Chapter 661: German-Soviet War (18)

"Oh? These Russians are also going to surrender? I thought they would fight to the death." In the German front-line headquarters, Kruger received the news that the Russians were going to surrender, and he couldn't help but mutter. They have already received most of the Ukrainian and Belarusian troops in the encirclement, but no Russian troops have surrendered so far.

Kruger also knew that these troops were almost out of ammunition and food, so he did not order an attack, just wanting to trap them to death. Unexpectedly, these Russians finally couldn't hold on and surrendered.

Guderian sneered disdainfully. "These bastards, they didn't join the 'Geneva Convention' themselves, but now they want to enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war? How can it be so good?"

The reason why Stalin did not sign the "Geneva Convention" was because he believed that the so-called international convention was nothing more than a political game for imperialist countries to divide the world's territory, which was contrary to the original intention of the proletariat, so he did not sign the "Geneva Convention". However, historians have such a statement: When President Roosevelt persuaded Stalin to recognize the Geneva Convention, the Soviet leader said: "I can't let the Soviet people know that the enemy also abides by the rules."

"Let's ask your highness how to deal with it." His highness only said that the Ukrainian and Belarusian troops were targets that could be won over, but he didn't say how to deal with these Russians. Maybe your highness wanted them to starve to death here.

At this time, a celebration banquet was being held at the German rocket launch base in the Sahara Desert in Algeria, and Yannick on the stage was talking freely with a microphone. "A long time ago, I discussed a question with the late Dr. Einstein, why does human society continue to fight? I think war is caused by human beings competing for living space and resources."

In fact, different types of people have different views on the root of war. For example, naturalistic war scholars believe that the root of war lies in the natural environment and human biological nature, and that war is a natural and eternal phenomenon. Christian war theorists believe that war is God's punishment for human crimes. Racists believe that the cause of war is the difference between superior and inferior nations. Modern geopolitical scholars believe that wars are based on geographical environment, that is, they are caused by the struggle for a certain living space and natural resources. Malthusians believe that overpopulation and hunger are the real causes of war.

Yannick is more inclined to the views of geopolitical scholars. "If we have inexhaustible land, inexhaustible mineral deposits, and inexhaustible energy, will there still be wars?" Of course there will be. Yannick silently gave an answer in his heart. Just like there is a very classic saying in the martial arts novels of later generations called "As long as there are people, there will be grievances, and there will be rivers and lakes where there are grievances, and people are rivers and lakes." Unless everyone becomes a saint with no desires, wars will never disappear and killing will never stop.

It's just that if there is really inexhaustible land and inexhaustible energy, wars should be greatly reduced. Of course, this is just his guess. Maybe by that time, the scale of war will become larger and larger, and the number of casualties will increase.

"The population of the earth is constantly growing, but our earth is so big. The number of people depends on the support of various resources. Once these resources are exhausted, the end of mankind will come."

"Only by heading into the vast universe can mankind avoid the fate of extinction."

"449 years ago, the great navigator Columbus discovered the New World, ushered in the Age of Exploration, and changed the course of world history. Today, you have opened another new era, and this feat is a hundred times and a thousand times greater than Columbus!"

"Your names will be passed down for centuries, and your achievements will last forever! When our descendants freely travel in the vast space, I believe they will sincerely thank these great scientists and engineers for their contributions to mankind!"

There was thunderous applause and cheers from the audience, and many people were so excited that they burst into tears.

After painting the pie, we still have to continue to talk about reality. After announcing the official start of the celebration banquet, we called in Dr. Braun. "Dr. Braun, how is the development of the new missile going?"

Dr. Braun, who is in charge of the missile project, can be said to be a genius in this area. In the original time and space, he first developed the world's first ballistic missile V-2 in Germany during World War II. After the war, he was taken to the United States in the American "Operation Paperclip" and led the development of the first ballistic missile of the US Army, creating the "Redstone" ballistic missile.

The Redstone ballistic missile is 1 meter long and 8 meters in diameter. It can carry a nuclear warhead with a TNT equivalent of 3.5 million tons (or a nuclear warhead with a TNT equivalent of 500,000 tons). The take-off weight is 763 tons and the designed range is 320 kilometers.

This missile can be said to be a replica of the V-2, but Dr. Braun has improved many places, such as the Redstone missile warhead has four wings a little further back. Dr. Braun believes that the main reasons affecting the combat effectiveness of the V-2 missile are accuracy and reentry speed. The accuracy problem was greatly improved by the high-precision air bearing gyroscope, and in order to increase the reentry speed, Dr. Braun designed a detachable warhead. Before the Redstone missile reenters the dense atmosphere, the rear half of the body will be discarded, and the four wings of the front body will become the tail fins of the reentry warhead after separation.

On the other hand, the Soviets also built the famous Scud missile based on the V-2 missile drawings they looted. The name Scud was originally a nickname given by the West to the Soviet R-11 missile and its subsequent version, the R-300 Elbrus. Later, it was widely used by Western media and became a general term for many types of missiles developed by other countries based on the Soviet R-11 prototype. Finally, it developed into a term for any ballistic missile that was not developed from a Western missile prototype.

Compared with the unknown Redstone ballistic missile of the American name, the Scud missile can be regarded as a big star and is a household name. First, its star effect. The Scud may be the missile with the most actual combat applications and launches besides the German V-2 missile in World War II, especially the live broadcast of CNN in the Gulf War, which made this missile well known to people all over the world. Second, this weapon has a great impact on the strategic game between some countries. In the following years, the United States’ containment of the spread of missile technology was mostly aimed at the Scud. Third, this missile has a wide range of spread. It is probably the tactical ballistic missile with the most countries equipped with it and the most copycat products developed based on it in history.

Dr. Braun said respectfully. "Your Highness, the development of the new missile is going smoothly."