Chapter 33: The Probability of Life and Death
Hoffman patiently explained: "I told you last time that you would let you study General Rudendolf's "Total War". I don't know if you have read it. In such a national war that will fight for the fate of the German nation for thousands of years in the future, all forces should be used by us. Faced with the resources, population, and empires do not have an advantage. Only the most basic and most vast people can they win the battle. Since women have been allowed to serve, it is natural to produce some female officers, which can not only boost morale, inspire fighting spirit, but also enhance the intimate feelings between the entire nation. Stalin had a large number of female soldiers and officers under his command, but his subordinates expressed opposition. The British and Americans had female officers and women's officers, and their troops also accepted it. Why can't our German nation do it?"
When he said these words, Hoffman thought to himself: Could it be that I really have the potential to be a politician? These speeches with great righteousness, occupy the commanding heights of public opinion, and are fully inciting, have learned them in less than two days.
After hearing this long speech, Keitel was a little scared and thought: This matter cannot be simply compared. Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union do not have the constraints of a strong military regiment, but this statement cannot be said in front of so many people.
During the stalemate, Helen interrupted: "First of the People, can I really have a chance to become an officer?"
"Of course. Look, women were not allowed to go to college before, but now there are not only college students but also female scientists. In the past, women were not allowed to go into politics, but now women not only have the right to vote, but also female politicians." Hoffman explained and gave a vivid example, "Do you know Hannah Leche?"
Helen's eyes shone brightly when she heard this name and nodded heavily. This was a famous female test pilot in the Third Reich. In 1941, Gorein awarded her the Diamond-class Air Force pilot badge on behalf of the Air Force. The next day, Hitler announced that she would be awarded the rank of honorary Air Force captain and the second-level Iron Cross. Yeshunnek next to her thought that he was fortunate that he didn't say stupid words just now, otherwise he would have been ashamed now.
"Women who make outstanding contributions like him are qualified to be officers. If you continue to work hard, you will also have a chance." Hoffman glanced at the senior generals who were still hesitant on his face. Understand the resistance of this matter, he sighed and said, "Forget it, according to Marshal Kettle's statement, let's communicate first. We have broken many traditions to win the war. I hope the generals can understand my painstaking efforts."
"The head of state is wise."
"By the way, what is Captain Becker's current position who shot down three enemy planes today?" Hoffman also did not forget the Air Force hero who won three consecutive dollars today.
"He is the captain of the 4th Battalion of the NJG1 United. Our ace pilot has more than 30 crash records in terms of today's results." Kamhuber hurriedly performed for Captain Becker.
"The Air Force needs such a brave and resourceful commander." Hoffmann later learned that when Becker was chasing the third plane, he opened fire to ensure his hit rate until within 200 meters, which was in sharp contrast to the previous cowardice of Gerhard Schepferfell. He turned his head and said this time to Yeshunnek: "Look at it, if the situation allows and the conditions meet, you can consider being the new wing captain candidate for the JG26 wing."
Although the head of state said that it would be "invested", it was just a routine matter. Everyone knew that Captain Becker's promotion was a foregone conclusion. Kamhuber was very happy about this. He wanted to promote this combat hero who saved face for the Air Force. Now the head of state said directly. He glanced at Yeshunnek, who also nodded repeatedly, obviously very agreeing. At this time, news came again that the Lancaster that escaped was shot down by another night fighter. For the last fish that escaped, Colonel William called 5 fighters to surround and intercept.
"Gentlemen, after seeing today's air defense operations, we need to reflect on the situation of anti-aircraft attacks." Hoffman said, "Information shows that the British clearly stipulates that bomber crews can withdraw from service as long as they complete 30 bombing missions, and their internal combat losses are about 5% each time. I have someone calculate according to this probability that the surviving rate after performing 30 combat missions is still 21%. If we can improve air defense efficiency and increase the enemy's loss rate to 10%, according to the calculation results, it should be..." He was stuck at this point. It is now 1942, and he can't take out his mobile phone to calculate at any time, so he had to turn his attention to Sperer for help.
