Chapter 10 Gunboat Machine
"I basically agree with you, Mr. Krupp," Zhang Fan said
"But did you think that if we attacked from the top, we could easily knock out these fortress cannons? Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"It's impossible, the top area is too small for direct fire artillery to hit the top at all." Krupp retorted.
"What if it's an attack from the sky?" Zhang Fan asked
"Sky, this is impossible, the accuracy of the bomb is simply not up to it, unless it is artillery aiming. Wait, you mean to put artillery on the plane and attack from the sky," Krupp said with interest.
"Mr. Krupp really knows a thing, I call it the Flying Charizard-Gunboat. If you think about it, as long as all kinds of continuous fire and large artillery are loaded onto heavy transport aircraft, and the use of side-fire and lighthouse circling methods can continue to suppress the enemy's fire at low altitudes for a long time, and the gunboat aircraft reacts quickly, can do long-distance maneuvers, and the cost is low, it can be mass-produced, and it can be used with flares to bombard local positions indiscriminately at night! Regardless of whether the opponent is a tank or a blockage, or a skirmisher line, it will all be annihilated by this attack from the sky! โ
"Oh my God! It's an amazing idea and it sounds like it's possible, but I don't know much about airplanes and need Heinkel's opinion. But I'm personally interested in your opinion. โ
"Mr. Krupp, I told you directly, as long as you build a prototype and give it to me for transformation, I guarantee that you will see a real flying fortress, and its power is definitely beyond your imagination!"
"Okay, since Colonel Zhang Fan is so confident, I immediately contacted the Heinkel company to develop a prototype, but the prototype development takes time, although it is just a simple gun to be put on the plane, but it also needs to be redesigned and re-engineered, I estimate that it will take at least 4 months. This may affect my Super Cannon program"
"Mr. Krupp can continue to study the super cannon program, but I believe that the final winner must be the gunboat machine, and I hope that after the success of my plan, Mr. Krupp and Heinkel will jointly establish a new arms company specializing in high-tech research, and I will provide all kinds of modifications and opinion support. Of course, I need to own 60% of this company," Zhang Fan said.
"60% is too high, after all, the company was invested by me and other shareholders," Krupp said with a frown.
"60% is not too high, after all, I am only a shareholder, I will not have any opinion on the company's operations, and I will continue to provide some new solutions and technical support that you need, and the latest weapons can also be verified by me."
Krupp thought about it and felt that what Zhang Fan said made sense, after all, Krupp was an engineer, and he was more concerned about the various technical and material support provided by Zhang Fan. After all, many technologies will be limited by materials, and Zhang Fan's guardian goddess Zero can use special abilities to solve these material problems, of course, in fact, Krupp is not clear, Zero's ability is another more magical thing. But for the human beings in this world, it is the same, it is something that modern technology simply cannot do.
"Good! Colonel Zhang Fan, I agree with you, but your shareholding must be reduced to 50%, and you cannot be the chairman of the company! Krupp compromised
โok๏ผ No problem" Although the shares have fallen, even if it falls to 50%, it is money blown by the wind, and who knows what the situation will be after the war, it is likely that the entire company will be swallowed up by the allies. Now I have a stake just to better translate some of my ideas into actual items to strengthen Zero's combat power!
After talking to Krupp, Zhang Fan sent Krupp away, and agreed to test whether the gunboat could achieve the performance they wanted after 4 months. Of course, if they have any questions during this period, they can come to consult Zhang Fan, and Zhang Fan will do his best to provide relevant support!
After Krupp left, Zero appeared beside Zhang Fan: "Captain, why do you want to cooperate with this human to develop an aircraft?" I also have to waste precious power to transform that prototype, why, zero don't understand! โ
"Zero!" Zhang Fan touched Zero's head and said: "We can't just look at our efforts, but also look at the future gains." This plan we have sent can greatly strengthen the Empire's air-to-ground power, which will be of great help to the subsequent war, and a good performance can attract the attention of the Fรผhrer, so that the Empire will invest a lot of resources in the company we are about to have, and I need these resources to develop various weapons and equipment to strengthen our ships! This is called giving to gain! โ
"There is a give-and-take! Zero still doesn't quite understand, but as long as it's the captain's order, Zero will obey it! Zero said to the captain seriously.
"Huh!" Zhang Fan smiled and pinched Zero's little face and said, "It's too serious, Zero, you have to learn to smile often, and smile is more cute!" โ
"Lovely! Zero doesn't understand," Zero shook his head, "but Zero will be thinking about it!" "After saying that, Zero hid his figure!
Seeing that Zero had hid in his own world again, Zhang Fan smiled helplessly.
"Alright, the day's work is about to start again!" Zhang Fan moved his body and began to exercise. Although Zhang Fan's physical fitness had reached the limit of human beings under the reinforcement of Zero before, Zhang Fan knew that this was only physical fitness, not real combat effectiveness. He still needs to keep exercising to get the most out of this body.
"I don't know if there is a martial arts inheritance in Huaguo in this world, after all, I can obtain a physical fitness that surpasses 9 times that of ordinary people, which proves that this world is still different from the previous life, and the rules of the previous life are impossible to be superhuman. But now I have gained power beyond ordinary humans, which proves that there may be supernatural powers in this world! If you have time, you must go to Huaguo to see! โ
Time flew by in Zhang Fan's physical training and naval run-in training. After more than half a year of training, this specially formed fleet has begun to take on combat effectiveness. And the order of the Navy Headquarters followed.
On May 10, 1943, the German Army's blitzkrieg was sharp! Germany did not attack the Maginot Line of France, this kind of permanent fortress is simply a hard bone that cannot be gnawed, and a fool will fight it! At this point, Zhang Fan has always scoffed at this super fortress project in France. As long as the general who commands the army is not a fool, he will definitely not be hard steel with the Maginot Line!
So Germany made a clever detour, and Germany made a direct detour to attack Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg, and crossed the river from Sedan into France, bypassing the Maginot Line. The Germans took advantage of the rapid raid capabilities of the Panzer Division to directly push the 3 small countries. By May 21, the Germans had reached the English Channel, trapping 400,000 British and French troops in the small town of Dunkirk. Originally, as long as the armored division was sent to attack, this enemy army could be completely annihilated, but the mustachioed head didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he actually ordered the armored division to surround but not attack, and instead listened to the words of the fat man Goering and wanted to use the air force to crush the 400,000 British and French forces.