"The Germans actually did not intend to use the methods of mechanized warfare against Poland?" Shire. Colonel de Gaulle read the full outline of the "Black Plan" and asked questions in a deep voice.

The general outline of "The Black Plan" does not look like a fake, but the strategies and tactics mentioned in it made de Gaulle suspicious. As far as he knew, Germany had a huge mechanization advantage. Germany's automotive industry is twice as powerful as France's, and it is fully capable of equipping 200,000 mechanized professional troops. And such a fully mechanized army is something that a traditional army like the Polish Army simply cannot resist......

"Colonel, the Germans don't have that ability!" The very handsome "traitor" Stern and de Gaulle sat across from each other, both of them and Colonel Meyer in a small office in the French General Staff.

This is where de Gaulle works, and he now has a new position - director of the Office of Strategic Studies. This was not an errand, but an errand dedicated to studying how to help Poland against the German invasion.

"Don't have that ability?" De Gaulle looked at the rebel general of the Red Army in front of him.

"Their tanks are weak and are no match for the T-26 on the Spanish battlefield."

De Gaulle shook his head, "But it looks like the Spanish war is going to end with General Franco's victory." ”

The Spanish Civil War had been fought for more than a year, and Franco's army would have to fight for about another year to win, but the defeat of the republicans was revealed. In the Northern Campaign from June to October last year, the Republican Army suffered a crushing defeat and the Basque Country, an important industrial region in Spain, and Asturias fell.

"That's because the republicans are killing each other," Stern gritted his teeth, "Franco's men are single-mindedly fighting, and we ...... The republicans, on their part, are busy killing their own people! The endless rebellion has killed many soldiers. During the Battle of Madrid, the enemy was fighting outside. but our men fought against one another in the city. If we could have united like the rebels, the Spanish War would have ended long ago. ”

He seemed to be very angry and exhaled heavily: "All this is called the Great Purge, and it has been like this in the Soviet Union since 1934, millions of people have been arrested, and at least hundreds of thousands have been killed!" Now it has spread to the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Even such people as Marshal Tukhachevsky and General Yakir were killed. This is simply the destruction of the Red Army! The Red Army is going to be destroyed by Stalin, and the USSR will be finished like this......"

Will the Soviet Red Army be destroyed by the purge? De Gaulle was not sure, but the mass execution of officers would certainly have caused damage to the army's combat effectiveness.

"Does Stalin know?" De Gaulle asked again.

"How could you not know? He's not a fool. ”

"Then he still dares to fight Poland?" Colonel Meyer interjected.

"Isn't there still Germany?" Stern frowned, and said with some distress, "Germany is also strong, their planes are very powerful, fighters, bombers, and enemy attack planes are very powerful, and our planes can't beat them." They will bombard our cities, roads and transport hubs, and our cities will be terrified. It is also difficult for the troops to exercise during the day......"

"Bombing makes it difficult for troops to move?" De Gaulle abruptly interrupted Stern. Although the French also had military observers in Spain, their knowledge of the war situation could not be compared with that of Stern.

"Yes, their Bf-109 and Fokker D.21 and Fokker D.31 are all very powerful aircraft, more powerful than our I-15 and I-16." Stern glanced at Charles de Gaulle, who was frowning, "Your D.510 is not as good as D.560!" ”

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Wilhelmstrasse 73, the former presidential building during the Weimar Republic, now belongs to the Reich Ministry of Defence and Armaments. This ministry was reorganized from the former Ministry of National Defense, and in addition to having all the functions of the former Ministry of National Defense, an armaments planning bureau was added. The right to a full-fledged intervention in the production of armaments in Germany (not design and procurement, but production). In wartime, the Directorate of Armaments Planning will also become the Directorate of Armaments Production. It could control Germany's wartime arms production.

The current Minister of Defense and Armaments is still the former Minister of Defense Schleicher, and the head of the Armaments Planning Bureau is the successor of the Krupp company, Alfred Brown. Krupp.

On the morning of January 20, 1938, a row of luxurious black cars was parked in front of 73 William Street, which was not uncommon. Since the restoration of Kaiser Wilhelm, it has ceased to be the official residence of Germany's supreme leader. It is only a ministry of the imperial government, and it is rare for many big people to gather here at the same time.

The Mercedes-Benz W07 sedan of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Senior General Hirschman, also stopped on the side of the road, and Hirschmann's adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Spaydal, got out of the passenger seat and opened the door for the General. Hersman got out of the compartment and then very obese Anthony. Baron Falk (Kaiser Wilhelm).

