Chapter 851: Aircraft Missile
Sure enough, Eisenhower called Zhang Chi back that night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Major General, we are grateful for your efforts on the part of the Algiers government, and yes, we accept this condition!" Eisenhower said.
"Great!" Zhang Chi replied: "General, this is a wise choice!" ”
In this matter, the greatest gain should be the expeditionary force, because the expeditionary force not only won oil for domestic industrialization, but also won the opportunity to set up a factory in Algiers to receive orders...... Of course, this is secondary, but more importantly, it also strengthens the relationship between China and Algeria.
Neither France nor the United States seems to see this.
However, it is indeed difficult to see that Zhang Chi also knows that in the future, Algeria will definitely have a protracted war of independence with France.
If this is the case, then the Chinese arsenal in Algeria will be regarded as the lifeblood of the Algerian side, because it may be their only capital to resist France.
This is the common interest, and the relationship based on the common interest is the most reliable, and if there is no interest, the relationship between countries is emotional...... That's just going to be taken for fools.
After doing this, Zhang Chi felt relieved as if he had let go of his burden, and he almost saw oil tankers shuttling between the Mediterranean, the canal and Okinawa, bringing batches of daily necessities produced by factories, and then exchanging tons and tons of oil.
The next day, when Zhang Chi told Liu Zhenguo the news, Liu Zhenguo was also very excited.
"General, this is a big problem!" Liu Zhenguo said: "Because now we don't lack anything, iron, coal and other things we have in the Northeast, and small Japan has even built a transportation channel for us, we just need to keep it running normally, it's this oil...... Now the oil is also settled, says Basile (French expert), who also plans to build a thermal power station on the island of Okinawa! ”
"Good!" Zhang Chi was very satisfied with this, and the development of Okinawa Island really lived up to his own and the soldiers of the expeditionary force.
Suddenly, Zhang Chi wanted to go back and see what the Northeast and Okinawa had become now, as well as those old subordinates and comrades-in-arms who had not come out together......
But Zhang Chi knew that he couldn't leave, because now was the time for the expeditionary force to continue to fight for their own interests, and this was something that couldn't be done at home, and it was impossible for others to divide it up and leave a share for you, even if there were, it would only be scraps.
"That's right, General!" Liu Zhenguo then said to Zhang Chi: "Actually, we still have opinions on the study of aircraft missiles!" ”
"Oh, what's the opinion?" Zhang Chi asked.
"Here's the thing!" Liu Zhenguo replied: "On this question, the French experts are divided into two factions, one is dominated by Basille, and they advocate the study of aircraft missiles because they think ...... If you want to find a proper way to deal with it, you have to make it first, and then you have to experiment again and again to find a solution. On the other hand, they oppose this proposition, mainly led by an expert named Ben Shamin, who believes that actual combat has proved that aircraft missiles have no accuracy, and can only blindly rely on luck to bomb targets, which cannot cause effective damage to the enemy, so there is not much research and development value......
This argument is not surprising at all, because the missiles of this era, the so-called "airplane missiles", are indeed as the expert named Ben Hamin put it, hitting the target is purely a matter of luck...... Its structure is actually very simple, it is a small airplane or model airplane, which is equipped with a very primitive gyroscope to keep the plane balanced and fly in a specified direction, until the measured time has passed...... Of course, this time is calculated based on the speed and distance of the voyage, and then it will plant headlong and detonate the bomb.
Not to mention, although it depends on luck to hit the target, it sometimes does miracles, such as when Germany bombed Britain with it, one of the "aircraft missiles" miraculously turned a corner when it fell and accurately hit the British headquarters, and another one actually passed through the narrow aisle between two buildings and hit an ammunition depot to cause a chain explosion.
This once caused panic among the British, because they thought that these "aircraft missiles" would automatically look for targets, and they could not figure out how the Germans could let these "missiles" fly such a long distance on their own and then "strike them with precision".
As it turned out later, these so-called "precision strikes" were nothing more than coincidences...... When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and if there are more missiles, anything will happen, especially if there are things flying in the air, and it is normal for a few coincidences to occur.
Therefore, if we look at it from this point of view, then there is really not much value in developing such an "aircraft missile...... Even if it is covered with artillery fire, it will be more accurate than it, and the damage will be greater.
This controversy persisted even decades after the war, and even if the "aircraft missile" could be guided and turned into a missile, many military experts still considered it unworthy of development...... Because of its high cost, it is not cost-effective to hit small targets, and on the other hand, many people do not believe that such a bomb can kill a warship of several thousand tons at every turn.
Because of this, many countries developed with a half-believing attitude, until the Battle of the Falklands...... Experts were surprised to find that not to mention warships, even oil tankers and even aircraft carriers with larger tonnage would be threatened by it.
Zhang Chi can be said to be a person who has come over, of course, he will not hesitate.
"Don't think about it, don't hesitate!" Zhang Chi said: "Do what Basil said!" ”
"Yes, I'll tell them the general's intentions when I get back." Seeing that Zhang Chi is so resolute, Liu Zhenguo has no problem.
At this time, Zhang Chi thought that it was time to remind these experts, so he thought about it and said: "But what Ben Shaming said is also reasonable, the 'airplane missile' that is completely inaccurate and relies on luck is not of much value." ”
"But the general ......" made Liu Zhenguo a little confused.
"So, we're going to fix this!" Zhang Chi explained: "That is, it can automatically track the target!" ”
"Auto-tracking target?" Hearing this, Liu Zhenguo's eyes couldn't help but widen: "How is this possible?" ”
"Of course it's possible!" Zhang Chi replied: "After you go back, you can tell those experts, for example, you can use the infrared signature or noise released by the target to track, so that the 'aircraft missile' can automatically adjust its direction!" ”
Liu Zhenguo couldn't help but half-open his mouth, which sounded almost like a fantasy to him.