Chapter 541: The "Hurricane" attacks

Standing next to the hurricane rocket launcher, an old man in his sixties couldn't help but sigh. He was the chief scientific engineer of the ultra-long-range rocket launcher design team. Only he and his research team knew that the engineer had bet on this weapon, and there was a bitter past.

Hualian currently has shortage of funds and resources and must be tilted towards war, so the proportion that can be used for research is not large. Just like this scientist whose name is buried in the pile of history, it is inconspicuous.

Most people in China are just paying attention to the development of the war, but rarely remember the achievements and names of scientists, which has always been the norm.

Although other rocket launchers in China have been developing well, the development of Hurricane ultra-long-range rocket launchers has been repeatedly launched and dismounted in the development of projects.

There is a very important reason for the repeated ups and downs research. In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the Chinese military already has a very strong air advantage in this world.

Not only are there many aircraft, but the types of aircraft are also finely divided into various aircraft models according to different tasks, each performing its own duties and performing well in its respective attacks, air combat, bombing, reconnaissance, transportation, etc.

This arises a very embarrassing problem in actual combat. With such strong air supremacy, why does the Army still need to spend a lot of research funds to develop such ultra-long-range rocket launchers?

However, with the progress of war and the advancement of other weapons and equipment, the army still discovered that aircraft are not omnipotent. Flight missions are restricted by the weather, and the support that aircraft can provide is limited.

Moreover, when it is difficult for both sides to use the air force, or is not suitable for long-distance deep-distance aircraft grouping attacks, the army needs a weapon that is fast in flight, dense in firepower, and can destroy and cover the targets of the opponent's regional in one or more times in a short period of time.

Therefore, after 1942, this weapon was finally put into development.

When the military finally decided to require this weapon and was ready to urge the research unit to continue research, they were surprised to find that this weapon had been suspended for the last time in 1940s, and the project team has now successfully produced samples.

The story here is the gray-haired old man in front of him. After the last project was dismissed in 1940, the old man examined the development of the war with a strategic and tactical perspective. He firmly believed that this ultra-long-range rocket launcher must have its value.

Because he firmly believes that no weapon is omnipotent, and without omnipotent weapons means that special weapons must be needed to fight at specific times.

For example, the current state of both sides is the best place to play the ultra-long-range rocket launcher. Since the other party has radar, as long as there is a plane here, there will be a panic on the other side, and all the plants will take off their own fighter planes.

But if the enemy radar is interfered with, the opponent will nervously take off the fighter plane immediately in case of accidents. It can be said that it is really difficult to catch the opponent off guard with an airplane.

But ultra-long-range rocket launchers can be easily done.

Its high speed close to Mach 3 can easily be discovered by the opponent's radar but does not have enough time to react. The aircraft even flew over the air when it received the command on the ground. At the same time, there is another advantage of high speed that the opponent's air defense firepower is difficult to intercept. At a speed of Mach 3, people can only see a blurred mass of things with their naked eyes.

Another thing is that rocket launchers need large volumes to have more fuel to give them speed and flight distance, which means they can load large warheads to match their huge body's due power.

As soon as this warhead becomes larger, there are many types of bullets available, which means that it can execute more attack methods to effectively destroy enemy targets.

Last, the launch of rocket launchers and the characteristics of group launches give it the ability to cover the strike as much as possible in a single strike, and this is also the most effective sudden means to attack the opponent. Even if the opponent does not have a radar, as long as the aircraft enters a low altitude to raid the opponent, those who are interested in setting up observation posts can observe through the telescope.

But high-speed rocket launchers don't give you too much preparation time. When the observer just saw it, the rocket launcher had already landed on your head in a few seconds.

It is precisely because this chief engineer of the rocket launcher technology research team of the military scientific research institution saw the unique feature of heavy ultra-long-distance rocket launcher.

Without special funding, this scientist who had persistence convinced others in his team to withstand the pressure and develop such ultra-long-distance rocket launchers without special research funds, computers, wind tunnel experiment aerodynamics, and various difficulties.

The code name for the weapon "Hurricane" is another name used by these researchers privately for this weapon during the development of this rocket launcher.

Because there is no special funds and equipment, everyone can only study other weapons and go to the wind tunnel to simulate the aerodynamics during the flight of the rocket.

After researching other weapons, the old engineer would work with other engineers for a long time to open the power-consuming wind tunnel for a short while before studying long-range rockets.

Without appropriate project support, we cannot apply to the research center's computer for various data calculations. We can only use the abacus and a large amount of paper and pen to calculate the data.

Especially in experiments with rocket range and accuracy, due to the inability to formally apply, there is no helicopter to cooperate with the air to find rockets that land on the ground. Especially when the development was first started, the deviation was very large. Sometimes the rocket landing point is expected to be dozens of kilometers away from the estimated landing point.

