The Italians don't really have high demands. As long as they are not forced to do anything they don't want to do, they will stay quietly in the camp.
From another perspective, it can also be said to be content with the status quo and not making progress.
This is not surprising. Not to mention these Italians living in foreign lands, tens of millions of people in Italy quickly accepted the royal family's flight and regime change, and did not resist German rule.
According to the theory of house demolition, if you want to open a window, then spread the word to demolish the entire house, so that the resistance you face will be much smaller.
Therefore, the so-called sending all Italians to Egypt is just a smoke bomb released by the military in southern Africa.
The effect was good. Compared with being sent to Egypt, it was obviously better to stay in Cyprus. Most of the Italian naval officers and soldiers accepted this result.
As for those who don't accept it.
The military in southern Africa has plenty of ways to silence them.
Rock's attention during this time was still on Russia.
After the Battle of Kursk, Germany completely lost the initiative on the Russian battlefield. The Russian army launched counterattacks on almost all fronts. The German army was stretched thin, its logistics supply was poor, and the heavy weapons lost on the front line could not be replenished in time. There was a gap in strength with the Russian army.
The bigger it gets.
Almost at the same time that the Battle of Kursk ended, the Russians launched the Battle of the Dnieper without stopping.
The Dnieper River is the third largest river in Europe. It originates from the swamps in the mixed forest zone in the southern part of the Valdai Hills of Russia. The river first flows from north to south, then turns southeast when it reaches Kiev, then turns southwest after reaching Zaporozhye, and finally ends in Hel
It flows into the Black Sea 30 kilometers southwest of Song Dynasty.
Behind the Dnieper River are important grain producing areas, as well as iron ore in Krivorozhye, manganese and non-ferrous metals in Zaporizhia and Nikopol, etc. If the Dnieper River is lost, it means that the German army will lose important
Raw material base.
As we all know, Germany's biggest shortcoming is industrial raw materials. The reason why Mustache brazenly launched a war against Russia is to obtain Russian industrial raw materials.
In order to defend the line of defense, the German army built a large number of defense fortifications on the right bank of the Dnieper River, from Lake Chude to the Black Sea, which is 1,400 kilometers long. This area is densely covered with anti-tank trenches, permanent fortifications, fortress groups, minefields, and mustaches are exposed.
Claim: The Dnieper River is a huge river obstacle 700-900 meters wide, and the right bank is a continuous continuous launch point, an unbreakable natural fortress.
This is the "Eastern Barrier" that makes Mustache more confident.
Beginning in August, Big Beard mobilized the Central Front, Voronezh Front, Steppe Front, Southwest Front and Southern Front, with a total strength of approximately 2.63 million people, more than 51,200 artillery and mortars, more than 2,400 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and combat aircraft.
2,850 aircraft were launched to attack the German "Eastern Barrier".
The Germans have more than 1.24 million troops on this line of defense, 12,600 artillery and mortars, 2,100 tanks and assault artillery, and 2,100 combat aircraft.
It can be easily seen from the comparison of the strength of the two sides that the Germans' performance in the war has become increasingly inadequate. A large number of experienced veterans were lost in Moscow, Volgograd, and the vast Don River Plain. Newly recruited soldiers were too late. After receiving sufficient training, they were sent to the battlefield. Some German troops who had just arrived at the front line even began to experience a shortage of weapons. This situation has existed for a long time and has become more and more prominent this year.
Compared with established industrial powers like southern Africa, Germany's background is still a bit poor.
German weapons are very advanced. Before 1940, the BG109 was invincible throughout Europe. It only took two years and four months to upgrade the tank from No. 1 to No. 4.
Today, German weapons are still advanced, as evidenced by the precision-guided bombs produced by the Luftwaffe when the Italian Navy went to North Africa.
In the Kursk battle that ended not long ago, the blockbuster Panzer V tank once again proved Germany's profound foundation in military technology.
Like the BG109, the biggest problem with the Panzer 5 tank is that its output is too low. Even if it can fight against the T34 with one against ten, the numerical disadvantage cannot bring about critical improvements, and it can only be survived by the overwhelming influx of T34. Drown.
