Chapter 261

It's not so much a meeting as arranging the next work. Akador gave Augustus and Merkel full power to negotiate with the Dutch Royal family on behalf of the German head of state, fully accepted the Dutch surrender, and began to deal with the aftermath.

"For the chief of the general staff, general Bok, to take over Rotterdam and resume the operation of Dutch ports with Ryder, we must make use of these ports to turn the German Navy into a mobile and flexible force instead of being trapped in Port William as it is now." Akkado pointed to the map and said: "the place for the Dutch Royal family is temporarily set in Frankfurt. There is a villa on the outskirts of the city. The guard force should be very strong! "

"What we are worried about now is that once the French kammerlin realizes that he is in danger of being surrounded, he will immediately mobilize forces from France to attack the flank of our a group army." Brauchich said, pointing to the map.

"It's not a problem! The C group army will attack the Maginot line, creating the illusion of an all-round attack by our army. The Frenchman didn't realize so quickly that they were cheated, they need time to confirm our attack direction Acardo waved his hand and said, "now it's up to our general rundstadt to capture shadang as fast as he can."

"The attack is not a big problem at present. If Gan Molin moves his troops South and attacks the a group army with the troops in France, that's the big problem. Then lundstedt will be in a less optimistic position Brouchich said anxiously.

Acardo laughed, pointed to some signs on the map and said, "my marshal, general Catherine, has repeatedly promised that the air force will be able to make trouble for the British and French allied forces in the process of going south, so that they will not pose a threat to the a group army."

He pointed to the northern part of the map: "in addition, the 6th light armored army and the 7th infantry army in Keitel's hands will follow the British and French allied forces and go south together, biting them so that they do not dare to attack the a group army with all their strength."

"That's all for today's meeting." akado finished and terminated the meeting: "I have to prepare my speech for the evening. Excuse me, everyone

"Oh! That's right Augustus suddenly thought of something, embarrassed smile: "old age, some forgetful... Heard that the helicopter design work has been completed, they test fly this aircraft in the outskirts of Berlin, the effect is very good."

Akado was stunned, then nodded: This is a good news for today, and it's worth celebrating. Since the time when akado decided to rewrite history and win his own World War II, he has hoped that he can change the world's war system, which is also the magic weapon for him to win. He was afraid to bet on the German military commanders, who had failed once.

So akado is very keen on developing all kinds of weapons and changing the historical process of war with new weapons. For example, he developed ME-109 fighter for the air force in advance and produced fw-190 which is more mature and better used in advance.

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" which he urged to complete, and reduced a large number of casualties in the process of Germany breaking through the permanent fortification during the invasion of Poland.

In addition, he strongly advocated the elimination of the German kengdai's double row staggered load-bearing wheel, which led the German tank back to the normal hanging track. He worked hard to accumulate rubber, develop artificial rubber and expired rubber purification technology, and then based on this, designed and manufactured Super Battle Tank leopard tank, which 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 aircraft carrier fleet, the use and operation mode of main fleet, the deployment and tactical arrangement of ocean going submarines. It can be said that he is a keen supporter of using mature technology to reduce frontal conflicts.

However, as a paramilitary fan, akado also had a lot of paranoia and mistakes. For example, he was too superstitious in attack speed. In order to enable his troops to move forward quickly, he did not even produce guns with a diameter of more than 150 mm in 1937.

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

Then akado gave some necessary tips to the aircraft designers on several very professional technical problems. For example, Germany has carried out some helicopter verification tests, but it can not solve the lateral stability problem brought by the propeller to the helicopter. Akado's concept of tail rotor is much more advanced than the concept of left and right propellers studied by German earlier.

However, with the gradual communication between him and technical personnel, many details of the design also let akado shake his ideas. A question gradually appeared in akado's mind, this question is: is helicopter really a good thing? Or is helicopter really suitable for the stage of World War II? Akado is very confused, which directly affects his passion for the pursuit of armed helicopter.

