Two Hundred and Sixty One Pros and Cons

It is not so much a meeting as it is arranging the next work. ..Acado asked Augustus and Merkel to negotiate with the Dutch royal family on behalf of the German currency, fully accept the surrender of the Dutch, and start dealing with the aftermath.

"Let the chief of staff, General Bock, take over Rotterdam and restore the operation of the Dutch ports together with Raeder. These ports must be used to make the German navy a mobile and flexible force, instead of being trapped in Wilhelmshaven as it is now." Akado Pointing to the map, he said, "The place where the Dutch royal family will be housed is tentatively set in Frankfurt. Arrange a villa on the outskirts of the city there, and the security force must be very strong!"

"What we are more worried about now is that once the French Ganmerin realizes that he is at risk of being surrounded, he will immediately mobilize troops from France to attack the flank of our Army Group A." Brauchitsch said, pointing to the map.

"This is not a problem! Army Group C will attack the Maginot Line to create the illusion of an all-out attack by our army. The French did not realize that they were deceived so quickly. They need time to confirm the direction of our attack." Akado waved He waved his hand and said, "Now we'll see how our General Rundstedt uses the fastest quick attack to take Sedang."

"Attacking Sedang is not a big problem at the moment. If Gan Molin sends his troops south and joins forces in France to attack Group A, it will be a big problem. At that time, Rundstedt's situation will not be optimistic." Bo Rauchitch said worriedly.

Akado smiled, pointed to some signs on the map and said: "My Marshal, General Catherine, I can assure you that the Air Force has the ability to cause trouble for the British and French coalition forces as they go south, so that they cannot pose a threat to Army Group A." .”

He pointed to the northern area on the map again: "In addition, the 6th Light Armored Corps and 7th Infantry Corps in Keitel's hands will follow the British and French allied forces and go south together, biting them so that they dare not attack Group A with all their strength."

"Let's get here for today's meeting first." Akado terminated the meeting after finishing speaking: "I still have to prepare for the speech tonight. Excuse me, everyone."

"Oh! That's right!" Augustus suddenly thought of something, and smiled embarrassedly: "I am getting old, and I am a little forgetful... I heard that the design of the helicopter has been completed, and they have tested this aircraft in the outskirts of Berlin. , the effect is very good.”

Akado was taken aback, then nodded: This is good news today, and it is worth celebrating. From the time when Akado decided to rewrite history and win his World War II, he hoped that he could change the world's war system, which is also his magic weapon for victory. He didn't dare to bet on the German military commanders, because after all, they failed once.

So Akado is very keen on developing various weapons and using new weapons to change the historical course of war. For example, he developed the me-109 fighter jet for the air force in advance, and also produced the more mature and useful fw-190 in advance come out.

He also vigorously developed long-range bombers, hoping to rely on the power of strategic bombers to rewrite the outcome of the war. In addition, the Air Force has used the super ammunition "solidified incendiary bomb" completed under his supervision, and it has reduced a large number of casualties in the process of breaking through the permanent fortifications when Germany invaded Poland.

In addition, he advocated the elimination of Germany's pitiful double-row staggered road wheels, and brought German tanks back to the normal suspension track. He worked hard to accumulate rubber, developed artificial rubber and expired rubber purification technology, and then relied on this to design and manufacture a super main battle tank Leopard tank that is at least one generation ahead of the world.

In the navy, he has devoted a lot of effort, including the folding wing structure of carrier-based aircraft, the composition of the aircraft carrier fleet, the use and combat mode of the main fleet, and the deployment and tactical arrangements of ocean-going submarines. It can be said that he uses mature technology to reduce Enthusiastic supporter of confrontation.

However, as a pseudo-military fan, Akado also has a lot of paranoia and mistakes. For example, he is too superstitious about the speed of attack. In order to allow his troops to advance quickly, he still did not even produce cannons with a caliber above 150 mm in 1937.

So when he thought of the helicopter, which changed the mode of war, he called several aircraft designers, and then asked about the feasibility of the helicopter technology.

Afterwards, Akado gave some necessary hints to several aircraft designers on several very professional technical issues. For example, Germany has conducted some helicopter verification tests, but they could not solve the problem of the lateral stability of the helicopter caused by the propellers. . The concept of the tail rotor proposed by Akado is much more advanced than the concept of two left and right propellers studied by the Germans earlier.

