When Kennedy Jr.'s plane was shot and crashed into the sea, Hersman Jr. had already arrived at the military port of Buenos Aires in a Volkswagen 82 barrel truck, and the car drove up to a high ground. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Little Hersman stood in the carriage, raised his binoculars and began to observe the battle on the sea.

With the help of flares and searchlights, he soon spotted a "small glider" circling and sliding.

"Is it a remote-controlled gliding bomb? No, no......" Hirschman Jr. immediately dismissed his own idea, because remote-controlled gliding bombs or missiles generally follow the indicator light. This is to facilitate the maneuver to find the bomb or missile in the air. And it's night, and although there are searchlights and flares, the visibility is still not comparable to that of daytime, and if these gliding bombs are remotely controlled, the operator will definitely not be able to see them.

So...... The Americans were supposed to use radar-guided gliding bombs!

But how did they get the fire control radar on the plane? Did they create miniaturized fire control radars and calculation computers? It's a bit of a hassle.

Germany now has a fire-controlled radar and a computer that can be used to calculate the azimuth difference. Although they are both primitive and clumsy equipment, they are enough to support the radar guidance mode of the Waterfall missile. However, the fire control radar used to illuminate the target and the missile itself is large, and the computer is also cumbersome.

Therefore, a set of Waterfall equipment needed to be transported by a convoy, and this time the German Navy used several Fokker 42 transport planes to transport a Waterfall system (including two launchers) to Buenos Aires. So it is simply impossible to install such equipment on an aircraft. If the United States develops a radar-guided missile system that can be carried on board, the tide of the war will be turned around......

"Camera!" Little Hersman couldn't figure it out, but that didn't stop him from taking pictures. A sergeant of naval aviation, who arrived with him in Buenos Aires, handed a Leica camera to Hersman Jr.

Little Hersman took the camera and aimed it at the target in the air with a burst of fierce shots, not only taking pictures of the "Bat" gliding bomb, but also the PB4Y-1 bomber that dropped the bomb, and even a picture of an airplane carrying a "Bat" gliding bomb.

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"This is the radar-guided gliding bomb of the Americans?"

The day after the "bombing of Buenos Aires", Reichsal Hersmann got a photograph taken by an officer of the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force (not just Hersmann Jr.) at the scene. Looking at the thick and short "little glider" in this photo, I try to recall those immature guided weapons developed by the United States in World War II. It seems that there is a gliding bomb called the "Bat" that claims to be the world's first "launch and forget" active guided weapon, which should be just the thing in the photo.

However, Hersman was not worried about this "active-guided glide bomb" at all, because he knew something about missile guidance technology in his previous life. It is very difficult to know that the active guidance technology of "launch and forget" is very difficult, and it can only be realized with extremely superior radar and computer technology.

Germany's radar and computer technology cannot even do semi-active guidance, and on the "Waterfall" missile system that uses radar guidance, it can only use two fire control radars to illuminate the target and the missile respectively, and then use the computer to solve the problem according to a certain formula based on the observation results of the two radars.

The use of radar active guidance technology for the American "Bat" guided bomb should be very primitive and immature, but it still has a certain reference value.

"Did you get live ammunition?" Hersman asked Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Raeder as he looked at the photo.

"I've got two," Mr. Raeder said, "and I've finished dismantling them, and tomorrow they'll be shipped to the missile test center in Peneminde with a Fokker 42 for study." If this weapon is not very expensive to build, I hope it can be copied. ”

The proposal was not made by Raeder, but by a group of air force and naval aviation experts in Buenos Aires, including Hersman Jr., who was a pilot officer who had been on the front lines and saw at a glance the value of the "Bat" gliding bomb. Although its lethality is not very large, and the hit rate as a guided weapon is not high, it can attack at night, and its combat weight does not look very large, and the requirements for the aircraft carried should not be high, and seaplanes like Bv138 should also be able to hang two. Even if you can't sink any important targets, it's good to scare the enemy.

"Are the losses of the Navy of New Asbania large?" Hersman asked nonchalantly.

