Chapter 774: Accuracy
In the end, Churchill chose to compromise.
Churchill had to compromise, because Petry was right. At this time, Britain could no longer withstand another blow, and there was no need for Britain to bear such risks... All Britain had to do was to release the intercepted US aid, and then send it back.
Just add some supplies.
These supplies may be quite considerable for the British mainland, which is being blockaded by German submarines, but in the direction of Africa... it will just increase the burden on the colonies.
Of course, Churchill was still unwilling to give in during this period. He asked Petry and even Menzies (director of MI6) to investigate.
"If we can find out for ourselves what threatens homeland security!" Churchill raised the list in his hand angrily and said, "Then, I can spit on this thing and throw it hard in their face!"
However, the reality disappointed Churchill.
MI5 and MI6 failed to find out a clue despite all their efforts.
Regarding this point, I have to say that Beria was brilliant. He simply handed over this matter to Shulka, which caused the entire British Intelligence Agency to go in the wrong direction... MI5 and MI6
The focus was on what documents Shulka could possibly seize from the enemy, which of course was unlikely to succeed.
So a few days later, John appeared in Shulka's office again... This office was arranged for Shulka by Beria. In addition to several correspondents, Shulka's assistant also had an internal affairs department responsible for foreign intelligence.
Major.
This made Shulka feel like he was in another world, because not long ago, as an infantryman, the people he disliked the most were the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but now he works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and also commands the major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
I think back then, any captain from the Ministry of Internal Affairs could tell them what to do.
This office is not entirely aimed at the British. The task assigned by Beria to Shulka is to obtain as much information as possible about the Germans' new equipment in order to gain leverage in future negotiations with the British.
To be honest, there was not much progress in this regard, because the Soviet intelligence system was still relatively backward at this time, and they could not break into the German secret bases in a short time to obtain valuable intelligence.
In fact, at least part of the reason is that Shulka thinks it is unnecessary.
Because Shulka knew all the information he needed. He even knew the name, performance, and what it would develop into in the future.
Shulka felt relieved when he thought of this. Shulka already knew the information that the Soviet intelligence agencies dreamed of and even the agents could not obtain at the cost of their lives.
But this is also a burden, because Shulka knows clearly but can't say anything. He can only watch them work blindly with a stomach full of information.
As the saying goes, "If you plant flowers intentionally, they will fail, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will become shades." The main task of the office has made no progress, but a minor task has made rapid progress.
Kurchatov came to see Shulka several times during this period.
To be precise, it was not a few times but a few days... Ever since he had a conversation with Shulka, this guy seemed to be staying in Shulka's office.
"Comrade Shulka!" Kurchatov said: "As for your guess, I think there are some unrealistic aspects, such as the engine of this small aircraft... We all know that engines are very expensive, so using one engine to drive
Is it possible to launch a bomb at the enemy?"
"So this requires a cheap engine!" Shulka replied: "It can even be said to be disposable. There is no need to consider its lifespan, it only needs to be able to complete one flight!"
Kurchatov was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "This is indeed feasible. The Germans must already have this cheap engine and use it in this equipment! But in addition, Comrade Shulka, more
The big question is how do we let it find its target!"
After a pause, Kurchatov explained: "What I mean is... although we can use the gyroscope to keep it flying smoothly, we can't be sure that it has reached the target!"
"Time, Comrade Kurchatov!" Shulka said: "For example, if we want to bomb a certain city, then we can adjust its flight direction and use the experimental data to estimate its speed, and then...
…All we need is to set the time inside it!”
Time multiplied by speed equals the distance, and then you can roughly bomb the target city.
"I have thought about this too!" Kurchatov said: "But don't you think that if you do this, the accuracy may not meet combat requirements?"
Kurchatov is indeed a famous physicist in the Soviet Union. In fact, he can also be said to be a physicist for military applications. Otherwise, he would generally not consider the issue of whether the accuracy will meet combat requirements.
And the facts are indeed as Kurchatov said, because of the problem of a thousand miles difference, the V1 missile can easily deviate from the target by more than ten or even dozens of kilometers, even kilometers... This accuracy is almost nothing like "waste"
The same thing, but the Germans produced a large number of V1s and used them as artillery shells to hit London. They only required that they could bomb, but not that they could bomb accurately. This really scared the British.
The British did not know at first that the V1 missiles were not accurate, and thought they were going to blow up this building or that house. They even hit several important buildings by chance, and even hit them in a circle while turning around corners.
The British were so scared that they thought the Germans could fight wherever they wanted from thousands of miles away. So was it necessary to continue this war? So some people proposed to surrender to Germany.
"If you want to increase accuracy..." Shulka said, "why don't we combine it with radar?"
"What? Combined with radar?" Kurchatov couldn't help but be stunned. Radar was still a new thing at this time. Even if he was a physicist, he didn't know that radar could still do this.
"Yes!" Shulka said: "A very important point is that after this small aircraft is launched, we will not be able to know its position, and of course we will not be able to control it. If we can see it on the radar
And control it in real time via radio..."
"Great, Comrade Shulka!" Kurchatov exclaimed: "This idea is great, it... it is feasible, of course it is feasible! The accuracy can be improved in series, we even
You can control it to fly to the target! This is a transcendent weapon, Comrade Shulka, it is a great invention! In front of it, everything is unimportant! Oh my God! We have suppressed the war.
throat……"
Chapter completed!