Precision-guided bombs face another kind of embarrassment.
In 1943, the Allied forces' capital ships had long since transformed from battleships to aircraft carriers protected by a large number of fighter jets.
No matter how advanced precision-guided bombs are, bombers as carriers must first break through the air protection of Allied aircraft carriers.
It was because of the lack of air protection that the Italian Navy gave the German Air Force the opportunity for a sneak attack. If it were not for the mistakes in the task handover between the Southern African Air Force and the British and American Air Forces, the German Air Force would not have been able to find the opportunity for a sneak attack.
Therefore, although the performance of precision-guided bombs is good, it is a pity that they cannot find the opportunity to use them.
Even one or two successful sneak attacks were not enough to change the battlefield situation and bring fundamental improvements to the German army.
Rock is very concerned about the technological progress of the German army, and precision guided bombs are just one of them. According to the information obtained by Bullard's office, the German jet aircraft is about to be successfully researched. Once it is successfully put into service, it will pose a certain threat to the Allied air superiority.
"How is the research on our jet aircraft going?" Rock is not very clear about the specific progress of jet aircraft research. Engineers in southern Africa have collectively been infected with a disease of "if you are not perfect, you will die". If there is no Rock's intervention, Southern African engineers would not allow the jets to take to the battlefield unless the Southern African jets were perfected.
Before the outbreak of the world war, Robert Goddard's team made breakthrough progress in rocket research. Rock asked to combine the rocket engine and the aircraft fuselage to develop an epoch-making jet.
Before that, all airplanes were propeller-driven.
After decades of development, the performance of propeller aircraft has basically reached its limit. The performance of the "Cheetah" fighter previously equipped by the southern African military has almost reached the limit of propeller aircraft. To achieve a major breakthrough, we can only find another way.
As early as two years ago, a jet prototype in southern Africa had successfully taken off.
After that, Rock heard very little information about jets. He only knew that research funding was increasing every year. The Ministry of National Defense mobilized elite troops from Nyasaland Aviation and Rhodesia Airways to cooperate with the Tesla Research Institute.
Electrical engineers, as well as rocket experts on Goddard's team, established a dedicated research department.
"I just went to the research institute yesterday. The situation is a bit complicated." Gavin is also very concerned about technical research.
Through Gavin's introduction, Rock learned that jets in southern Africa have always been in an embarrassing state of adding water if there is too much noodles, and adding noodles if there is too much water.
The key is that engineers in southern Africa are too obsessed with perfection.
If the standards of the Southern African Ministry of Defense were followed, the jet aircraft in Southern Africa would have already reached the stage where they can be installed.
Not long after the prototype successfully flew, the research department successfully installed the 20mm cannon on the jet. At this time, the jet had already reached the standard for field installation.
One day, an engineer from Nyasaland suddenly had a whim. If a helicopter's rocket launch nest was installed on a jet, would the jet be more powerful?
This idea was reported to the Department of Defense, which then made the first revision to the jet aircraft standards.
The rocket launch nest is a relatively mature technology. It is not complicated from a technical point of view to be installed on a jet aircraft. After about two weeks, the engineers of the institute successfully completed the task.
At this time, the Tesla Laboratory made a breakthrough in radar search, and the Nyasaland Aviation engineer once again burst out with ideas: Why not install the latest radar on our jets?
Before other engineers could object, the idea was once again supported by the Department of Defense.
Compared with rocket launch nests, it is exponentially more difficult to install the latest radar on a jet aircraft because the radar is too large and difficult to install on a petite fighter jet.
This time, it took the institute's engineers a full nine months to complete this task.
Of course the effect is also very good.
Without radar, fighter pilots can only find targets visually, which is inefficient and highly restricted. At night, or when clouds are dense and vision conditions are poor, it is impossible to achieve the purpose of preemptive strike.
After the installation of radar, night and clouds no longer serve as a protective umbrella for the enemy. Jet pilots are dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away.
Well, radar is not yet advanced to this extent.
However, the advantage it brings beyond visual range is enough for jet fighter pilots to seize a favorable position.
