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Chen Dao was not only an adviser to the Army Ordnance Bureau, but also Hitler's personal military adviser, and there were many military issues to plan for before leaving for India.

Chen Dao thought of a series of meetings to be held in the next few days, and secretly sighed in his heart.

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Hitler saw the attendees present and called the meeting to order.

"I have seen most of the new equipment of the army, so let's talk about the new establishment of the army, starting with the armored forces."

Guderian, the commander of the Panzer Corps, opened a notebook in front of him and looked at Hitler.

"Let me first talk about the establishment of the E50 Tiger tank, after feedback from previous battles, the establishment of the heavy armored battalion is not the most suitable formation, and it cannot fully exert the combat effectiveness of the heavy tank. It is usually manifested in the following points, one is that the heavy armored battalion is usually reinforced to the armored corps and other units, and the commanders of these armored corps like to split the heavy armored battalion into company-level units for use, which is contrary to our tactical principle of concentrating on the use of tanks, and because of the lack of infantry support, the tankers of the heavy armored battalion have to drive their own tanks or go to the front line in barrel trucks to reconnoitre.

After adjustments, we decided to upgrade the heavy armored battalion to a heavy armored brigade with the following formation:

The E-50 Tiger heavy tank battalion has four companies, each company has 14 Tiger tanks, plus four battalion headquarters, for a total of 60 vehicles.

There is a medium tank battalion with four companies, of which the first three companies are No. 4 H-type tanks, and the fourth company is No. 4 tank destroyers, plus four battalion headquarters, a total of 60 vehicles.

A battalion of panzergrenadiers riding in wolf infantry fighting vehicles, with four companies under its command.

An artillery battalion with three Wild Bee 150-mm self-propelled howitzer companies, a donkey self-propelled rocket artillery company and a Scorpion self-propelled cannon company.

An armored reconnaissance company with 14 Bobcat reconnaissance tanks.

There are also engineer battalions, anti-aircraft battalions, communications companies and logistics units. The whole brigade was about 5,500 people. ”

Hitler asked puzzledly: "Why was the fourth tank battalion formed in it?" Isn't it good to have all Tiger tanks? ”

This is the result of our well-reasoned reasoning, for the following two purposes. One is that the Tiger tank is a new type of tank, and the number is insufficient, and the other is that the weight of the Tiger tank is too large. Not only the Tiger tank, but even the weight of the E40 Panther tank is somewhat large, and there are many rivers in Russia, and many bridges cannot withstand the weight of the tank. In many cases, the Haw Par tanks had to wait for the sappers to reinforce the bridge before they could cross the river, which was very time-consuming. Tank No. 4 rarely encountered such problems. When encountering the problem of crossing the river, the fourth tank can cross the river first and seize the bridgehead. ”

Hitler nodded and said, "I understand, go on." ”

Guderian looked at Marshal Reichenau, who was sitting diagonally opposite.

Field Marshal Reichenau said: "After communicating with the SS, we decided to form fourteen heavy armored brigades, including ten in the Army, three in the SS, and one in the Polish Governor's Guard. The Führer's Guards Brigade stationed in Berlin can also be upgraded to a heavily armored brigade if you wish. ”

Hitler shook his head and rejected Marshal Reichenau's suggestion: "No, the Führer's Guards Brigade will basically not go to the front, and equipping them with Tiger tanks is basically useless except for military parades, so they will not be used for the time being, and we will talk about it after the production of Tiger tanks will increase in the future." ”

Reichenau wrote down the numbers.

"The number of heavy armored brigades is set at fourteen, and I will now ask General Guderian to explain the new formation of the armored division."

Guderian said: "The changes in the composition of the Panzer Divisions are mainly reflected in the Panzer Regiment, the Panzergrenadier Regiment and the Artillery Regiment.

The armored regiment is composed of two E40 Panther tank battalions, each with the same establishment as the Tiger tank battalion, 60 vehicles, and 120 vehicles for the whole regiment.

One Panzergrenadier battalion riding in Wolf infantry fighting vehicles, one Wasp 105-mm self-propelled howitzer battalion, one anti-aircraft company, one special engineer company and one self-propelled rocket artillery company.

The Panzergrenadier Regiment was formed by two Panzergrenadier battalions, all on SD KFZ 250/251 family armored vehicles. A battalion of tank No. 4, a battalion of Wasp self-propelled howitzers. In addition, there is an anti-aircraft company, a Grizzly assault gun company and an engineer company.

The artillery regiment was formed with 105-mm howitzers and equipped with three battalions of Wild Bee 150-mm self-propelled howitzers and one battalion of donkey self-propelled rocket launchers.

The focus of this change in the Panzer Division is to strengthen our operational principle of mobility + firepower, and at the same time to transfer all Panzergrenadiers to armored vehicles. ”

Hitler said: "What is the purpose of the mixing of units at the regimental level? ”

Chen Dao said: "The armored division is still a bit large, and the division commanders often split the troops into multi-arm mixed battle groups for use, and we do this to build the three regiments into three multi-arm mixed battle groups, saving the division commanders trouble." ”

Hitler asked: "The formation of Panzergrenadier divisions also embodies this principle?" ”

Guderian said: "Yes, the task of the Panzergrenadier Division is to provide additional infantry support to the Panzer Division, so the number of infantry will be larger.

The specific establishment is "one armored regiment, under the jurisdiction of two No. 4 tank battalions, one panzergrenadier battalion, one Scorpio self-type cannon battalion, and one air defense company, one Grizzly assault gun company, and one engineer company."

There are two Panzergrenadier Corps, each of which has three Panzergrenadier battalions, a Scorpion self-made cannon battalion, and one Grizzly assault gun company, one air defense company, and one engineer company.

The artillery regiment has two Wasp 105-mm self-propelled howitzer battalions, one Wild Bee 150-mm self-propelled howitzer battalion and one donkey self-propelled rocket artillery battalion.

Panzergrenadiers in the Panzer Division are all using SD KFZ 250/251 series armored vehicles, and Wolf infantry fighting vehicles are to be supplied to heavy armored brigades and divisions on a priority basis. ”

"Good, I understand. What's next? Hitler asked.

Marshal Reichenau said: "After careful review, we have selected five of the twenty-four armored divisions to be awarded titles, and priority has been given to withdrawing domestic rearmament and upgrading. The five armoured divisions were the 1st, 3rd, 7th and 11th and 21st armoured divisions. ”

Among them, the 1st Panzer Division awarded the title of "Imperial Eagle":

The 3rd Panzer Division awarded the title of "Imperial Iron Cavalry";

The 7th Panzer Division awarded the title "Devil";

The 11th Panzer Division awarded the Imperial Thorn Title;

The 21st Panzer Division awarded the Desert Sabre the designation. ”

When Field Marshal Reichenau introduced the titles, Hitler nodded repeatedly, only to frown when he heard the titles of the last two panzer divisions.

"What do you mean by Imperial Thorns? Does it mean that this division is like a thorn and is covered in thorns? ”

Guderian said: "Not only is there thorns all over the body, but once the enemy encounters this armored division, it will be like falling into a thorn group, and the more he struggles, the tighter he will be entangled, and then he will be eliminated." This is an armored division with excellent offensive and defensive capabilities. ”

"Oh, that's right. And what's going on with that desert saber? Hitler asked.

"I gave this name," Chen Dao said, "The 21st Armored Division is one of the few armored divisions that has been stationed in the desert area, and it is very likely that it will be sent back to the desert area when the war is over, so I think it should be named with desert characteristics." ”

Hitler nodded silently, and suddenly thought in his heart, did the five Panzer Divisions choose one from each of the five Panzer armies?

In this way, the five armored armies will have a strong sense of honor, and there will be no gap in their hearts.

Thinking about this joint, Hitler expressed satisfaction with this and muddy approach.

Marshal Reichenau continued: "Because we have carried out a general mobilization at the same time, the production of weapons is able to meet our needs, with the exception of some new ones. That's why we decided to upgrade parts of the Army and the Waffen-SS. On the Army's side, it is planned to upgrade the 1st, 30th, 44th and 78th Infantry Divisions to Panzergrenadier Divisions, so that we have eighteen Panzergrenadier Divisions. As for the Waffen-SS side・・・・・・"

Field Marshal Reichenau looked at Himmler, who continued: "The Waffen-SS plans to upgrade the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions to panzer divisions, and at the same time complete the formation of the missing 9th, 10th and 11th divisions, all of which are panzergrenadier divisions. Thus all twelve of our Marine Divisions were created. ”

Himmler glanced at Goering and Chen Dao, and then said: "With the strong support of the Air Force, our subsequent twenty tactical aviation divisions have been completed, which is enough to equip each group army on the Eastern Front with one tactical aviation division. ”

"At the strong suggestion of Generals Rosen and Guderian, we have made adjustments to the mass formation of the armored forces," Marshal Reichenau said. Prepare to form eight armored armies. ”

"Eight? So much? Hitler was taken aback.

"Yes," said Marshal Reichenau, "our plan is that each Panzer Army will be organized into three Panzer Divisions and two Panzergrenadier Divisions, plus a heavy armored brigade and a tactical aviation division, in addition to the artillery regiments, engineer and anti-aircraft units directly under the command of the army group.

This would require a total of 24 panzer divisions, 16 panzergrenadier divisions and eight heavy armoured brigades. After the completion of these formations, the remaining 90 Panzergrenadier Divisions and the Greater German Panzergrenadier Divisions were stationed in Palestine.

Of the twelve WAFF Marine Divisions, two were mountain divisions and one cavalry division, not counting these three divisions, the Waffen-SS had three Panzer Divisions and six Panzergrenadier Divisions, with one Panzer Division and two Panzergrenadier Divisions as one corps, a total of three independent Panzer Corps.

In this way, we have eight Panzer armies, in addition to three separate Panzer Corps, six separate heavy armored brigades and powerful reserves of the Reich Marshal Division, the Großdeutsche Division.

Of the eight Panzer armies, six fought on the front line, one as a reserve on the Eastern Front, and one as a general reserve at home.

The Waffen-SS's three independent Panzer Corps and six heavily armored brigades, as well as the Reichsmarshal Division and the Großdeutsch Division, were either fought independently or strengthened for the Panzer Army according to the needs of the battlefield. ”

"Well, good, I agree. What else to report? Hitler asked.

Marshal Reichenau said: "There are two detailed problems, one is that there is no army headquarters in the armored group army, and the army group headquarters directly commands the armored units of the five divisions and one brigade. This was General Rosen's suggestion, which would simplify the command process and speed up the response of the troops. ”

After Hitler was silent for more than ten seconds, he suddenly asked: "One command directly commands six subordinate units, which is barely acceptable." But what if there are new units that are reinforced, such as the Panzer Corps, so that the work of the staff officers will be very stressful. ”

"This is precisely the second detail I want to mention, because the corps units in the Panzer Army will be abolished, and many army commanders will lose troops, so we have done some remedial work," said Marshal Reichenau. The first is to stipulate that only the rank of general can serve as the commander of the armored group army, and then let those army commanders who do not have enough military rank go to the headquarters of the armored group army and serve as deputy commanders.

The first duty of these deputy commanders was to take charge of the logistics of the armies, which was a measure taken into account the high logistical needs of the Panzer armies and the poor state of the Russian traffic.

If a new unit is reinforced to an armored arm, or if it is necessary to temporarily form a corps-level campaign cluster, the deputy commander can temporarily serve as the commander to coordinate the operation of the troops. ”

"Is this kind of formation only used in armored forces?" Hitler asked.

"Yes, try it out in the armored forces first." Marshal Reichenau said.

"It just so happens that we can test the practical effect of this kind of formation in the winter defensive war." Hitler said.

After saying that, Hitler suddenly remembered something and turned his head to look at Goering.

"Herman, winter has arrived, when will your Air Force Field Division be in place?"

Goering said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The army has been basically formed, ten divisions, 100,000 people, all of them are elite. This winter, the Luftwaffe field division will become synonymous with terror. In three months, I will send another 100,000 men to the Eastern Front to support the army. ”

Goering's extraordinary self-confidence instantly attracted the attention of everyone, who first looked at Goering and then turned their gaze to Chen Dao.

Hitler also understood, and asked Chen bluntly: "Heinz, what is the strength of this air force field division?" ”

People are forced out, and when Goering's brain was hot, he claimed to set up an air force field division to go to the Eastern Front to brush up his achievements, and immediately made Chen Dao possessed by the ghost of Alexander the Great again.

Words are like water that has been spilled, and it cannot be recovered.

Under heavy pressure, Chen Dao really found a good solution to the problem after some careful thinking.

Chen Dao talked eloquently under the curious gaze of everyone.

"It is nothing more than to carry forward the strengths of the Luftwaffe, avoid its weaknesses, and take advantage of the Luftwaffe's advantage in firepower. If you think about it, the Luftwaffe is best at two things, the first is to fly planes, and the second is what? ”

Everyone showed a thoughtful look, and Himmler was the first to think of the answer, and asked tentatively: "It should be a jerking off, right?" ”

Chen Dao snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "That's right, it's a jerk." So the question is, what to jerk off? ”

"Fighters and anti-aircraft guns." Hitler said.

Chen Dao nodded and said, "Because the Air Force Field Division is a marine combat unit, it is not equipped with fighters. But anti-aircraft guns are going to be as much as there are. The field divisions of the Air Force have three regiments under their jurisdiction, with three battalions in each regiment and three companies in each battalion. Among the three companies, one is a light anti-aircraft artillery company, one medium anti-aircraft artillery company, and one heavy anti-aircraft artillery company. The battalion is the basic combat unit, and ten divisions are ninety battalions, which are sent to the front line to strengthen those infantry divisions that are under-strengthened, just so that the old anti-aircraft guns that have been eliminated can exert their residual heat.

The famous saying of our Air Force field division is, hit the planes, hit the tanks, and sweep the infantry. ”

After Chen Dao finished speaking, Goering said arrogantly: "What age, who still uses guns to fight!" ”