Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 440 New Weapon Design Indicators (Update 1/81)

On August 6, Wang Zhong saw the Plossen Empire Daily sent by the intelligence department on the desk of the Equipment Committee.

The front-page headline picture shows Admiral Erwin looking at the shallow-water heavy gunboat flying the Plossen flag and the naval flag.

The accuracy of photos in this era is very low, and the printing of newspapers has reduced the accuracy, so it is not clear to see the extent of the damage to the shallow-water heavy gunboat.

Wang Zhong studied the picture for a long time, but couldn't figure it out, so he shouted: "Vassily, come and translate it...oh..."

Vassily went to school.

So he changed his words and called his chief secretary, the state lady Gabriel: "Ulyanovna, find someone who knows Plossen!"

Soon, a female clerk who knew Plossen was called to Wang Zhong's office.

The clerk looked very nervous, and after entering the room, she was still tidying up her clothes and the sideburns of her hair.

Wang Zhong handed the newspaper to her: "Translate the front page headline of the newspaper."

The clerk was shocked: "Huh?"

Wang Zhong: "Turn over the front page headline."

"Oh, oh, okay." The clerk lowered his head and began to translate.

Wang Zhong's chief secretary, Aunt Gabriel, stared at the clerk with a stern look, obviously ready to reprimand her for her usurpation at any time.

Clerk: "The glorious Plossen Empire Army destroyed the United Kingdom's arrogant inland fleet with courage and wisdom, and severely damaged the ground forces accompanying the fleet.

"Imperial Admiral Erwin Jonas Eugen Romer cleverly took advantage of the enemy's rigid thinking and pretended to retreat - in fact, those were just motorcycles dragging branches.

"The main force of the African Corps ambushed the United Kingdom's fleet in the floodplain along the river, destroyed the escort ship, and boarded the shallow water heavy gunboat..."

Wang Zhong's brows were twisted into a knot. Why does this tactic feel a bit like what I would use? Is this Erwin learning from me?

The clerk continued to translate, but Wang Zhong no longer cared about the content on the front page - after all, most of the rest was just bragging. He came to the globe and found Mamluk.

If Alexandria was really occupied by Plossom, the Royal Navy would lose its most important military port and might have to retreat to Malta.

The support facilities on the island are actually not very good and might not be able to support the entire fleet. And there are not many supplies stored on Malta.

The worst case scenario is that the Royal Navy completely withdraws from the Aegean Sea and retreats directly to Hembrotar.

In this way, the canal will be completely controlled by Plossom, and their ships can enter the Bahara Ocean through the canal.

Of course, the Royal Navy should not be so weak as to really let Plossom transport supplies and troops to Baras by sea.

The United Kingdom would not die all of a sudden if the canal route was cut off. In fact, the United Kingdom now has a large amount of industrial production in Conedian, and the local industry has gradually recovered as the intensity of Plossom's air force air strikes has been sharply reduced.

Now the industrial chain of the United Kingdom is not really dependent on Bahara. Iron ore comes from Oslia, and coal is supplied by the United States. It is smelted into steel in large quantities in Conedian and then turned into industrial products.

Bahara now mainly provides soldiers and tea.

Wang Zhong looked at the globe and thought for a while. He felt that even if the Mamluks were taken by Proson, it would not fundamentally change the entire war situation.

It's just that the progress of the Allied forces will be slower. In this case, maybe Proson can be completely disintegrated before the Allied forces open up a second battlefield.

Wang Zhong didn't realize that his current plan was very similar to playing "Hearts of Iron 4" before crossing, but this time he was really a general who could decide the life and death of tens of thousands of people, and his subordinates were no longer a series of 0s and 1s.

At this time, the clerk finally read the headlines to the end. She looked up at Wang Zhong: "General, I'm done. Do you want me to read the next one?"

Wang Zhong shook his head: "No, no, you can go back to work."

The clerk's expression was immediately full of loneliness and disappointment.

Wang Zhong didn't notice it at all. He was looking at the globe and imagining how to arrange the troops.

This is still interesting.

Gabriel made a gesture and asked the clerk to leave quickly.

The girl had to leave the room.

Gabriel: "General, you haven't read any of today's documents yet."

Wang Zhong rolled out of his fantasy and returned to the cold reality.

"I saw that when I went to the war, the committee was running well. Do you really need me to approve these documents?" he asked.

Gabriel pushed his reading glasses: "Of course."

Wang Zhong had to sit down at the table and start looking at the documents. As a result, the first one was the demand for assault guns for urban siege warfare proposed by Wang Zhong after he came back.

The clerks of the committee turned Wang Zhong's oral requirements into detailed design indicators.

