Chapter 513: V1
Early the next morning, Colonel Conrad asked his men to prepare the instruments and sighting systems.
The instrument was placed in the cellar, on the one hand, for fear of being bombarded by the Soviets, and on the other hand, because the instrument did not pass the cold test, and the pointer or something might freeze...... Although Holm was much warmer than before, it was still minus 10 degrees Celsius in the morning.
Placed outside is a radio transmitter and receiver that resembles an iron pot. Obviously, the receiver is used to receive the signal, while the radio transmitter is used to transmit commands to V1.
"We've made a bunch of improvements to V1 in the meantime!" Conrad said to Qin Chuan while debugging the instrument with his subordinates: "Its range can already reach 250 kilometers, and this time, we launched it in Luskov, which is about 200 kilometers away from here!" ”
"How many do you have ready?" Qin Chuan asked.
"The first batch of ten!" Conrad replied: "We need to fly them to Luskov, and then build the launcher and do some preliminary preparations......"
"Oh!" As if remembering something, Conrad added: "Speaking of which, we have also completed the retractable vehicle-mounted launcher, but you know, it cannot be transported by air, so we can only build the launcher in Luskov!" ”
Qin Chuan nodded in understanding, and then he understood why Conrad had arrived at Holm on the third day.
"I hope the Soviets don't know you're here!" Qin Chuan said: "Otherwise, they will have even more reason to launch a strong attack!" ”
Conrad smiled and replied, "Is there any better reason than the 'Legendary Sergeant'?" I've heard they've already launched an assassination on you! ”
"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "Guess if they succeeded? ”
Colonel Conrad couldn't help but laugh: "I bet they certainly didn't make it!" ”
"No, they succeeded!" Qin Chuan replied: "At least they thought they had succeeded!" ”
"Oh?" Conrad nodded, "So, we're going to give them a taste of the flames of our vengeance, you say yes, Captain!" (Note: V1 means Weapon of Vengeance No. 1)
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
……
Then the countdown began, of course, it was a synchronous countdown at the Luskov launch point, and Conrad also pinched the time in order to use the time to calculate the trajectory and the distance of the missile from the target.
"Launch!"
The correspondent reported in unison: "The launch was successful, everything is normal!" ”
"Everything is normal, speed 189, height 281!"
"Everything is normal, speed 371, height 592!"
……
"You know what?" During this time, Conrad said to Qin Chuan: "We have a plan, which is to build a larger 'target aircraft', so that it can carry more fuel and fly farther distances!" ”
Qin Chuan nodded in understanding, this is normal, because Braun is here, he will even create a rocket to fly to the moon in the future, so of course he will not be satisfied with the current range of only more than two hundred kilometers.
Then Qin Chuan and Conrad didn't say anything more, because Conrad had to keep tracking the position of V1 during this period, perhaps because V1 was not very adapted to the extremely cold weather of the Soviet Union, so he shifted the trajectory twice in a few minutes of flight time, but fortunately he returned to the trajectory after entering the command adjustment.
Ten minutes, fifteen minutes......
Connella walked out of the cellar with Qin Chuan, raised his binoculars and looked west.
At first, he didn't see anything, but soon a small white dot appeared, and Conrad cried out, "Here we are!" ”
The small white dot is getting bigger and bigger, and it soon becomes clear that the small white dot is not a small white dot, but the exhaust gas ejected from the V1 tail engine, and the flame burns in the air at more than ten degrees below zero, which is particularly obvious, dragging out a long wake behind it.
Then, I finally got a good look at V1...... Although it was no stranger to Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan had never seen it fly to its target on the spot.
"Turn off the engine!" Conrad ordered.
The flames are gone, and the V1 does its final glide in the air like a glider.
After a few more seconds of observation and calculation, Conrad ordered: "Dive!" ”
So the V1 swooped down like a kite with a broken string...... The goal is clear, which is the west bank of the Lovati River below.
Then there was a loud "boom", and a burst of flames broke out on the west bank of the Lovati River...... AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE V1 MISSILE IS LOADED WITH 830 KG OF EXPLOSIVES, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE CHARGE OF 120 155MM CALIBER SHELLS.
There was an immediate cheer from the German camp, and in fact most of them knew what was going on...... Many people did see the V1, but everyone thought it was a small plane, except that the small plane crashed into the Soviet camp and exploded violently.
In short, the violent explosion in the Soviet camp was of course a good thing for the German army.
After a while, they heard that this was a newly developed German weapon, and they couldn't help but cheer again.
This is no small deal for the Soviet army...... This V1 missile hit a wind-powered mill on the west bank of more than 200 square meters, and the whole mill turned into a ruin when it was heard only by hearing a "boom", and none of the soldiers of the company who hid in it to escape the cold escaped.
Pukaev, who was sleeping by the fire, was startled by the loud noise, and he hurried to the scene of the incident with the guards...... The mill has been razed to the ground.
"What's going on?" Pukaev asked Matevich: "Is it a shell?" Or a bomb? ”
Pukaev was more focused on aerial bombs, because no artillery shell could be so powerful.
"It doesn't seem to be either, Comrade Pukaev!" Matevich cautiously replied: "Some soldiers saw that it was a small plane!" ”
"Little plane?" Pukaev couldn't help frowning, another meaning of this was the new equipment of the Germans.
After thinking about it, Pukaev said: "No, your soldiers must be dazzled, it's a bomb!" ”
"Yes, Comrade Pukaev!" Matevich is a smart man, and of course he knows what Pukaev meant...... Soldiers have a natural fear of unknown equipment, and they will not let this worsen the morale of the Soviet army.
But despite that, as soon as he returned to the command, Pukaev angrily ordered: "Find out what it is immediately, and everything else we don't know!" ”
"Comrade Pukaev!" Matevich thought for a moment and said, "We may ask the British, they may know what this is!" ”