Six Hundred and Seventy-Seven Technology Changes the War

Unlike the Type XXI submarine in another time and space, Germany directly evolved the bow of the submarine to look like the bow of the Type 033 conventional submarine in China in the 1960s, instead of adopting the still sharp bow of the Type XXI submarine. bow design. This also caused the strange phenomenon that the speed of surface navigation was not as fast as that of underwater navigation for the first time in the latest German submarine data, which completely subverted the design concept of "submersible boats" of traditional submarines.

The same improvement has reduced the anti-aircraft gun weapons. Now the Allied forces have not many aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean. In order to compromise the underwater quiet performance and underwater speed, this new type of submarine only retains a 40mm caliber anti-aircraft gun with a limited range of fire. , which is not the same as the XXI submarine in another time and space.

Another terrible change is the sonar system on the bow of the boat. Because of Akado’s systematic weapon technology reserves as early as 1925, Germany has not taken a detour in many weapon designs, and it is also in the right direction. More manpower and material resources have been invested in development and research, coupled with Germany's consistent leadership in technology, it has created a large number of world-leading advanced electronic equipment, radar and sonar are part of it.

As a result, this new type of submarine with relatively ample internal space was endowed with more and more advanced electronic equipment, which seemed to be the true ancestor of a modern submarine. The sonar on the bow of the boat gives it the terrifying ability to launch torpedoes directly under water. It is the first submarine in the world that can directly launch torpedoes to attack sea targets without using a periscope to assist in aiming.

In addition, it is also equipped with a foldable small radar antenna, which can search for enemy ships within a range of 25 kilometers near the sea and alert aircraft within a range of 75 kilometers. This achievement, combined with a maximum dive depth of 200 meters, makes this submarine the safest underwater killer that is almost impossible to sink with today's technology.

Of course, this is an integral part of the German modernized naval reorganization plan. In the future, the German Navy will use three types of ships as the main force of the navy, one is anti-submarine air defense missile destroyers and cruisers with escort as the main function, and the other is the aircraft carrier as the core of the fleet. , and the other is the ocean-going submarine.

This kind of naval development direction, which has been proven correct by facts, allowed the Germans to skip the battleship gap that their own development was too late to catch up with, and directly pulled the world navy into the era of air fleets with aircraft carriers as the core, and also let the originally weak The German Navy leapt to become a world-class naval force, and then defeated the mighty Royal Navy of the British Empire.

Today's naval battles have changed beyond recognition. The era of large naval ships and cannons led by the United Kingdom has gradually come to an end, while the era of air fleets pioneered by emerging naval powers such as Germany, Japan, and the United States has quietly lifted its veil. Shown in front of the admirals of various countries.

Using radar and carrier-based aircraft as detection means, the Navy already has all-weather three-dimensional detection and discovery capabilities. In the past, the powerful cannons in the naval battle mode could no longer threaten the modern aircraft carrier fleet due to the limitation of range.

The devastating power has also become useless due to the embarrassing situation of insufficient range. Germany's heavy blow to the British home fleet and the US-Japan naval battle in the Pacific have proved that the aircraft carrier fleet is becoming more and more important in naval battles. The naval battle mode with guns has begun to gradually decrease.

Of course, those lunatics in the Tokyo base camp clamoring all day long to use the main guns on the battleships to knock on the gate of the west coast of the United States are obviously not within the scope of the progress of the times. After all, the scene of using naval guns to send the enemy into the bottom of the sea is really lingering, so it is absolutely understandable for some people to hold the idea that naval guns are paramount...

After all, not everyone is like Akado, who can clearly see the development direction of future weapons, and continuing to use the old war experience is the best model that other world powers can choose. Every powerful country has its own experience and conclusions about war. The defeat of Germany in World War I prompted Germany to reflect on its own experience. Blind and inexperienced, Akado had the opportunity to intervene and change. As for the victorious countries, they are all sure of their own experience and believe that their direction is more correct.

The entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty provided them with corresponding war experience. Riding and archery is better than firearms, and bravery is better than technology is the main part of it. They have believed in it for two hundred years. So don't laugh at the fact that Japan still believed that battleships could defeat aircraft carriers in October 1938, because they relied on cannons and warships to rise.

