Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2376 Technology Madman

Italians really don't have high demands, as long as they are not forced to do something they don't want to do, they will stay quietly in the camp.

From another perspective, it can also be said that we are content with the status quo and do not think about making progress.

This is not surprising, not to mention these Italians living abroad, the tens of millions of people in Italy also quickly accepted the situation of the royal family fleeing and regime change, and did not resist German rule.

According to the theory of house demolition, if you want to open a window, then spread the word that the whole house will be demolished, so that you will face much less resistance.

Therefore, the so-called sending all Italians to Egypt is just a smoke bomb released by the southern African military.

The effect was good. Compared with being sent to Egypt, it was obviously better to stay in Cyprus. Most Italian naval officers and soldiers accepted this result.

As for those who don't.

Southern African militaries have plenty of ways to silence them.

Rock's attention during this time is still on Russia.

After the Battle of Kursk, Germany completely lost the initiative on the Russian battlefield. The Russian army launched counterattacks on almost all fronts. The German army was stretched and the logistics supply was poor. The heavy weapons lost on the front line could not be replenished in time. It gets bigger and bigger.

Almost at the same time that the Battle of Kursk ended, the Russians launched the Battle of the Dnieper without stopping.

The Dnieper River is the third largest river in Europe. It originates from the swampland in the mixed forest zone in the southern part of the Valdai Hills in Russia. The river flows from north to south, turns southeast when it reaches Kiev, turns southwest when it reaches Zaporozhye, and finally flows in Hel 30 kilometers southwest of Pine into the Black Sea.

The rear of the Dnieper River is an important food producing area, as well as the iron mines in Krivoroghye, manganese and non-ferrous metals in Zaporizhia and Nikopol, etc. If the Dnieper River falls, it means that the German army will lose important Raw material base.

As we all know, Germany's biggest shortcoming is industrial raw materials. The reason why Mustache brazenly launched the war against Russia is to obtain Russian industrial raw materials.

In order to defend the line of defense, the German army built a large number of fortifications on the right bank of the Dnieper River. From Lake Chud to the Black Sea, it is 1400 kilometers long. This area is densely covered with anti-tank trenches, permanent fortifications, fortresses, minefields, and mustaches. Claim: The Dnieper River is a huge river barrier 700-900 meters wide, and the right bank is a continuous continuous launch point, an unbreakable natural fortress.

This is the "Oriental Barrier" that doubles Mustache's confidence.

Since August, Big Beard has mobilized the Central Front, Voronezh Front, Grassland Front, Southwest Front and Southern Front, with a total strength of about 263 million troops, more than 51200 artillery and mortars, more than 2400 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and combat aircraft. 2850, launched an attack on the German "Oriental Fortress".

The Germans have more than 124 million troops, 12600 artillery and mortars, 2100 tanks and assault artillery, and 2100 combat aircraft on this line of defense.

From the comparison of the strength of the two sides, it can be easily seen that the performance of the Germans in the war has become more and more inadequate. A large number of experienced veterans have been lost in Moscow, Volgograd, and the vast Don River Plain, and the newly recruited soldiers are too late. After receiving enough training, they were sent to the battlefield. Some German troops who had just arrived at the front line even began to experience a shortage of weapons. This situation has existed for a long time, and it has become more prominent this year.

Compared with established industrial powerhouses like southern Africa, Germany's background is still a bit poor.

German weapons are very advanced. Before 1940, BG109 was invincible all over Europe. It took only two years and four months for the tank to be upgraded from No. [-] to No. [-].

Now German weapons are still advanced. When the Italian Navy went to North Africa, the precision-guided bombs turned out by the German Air Force are proof.

In the Battle of Kursk, which ended not long ago, the blockbuster No. [-] tank once again proved Germany's profound military technology.

Like the BG109, the biggest problem with the Panzer V is that its output is too low. Even if it can fight against the T34 by one against ten, the numerical disadvantage cannot bring about a key improvement. It can only be survived by the overwhelming T34 drowned.

