"The key problem is the engine, if there is a more powerful engine, if the weight of the tank is increased to 20 tons on the premise of ensuring the mobility of the tank, it will solve a lot of problems. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Major General Schmidt on the side thought for a moment and said. The off-road mobility of the current combat vehicle is barely acceptable, and the increase in armor necessarily increases the weight. This has too much effect on the mobility of the combat vehicle.

"In terms of engine technology, I'll try to connect you with the Prussian industrial sector, and if we can, can we put two engines in one car to increase the power?" Moltke asked again.

"Theoretically, naturally, it can." The prince nodded. "But in practice, it is not recommended, because the two engines will greatly increase the weight and volume of the body, and the internal heat dissipation and arrangement will also be problematic. Stability will decrease. "The 1st battle tank of the British in history and the German elephant tank in the 2nd World War were arranged with 2 engines, and the stability of the use was still worse than that of the same level of units in the same period.

"I don't know much about the technical stuff, but I'll try to help you as much as I can." Little Moltke thought about it and didn't interfere too much, he was just a layman, and most of the things that laymen did not end well.

"So the last question, how can such a very rapid force be effectively commanded? For example, if there is an accident on the battlefield and the troops need to change direction or evade, how can the reconnaissance unit quickly transmit this information to the armored troops? "Finally, Moltke asked the most central question! In fact, don't talk about it now, the communication and coordination between the grassroots units in World War II was a troublesome matter, and the internal transmission of information at the company level basically relied on roaring. In the event of an emergency, we can only expect officers and men to be of higher quality. And in this era, communication is naturally more difficult for armored forces that do not even have a radio station!

It's nothing if you fight with infantry alone, because both sides move very slowly, and even if you encounter an emergency, you have time to deal with it slowly, but this is not the same for armored troops who can quickly go deep behind enemy lines and fight in depth on the other side, because armored forces are fighting in depth on the other side, and the environment is very unfavorable. And because the speed is too fast, it is easy to disconnect from the troops behind. How can the two sides reconnect after a disconnect? Now not to mention that the tanks can communicate with each other, even the coordination and communication between the tank companies is a troublesome matter. The radio station was too large and unstable. It is very difficult to coordinate between the troops, you know, radio communication during the 2 wars was very troublesome, and the command tanks often could not even be equipped with artillery, just to accommodate the radio!

"We have not been able to equip our armoured units with timely communications equipment so far. So our solution is to plan an attack, before the attack, we will draw up a line of operations based on the intelligence gathered, and the attacking troops only need to be responsible for launching an attack according to this route, and at each key point, the troops will pause for a moment to get additional supplies and contact with the rear. At the same time, reconnaissance units will be sent to search for enemy information. Front-line commanders have the right to decide on battle plans based on the circumstances in which they find themselves. ”

"Not only the armored forces, but also our artillery units. What artillery moves to the established position and when to attack the enemy position is planned, and there will be some additional artillery units to deal with unexpected situations. That is to say, the current command of the offensive forces is based on the pre-war plan as the core, and the officers immediately respond to the supplement, and this problem will not be very big on the Eastern Front, but it will be difficult to do so on the Western Front. The prince explained.

On the Eastern Front, the Russians' equipment is relatively poor, and the communication equipment is more scarce, the performance is also worse, the battle line is relatively long, the depth of defense is also very poor, it is difficult to rebuild the defense line after being caught off guard, even if some troops counterattack, it will definitely not have any effect in the face of the armored spearhead, as long as it is not an extremely inferior situation, the German armored forces can almost harvest the opponent according to the plan, how to fight.

But on the Western Front it was different. The equipment and strength density of the Anglo-French army was much greater than that of the Eastern Front, and the French had quite a lot of vehicles that could quickly mobilize troops, since they could organize 6,000 vehicles a day to transport personnel and ammunition to Verdun, they could also send troops to the breach, and even at the beginning of the war, the French cars sent several divisions of units to the front. The changes and pressures on the Western Front are so great that they even exceed the limits of the attacking side in this era! Without a strong air force, it would be difficult to suppress the defenders who were massing towards the breakthrough with artillery alone.

There are even times when there is no need for defenders, relying on the large number of long-range artillery and train guns of the British and French, which can cause great damage to the attacking troops! In an era when one's own artillery is out of reach and the air force is not powerful, it is simply a disaster for continuous long-range artillery to attack the breakthrough group, even if the armored vehicles can survive for a while on rough skin, what will the infantry and artillery do? Want to rely on the maneuverability of the tragic times to pass quickly? Let's wash and sleep.

"If we speed up the development of aircraft, will it be possible to improve the assault capabilities of armored forces and the ability to strike at targets in depth with the cooperation of aircraft?" Moltke Jr. also realized that the effect of artillery on deep units was too limited, so he also thought of using aircraft to solve the problem.

"It's difficult, it's very difficult, although the aircraft of this era have had a great impact on the war, it is still impossible to play the role of heavy artillery in the air. And the aircraft themselves consume a lot of military resources. The total amount of our resources is certain. Strengthening the Air Force will inevitably weaken the other branches. "Although in World War I, such as the British, they had developed giant aircraft such as the V1500 (with a maximum take-off weight of more than 13 tons, and the maximum bomb that could be carried was nearly 3 tons. ）

But after all, there are very few such aircraft, and it is difficult to equip them in large quantities with Germany's national strength. At the beginning of World War II, the Luftwaffe had an advantage over the British and French air forces, especially the front-line tactical air forces. But throughout the First World War, the Luftwaffe was always at a disadvantage in terms of total volume, even if it had played a Fokker disaster, but it quickly allowed the opponent to equalize, and the bombers were always inferior to the opponent. The Giant bomber was only the best aircraft of the Luftwaffe, but when it was put on the British and French side, the performance of this aircraft was actually .......

Thanks to the book friends of the First Guards Tank Brigade, Wang Yao's Young Guards Rabbit, Slow Swim K, Fat Cow King and other book friends for their rewards~~~! As well as the monthly pass support of book friends such as Proud I, Dragon Sky, Fantasy Knight, fns0812, and Lonely Heart in Wandering~~~! (To be continued.) )