Gulf of Riga, 10 October 1941.
On the beautiful and calm sea, the sea water that was broken by the bow of the "Emperor Wilhelm II" armored ship, also known as the Kaiser Wilhelm II, was like a tumbling white pearl, scattered to both sides.
The armoured ship, named after the German Kaiser, who died in June, has now completed sea trials and is officially part of the German High Seas Fleet.
The design and construction of this armored assault ship, with a standard displacement of 23,700 tons and was once pinned on by the German Navy, was a bit tortuous.
At first, Hersman was not interested in this kind of expensive "broken ship" and wanted to strangle the project.
At the beginning of 1941, the German Navy General Command wanted to convert the four "Kaiser Wilhelm II" class armored ships under construction into aircraft carriers.
However, these 4 outdated armored ships were finally completed because of a special weapon, the V1 man-operated flying bomb, and now the class armored ships have become missile cruisers The spacious seaplane deck in the amidships, now a missile deck.
Where it was planned to install two steam catapults, two manned missile launchers are now installed.
On one of them, a very strange-looking V3 human trainer missile has been placed.
Originally, Germany had a total of two missile projects, the V1 project and the V2 project.
According to the division of later generations, V1 is a cruise missile, and V2 is a ballistic missile.
The V3 was an improvised project to replace the currently unreliable impulse jet engine with a rear-mounted piston engine and propeller propulsion system.
In addition, the V3 does not have a remote-controlled navigation system, and a pilot must lie in a narrow cockpit to fly the missile.
And on Hersman's orders, the designers also eliminated the escape device.
So it's a suicide bomb "Captain Leich, it must be a terrible feeling to fly this suicide missile," Reich Field Marshal Hersman was talking to the test pilot who was going to fly the V3 missile today.
The pilot who flew the test missile turned out to be a lady, petite and delicate, but not beautiful, with a big head, a wide forehead, and an unsightly big nose and a big mouth.
Her name was Hannah Leich, and she was one of the few female test pilots in Germany and the world, and one of the best test pilots in the Luftwaffe.
A week ago, for her contribution to the test flight and development of the V3 missile, Field Marshal Hersman personally awarded her an honorary Air Force Captain and the Iron Cross of the Second Class.
The reason why the V3 man operates a missile that pits people's weapons, and the reason why they will find Captain Hannah Leich, the shortest test pilot of the Luftwaffe, for a test flight is because this missile is going to be used by the Japanese, and the V3 missile is an improved version of the V1 missile, and the volume is not very large, and the diameter of the bomb is only 082 meters, and a fat man like Goering cannot fit it in.
Fortunately, in the future, it was not the Germans who would fly such missiles, but small Japanese devils, so the cockpit of the missile was made very small and could only accommodate a small man like Hannahletch.
Hearing Hersmann's question, Hannah Ritch thought about it seriously, and then said: "Imperial Marshal, I can only say that this V3 missile is a very difficult aircraft to control, it has to fly at an altitude almost close to the sea surface, at a speed of 500,600 kilometers per hour.
This requires a high level of driving skill and full concentration on control.
So when I drove it, I didn't have much energy to think about anything else. ” Hersman nodded, and asked again, "It's hard to drive, isn't it?"
"Very, very difficult," Hannah Leich said, "so we designed a two-seater V3 trainer missile.
It is also recommended that every intrepid must have at least an A2 flight certificate before receiving at least 20 hours of V3 flight training. ” "So how many people have mastered the technology of flying V3 missiles now," Hersman asked with a smile.
"Imperial Marshal," replied Hannah Retcher in a tone of great pride, "I am currently the only one in the world capable of flying a V3 missile. ” "Your Excellency," added Dr.
Paul Schmitt, the chief designer of the V3 missile, "it is already difficult to fly a missile, and it is even more difficult to land on it, which only Ms.
Leitch can do at the moment. ” Hannah Ritch was piloting a V3 missile that could land, and the warhead of this missile was a fake without explosives.
In fact, this V3 missile is an airplane with a rear engine, and the aerodynamic shape is very unfavorable for landing, and the pilot has to lie down to fly, just think about how bad it is.
"But a true intrepid doesn't have to master the art of landing."
Hannah Ritch explained, "The pilots who can land it have the skills to be aces, and it is impossible to be fearless." ” Hersmann smiled and said, "It's none of my business, I'm not going to let the Germans drive something like this." ” The situation in Germany is so good that what kind of "suicide weapon" is for Japanese friends, and of course Hersmann doesn't care who they want to drive.
