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After Chen Dao made his reorganization plan, he changed into his army major general uniform and ran to the office of the Sixth Division of the Ordnance Bureau to find the chief engineer, Kniekamp.

Knikamp welcomed Chen Dao's arrival, and after a few warm greetings, the two went to the workshop of the sixth department.

Chen Dao saw four chariots placed side by side in the workshop.

Without Knikamp's introduction, Chen Dao knew their identity and purpose as soon as he looked at them.

The first combat vehicle was the No. 3 assault gun G, which replaced the original 75mmL24 gun and replaced it with the STUK40 75mmL48 gun converted from the KWK40 tank gun.

The second vehicle is the No. 3 Assault Howitzer, which is also an improvement from the original No. 3 Assault Gun, which also replaces the original 75mmL24 gun and is replaced with a more powerful 105mmL28 howitzer.

The third tank is a light tank with a cute appearance, which is an improved version of the No. 2 L-shaped Bobcat reconnaissance tank, which weighs thirteen tons, reaches a top speed of 60 kilometers per hour, and is mainly armed with a KWK38 20mmL55 cannon.

The fourth tank was an upgraded version of the No. 4 assault gun, the Grizzly assault gun, considering that it was a bit of a waste of tonnage to carry only one 105mmL28 gun on the chassis of the No. 4 tank, and the caliber of the gun overlapped with the No. 3 assault howitzer, so the gun was upgraded to a 150mmL12 howitzer at the request of Chen Dao.

After Knikamp's introduction, Chen Dao learned that there was also a Bobcat prototype equipped with a 50mmL60 tank gun that was being modified and would soon be finalized.

Chen Dao looked at the four new weapons and nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "How is the development of the E-40 tank going?" When will I be able to see it soonest?"

Knikamp shrugged his shoulders regretfully and said: "It will be March next year at the earliest, which means that if everything goes well, it may be later if anyone interferes." ”

"No one is allowed to interfere with the development of the E-40, if someone commands indiscriminately, you must notify me as soon as possible, and I will deal with him." Chen Dao said.

"General Rosen. Rest assured, I promise to make our E-40 available sooner rather than later. Knikamp said confidently.

"If the time is too tight, it can be postponed until May, so as not to affect the quality because of the rush of time." Chen Dao said very understandingly.

Say goodbye to Knikamp. Chen Dao finally found Goering with confidence, and the two then drove to the Chancellery to deliver the latest progress report on the development of army equipment to Hitler.

Hitler had a brief meeting with Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme High Command, Field Marshal Brauchitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and Halder, Chief of the General Staff of the Army, after which an order was signed approving production.

After the Battle of France. Although there were no large-scale land battles, the German Army did not waste its time doing nothing.

Led by the Army Command and with the active cooperation of various army departments and the directors of all arms, the German Army underwent a major reorganization.

The purpose of the reorganization was to digest the experience brought by the French campaign and to actively prepare for war against the imaginary enemy Russia.

In September, the arrival of the Russian T-34 tank was like a hammer that slammed into Hitler and the army command, making every cell in their bodies tremble.

Under Chen Dao's active deception, both Hitler and the army command were convinced that the Russians had at least 3,000 T-34 tanks, while the total number of German tanks invested in the French campaign was only about 2,700.

The bloody comparison of numbers and the excellent performance of the T34 tank was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the hearts of every person of insight in Hitler and the German Army, and the army's major reorganization and equipment upgrading were immediately accelerated with astonishing efficiency.

Tested by the French campaign. The original establishment of one armored brigade and two armored regiments of the German armored division proved to be too bloated and tactically inflexible, which greatly affected the combat efficiency.

After discussion, the armored brigade in the armored division was abolished and replaced with a single armored regiment.

At the same time, the infantry brigade of one regiment and one battalion under the command of the armored division was also abolished and replaced with two motorized infantry regiments.

Only one armored regiment remained in the armored brigade, and the other was not disbanded, but new armored divisions were formed around this armored regiment.

With Hitler's consent, the German Army was given the establishment of twenty-four panzer divisions.

In the new establishment table, each armored division is under the following jurisdictions:

One reconnaissance battalion: four companies. One of the companies was armed with the newly developed Bobcat reconnaissance tank.

One armored regiment: under the command of two armored battalions, each battalion has four companies, each company is equipped with 22 Type 4G tanks, and the battalion headquarters is equipped with three Type 4G tanks and five Bobcat reconnaissance tanks. The battalion consisted of 96 tanks, plus three Type 4G and five Bobcat reconnaissance tanks directly under the regimental headquarters, making each panzer regiment fully equipped with 200 tanks.

Two motorized infantry regiments: Each motorized infantry regiment consists of a motorized infantry battalion and an armored infantry battalion equipped with Type 251 armored vehicles, each of which is composed of four companies. Together with the 9th Armored Engineer Company, the 10th Infantry Artillery Company, and the 11th Anti-aircraft Artillery Company, each regiment has 11 companies, of which the 10th Infantry Artillery Company is equipped with the latest Grizzly assault guns.

One self-propelled artillery regiment: three Wasp 105 mm light self-propelled howitzer battalions and one Wild Bee 150 mm heavy self-propelled howitzer battalion.

One tank destroyer battalion: three companies. Fourteen tank destroyers No. 4 per company, plus three at the battalion headquarters, for a total of 45 vehicles.

In addition to the above-mentioned main combat units, the armored division also has an armored engineer battalion, an antiaircraft artillery battalion, an armored communications battalion, and units directly under the division headquarters.

In the old formation, the German Panzer Division had the chassis of up to five tanks, including Tank No. 1, Tank No. 2, Tank No. 3, Tank No. 4 and the Czech Type 38T.

