The reason why Wang Xuexin thought of v1 was based on the previous principle of "asymmetric combat".
To put it simply, the gap between China and the Japanese is too big. This gap is not only in weapons and equipment, but also in the entire country's machinery and industrialization level.
For example, Chinese aircraft can only rely on Yingjiang reinforcements. Every time they are beaten by the Japanese, they will lose one. Although they can achieve partial victory with tactics, courage and wisdom, the shortcomings are also obvious:
On the one hand, Yingjiang will definitely get stuck in the future... Yingjiang has never been an easy person to deal with, and their assistance will more or less have some conditions attached to it. This is not a good thing for the Eighth Route Army, and Wang Xuexin doesn't like this either.
On the other hand, it is impossible to achieve a comprehensive victory relying on the equipment of other countries. Even if victory is achieved, this victory cannot be separated from Yingjiang. As soon as Yingjiang lets go, he will lose... What kind of victory is this?
As for the Japanese plane, an airport was bombed today. Tomorrow, more fighters may be transferred from China, and they may even be more advanced fighters...
Wang Xuexin estimated that as more and more Yingjiang fighter planes are reinforced in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, "Zero" fighter planes will also appear on the Japanese side.
How will the Eighth Route Army respond then?
Therefore, when fighting an opponent like the Japanese, from China's current perspective, the most taboo thing is to follow the footsteps of others. Whatever the enemy does, follow behind and do whatever the enemy does. The result of this will be that you will always be one step slower than others and always be controlled by others.
...This is a bit like the stock market, where experts and traders dictate the general direction, and everyone who follows the trend loses their pants.
The Eighth Route Army had no choice but to form an air force. It was to defend the important town of Yuncheng.
But this does not mean that the development of the Eighth Route Army's military industry will go in the direction of producing aircraft... Aircraft cannot be figured out in a year or two, including engines, aerodynamic layout, avionics, etc. At this time, China is poor and in vain.
Screws cannot be produced, and building an airplane is basically a fantasy.
How many years does it take to understand the basic principles?
How many years will it take to establish a supporting industrial system?
It will take decades to produce an engine, right?
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When everything is built, it will be a long time!
And it is always chasing after others. If you want to overtake in a corner, you must have a complete industrial system.
But the v1 missile is different. This thing has not yet come out... Hans is the only one in the world who is working on it, and it is still developed secretly. No one else even knows that this thing exists.
It wasn't until 1944 that Hans used it to launch it towards the main island of Sun Never Set, hoping to use the bombing of this equipment to force Sun Never Set to surrender, and the world exclaimed... It turns out there is such a piece of equipment, it turns out there is such a thing in the world, it
No one is required to control it, it can fly in the air and even turn on its own!
(Note: The v1 missile actually does not have a tracking and steering function. The reason why people see the steering of the v1 is because the v1 is not yet mature. It will automatically turn when it is blown by the wind or malfunctions. Sometimes the steering happens to hit the target, which causes
The sun never sets, and even the whole world panics, thinking that Hans has a device that can automatically track targets)
Precisely because no one in the world except Hans knows about this equipment, it is possible for China to be at the forefront of the world, and therefore it is possible to form "asymmetric warfare" against the Japanese.
The same is true for modern China.
The enemies are all busy building aircraft carriers... We in China are relatively backward, so we will not follow this trend for the time being.
We don't build aircraft carriers, but we can build things that can destroy aircraft carriers, and we can achieve big results at a small cost.
So there is Dongfeng Express, and it is the only country in the world that can use ballistic missiles to attack aircraft carriers.
With Dongfeng Express, China does not need to use aircraft carriers to fight enemy aircraft carriers step by step. Instead, it achieves overtaking in corners at another strategic level, that is, fighting an "asymmetric war."
Once the safety issue is resolved, it is not too late to consider building an aircraft carrier and go deep blue.
Ah San is a counterexample... China has not yet formed a complete industrial system, so it is eager to buy and build aircraft carriers. As a result, aircraft carriers are available, but they have basically no combat effectiveness. There are even strange incidents of agricultural tractors towing aircraft on aircraft carriers.
As a modern person, Wang Xuexin certainly will not follow in the footsteps of Asan. He has always been very clear in the general direction of military industry development: to do it, we must make our own characteristics and make something that can counter enemy equipment.
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Does the enemy have tanks?
I have missiles!
Does the enemy have warships?
I have missiles!
Does the enemy have planes?
I have missiles!
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There is nothing that one missile cannot solve. If there is, then use two missiles!
This idea has been swirling in Wang Xuexin's mind for a long time, but has never been implemented because Wang Xuexin faced a dilemma: China has no industrial base and cannot produce key parts of missiles, even the crudest V1 missiles.
It is true that Wang Xuexin can ask Yingjiang for it.
The problem is...
If you ask Yingjiang for parts, wouldn't Yingjiang ask what these parts are for?
Will Wang Xuexin say it or not?
Not to mention, would you be happy to give it to me?
Having said that, with Yingjiang’s industrial level and technological level, Wang Xuexin’s idea was taken and developed in a matter of minutes.
Will China still want to overtake in a corner?
It’s fine as long as I’m not pressed to the ground and rubbed by Yingjiang!
Fortunately, an opportunity suddenly appeared in front of us...to improve the accuracy of rockets.
There is obviously no need to improve the accuracy of rockets, because they are positioned as cheap, mass-launched things. If the accuracy is increased, the price will also rise. After all, it is better to use this cost to make more rockets.
A few rockets and a few more rounds can still make a blind cat hit a dead mouse and achieve this accuracy.
But Yingjiang didn't know this. They were still struggling with the accuracy issue... Wang Xuexin had caught Yingjiang's psychology. He knew that the reason why Yingjiang wanted the Eighth Route Army to use rockets to fight more battles was to verify the feasibility of this tactic.
What worries me is the lack of accuracy of rockets.
In this case, Wang Xuexin followed suit. He said he was considering improving the accuracy of rockets, but in fact he was developing v1 missiles.
When Yingjiang discovers it one day, I'm afraid it will be too late... The v1 missile can't be reverse-engineered after seeing or knowing it. Yingjiang didn't develop it until Hans was defeated and many cost and scientists were taken away.
came out.
The only thing that worries Wang Xuexin is whether the top management of Yingjiang will be suspicious of this matter.
After all, using gyroscopes to improve the accuracy of rockets... seems a bit unreliable, at least no one in Yingjiang has such an idea.
What will Yingjiang do when he asks?
Wang Xuexin made up his mind. If he really asked me, he would just say that he was just hot-headed and try it!