After receiving Qingying's order, Speer quickly drew up a plan for the production of the new missile. ↖ The factories began to transform their production lines, and a large number of workers were mobilized to meet the production requirements. To Speer's relief, the production of the V3 missile will not significantly change the production line of the original factory; The liquid ethanol, liquid oxygen, and hydrogen peroxide needed for the missile liftoff were originally the basic products of the German chemical industry, and these fuels could be easily obtained in large quantities. Not to mention the high explosives filled with the warheads, the German ** factory in full operation produces a huge amount of ammunition every day. The only additional production items required were special aero engines, as well as inertial gyroscopes and guided beam transceiver indicators for guidance. However, Germany already has a strong foundation in the aviation industry and radio fields, and there is no difficulty in the production of these subsystems.

Just two days later, the first batch of 12 V3 missiles was assembled at the Penemünde site's factory. With a length of 15 meters and a diameter of more than 1.7 meters, they are a true behemoth, and their 14-tonne size requires a heavy-duty truck to move them out of the factory. According to statistics, the production of this batch of missiles cost a total of 1.35 million marks, and the price of an FW-190 fighter is only 100,000 marks. According to Ludendorff's mouth-opening suggestion, the monthly production of this type of missile should be at least 900 units or more, which made Qingying, who was always eyeing the cost performance of weapons, almost immediately veto his request. However, according to Speer's production report, the missile is expected to achieve a cost reduction of more than 50% after entering mass production and simplifying the production process. This also allowed Qing Ying to retract the ban on the file that had been raised high and was about to be chopped. If the cost of this type of missile can be reduced from the current more than 110,000 marks to less than 60,000 marks. Then it is acceptable to maintain a certain amount of production.

February 5th. Just as Germany's military industry began to get involved in the production of this epoch-making weapon, the Russian land in Eastern Europe once again became the focus of attention of neighboring countries. At 6:45 a.m., hundreds of warplanes of the White Russians in the south suddenly launched a large-scale air attack on Soviet Russia, and the latter's front-line positions, as well as the barracks, bridges, airfields, and railway junctions located in the rear, were instantly plunged into a sea of fire. The thousands of artillery pieces deployed in the direction of the main attack also let out an earth-shattering thunderous roar in the silence of the early morning, and countless shells pierced the heavy night sky like meteors. Dazzling flames erupted on enemy positions several kilometers or even more than a dozen kilometers away. Two hours later, 500,000 Belarusian troops launched an all-out offensive on a front more than 300 kilometers long to the north, and the flames and smoke of war instantly filled the quiet morning.

Since the South Russian White Army had already informed Berlin of the date of the operation, when Qingying received the news of the resumption of the Russian Civil War, there was no surprise in his heart. Legally, Soviet Russia and the Russian Empire, far from the south, did not recognize each other's political status and had never signed an armistice of any kind, so the latter's current action can also be seen as a continuation of the deadly civil war 20 years earlier. And from Chancellor Ekmann down the German government. However, the war was seen as another German expansion in the East: since the economy, military and political affairs, and humanities of South Russia were completely controlled by Germany, they occupied the land they controlled through the war. In essence, it is under the control of the Berlin government!

Although the southern corner of the "Russian Empire" had a population of only 17 million, less than the German-controlled provinces of Ukraine, and more than seven times the number of people in Soviet Russia, Qingying was almost completely sure that his son-in-law Alexei would win the war. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the role of technological weapons and personnel in warfare has far surpassed that of traditional demographic factors; Germany's history of 66 million people knocking down 173 million people with just one fist is the best illustration of this reality. At a time when the industrial revolution with the internal combustion engine as the core has been advancing rapidly, the decisive role played by these two factors has been further amplified. The White Russian forces, carefully cultivated by Germany, were in these two respects not at all the same as the Soviet Red Russia, which was far weaker than the historical territory and which was familiar with the industrial opportunities of the West at the time of the world economic crisis; Not to mention the fatal malpractices of Soviet Russia, which were endured by the terror of ubiquitous informing, surveillance, exile, imprisonment, and even shooting. Compared to the bloody Cheka executioners, the secret police of the Tsarist era were as tame as sheep, and once the Southern Russian army marched into the north with a moderate and enlightened ruling policy, the Russian people living under the oppression of the Red Terror must have eaten the arrival of the king!