In the new establishment of the armored division, only the No. 2 Bobcat light tank and the No. 4 tank and their derivative vehicles were available, and the chassis models were reduced to two types, which greatly reduced the difficulty of the work of the logistics department.

According to the barrel principle, how much water a bucket can hold depends on the board with its shortest.

In Chen Dao's eyes, the shortcomings of the German Army lie in the absolute number of infantry divisions and motorized infantry divisions.

Compared with the infantry division, the motorized infantry division only has improved its mobility ability, and its combat effectiveness has not been significantly improved, so it is also a shortcoming of the barrel.

In the French campaign, the German Army committed as many as 136 divisions, of which only ten were panzer. How to improve the combat effectiveness of a large number of infantry divisions and motorized infantry divisions and prevent them from holding back armored divisions is also the most important task in the reorganization of the army.

As a special adviser to the Ordnance Bureau, Chen Dao gave a suggestion that no matter how much the No. 3 tank was improved, it could not compete with the T-34, and the armored division must be eliminated. And all production lines were changed to the production of the No. 3 assault gun G and the No. 3 assault howitzer.

The G-type assault gun was used to assist the infantry against enemy tanks, and was used to bombard enemy pillboxes, machine gun emplacements, and buildings when enemy tanks were not encountered.

The No. 3 assault howitzer was mainly used to bombard enemy pillboxes, machine-gun positions and buildings, and was used to deal with enemy tanks.

After discussion and with Hitler's consent, the two assault guns were put into service in the form of mixed assault gun battalions.

Each assault gun battalion has three companies, each equipped with three platoons. Four tanks per platoon. The first and second platoons were equipped with No. 3 assault guns G, and the third platoon was equipped with No. 3 assault howitzers, plus two from each company headquarters and three No. 3 assault guns G. at the battalion headquarters, and each assault gun battalion was composed of twelve No. 3 assault howitzers and 33 No. 3 assault guns G, for a total of 45 combat vehicles.

Because of the production capacity, it is impossible to have an assault gun battalion for each infantry division.

After some bargaining, the number of assault gun battalions was finally set at thirty battalions, which could be reinforced for infantry or motorized infantry as needed in wartime.

After the completion of the army's reorganization plan, Chen Dao breathed a sigh of relief.

According to Guderian's theory of blitzkrieg, the German armored forces should have three types of tanks: light, medium and heavy: light tanks mainly perform reconnaissance missions. That is, it requires high mobility, does not require much armor protection, and does not require greater lethality of the main weapon.

Medium tanks are used for long-lasting assault missions and therefore require a relative balance of mobility, armor protection, and firepower. To meet these requirements, medium tanks need to be highly maneuverable and mechanically reliable, as they must be able to maneuver at high speeds and be able to fight continuously.

The first role of a heavy tank is to confront and destroy enemy anti-tank lines head-on on enemy lines.

The second role is to destroy the enemy's artillery system.

The third role is to destroy the enemy's armored reserves. Guderian expected that the offensive on the enemy line would force the enemy to mobilize armored reserves for a counterattack. The German armored forces must be able to defeat the counterattack of the enemy's armored reserves before they can continue to advance into the enemy's depth, and in the face of the counterattack of the enemy's tank forces, heavy tanks will become the main destructive force.

Now there is a bobcat for the light and a size four for the medium. Only the heavy E-40 tank is missing, and when the E-40 is successfully developed, the equipment system of Guderian's blitzkrieg will be fully implemented.

Add to that the successful transformation of the Waffen-SS and the Luftwaffe, by that time. The German-army will sweep across the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa without any opponent, and Russia will not be a problem, and its happy time will come.

After the preparation of the table, a large number of orders were quickly issued to the major German arms companies, and in the face of the rolling Reichmark, whether it was Krupp for the No. 4 tank, Alcatel for the No. 3 assault gun, or Daimler-Benz for the No. 3 assault gun. All lost to the prepared Skoda Arsenal in terms of the speed of grabbing money.

The reason is very simple, as early as 39 years, the Skoda Arsenal began to switch to the eight-hour shift, three-shift daily money model, while major companies in Germany are still using the eight-hour, one-day grinding model.

Steel monsters drove out of the production halls of the Škoda Arsenal and into military camps across Germany.

The military expenses of the German Army flowed into the accounts of the Škoda Arsenal and then appeared in the pockets of a certain brother-in-law and a certain brother-in-law.

In addition to counting the money every day, the money duo did not forget to satirize Krupp and other professional grinders.

"When I circle money, I am not active, and my thinking is too rigid. How did they accumulate such a large family business, did they only rely on monopoly? Chen Dao asked puzzled.

"Not only the monopoly, but also the Yankuai, there are a lot of Yankuai elements in the army who have been bought by them, but unfortunately those grassroots officers and soldiers of the Army, because the high-level Yankuai have to use inferior equipment to fight the enemy, and in the end, they have to rely on the help of our Air Force to get a new outfit. Anyway, it's all shady, I'm used to it, and you'll get used to it in the future. ”

Göring spitted out smoke rings and lashed out at the dark reality mercilessly, forgetting that he himself was Germany's number one Yankuai.

"Absolute power inevitably leads to absolute yankuai, and so will monopolies, so let's break the monopoly of Krupp and his ilk and save the German military industry from the profiteers."

Comrade Chen Dao, the second-ranked Yankuai member in Germany, said with great righteousness and awe.

"The army is temporarily solved, the next target should be the SS led by Himmler, when are you going to talk to him?" Goering asked eagerly.

"It's mid-November and we have to finish the second season of our cuckoo project before Christmas, so I'll be looking for him in the afternoon." Chen Dao said. (To be continued.) )xh118