Chapter 460: Mighty Photography
In fact, at this time the Germans also had radio-guided technology, except that they did not use it on missiles, but on bombs.
This bomb is the "Fritz X" bomb, which has four rudder surfaces controlled by radio remote control in the tail. When the bomb is dropped from the bomber's bay and towards the target, the radio operator can radio-control the tail to bring the bomb as close to the target as possible.
In this way, bombs dropped from bombers can be corrected within 500 meters before and after the point of impact and 350 meters to the left and right.
As a result, the hit rate of the bomb has been greatly improved, which is said to be more than 80 percent, and the later version of this bomb has even developed television guidance...... You must know that the United States did not appear until the Vietnam War, which can also be said to be a manifestation of Germany's innovative ability.
At this time, the Germans could have transferred this radio-controlled system to the V1 missile.
Of course, there is still a big error in this way of correcting the trajectory, but at least it will not allow the bombing of an airfield of several square kilometers to deviate by more than a dozen or even tens of kilometers.
"It can add a lot of costs!" Von Braun said: "Because we need to control these missiles in the range!" β
"So we need both missiles!" Qin Chuan said: "The cheap ones are used for indiscriminate bombing, and the more expensive ones are used for precision bombing!" β
"It could be interfered with by the enemy!" Conrad added: "We know it's radio, and if there's jamming, we'll lose control of the missile!" β
"The problem is that they don't know we're using radio control!" "And we mix the two missiles, which makes them suspicious of interference!" von Braun said. β
Von Braun was right, because radio jamming obviously didn't work against cheap, unguided V1s, and if a few wirelessly guided missiles were mixed in with them, the enemy wouldn't know if the jamming was successful.
Conrad nodded in agreement.
In fact, von Braun and others do not need to be so arrogant at all, because although the two V1 missiles deviated from the intended target, that is, the Maltese airport, they hit the auxiliary vehicle by mistake and hit the target.
The first V1 hit the radar antenna as it flew to the ground...... In order to fully grasp air supremacy, the British army has set up many radars on the island of Malta, and these radars are often set up very high in order to be able to detect farther and more targets, and after the missile hits the antenna, the entire antenna frame will be knocked down on the spot, and at the same time, the missile will also roll and fall into the radar station, and then trigger the fuse to explode violently.
You must know that the V1 missile contained 830 kg of explosives, and this explosion blew up the entire radar station into a large crater.
The other misses its target and hits headlong into the high ground and blasts a large hole in the high ground.
But this is no less deterrent than the other......
Major General Barry, based on the island of Malta, reported the situation to Montgomery as soon as possible.
"What? Bombarded with new types of weapons? When Montgomery heard the news, he was still a little incredulous: "Let's be clear, what kind of new weapon?" β
"General!" Major General Barry replied: "We don't know what new weapons they are, we radar spotted them, at first we thought they were two small planes, but they were clearly not, they flew straight to the island and exploded...... They are bombs, General! β
"You mean to say...... Their warships entered our waters? Montgomery thought it was naval artillery.
"No, General, that's not a warship!" Major General Barry replied: "We think it was launched from Sicily!" β
"You're crazy!" Montgomery said: "Sicily is at least 90 kilometers from the island of Malta! β
"I know!" Major General Barry replied: "I don't understand how it is, but they just did it!" β
As soon as Montgomery put down the phone, he remembered that there were rumors about the Germans developing new weapons, and it didn't seem like ...... Because what Churchill meant was that it was probably a weapon related to "poison gas".
After thinking about it, Montgomery made a phone call to Major General Barry and asked him to make a detailed report on the whole thing.
When the report was sent to MI6, Menzies immediately realized that it was most likely the new type of equipment they had been looking for, so he immediately found Churchill.
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" "I think there may have been a mistake in our judgment, it wasn't a gas bomb!" β
"You're talking about new weapons for the Germans?" Churchill looked at the newspaper with a cigar in his mouth and replied absentmindedly.
"Yes!" Menzies replied: "I think they attacked the island of Malta with this new weapon!" β
Churchill was taken aback: "What? Are you saying that the island of Malta was attacked with poison gas bombs? β
"No, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Menzies handed over a few photos: "That's not a flying machine, I think...... That flying machine is a bomb in itself! β
"Why do you think so?" Churchill asked.
"Because of its tail flame!" Menzies said and handed over another picture: "Someone happened to photograph its tail flame, and this tail flame is almost exactly the same as the one captured by the 'Airborne Gomandel'!" β
"It can't be!" Churchill said, "If it was a bomb, what about the pilot?" β
"I don't think it has a pilot!"
"No!" Churchill said: "'Goldmand' saw the pilot!" β
"Maybe it's just a test!" Menzies said: "All the signs show that the Germans have succeeded in developing a flying machine that can carry hundreds of kilograms of bombs over hundreds of kilometers to our islands." What's even more terrifying is that it hit the target accurately......"
"What did they hit?" Churchill was still a little out of shape.
"The first one destroyed a radar station!" Menzies explained: "Although the second one missed, I believe they were targeting the arsenal on the other side of the high ground, but because it was dark, it was blocked by the high ground!" β
Then Churchill realized the seriousness of the problem: "What do you mean...... Can they accurately hit radar stations at a distance of hundreds of kilometers? β
"Probably more than 100 kilometers!" Menzies replied: "Because ...... 'Airborne Gomande' has detected that they have set up a tracking point two hundred kilometers away, that is, its range is likely to be more than two hundred kilometers!" β
Churchill's face turned pale when he heard this, because London was only 200 kilometers from France, which meant that the Germans could even hit such bombs into the FΓΌhrer's office if they wanted to.