The embarrassment faced by precision-guided bombs is another.

In the Allied forces in 1943, the capital ship had long since changed from a battleship to an aircraft carrier protected by a large number of fighter jets.

No matter how advanced the precision-guided bomb is, the bomber as the carrier must first break through the air protection of the Allied aircraft carrier.

It was because of the lack of air protection that the Italian Navy gave the Luftwaffe the opportunity to sneak attack. If it weren't for the mistakes made by the Southern African Air Force and the British and American Air Forces in the task handover, the Luftwaffe would have no chance of sneak attack at all.

Therefore, although the performance of precision-guided bombs is good, it is also at a loss to find an opportunity to use them.

Even if one or two successful sneak attacks are not enough to change the situation on the battlefield and bring fundamental improvements to the German army.

Rock is very concerned about the technological progress of the German army. The precision-guided bomb is just one of them. According to the information obtained by Brad's office, the German jet aircraft is about to be successfully researched. Once it is successfully put into service, it will pose a certain threat to the air superiority of the Allied forces.

"How is the research on our jet aircraft?" Rock is not very clear about the specific progress of jet aircraft research. Roque's intervention, the engineers in Southern Africa will not allow the jets to take to the field unless they are perfect.

Before the outbreak of World War II, Robert Geddard's team made a breakthrough in rocket research. Rock requested that the rocket engine and aircraft fuselage be combined to develop an epoch-making jet.

Until then, all airplanes were propeller-driven.

After decades of development, the performance of propeller aircraft has basically reached its limit. The performance of the "Cheetah" fighter jet equipped by the southern African military has almost reached the limit of propeller aircraft. To achieve a major breakthrough, we can only find another way.

As early as two years ago, the jet prototype in southern Africa was successfully launched.

After that, Rock seldom heard information about jets. He only knew that research funding was increasing every year. Electrical engineers, as well as rocket scientists from Gedard's team, set up a dedicated research department.

"I just went to the research institute yesterday, and the situation is a bit complicated." Gavin is also very concerned about technology research.

Through Gavin's introduction, Rock learned that the jet planes in southern Africa have always been in an embarrassing state of adding water to the excess noodles, and adding noodles to the excess water.

The point is that the engineers in southern Africa are too perfect.

According to the standards of the Southern African Ministry of Defense, the jet aircraft in Southern Africa have already reached the level that can be installed.

Not long after the prototype was successfully tested, the research department successfully installed the [-]mm cannon on the jet, and the jet had already reached the standard for installation.

One day, an engineer from Nyasaland had a whim, if the rocket launcher of the helicopter was installed on the jet, would the jet be more powerful?

The idea was reported to the Department of Defense, which made the first revisions to the jet's standards.

The rocket launch nest is a relatively mature technology, and it is not complicated to install it on a jet plane. From a technical point of view, the engineers of the institute successfully completed this task after about two weeks.

At this time, the Tesla laboratory made a breakthrough in radar search, and the engineer of Nyasaran Aerospace once again had a spark of thought: Why not install the latest radar on our jets?
Before the other engineers had time to object, the idea was once again backed by the Ministry of Defense.

Installing the latest radars on a jet is exponentially more difficult than on a rocket launcher, because the radar is too bulky to fit on a small fighter jet.

This time, it took the engineers of the institute 9 months to complete the task.

The effect is of course very good.

When there is no radar, fighter pilots can only look for targets visually, which is inefficient and limited. At night, or when the clouds are dense and the line of sight conditions are not good, the goal of preemptive strikes cannot be achieved.

After installing the radar, night and clouds no longer become the enemy's protective umbrella. Jet pilots are dozens of kilometers away, or even hundreds of kilometers away——

Well, radar is not that advanced now.

However, the out-of-sight advantage brought by it is enough for jet fighter pilots to seize a favorable position.

First to find the enemy, coupled with the advantages of performance and attack power, the advantages of jet aircraft are already overwhelming.

