Chapter 1428: Hovercraft
He knows the entire process of World War II, is familiar with every celebrity in World War II, and is also familiar with the direction of various weapons, so after Ciric crossed over, he has been taking shortcuts, all kinds of weapons, as long as he has a little point, there will be rapid development.
And in terms of transportation, Ciric certainly doesn't miss the hovercraft.
In 1959, the Englishman Cockrell built the world's first hovercraft, which departed from Calais, France, and successfully crossed the English Channel in two hours and five minutes, which caused a sensation in the world.
However, the appearance of any kind of equipment cannot come out all at once, as if Watt was the inventor of the steam engine, and the most accurate way to say that Watt was just an improvement of the steam engine.
Before Cockrel, there were already people who began to develop such a tool, and earlier, Dagobert Müller, developed such a device, but unfortunately, it was born at the wrong time.
Due to his long-term contact with torpedoes, Müller was obsessed with torpedoes, which were "the weapon of a weak country" and "a magic weapon for small ships against large ships", and after the idea matured and received official support, in 1915 he began to preside over the construction of an "experimental gliding boat" as an effective vehicle for torpedoes.
His plan is to adopt the "three plus one" power configuration scheme. Three large 120 hp engines will be used to provide propulsion, while a fourth 65 hp will provide lift. Lift generation engines are air compressors that are theoretically capable of operating at a flow rate of 450 cubic meters per minute. The scheme design is expected to have a maximum speed of 32 knots.
When he got out, he was sent to Dubrovnik. However, when he returned to China, he was angry to find that his baby racing boat had been dismantled into iron plates.
At that time, he was depressed, and this is what it feels like to be suppressed. However, he did not stay depressed for long, after which the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed.
Then there was the Soviet Levkov, who went even further, his ship with a fully enclosed cockpit and powerful firepower for self-defense. It's a pity that it still hasn't borne fruit.
When Coquerell succeeded, it was because he proposed a new model of the full-lift hovercraft, which could be greatly increased in speed because the hull could be completely removed from the water.
It's just that it was already a cold war at that time.
In terms of technology, there is no obstacle at all, Germany in this era already has a high-speed high-horsepower diesel engine, but also has advanced processing technology, what Germany needs is ideas.
The so-called hovercraft refers to the ship sailing on the air cushion, the ordinary ship is sailing in the water, the water resistance is very large, and the power of the ship is not simply proportional to the off, with the increase of speed, the resistance will increase geometrically, so no matter how sufficient the power of the ship is, the final speed has a limit.
Those who can soar to more than 30 knots are the strongest in this era.
The hovercraft makes an air cushion through a blower and lets the ship sail on the air cushion, so that it is completely out of the water and has no resistance, so the speed is quite fast, and how to make the air cushion is the technical difficulty of the hovercraft.
Because it sails on an air cushion, it can not only sail on water, but also on land, which is definitely a weapon for beach landing!
If you talk about the shortcomings, it has high requirements for sea conditions, and it cannot sail when there are strong winds and waves, but in the calm Caspian Sea, it is simply too easy!
Compared with the ground effect aircraft of later generations, it is still a pediatric, but in this era, the hovercraft is definitely a cross-era equipment, the same as the German rocket and the Tiger tank!
And this new equipment was actually sent directly to Iran to help Iran cross the Caspian Sea and carry out a cross-sea landing!
The Iranians are absolutely grateful.
On the shores of the Caspian Sea, the small city of Calus.
The Iranian troops, most of them lightly armed infantry, with almost all German-made weapons, waited quietly here, and after driving out the Soviet invaders, Iran was almost completely Germanized.
The Iranian army already has such an advanced weapon as the Panther 2 tank, but it is not in their ranks now, they only have wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, which is entirely based on the advice provided by the German side.
At this time, at the front of the queue, Prince Pahlavi, dressed in military uniform, was full of energy, and unlike others, he also had a sword hanging from his waist, making him look more like a knight in the past.
King Reza Khan was also here, and his eyes were on his son, full of fatherly light.
In this operation, Prince Pahlavi was the commander-in-chief, and it was said that he only needed to stay in the rear headquarters, but Prince Pahlavi resolutely decided to go to the battlefield.
A commander who has not been on the battlefield is not qualified, and Prince Pahlavi tried to train himself through the battlefield and make himself truly grow!
I heard that the son of the head of Shirek also went to the front and became a glorious imperial soldier, and his own prince, he should be like him!
The princess with a big pie face, but her face is full of displeasure, she has repeatedly persuaded her brother, on the battlefield, the bullet does not have long eyes, Prince Pahlavi is actually going to the battlefield this time, it is too dangerous, this is not the practice of a mature politician.
Unfortunately, Prince Pahlavi insisted on doing so.
She looked at her watch again, the appointed time had come, and what about the mysterious transport devices that the Germans had promised? Why haven't you come here yet?
There is only one small river near here, and it is also a broken head river, which is not connected with other rivers, and the tools used by the Germans to land across the sea must have been equipped with boats and other equipment.
Moreover, the speed of the ships is very slow, and they must have entered Iranian territory long ago to reach the coast here, but they have not been notified.
At this moment, from the desert behind him, there was a loud roar, which was rather dull, as if a huge bison were advancing.
When they followed the sound and looked over, a unique equipment appeared in front of their eyes.
Unlike a boat, it doesn't have any streamlined design, but it is rectangular in shape, and the sides are all black rubber-like in a circle, and there seems to be air bulging inside, and the air is constantly blowing outward, and you can see the weeds swaying nearby.
It's not like a ship, it's like an airplane, it can fly, but it doesn't have wings!
The two huge fans at the tail are even more eye-catching.