Commander of the submarine force, Dönitz, pointed to the submarine diagram and said: "This is our latest development of the XXI submarine, with a surface displacement of 1,600 tons and 1,800 tons underwater, which is twice that of the previous Type VIIC submarine." At the suggestion of General Rosen, our engineers focused their efforts on the underwater warfare of submarines.

As a result, the new submarine did away with the deck gun and adopted a new streamlined hull, and the new hull design gave it a maximum underwater speed of 17.2 knots, exceeding its maximum water speed of 15.6 knots.

Its large battery allows it to dive up to 340 nautical miles at a speed of 5 knots. There are also food, refrigerators, showers and other living facilities that other German submarines do not have. The XXI was also equipped with a hydraulic torpedo refill armament, which allowed it to fire 18 torpedoes in 20 minutes. As well as a new type of sonar equipment, which allows it to aim torpedoes without a periscope, increasing its safety. ”

After Dönitz finished speaking, he changed the slide and went up, and three views of an aircraft carrier appeared on the wall.

"Our new aircraft carriers, Secter-class, Ships 1 and 2, are expected to be completed in November, and after a month of commissioning, they will be ready for combat early next year.

The battleship is expected to have a full load displacement of 45,000 tons, a maximum speed of 31 knots, and a maximum range of 18,000 nautical miles at a cruising speed of fifteen knots.

At the suggestion of General Rosen, we pioneered the use of angled decks, which engineers say are world's first technologies that will surely lead the design trend of the world's future aircraft carriers.

If it is in the Atlantic, the wind and waves are relatively strong, and all the fighters are placed inside the battleship, and they can only carry up to 108 planes, and if it is the Pacific Ocean, where the wind and waves are relatively small, the fighters can also be parked on the deck, and the number of fighters will exceed 140.

With the Seckert-class, combined with our Hindenburg-class battleships and XXI-class submarines, the German Navy was confident that when the Americans crossed the Atlantic, they would die half first. ”

Waiting for the curtain to open, Chen Dao was the first to ask, "Marshal Raeder, do we have an important issue that needs to be discussed, about the naval shipbuilding plan?" ”

Marshal Raeder frowned: "You are talking about canceling the construction of the third ship of the Hindenburg class?" ”

"Yes, after the completion of the first and second ships of the Seckett class, my plan is to immediately start the construction of the fifth ship of the Setkett class and a light aircraft carrier, the construction of the third ship of the Hindenburg class must be canceled, and those materials will be allocated to the manufacture of aircraft carriers."

A few words between the two immediately kicked off the duel between the aircraft carrier party and the giant ship artillery party.

"The third ship of the Hindenburg class is a plan set by the Führer, and I think it is better to keep it."

Seeing that Marshal Raeder was seeking the help of Hitler, the biggest backstage of the Giant Ship Cannon Party, Chen Dao pressed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Marshal Raeder, I tell you directly, I will cancel not only the construction of the third ship of the Hindenburg class, but also the construction of a new heavy cruiser. My proposal was to create a light aircraft carrier based on the hull of the original Admiral-class heavy cruiser to serve as an anti-aircraft weapon for the fleet. You know why? ”

"Why?" Hitler preemptively asked.

"Because the thinking is forward-looking. Before the French campaign, the French claimed to have the first army in the world, and the result, with the support of the British, the traitorous treaty was signed in less than eight weeks. When I spoke of the destruction of France in eight weeks, Marshal Göring was the only one on my side. In the end, it turns out that the truth is on the side of the few.

Don't you want to know, how did I do it? Now I would like to tell you that I was able to accurately predict the course of the war, and to be able to guide the development and manufacture of German weapons, because of my forward-looking thinking.

I can tell you responsibly here that the battleship is a weapon that has been eliminated by history in this war, and the recent battle in which the Japanese Combined Fleet annihilated the US NB-14 transport fleet, as well as the battle in which the battleship USS North Carolina was sunk near Kuah Island, have proved this with the blood of the Americans.

Do you have to pay the price of blood for our German navy to abandon your old ideas?

Today I will say for the last time that to continue to build battleships and heavy cruisers is to turn back the clock on history. Whoever continues to adhere to this idea, the French, the British and the Americans will rejoice, and why? Because the undead of France, who is arrogant and old-fashioned, and thinks that they are the first army in the world, has been resurrected in Germany. ”

After Chen Dao finished speaking, he sat back in his chair and drank tea leisurely.

"I support Heinz, the truth is on the side of the minority." Goering was the first to speak.

"I think General Rosen has a point." Marshal Keitel said.

Field Marshal Reichenau then said: "I also support General Rosen, and the precious resources must be used where they are most needed. ”

Hitler looked at Field Marshal Raeder, who was a little sluggish, and said hesitantly: "I'll think about this matter first, and let's talk about the next topic." ”

Wearing a big hat possessed by the "undead possession of the first army in the world in France", Hitler felt a heavy weight on his head and a heavy heart.

I'm afraid that battleship won't be able to be saved!