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Speer was amusefully not asked why the Americans had landed, he was a clever man, and it would be extremely unwise for him to intervene in politics or military affairs when he already had economic power, and would be seen by outsiders as trying to seize supreme power -- his present position was good enough, but he had to give the necessary advice: "Although the output and mobilization of military industry can be further expanded without affecting the expansion of the army, the level of consumable industry will drop considerably, in case the area of control changes." , which will have a negative impact on the population. ”

Hoffmann knew what "bad influences" meant, and that once life struggled to repeat the story of the latter part of World War I, popular support for the party and government would decline rapidly, and perhaps even form an anti-war movement - the main reason for Germany's defeat in World War I, long before the military defeat, the German government had already lost economic, people's livelihood, and social control.

Even if he was shaken and confused, but in the face of the goal of "everything to win", Hoffman could only harden his heart and go dark on the road of militarism, he said to Speer: "You have to have a correct estimate of the level of patience of the people, this generation has been humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles and starved, especially the soldiers from ordinary families in the army, most of them have a deep impression of the pain of their childhood, and with this national feeling as a support, they will not give up on us easily, but there are two things that must be remembered, First, we must not let go of political dissidents, who are a cancer on the body of the entire nation, and no matter how eloquently they speak, they cannot hide the fact that they have corrupted the minds of the people. It is absolutely wrong to say it at an inappropriate time and on an inappropriate occasion - I leave the question to Himmler and Baumann; Second, it is necessary to strictly establish a scientific and rational supply and support system, which is the guarantee for us to win the war militarily and the foundation for us to consolidate our political power in society. No matter how strict and demanding the rationing system may be, it must be absolutely fair - a question that I leave to you and Dr. Goebbels. ”

"I see."

"Relax......" Hoffman patted him on the shoulder, "we still have a long way to go, and we have overcome all the difficulties that are greater than this challenge, and this test is not difficult for you and me......"

Speer nodded in agreement, but Hoffmann knew he didn't understand - the difficulty he was talking about was the Battle of Stalingrad and Operation Torch, as a traverser. The biggest regret is not being able to share with others what the world should be.

"Three o'clock is a meeting on armaments of armored vehicles, and they are waiting for you in the conference room."

"Okay...... Hoffman laughed mockingly as he walked, "I've been spending almost every day on meetings and data lately." The last time Director Zeitzler asked me how long it had been since I had been to the Eastern Front, I took stock and it had been almost three months, which is unimaginable! ”

After the case of the reorganization of the armament of the tank, the case of the reorganization of the armament of the aviation twice. Hoffman's broadsword finally began to slash into the armored car, and Speer was instructed to prepare the relevant plan. Although the representatives of various manufacturers had already been mentally prepared, after receiving the invitation to the armored vehicle rearmament rearmament meeting issued by Speer, the "head of German economy," everyone was terrified, but they did not dare not come -- whoever dared to be disobedient would have no share in the steel, labor, energy, market, and orders, and even the road to civilian production would be blocked.

Before the meeting, they had asked the manufacturers who had participated in the previous arms meetings about the relevant inside information, and all of them had a mysterious and unfathomable attitude, which further aggravated the panic in their hearts. After seeing the content of the rectification plan, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

"At the request of the Führer and the experience of rearmament in the field of tanks, aviation. The production of armored vehicles is also adjusted according to the idea of 'simplifying models, common parts, and increasing production'. Speer said unhurriedly, "At present, the troops are equipped with half-track armored vehicles and wheeled armored vehicles across 13 models, nearly 200 sub-models, and the output is less than 15,000 a year. ”

"This ......," someone stammered, "don't want the other models?" ”

"Don't!"

"In the field of wheeled armored vehicles, only 4-wheeled SD.KFZ223 and 8-wheeled Type 234."

"What?" A large number of people jumped up, "Don't you want it, including 221, 222, etc.?" And a bunch of 6 rounds don't want it? ”

"Don't!" Speer said categorically, "Among the retained Type 250, the sub-models should be sorted out, the armored personnel carrier model should be abolished, and if there is a need for personnel carriers, all the Type 251 should be used." ”

"But the 250 and 251 personnel carriers bear different functions respectively, one transports half a squad, focusing on reconnaissance, and one transports one squad, focusing on assault and accompanying operations." A representative of the company Demag, which is responsible for the production of the 250 model, explained.

