The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Roosevelt was a smart man. He immediately pretended to be a leader and wrote to Stalin, actively inviting Stalin to send a diplomat and a general to Washington to discuss the battle plan.

At the same time, Roosevelt also pointed out in the letter:

"We already have a preliminary plan. The purpose of the plan is to attract 40 German divisions. Therefore, we plan to invest 48 divisions, including 9 armored divisions. The air force supporting the offensive requires 5,800 fighter jets and a large number of warships and transportation tool."

Finally, Roosevelt also expressed his position: "Unlike other people's views, my view is that Hitler must be defeated first. Therefore, we are prepared to make every effort to reduce the burden of the Soviet Union's war against Hitler as quickly as possible!"

This letter was undoubtedly a lifeline for Stalin, so he immediately sent diplomats to contact Roosevelt.

The international status and influence of the United States have been steadily improved because of its active attitude in participating in the war, while the United Kingdom has been declining because it only cares about its own immediate and national interests. Even if it were not for the plan to rely on the United Kingdom as a base, the United States and the Soviet Union might have Britain stood aside, but Churchill did not realize this.

Of course, Qin Chuan knew nothing about the overt and covert struggles between the three giants of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. What he was doing now was to work with Conrad to improve some helicopter issues.

"We found during the descent that the weapons and equipment were basically useless!" Conrad said, "So this is definitely an area that needs improvement!"

Conrad was right when he said that half of the Junkers transport aircraft's machine guns were mounted on the back, and two were on the wings, but the sighting systems were all aimed at enemy aircraft... that is, they were used for self-defense when intercepted by enemy aircraft.

At this time, on the helicopter, these self-defenses for the air are completely unnecessary, because it can basically be said to be a kind of equipment for the ground.

"That's right!" Qin Chuan said: "The aiming system needs to be changed to a ground-facing one, and the thickness of the armor must be increased, and the machine gun must also be changed to a larger caliber..."

"Major!" Conrad interrupted Qin Chuan and said, "It's not that I haven't considered this, but have you ever thought about it... The lift of the helicopter is limited. If we make such modifications, it can only carry Weapons and armor cannot be transported!"

"Of course I have considered it, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "But... why don't we separate them?"

"What?" Conrad didn't understand what Qin Chuan meant.

"Just like our air force has aircraft specifically used for combat, bombing, and transportation!" Qin Chuan said: "Why can't helicopters have aircraft specifically used for combat?"

Conrad couldn't help but said "Oh" when he heard this, and then patted his head and agreed: "You're right, Major. I'm so stupid. In this way, all the problems will be solved. We can design a special Helicopters used for combat, transportation and even rappelling will greatly improve their respective efficiencies. For example, combat helicopters can safely pile weapons on them, such as cannons! "

"If you want, you can also equip it with a rocket launcher!" Qin Chuan added.

"Bazooka?!" Conrad looked at Qin Chuan blankly.

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "Just like the 'Stalin Organ', its advantage is that it has no recoil, right? This advantage is very useful for helicopters!"

(Note: The Germans called the "Katyusha" rocket launcher "Stalin Organ")

"You're right, Major!" Qin Chuan's statement made Conrad excited: "God, the rocket launcher... we installed the shells below, and then launched them towards the target after taking off! This is really a genius idea, Major, we even You can use it to attack enemy artillery, tank groups, or transport teams, etc. More importantly, it can fly away after the attack, much faster than the Soviets using cars as chassis!"

This can also be seen in Conrad's knowledge of military equipment: the "Katyusha" rocket launcher itself can be said to be very fragile, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has no defensive power, but the reason why it can play such a big role on the battlefield Its power is because it can hit and run very fast. It takes 7 to 10 seconds to fire out 16 rockets at once, and then transfer them immediately... No equipment in this period has such a fast response ability. It will counterattack within 7 to 10 seconds, so there is always nothing you can do about it, unless a reconnaissance plane in the air spots it and is prepared early.

If we start from this concept... Helicopters are also very fragile, but if they are equipped with rocket launchers with a range of 8 kilometers or more, they will be almost invincible, because they can fly at low altitude and then suddenly rise up to fire a row of rockets towards the target. Then it quickly lowered its altitude and transferred.

Compared with the "Katyusha" rocket launcher, it has the advantages of fast speed, strong maneuverability, longer range, and is not restricted by terrain.

The more he thought about it, the more excited Conrad became.

"God!" Conrad said: "Why have we never realized the benefits of this equipment? We only use it as an artillery observation aircraft. How stupid! How stupid!"

"Do we have rocket launchers?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes, of course!" Conrad replied.

In fact, Qinchuan knew that the Germans had researched rocket launchers even earlier than the Soviets. They developed rocket-powered weapons as early as 1929, which was 6 to 10 years earlier than other countries.

But it is a pity that the Germans have high requirements for accuracy, but the accuracy of rocket launchers is very poor, so this equipment has never received the attention of the military. The German army is only equipped with a small number of rocket launchers, most of which are used to launch smoke grenades... ...Launching smoke bombs does not require precise strikes, it only needs to be thrown near the target.

This is completely different from the Soviet Union's research and development direction. The Soviets did not consider its accuracy, but sought to cover the target with a large number of artillery shells in a short time to achieve their goal.

Facts have proved that the Soviets' tactical thinking of using rocket launchers was correct... This was something the Germans gradually realized after being repeatedly hit by "Katyusha" rocket launchers on the battlefield.

As a result, the Germans also had their own rocket launchers.

Its production is very simple. They only need to move what they used as a smoke launcher and then quickly move it to a half-track vehicle and turn it into a self-propelled rocket launcher... This is the Type 42 150MM self-propelled rocket launcher. rocket launcher.

What Qinchuan has to do now is to move these rocket launchers onto helicopters and put them into the battlefield.

Of course, because the accuracy of rocket launchers is not high, this requires the production of enough helicopters to provide fire coverage to the target.