Chapter 857 Paris

The category has fallen to the second place, brothers, do you still have monthly tickets?

When sitting in the jeep and setting off again, Qin Chuan kept thinking about a question... In fact, the best material for making armor-piercing bullets is not tungsten, but depleted uranium, the main component of which is uranium 238, which is a byproduct of the preparation of radioactive isotopes such as uranium 235, which is the so-called depleted uranium bullet.

Like tungsten, depleted uranium has the characteristics of high density, high hardness, and high toughness, which makes it very suitable as an armor bullet... The high density makes it have greater kinetic energy after being fired, the high hardness enables it to penetrate the target armor, and the high toughness makes it difficult to break.

In particular, depleted uranium bullets also have self-sharpening properties that tungsten core bullets do not have.

Most substances are self-blunting, such as a sharp kitchen knife that becomes duller and duller with use, and needs to be sharpened to restore its sharpness. The same is true for tungsten core armor-piercing bullets. When it hits the target and penetrates the armor, it will become duller and duller due to collision and friction with the armor, so the penetration will become worse and worse.

This is not the case with depleted uranium bombs. After hitting the target, the tip will peel off in a small area like a crystal, so the tip will continue to be sharp, which will make its armor-piercing effect much better than tungsten core bullets.

However, Qin Chuan did not bring up this idea in the end... On the one hand, tungsten core bullets are completely sufficient in this era and there is no need to make it so complicated. On the other hand, this technology, that is, refining uranium 238 and using it as a material to make armor-piercing bullets, is too advanced, and Qin Chuan cannot justify himself.

The journey was relatively smooth, mainly because the almost continuous bombing by the US and British forces forced Qin Chuan and his party to hide during the day and travel at night.

The bombing by the US and British forces may be considered dangerous for the French people who have always lived in peace, but for Qin Chuan and others, it is not a big deal at all... These bombers will not target civilian houses, because this is France.

Of course, there will inevitably be accidental bombings. After all, precision-guided bombs have not appeared in this era, and there are so many bombers sent by the United States and Britain, and there are inevitably some rookie pilots among them.

Qin Chuan had seen a row of houses that had been bombed into ruins... The target of the bomber should be a bridge dozens of meters away, but the bombs all fell on the houses, and the bridge was not damaged at all.

A group of French people cried and tried to rescue their relatives from the ruins, but it was obviously a waste of effort.

Qin Chuan knew that it was harder to find a few survivors in such a thorough destruction than to win the lottery.

However, such a phenomenon was not common.

So Qin Chuan and Colonel Slaine could live in French houses without worry during the day... These houses could allow German officers to enter and exit, and all you had to do was pick out the biggest and best ones, because it meant that the owner was richer.

Then knock on its door, and the owner would do his best to entertain the "visitor".

This made Qin Chuan feel a little guilty, because Qin Chuan could see the panic on the faces of the owners all the time, and sometimes Qin Chuan could scare the owners with just a cough.

Qin Chuan wanted to tell them that they didn't have to do this, they were just staying for a while to avoid the bombing and would leave at night, but Qin Chuan knew that it would not work.

Especially at this time... the French also knew that the US and British coalition forces were about to attack, so their minds would be in a state of hesitation, excitement and contradiction.

They would guess whether the Americans or the Germans would win the battle. If the Germans won, everything would remain the same. If the Americans won... what would the Germans do before leaving?

These thoughts would make all the French feel uneasy. Sometimes the more you comfort them, the more they will feel that this is "crocodile tears", so Qin Chuan finally learned to give up.

Colonel Slain told Qin Chuan a trick: "If you act very busy and tired, and treat them as air... then they will feel much better!"

Qin Chuan tried it and found that it was true.

So in the next few days, Qin Chuan often discussed something with Colonel Slain after living in the house, and occasionally laughed, as if the French who were busy around did not exist.

However, this kind of pretending still made Qin Chuan feel bored, and they finally arrived in Paris a few days later.

Unlike the tense atmosphere Qin Chuan saw along the way, Paris did not have the tense atmosphere before the war at all. It was still full of lights and people and cars on the streets... Qin Chuan and Colonel Slaine arrived in Paris at three o'clock in the morning. At this time, other places were pitch black. On the one hand, of course, it was because they wanted to sleep, and on the other hand, some people were worried that turning on the lights would be targeted by bombers.

Although this worry was unnecessary, the people would always do the most thorough.

Paris was brightly lit at this time. When the jeep passed through the streets, music and laughter could be heard from time to time, and occasionally dancers could be seen dancing in pairs through the windows.

The car stopped in front of a building. It was the German headquarters in Paris. Several guards stood at the door, smoking and talking about something. When they saw Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan get out of the car, they quickly threw away their cigarettes and saluted.

"Sorry, sir!" A lieutenant came out of the sentry box, saluted the two and said, "I need your ID!"

Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan handed over their IDs.

The lieutenant took the IDs and flipped them open skillfully and compared them with the two of them, and then something strange appeared in his eyes.

"Sorry, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel!" The lieutenant said, "I didn't know it was you, it's an honor to meet you..."

"Can we go in?" Colonel Slain asked impatiently.

"Of course!" the second lieutenant replied: "But Marshal Rommel told me that he asked you to find him in La Roche-Giron!"

"Marshal Rommel isn't here?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" the ensign replied: "He moved out from here a few days ago!"

A few days ago, Qin Chuan and others were still on their way here... Although Colonel Sly brought a radio, he did not receive Rommel's telegram.

"Laroche Guiron?" Colonel Slain asked.

"Yes!" the lieutenant replied: "37 kilometers downstream along the Seine River, there is a village, that is La Roche-Guillon!"

Qinchuan and Colonel Slain looked at each other. Both of them knew that this was Rommel's style. He didn't like the bustling city, and he preferred the quiet countryside.

However, later Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain learned that the reason why Rommel would move the headquarters from Paris was not because he liked the quiet countryside, but because he could not find recognition here.

In fact, it is not just "unable to find identity", it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "isolated" or "marginalized".