"Steel Sky" is defined as a "sci-fi black humor" film, which is quite interesting. Science fiction is science fiction, and black humor is black humor. The juxtaposition of these two concepts seems extremely rare. But the subject matter of this film is by no means unfamiliar, especially for history fans and military fans. The background of the film is set at the end of World War II in 1945, when Nazi Germany is about to fall. The Third Reich decided to send a group of elite corps to the back of the moon to establish a base, starting from the Nazi launch site in Antarctica. After more than 70 years of painstaking preparations, they will return to Earth in 2018 for revenge.
You might say that it is not surprising that we have heard too many stories of revenge. Indeed, the fighting and revenge between humans, humans and gods, and even humans and aliens have long been shown in novels and movies. But the beauty of "Steel Sky" is that the Nazis it sets are from aliens, but they are originally from the earth; or conversely, they are of the same kind as us, but they prefer to live in extraterrestrial space. Such a delicate relationship seems to be more shocking and terrifying than the clear contrast between humans and aliens. Are they enemies or their own? This is a basic question in ordinary science fiction movies, but here it seems that I don’t know how to answer it.
A good science fiction movie usually relies on a rigorous logical structure, an imaginative storyline, and calm thinking about the future destiny. "Steel Sky" is no exception. History fans and military fans probably know that the rumors that the Nazis did not die have never been groundless. There is now a large amount of information suggesting that the Third Reich did not completely perish in World War II. Before the fall of Berlin, its government and remaining troops had evacuated to secret overseas bases, which may include the Arctic and Antarctic. The retreat is mainly through submarines and flying saucers. As for whether they have the ability to reach the moon, it is another matter.
Nazi Germany's submarines and "wolf pack" tactics are well known, and the commander Karl Dönitz is even more famous. But how can they have flying saucers? A few years ago, an issue of "UFO Exploration" gave a detailed introduction to the history of the research and development of flying saucers in the Third Reich. At the same time, it is speculated that all UFOs that appeared around the world after World War II actually came from the Nazis, not from foreign countries. Space. It is said that someone in Antarctica has observed a huge luminous disc protruding from the water, which is considered by many to be a Nazi flying saucer. In addition, the unidentified diving objects (USO) that have been frequently seen in recent years have also been accused of being related to the formidable Nazi submarine. The naval formations of the United States and the Soviet (Russia) have repeatedly claimed to have witnessed unidentified diving objects, and their speed and depth of diving have reached staggering levels.
Reports of sightings of Nazi flying saucers have been around for a long time. According to the introduction of "UFO Exploration", at the end of World War II, many Allied pilots who went to bomb major industrial cities in Germany (such as Frankfurt and Dresden) claimed to have seen unidentified disk-shaped objects, and some even initiated these objects. attack. But almost all pilots who have witnessed such flying objects pointed out that they have never fought back, just hovered quietly in the distance, then climbed at a very fast speed, and disappeared in an instant. Will these be the latest secret weapons of Nazi Germany?
The evidence for the design and construction of flying saucers by Nazi Germany is solid. According to the information currently available in the Western research community, the first type of dish-shaped aircraft of the Third Reich was born in 1934 and was called RFC-1. And their research on such flying objects is said to have started from the beginning of the establishment of the Nazi Party in the 1920s. Before 1945, Germany Guxin had developed a total of five types of dish-shaped aircraft. In the late 1930s, Germany established the so-called "Blaster Lab-13", which is mainly responsible for the research of secret aircraft. Later, the scale of the laboratory continued to expand, and gradually recruited a group of the best talents from the Third Reich to participate in the "Bellon Disc" project. The most famous of these was probably the Austrian inventor Viktor Schauberger (Viktor Schauberger). ). Schuberg designed an extremely advanced "smokeless and flameless engine". It is said that when this kind of engine is working, it only needs water and air, and generates energy through the principle of "explosion" to provide power for the aircraft. In the 1945 test, the "Bielongcai Disc" climbed to an altitude of 15,000 meters in just 3 minutes, and was able to cruise at a high speed of 2,200 kilometers per hour, even turning at right angles. It's a pity that the "Bielong mining disc" was ordered to be destroyed before it could be mass-produced in the future. After World War II, the United States tried to buy a patent for a "smokeless and flameless engine" at a high price, but it was rejected by Schuberg. Therefore, this mysterious technology has not yet been fully understood.
