Chapter 212: The Soviet Kind
What is Kant's level, Eric did not have a reference before, and with Guderian fighting Kant's infantry division for the first time, Eric instantly had an idea.
This is a general who has not left a famous name in history, and his basic skills are hard. This is what Eric said about Kant.
Historically, Germany did not have this war with Italy, and Kant was able to rise strongly in this time and space, which should have conformed to the tide of the times.
The duel at Heights 2165 had been going on all day, and the daytime battle on October 3 gave Paulus and Schellner of the 231st Infantry Division a glimpse into the art of command. The Italian 59th Infantry Division on the opposite side also tasted the ability of the German army to crush itself with absolute equipment superiority without tank colecity.
Kant's task was only to hold out for two days, and Pershing's main force was not to launch a strong attack on the German army in Bologna.
Pershing concealed his original intentions and led the ranks of 2 legions in the direction of the main German army to swing a false shot just to lure the snake out of the hole.
This snake is the 2 armored divisions of the German army, and only one needs to be drawn, and it will inevitably involve the 501st tank battalion or the 502nd tank battalion where the armored division is and where the tank battalion is.
Let the Italian army and either of these two troops fight hard once and learn from the experience.
In order to make this operation more smooth, Pershing also specially brought an anti-tank weapon that the US Army had just designed and produced, a 37MM anti-tank gun.
WHAT SHAPIRO SAW WAS A 37MM MORTAR ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MORTAR, DRAGGED BY TRUCKS AND MARCHING THROUGH THE FIELD.
Kant's infantry division did not have this weapon, Pershing brought a total of 10 M1 anti-tank guns, just to test the effect, due to the lack of tank prototype III as a target, the US Army itself managed to get 5 pieces of 10 mm nickel alloy armor to test the performance of the M1 anti-tank gun, the result was not ideal, the probability of penetration within 500 meters is very small, and it cannot be effectively killed after penetration. Not to mention at a distance of 500 meters, while the frontal armor of the III was 50 mm of nickel alloy armor.
The 501st Tank Battalion under the 1st Armored Division has now begun to replace the Type IIIB tank, maintaining the original 50MM caliber gun, and the armor protection has increased from the original 50 mm to 80 mm HL120TRM HL108TR.
The same is true of Rommel's IIIC type, but Rommel, who likes firepower projection, did not thicken the armor in order to ensure the mobility of the tank, but chose to replace it with a 50MM Krupp rapid-fire gun, and the 50KK38L/42 rate of fire was increased while strengthening the armor-piercing ability, and the ammunition was also improved accordingly.
One of the benefits of countersunk is that there is still room for adding an electric reloading system to the turret of a tank like the IIIE due to the countersunk system.
It's just that the output of these two types of new equipment is not large, and if you want to improve the original model, it will take a lot of man-hours.
Especially for those like IIID who need to replace the tank body, Eric directly took a batch of pens, replaced them with new cars, and the old cars were transported back to China for training and use, and then eliminated to the local army.
The Wehrmacht's disarmament programme has been ongoing, with nearly one million troops being dismantled in one year and 100,000 new recruits added in one year, of nearly 3 million troops during the war.
The four army groups of the Wehrmacht also began to be greatly adjusted, and the original four army groups also began to be reduced, and only the troops of the honorary marshal finally showed the advantage of the reduction, that is, there was no resistance.
The first to be split was Army Group D, which was divided into nine, one of which was used by veterans to reorganize a field army. One was given to officers in the local army, and the salary was also paid by the local state, while the rest was sent to factories, government offices, and private enterprises.
Army Group C was being split, and Eric had planned to split this part of the army and draw a gourd, but with the annexation of Austria, he changed his plans and left an extra copy for six Austrian states as local armies.
Eric wants to use the eight years of his tenure to reduce the Wehrmacht to 1.5 million men, which is not much, and it is not too much. Neighboring France has maintained its army size at 3 million, and its main defensive target is only Germany, and the rest of Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and Switzerland are not France's main opponents.
The more than 2 million troops maintained by Britain throughout the year were not all in Europe, and most of them were subject troops, most of which were in their respective colonies.
Eric signed Annata's document on the Defence Force Downsizing Package.
"Is Yarma back?"
Anatta recalled, "I'm back, I should still be in the Prime Minister's Office." ”
"Call him and Luther for a trip." Eric stood up and straightened his clothes, "Call Madame and come back for dinner in the evening." ”
"Don't you come back every day? Do you still need to call to inform? "Ananta was a little strange about how Eric behaved today.
"Ha, yes, forget it, don't call, go get busy." Eric was suddenly a little embarrassed, thinking that waiting for the matter to be discussed would harm the interests of the domestic business class, and there was also his own share, and whether Dinah would agree to it was one thing.
Now it's not like before, Eric hasn't intervened in the operation of the Eric Group for a long time, and it's not easy to make decisions.
While Eric was still trying to simulate the conversation over dinner, Arma and Luther had already arrived at the Hanseatic Palace.
"Is there anything wrong with Mr. President?" Luther rarely comes to the president's office except for his work reports, and Almar is the chairman of the National Association for Economic Recovery, and he is rarely in Berlin all year round, so he needs to travel around the country to supervise work.
Eric's face stiffened a little, and he didn't speak, but pointed to twice the steaming tea on the tea table.
Almarton felt that this time the matter would not be small, otherwise Eric would not be so serious.
The two men who had dealt with the situation only scratched their sights, and were both waiting for Eric's instructions.
Thinking that what he had to say later might frighten the two most relied on cabinet ministers, Eric was also a little timid.
He wiped his face with both hands, still expressionless, and said in a weak tone.
"I plan to set up three major institutions to supervise the operation of capital, what do you think?"
Armar frowned instantly, and Luther looked ugly.
In the era of capitalism, it was a very common thing to supervise the operation of capital, and there were also cases in Germany, such as the China Banking Regulatory Commission. Eric has been in business for many years and has a good reputation, so he must not be unclear. In this case, three large institutions had to be set up to oversee it, and Yarma's first feeling was that it was bad, bad, terrible.
"May I ask, what are the jurisdictions of these three agencies?" Yarmar is the Minister of Finance, and the department that has the most contact with capital is the department, although they are at odds with private enterprises as a government agency, but everyone maintains a certain tacit understanding and does not cross the red line.
"Yes, but don't worry, I'm just an idea, whether it can take shape in the end needs further discussion." Eric didn't want to be misunderstood, so he had to pretend that it was an idea.
"You can understand it as... Hmmm... Similar to the Soviet one. Eric said weakly.