Battle of the Third Reich

A 　　 orange-red sun rises slowly, and it is a refreshing winter dawn. The forest grass is covered with a thin layer of mist, like the light golden light gauze.

Disenhofen came to the head's bedroom on time and awakened Xu Jun from his sweet sleep. The warm blanket was full of temptation to the head of state, but the adjutant lord cruelly opened the curtains, the bedroom was suddenly filled with the dazzling sunrise, and the imperial head of state’s bed plan was defeated before it was implemented. Under the supervision of the adjutant, he got up to wash his clothes and eat breakfast.

Today Xu Jun’s schedule is not very full, but there is an important diplomatic meeting at 11 o’clock in the morning. He will meet with the newly appointed Romanian ambassador in his office and accept the credentials submitted by the other party, so he must return to Berlin before 10 o’clock. The capital of the heads of state. I didn't need to elaborate on that busy day. The head of state finally got on his own car on time. After a warm farewell from a group of officials and officers of the proving ground, he quickly left Kummersdorf.

Seeing the gleaming silver heads of vehicles driving on the highway, Goodrian lowered his saluting arm and turned to look at the chief of operations beside him.

"Let's go too, General Yoder."

"Okay, let's take my car this time, Goodrian." Yoder pointed to his Mercedes.

"No problem." The armored lieutenant general nodded and expressed no opinion.

In the past, these two people had not been very close to each other. This cooperation was entirely due to the orders of the head of state, and of course there was no resistance.

There are many similarities between Goodrian and Manstein. Both are excellent tactical experts. However, compared with Manstein, Goodrian is less proud of being a man. Therefore, although the number of Guderian's friends in the German Command and the Army is not large, he has not established many stubborn enemies.

Xu Jun also has a good opinion of this eloquent star, because he likes to speak out when he finds a problem, especially in the Eastern Front. When Hitler was able to listen to it even once, the outcome might change.

Later generations often like to compare Guderian to a fox. The two people do have similar backgrounds. They both started as light infantry commanders when they joined the army. They also became armored force commanders before the outbreak of World War II. Heweiwei was laid on the French battlefield.

However, in Xu Jun's view, only Guderian is the real expert in armored warfare, and Rommel only transferred his experience in light infantry command to tank combat command. Studying Rommel’s battle example, you will find that this marshal is better at using artillery and infantry in the battle, but often has tactical mistakes in the use of tanks, but his opponents are often more wasteful, so they are winning. There is nothing wrong with the hero under the aura.

Rommel is really good at using some effective tactical tactics. Of course, he will be overwhelmed by opponents who lack anti-tank capabilities or tactical rigidity. Once he encounters a strong bone with strong strength, this fox is often beaten to doubt his life.

Xu Jun always felt that if Rommel was sent to the Eastern Front, the end might be more miserable than Paulus, at least the friendly support will never come on time.

Guderian and Yoder chatted all the time about gossip without much nutrition. During this time, the units were busy expanding their troops. Apart from fighting in the Arabian Peninsula, there were not many new things to talk about. Not only did there be a new king over there, it is said that even the country name was changed, and under the impetus of the British, the peninsula regained its balance of power.

Küchler’s troops were gradually withdrawing from the peninsula to reduce the pressure on logistics. Germany consumed a lot in this war, but the gains were much greater than the losses. Not only did it control the important Middle East trade hub, it also obtained The most precious oil resource. After taking the peninsula, this important trade route between Asia and Europe will be completely stabilized, and will not be cut off again for at least a few years.

The convoy carrying the two generals soon arrived at the armored vehicle test site. Today is a comprehensive demonstration of the mechanical power and firepower before the equipment is finalized. The equipment is mostly prototypes, so there are many technical personnel from the factory.

Yodel's Mercedes Benz stopped at the edge of the parking apron, only a few meters away from the nearest prototype. After getting off the car, he nodded his thanks to the driver who helped him open the door. Guderian put on the military cap on his head.

"It looks smaller than I thought." He looked at the new equipment waiting to be finalized and explained his first impression.

"It's really impressive. Although I have seen its photos yesterday, I don't know what words to use when I see the real thing in front of me." Yodel walked to Guderian, the same A look of emotion.

"Good morning, General Yoder, General Goodrian." An army lieutenant colonel in a leather trench coat greeted him and saluted the two generals respectfully.

"Good morning, Lieutenant Colonel Kreinberg." Guderian reached out and shook hands with the project's chief officer.

Kreinberg is not a technical bureaucrat, but an administrative officer dispatched by the Army, responsible for the operation, liaison and quality control of the entire project.

"How about the vehicle? Is it possible to experiment normally?" Yoder then shook hands with the lieutenant colonel.

"Everything is normal, General, these Rheinmetall technicians overhauled in the garage all night last night." Kreinberg made an inviting gesture and then took the two generals to the test car.

"Allow me to introduce the two generals to this unparalleled armored vehicle." The lieutenant colonel introduced exaggeratedly, looking like a kitchen supplies salesman.

"You must remind two people that this weapon project was personally formulated by the head of state. Both the design concept and the connotation are beyond this era." Kreinberg patted the armor plate of the prototype car with his hand.

"The head of state personally gave it a name, does Sorpion feel so intimidating?"

"Scorpion tank destroyer, project number" Goodrian received the technical file from the adjutant.

"I think it should be summed up as a self-propelled artillery, what do you think?" Yoder turned around and asked.

"I agree with you, but since the head of state has already decided, then there must be his consideration." Guderian decided to consider whether to make recommendations to the head of state after seeing the performance of this weapon. For this tank expert, as long as this weapon does have the anti-armor capability described on paper, it will be recognized and welcomed by him.

Goodrian held his hands and circled the prototype. The chassis of this car is not unfamiliar to him. It is known from a glance at the load-bearing wheels that it occupies 38 tons of the Czech Republic, which is a half of the German light adaptation.

Germany is not prepared to continue to open Skoda's tank production line, not because of so-called ethnic cleanliness, but purely economic considerations. 38t is indeed a **** car with balanced performance, but it is obviously outdated in technology, and it is difficult to cope with the brutal Eastern Front battle.

The Germans will gradually replace these tanks in 41 years, because most of the officers and soldiers driving these tanks have been in service for more than two years, and they have grown into veterans with rich combat experience. Lost on the battlefield. Therefore, in those modified designs of the German army, the preferred track chassis is this 38t.

The upper part of this 38t chassis is a special-shaped war room, and the front is a whole piece of inclined armor. I am afraid that there will be someone shouting "hunter" here, but don’t worry so much, let us look at it Move up again.

At the top of this armored room that looks like a "stalker", six large-caliber recoilless guns were erectly installed. This is not a hunter at all, but a German version of the 40-year magically modified version of the US military m50 Ontus self-propelled artillery.

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Today, after reading too much information, my eyes are a bit sloppy.