Whenever he encountered such a dilemma, the chief engineer would lead the shooting range to search for the landing points of the rockets. In the vast Gobi Desert, he and his researchers were twice lost in the Gobi Desert and were trapped in the wind and sand several times.

Once, I was even trapped in the Gobi Desert for a week and encouraged each other by drinking my own urine to finally get out of the Gobi Desert and the officers and soldiers who came to find them.

It is precisely because of this that the researchers on the project team have injected more extra effort into this ultra-long-range rocket launcher.

However, the final facts proved that the chief engineer had a unique vision. After receiving funds and support from the special project, he led his research team to quickly overcome the shooting accuracy caused by the long flight distance and several other problems.

In the fall of 1942, the weapon was finally put into production.

In the spring of 1943, the first batch of weapons were placed in the army.

In late spring of 1944, which is now, the Hurricane ultra-long-range rocket launcher, that is, rocket launcher without conscience, appeared on the battlefield for the first time.

The Hurricane Rocket Launch, which debuted on the battlefield for the first time, won a lot of money as soon as it appeared.

Although the Australian and American coalition forces have no ability to destroy airports outside the range, it also caused the destruction of four airports in the Australian and American coalition forces within the range. Although the results are not very clear, judging from the number of significantly reduced aircraft on the other side, this attack has definitely had an effect.

Moreover, after the war, according to some of the data seized from the rumor of US survivors, the attacks on these four airports that day caused more than 600 aircraft damage, and all of which required large-scale repairs, more than 200 of which were directly destroyed and turned into scrap iron.

This seriously caused the Australian and American coalition forces to face the dilemma of insufficient fighter jets in the subsequent battles. They were originally inferior to the other party and needed to rely on quantity to make up for it, but now the number is insufficient, how can they fight?

Seeing the battle report in his hand, Patton did not have much expression. According to the speculation of post-war war historians, Patton probably lost the pride and eternal spirit of his previous spirit since the Allied tanks suffered a heavy blow on the first day. He probably had begun to become numb and gave up all his pride and hope.

The four airports that lost the front line not only lost a large number of aircraft, but also lost more than 4,000 people, including more than 300 pilots. This is just a number of casualties. After all, the bodies are easy to count.

However, the number of injured people cannot be counted because many injured people were rushed to the hospital. Soon the Chinese new offensive caused excessive number of injured people to be transported here. Later, the evacuation was not enough and a large number of wounded people and some information were lost in the battle. The specific number of injured people in this attack could not be counted.

Regarding this final number, war historians divided it into two opinions. One is that under the indiscriminate damage of the mother and child warhead, a huge amount of pre-set fragments caused no blind spots to cover it. Under such a blow, it is difficult for anyone to survive, so the injury rate is actually smaller than the death rate.

This situation that is more dead than life has been confirmed by using such extremely powerful weapons before and after. Scientists with different opinions believe that the airport is a relatively special environment. Although the undifferentiated coverage is very fierce, a large internal space such as the chicken penthouse can reduce the killing radius of only ten meters of the sub-combustion.

Moreover, it was raining at that time, and most people were hiding here to escape the rain and spending time. This congenital nature caused the biggest casualties of the first fatal projectile strike. At the same time, it was because of the crowds of these people. The projectiles were also affected by human resistance while penetrating the piles of people. After all, these pre-set fragments are not heavy machine gun bullets, which have huge kinetic energy that can penetrate a string of them.

However, no matter which view it supports, scholars have scored extremely high scores for this ultra-long-range rocket launcher debut for the first time.

Because the four airports that lost the front line not only caused heavy losses to the coalition aircraft, but also lost the opportunity to reinforce the front line as soon as possible. Faced with the sudden defense of the Chinese, the Australian and American coalition forces must dispatch planes from the airports in the rear in advance.

In this way, the aircraft's mission volume will inevitably increase and delay the support time. On the battlefield, delaying for one minute may cause a large number of soldiers to bleed.

At night, the sky was blocked by clouds, and the stars were not visible or the moon. The next day, although the ultra-long-range rocket launcher was the protagonist, the other troops were not sitting there to watch the show, so they should do whatever they should do.

Outside Port Lincoln, the satellite measurement and control ship was controlled by lights and hid in the dark in the darkness. However, inside it, it was brightly lit and busy. Since joining the Expeditionary Fleet, the satellite measurement and control ship has never stopped.

"Report, the latest satellite cloud map is out!"

Hearing the latest satellite cloud map transmitted from the satellite to the measurement and control ship, several old scholars in the measurement and control room quickly pushed the glasses on the bridge of their noses straight, staring at the few colored screens in front of them, and watching the open patterns gradually appear on the screen.

Although the process was very slow, no one seemed impatient.

"How is it? The military district command is still waiting for our final weather news to decide tomorrow's combat mission." On the satellite measurement and control ship, the largest rank of Lieutenant General Hua, questioning these gray-haired old scholars anxiously.

