As the time entered April 1929, several kingdoms in the United States were already under urgent preparation.

The British imposed military control on New York, which barely suppressed the constant demonstrations in New York.

Of course, the state of military control cannot last too long, which means that the establishment of several kingdoms must be carried out in a short period of time.

Compared with the rush of the British, Australasia was not in a hurry. Progress is to be rushed, but if you can catch up with the progress and watch all kinds of problems erupt on the British side, it can be considered a good pastime.

Arthur was also very busy during this time, constantly imparting to the two little ones what he had learned.

How much you can learn depends on the efforts of the two little ones, after all, some things can only be understood by yourself, and it is useless to say more.

On a very ordinary Sunday, there was good news for Arthur on the side of the missile research and development project team.

Several years have passed since the test flight of the earliest Tester rocket, and the missile research and development project team has long developed the latest Test-2 missile based on the most basic Test-1 rocket.

There are two versions of this missile, one for ground launch and one for bomber carrying and dropping.

Let's start with the first conventional ground-launched version, which is a more advanced missile after a complete modification of the Tayster-1 rocket.

In terms of missile power, there is an extremely advanced airjet engine as the basis for missile power.

The ground-launched version of the missile is 8.7 meters long and weighs 7.9 tons, which can carry nearly a ton of gunpowder.

Given the power system of the missile, the ground-launched version of the missile can fly at a maximum altitude of 17.5 kilometers and a maximum flight range of 240 kilometers, and can remotely hit targets at all ranges on land, sea and air.

Of course, because of the lack of scientific and technological development, such missiles do not have much aiming ability, and the final explosion site and destination will probably deviate from several hundred meters to several kilometers.

Yes, the deviation is so outrageous.

If the weather is good and there are no accidents during the missile launch, the deviation may be within a kilometer.

But if any accident happens, the deviation of the missile will basically be more than a kilometer.

This also means that this version of the missile is more likely to attack large targets such as ground forces, cities and important areas, and for small aircraft and warships, although within the strike range, the hit rate is worrying.

But there's no way around it. It is indeed the limitation of science and technology that makes the current missiles not have a high accuracy hit rate.

However, when more accurate fire control systems, gyroscope equipment, and various electronic technologies are developed in the future, the effective hit rate of missiles will definitely increase.

Arthur's current greatest expectation is actually the development of nuclear weapons. If the existing missiles can be equipped with nuclear warheads, the error of a few kilometers is actually within the acceptable range.

After all, the effective strike range of nuclear weapons is at least tens of kilometers, and this error is completely within the strike range, which is nothing more than the severity of the damage.

Compared to the ground-launched version, the version that can be carried by bombers is smaller, and the power is actually much lower.

The version that could be carried on the bomber was called the Test-2A, and the length of the missile was reduced to 3.7 meters, and the weight was reduced to about 2.2 tons.

Because of this, the amount of gunpowder loaded with the entire missile was reduced to 220 kilograms.

Compared to the larger ground-based version, this small missile is effective against aircraft in the air.

With a speed of 450 kilometers per hour, the missile can travel much faster than an airplane, creating an opportunity to hit the aircraft more accurately.

If the hit rate of the ground version of the missile depends on the weather and other factors, then the hit rate of the missile on board the bomber basically depends on the operation of the aircraft pilot.

If you aim accurately, you will still have no problem hitting planes and airships in the air. But if it doesn't aim accurately, no one knows where the missile will fall or whether it will explode in the crowd.

For these two different versions of the missile, Arthur was still very interested.

In order to get a personal feel for himself the power and hit rate of both missiles, Arthur decided to conduct a test launch and test of both missiles in the mountains of Australasia.

The targets simulated by the two missiles are different, but the number of missiles involved in the test is the same.

After communication with the missile research project team, 100 of each of the two missiles will be produced for testing.

Ground-launched missiles are targeted at simulated ground troops and enemy industrial areas, while bombers-fired missiles target airplanes and enemy warships.

Because it took some time to make the missile, the final missile test was scheduled for June, in the desert of western Australia.

Anyway, there are no satellites now, so you only need to pick inaccessible areas, and basically you won't be discovered by foreign spies.

