Chapter 806 Simulator
Colonel Slain could push the task to Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan could no longer push the task down.
Although it is indeed possible in principle, Qin Chuan was at least a battalion commander at this time, and he had hundreds of people under him.
But the problem is that Qin Chuan doesn't think anyone can solve this problem.
It seems that only Conrad can ask for help from Qin Chuan. After all, he is a weapon expert and he should have some suggestions on this.
But the result still disappointed him.
"It's almost impossible, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said: "Training ME63 operators without ME63 is simply a day-to-day talk, it's like letting us learn to swim without going into the water!"
"We all understand the truth, colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "But the question is how to train. When we discuss this, time has passed day by day, that is, we have less and less time to train!"
After thinking about it, Conrad said: "We can conduct other aspects of training first, such as the ME63 installation and the fire cover unit's cover..."
"This is indeed a good suggestion!" Qin Chuan said: "But you know that these are not the key points, and I can even say... the First Infantry Regiment can do these without training!"
"Then..." Conrad said: "Let them increase their output and produce the ME63 we need for training!"
That said means nothing. If Manstein had a way to increase production, he would of course do so without hesitation.
In fact, Manstein did do this. He had one thing in his defense plan for Hitler, which was to illustrate the importance of the ME63 equipment to the German defense, and hoped that Germany could open several other production lines to expand production.
But the time was too short. After Hitler agreed, he would expand production and finally ship these ME63s up, but he was afraid that the battle would be almost over.
"Lieutenant Colonel, can I give me some advice?" Bidman asked at this time.
"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "What I need most is opinions!"
"That's it!" Bidman said: "We actually had problems like this, in pilot training, you know, before joining the First Infantry Regiment, I was doing maintenance at the airport, so I knew some related situations."
"We all know these, Lieutenant!" said Conrad. "Say something useful!"
"Okay, colonel!" Bidman said: "That's right. When training pilots, they will not choose to let the pilot fly the fighter, because the cost and risk are too high. They will produce a trainer. After the pilot has learned basic flying knowledge on the trainer, they will let them fly the fighter..."
"I understand what you mean, Bidman!" Qin Chuan said: "You mean, we should also produce something like a trainer?"
"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!"
"But what can we produce like ME63?" Conrad said: "A flying thing? And then controlled by the operator? Even if we can, we don't have so much time!"
"No, Colonel!" said Bidman: "Maybe we have this time!"
"What?" Conrad couldn't help but say in confusion: "No, Lieutenant, maybe you don't know that we may have less than a month to prepare!"
"In fact, we may only take a few days to make a similar simulator!" Bidman said: "The controller is real, but the controller does not control the ME63, but a highlight that will be appropriately offset due to the force on the controller button. Just like the highlight of the tracer on the ME63. Although this is not very accurate, it can make every operator familiar with the strength of the controller and the operation of the big …"
"Good idea, Bidman!" Qin Chuan screamed almost excitedly: "The difficulty in producing ME63 is mainly on rockets, but the controller is very simple. It is also very simple to let the controller control a highlight. We don't even need to make many such simulation equipment, because it can be reused. That means we can miss the time of the operators and let them take turns to 'torture' these simulation controllers!"
"That's what I think, Lieutenant Colonel!" Bidman kept nodding: "Do you think this idea is feasible?"
"Of course it's feasible, Bidman!" Qin Chuan replied: "Of course it's feasible, you helped us solve a big problem!"
"I'm honored, Lieutenant Colonel!" Bidman smiled, as if he was proud of being able to help.
Bidman's idea quickly became a reality. As Qin Chuan said, the difficulty of ME63 production is the launch of rockets. Other parts such as the control part are just some simple circuit equipment. It can even use the produced control and then make some necessary modifications, such as connecting the control to an iron disc, and installing a movable light source controlled by the control, so a simple simulated control is completed.
The training started almost the moment the simulation controller was completed. There were 600 operators in the group, and 200 simulators were operated in three batches.
Of course, this training is not distinguished between day and night, because it is very likely that ME63 will be needed to destroy anything at night, such as tanks, armored vehicles, cars or bunkers, etc., so of course, night operations must also be considered.
However, there will be a problem when launching ME63 at night... ME63 can use the tracer at the tail to indicate the position, but the enemy's tanks, bunkers, etc. are in the dark. Even the light emitted by the tracer will make the operator unable to see the target clearly at all, so he cannot control the ME to hit the target.
To be precise, it should not be "unable" here, but "hard".
The reason is that one method can be used to shoot at night, which is a shooting method called "impression method" that German soldiers figured out by themselves.
Simply put, after observing the enemy target with a telescope in the dark, estimate the distance between the target and oneself, and then calculate the time when ME63 reaches the target position... For example, one thousand meters is 15 seconds, and the closer one is the case, the few seconds will be subtracted depending on the situation, and the other hand, add a few seconds.
Then, we estimate where the target will reach within this time when it advances at the current speed.
Finally, the ME was controlled to launch towards this position based on the impression.
This also fully reflects the subjective enthusiasm and imagination of German soldiers... In fact, the imagination of the Germans during World War II was indeed commendable, such as helicopters, bazooka, missiles, etc., and even to a certain extent, the atomic bombs are also.
Chapter completed!