What are the advantages of helicopter anti tank in akado's understanding? It can be simply said: the first point is that we can quickly rush to the battlefield and assault enemy tanks in some areas. The second point is to use guided weapons such as missiles to carry out long-range fire attack on enemy armored targets. The third point is that the advanced materials after World War II are enough for helicopters to withstand the threat of small caliber ammunition.

However, after comparing the weapons of World War II with weapons experts, akado found that helicopter anti tank was suicide in this era. The reasons include: lack of radar support, lack of bulletproof material reinforcement, and weapon configuration problems. First of all, there are too many threat weapons, which is a hard injury. Helicopters are too vulnerable to the ground weapons of World War II. At that time, the army was generally equipped with small caliber air defense weapons, including 37 or 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 12. Seven millimeter heavy machine guns and the like. When helicopters face the air defense network composed of these weapons, they have no ability to fight back. In this era, helicopters can only use process weapons such as machine guns and rockets. The lack of long-range suppression means makes the helicopter extremely dangerous when facing ground attack. This kind of one for one or several for one combat mode is obviously not conducive to the helicopter side. Secondly, around 1937, the material research has not reached the height of the 1960s. The defense of the helicopter itself is very problematic because there are no high-quality modern materials, that is, 7. 92 mm and 7. Rifle ammunition of 62mm caliber is enough to threaten the flight safety of helicopters, and a large number of light machine guns appear on the battlefield. Moreover, the range of most of the ammunition in this era is more than 1000 meters. It may be a problem that the range of the ammunition exceeds the standard when hitting people, but it's very good to attack the big target of helicopter. In contrast, helicopters, which have neither radar support nor missiles to extend their range, will undoubtedly suffer a great loss. Finally, akado did not realize until now that there is one reason why helicopters are least likely to appear on the front-line battlefield in this era, that is, the lack of living space. Unlike the jet infested world of 1960, the mainstream fighters of this era are not very fast. The speed of these fighters allows them to fly low enough to kill helicopters. In many cases, they can even fly close to the ground at an altitude of 20 meters or 30 meters. This is an unimaginable dangerous altitude 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 IL-2 of the Soviet Union and the Stuka of Germany, can easily shoot down the newly born armed helicopter with overwhelming flight performance. Moreover, akado finally confirmed the basic appearance of the armed helicopter he could get in this world, which is very different from the image of Apache, the classic armed helicopter in his mind. The flexible turret is difficult to realize because of recoil and power problems. The alternative is to equip a fixed direction machine gun on both sides. Other weapons include the air force's standard rockets. As for the anti tank missile, it is only a fantasy at this stage. Another drawback that makes people vomit blood in this period of time is that this kind of plane can't parachute. It has been proposed to install explosives on the propeller of an aircraft and blow it up when parachuting. However, considering that there is no ejection seat, the helicopter can't complete the complex parachute jump at the altitude of less than 100 meters, so this proposal finally came to an end. Now it's just a matter of choice. It's to make a gorgeous weapon to fight with the enemy for 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 weapon experts and tank war commanders such as goodrian, helicopters lack a front-line combat environment at this stage, and are unable to perform any combat task. However, these weapon experts are very optimistic about the future of this kind of weapon. At least three aircraft manufacturers have indicated that they are willing to develop this kind of helicopter at their own expense. These businessmen and designers who have been dealing with the battlefield all the year round are acutely aware of the development prospect of this kind of weapon, and believe that this kind of weapon definitely has a place in the battlefield - it is a kind of aircraft that can take off without an airport, in the aspects of emergency material transportation, personnel transportation, battlefield monitoring, close detection, special operations, etc, These weapons have a wide range of uses“ Now that the prototype has been produced, let them seize the time to produce helicopters that can be used in actual combat, and equip each division with two such helicopters for quick contact and delivery of important personnel and materials. " Akado finally finalized the production plan: "but repeat the flight test to confirm the safety and reliability! Do you understand? "“ That's no problem. I'll pass on the news to Krupp. " Said Augustus, nodding.