Falk only returned from Japan a week ago. Because of the Fokker company's backing, the development progress of the "Fokker Zero" is satisfactory - in fact, it is not a very complex aircraft, it is characterized by "light" and "fast". The former needed to be as light as possible and a lightweight, stiff aluminium alloy material, while the latter needed a small, powerful, air-cooled engine.

"The skin is ready-made, and we are ready to use heat-treated aluminum-zinc-magnesium alloys." Picking up his leather bag, Fokker walked quickly to the direction of the building, saying as he went, "The main truss girder is a problem, in order to reduce weight, you can't choose steel, you can only use super-duralumin alloy, the Japanese say they have successfully synthesized this super aluminum alloy, and want to use it in exchange for engine technology." ”

The Japanese synthesized the legendary Igarashi metal, which is also estimated to be a heat-treated aluminum-zinc-magnesium alloy. According to the Alcoa classification standard, it is the so-called 7000 series, either 7178 series or 7075 series. It is based on aluminum-zinc-magnesium alloy with a small amount of copper and trace amounts of iron, silicon, manganese, chromium and nickel. Although some valuable non-ferrous metals have to be used, under Hersmann's long-term operation, Germany's non-ferrous metal reserves are now very sufficient.

"It's exchangeable." Hersman immediately decided, "Who will solve the problem of the engine?" Is it to use an existing engine or do you need to develop a new product? ”

"Tenders could be submitted to BMW and Siemens AG for a small engine with a double row of 14 cylinders, a diameter of no more than 1,150 mm, a dead weight of less than 600 kg, and a maximum output of more than 1,200 hp when equipped with a one-stage two-speed supercharger."

"It's not a problem, we can make better," Hersman said. Siemens AG and BMW have been working on smaller radial engines for a long time. If the horsepower is strong enough, it doesn't matter if the weight exceeds tens of kilograms, right? ”

The BMW 801 series in history is a directly smaller (relatively long) double-row star-type air-cooled engine, but the BMW 801 series "large double-row" engine (there are "small double-row" engines in history, such as Pratt & Whitney's "Little Double Wasp" and Nakajima's "Rong 12"), the pursuit of large displacement and high power, not suitable for the Zero War This kind of small aircraft.

However, this kind of engine is difficult for today's BMW, in fact, BMW now has a "small double-row" civilian engine, known as the BMW 300 series. As long as it is changed according to the body requirements of the BMW 800 series under development, it can basically meet the requirements of Fokker.

The maximum output of more than 1,200 hp also gives the Fokker Zero more weight to distribute, and the performance can be compared to the historical Zero Type 22, which only appeared in late 1942. This allows the "Fokker Zero" to use a self-closing fuel tank, which greatly improves the possibility of the pilot's survival after the aircraft is hit, and at the same time, there is no need to make holes in the main truss or polish rivets, which can save a lot of man-hours.

"And when will the development of such an aircraft be completed?" Hersman asked as he walked into the Defense Department building. "Our first aircraft carrier will be ready for sea trials in a few months, and it will be delivered to the Navy by June next year. Will there be more than 50 'Fokker 0' (this is the code name given to this new aircraft by Fokker) fighters available? ”

At this time and space, Germany's first aircraft carrier was not the 30,000-ton "Count Zeppelin", but the 15,000-ton "Seydlitz".

This aircraft carrier was developed by German engineers in the summary of the "Karl. The construction experience of the "Marx" class, after taking into account the sea conditions in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, was built using the same hull as the "Admiral Hipper" class heavy cruisers.

Its speed and displacement are similar to those of the "Admiral Hipper" class, with 3 steam turbines and 12 heavy oil boilers, and can reach a top speed of about 32 knots. However, the fly in the ointment is that because this class of aircraft carriers has to fight in the Atlantic Ocean with high sea conditions, it adopts a closed hangar, which makes the number of carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier small, and it can only carry 36 carrier-based aircraft.

Moreover, only two aircraft carriers of this class have been started at present (the other will join the active service in 1940), so it is impossible to constitute a carrier-based aircraft strike capability, and can only be used as an escort aircraft carrier to accompany the battleships in attack.

Therefore, in the Navy's planning, the two "Seydlitz" class aircraft carriers will be equipped with 30 carrier-based fighters and 6 carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft, and will not be equipped with any carrier-based bombers and torpedo aircraft.

"Next June?" Fokker thought for a moment and said, "It should be in time, Fokker 0 is scheduled to make its first flight in March next year, and it will be carried out in Japan and Germany at the same time." If all goes well, the BF-FK plant in Baltic can arrange production by the end of May, and even if it doesn't work in June, a certain amount will be available in July and August. However, to form combat effectiveness, it was not until after 1940. (To be continued.) )