Chapter 510: Iron-Blooded Germany (6)

The Germans quickly changed their tactics, abandoning the dangerous daylight and changing the time of launching missiles to the night. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info And in order to deal with the tactical changes of the Germans, the Ming army also came up with its own practical weapon, the night fighter.

This twin-engine heavy fighter equipped with radar can fly at night, whether it is interception or night bombing. Not only that, but this new fighter of the Ming army also has the ability to fight around the clock. Compared with the Germans' efforts to develop new weapons such as the V series missile, Zhang Cheng is also funding Daming to develop new weapons.

Compared with the Germans who do everything, Daming has Zhang Cheng's instructions, so their research and development is very targeted. The new weapons developed are all technologies that can be quickly used in battle and become combat-ready.

While the sky was bustling, the troops on the ground were not idle. In early June, the Ming army approached the outside of Frankfurt and engaged the German defenders in fierce battles, with the daily consumption of troops on both sides calculated in divisional units. A large number of troops were consumed by heavy shelling and bombardment between the two sides.

In order to hold their positions, the Germans even used Gustav equipment and Karl self-propelled guns.

In particular, the Gustav device, with a caliber of eight hundred millimeters, is definitely the king of destruction on the ground. The high-explosive bomb, which weighed nearly five tons, could reimburse at least a battalion of troops if it hit the target. This superweapon, which was originally used for offensive operations, was used by the Germans to bombard the ground attack units of the Ming army. Not to mention how effective it is, at least it exposes itself to danger.

However, the Germans were also forced to be anxious, and the Germans could no longer take care of anything. Rather than tearing it down after the war or becoming a trophy of the Ming army, it is better to go directly to the battlefield to fight for a claim.

The Ming army's long-range artillery may not have been able to reach the Germans' super giant guns due to its range. But the Ming army's powerful air power is not vegetarian. When this powerful but poorly maneuverable weapon and equipment appeared on the battlefield, the fighter units of the Ming Army Aviation immediately attacked everywhere to find its traces.

Two days after Gustav's equipment entered the battle, the fighter units of the Daming Army Aviation accurately found its traces. Soon, hundreds of Ming fighters roared towards it. These pilots are the elite aces that have been urgently selected. Not only are they skilled, but they are also fierce characters.

In order to protect the expensive Gustav equipment, the Germans equipped it with a large number of escort forces. The German army alone served on guard duty, numbering nearly 4,000 men, and was equipped with many well-trained military dogs and armored units. This also dispelled the idea of the Ming army using special operations forces to attack.

However, the Germans defended the ground, but could not defend the sky. Because its firing range was only forty kilometers, the positions of Gustav's equipment were relatively close to the battle line. A distance of 40 kilometers is nothing more than a kick on the accelerator for the aviation forces.

Although the Germans deployed two anti-aircraft artillery regiments around the Gustav equipment, they also had specialized air defense units to provide air cover. Moreover, when the Ming fighter unit approached quickly, the German chemical corps quickly released a large number of smoke bombs in an attempt to interfere with the Ming army's attack. But the Germans did all of this.

The elite Ming bomber pilots were not afraid of sacrifice at all, and they drove their fighters into the German anti-aircraft fire network without hesitation, ignoring the rain of bullets and rushing to the huge railgun.

In the end, the Gustav equipment, which was regarded as a trump card by the German High Command, was destroyed by the army aviation units of the Ming army in the outskirts of Frankfurt. In total, the expensive cannon did not fire more than thirty shells, and it turned into a pile of burning scrap metal. The strength of air power is evident in the war.

The battle in Germany was fiercely fought. Both sides played all the hole cards in their hands without reservation. All kinds of new weapons and elite troops have been put into the battlefield.

And the amount of supplies and soldiers consumed by both sides every day is also an astronomical amount, which is a contest between abnormal national strength. The artillery shells that both sides dropped on the enemy on the opposite side every day were in units of 100,000. Not to mention the bombing of light weapons and warplanes in the sky.

Under such a dense firepower, even the elite troops on both sides could not withstand this level of bullet rain. The daily casualty figures make the hearts of senior commanders on both sides shudder.

When the Germans began to fire at full power, Zhang Cheng naturally could not have any reservations. In addition to using advanced night fighters and all-weather fighter units, Zhang Cheng also played many good cards in his hand. For example, MLRS.

The Ming Dynasty of this era actually had the prototype of rocket artillery long before Zhang Cheng came. After all, the artillery unit of the Ming Army is the best in the world, and the Ming Dynasty is the ancestor of playing with gunpowder, and large-scale firecrackers will be set off every New Year's holiday. There are quite a few primitive rocket types among firecrackers.