In less than two days, the news of the victory of the Russian army in South Africa flew like snowflakes towards Berlin. After the Great Purge, the Red Russian military officers were on average 10~15 years younger than their counterparts in southern Russia, and the phenomenon of being promoted from brigade commander to commander of military districts was not uncommon. A large number of Red Russian troops were crushed without suspense, and their avalanche-like defeat reminded Ludendorf of the epic victories he had achieved when he worked with Hindenburg on the Eastern Front. In this way, the German Army would not even need to provide arms assistance, and the army under the young tsar would be able to handle it.

While the South Russian army was breaking through all the way, destroying thousands of enemy troops every day, the German operation in the Americas was also in full swing. Thanks to the continuous supply by sea, the Luftwaffe already had five air fleets assembled near the front line, with a total number of nearly 10,000 combat aircraft; The number of US land-based air forces deployed in the southern theater is also as high as 8,000, and the country's industrial production capacity has begun to shift to wartime production in an all-round way after nine months of war. Of course, due to maintenance, repair, rotation, and other reasons, the actual number of combat aircraft that can be dispatched by both sides is still much smaller than the total number of fighters they have.

Perhaps because of the discovery of German fighters taking off from the island of Haiti and the considerable time difference in intercepting the fleet of aircraft at close range, the U.S. Army began to deploy a large number of fighters to the Santiago airfield on the Cuban front. After a period of bombing, the U.S. military gradually figured out an effective tactic. That is, let the B-17 reduce the amount of ammunition to achieve a high-speed breakthrough. As a result, the bomber group would not have taken more than 25 minutes from departure to arrival in eastern Cuba, and even German fighters taking off from the island of Haiti could not intercept them at full speed; The bombers with increased speed can also gain more living space in front of German fighters and antiaircraft artillery units taking off from Cuba. As for the reduced amount of bombs dropped by a single aircraft, it is compensated for by a larger number of bombers; This is undoubtedly one of the easiest disadvantages for the U.S. Army Aviation, which deploys bombers to San Diego in large numbers.

In the past few days, the air raids on the German troops entrenched in eastern Cuba have noticeably intensified, and the German officers and men have been shocked by the massive number of bombs that have been poured down. Although the bombing of the American army did not put the German troops who had already landed in a desperate situation, it greatly hindered the further advance of the German army. Since the air threat could not be completely resolved, the Germans had to rely on the transportation of supplies at night, otherwise there was a risk that the ships would capsize and the shipping lanes would be blocked during the bombing, which obviously made the German offensive have to be postponed again and again due to the lack of troops and supplies. During the week's transportation, the Germans added only 15,000 troops to Cuba, less than one-third of the original plan, and the German army encountered a bottleneck in the supply of materials while the delivery of troops was slow. Since Baracoa did not have a well-equipped port, it was difficult for the Germans to significantly increase their total supply at night, and if they could not gain air supremacy during the day, the German advance would be extremely slow and delayed due to poor logistics.

Faced with this situation, the Luftwaffe also tried to carry out intensive bombing of Santiago, where a large number of American bombers were concentrated, but because it was 400 kilometers away from Port-au-Prince to Santiago, the FW-190, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, lacked sufficient escort time to stay in the air, so the power of the aircraft group was first reduced. Coupled with the effective warning of radar, the Luftwaffe also experienced the defeat of the US air force in the bombing of eastern Cuba under the fierce interception of the opponent's fighter planes and antiaircraft artillery units. The U.S. airfield was quickly repaired, and the air threat of the German army in Cuba was still very real!

"Is it really necessary to rely on missiles to effectively open up the situation?" After learning the combat report from the front, Qingying couldn't help but think with some chagrin. If we continue to grind with the Americans in Cuba and rely on the continuous accumulation of fighter planes on the front line to regain air supremacy, it will be six to seven weeks later, to say the least. After all, it is impossible for the fighters assembled by our side in Cuba to pass through a single leaf in a bush of bullets, and it is completely common for them to be damaged after a sortie; These planes also need to be maintained and repaired, reducing attendance and control of the air, even if the job is much easier than that of heavy bombers. Seeing that the battle situation is still stalemate, Qingying can only let the V3 missiles that have been shipped out of the factory be loaded and shipped to the front line, and he only hopes that the accuracy error of these big guys in the battle can be smaller, and more US planes will be blown up on the ground. (To be continued.)

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