Of course, the missile transportation still has to be carried out quietly, after all, no one knows how many spies are in Australasia's population of more than 30 million, and the slightest exposure may lead to accidents.

Fortunately, a lot of missiles were made when they were originally tested, so it only took more than a month to make up for the deficiencies.

After more than a month of emergency construction and preparation, on June 11, 1929, the western desert of Australia officially began testing two missiles.

The first to start were ground-based missiles. The strike simulated a large industrial area of the enemy 210 kilometers away and an enemy division 140 kilometers away.

The two strikes were 50 missiles each, and they were quickly launched by the catapult, and the power system of the missiles was quickly activated and headed towards the intended target.

Although it had long been known that the missile's hit rate might not be high, the actual test results still disappointed Arthur a little.

50 missiles each for the bombing of industrial areas and enemy troops, and the combined number of missiles that actually hit the target was less than 20.

You must know that the simulated large industrial area and the area where the enemy army is stationed are still very large, which also means that the error of the missile may be even more serious than expected.

Out of a total of 100 missiles, only 17 missiles, 21 missiles within three kilometres of the target, and all the others were within three kilometres of the target.

There were even more than 10 missiles that fell directly into the desert more than 10 kilometers away from the target, and if the soldiers hadn't followed the missile's trajectory for a long time, the missile might have been buried in the desert.

Although the destructive power of missiles is still very good, the 17% hit rate means that a large number of missiles must be used to effectively destroy the enemy's industrial areas and ground forces.

To put it bluntly, quality does not depend on quantity, and hundreds of missiles are launched in each round of missile bombardment, and there are always dozens of missiles that will hit the target.

The downside of this is the financial pressure. The missiles have air-jet engines, plus gunpowder and a variety of other parts, and each missile costs nearly $12,000 to manufacture.

In order for at least 100 missiles to hit enemy targets, at least 600 missiles would have to be launched, which is a cost of 7.2 million Australian dollars.

But think about it, if it is really possible to destroy the enemy's industrial base, or kill and injure the enemy's ground forces in large numbers, then millions of dollars in funding will not be a problem.

It can only be said that the war is indeed too expensive, whether it is a war now or a war in 100 years, it will be a huge financial burden for the country.

Although the current war does not yet have a large number of high-tech weapons, the current war requires a lot of money.

The military expenditures of the major powers in World War I were in the tens of billions of dollars, and even Britain and France had vast colonies, but they could only hold out for a few years.

At present, tanks and airplanes have become one of the mainstream weapons of various countries, and the next large-scale war will be more costly, and for countries without colonies and reserve markets, war is a last resort.

Although the missile's hit rate is a bit disappointing, after all, it is a superweapon with an effective strike range of nearly 240 kilometers, and it is definitely the most advanced even in World War II.

Just imagine, the artillery range of other countries is only a few kilometers, and the effective range of Australasia is already about 100 times that of theirs.

This huge disparity in range has already doomed the two armies to have completely different casualties and performances in the war.

Calming his mind, Arthur turned his attention to the missiles that the bomber was carrying next.

This smaller missile also costs much less than the larger missiles on the ground. With an average cost of less than $7,000 per small missile, this is a mass-produced missile that can be assured of boldness.

The number of targets for enemy aircraft and warships simulated by small missiles is also 50 per launch.

Because of the smaller target, the missile's hit rate is actually even lower, only about 11%.

Again, this is because the simulated target will not move, plus the pilots are prepared.

If you put it on a real battlefield, the 11% hit rate would have to be reduced by at least half, which also means that it is very difficult to destroy enemy warships and aircraft with missiles.

Think about it another way, if you can destroy an enemy warship with such a small missile, even if the number of missiles consumed is a little more, it is worth it.

The cost of a capital warship is millions of dollars, which translates to close to 1,000 missiles.

And that's not even counting the cost of training naval officers and the day-to-day maintenance of warships.

If 1,000 small missiles are exchanged for one of the enemy's main warships, from a strategic point of view, there is no doubt that it is still worth it.

After all, the manufacture of missiles is much simpler than that of warships, and they can be put into use at any time after they are manufactured.

The construction of a capital warship will take at least more than a year and almost two years, and the cost of investment in time is completely unequal on both sides, and in war, time is of the essence.

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