When Li Le decided to put the guy Witzleben into the marshal's camp, he had already decided to hold the army honestly in his hands. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The French campaign brought many "young" generals to the fore, and many, including the commander of the 7th Panzer Division, Rommel, had already shown their talents.

There were simply too many talented generals in Germany, including Guderian and Rommel, including Manstein, who provided the Scythe Action Plan.

Li Leke did not worry about the ineffective generals under his account, he was worried about the resistance of the army and a group of moth-eaters in the rear, which formed the situation encountered by the head of state that year.

So he had to co-opt some people, and suppress some people, and try to keep the army on the front line faithfully carrying out his intentions.

At the same time, there are too many things he wants to improve, including assault rifles, and all kinds of things that have no technical content, such as assault rifles, must be developed as soon as possible and used to strive for more advantages on the front line.

During World War II, German scientists developed a lot of advanced technologies, but because of the immaturity of time and technology, most of these technologies can only be called "black technology" or "doomsday technology".

And what Li Le wants to do is not something like doomsday black technology, he must hurry up and tap the industrial potential into something that can really be called science and technology.

Say, the slow-growing German tank backward design. Li Le doesn't like the industrial disaster of the Tiger tank, but if he wants to deny the development of this tank, Li Le must provide a more advanced tank.

Of course, there are more advanced tanks Li Le, and he can even give the German designers the shape and general structure of the American M1A1...... The question is, how do you produce it?

Of course, there may be some suspicion of raising the bar in this way, but when it comes to some more reliable new equipment, Li Le feels that he is still sure.

In Germany's 42 years of decline, with a battered logistics department and an industrial system that had collapsed its production capacity, a Plan E was proposed in order to produce more tanks.

This E-series Hu plan was developed in May 1942 by Heinrich Brown, chief engineer of the 6th German Arsenal. Knikamp officially proposed.

He hopes to find a point of convergence between existing tanks and armored vehicles and future tanks and armored vehicles, and to develop tank parts with high universal performance for a future tank development program.

In real history, this program began in Germany in April 1943 and was named Plan E.

At the end of World War II, in order to cope with the powerful tank offensive of the Allied and Soviet forces, Germany proposed the E-series tank plan, that is, the universal tank plan.

The technology of these cars is quite advanced, and their general-purpose design ideas are also quite forward-looking. It's a pity that Chaowen died at night, and everything was too late.

The content of this plan is that the parts of tanks and armored vehicles of the army's heavy equipment are common, and the production capacity can be complementary.

But what Li Le values is not this versatility.

What he needed was to restrain the development of heavier and heavier German tanks with Plan E. Li Le prefers medium tanks, tanks with better bulletproof appearance and more firepower.

As for those classic Tiger tanks, as well as Leopard tanks, to be honest, Li Le doesn't like them very much.

Because, like other German weapons, these tanks were a serious waste of tonnage, and could not achieve the numerical advantage that Germany demanded.

"General Brauchitsch" Li Le looked at Brauchitsch, who had already agreed to him kicking Witzleben out of the marshal promotion sequence, and offered his own price: "I hope to change some of the army's weapons and equipment." ”

He looked at the other party, and without waiting for Brauchitsch to explain anything, he reached out to stop the other: "I need the army to equip more tanks, more!" ”

Hearing that the Führer intended to increase the production of tanks, Brauchitsch really changed his expression. As commander-in-chief of the army, he, of course, like Goering, wanted to have more resources at his disposal.

And because the Führer has always been wary of the Army, he has always been very cautious in applying to the Führer.

But today, the Führer himself presented a plan for the development of army tanks, which made him ecstatic.

In fact, the army has long put forward its own ideas: they need more tanks No. 3, and more tanks No. 4.

Commanders of the Army's armored forces preferred to equip the more advanced No. 3 and No. 4 tanks to the smaller No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, which were significantly less combat-capable.

Li Leke was reluctant to directly produce tanks No. 3 and No. 4, which seemed to be obsolete. He prefers to make do with the production of No. 4 first, and then hurry up to develop a "new tiger" that is more in line with his needs.

"I approve in principle the production of more No. 4 tanks, but No. 3 tanks will have to stop." Li Le looked at Brauchitsch and said.

"The territory of Tank 3 was all converted into assault guns, and more powerful guns were to be used."