But as he gradually communicated with the technicians, many detailed designs also made Akado shake his vision. A question gradually appeared in Akado's mind. This question is: Is the helicopter really a good thing? Or is the helicopter really suitable for the stage of World War II? Akado is very confused, and this confusion directly affects To his passion for pursuing the gunship as a weapon.

In Akado's understanding, what are the advantages of helicopter anti-tank? It can be put simply: the first point is that you can quickly rush to the battlefield to carry out assaults on enemy tanks in local areas. The second point is to conduct long-range fire attacks on enemy armored targets with guided weapons such as missiles. The second point is that advanced materials after World War II are sufficient to allow helicopters to withstand the threat of small-caliber ammunition.

However, when Akado compared the weapons of World War II with weapons experts, he found that it was suicide to let helicopters anti-tank in this era. The reasons include lack of radar support, no reinforcement of bulletproof materials, and weapon configuration problems.

First of all, there are many threatening weapons, which is a flaw. Helicopters are too vulnerable to ground weapons during World War II. At this time, the army was generally equipped with small-caliber anti-aircraft weapons, including 37 or 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 12.7mm heavy machine guns and the like. When a helicopter faces an air defense network composed of these weapons, it has no way to fight back, and the helicopters of this era can only use process weapons such as machine guns and rockets. The lack of long-range suppression means makes helicopters extremely dangerous when facing ground attacks. This kind of one-for-one or one-for-one combat mode is obviously not conducive to the helicopter side.

Secondly, around 1937, material research had not reached the high level of later generations in the 1960s. The defense of the helicopter itself is very problematic, because there is no high-quality modern material, even rifle ammunition such as 7.92 mm and 7.62 mm caliber, are enough to threaten the flight safety of the helicopter, not to mention that there are still a large number of light machine guns appearing on the battlefield superior. Moreover, most of the ammunition in this era has a range of more than 1000 meters. For hitting people, there may be some problems with the range exceeding the standard, but it is just right for attacking large targets such as helicopters. On the other hand, helicopters have neither radar support nor missiles to extend the range, so there is no doubt that they will suffer a lot.

In the end, Akado didn't understand until now that there is one reason why helicopters are least likely to appear on the frontline battlefield in this era, and that is the lack of living space. Unlike the jet-ridden world of 1960, the mainstream fighters of this era were not very fast (relative to jets). The speed of these fighters allows these fighters to fly low enough to hunt helicopters. In many cases, fighters can even fly at a height of 20 meters close to the ground, which is unimaginably dangerous for spray aircraft without excellent radar navigation. . Other attack aircraft that are in service or will be in service in the future, such as the Soviet Il-2 and the German Stuka, can easily shoot down newly born armed helicopters with overwhelming flight performance.

Moreover, Akado finally confirmed the basic image of the armed helicopter he can get in this world, which is very different from the image of the classic armed helicopter Apache in his mind.

The kind of flexible nose-rotating turret is difficult to achieve due to recoil and power problems. The alternative is to equip a fixed-direction cannon on each side. Other weapons include the air force's standard rockets. As for weapons such as anti-tank missiles, they are still just a fantasy at this stage.

Another flaw that makes people vomit blood is undoubtedly revealed during this time period. This is that this kind of aircraft cannot parachute. Someone proposed to install explosives on the propeller of the plane, and blow up the propeller when parachuting. However, considering that there is no ejection seat, the helicopter's flight height of no more than 100 meters cannot complete complex skydiving actions, so this suggestion finally fell through.

Now it is just a matter of choice, whether to create a gorgeous weapon to fight the enemy with bayonets when Germany is short of iron and oil; or give up this crazy plan after serious evaluation. At least in the analysis of German weapons experts and tank warfare commanders such as Guderian, helicopters lack a front-line combat environment at this stage and are not suitable for any front-line combat missions.

However, these weapons experts are very optimistic about the future of this weapon. At least one aircraft manufacturer has expressed its willingness to develop this helicopter at its own expense. These businessmen and designers who have been dealing with the battlefield all the year round are keenly aware of the development prospects of this weapon, and believe that this weapon definitely has a place on the battlefield-this is an aircraft that can take off without an airport. This weapon has a wide range of uses in transportation, personnel transportation, battlefield monitoring, close-range reconnaissance, special operations, etc.

"Now that the prototypes have been produced, let them hurry up to produce helicopters that can be used in actual combat, and equip each division with two such helicopters for quick communication and transportation of important personnel and materials." Akado finally The production plan was finalized: "However, repeated test flights are required to confirm safety and reliability! Do you understand?"

"That's no problem. I'll pass the news on to Krupp." Augustus nodded and said.

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