Before the engineers had time to celebrate, it was the engineer of Nyasaran Aviation who proposed a new concept.

Since our jets can already search for enemies from beyond visual range, why can't we attack from beyond visual range?

What do you mean?
Many engineers are at a loss when they hear this concept.

Finding the enemy beyond the visual range can be done by relying on radar.

What should be done to carry out an attack outside the line of sight?
Put a camera on the rocket?
Precision Bomb Institute: I can—

Installing the camera on the rocket can indeed achieve the purpose of attacking beyond the line of sight.

The problem is the same as that of radar. The precision-guided bombs in southern Africa weigh more than one ton even if the charge is reduced, which puts higher requirements on the power of jet aircraft.

Well, this time it is not just as simple as shrinking the precision-guided bomb, but also a rocket engine with a higher thrust.

The exterior of the aircraft will also be redesigned to make it more aerodynamic.

The materials no longer meet the requirements. After increasing the speed and ammunition load, the requirements for the strength of the fuselage have also been greatly increased.

Someone at Nyasaran Aviation, by this time had become the public enemy of engineers in southern Africa.

SB: I have a new idea—

All Aeronautical Engineers in Southern Africa: Shut up!
After listening to Gavin's introduction, Rock was speechless for a while.

No technology can be achieved overnight, and an epoch-making weapon like Gatling finally found its place after it was changed to electric drive.

After the invention of Maxim, the jamming problem caused by the accumulation of black powder residues was completely solved after the smokeless gunpowder was put into use.

All Rock wanted was a jet that could be used in combat.

Insufficient performance is normal, just continue to improve in use, the original prototype.In fact, a cockpit is installed on the rocket engine, which is as simple as the propeller plane developed by the Wright brothers.

The crude propeller aircraft eventually developed into the "Cheetah" and "Falcon" which reached the pinnacle of technology.

Rock believed that jets, too, would eventually replace propeller planes, given enough time for engineers.

"So, before jet aircraft can completely replace propeller aircraft, jet aircraft cannot be qualified for service at all." Rock is still a little angry, and some people in the Ministry of Defense, in Rock's opinion, have begun to rigidify their thinking.

"No, jet aircraft do have some problems now, such as insufficient technology, high cost, etc. Our front-line pilots are very satisfied with the performance of 'Cheetah' and 'Falcon', the principle of jet aircraft, and The propeller plane is still different, and it is now in a state of war, and the Ministry of National Defense has concluded that it is best to wait until the end of the war to discuss the issue of troop formation." The reason given by Gavin is quite sufficient, but the thinking is rigid, and it is better to beautify it Sophisticated.

"What's the name of that engineer from Nyasaran Aviation?" Rock was very interested in that engineer.

"His surname is Feng, and his name is Feng Ding—" Gai Wen's expression was full of appreciation. The two generations of the Luo family have all attached great importance to technical personnel.

Feng Ding!

Rock seemed to have heard the name before and had an impression.

There are millions of technicians in southern Africa, not to mention tens of millions. Those who can impress Rock must have made outstanding contributions in some way.

"He is a millionaire. He once made improvements to hand-held computers, but he is very passionate about technology. After becoming a millionaire, he did not leave the research institute, but has been obsessed with technology research." Gavin The impression of Feng Ding is obviously deeper.

hand-cranked computer——

Rock finally remembered, it seemed more than 1000 chapters ago.

But when it came to computers, Rock suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked the issue of computers.

The first industrial revolution was represented by the steam engine.

The second industrial revolution is the age of electricity.

The third industrial revolution is marked by the invention and application of atomic energy, electronic computers, space technology and bioengineering, and computers are undoubtedly the core of it.

During this period of time, Rock focused almost all his energy on the world war, ignoring the importance of these basic technologies. This is completely picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

But fortunately, it is not too late to start paying attention to these aspects, and the technical background in southern Africa is still very strong.

(End of this chapter)