Chapter 779 Rocket Artillery
"Ha, Lieutenant Colonel!" General Baker adhered to his usual style of pouring cold water: "You mean, all of us must be based on your ME163, who doesn't know what the outcome will be?"
"Why not?" Qin Chuan asked: "All this seems to have lost no money to you!"
The officers in the study heard this and there was no sound, including Baker.
Qin Chuan said it very clearly that the rebel organization would not succeed or even launch Hitler's rule in a short time.
In fact, in history, they did not launch a bomb attack to assassinate Hitler until July 20, 1944, and there is still one year and eight months left before.
So, before that, why can't they try to go another way?
If this road fails, that is, ME163 research and development fails and the Germans cannot block the Allied forces on the Maginot line, it will not be too late to try to overthrow Hitler.
If it can be stopped, that is, the German army still has hope of victory, so why not do it? Even if it wants to negotiate with the Allies, this is the capital for negotiations between Germany and the Allies. Otherwise... if the German army has no power to fight back, the Allies will only ask Germany to surrender instead of sitting back to the negotiating table.
After discussing for a while, General Baker nodded and said, "You convinced us, Lieutenant Colonel! Now, we should discuss how to subtly influence the Head of State to let him develop in the strategic direction we formulate!"
"It is not difficult to convince the head of state to transform the Maginot defense line!" Major General Treskov said: "The head of state always feels insecurity. We can tell him... Germany needs to use the Maginot defense line to prevent the Atlantic barrier from being broken by the enemy and there is no danger to defend!"
"Yes!" Gristolf agreed: "In this way, even if the Americans landed successfully, they would not take Germany directly in the open plains. The head of state is likely to agree to this plan. After all, it is a transformation rather than a construction. It requires manpower and material resources. Compared with the Atlantic barriers, it is simply not worth mentioning!"
"In addition, we also need to reserve supplies on the Maginot Line of Defense!" Qin Chuan said: "It includes food, ammunition, fuel, and of course weapons and equipment!
"We can do it!" Treskov replied: "If the head of state agrees to the plan to transform the Magino defense line, we can legitimately reserve supplies on the Magino defense line. We can even build an underground arsenal near the Magino defense line, such as somewhere in the Alps, which can greatly reduce the dependence of the defense line on logistics!"
"We also need to build a tank fort!" Qin Chuan said: "There may be many tanks, armored vehicles, cars, etc. to be hidden!"
"This is not a problem!" Treskov nodded and said, "This line of defense has a large area of mountains. As long as we build tunnel fortifications on the back slope of the mountain, we can effectively hide the armored troops!"
"These equipment troops can become the main force of our counterattack at any time!" Colonel Gristorf looked at Qin Chuan with admiration.
"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded and continued: "In addition to mass production of helicopters, we also need a piece of equipment..."
"What? ME163?" Major General Treskov shook his head and said, "No, Lieutenant Colonel, ME163 is still under development!"
"No, not ME163!" Qin Chuan replied: "It's the Soviet Union's 'Stalin organ'!"
The officers couldn't help but look at each other.
"Why is it?" Gristolf asked in confusion: "We actually have our own rocket launcher, which is the Type 42 self-propelled rocket launcher..."
"I know!" Qin Chuan interrupted Colonel Gristorf.
"Yes, of course you know!" Gristorf replied, even more puzzled. He didn't understand why Qin Chuan suggested that they imitate the Soviet rocket launcher in large quantities when the German army had rocket launchers or even more powerful than the Soviet rocket launchers. This was a bit of a damaging self-esteem to him, as a German.
But things on the battlefield are not for self-esteem, but for practicality.
"Our rocket launcher has a caliber of 150MM, while the Soviets have a 132MM!" Qin Chuan said.
"Is there anything wrong with this?" Gristolf asked: "A bigger caliber means more powerful!"
"But rocket launchers rely on the number to cause coverage and damage to the enemy!" Qin Chuan replied: "There are only two enemies in a certain area. The 150MM shells and 132MM shells play the same role. They both blow these two enemies to death, but our larger caliber shells cause waste of resources. More importantly, because the caliber is larger, our rocket launcher can only fire ten rockets, while the Soviet rocket launcher can fire sixteen!"
After pausing, Qin Chuan continued: "In addition, we use semi-tracked vehicles, while the Soviet Union used cars!"
Colonel Gristorf once again puzzled and started: "The half-track car has better defense and off-road capabilities!"
"It's true!" Qin Chuan replied: "But we don't need these!"
As he said that, Qin Chuan pointed to the defense line and said, "What we need is to dig a cave in the defense line high ground, come out of the cave and fire quickly when performing a mission, and drive back to the cave when the enemy artillery reacts!"
Upon hearing this, Gristolf suddenly realized: "So we don't need defense or off-road ability!"
"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "What we need is cheap, mass-produced equipment and can launch all rocket launchers in a short time before returning to the cave!"
This is the way the volunteers fight against the US military on the battlefield of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and Qin Chuan will certainly not let it go.
"It sounds like we need!" Gristolf looked at Treskov and said, "That can make the enemy's artillery and the planes do nothing to us. We should produce such rocket launchers in large quantities!"
"Yes!" Treskov agreed: "And our artillery seems to be able to do this, but it cannot fire a large number of shells in a short time like a rocket launcher!"
"Then we also need to migrate the industry in France as much as possible!" Qin Chuan continued.
"This..." Major General Treskov hesitated and replied: "We will probably have to wait until the Americans attack before we can do this!"
Qin Chuan knew the reason. Before the US military broke through the Atlantic barrier, Hitler would not allow any form of retreat, including withdrawal from the factory.
"But we have to be prepared at least!" Qin Chuan said: "Or can also move them to the south!"
"Yes, of course!" Gristorf replied: "I am responsible for contacting this aspect. We can find some excuses, such as worrying about being bombed and relocating!"
Qin Chuan nodded, this is what he wants.
Chapter completed!