Although the architect's math skills are solid, he can't calculate the results for a while. But he immediately thought of Helen. Isn't this a ready-made college student in mathematics? Helen calculated the results in just two minutes: "My head of state, according to the surviving rate of 90% each time, the 30th task is performed to 90%, and the surviving rate after 30 times is about 4%.
"Very good. The 4% survivor rate plus accidents, mechanical obstacles and other factors, the British basically cannot complete this kind of task. The so-called "retirement by completing 30 tasks is completely a scam. At that time, Dr. Goebbels can start a propaganda machine to let them resist this task of death and not be deceived by Churchill." Hoffman thought about it and asked Helen to calculate the number of 12% and 15% of the war loss. The result surprised everyone: if it was a 12% war loss, the survivor rate after 30 tasks was only 2%, and if it was a 15% war loss, the probability of survival was even less than 1%. It is obvious that as long as the losses exceeded a certain limit, the British air strikes would be unsustainable.
"I hope there will be more people over there, like Major Schapfil who cares too much about their lives, so that our pressure can be relieved."
"It is not advisable to pin hope on the timidity of the enemy. We should take the initiative to improve our tactics. I observed today's air defense, and it is obvious that there are two problems." Hoffman raised two fingers, "First, there are problems with our anti-aircraft guns, to be precise, the fuses have problems. I have read the intelligence that Britain and the United States have developed a complete radio near-fighting fuze, which they call VT near-fighting fuze..."
"Near-fighting fuze?" Keitel and Garland didn't understand this thing, but this does not mean that Yeshunnek and Kamhuber didn't understand it. Near-fighting fuze is actually a major category of the way the fuse works. It mainly uses the target characteristics or the surrounding environmental characteristics of the target. It forms shells (also including bombs, torpedoes, mines), and it mainly includes various media such as radio, light, sound, and magnetism. In 1940, the United Kingdom developed a radio near-fighting fuze prototype with the same radar principle. The United States, which is the United States, developed a radio near-fighting fuze prototype with the same radar principle.
After joining the war, the design of radio near-fighting fuze was completed through the US Science and Technology and Research Bureau: the main structure is to use a shell as an antenna, and the fuze is housed with a vacuum tube radio wave transmitter, and after powering up, it emits 180 to 220 MHz of radio to the outside. When the projectile approaches the reflected object, some of the radio waves are reflected. As the distance between the shell and the target decreases, the Doppler effect causes the reflected radio waves to create a low-frequency signal of 200-800 MHz in the current of the transmitter. This signal is filtered and amplified, and detonates when the signal intensity exceeds a certain limit.
The advantage of near-burn fuse over trigger and delayed fuze is that it can automatically explode according to the changes in the target object, causing maximum damage to the target, and greatly improve the hit rate of the shell. The difficulty lies in the fact that the entire device must withstand the acceleration of the earth's gravity by more than 20,000 times the acceleration of the earth's gravity and 500 revolutions per second when fired by artillery, and must be small enough to be placed within the bullet head of the shell. Because of the advantages and difficulty of VT fuze, the British and American Allies listed it as the highest secret and kept it strictly confidential. The Germans did not know it, but Hoffmann said it. He also knew that in the 1930s, Rheinmetall was developing near-burn fuses. The electrostatic near-burn fuse they intended to use was more efficient and cheaper than the radio near-burn fuse invented by the Americans, but it could never solve the problem of too small distance. Later, they were forced to stop research and even believed that this kind of thing could not be done by the Germans, and the same was true for Britain and the United States.
Yeshunnek thought about it and said, "I know similar projects and can understand the value of this fuze to anti-aircraft guns. If the Allies have developed similar products, we must have them."
"This kind of fuse is very important. Not only anti-aircraft guns need to be used, but also needs to be used in other occasions, so it should be included in the highest priority. I will ask the Imperial Security Bureau to find a way for the finished product of the British and American fuses." After talking about the fuse, Hoffman sighed, "The second question is that today's seemingly successful radar-guided combat."
Chapter completed!