In addition to the saucer-shaped flying objects, Germany's military singular creations also include ultra-long-range artillery, missiles, jet fighters, and airships. The world-famous Krupp arsenal is the representative of German military industry, and it is best known for its artillery. At that time, Tianjin Dagukou Fort was equipped with all Krupp cannons. During the First World War, the Krupp factory produced the famous "Paris Cannon" for the German army. This gun has a caliber of 210 mm, a barrel length of 34 meters, and a range of more than 130 kilometers. Although this cannon is extremely difficult to transport and easy to scrap, just like the "dumb guy" in Chaplin's "Shoulder Arms" (Shoulder Arms), the German artillery in World War I It can reach such a range, which shows the high level of steel smelting. In comparison, the main guns of the "Iowa" class battleships that the Americans are proud of have a range of only 40 kilometers, which can only provide cover for landing operations. During World War II, the Krupp factory absorbed the experience of the "Paris Cannon" and produced the more powerful Dora Cannon for the Nazis. In addition to the barrel length and range of the gun, the other parameters have reached the highest in the world (for example, the barrel diameter has been increased to an incredible 800 mm). In the 1980s, an Iraqi company tried to surpass Germany to create a super cannon capable of reaching the moon. But the news revealed that the boss of the company was assassinated by American agents in Brussels, and the super artillery died. With such a powerful weapon, the Americans will not stop, nor will the Nazis on the moon sit idly by, will they?
Nazi Germany took the lead in manufacturing missiles that could be used in actual combat. Although the structure and performance of the V-1 missiles at that time were far from contemporary missiles, and their appearance was more like an airplane, it is undeniable that the V-1 missiles were the originator of modern missiles. After the British Air War, the Luftwaffe suffered heavy losses, and the situation of the war was gradually reversed by the Allies. After entering 1944, the German army had to use a large number of land-based V-1 missiles to conduct "tomahawk-style" deterrent attacks on France and Britain, causing a large number of civilian casualties and social panic. In addition, German jet fighters have gradually begun to be put into use. Although the performance of several models originally designed is not good, for example, the "comet" has a total endurance of only ten minutes, and it is almost impossible to participate in actual combat. But after all, Germany had real jet fighters during World War II. The Soviet MiG-15 and the US F-104 (nicknamed "Black Widow") of the same type only emerged on the Korean battlefield. It is worth noting that Germany seems to be particularly fond of the research and application of airships-Zeppelin is a legend. It seems difficult for us now to understand. It can be imagined that airships were the most enviable way of travel back then, claiming to be more convenient and faster than cruise ships. The Empire State Building in New York, which was completed in 1930, also installed a 61-meter-high airship anchor tower on the 86-story roof. It is envisaged that passengers arriving from Europe by airship will disembark directly from the roof and arrive at the New World, and the customs is currently located in the Empire. The top floor of the building. What a bold and romantic idea! Unfortunately, the crash of the Hindenburg in 1936 changed everything. The airship was gradually driven into the cold palace by Germany. The anchor tower on the Empire State Building was eventually demolished due to accidents and inconveniences. This is the end of the airship era.
The rumors about the existence of the Third Reich (whether in the North, the North or the Moon) are not unrelated to these technologies that transcend the times, but are also closely related to some instructions from the Nazi leaders at that time. As early as 1938, the Nazis organized an expedition to the South Pole and claimed that the North Pole was the territory of the Third Reich. After that, Hitler specially appointed an experienced captain to open the "Northern Route" to Japan via the Arctic Ocean. This is nearly 20 years earlier than the US nuclear submarine Nautilus exploring the Arctic Ocean, and 70 years earlier than the five countries around the Arctic Ocean competing for Arctic resources. In addition, the Nazis were also suspected of secretly transferring high-purity enriched uranium to Japan through nuclear submarines to help Japan complete the manufacture of atomic bombs. At that time, German submarines could indeed submerged for a long time and did not surface for several months.
Many people have discovered from this that the reason why Nazi Germany was able to develop such weapons that surpassed the same generation may not only indicate its high level of industrialization and excellent talents. More importantly, it seems to be taking a scientific road completely different from ours-what we call science for them is just pediatrics; and their science, in our view, may be the so-called "pseudoscience" Or "black science". Although the forces have good and evil, and wars have victory and defeat, science should be borderless. We admit that the Nazis were super-epochal in technology, but we never affirm the contribution of any Nazi scientist. To some extent, this shows that the two have completely different scientific systems and do not recognize each other. However, what is worth thinking about is, if the results of World War II are contrary to historical facts, where will human science develop? What will our lives be like?
"Steel Sky" gave us exactly this hypothesis: if the Axis powers won the Second World War, with their scientific systems, would it be possible for us to avoid the current abnormal climate, environmental degradation, food shortage, and resource depletion? We are willing to believe that the Nazis still exist, and we are constantly trying to prove this existence. Isn't this a projection that we deliberately created because of our dissatisfaction with reality? People's flukes and reveries are intertwined and collided with the doubts and difficulties faced in reality, forming the deepest metaphor for human history and destiny. And the "black humor" of the film lies here-to use the future to satirize the present, and to use imagination to satire the reality.
From another perspective, if this kind of reverie is completely lost and the Nazis really kill from the back of the moon as in the movie, what should we do? This brings me back to the question I asked before: are they enemies or their own? As Nazis, they are heterogeneous; as human beings, they are of the same kind. So, should they be regarded as Nazis or humans in the first place?
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