The first thing to do is to find the enemy, coupled with the advantages of performance and attack power, the advantages of jet aircraft are already overwhelming.
Before the engineers had time to celebrate, the Nyasaland Aviation engineer came up with a new concept.
Since our jets can already search for enemies from beyond visual range, why can't they complete attacks beyond visual range?
What's the meaning?
Many engineers are confused when they hear this concept.
To detect enemies beyond visual range, you can rely on radar.
How to carry out an attack outside line of sight?
Putting a camera on a rocket?
Precision Guided Bomb Institute: I can
Installing a camera on a rocket can indeed achieve the purpose of attacking beyond visual range.
The problem is the same as that of radars. Even if the explosive charge is reduced, the precision-guided bombs in southern Africa weigh more than one ton, which places higher demands on the power of jet aircraft.
Well, this time it's not just as simple as shrinking the precision-guided bomb, it also requires a rocket engine with greater thrust.
The aircraft's appearance also needs to be redesigned to make it more aerodynamic.
The materials no longer meet the requirements. After the speed and bomb load are increased, the requirements for the strength of the fuselage are also greatly increased.
Someone from Nyasaland Aviation had by this time become a public enemy of engineers in southern Africa.
Someone: I have a new idea
To all aerospace engineers in Southern Africa: shut up!
After listening to Gavin's introduction, Rock was speechless for a while.
No technology is achieved overnight, and epoch-making weapons like the Gatling finally found their place after being switched to electric drive.
After Maxim originally invented it, he had to wait until smokeless gunpowder was put into use before the jamming problem caused by the accumulation of black powder residue could be completely solved.
All Rock wanted was a jet that could be used in actual combat.
Insufficient performance is normal, just continue to improve during use. The original prototype was actually a cockpit installed on the rocket engine, which was as crude as the propeller aircraft developed by the Wright brothers.
The simple propeller aircraft eventually developed into the "Cheetah" and "Falcon" that reached the pinnacle of technology.
Rock believes that as long as engineers are given enough time, jets will completely replace propeller aircraft sooner or later.
"So, until jet aircraft cannot completely replace propeller aircraft, jet aircraft will not be qualified for service at all." Rock was still a little angry. It seemed to Rock that some people in the Ministry of National Defense had begun to think rigidly.
"No, jet aircraft do have some problems now, such as insufficient technology, high cost, etc. Our front-line pilots are very satisfied with the performance of the 'Cheetah' and 'Falcon'. The principles of jet aircraft, and
Propeller aircraft are still different. We are now in a state of war. The Ministry of National Defense has concluded that it is best to wait until the war is over before discussing the issue of troop deployment." The reason Gavin gave is quite sufficient, and his thinking is rigid. Just try to embellish it.
Mature and prudent.
"What's the name of that Nyasaland Aviation engineer?" Rock was very interested in that engineer.
"His surname is Feng, and his name is Feng Ding." Gavin's expression was full of appreciation. Both generations of the Luo family attach great importance to technical personnel.
Feng Ding!
Roque seemed to have heard of this name and had an impression of it.
There are not to mention tens of millions of technicians in Southern Africa, but there are several million. Those who can leave an impression on Rock must have made outstanding contributions in some aspect.
"He is a millionaire. He once made improvements to hand-cranked computers, but he is very passionate about technology. After becoming a millionaire, he did not leave the research institute, but has been obsessed with technical research." Gavin.
The impression on Feng Ding was obviously more profound.
hand crank computer
Rock finally remembered, it seemed to be more than a thousand chapters ago.
But when it came to computers, Rock suddenly realized that he seemed to have ignored the issue of computers.
The first industrial revolution was represented by the steam engine.
The second industrial revolution was the age of electricity.
The third industrial revolution is mainly marked by the invention and application of atomic energy, electronic computers, space technology and bioengineering. Computers are undoubtedly the core of it.
During this period, Rock focused almost all his energy on the world war and neglected to pay attention to these basic technologies. This was a complete waste of time.
Fortunately, it is not too late to start paying attention to these aspects. Southern Africa still has a strong technological foundation.
