Okamura Neji was right. As long as the imperial army is still in China, they will have to face any equipment developed or owned by the Eighth Route Army, even if this equipment has not appeared anywhere else and it makes him feel deep in his heart.
Feeling fear everywhere.
After thinking about this clearly, I started to get some ideas about the "special bomb".
Okamura Neji first found Akiyama Kenichi and asked some questions.
"Do you know about gyroscopes?" Neji Okamura asked.
"I know something!" Akiyama Kenichi replied with fear: "It is a device used for automatic balancing."
"Automatic? Balanced?" Okamura Neiji is very sensitive to these two words. Isn't the Eighth Route Army's "special bomb" considered to fly automatically?
"Yes!" Kenichi Akiyama explained: "Simply put, it is like a spinning top. It can reach a certain stability when rotating at high speed, and thus make some corresponding reactions!"
It’s not surprising that Akiyama Kenichi would know this.
The gyroscope was invented by a French physicist in 1850. After its invention, it was widely used in navigation and aviation flight instruments. It is no longer a "secret" in this era.
However, it was Hans's first initiative to use this thing on V1 missiles to achieve automatic driving.
Of course it was not Hans's first initiative at this time... To be precise, it was still Hans' first, because Hans had started research a few years ago, and at this time it should still be flying and testing to obtain data.
However, they are still testing it, but Wang Xuexin has already used it in actual combat.
I guess Hansna was confused when he heard the news: What happened? Has the result been leaked?
Impossible!
Let’s not talk about how strict the confidentiality work is. We are still in the test flight and have not yet implemented automatic driving. Others over there can already fly dozens of kilometers!
There is only one possibility. When we thought of this idea, others also thought of it, and they even developed it one step ahead of us!
But……
That was China, a China with backward industry. Even the rifles had to be imitated by the working drawings and inspection sample drawings provided by us! (Note: China was officially copied from the drawings provided by Hans)
More and more... What’s incredible is that it was the Chinese Eighth Route Army that made this thing!
Okamura Neiji was silent for a while, and then asked: "Akiyama-kun, do you think... is it possible to achieve automatic flight of rockets by adding a gyroscope? What I mean is, there is no need for a pilot, this aircraft can
Flying in the air automatically!”
Akiyama Kenichi immediately understood what Okamura Neji was talking about. Wasn't that the "special bomb" they had been speculating about during this period?
In an instant, Kenichi Akiyama felt dry and speechless, because this was something he couldn't even think about. It was like a plot in a science fiction movie. If there wasn't such a thing that fit this idea, he
I will definitely deny this idea without thinking about it, and even regard this idea as a joke.
However……
Akiyama Kenichi did not answer easily. He swallowed hard and asked: "General, why did you say that? Did you get some information?"
Okamura Neiji nodded, and then handed the secret message to Akiyama Kenichi.
When Akiyama Kenichi took the telegram and read it, his head went into chaos. His face was full of disbelief, and he said to himself:
"It's amazing! It's a miracle!"
"I can't believe they can do it!"
"How did they do it?"
"No, this is impossible!"
…
Okamura Neji asked: "Is it impossible?"
"No, no, no..." Kenichi Akiyama quickly replied: "Your Excellency, in theory, this is possible, but it is very difficult!"
The "impossible" that Kenichi Akiyama said did not refer to the gyroscope itself, but that he could not believe that the Eighth Route Army could successfully develop it.
"In principle?" Neji Okamura was obviously not satisfied with this answer.
Kenichi Akiyama replied helplessly: "Although I don't want to admit it, General, from the combination of our existing puzzle pieces and intelligence, it is likely to be an autonomous aircraft with a gyroscope, which can indeed solve the problem of rocket accuracy."
The problem. The reason is...it does not completely rely on the rocket thrust to control the direction. It can be adjusted using the stability of the gyroscope!"
Kenichi Akiyama's analysis can be said to be profound, and its principle is indeed true.
The reason why rockets are not very accurate is because the solid propellant cannot be absolutely uniform, so the thrust after ignition must be stronger in some parts and weaker in others.
Even if the solid propellant is idealized and it can be made absolutely uniform, differences in air density, changes in wind force, etc. will affect the thrust of the propellant and cause it to change direction.
Previous rockets, whether they were rocket launchers or rocket launchers, were all launched into the air and then propelled forward by the propellant.
But if a gyroscope is added and its stability is used for adjustment, its accuracy can of course be improved in theory.
After listening to the analysis of expert Kenichi Akiyama, Okamura Neji was even more certain that this equipment of the Eighth Route Army was like this.
Kenichi Akiyama continued his analysis: "But it is very difficult to do this, especially the automatic adjustment of the gyroscope. There are too many possibilities..."
Okamura Neji impatiently interrupted Akiyama Kenichi: "What we need to know now is not how difficult it is to develop this equipment, but that it is right in front of us, and we need to find a way to deal with it!"
Only then did Kenichi Akiyama realize that his thinking was not on the same level as that of Neji Okamura: Kenichi Akiyama thought about research and development itself and focused on scientific issues, while Neji Okamura thought about war and how to respond!"
Akiyama Kenichi said in embarrassment: "Your Excellency, General, I don't know its specific data, and of course I have no way to find a way to deal with it!"
Okamura Neiji cursed in his heart: These guys who are engaged in scientific research, wouldn't they find a way to substitute themselves as opponents?
Okamura Neiji came from an intelligence background. In intelligence work and war, he often put himself into the enemy's state and thought about the enemy's thoughts, so he felt that other people would do the same.
However, Kenichi Akiyama seems to be lacking in this aspect.
After thinking about it, Okamura Neiji reminded: "If this is a gyroscope autonomous aircraft, does it fly like an airplane? Judging from its explosive power, it carries hundreds of kilograms of explosives.
With such a heavy weight, and being driven by a solid gunpowder column...can we guess that its flight speed will not be faster than a rocket, or even faster than an airplane?"
Akiyama Kenichi was convinced after hearing this. He nodded in agreement: "Yes... it's possible!"