Wang Zhong quickly browsed the content and shook his head: "No, no, no, the mobility of this indicator is too good, but we don't need it to run very fast, nor do we need it to have long-distance mobility. The way I imagine using this thing is to transport it to the front line by train.

"His own power only needs to complete the section from the station to the front line. Do you understand? Sacrificing mobility and firing speed, in exchange for amazing destructive power of a single shot and strong enough protection to run rampant in the city. "

After he said that, he raised his head and saw Gabriel with a stern face and no movement.

Wang Zhong: "Did you hear what I just said?"

"I will convey it to the people who set the design indicators, or you can annotate these opinions on the document." The State Lady said.

Wang Zhong held his forehead with his hand - Gabriel doesn't understand military affairs, what's the point of me telling her.

So he picked up a pen, drew a horizontal line on the speed indicator, and wrote an annotation next to it.

Damn, these annotations were written by Vasily before!

After finishing this document, Wang Zhong opened the next one and found that it was also a requirement he put forward after returning from the front line, the design requirement of a heavy breakthrough tank.

This is quite in line with Wang Zhong's idea, and the data indicators proposed are very close to the IS3 heavy tank on Earth.

I just don't know what it will actually be. Although Wang Zhong recognizes IS3, he can't draw a design drawing. He can only wait for the designers to come up with a rough outline, and then he will go up and modify it according to his memory.

After signing and agreeing to the second document, Wang Zhong opened the third document.

"Design indicators for a 30-ton medium tank using an egg-shaped turret"

This is it! With the current industrial level of Ant, it should not be possible to build a real T54, but when the machine tools assisted by the United States arrive next year and the skills of the factory workers are improved, there is still hope.

Of course, we can't put all our hopes on this. We need a more reliable plan to increase the weight of the tank to 40 tons and build a new tank to compete with the Leopard.

Wang Zhong slightly adjusted the indicators of the egg-shaped turret tank and signed for approval.

Then he stopped reviewing the documents and said to Gabriel: "Call the old principal up, I need to propose a new demand."

Gabriel: "You should finish reviewing the documents first. I don't know how long it will take for you to talk."

Wang Zhong thought about it and felt that it was true, so he nodded and said: "Okay."

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While Rokosov and his men were discussing the design indicators of the new tank, outside of Alexandria.

Admiral Erwin was standing on a hill, observing the military port in front of him with a telescope.

The United Kingdom's fleet had left its post and was shelling the Plosson army. The fierce firepower of the naval guns was indeed not comparable to that of a shallow-water heavy gunboat.

This fierce firepower had already made Elvin's African Corps unable to move for two days.

Today, the Air Force promised to use a powerful attack to deter the United Kingdom's fleet and force them to abandon Alexandria.

But an hour had passed since the time agreed by the Air Force, and the United Kingdom's Royal Navy was still pouring artillery fire on the opposite shore, with no intention of stopping.

Just when Elvin was about to give up, the artillery observation post next to him shouted: "Plane! Our plane!"

Elvin, who had just put down the telescope, immediately resumed his observation posture.

He saw the Stukas lined up in a neat queue flying from the north. Higher up were a large number of heavy bombers, but Elvin did not see the legendary planes carrying secret weapons.

The Stukas began to dive, and with a scream, huge water columns began to rise around the United Kingdom warships on the sea.

The enemy's bombardment formation fell into chaos, and every ship was busy avoiding the attack of dive bombers.

At the same time, heavy bombers began to attack port facilities.

Erwin cursed: "Damn it, they blew up the supplies piled in the port! We still rely on supplies to eat! Damn! They used secret weapons to drive away the Royal Navy! Why blow up my supplies?"

At this time, Erwin suddenly noticed two medium-sized bombers entering the field behind the bomber formation.

He saw one of them dropped a shiny thing. At first he thought it was a reflection, but then he found out that it was not. The thing seemed to have its own light, flashing in the air.

Erwin vaguely remembered that the Imperial Academy of Sciences seemed to have developed a remote-controlled bomb called Fritz X or something. Could it be that?

Erwin watched the Fritz X fly straight towards the Royal Navy battleship.

He began to pray, praying that the bomb would hit!

In a flash, the big guy hit the middle of the battleship, and immediately penetrated the building near the chimney, creating a terrifying hole.

The next moment, nothing happened.

Erwin's brows twisted into a knot.

Is it a stinky egg? What kind of secret weapon is this? It's too rubbish, right?

In a flash, the deck in the middle of the battleship arched up!

The next moment, a big explosion occurred, and the orange-red flames broke through the deck and rose into the sky, forming a huge mushroom cloud——

The shock wave swept across the entire port before the sound wave, and all the glass in Alexandria was shattered.

Then, the deafening roar almost tore Erwin's ears!

The first victory of the remote-controlled bomb was born!