Chapter 54 Arms Procurement (2)

The whole morning was spent in the introduction of various companies, Zhang Jun did not dare to have the slightest slack, carefully listened to the introduction of each company, what made Zhang Jun most excited was the product launched by the German National Weapons Research Institute, which made Zhang Jun excited, and had to sigh the strength of German scientific research.

The German National Research Institute launched the V1 cruise missile, and the V2 ballistic missile, and what surprised Zhang Jun even more was that there were air-launched missiles, surface-to-air missiles, although only V1 was produced in kind, and the others were still in the drawing stage, but these epoch-making weapons, once they appeared, absolutely have the ability to change the world.

Historically, Germany fired about 10,000 V1 missiles at Britain, most of which were about 85% launched from land. A total of 7,488 missiles flew over the British coast or were spotted by the British, and 3,957 were shot down before reaching their targets. 3,531 evaded British defences, 2,419 flew to London, about 30 reached the South Cape and Portsmouth, and one hit Manchester. As a result, only about a quarter of the ground-launched missiles flew to their target areas. For air-launched missiles, the proportion is about one-tenth.

casualty

For the British side, the V1 missile caused a lot of casualties. A total of 6,184 people were killed by the missiles, an average of 3 people killed for every 5 missiles fired. The number of seriously injured people reached 17,981.

Germany launched a total of 3,745 V-2 missiles, of which 1,115 hit the British mainland and 2,050 landed on Antwerp, Brussels, Liège and other places in Belgium on the European continent. A further 582 were used for development, improvement and training. Of all V-2 launches, 74 per cent fell within 30 km of the target, and another 44 per cent of these missiles fell within 10 km. Looking at the casualties caused by the attack on the UK, the V-2 killed a total of 2,724 people and injured 6,476, and the damage to buildings was also considerable. The power of the V-2 rocket armament was on full display, but it did not produce the kind of defeat that the German authorities had hoped for.

In fact, German research on missiles began long after the First World War.

According to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was not allowed to develop traditional weapons such as artillery, tanks, aircraft and even heavy machine guns. The pact's purpose, of course, was to restrain and oppress Germany, to prevent it from revival, to pose a threat to the Allies once again. But like Joseph. As Stalin said, anything can be destroyed, that is, the power of the nation cannot be destroyed. Germany was quickly revived after the war, and German visionaries could not be satisfied with building a garrison of only 100,000 men.

However, Britain and France monitored Germany very strictly according to the treaty, and the German top brass did not dare to openly violate it, so they could only find some gaps. The Treaty of Versailles was not without loopholes, and it did not impose restrictions on new weapons. At that time, scientists in Germany had already made some preliminary research on rockets. The German top brass instinctively felt the great potential of this field, and with the fact that the Treaty of Versailles had no restrictions on it, they gradually increased their investment in this area.

Beginning at the end of the 20s, the German Army Artillery Directorate began full-fledged research on rocketry, headed by Becker, director of the Research and Development Department of the Army Artillery Directorate.

In 1929, Becker formalized plans to begin systematic research on jet-propelled rockets and launch vehicles. The purpose at that time was simple, to develop a rocket weapon that could complement artillery and bombers. The project was developed by the young artillery scientist Wald. Captain Wernhervonbraun was in charge.

At that time, rockets were almost the same fantasy thing as the moon landing, and there was no complete concept at all. Dornberg, with the support of Belk and other high-ranking military officials, began formal research work at the Kummersdorf artillery test site in Berlin.

Although the conditions are difficult, there are still many experts in this field in Germany. Within a few years, Dornberg recruited the then famous German rocket scientist von Dornberg. Braun, Nebel, Krauss. Riddle and Walter. Riddle.

One of the most capable is naturally Werner. Feng. Dr. Wernhervonbraun. Born in East Prussia, the rocket master only graduated from the University of Berlin in 1932, but due to his outstanding knowledge, he soon became an important assistant to Dornberg.

After listening to the introduction, Zhang Jun planned in his heart, V1 and V2 must be fully supported, this project itself is also a project strongly supported by Hitler, in the Führer's heart, even the atomic bomb is behind him, the Führer's thinking is not wrong, but because no one pointed out the German scientists at that time, the V1 and V2 two epoch-making strategic weapons, did not play much role, but wasted a lot of materials and resources in Germany, as well as valuable military spending, That is to say, the tactical effect of V1 and V2 in history is not proportional to the investment, but with Zhang Jun, a traverser in later generations, it is different.

