The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The periscope was quickly installed on the "target drone" according to Qin Chuan's idea, and a series of data adjustments were made to the navigation system based on Hannah's adjustment data.

So the second test flight a few days later went much smoother.

On the one hand, the success rate of Hanna's human operation is greatly reduced, which shows that the "target drone" has become more and more in line with the requirements of unmanned driving.

Of course, it is almost impossible to adjust all the data in one test flight. Hannah recorded that she controlled the "target drone" a total of five times during the second test flight, and the range was very small. In the first test flight, a total of more than 20 times were carried out, and more than half of them were large-scale controls.

In Hannah's words, "I almost fell asleep in it. It's so amazing. It can actually fly in the air by itself, just like a living thing. I've fallen in love with it!"

This illustrates two points:

First, Hannah's correction control is very accurate, because the control she performs is basic data. If these data are incorrectly adjusted, they will not be accurate.

Second, the control of scientific researchers is in place.

In short, the serious and cautious work attitude of the Germans played a big role in this, and it was especially important in this kind of test flight where the slightest mistake was made.

Another success was that Hannah successfully landed smoothly in the second test flight. The "target drone" didn't even suffer any damage, and of course Hannah didn't either.

This boosted the morale of the entire team and gave them great confidence.

"I think we can correct it completely with a few more flights!" von Braun said.

"Yes!" Conrad agreed: "Now it's five times, next time it will be four times, three times... When it can fly to two hundred kilometers without making mistakes, in principle it can complete the mission! "

"In fact, one hundred kilometers can be effective on the battlefield!" Qin Chuan said: "Because the closest location of Sicily to the island of Malta is only 90 kilometers, and there are also the closer islands of Panterella and Malta. Lampedusa, it is said that the Americans built another airport on Gozo Island!”

"That is to say..." Conrad said excitedly: "We can bomb the airports they built on these islands in Sicily. Oh... I can't help but want to see how it bombs the enemy's airports!"

"I would rather see their expressions when they are bombed!" Hannah interjected: "They will be frightened!"

The officers couldn't help but laugh.

What Qin Chuan and others didn't know was that their experiments in Salat had attracted the attention of the Allies.

Salat is the hinterland of Algeria, and originally Allied reconnaissance planes would not be interested in reconnaissance here.

On the one hand, this is because the distance is too far. It is more than a thousand kilometers away from the Gabes defense line. There are basically no reconnaissance aircraft that can fly such a long distance and then fly back.

On the other hand, it is a desert here, which has no great strategic value to both the enemy and ourselves.

The Allies only noticed this place because of an accident... A B17 bomber on a bombing mission broke down and broke away from the bomber group, and then lost its way and flew here.

Then, because he could not tell his position, the B17 pilot decided to lower his altitude to confirm.

As a result, they saw a tall reflector in an abandoned village in the desert... This launcher looked very awkward in the dilapidated house, and there were German defenses placed around it.

Bombers generally do not carry photographic equipment, but a war reporter happened to be on board the bomber, and he took a few photos through the window with his own camera.

Although the photo was blurry, it was still sent to the 15th Army Group headquarters.

"This may be just a trick on the part of the Germans or something like a radar antenna!" Eisenhower dismissed this.

"No, Ike!" Montgomery said: "The slope it lays definitely doesn't look like a radar antenna, and if it's pretentious... they shouldn't be in such a secretive location. If B17 hadn't mistakenly entered this area , we don’t even know this thing exists!”

Although Eisenhower thought Montgomery was right, he still did not take it to heart.

This is determined by the U.S.'s powerful navy, air force, and industrial system. Eisenhower does not believe that the Germans can do anything to change this gap in strength.

"We can send B17s to bomb it!" Eisenhower said: "Although the hit rate of high-altitude bombing is not high, as long as we send out enough bombers..."

"No, Ike!" objected Montgomery. "What if you blow it up? The Germans will soon build another like it somewhere else, and then we won't know anything about it!"

After a pause, Montgomery said: "I think we should hand it over to the British Intelligence Agency, at least let them check what it is!"

Eisenhower did not object because the British intelligence service was indeed more reliable than the American intelligence network.

The photos quickly reached England.

Originally, the British Intelligence Agency was not very interested in this thing... In the eyes of people of this era, apart from airplanes, warships, tanks, and artillery, what other things can show off on the battlefield?

The thing in the photo obviously does not look like a warship or a tank, nor does it look like a cannon, and it can also be ruled out as an aircraft... Therefore, the British Intelligence Agency concluded that this thing does not pose much of a threat to the Allies.

But Churchill couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the photo.

During this period, he was worried about not being able to find an excuse to keep the Allied forces in North Africa. The sudden appearance of these photos was like a life-saving straw.

"We should pay enough attention to this!" Churchill said to Menzies holding the photos: "It is very likely to be some new weapon of the Germans. If we don't figure out what it is, we are likely to suffer heavy losses on the battlefield. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Prime Minister!" Menzies replied.

Menzies is the director of the British MI6... The British Intelligence Agency is divided into MI5 and MI6. The former is mainly responsible for domestic intelligence security, while the latter is mainly responsible for foreign intelligence collection.

It's just that Germany launched a blitzkrieg at the beginning of the war and took over one country after another at lightning speed. The intelligence networks of MI6 in these countries were also destroyed one by one without any preparation, so that many foreign intelligence work had to be carried out by MI5.

If it weren't for the great contribution of MI6 in code breaking ("super secret" was implemented by MI6), I'm afraid MI6 would have been abolished.

Therefore, after receiving Churchill's order, Menzies immediately mobilized MI6 personnel to investigate the "iron frame" in the photo.