"Can half a squad complete the reconnaissance mission?" Speer said in a mocking tone, "In order to transport one squad, I need to dispatch two Type 250 personnel carriers at a time, and I only need one Type 251. ”

Everyone immediately fell silent, Dimag's 250 and Hannover's 251 have been in the field of half-track armored vehicles, not only the parts can not be universal, but also compete to develop similar functional positioning sub-models, you will engage in personnel carriers, I will engage in reconnaissance vehicles, and if you produce communication vehicles, I will produce command vehicles, so that there are many models, products are stacked on top of each other, but the output is low.

The 251 is more promising than the 250 in terms of tonnage, horsepower and space, but considering the fact that there are two different sets of standards, a tough Speer cannot ask them to be consistent. The use of the 251 type in the whole series is what Guderian has always wanted, according to his idea, if all the grenadiers are to achieve armored personnel carriers at least 30,000 or more 251 personnel carriers, this is only the number of personnel carriers, and other armored vehicles supporting at least twice the number, which frightened the army top brass, and denied it without thinking about it.

Therefore, although Germany claims to promote blitzkrieg, in fact, most of the mechanized troops still rely on foot combat. Later generations commented that perhaps Guderian's ideals could only be fully realized in the United States, but Hoffman knew that Guderian's ideas were correct, so he gritted his teeth and got on the 251 troop carrier as soon as possible.

"The two models of wheeled armored vehicles are implemented according to the idea of light and heavy matching, 223 is developed according to the idea of 250, and 234 of 8 wheels is developed according to the 251 model, and the two models need to be standardized and the universal design of parts is strengthened - 250 is closer to 251, and 223 is closer to 234." After Speer's words, everyone was thinking.

Indeed, if according to the adjustment of the Ministry of Armaments, the overall production idea suddenly became clear, in the field of half-track armored vehicles, mainly 250 and 251 models, of which the 250 car family is mainly responsible for reconnaissance, communications, rescue and other light tasks, while the 251 car family is mainly responsible for transportation, command, accompanying the attack and other heavy tasks. In the field of wheeled armored vehicles, the embarrassing 6-wheeled series and the less perfect 8-wheeled (SD.KFZ231/232 series) were canceled, taking into account the fact that wheeled armored vehicles were used mainly in the desert or in Western Europe (where the road conditions were good), given the difficulty of obtaining supplementary water for operation in the desert, it was required to adopt an air-cooled engine design in its entirety.

"Finally, the Führer put forward a design idea, and I hope you will hurry up production." Speer came up with a tender request, "In view of the good use of tank destroyers and the superior modification performance of the 234 heavy armored vehicle, the Führer hopes to develop a wheeled armored vehicle equipped with a 75mm anti-tank gun on this basis." ”

The Sd.Kfz.234 series was the most advanced wheeled armored vehicle of World War II and influenced the design of wheeled armored vehicles after the war. After seeing the project declaration form of the Type 234 armored car piled up by the Ministry of Armaments, Hoffman suddenly thought of the historical Sd.Kfz.234/4, this wheeled gun has a 12-cylinder 200-horsepower engine (Czech Tatra 103 air-cooled V12 diesel engine), and also installed a tropical air filter, as for the early sub-models equipped with 50mm anti-tank guns and short-barreled 75mm guns, he directly skipped them, It was prepared to adopt the same 48x-diameter 75mm gun as the No. 4 to facilitate desert operations.

"I'll give you 3 months to design and improve, I need to see the finalized car in March next year, and the nickname will be chosen, and it will be called the Cougar armored car."

"This ...... Time is a bit tight. The representative of the Busin-NAG company stammered to his feet and said, "We were going to make a 20mm machine gun." ”

"I want 150 cars a month, and you can't let others produce them." Speer said, staring at him.

"It's in time, it's in time!"

"Why not produce this on a half-track armored car as well?" The representative of Hannover pressed on, "We can also develop this sub-model." ”

"Because there are already hunters on the Eastern Front, there is no need for anti-tank versions for the time being." Looking at the dejected representative of the Dimag company, Speer suddenly laughed, "But I need a lot of 251 troop carriers." ”

"This ...... How much does a large amount mean? ”

"10,000 in 1943." Hearing this, the representatives of the Dimag company almost fell headlong, which was more than they had produced since the end of the war.

"Okay, okay."

"In addition, 200 251 rockets are needed every month, and this Himmler pipe organ is very popular at the front."

"It's just not over."

"If you can't authorize Dimag to produce, you can also invest in Italy and set up a factory."

"Yes......" he reluctantly dragged out his voice, causing everyone to burst into laughter. (To be continued.) )