These people are old experts in the domestic meteorological industry. Each of them has been engaged in meteorological research for no less than ten years before they can sit here to read these most mysterious and intuitive first-hand materials.

Huang Shaoguang is still in charge of the watchtower, but under the strong request of the political authorities and the military, the China Economic and Economic Union still provides a batch of high-quality satellites for the Hualian official, and has been sent to the sky.

Instead of the past, when the army needs to use it, it can only rent the satellite system in Huang Shaoguang's hands.

After several old scholars exchanged opinions for several minutes and discussed some areas on the satellite cloud map, some information on the notebooks, and the record data of the day's air and wind direction, the oldest scholar pushed his heavy glasses to Lieutenant General Hua:

"From the satellite cloud map and various data transmitted from field measurements, we believe that tomorrow, that is, the third day, from 0:00 am to 16:00 pm, the battlefield weather on the east side of Port Augusta will not change, and it will be beneficial to the Air Force to conduct action battles. However, after 16:00 pm, the weather will be 70% sure it will change."

"It's just that our satellites are limited, and we can only receive the next satellite cloud map information in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. Therefore, if the command decides to launch an attack tomorrow, our suggestion is to launch an attack after 16 o'clock tomorrow. At the same time, it should be noted that in the east of the battle circle, around the Yangta Transportation Hub, which is more than 190 kilometers, we judged that a relatively dense cumulonimbus cloud is gradually forming in the next ten hours."

"If the theater command wants to increase the rainfall and cause some trouble for the Australian and American coalition vehicles in this area, it can fire ultra-long-range rockets with rain enhancers to that area. We estimate that the rainfall can increase to the level of heavy rain or even heavy rain."

The news was immediately transmitted to the Port Augusta Battle Command of the Australian Island Military Region. After receiving this report of the various meteorological data collected by several domestic experts and grassroots meteorological researchers using a large number of various meteorological data collected in the battle circle and some meteorological data seized, combined with the meteorological analysis report summarized by the satellite cloud map, many people's moods have different changes.

Some people are regretful and depressed. If they can only send the air force to attack in the afternoon, they cannot use the visibility during the day to carry out a deeper and more accurate destructive blow to the other party. They cannot simply rely on the shelling effect to give the other party the most fiercest and most fatal blow.

Others were a little excited. The Air Force would not be dispatched tomorrow afternoon, so there would be more things the artillery could do before this.

However, no matter how you feel, at least for the application and utilization of military meteorology on the battlefield, these commanders are also proud and proud that the Chinese are at the forefront of the world.

"Master Commander, will you fight?"

As everyone was watching, Wang Junfeng stood with his hands in front of the sand table of the battle circle in the entire war zone. The time given by the meteorological team was not the most ideal attack time.

Launching another attack in the afternoon means that the soldiers have to fight night battles. Although the current Chinese army, especially after absorbing the night battle experience against the Red Army guerrillas, the main combat troops of China are not afraid of night battles or even summarized and explored a new set of night battle tactics with comprehensive mechanized assault capabilities, the casualty rate of night battles is much higher than that of daytime combat.

This is not only a matter of casualties, but also one thing to consider is to consider the issue of continuous combat after dawn and support for in-depth combat. If the weather improves during the day after the attack the next day, it is best if the Air Force can send the greatest support to the Army.

But what if the weather is bad or the change becomes worse?

Meteorological experts have already said that a large cumulonimbus cloud is forming behind the other party, and they cannot even predict the extent of the cumulonimbus cloud ultimately.

Once the heavy rain extends to the area where it is fighting, it will cause considerable inconvenience to the other party, and it will also cause the same trouble to the own troops. After all, the weather factors are absolutely fair.

Wang Junfeng, who is only in his early thirties, is really hard to make a decision now. It is now ten o'clock at night the second day of the battle. If the order is not issued, it will affect the preparations for tomorrow's battle.

The current pilot is waiting for the battle order to decide whether to go to bed to regain energy or enter the combat post. Because of the anxiety in his heart, the news that the ultra-long-range rocket launcher knocked off the front airport of the Australian and American coalition forces the next day was diluted by Wang Junfeng's joy.

"We can only receive the updated satellite cloud map in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. This time is just stuck in the time period that is neither up nor down. Why did such an accidental thing happen to me by chance?" Wang Junfeng murmured with a bitter smile, and he couldn't help but feel a little complaining.

After a while of distress, Wang Junfeng remembered the promise he had made to the Head of State that the war had reached this point and there was no way out. In the end, he suppressed his new order with some reluctance and some regrets:

"We sent our military orders and the air force troops continued to wait for the weather to improve. The meteorological units carried out the latest meteorological reconnaissance and analysis every hour. Once the weather improves, the air force immediately prepared to fight."

"Your Excellency Commander, don't fight?" The staff officer next to him asked in surprise.

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