Li Le's statement made Brauchitsch a little confused, and he looked at the Führer's puzzled expression: "My Führer, in fact, there are still thousands of No. 2 tanks and 38Ts waiting to be replaced in the army's armored forces, and it is not wise to stop stopping the No. 3 tank." ”

"I never wanted to stop production of No. 3, I just said to stop production of tank No. 3 and convert it all into No. 3 assault gun." Li Le argued.

He also knew that it was too reluctant to stop the production of the advanced No. 3 tank at such a time, but what he lacked was time, and it was precisely time that really made people feel urgent.

"Your Excellency, General, our enemy is mass-producing more advanced and terrible tanks, and if we do not hurry up to produce more powerful tanks, our soldiers will suffer heavy losses on the battlefield!" Li Le came up with his own reasons and tried to convince Brauchitsch.

Brauchitsch, however, was obviously reluctant to do so, and simply shook his head and said, "My Führer, I don't know what new tanks are being lobbied for you by that company." But what I want to tell you is that we still need tanks 3 and 4 very much. ”

Tank No. 3 was equipped with German armored units, while Assault Gun No. 3 was equipped with German infantry units. Brauchitsch's reluctance to disperse the forces of the armored forces was his idea.

After all, the armored forces have achieved a lot of dazzling results in the months of 39 to 40 years. Now the armored forces are the own sons of the German Army, and they are much better than the infantry.

As for the No. 3 assault gun, which covers the infantry attack, this weapon is enough, there is no need to equip too much and waste limited resources.

Don't imagine how terrible the German army was in 40 years, because they were still armed with 37 mm anti-tank guns at this time, and they lived by mules and horses dragging 105 mm field guns.

Compared with Japan at the same time, the weapons in the hands of the German army were not much advanced, and most of them were still on the same level.

At this time, the German army was strong in the coordination of arms, and in the use of armored forces and emerging units, such as paratroopers and bombers.

On the contrary, when the German tanks and other equipment began to surpass the Japanese and went to the point of no return in weight, they hardly won again on the battlefield.

It's ridiculous to think about it, the Tiger tank and the Leopard tank, which were later named classics, became firefighters after they appeared on the battlefield, running around to make up for the holes in the collapsed German army......

And the much-talked about myths of the Tiger tank, those superhuman achievements, were achieved in the case of defensive counterattacks - because at that time the Germans were no longer capable of attacking.

"The production of tank No. 4 must be increased, and you have no objection to this general, right?" Knowing that he couldn't convince the other party, Li Le retreated to the next best thing.

Brauchitsch also knew that the Führer would not give in easily, and seeing the Führer's compromise, he hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, my Führer. Our Army needs more No. 4 tanks. ”

"In the next six months, I will find a way to produce 2,000 No. 4 tanks for you." Seeing that Brauchitsch agreed to the plan, Li Le gave his idea.

"For the time being, I will produce No. 4 as a supplement, but I will try to strengthen the armor and firepower of No. 4 as much as possible." Next he insisted on improving tank No. 4.

In 1940, the optimistic German Army considered itself invincible, with more flexible tactics and more good soldiers.

When faced with the enemy's sturdy heavy tanks, the army is more willing to use flexible coordination to destroy the opponent.

They would call in the Air Force, use dive bombers against tricky targets, or use 88mm anti-aircraft guns to suppress these solid enemy tanks.

So when Li Le insisted on developing tanks with stronger firepower and thicker armor, Brauchitsch felt in his heart that Li Le was a layman.

The army did not trust the Führer and did not buy much of the Führer's whimsical ideas.

However, Poland and France's victory also made Brauchitsch a little uncertain about the Führer's foresight, and he couldn't tell whether the Führer was really a prophet of science and technology, or a blind cat ran into a dead mouse.

"My Führer, if you can guarantee the number of 2,000 tanks, I have no objection to you modifying them to make them stronger." Having grasped the gist of the matter, Brauchitsch made his own terms.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, the first thing he had to ensure was that the army's armored divisions could get more tanks, and if the Führer could find a way to equip the army with 2,000 new tanks, then he had no reason to refuse a stronger one.

"Excellent! As you wish, I will try my best to ensure that the army's 2,000 tanks are in place within half a year. "Li Le was no slower than Brauchitsch to write blank checks, and much more determined than the other party.