"Hannah, would you like to go to Japan," Hersman asked Hannah Leich with a smile.
"Go to Japan" Hannah Ritch was stunned.
"They need V3 missiles, and since you're the only test pilot who can fly V3s, you're the only instructor," Hersman said. ” Before coming to the Gulf of Riga to observe the test flight of the V3 missile, Hersman received a telegram from Lieutenant General Paulus, on which Paulus reported Japan's "Hawaii Operational Strategy" and the latest request for assistance.
Hirschman was not in favor of a two-step attack on Hawaii, but there was nothing he could do to change the plans of the Japanese.
As for the Japanese side's request for two aircraft carriers, Hersmann will certainly not agree to the two "Yamato" class not coming to Europe, and of course the German aircraft carriers cannot go to the Pacific Ocean, but the "missile cruisers" can send one to the Pacific Ocean to help.
The class of armored ships is designed for the purpose of breaking up diplomatic relations, so it has a top speed of up to 33 knots and a range of 25,000 nautical miles of 13 knots.
Enough to sail from Bergen to the Truk Atoll Joint Fleet from South America to the western Pacific.
If it takes 36 days to sail at a cruising speed of 19 knots, it can be reached before Pearl Harbor.
Of course, it is also possible to stop at an Argentine port with good relations with Germany and refuel on the way.
And now that the autumn equinox has passed, the Arctic has entered the polar night period, and the night time in the Danish Strait in the Arctic Circle has reached almost 20 hours, and even during the day, the sea conditions and weather there are very bad, and it is difficult for airplanes to function.
Therefore, as long as there are two Bismarck-class ships and several cruisers and destroyers to escort them, it is still easy for a class of armored ships to break through the Danish Strait.
And as long as this class of armored ships does not break through the strait, it is impossible for the British to send their home fleet to chase and intercept them.
After all, blocking the Strait of Gibraltar and preventing the French and Italian fleets from breaking through into the Atlantic Ocean is currently the top priority of the British Royal Navy.
"Mr.
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President, a German fleet seems to have broken through the Danish Strait into the North Atlantic" On the morning of October 15, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Stark made an urgent call to President Roosevelt.
"A German fleet," Roosevelt frowned, "did our fleet stop them" "President, this German fleet had at least 20 ships, most likely 2 Bismarck-class battleships" Roosevelt's face was gloomy, and a golden opportunity to get the United States into the war was wasted by the officers and men of the Navy who were greedy for life and feared death "Well, did we send a ship to follow them," Roosevelt asked again.
"Followed for a while," Admiral Stark's voice was a little dry, "but soon there was a storm at sea, and the radar of one of our light cruisers was destroyed by the storm, so it lost its track. ” "That is, a whole German fleet has now broken through into the Atlantic, and we don't know where they are" "Yes, Mr.
President."
In fact, an entire German fleet has now returned to Bergen, and only one class of armored ships, the "Emperor Frederick III", is now heading for South America at a speed of 19 knots.
"Then let the Atlantic Fleet go out and search for this German fleet, and in any case get to know their whereabouts," Roosevelt ordered, and hung up the phone.
Then he glanced at Secretary of State Hull, who was sitting across from him.
"Mr.
President, the trouble for the British seems to be getting bigger."
Hull already knew what was going on from Roosevelt and Stark's conversation.
Roosevelt sighed softly, spread his hands and said, "But those people always refused to let me become a wartime president right away." ” Those must have included the officers and men of the American Atlantic Fleet, who were greedy for life and feared death, and if they dared to go out of port in the dark to pounce on the German fleet, they would probably cause an engagement.
Of course, the result must have been thousands of American soldiers smiling and dying for their country, but unfortunately there were no such brave soldiers under President Roosevelt.
So he had to think of other ways to drag the peaceful and prosperous United States into the war.
And the way, at the moment, it seems that there are only two.
One is to engage in some conspiracies that cannot be put on the table; The second is to persecute Japan in an upright manner.
However, the current Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico has a very bad relationship with Germany because it has sheltered the Spanish republican government, and it is an insult to the intelligence of the American people to say that Germany wants to unite with Mexico to fight the United States.
As for the trick of blowing up a ship and then planting it on the Germans, it can be done, but there is no guarantee that the Reichstag will pass the test.
Because many members of the US Congress are now worried that the United States will probably not be able to defeat Germany, and they do not believe that the Red Soviet Union can help much.
So President Roosevelt could only trouble the Japanese devils for help t1706231537: