The next day, a batch of ME63 live ammunition was delivered to the camp of the First Infantry Corps, no more, no less, exactly 600 pieces.

"Gentlemen, it's time to put the results of your training to the test!" Qin Chuan raised his head at the ME63 piled up on the other side, and said, "Just according to what you did during training, one per person, only one...... Any questions? ”

After a moment of silence, Werner raised his hand.

After getting Qin Chuan's permission, Werner replied in a loud voice: "Lieutenant Colonel, can we use the simulator to train for some more time, and then use live ammunition when we are ready!" ”

This mentality is understandable, because there is a rare opportunity to shoot live ammunition, only one per person, so the soldiers will of course want to be more prepared.

Therefore, this can also be said to be the voice of a group of controllers.

Colonel Slein, who was standing on the side, thought that Qin Chuan would definitely agree, in fact, the German soldiers also thought so, after all, this was beneficial to the training of the soldiers and even to this live firing.

But he didn't expect Qin Chuan to refuse without thinking about it.

"Ensign!" Qin Chuan replied: "Please tell me what live shooting is!" ”

"Live ammunition is shooting with real ammunition, sir!" Werner replied.

"Wrong answer!" Qin Chuan said loudly as he walked in front of the soldiers lined up in a neat formation: "Live ammunition shooting is to go on the real battlefield to fight the enemy, which also means that what is standing in front of you is not a target, nor a pile of tank wreckage, let alone some moving steel plates!" THEY'RE THE ENEMY, THEY'RE SOVIET TANKS, WITH A 76.2MM GUN IN THE TURRET AND A 7.62MM MACHINE GUN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO RAIN SHELLS AND BULLETS AT YOU AT ANY MOMENT...... Now, tell me, will they wait for you to get ready? ”

"No, sir!" The soldiers replied.

"Will they wait for you to come back and practice again?"

"No, sir!"

"Will they prepare you to attack again?"

"No, sir!" The soldiers replied in unison.

"So......" Qin Chuan said, "you know what to do!" ”

As a result, no preparations were made for this live firing, which not only did not make preparations, but also artificially increased the difficulty.

In fact, it cannot be said that it is more difficult, but it should be said that it is something that should be faced on the battlefield...... The first step was to quickly deploy the Corps close to the front line under helicopter transport.

The reason why it is "close to the front line" is because helicopters should not be too close to the battlefield or they will easily become targets for the enemy, they can only be deployed three to five kilometers away from the front line, and if you are lucky, for example, there is a mountain to cover it, then it is possible to deploy it closer.

But this time, Qin Chuan's choice was far away: it allowed the First Infantry Corps to land five kilometers from the range.

Of course, this was carried out in batches, and each time 800 people carried 100 ME63s for coordinated rappelling, and other troops watched by the range.

For this reason, Qin Chuan even let several air force fighters cooperate with the First Steps Corps to cover it.

Then, after carrying the ME63 rope down, the troops went straight to the range from five kilometers to conduct live firing.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that such a live-fire shooting result would be a mess...... After all, this is the first live firing of the soldiers, and this is also the first generation of anti-tank missiles, which itself still has many problems that have not been solved.

But unexpectedly, the final result surprised Qin Chuan, 32 of the first 100 missiles hit, and the hit rate exceeded 30%.

After that, the soldiers came up in batches to shoot live ammunition, and the hit rate was good and bad, but basically it was about 30 percent.

"Well done, Lieutenant Colonel!" Seeing this, Colonel Slane nodded and said, "You did it, this training method works!" ”

Qin Chuan didn't speak, if on the surface, this hit rate is indeed very high, with a one-third hit rate, if so, 6,000 ME63s can destroy 2,000 tanks, then even if the Soviet army has more tanks, it will not be enough for the German army.

Things on the battlefield are sometimes not as simple as comparing numbers or adding and subtracting.

If you do addition and subtraction, the Soviet army has 5,000 tanks, the German army has 3,000 tanks, and even if the ME63 kills 2,000 tanks, the Soviet army still has 3,000 tanks.

On the other hand, many of the 3,000 tanks of the German army were backward tanks in the hands of the client countries, and they were no match for the Soviet T34 tanks at all, so even then the Soviets still had the upper hand.

But......

If the ME63 has such a hit rate and hits the Soviet tanks accurately, then the Soviet tank battle on a certain battlefield will be completely suppressed by the German tank group, and the German tank group can easily surround the enemy or attack its flank under the cover of the ME63, plus the ME63's psychological shock to the Soviet army, this battle is basically won.

"Lieutenant Colonel, phone!" At this time, the correspondent handed over the phone: "Marshal Manstein! ”

Manstein, as commander of Army Group South, had too many things to do to watch the live firing in person, but he still took the time to call to inquire about the situation.

"How's it going, Lieutenant Colonel?" Manstein asked: "Hope is not bad news!" ”

"Our hit rate is more than thirty percent, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Thirty percent? Fantastic, Lieutenant Colonel! Manstein replied: "That's what I want!" ”

"Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "But we didn't take it into account...... Our soldiers were aiming and firing without the threat of the enemy, and the ME63 had to carry out continuous aiming at the target. Therefore, even if the psychological pressure on the soldiers on the battlefield is ignored, it takes more than ten seconds of aiming...... In itself, it is easy to be interrupted by enemies. Therefore, this hit rate will be greatly discounted on the real battlefield! ”

"You're right, Lieutenant Colonel!" Manstein nodded and said: "But this at least proves that it is possible for us to counter the enemy's numerical superiority in armored forces, and rely on infantry, more importantly...... Or can our ME63 continue to be produced, and much cheaper than the T34 of the Soviets! ”

Qin Chuan has no opinion on this.

Because what Manstein said was right, fighting a war to a certain extent is actually a drain on national strength, and whoever can survive to the end will be victorious.

In addition to the strength of the country, a very important point is...... Who can suppress the enemy with cheaper equipment so that the enemy is constantly in a state of high attrition. Because this continued for a long time, the national power and industry of the Soviet Union would soon be unable to support this attrition.

Obviously, the ME63 is one such piece of equipment.