Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2368 Pure Azimuth
After the attack on the Italian Navy, the Allied forces in North Africa fell into endless wrangling.

The first is responsibility.

According to the plan in advance, the Bonifacio Strait between Corsica and Sardinia is the boundary. The southern African Air Force is responsible for protecting the Italian Navy to the north of the strait, and the British and American Air Forces are responsible for the south of the strait.

The coordination between the Southern African Air Force and the British and American Air Forces was not good enough. The Germans seized the blank period of the handover between the Southern African Air Force and the British and American Air Forces, and took advantage of the fleeting opportunity to launch an air strike on the Italian Navy, causing the "Roma" to sink. As a serious consequence of the serious injury of the "Italia", Admiral Bogamini was also killed in the air strike and sank to the bottom of the sea with the "Rome".

The Italian navy was attacked south of the Bonifacio Strait, for which Patton believed the British and Americans were to blame.

Eisenhower and Alexander agreed that the southern African air force should not withdraw early before the arrival of the British and American air forces, so the responsibility rests entirely on the southern African side.

The reason why we are entangled in this issue is seriously related to the issue of compensation in the future.

If the three "Venetos" of the Italian Navy are all safe and sound, then according to the previous allocation plan, Southern Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States all have a chance to get at least one "Veneto".

Now that one of the three "Venetos" has sunk and one has been seriously injured, how to allocate them has become the focus of controversy.

Patton's attention was no longer on the battleship.

In the Luftwaffe's air attack on the Italian Navy, the Germans used a total of six bombs, four of which hit the target accurately. Except for one that did not explode, three bombs caused two battleships with a full load displacement of 4.6 tons to sink. The record of one injury can be called shocking.

The Germans did not show mercy, but gave up the follow-up attack because the British fighter jets arrived in a hurry, otherwise the losses of the Italian Navy would be even greater.

Compared with battleships that are expensive but have become more and more marginalized in naval battles and whose status is constantly declining, this unexploded bomb seems to be of greater value.

As soon as Patton learned of the relevant situation, he ordered Malta to make preparations. After the Italian fleet arrived in Malta, he immediately contained the unexploded bomb and sent it back to southern Africa as quickly as possible. Provide analysis and research to relevant departments.

When Eisenhower and Alexander knew the situation, the bomb that did not explode had successfully arrived in southern Africa.

This made Eisenhower and Alexander very angry.

"Yes, there is indeed a bomb that did not explode, but it was just an ordinary bomb. After the Italian fleet arrived in Malta, the bomb was destroyed by engineers." Patton denied it, not giving Eisenhower and Alexander any chance. .

Both Eisenhower and Alexander sneered, neither of them believing it.

At an altitude of 6000 meters, six hit four. Is this an ordinary bomb?
It is impossible for a dive bomber to drop bombs at an altitude of 1000 meters, and the hit rate is so high.

The bomber pilots of World War II dropped bombs in a circle with a diameter of 100 meters, and one of four bombs was considered qualified.

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. bombed the Thanh Hoa Bridge, dispatched 7 sorties in seven years, 11500 pilots died, and the bridge did not fall.

Thanh Hoa Bridge is 500 meters long and 11 meters wide.

"Veneto" is 237 meters long and 33 meters wide.

No matter how you look at it, this result is outrageous.

"Last year when the Allied forces fought in East Asia, the southern African army used a long-range, high-precision super rocket launcher—you seem to call it a 'missile'—as an ally, shouldn't southern Africa share with us about the 'missile' related technology?" Eisenhower was confident.

"Oh, in 1941, NDRC (National Defense Research Council of the United States) launched a guided bomb project, the project code name is 'AC-1' - now 'AC-36' - as an ally, why doesn't the United States disclose the 'AC- What about the related technology of 36'?" Barton sneered.

Alexander was extremely surprised. He looked at Patton, then at Eisenhower, and suddenly realized that the clown was himself.

The super rocket launcher in southern Africa has been applied to the battlefield last year.

The Germans have now produced a "super bomb" with six rounds and four hits at an altitude of 6000 meters.

The Americans have "AC-36".

Only the British Empire has nothing!

Southern Africa just keeps the good stuff under wraps.

