69novels Chapter 474
Chapter 474
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“Who do you think will win?”
Mainz and Manstein took a plane to Munich, the capital of Bavaria, to watch the exercise.
“It’s hard to say!”
In theory, Manstein was more optimistic about the armored forces, but the 500-kilometer long-distance raid, without any support along the way, and on a rugged mountain road, the armored forces had never conducted such a march before, so he couldn’t guess what the result would be.
Therefore, the cavalry, which was originally doomed to fail, is likely to win at this time.
“I think Guderian will not let us down. His troops will definitely arrive in Vienna first!”
Mainz seemed to be full of confidence in Guderian’s armored forces. Seeing that the other party was so sure, Manstein just raised his eyebrows and did not respond.
“However, Guderian will be in a very bad situation this time. It would be good enough for his troops to arrive in Vienna intact!”
This sentence scared Manstein!
Will he lose 50% of his troops on the road?
If so, even if he reaches the destination, it is hard to say how much combat effectiveness Guderian’s armored forces will have!
The exercise started soon. The German army set up some observation points along the way. Each observation point was equipped with a radio station, so the situation of the armored and cavalry units could be reported in real time!
The two troops started from the same starting line. At the beginning, the armored units were very fast. Their speed on flat terrain was much faster than that of the cavalry. Although the speed of the No. 4 tank was not as exaggerated as that of the No. 1 tank, with its powerful 700-horsepower engine, the speed of the No. 4 tank could still reach 60 kilometers per hour.
With enough fuel, they used an economical speed of 45 kilometers per hour. The speed can be continuously traveled for 350 kilometers and has extremely strong power!
On the other hand, the cavalry troops have to consume the physical strength of the war horses, so they can’t run wildly at the beginning, otherwise, the war horses will be injured soon!
If the war horses are injured, they will lose their combat effectiveness and become a burden to the cavalry, which is fatal to the cavalry!
So from Lower Saxony to Munihei, Guderian’s armored troops rode away and ran at a very fast speed.
Dietrich’s cavalry could only follow behind the tanks. Although there are some mountains on this section of the road, the transportation in Hans is well developed. There is a highway from Berlin to Munihei. Whether it is cavalry or armored troops, they all chose to travel on the highway because it is the shortest and fastest road!
“About three hours faster!”
The two troops arrived at Munihei one after another, with a time interval of about three hours.
Hearing this number, Guderian was a little proud:”It seems that the result is already very obvious. I think it is too unfair to compare with the cavalry. After all, they have to stop to feed the horses, brush the horses, and let them rest. This wastes too much time, and the time we waste on the road is probably refueling and adding water!”
The Type 4 tank uses a diesel engine. The engine is prone to overheating during continuous use, and water needs to be added to the water tank continuously to ensure the normal operation of the engine!
Dietrich was furious when he heard Guderian’s words!
“Don’t be so proud now, there are still 350 kilometers to go. I want to see if you can still smile at the end!”
Dietrich was right. The first 150 kilometers of road were basically flat, and there were infrastructure such as highways. If we go further south, there are mountains there, and the roads will become rugged and bumpy. Both tanks and cavalry units will have to slow down. They can’t run so fast!
But the problem is that cavalry are much more flexible than tanks. Even if they are affected by the terrain, their impact is smaller!
“”Let’s go to Vienna and wait for the result!”
Mainz stopped the meaningless argument between the two and took the lead to walk towards a large transport plane parked at the airport!
This plane is a C-130 Hercules transport plane that has just rolled off the production line. Because jet engines are expensive, it is difficult to get the mainstream large transport planes in later generations. In the era of propeller transport planes, the C-130 Hercules transport plane is probably the best and the only choice!
Although the Russian Bear and China have medium-sized transport planes of the same type as this type of aircraft to choose from, such as China’s Yun-8 and Yun-9, the performance of these two aircraft is pretty good, but the medium-sized transport aircraft of the two countries were put into production much later than that of the Eagle Sauce People, which resulted in the extremely expensive prices of these two aircraft.
In the absence of absolute performance advantages, it is really not cost-effective to choose them!
As for Hans designing and building his own transport plane?
This is not impossible, but It is too time-consuming. The war is about to start. There is not much time to waste, so a mature design plan is particularly important!
As the most popular medium-sized transport aircraft in the world, the design of the C-130 is very mature and its capabilities are extremely outstanding. At least in terms of its tonnage, its capabilities should be among the best!
The only disadvantage is probably that the legs are a bit short and the maximum load capacity is a little lighter, so it can’t carry too heavy things.
But these are not problems. Hans is fighting in Europe and does not need such a long range or too many things to be airdropped. They just need to advance steadily on the ground. The status of paratroopers in Hans’s battle sequence is not high!
Of course, if the target of the battle is changed to the sun that never sets, the result will be completely different!
After getting on the plane with Mainz, everyone was very curious about this brand new plane!
“Hey, Goering, this plane looks good, can it be converted into a bomber?”
“Yes, this plane looks so spacious. If it hits a bomb, wouldn’t it blow up the enemy below and make them scream?”
The roughmen in the army knew almost nothing about the air force. Many of them even took such a big plane for the first time, so they were very curious about the plane and asked the air force commander Goering about it.
Goering couldn’t help rolling his eyes. He was in charge of the fighter field, so asking him this question was a waste of time.
“I don’t know much about bombers. If you want to ask, you can ask General Sperrle, who is in charge of bombers!”
Goering threw the blame, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on General Sperrle, who was nearly 2 meters tall and was known as the giant Hugo. Sperrle cleared his throat and said in a gentle tone that did not match his rough appearance:”The Air Force has no such modification plan for the time being. We have better options. However, if we really want to modify it, it is not impossible, but it is meaningless. It is not cost-effective to convert a transport aircraft into a bomber!”
Sperrle did not say much, but his meaning was very clear. The Air Force had a better choice, so there was no need to compete with the airborne troops for transport aircraft many times.
When the production capacity of several domestic airlines is close to full capacity, it is completely a mess to increase the workload of the factory and ask them to help the Air Force to transform a transport aircraft!
“It seems that the Air Force has developed quietly!”
“Yes, there are new transport planes and new fighter planes. From what Sperrle said, they seem to have new bombers as well. The speed at which their weapons are updated is no slower than that of our army!”
“Come on, don’t be so conceited here. If we talk about the army with the most updated weapons, it must be your army! Let me count them for you: MP40 submachine gun, this is a new weapon, right?
MG-34/42 general-purpose machine gun, this is a new weapon, right?
Mauser 98K rifle and ST-44 assault rifle, these are all new weapons, right?
Not to mention the 150mm artillery, the Type 4 tank and the Type 3 assault gun!