However, this most primitive and simple rocket artillery weapon was not valued in the Ming Army. When the inventor sent his information to the Army, the Army was reluctant to invest in the development of the new weapon.

The reason is simple, the Ming army at that time was already strong enough, especially their artillery was already strong to the point of perversion. When affairs are developed to the extreme, they are synonymous with conservatism and stubbornness. They reject the business of rebirth, clinging to what they know and not letting go.

Moreover, the artillerymen's weaponry and the research and development of new weapons have long been carved up by many interest groups, and not a dime of the annual funds will be leaked out. It is as difficult for a new weapon from a non-interest group to get financial support in the military as it is for a college student from an ordinary family to be directly elected to the governorship.

Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for a new equipment of the original model without a background to get financial support for research. Because in peacetime the capitalists are not willing to give up a single ounce of money.

Moreover, the Ming army at that time was full of a large number of conservative and stubborn old guys, and they only had the United States in their minds. Those old-fashioned tactics of the war period. They are also looking for accurate barreled artillery. Weapons such as multiple rocket launchers, which have no accuracy even after they are perfected, will not be able to enter their eyes at all.

Eventually, this genius invention was buried in history. It's like someone invented a multi-barreled machine gun in the early Qing Dynasty in modern time and space, but it was destroyed by my Qing Dynasty as a monster, and the inventor was exiled for 3,000 miles. In this case, there is no doubt that it will be labeled as the most humiliating dynasty in history in the future. No matter how much they preach, they can't change the conclusion of history!

When Zhang Cheng began to hold power and was ready to prepare for war, he put forward the idea of multiple rocket launchers. However, his subordinates told him with a strange look that there was such a weapon in the archives of the Army Armament Department, and that there were experimental objects that were still rusting in the warehouse.

Zhang Cheng, who was originally complacent about proposing a conceptual new weapon, suddenly stretched his face. After actually watching the experimental artillery and various technical data that are said to have been available for more than ten years. Zhang Cheng was shocked. As long as we continue to invest in improving the details and updating the new ammunition technology, it won't be long before the production line can be built.

This incident made Zhang Cheng understand that it is not that there are no capable people in this world, but that good things really need opportunities to get ahead. This also strengthened Zhang Cheng's determination to completely break the political pattern of hundreds of years. He wants to give ordinary people a chance to come ahead, instead of concentrating everything in the hands of a few.

Subsequently, follow-up capital investment, convening the R&D team, constantly updating the technology and so on. By the time the Ming army began to launch the German War, the Ming army had already formed nine specialized rocket artillery divisions, as well as a large number of independent artillery divisions. Rocket artillery battalion regimental level troops. It is also equipped with more than 3,000 MLRS.

Unlike the rudimentary rocket artillery that the Soviet army urgently equipped for war in modern time and space history, the powerful Ming Dynasty was equipped with sophisticated weapons. In addition to simple navigation equipment, it is also equipped with gunning radar and a unified command system.

Moreover, the Ming army used specially developed vehicles and launchers, and the rockets were also improved many times and had multiple models. These new types of equipment can help rocket artillery units concentrate their firepower in the target area as much as possible, without spreading too much. Its combat effectiveness was far from being comparable to that of the Soviets.

The German front line could not be attacked for a long time, and the two sides fought a sea of corpses. Zhang Cheng immediately ordered this weapon to be put into actual combat use.

On June 6, 1943, after a fierce quarrel and even a debate that almost brewed into an all-armed debate, the Ming General Staff finally made a decision to give the front-line troops another chance to launch a strong attack.

If this attack is still not effective, the front-line troops will begin to implement a second plan of operations, shifting the main attack to Prague, with the intention of carrying out a large-scale outflanking operation from the whole of southern Germany. Instead of forcing a forcible siege of Berlin and ending the battle quickly.

The adoption of any combat plan represents the hard work and will of a group of people, and it is also a symbol of status and ability, and it is also a struggle for the right to speak and the size of the power. Behind it lies a very responsible struggle for power.

Zhang Cheng was only responsible for putting forward the strategic intentions, and he would not care about how to realize them, and the General Staff Headquarters would make its own operational plans. Because Zhang Cheng knows that one person can't do everything. And he himself is not a genius in this area. Therefore, it has become Zhang Cheng's standard for specialized talents to do special things. This has brought the struggle within the General Staff to a white-hot stage. Because everybody thinks they're the one who specializes in that. (To be continued.) )