The Americans obviously have it themselves, but Eisenhower dragged Alexander to find Patton——

This is not what people do!

Eisenhower's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and Southern Africa actually knew the so-called top-secret "AC-36" plan like the back of his hand, which fully proved the extent of Southern Africa's penetration of the United States.

"Anyway, you can't do this. You should take out the German precision-guided bombs and let's study them together." Eisenhower was so anxious that southern Africa and Germany had already applied precision-guided bombs to actual combat. far behind.

As I said earlier, American technology was a joke before World War II, and it has always won by quantity.

The United States does have a precision-guided missile program, but the progress is hard to describe.

If the progress is good, given the American virtue of not being able to keep leftover steamed buns in the kennel, it would have been announced to the world long ago.

"As I said, there are no precision-guided bombs." Barton said indifferently.

In fact, it's not impossible to take it out. The German bomb has been completely disassembled by southern African engineers, and the technology has not reached the level of unreachable, that's all.

The German bomb is called the "Fritz-X" bomb. This bomb weighs 1570 kilograms, has a length of 3.2 meters, and a maximum diameter of 562 mm. It uses a cross-shaped wing with a wingspan of 1.6 meters.

The combined tail control wing of the bomb adopts a ring structure, with 4 radio-controlled rudder surfaces, and 5 light-emitting tubes behind it. The pilot can judge the position of the "Fritz-X" wireless guided bomb through the light-emitting tubes. Its heading is adjusted.

On the whole, the guidance method of "Fritz-X" is still at a relatively rudimentary level, and there is still a gap with the precision guidance in southern Africa.

The guided missiles in southern Africa, also known as "super rocket launchers" in Eisenhower's mouth, are controlled by radio combined with cameras, and the wings are controlled by edited programs. The weight of the missile has reached 2.5 tons, and the flight distance has exceeded 1000 kilometers.

The biggest weakness of "Fritz-X" is that the bomber cannot leave quickly after the bomb is launched. It is necessary to maintain the visual range of "Fritz-X" so that the pilot can control the bomb in time.

The guided missiles in southern Africa can be launched in the air or on the ground. The technicians control the missiles through the images fed back by the cameras. Both the power and the accuracy are higher than the German "Fritz-X".

The reason why southern Africa has not used guided missiles on a large scale is because southern Africa does not want to expose missile technology prematurely.

On the other hand, Southern Africa has no targets worthy of using guided missiles in the Mediterranean Sea, or even within Europe.

The current ships of Germany and Italy do not even leave the port. Even if southern Africa wants to use them, they have no chance to use missiles.

"Marshal Patton, if you are willing to share the technology of the Germans, then the debate on the 'Veneto' class battleship will be over immediately." Eisenhower offered to bid.

This is said very skillfully.

The technology belongs to the Germans, and even if it is shared, there is no loss for Southern Africa.

What Eisenhower meant was that as long as Patton is willing to take out the bomb so that Britain and the United States can also have the opportunity to study it, then the United Kingdom and the United States are willing to give all the remaining two "Veneto"-class battleships to southern Africa. .

This sincerity is very high.

Although the "Italia" was seriously injured, the "Vitoria Veneto" was intact, and the "Italia" can be repaired, with southern African technology, it is not difficult.

"Hehe, Dwight, a powerful battleship worth tens of millions can be sent to the bottom of the sea with only two bombs. In order to operate a battleship, the crew has nearly 2000 people and costs tens of millions every year. Meaning, do battleships still have any role now?" Patton laughed out loud, the "giant ship and cannon" doctrine that the British and Americans have insisted on for so long has finally come to an end.

During the London Naval Conference, the southern African navy completely abandoned battleships and tried its best to fight for the tonnage of aircraft carriers, which once aroused ridicule from the participants of other countries.

In the eyes of other navies, the southern African navy has chosen a wrong path, placing all bets on the aircraft carrier, and will eventually be nondescript due to the lack of capital ships.

Yes, even during the London Naval Conference, the standards for capital ships in various countries still believe that only battleships are capital ships, and aircraft carriers are auxiliary ships.

The London Naval Conference was only ten years old.