"It's not very big," Raeder frowned, "but the hit rate of this gliding guided bomb of the Americans is not low, about 20 bombs hit the ships of the New Asbanian Navy, but the damage caused is not very large, only 1 light cruiser and 4 destroyers and 1 transport ship are seriously damaged, and the rest of the ships are only slightly damaged." ”

The light damage of the new Asbanian fleet was associated with the structure of the "Bat" gliding bombs, as well as the angle of hit. This gliding bomb does not have an armor-piercing warhead and does not dive into the deck of an attacking ship, so it often hits the ship's sturdy side armor belts or the sides of the turret, conning tower, or some minor superstructure. Although it looks quite loud when it explodes, it will not cause a fatal blow to the ship.

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"Great, great, we're going to get these photos out there right away, and we're announcing our victory in the Buenos Aires air raid!"

Washington, White House. U.S. President Wallace also got a lot of photos at this time, all taken by bombers from the bombers that attacked the Buenos Aires military port. The content, of course, is that the new Asbanian ships on the sea are shrouded in fire. If you look at it to an insider, such a picture does not represent a great victory, because it is necessary to consider what the ammunition hit is.

If more than 20 aviation torpedoes or 1,000 pounds of armor-piercing bombs hit the capital ship of New Asbania, then Juan. Peron's navy was almost finished. However, the "Bat" gliding bomb does not have that kind of destructive power, that is, it is more lively to watch.

But it is enough to fool American voters who are very amateur to war at sea with these hilarious photos.

"Also," Wallace added, "announced that the U.S. Army would soon liberate Santiago, the capital of Chile...... This will be the beginning of the collapse of Peron's fascist empire! The United States will regain the initiative in South America! ”

The Monroe Doctrine still has some market in the United States, and the American people have long been accustomed to seeing South America as their own backyard. Therefore, as long as the Democratic government led by Wallace has an advantage in South America, it will definitely boost the election results of the Democratic Party.

"Yes, yes, sir."

Presidential Chief of Staff William Brown, who reported to Wallace on the war. Leahy agreed.

He was not a pure soldier, for his military career ended once in April 1939, when he reached the Navy's retirement age and resigned as Chief of Naval Operations. However, after his retirement, he did not return home to report to his grandson, but became governor of Puerto Rico and ambassador to France under Roosevelt's arrangement. Both positions are civilian administrative appointees, and his current position as Chief of Staff is not Chief of the General Staff (unlike the later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), but the President's personal representative at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. So William. Raisi is not a military man with no political affiliation, but a Democratic politician in military uniform, so he must conform to the will of Democratic President Wallace.

"By the way, Mr. Kennedy's son hasn't been found yet?" Wallace suddenly remembered the disappearance of Kennedy Jr.

"Not yet." William. Leahy shook his head regretfully, "Someone saw his plane shot down, and it is estimated that he was either captured or sacrificed for his country." ”

"Oh." Wallace nodded, "Get the news out there...... Let people know that the son of the Democratic vice presidential candidate died heroically! But don't be too deliberate, be natural. Is there a way? ”

"Yes," said William. Raisi, of course, knew how to build war heroes - a means of military mobilization. "All the soldiers who died in the Buenos Aires air raid can be praised as national heroes."

"Good!" Wallace nodded, "That's it!" ”

William. Admiral Leahy rose from his chair, took his white hat from the coffee table and put it on his head, then gave President Wallace a military salute and turned to leave the president's office.

At this time, in addition to President Wallace, there was also Harry who had just returned from Rome. Hopkins.

President Wallace sighed and said to Roosevelt's brains, "There are a few days left before the vote is left, and before that we have to raise the banner of battle." ”

Harry. Hopkins smiled wearily, his health was almost as bad as Roosevelt's, and he knew he didn't have much to do in Wallace's or Truman's administration. He had come to visit Wallace today, in addition to reporting on the latest developments in the "peace movement" - in fact, there had been no progress - and he wanted to resign on the grounds of ill health.

"Of course, now we must raise the banner of battle." Harry. "But what about after the election? When will we be able to lower the banner of battle? ”

Wallace shrugged: "That's Mr. Truman's thing...... But I don't think we need to lay down the banner of fighting. ”

"Oh." Harry. Hopkins nodded with some disappointment, he knows the unspoken rules of domestic politics in the United States best - election is the last word! And whoever can play a key role in the general election will be the party boss, and it is natural that he will be rewarded.

Therefore, with Wallace's huge role in this year's election campaign, he must have a prominent position in Truman's administration, either Secretary of State or Secretary of War (Secretary of Army), and he will also exert great influence in Truman's government, becoming the de facto number two......