Chapter 807: Training
Later, this method of shooting really played a very good role on the battlefield, on the one hand, it did destroy some Soviet tanks and armored vehicles, but more importantly, it was psychological...... The Soviets were surprised to find that they could not detect the Germans in the dark of night, and the Germans could accurately fire the ME63 to destroy their tanks, which made them hardly have the courage to march at night or use tanks to assist the infantry in an attack, because they thought that this was to go up and die.
But in fact, a large part of the German army's shooting method to hit the target was also based on luck, but the Soviet army did not know.
Of course, that's all for later.
The particularity of launching ME63 determines that the controller chosen by Qin Chuan must have a certain level of education, otherwise it is difficult for them to predict the movement of the target, especially when the target is moving at a certain angle, it also needs to perform trigonometric function operations.
But of course, these are not problems, the German soldiers have a fairly high level of education, and what Qin Chuan has to do is just to select those with strong computing ability as controllers from among them to carry out some overall popularization of knowledge about speed, angle, and time.
There are exceptions, such as Timo Werner, who knows little about mathematics but is an excellent operator.
When Werner was asked why he always calculated the trajectory of his target so quickly and accurately, he replied: "Please, man! I've been playing baseball almost my whole life, do you know what it takes to hit the ball that the opponent throws accurately? That is to estimate the angle and speed of the baseball flying, and then swing the bat......"
Timo Werner couldn't help but make another stroke and then continued: "Wow, do you see that? Another home run! ”
Sometimes this Werner is still quite stinky, but he is right, estimating things like speed, angle and time has become an instinct for him, and even tanks and cars are much slower than baseball, so he doesn't need to calculate at all, just glance at it to know where the right place is.
But it's not enough to just do such estimation training and simulation training.
It didn't take long for Qin Chuan to increase the difficulty of simulation training...... Originally, the simulation training was controlled on a disc that did not move.
This kind of manipulation is obviously very different from the actual meaning of the ME63:
On the one hand, ME63 flies to the target, and the simulator is just on a plane.
On the other hand, when ME63 flies towards its target, it will constantly deviate from its orbit from time to time due to air currents...... This is also one of the reasons why the rockets are not very accurate, while the simulator is fixed.
These problems are not difficult to solve.
For the former, it is only necessary to install a track on the ground, install a special trolley on the track, fix the metal disc on the trolley and drag it along the track, so as to simulate the process of the rocket flying towards the target.
The latter, it's even easier.
All that is done is to swing the disc irregularly to simulate wind deflection and air flow.
The operator is then asked to control the light source as much as possible to point to the bull's-eye, which is the center of the disk.
This kind of training was not difficult for the German soldiers, and many even enjoyed it as a game...... People in this era don't have computers, mobile phones and other things like you modern people, and at the same time, battlefield life is extremely boring, a little fun can arouse their quite strong interest and enthusiasm, just like they haven't eaten fresh vegetables for a long time and they will drool when they see green vegetables.
As Timo Werner said: "I'll do at least a year or two like this!" ”
"Oh yes!" The baker quipped, "Then you don't need to go to war, do you?" ”
"Hey, Lieutenant!" Werner protested: "The purpose of our training is to go to war!" ”
"That's right!" "But the question is, after a year or two of training, isn't this damn war over?" ”
Everyone was silent when they heard this.
The baker was a pun on his words, he did not say whether Germany would win the war or whether Germany's enemies would win.
But this is already telling, because Qin Chuan remembers that when he discussed the war between the German army and the Soviet Union with them in Africa a year ago, almost everyone was optimistic that the German army would occupy the entire territory of the Soviet Union within a few months, as Hitler told everyone at the time.
But it turned out that Hitler was wrong, and so were the German officers and soldiers, and more than once...... Again and again, the Germans were forced to retreat, although this was much better than the repeated routs in history.
However, seeing that the Soviet Union was getting stronger and stronger, the morale and confidence of the German officers and soldiers had begun to waver.
However, at this time, Qin Chuan still held a relatively optimistic attitude.
Qin Chuan said: "What we need to do is to complete these training tasks in front of us, and victory has always been in your hands!" ”
Qin Chuan is not exaggerating, although the ME63 is the first generation of wire-guided anti-tank missiles, there are still many flaws, such as a low hit rate that is easy to be suppressed (the controller is easier to find). But being able to easily destroy a tank from a distance of a thousand meters, and at the same time equipping it with such simplicity and power, can still be equipped in large quantities, the impact caused in this era can definitely be described as shocking.
Marshal Manstein also took a fancy to this, so he would desperately tap the potential of ME63 at this time.
Manstein had visited the First Infantry Corps twice during his training, and he was very satisfied with Qinchuan's training.
"Looks like you've found a good solution, Lieutenant Colonel!" "I knew I should give you this task, and although I knew you would do it, I didn't expect you to do it this way," Manstein said. ”
Speaking of which, Manstein nodded appreciatively towards Qin Chuan and said, "This is a great initiative, without using live ammunition, it can achieve an effect that is almost the same as live ammunition!" ”
"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "Although I would love to accept your compliment, it is not my credit...... He's the idea of one of my subordinates, a second lieutenant named Biedman! ”
"Oh!" Hearing this, Manstein couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but he quickly smiled: "Perhaps, that's because he is your subordinate, so he has such a good idea!" ”
Before leaving, Manstein explained to Qin Chuan again: "But simulation is simulation after all, we still need to let them do some live-fire training, which is also necessary!" ”
"Of course, Your Excellency Marshal!" When Qin Chuan said this, he knew that their training time was running out.