Re: Blood and Iron

Without the approval of the use of his cluster munitions, as Bruno had expected the Kaiser to do, this meant that the final push into France would consist of more conventional weapons. Something Bruno found to be distasteful.

But to be fair, the current cluster munition stockpile would only last about a month at the current rate of Germany’s shell usage. Which by now had reached its zenith, being comparable to what Germany was using in the final year of the war during his past life.

They were better off suited as a weapon to be deployed in the off-chance Germany screwed up so badly that they found themselves in a scenario where their borders were being overrun by the enemy.

A secret weapon if you will, or a reverse uno card, as Bruno liked to call it. As a result, after discussing the matter with the Kaiser at length, Bruno and his family would retire to their estate for the day. Where the man began drafting plans for next generation aircraft, which he hoped would begin seeing service in the German Armed forces at the start of the coming decade.

Bruno was already making preparations for the start of the second world war. As though he hoped the victory obtained soon would prevent its outcome, he suspected it would happen, regardless. But if these weapons were discovered before the war began it would inspire his rivals on the global stage to try to catch up as quickly as they feasibly could.

As a result, Bruno had several of what he referred to as decoy projects. This was a generation of equipment in between what he intended Germany to field when the second world war finally reared its ugly head.

Weapons that could prove reasonably useful during the Interwar period leading up to it as both a decoy if built in sufficient numbers, to distract rival intelligence agencies, as well as in foreign aid to potential allies.

Because of this, as Bruno looked at the development of the aircraft, he decided to use aircraft that were also initially developed during the interwar period of his past life as inspiration. Whether it was BF-109 fighters, which depending on the model could perform a variety of roles, or the Dornier Do 17 light bomber.

Which, while vastly superior to the He-51 bombing variants which Germany currently used to limited effect, were still lacking in range, and power. In fact, as Bruno thought about it, his use of the He-51 primarily as a fighter, reconnaissance, and close air support plane had actually changed the outcome of arms development.

He did not have a functional heavy bomber, or even a medium bomber for more serious bombing raids, instead choosing to use artillery over air power in that regard during the war. And, because the war was ending so soon, nobody had really developed a heavy bomber as they were too busy trying to shoot German planes out of the sky, and failing in that regard.