Night bombing places very high demands on the crew. Night bombing will only be carried out in desperate situations, after all, it is impossible to see clearly at night. Now the U.S. bomber force has no choice but to switch to night bombing. After the b29 bomber is manufactured, they will definitely resume daytime bombing. As for this period of time, it is still difficult for them to achieve more results in night bombing.
Hearing Major Cromlin's words, Qin Baoshan nodded. This is really not wrong. It will not be easy to carry out night bombing next. But the way is always figured out by people, as long as you use your brain, you can think of a way. Qin Baoshan can give him several suggestions without even thinking about it.
"First of all, if we can dispatch more bombers, then we just need to target and bomb big cities. It doesn't matter where we drop the bombs." Qin Baoshan began to talk about his theory. Because at the very beginning, Qin Baoshan told Major Cromlin that if he wanted to completely attack the military production of the little devils, he had to carry out indiscriminate attacks. Because the military production of the little devils is different from that of other industrial powers, most of them produce parts from handicraft workshops. Those handicraft workshops exist in every corner of the city, so blowing up a few large military factories is not a way to completely solve the military production problem of the little devils. The only way to completely kill them is to carry out a carpet bombing. It is precisely because of this that Qin Baoshan suggested that they use incendiary bombs, which are much more effective than ordinary bombs.
"Secondly, if we can't dispatch a large number of bombers, or the current small batch of bombers, then we can throw flares." The biggest problem with night bombing is that we can't see the target, so after the formation flies over, the first bomber The bomber can drop the next flare first, and under the illumination of the flare, the area below is bright. At that time, other bombers will drop their bombs at Fengfeng, which will solve the problem. If the quantity is not enough, then use flares to make up.
"In the end, we can still rely on the advancement of technology." Qin Baoshan finally said: "If we can have suitable night vision equipment, then we can continue to bomb at night."
The suitable night vision device Qin Baoshan mentioned is of course a night vision device. If it comes to later generations, it will be commonplace to fight at night. The party with a technological advantage often uses the tall night vision goggles. At that time, the performance of night vision devices was very advanced, and there was no difference between seeing things at night and during the day.
During World War II, night vision goggles were developed. If you want to talk about the most talked about, of course it is the German night vision device code-named vampire. This kind of night vision device has an infrared headlight. After it is irradiated, it is reflected on the target and shot into the eyepiece of the night vision device, so that people can see things in the dark in the distance. The Germans have developed many styles, some of which can be mounted on automatic rifles. Some can be mounted on cannons and tanks to meet their combat needs. It's a pity that proud German soldiers don't like this kind of stuff. It was thought that he did not satisfy the spirit of chivalry, and he had to use it until the later period of the war.
In fact, apart from the Germans, other countries are also developing these things. If you want to talk about the world's first night vision device, it should be able to be placed on the heads of Americans. Before World War II, a Ph.D. working in the American Broadcasting Corporation invented the first night vision device, but the technology at that time was too backward, bulky, expensive, and of no practical value.
However, this has attracted the attention of others. Various night vision devices have entered the development stage. For example, the British night vision device code-named "Infrared Tabby" was developed in 1939. In 1942, it was equipped with British intelligence services.
As for the United States, not to be outdone, it began to produce t120 night vision devices at the end of 1943. After this kind of night vision device has been improved, it can be installed on the m1 carbine. Although the number of service is not large, there are only a few thousand sets during the whole World War II, but there are many legends left behind. For example, the little devil was killed After being surrounded by the Americans, they planned to break out at night. As a result, they were surprised to find that as long as they came out of their hiding place, they would be killed by the Americans. The little devil was completely confused, not knowing what was going on. It wasn't until the end of the war that the little devil knew that the Americans were equipped with advanced instruments that could see targets clearly at night.
When talking about these things, Qin Baoshan felt a little excited. The Eighth Route Army often fights at night, not because the Eighth Route Army is really good at it, but because it is the world of little devils during the day. There are planes overhead and gun towers all around. The little devils would often block the Eighth Route Army. In order to gain tactical advantages, the Eighth Route Army could only continue to develop night operations.
This is also because the little devil does not have any night vision equipment, otherwise, the Eighth Route Army will definitely suffer a lot.??. Now, with the help of the Americans, if the technology of American night vision devices can be brought over, if the Eighth Route Army can be equipped with a batch of night vision devices, it will be of great help.
If you want to achieve this goal, you have to fool around a lot!
Qin Baoshan rolled his eyes and continued to ask Major Cromlin: "Do you know anything about this equipment?"
Hearing Qin Baoshan's question, Major Cromlin nodded. He really knows these things. Many domestic manufacturers are developing related products, and he has also been in contact with them. This thing should be quite confidential, and the Qin Baoshan in front of him didn't expect to know these things. It's amazing! Among the Eighth Route Army is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
"Then do you know the principle of this equipment?" Qin Baoshan continued to ask Major Kromlin. This stopped him from asking, and he didn't study this thing, he just heard about it.
Looking at Major Kromlin's appearance, Qin Baoshan knew that he didn't understand, so it was fine, and he could fool around casually. Qin Baoshan smiled and said to him: "Then let me introduce you to the basic principle of the night vision device."
The principle of night vision devices in this era is not complicated, and they are almost the same. The target is illuminated by the infrared headlight, and after being reflected back, it reaches the user's eyepiece.
"However, this kind of night vision device has an inherent shortcoming. Just like a flashlight illuminates in the dark, the distance that people can see the target depends on how far the infrared headlight can illuminate. And the infrared headlight's The brightness depends on the energy source. Our pilots can¡¯t use it.¡± Qin Baoshan said. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com