"Of course, battleships are a symbol of the strength of a powerful country's navy. Only battleships can demonstrate the strength of a country, which cannot be replaced by any other naval ship." Alexander insisted.

"This is why you can only be the commander of the army, not the commander of the navy!" Barton slapped him in the face.

Britain has always been dominated by the navy, and the army is simply dispensable.

Those famous generals in British history, such as Wilson, Nelson, and Harvey, were all born in the navy, and there were very few soldiers born in the army. status.

Alexander was of Irish noble birth, a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and remained in the Army.

"Marshal Patton, you are also from the Army—" Eisenhower took the initiative to rescue Alexander.

"So what, at least I haven't been rejected by the Naval Academy." Patton opened fire, even Eisenhower.

Eisenhower applied for the U.S. Naval Academy in his early years, but was not admitted because he was overage, and later went to West Point.

If you want to say that the grades are not up to standard, forget it.

I was able to sign up and took the exam, but was rejected because I was overage.

This reason is too perfunctory, there are two words between the lines: Dislike!

Patton was gilded at the Portsmouth Naval Academy, a formal graduate, the kind recognized by the British Navy.

"Don't talk nonsense, Britain and the United States also participated in the battle against the Germans, and we are entitled to the German technology." Alexander couldn't bear it, it was too much.

"Okay, if you insist." Barton finally let go.

Eisenhower and Alexander finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But immediately realized that things are not so simple.

Sure enough, two days later, Eisenhower and Alexander finally saw a bomb in Patton's office.

On the surface, there was nothing wrong with the bomb, and the text on the bomb clearly indicated that it was a bomb of German production.

Eisenhower waved his hand, and the engineers who followed Eisenhower and Alexander and came to Patton's office rushed forward.

After a while, the engineering staff said helplessly that this was indeed an ordinary bomb, and there was nothing special about it.

"Marshal, what we want is a precision-guided bomb, not a damn iron bump with no technical content!" Eisenhower was very angry. This is definitely a matter of attitude, and he is outright fooling people.

"I told you, it's just an ordinary bomb, what else do you want?" Barton's voice was not low at all.

"Heh, the Germans sank the 'Roma' with this kind of bomb. When did the Germans get so good at technology?" Alexander sneered at Patton.

"If the German pilots are good, you can ask the Russians—" Patton did not underestimate the Germans. The best German pilots had already shot down more than 150 Allied fighter planes.

"How about this, I can share the technology related to AC-36, but you also need to share the technology related to guided bombs in southern Africa." Eisenhower was whimsical, compared with the German "Fritz-X", Related technologies in southern Africa made Eisenhower even more interested.

"Hehe—" Button laughed dumbfounded, naive!

While Eisenhower and Alexander were eyeing precision-guided bombs, the USS "Bunker Hill" aircraft carrier arrived at Changi Naval Base.

The "Bunker Hill" aircraft carrier is the ninth ship of the US Essex-class aircraft carrier, numbered CV-9.
1940年6月，在罗斯福的大力支持下，美国国会通过“舰队扩大法案”和“两洋海军法案”，计划于1940财年建造11艘、1941财年建造2艘埃塞克斯级航空母舰。

On April 41, 4, the construction of the first ship of the Essex-class aircraft carrier "Essex" began.

"Essex" has a full load displacement of 3.3 tons, a maximum speed of 33 knots, and can carry up to 103 aircraft. Its comprehensive combat capability is similar to that of the "City" class aircraft carrier in southern Africa.

The industrial capabilities of the Americans are still very terrifying. "Bunker Hill" is the sixth aircraft carrier assigned to the US Pacific Fleet. After "Bunker Hill" joined the US Pacific Fleet, the number of aircraft carriers owned by the US Pacific Fleet has surpassed that of Changi squadron.

The Changi Squadron and the Indian Ocean Fleet combined have only six aircraft carriers.

Of course, the combat capability of an aircraft carrier is not determined by the number, but by the performance of the carrier-based aircraft.

The "Goshawk" series fighters equipped by the Southern African Navy are still better than the F6F Hellcat equipped by the US Navy.

"Bunker Hill" brings not only F6F, but also the precision-guided bomb that the United States has just released-pure azimuth.

(End of this chapter)