If Zhang Jun vigorously supported Siemens' radar miniaturization research and produced a powerful radar that could be installed on the B-29 aircraft, the "early warning aircraft" would have appeared ahead of the times, and the "early warning aircraft" would have been used to command V1 and V2, it would definitely not be the kind of war in history where tens of thousands of missiles only killed more than 20,000 civilians, and it can be said that Germany's V1 and V2 were completely wasted, and the only role was to increase the fear of the people of the enemy country, and it did not play any role.

The other is that the price of V1 is 5,000 marks, V2 is about 130,000 marks, V1 can be purchased in large quantities, V2 is purchased quantitatively, at that time, a BF109 needs 42,000 marks, and a Tiger needs 100,000 marks, Zhang Jun's principle is that the procurement of V1 and V2 cannot affect Germany's arms expansion, and these two weapons are also used to attack high-value targets, rather than the kind of indiscriminate fire on Britain in later generations, which is purely a waste of Germany's limited resources and war potential.

In the afternoon, it was the specific procurement, first the army, navy and air force and Zhang Jun, the head of the equipment department, held a meeting in a small office, and the three departments submitted the procurement application, and then discussed and approved, if it is really uncertain, it can only be brought forward by the Führer, but the Führer is now in Vienna to accept the cheers of the people of Eddie! So it's best for everyone to negotiate and solve the problem of procurement budget allocation, and what Zhang Jun doesn't want is for everyone to use their fists to solve the problem.

Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force: Albert? Kesselring

Commander-in-Chief of the Navy: Erich? Raeder

Commander-in-Chief of the Army: Walter? Feng? Brauchitsch

SS: Himmler

When the meeting was held in the morning, these people did not come, and in the afternoon the distribution of procurement shares will all arrive, these people present, it can be said that Zhang Jun can not afford to provoke any of them, the best result is that they have discussed it themselves, reported it, Zhang Jun is handing over the order to the head of state, can they discuss the problem well? Of course not, in order to gain more share of his own department, he is not willing to let go.

Raeder spoke first:

"Our navy, when the conspirator Goering was there, has been suppressed, and our countless ships cannot be equipped because they do not have sufficient budgets and procurement plans, which greatly weakens our great and heroic German naval power, and everyone knows that the world of the future is the world of the seas, so I apply for strong support for naval procurement, and we should go all out to favor the navy and give 40 percent of the procurement share to the navy."

As soon as Himmler heard that the navy was going to monopolize the 40 percent share, then he would pay it back, and his 1st SS Panzer Army would be empty-handed!

"What, Raeder, you've gone too far, our Guards Army has formed a new Panzer Corps under the order of the great Führer, you should know that it was the Führer's order, but our SS 1st Panzer Corps is still bare-handed! Do you want my brother to go to the battlefield to die like this, what are your intentions, no, I am resolutely opposed to the distribution quota demanded by the Navy, the First Panzer Corps of our Guard, I don't know how much, my request is very simple, the procurement of weapons from the full formation. ”

I don't know why Himmler jumped out, Zhang Jun is the head of the equipment department, and it is still possible to apply to the Führer for the equipment of an armored army alone, there is no need to compete for a share with these "hungry wolves" here.

Commander-in-Chief of the Army: Walter? Feng? Brauchitsch also did not do it, but the German Army had several million men, and the procurement of weapons had always been the largest, and the minimum investment could not be less than 40 percent.

"You people, completely forget about our army, our army is a few million people, and there are many troops waiting for weapons, according to the past practice, our share is at least 40 percent, and now the great Führer is expanding the army, and the weapons we are short of are even more heavenly, so our army is asking for a 50 percent share."

Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force: Albert? Kesselring is also not a fuel-efficient lamp, 50 percent for an army, 40 percent for a navy, and 10 percent for the air force.

"You guys are really too much, what about the Air Force, let the Air Force use you to grab the remaining 10 percent, then the Air Force doesn't want it, your army doesn't have the cover and support of the Air Force? Without air supremacy, your navy can only bury itself at the bottom of the sea and feed the sharks, and I don't ask for more, the air force needs at least 30 percent of the share. ”

"No, how much did Goering's conspirators rob us of when he was here, and now they must be returned......"

Zhang Jun couldn't provoke these people, let alone order these people, so he could only watch them quarrel, so in desperation, he had to quietly leave his seat, sneak out, and then came to the corridor, took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, and pulled one out casually, but he couldn't find a lighter all over his body.

"Pop ......" A lit lighter stretched out in front of Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun looked up and saw that it was his beautiful secretary Britney, a beautiful girl who can always bring people good feelings and happy moods.

"My beautiful young lady, thank you very much, they all want to fight more shares, but the cake is so big, no matter how you divide it, it is impossible for them to be satisfied, I always think that I should share more than others, what can I do, I can only mix it cold, let them quarrel."

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