Chapter 457: FA330
Two V1 missiles were moved to the launch rack for refueling operations in dim light.
The reason for operating at night is that it is safer to refuel at night because the temperature is low at night, and on the other hand, because it is not easy to be bombed by the enemy at night. What's more important is that it is easier to observe the bombing points and routes at night......
This can be regarded as the first actual combat of the V1 missile, and it can also be said to be another experiment of the V1 missile...... Von Braun and others had to collect data on actual battles and make further corrections and improvements.
It is basically impossible to collect data during the day, and the entire sky is enemy's.
It's much better at night, there will be long trails of flames in the dark after the rocket is launched...... Rommel had already arranged for five submarines to emerge from the surface of the sea where the V1 missiles might pass and prepared for observation and positioning.
On the other hand, in order to be able to observe the landing point of the V1 missile, two other submarines were arranged to observe the bombing point.
"Why can a submarine observe a bombing point?" Rommel asked with interest, Rommel was keen on land warfare, so he didn't know much about naval warfare, especially submarines.
"Submarines really can't observe bombing points, General!" Conrad replied: "But there are planes on the submarine!" ”
"There's an airplane on the submarine?" Rommel turned to look at Conrad.
"The colonel is talking about FA330!" Hannah laughed: "That's not even an airplane, it's a glider!" ”
"Yes!" Conrad replied: "The reason is this, it is very difficult to find targets 10 kilometers away at sea, which makes our submarines often have to consume a lot of energy to search for targets at sea, we know, Germany lacks fuel!" ”
"Lacking before!" Rommel corrected: "After the discovery of the North African oil fields by the captain, we became rich!" ”
The officers laughed out loud.
Hannah leaned into Qin Chuan's ear and whispered, "It seems that the general values you very much, and he talks about you all night!" ”
Qin Chuan smiled and replied, half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Major, I hope you 'value' me even more!" ”
Hannah couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "You are so humorous, Captain! ”
Qin Chuan was not very satisfied with this answer, because he knew that if the girl responded with words such as "joking" and "humor", it would basically be a polite refusal.
Conrad continued: "Well, it was 'before' a lack of fuel. Then, in the 'before' lack of fuel, we had to try to figure out a way to save fuel, and so we had the FA300...... It takes off through the rotors, and then relies on the submarine to tow and glide to conduct reconnaissance and photograph in the air about 200 times, and we rely on it to observe the bombing point of the missile! ”
Rommel nodded with satisfaction: "Won't there be any danger?" ”
"Of course there is danger!" "It's small, though, and its flaw is that it has a large reflective area and is easy to detect by enemy radars," Conrad said. But this is nothing, because it can observe a target at a distance of 50 km, that is, we are 50 km away from the enemy, and by the time the enemy arrives, we have already withdrawn the plane and dived to the bottom! ”
Qin Chuan also knows something about this FA330, which is actually the first helicopter used in actual combat, but it does not have independent power.
And its production is not small, the production capacity is determined to be at least 200 aircraft, the performance is very good, and the installation only takes 13 minutes. But unfortunately, the main concern of the submarine is that it will be discovered by the enemy, so the large reflection area has become its fatal flaw, and the result is not much outstanding performance in actual combat...... Because the submarine itself rarely makes it.
"When I'll want to see it, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said.
Conrad's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this: "No time, Captain...... Anytime! If you want, I can arrange it for you right away! ”
What Conrad hopes most is for Qin Chuan to look at every piece of equipment and then make some suggestions.
This time, Conrad guessed correctly, and Qin Chuan also had this idea.
Germany may have strong industry and manufacturing, as well as creative ideas, such as missiles, helicopters, etc., but they themselves do not know what role these things can play on the battlefield.
What Qin Chuan has to do is to tell them and make improvements to them.
"I can be a pilot!" Hannah volunteered.
"Oh, Hannah!" Conrad said, "You are the best pilot, but your foot is ......."
Rommel interjected: "I'm sure the captain must be willing to wait for the major to heal before going to see this FA330!" ”
"Of course!" Qin Chuan glanced at Hannah and said, "This is a good opportunity!" ”
"Well done, Captain!" The officers couldn't help but heckle, and even Conrad was no exception.
When the scene was quiet again, Qin Chuan whispered to Hannah: "It's just a joke, Major, don't mind!" ”
"Just a joke?" Hannah pouted.
"So......" Qin Chuan asked, "You don't want it to be a joke?" ”
At this point, the V1 has completed the refueling and final checks.
"I want to ask you a question, Captain!" Hannah looked at the V1 missile: "Like General Rommel said, did you save me for the medal, or for personal reasons?" ”
"Does it matter?" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically.
"For me, it's really important!" Hannah glanced back at Qin Chuan.
"I can choose to destroy the 'target plane'!" Qin Chuan replied: "Just like Dominic said!" ”
Hannah didn't speak, her eyes continued to stare at the missile, but Qin Chuan could already feel her breathing getting shorter and shorter.
This made Qin Chuan feel a little strange, it was just a confession, Hannah shouldn't be so excited, because a woman as good as her should be chased by many men.
What Qin Chuan didn't know was that women like Hannah often fell into a trap: many people were ashamed of themselves and didn't dare to confess to Hannah, and Hannah was so focused on her flying career that ordinary people couldn't get into her eyes, so she became a "leftover girl".
Von Braun began to count down the seconds: "Ten, nine, eight......"
At the moment when von Braun shouted "ignition", Hannah suddenly turned around and kissed Qin Chuan on the mouth, and then raised her hand like everyone else and shouted: "Well, we succeeded!" ”
Qin Chuan touched his lips, a little unable to believe that this was true.
"Did you see that? Captain! Hannah even turned around and asked Qin Chuan: "We succeeded!" ”
"No, I didn't see anything!" Qin Chuan replied with a wry smile: "I still want to watch it again!" ”