"Honorable Führer, I have given the order to assemble the training units in the schools into a single division; and equipped them with new weapons and equipment, these people whom I hired; They are all excellent personnel of our empire, and I am also ready to let General Byrin, who has combat experience, let him be the division commander! Under his training, the performance of those reserve cadets is quite satisfactory! ”

Guderian thought for a moment, then replied. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"General Birling? Is that your former chief of operations? ”

After listening to this, Chen Yanlong searched his memory.

"Yes! Monarch! ”

Guderian nodded and agreed.

"And if you have anything else that you need my help with?"

Chen Yanlong suddenly showed a relatively gentle smile and smiled.

"I hope that the Führer will concentrate on the reconstruction of the Panzer Division, regardless of the interests of all parties; To enable our armored divisions to have a high combat effectiveness in order to ensure that they can take on offensive operations against limited targets. ”

Guderian paused, stared at Chen Yanlong for a while, and continued a little nervously.

"General, my old friend! I have no problem with your proposal; Now that I've promoted you to my tank commander, I'll feel comfortable letting you do it; As long as it is beneficial to the construction of our empire's armored forces, I will fully support you in doing it! ”

Chen Yanlong said in a very affirmative tone, staring at Guderian and agreeing.

"Thank you for your support, I will not disappoint the Führer!"

For Chen Yanlong's encouragement, Guderian was deeply moved and grateful.

"However, although the Führer supports me so much, for the sake of being able to complete the task! I hope that all my future actions will remain as I am now under the authority of the Chief of Staff and the Commander-in-Chief of the Training Department, and will continue to be under the direct command of the Führer! At the same time, in terms of weapons and equipment, the Ordnance Industry Administration; and the Ministry of Munitions Production, both should continue to respect my opinion as it does now; Otherwise, there is still no way to improve the combat efficiency of our newly formed armored corps! ”

"And I should have the same right of supervision over the organization and training of the armored forces of the SS and the Air Force!"

But after Guderian was grateful, as a soldier who was good at capturing fighters; He should make good use of the current attention and support of Chen Yanlong to fight for greater rights and interests in his work, and said seriously.

"Hmmm! Yes, I approve your proposal! ”

Hearing this, Chen Yanlong didn't think about it, so he directly agreed and nodded in agreement.

"Ahh Do you really approve and don't need to think about it? Monarch! ”

Faced with Chen Yanlong's response so briskly, Guderian was unexpected, and opened his mouth to stammer.

"Don't think about it, these are small things, as long as you can build a strong armored force for me, I will fully support you in all your actions! But I feel that the armored forces of a division are too few, if you can; I hope to be able to form 7 to 10 armored divisions for me as a reserve on the eve of January 1944! Because our opponent is the Anglo-American-Soviet allies with many soldiers and rich resources! To defeat them, we need more armored troops! ”

Chen Yanlong shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly.

"What! 7 to 10 armored divisions! It was going to be built by January 1944, and I went there to find so many people; and tanks, as well as resources to assemble ah! Monarch! ”

Guderian, who was taken aback by Chen Yanlong's whimsical proposal, exclaimed in amazement.

"This is my new goal, as for how to solve the obstacle you just mentioned, let's figure it out then!"

Seeing Guderian who was so shocked, Chen Yanlong also knew the goal plan he said; It seemed a little too big, so he immediately changed his mouth.

"Alright! But if you really make up your mind, you want to think in a short time; Organize so many armored divisions, then I will also find a way to do it for you! Although it is difficult to accomplish this task. ”

After calming down, Guderian also responded a little embarrassed.

"By the way, do you have any opinion on the current situation of tank production?"

At this time, Chen Yanlong was also very clever and changed the topic.

"It's okay! It's just that the mass production is relatively small! However, I feel that we should continue to increase the production of the Mark IV tank and temporarily replace the use of tank fighting vehicles with light guns! ”

Guderian thought about it and put himself on March 9, 1943; The thoughts in the memorandum of the meeting of the heads of the armies continued.

"Why?"

After hearing this, Chen Yanlong, who wanted to understand the current situation of the German tanks, asked curiously without thinking about it.

"The reason is simple, because our main tank is still the original Mark IV tank; For now, the new Tiger tank, and the VD Tiger tank, can only equip one tank battalion per month; And the VD Tiger tank, maybe in a month, there will not be even a tank battalion to be formed! ”

"That is to say, in 1943, we will be able to form at most a part of the tank battalion, equipped with limited Tiger and Leopard tank fighting vehicles."

After hearing this, Guderian immediately replied.

"So bad? With such a small number of tanks and combat vehicles, how can we engage in tank combat with the Anglo-American allies, as well as the Soviet army, which is outnumbered? Do you have any good proposals to solve this problem? ”

Hearing such a small amount of tank production, Chen Yanlong's heart instantly shook and worried.

"Führer, in order to be able to quickly replenish the combat effectiveness of the Panzer Division, we are now only able to use a large number of light self-propelled guns, to equip our Panzer Division; And be sure to make sure that every month, a tank battalion will be fully equipped with light self-propelled guns! Such a helpless operation will continue until our new tanks can meet the needs of all armored divisions! ”

"And for the sake of operational needs, our armored forces should also be reorganized. I propose that the tank regiments of each armored division should be expanded into tank brigades, with four tank regiments under each brigade, to expand the required tanks; And add our improved 'Tiger' tanks, 'Leopard' tanks, and light self-propelled guns to the armored forces! ”

"In addition, I personally suggest that we should fully improve and test the new 'Tiger' tank and 'Leopard' tank before they are put into use on the battlefield! In addition, we will continue to thoroughly train tank drivers and continue to provide them with sufficient new weapons and equipment; Let them have enough time to complete all the pre-battle training before they can be called to the battlefield to fight! ”

"Finally, we should make full use of the favorable environment and terrain of the battlefield when we are fighting; Let our armored forces conduct large-scale armored assault battles in areas where they can have decisive victory; In order to catch the enemy army by surprise and kill us, and let our army achieve the effect of surprise attack with superiority in both numbers and equipment! ”

"At the same time, in the secondary battlefield, we do not need to supplement the armored forces with new Tiger and Leopard tanks, which can save us a lot of useful new tanks and use them on important battlefields; And even if new tanks are put into the secondary battlefield, it will only be a waste, and the most important thing for us at the moment should be to withdraw all the armored units that are stuck in the front line to the rear for reorganization! ”

"And the defensive task of the tank battlefield should be temporarily assisted by light self-propelled guns! On the main battlefields, each division should be replenished with a large number of self-propelled guns at once; On the secondary battlefield, senior units should manage and control part of the self-propelled artillery reserves, and ordinary divisions should continue to use self-propelled anti-aircraft guns for the time being; At the same time, in order to save manpower and material resources to the best of our ability, I personally suggest once again that our self-propelled artillery battalion and the war fire artillery battalion should be merged! ”

Guderian again unreservedly proposed the memorandum of his March meeting; It is exactly the same as what is recorded in the historical materials of later generations.

Listen to the advice of Guderian, who gushed in front of him, with sharp eyes and full of confidence; Chen Yanlong constantly showed an expression of appreciation on his face, and at the same time, in his heart, he gave the other party a thumbs up and praised: "This is known as the three famous generals of Nazi Germany during World War II by later generations, and the founder of the famous army tactics "Blitzkrieg"; And Guderian, known as the "father of German armored forces", is really an outstanding military strategist and commander! ”