Chapter 003: The Manstein Project and Iron Fist 60
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After the award ceremony, Ji Feng, as the head of the empire, will arrive at the Prime Minister's Office. Compared to the real XTL, Ji Feng still prefers the Imperial Chancellery.
Next, Ji Feng thought of Joseph Goebbels. The Minister of National Education and Propaganda of the Third Reich was also one of the few who went to the end with XTL. When Goering and Himmler chose to betray XTL, he and his wife Magda generously went to justice. Magda even poisoned six of his own children with his own hands (and an eldest son, the son of the ex-husband of Goebbels' wife, who had escaped during the war at the front and was taken prisoner).
So Ji Feng decided to reuse Goebbels, even if it was just for the sake of his loyalty.
When Ji Feng made this decision, Manstein sent a battle plan - Manstein Plan. The main target of the blitzkrieg is France, a country that was once incomparably glorious. Now it's not much different from Italy, focusing on romance over practicality. The goal of the war was to get France to form an obedient French government in the south, Vichy France (Vichy France was annexed by Germany during Operation Anton, and it existed for less than two years).
Its main plan was similar to the original history, which was to find a way to compress the French army, and even directly put forward the decision to cross the Ardennes Forest. Ji Feng nodded yes, but when he thought that the "Enigma" cipher machine had been completely cracked, Ji Feng raised his head and said to Manstein: "Oh, my dear Manstein. This plan is so perfect, in order not to leak the secret, can you keep it with me? Manstein nodded and agreed, he was just a lieutenant general, and it was impossible to break the Führer's wrist.
Ji Feng thought that the "Enigma" cipher machine, which the Germans trusted very much, had been deciphered by the British army, so he thought of improving this cipher system.
So Ji Feng called the high-level personnel, and after some discussion, Himmler proposed to deceive the British army with a fake telegram to see what the result was.
When Goering, who insisted that "Enigma" was fine, saw Bello coming in with a telegram, he immediately understood that he was wrong, and he was completely wrong. As a result, everyone supported Ji Feng's improvement of "Enigma". Ji Feng proposed to add 6 rotors ("Enigma" originally only had 4 rotors), and then try his best to develop a new cipher machine. Then the chubby Bowman obeyed Ji Feng's order to allocate research funds.
Then Ji Feng proposed a new military rank system - the honor system. That is, a military rank system set up at the school officer and above, mainly set up the third-level star mang, the second-level star mang, the first-class star mang, etc., each stage is divided into three levels. This is a system that fades from other military ranks, mainly to maintain the fine traditions of the army. In order to appease Goering, Ji Feng immediately decided to make Goering a first-class star marshal. The Xingmang rank is mainly responsible for the traditional education of the troops, and can also intervene in command when the battle is critical, and enjoy a higher level of treatment. It can be said that being able to mix with the rank of star is fame and fortune, not only with real power, but also with treatment.
Then Ji Feng cheekily proposed the military rank that the head of state should have-Generalissimo Daxingmang, which was mainly to ensure his absolute leadership. The deputy head of state conferred the rank of generalissimo on the stars, which tied the political and military systems of the Third Reich together.
Civil servants, on the other hand, wear tawny uniforms and have administrative titles (this thing really exists, and the style of the uniform is roughly equivalent to that of an officer, except that the color, collar flower, cockade and rank are different). Bowman got his dream of the title of deputy minister, and in fact, as the Führer's private secretary and money bag, he had much more power than the minister.
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Ji Feng carefully studied Manstein's Manstein plan under the lamp, this plan was very precise, even a small detail was thought of, and there were even several backup plans. Perhaps it was precisely because of Germany's precise character that it was able to defeat so many strong enemies in the early stage.
Ji Feng found a problem: the most advanced tank in Germany is the Panzer4E tank, equipped with a 75mm gun designed for anti-infantry, which can only fire high-explosive shells (that is, the legendary high-explosive shells). However, the B-1 and S-35 tanks owned by the French army, as well as the Matilda infantry tanks of the British Expeditionary Force (mainly the Mk.1 and in the later part of the war, mainly the Mk.2) had very thick armor, and the losses would not have been small if they had only fired high-explosive shells.
So Ji Feng called Army Adjutant Shi Meng in.
Shi Meng, who was wearing a colonel's uniform, immediately stood up as soon as he entered the door, and the sound of spurs stabbing on the ground startled Ji Feng. Ji Feng asked him to be opposite him and take out the "intelligence" from the intelligence department that he had forged in advance from the drawer. He said to him: "Look, these three tanks are the ones that we will use for the enemy we will face in a year." Our main guns could not penetrate their armor. At a distance of 1000 meters, only FLAK18\38 was able to penetrate them. But obviously we can't produce these things in large quantities because their costs are just too high. The Air Force is also capable of blowing them up, but the cost of one Air Force attendance is too high. ”
Shi Meng nodded and said, "Yes, my Führer, we don't have a way to resist them now." If we attack recklessly, the loss will not be small. ”
Ji Feng followed his train of thought and said, "So I found a foreign supporter, who specializes in developing weapons and equipment. I asked him to develop an anti-tank rocket launcher for me, and this thing, it's great, it's great. He gave me the video and drawings of the test launch, this bazooka is disposable, the weight is only 2 kilograms, and one person can bring two. The armor-piercing warhead has a range of 70 meters (the actual range is 60 meters) and is capable of penetrating armor of 120mm, 60 ° no matter how far it is. However, the cost is not high, a bazooka only costs 275 Reichsmarks, and if it is mass-produced and reassembled (everyone knows), it can be reduced to an average of 200 Reichsmarks. ”
Shi Meng looked at the drawings and said to Ji Feng, "My Führer, can I take back a few sample bazookas and show them?" ”
Ji Feng smiled and said, "Of course you can." As he spoke, he opened the drawer and took out three Iron Fist 60 (i.e., Iron Fist Bazooka 60-meter type) and handed them to Stunt. It happened that Bowman came in, and when he saw what Ji Feng was holding, he immediately ran to Ji Feng, and said with a compassionate expression: "My Führer, how can you put such a dangerous thing in your desk?" What if it exploded? ”
Ji Feng pretended to be angry: "What's wrong?" Are you looking forward to me hanging? ”
Bowman immediately stood aside with an expression of "you have wronged me".
When Schunt left, Ji Feng took out a Luger P08 artillery model with a leather holster and an ordinary MP-38 from another drawer on his desk (the important basis for distinguishing MP-40 from MP-38 is that the former has no bulge in the magazine, and the latter has five irregular protrusions) and handed them to Bowman, saying: "My dear Bowman, my loyal Bowman, my brave Bowman." Shall I give you something? ”
With a "I'm for your good" expression, Bowman put the two guns in his desk.
Then Ji Feng took out three Iron Fist 60 nonchalantly, and said to Bowman: "Little Bowman, let's go to the test shooting factory, I believe that those guys in the army must have prepared to purchase in large quantities." ”
In fact, while Ji Feng was speaking, Shi Meng was rushing to the Führer's office in the large corridor of the Imperial Chancellery's palace with a letter signed by the army. Before leaving the General Command of the Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Brauchitsch, who had always been conservative, saw the importance of this weapon and had already notified Mauser, Krupp and other important arms companies to go to the test firing site.