In addition to the fact that the navy's combat mode has changed, in fact the German Air Force has always been at the forefront of the world. Germany's original technology accumulation in aircraft engines is not advanced, and it is even a bit behind. Although Akado made great efforts to make up for it in the era when Akado held the power of scientific research of the National Defense Forces, he could barely maintain it.

However, as the Luftwaffe gained an advantage on the front line and captured some engines of aviation powers, in fact Germany's technological accumulation has completely caught up with the world's leading aero engine power, the United Kingdom, and it took half a year to fully understand the British Rolls. Rice engine technology.

As a result, the German engine is more reliable, and the output horsepower of the engine is also stronger. The Ta-152 fighter jet has already flown a limit flight speed of 750 kilometers per hour in the experimental state, which has actually surpassed the latest British secret weapon, the Meteor Jet. The flying speed of a fighter jet is more than ten times more reliable than its strongest opponent.

Who would have imagined that under the pressure of the German Air Force's terrible performance advantages, in just less than two years (calculated from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War), the flying speed of the world's mainstream fighter jets has increased from about 300 kilometers per hour to the current common 550 kilometers? And the flying speed of the German fighter jets has soared from a terrible 550 kilometers to more than 700 kilometers, the limit of piston fighters?

In the German bombing of the United Kingdom, the German Air Force showed the world how the strategic air force can easily destroy a country's war potential under the protection of superior air supremacy, and the tactical air force that accompanied the German troops on the battlefield pointed out the battlefield for everyone The essence of supporting the Air Force.

However, the plane that really changed the world is still in the German laboratory. Once this new type of plane appears in the sky, it is destined to undergo another earth-shaking change. At that time, mankind will enter a new era of aviation, and it will open a new chapter in history no matter in terms of speed or performance.

Of course, changes in the Army are more exciting than the pursuit of faster, faster, faster Air Force equipment. While the commissioning ceremony of the Navy's first fuel cell submarine was being held, in the production workshop of the Krupp factory in Germany, the Army's latest weaponry, the first King Tiger tank, was being carefully driven by skilled workers. off the production line.

This is not just the simple progress of a tank being produced, a new type of tank entering service. The final production of the King Tiger tank marks the beginning of the army's equipment to take its own steps in terms of technological strengthening. German equipment is in the At this time when it was unable to distance itself from the opponent in terms of the thickness of the armor and the power of the artillery, it took the lead in surpassing in technology and re-established its leading edge in armored weapons.

Leaving aside the innovation and improvement of the armor and power system of this King Tiger tank, just saying that it uses advanced equipment that is almost invisible on tanks in various countries, including some prototypes of advanced electronic equipment, has proved that this Tanks are definitely a cross-age product in this time and space. The infrared night combat system and shooting stabilization system can already see the shadow of future main battle tanks. The German army's lead in armored vehicles is still unchallenged.

Coupled with the new helicopter whose production model is officially named as the Nordic god "Odin", Germany's plan to create an air-ground integrated army combat method is also being implemented steadily, and will eventually bear fruit in the near future and become the new army's new helicopter. battle mode. And this model will change the way the army fights in the future. The German armored forces will introduce new rules of war before the opponent has adapted.

But when it comes to the King Tiger tank, Germany's progress in another direction is more important than the King Tiger tank itself. This is the first mechanically controlled automatic production line in the history of mankind jointly launched by the famous helicopter manufacturer Frank Elstoner, Krupp and Bailanhua Group. This production line allows Germany to produce King Tiger tanks At that time, the consumption of man-hours was reduced, the efficiency of workers was improved, and the production cost of the King Tiger tank was finally reduced to a level lower than that of the Tiger tank.

In the absence of computers, this kind of automated production workshop based on machinery is actually not as high as imagined, but this can be said to be another leap forward in industrial civilization, which marks the beginning of Germany's industrialization. Production capacity has embarked on a fast track to increase, and the slight advantage of the United States in this area is now being caught up by Germany, or even surpassed.

Therefore, in Acador's view, the truly fatal improvement is the improvement of Germany's industrial base, the improvement of the energy environment of the Third Reich, and the success of the integration of the entire European industrial capacity! Although these developments and enhancements will not immediately affect the bloody frontline troops in a short period of time, one day, these things will become the cornerstone of the German army's invincibility.