Chapter 802 German-Soviet War (101)
After several disastrous defeats, the Americans finally learned that the German Navy was equipped with very advanced fire control radars, which could achieve accurate artillery fire at a distance of more than 20,000 meters. The fire control radar is not affected by weather, day or night, etc.; once a night battle breaks out, the enemy will only be beaten!
Therefore, President Wilkie is very concerned about the development of fire control radars. After all, although it is a good thing that several new warships are about to be put into service, without matching fire control radars, these emerging warships are like targets in front of the German Navy and have no ability to fight back.
"..." General Leahy couldn't help but sigh. You know, the development of radar is not achieved overnight.
In the original time and space, the United States started radar research slowly, and it was not until the mid-to-late 1930s that it began to develop. And the most important high-energy magnetron was helped by Britain.
The high-energy magnetron is the new device that has the greatest impact on radar in World War II. It enables radar to work in the microwave band with greater pulse intensity. It has improved the target comprehensive resolution accuracy (sharpness), azimuth accuracy and distance accuracy by orders of magnitude, made the antenna smaller and more powerful, made the sea surface and terrain interference clutter better detectable, made the pulse width reach the microsecond level, shortened the minimum detection distance from half a mile to a few hundred yards, made the interceptor's guns completely controlled by radar, and made the bulky antennas smaller to fit into the wings or bomb-sized pods.
In September 1940 of the original time and space, Britain handed over magnetron technology to the United States. This was part of the Allied forces' mutual disclosure and joint electronic technology to defeat the Axis power strategy. The sample magnetron can emit 3000MHz microwaves at a power of 10KW. In order to take a shortcut, the US military decided to make only the necessary modifications and immediately put this extraordinary magnetron designed by the British into production.
Unfortunately, the British Empire had already received a lunchbox at this time, and the United States had no chance to enjoy the high-end technology provided by Britain, and could only explore step by step. Germany started researching radar technology as early as ten years ago, and it gathered the top scientists in Europe. How could the United States catch up in a short time?
General Leahy said helplessly. "Mr. President, it will take some time for our fire control radar to succeed." As for how long this "time" is, he doesn't know, and even the department in charge of radar research and development can't give an accurate time.
"..." President Wilkie nodded silently. He also knew that everything can't be done in one go; developing active sonar is already a great progress. In just a few days, destroyers equipped with active radar will be able to sink the damn ghost submarine of the German army. It is a happy event worth celebrating to make the German underwater submarine quiet a little.
"Tell them not to worry about the research funding. Developing it as quickly as possible is a great achievement." In the short period of more than half a year since he took office, two war bonds have been issued, the first was 8 billion US dollars, and the second was 12 billion US dollars; and they have begun to prepare to issue the third batch of bonds, which is expected to increase to 20 billion.
Moscow.
Eisenhower, who received the domestic order, went to Stalin and conveyed President Wilkie's intention to Stalin.
"Let us guard the Aleutian Islands?" Stalin frowned slightly.
He felt uncomfortable when he mentioned Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.
More than 70 years ago, the stupid Tsar Alexander II sold Alaska to the United States for $7 million plus a $200,000 handling fee. The average value of each acre of land in Alaska, which covers nearly 1.7 million square kilometers, was only two cents. The Aleutian Islands were given away for free as a bonus!
As for why Tsar Alexander II wanted to sell Alaska, it was because for the impoverished Tsarist Russia at that time, this piece of land was undoubtedly useless. At that time, the people's lives, treasury, and military of the Tsarist Russia were much lower than those of the surrounding countries. At that time, Alaska could be said to be barren and extremely cold most of the time. In the eyes of the world, this was a useless place; plus after the Crimean War in 1856, Russia was seriously injured. Russia was worried that the Russian Alaska colony would be taken away by British North America (now Canada), so it proposed to the United States, hoping to sell Alaska to the United States.
Many years later, a large number of minerals were discovered in the land of Alaska, and gold and oil were discovered from the ground. These materials made Alaska's industry more developed, and a large number of oil mills and mines were built in Alaska. Such a rich place brought a lot of convenience to the United States.
Whenever he thought of this, Stalin wanted to "take back" Alaska immediately and take it for himself. It's just that Alaska was not seized by the United States, but was purchased through a legitimate transaction between the two parties (to be more precise, the Tsarist Russia at that time almost begged the United States to buy Alaska). In this case, the Soviet Union wanted to take back Alaska, unless it declared war on the United States and forcibly seized it.
Eisenhower nodded. "Yes, Mr. Stalin. We suspect that the next target of the Germans is the Aleutian Islands. I believe you also know that once the Germans occupy the Aleutian Islands, our transportation routes will be cut off by the Germans." Not to mention the transportation routes, the entire Pacific Ocean will be in a passive state. It's really a bad situation.
“…” Stalin smoked his pipe silently. Let the Soviet fleet protect the Aleutian Islands. The waterway is important, but the combat effectiveness of the German fleet is not a joke. Several American fleets have been sunk, and the two Soviet-class battleships that they supported last time were also easily sunk by the Germans.
If they send a fleet to protect the Aleutian Islands, what if the German fleet really comes? By then, won’t their own family assets be lost? After thinking for a while, Stalin gave a vague answer. "I have to discuss this with others."
Discuss what! Eisenhower cursed in his heart, you have the final say in the entire Soviet Union, why do you need to discuss it with others? ! Are you distressed that those battleships were sunk by the Germans? ! Can't you tell the difference between the important and the unimportant? ! Can you beat Germany with your battleships? !
Eisenhower knew that it was useless to say more, so he got up and left. When he walked out of the office, he could hear a series of explosions overhead. It seemed that another German bomber was dropping bombs. "Damn it!" He hated Stalin more and more, and even the entire Soviet Union. He really wanted to return home immediately!