Happy Lantern Festival, everyone!

I saw in the book review area that some people said that the Knight's Cross was issued by Hitler, which is a bit unbelievable, this kind of medal has been issued 7361 in a few years, if they are all Yuan first, please calculate how many Führers will issue every day? In fact, the distribution of medals was not as grand as we imagined, and more of them were transported to the front line to be worn by their superiors or comrades-in-arms, such as Major General Sherrell, the actual commander of the Battle of Holm, and when he was still surrounded in Holm, the Knight's Cross was airdropped to Holm, which was more of an incentive for the morale of the front-line troops.

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Conrad was right, although Colonel Slain maintained a certain skepticism about Qin Chuan's statement, the main reason was that people in this era still maintained the concept of trench warfare in World War I, and they were always worried that the enemy and us would still confront each other in the trenches at a distance...... In this case, it is true that a bolt rifle is needed, and this rifle will have a better range and accuracy than an assault rifle using an intermediate power bullet because the charge is greater than that of the intermediate power bullet and the barrel is longer.

But now it is no longer World War I, but World War II, which is basically out of trench warfare.

"Most of our troops are charging at the enemy under the cover of tank and artillery fire!" Qin Chuan said: "So what we need more is firepower than range, in this case a range of 350 meters is enough for soldiers, and farther targets we can deal with with machine guns and sniper rifles!" ”

"I see what you mean, Captain!" Colonel Slane said: "Actually, in a way I agree with you, because the soldiers who have tried the MP43 are full of praise for it, and many soldiers wish they could have an MP43, I trust their instincts, but the captain ...... What worries me is that if the enemy knows the characteristics of the firepower of our troops, that is, knows that the range of my fire is mainly concentrated at the range of 350 meters, will this be used by them? ”

It should be said that Colonel Slein's fears were justified, since pull-bolt rifles and assault rifles have their own advantages and disadvantages: pull-bolt rifles, although they have a low rate of fire, have a long range, while assault rifles have the opposite.

Theoretically, if one-on-one, an assault rifle may be inferior to a pull-bolt rifle, as a pull-bolt rifle can use its long range to stay out of enemy range.

But the operation of the army cannot be understood as a one-on-one confrontation, it is a system and system operation.

"That's why we have to change tactics!" Qin Chuan said.

"Change tactics?" Colonel Slane said: "These problems can be solved with tactics? ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied while taking paper and pen from the table to draw two battle lines, and said: "If our army is equipped with a bolt-type rifle, then our army's firepower is basically similar to that of the enemy, and a regiment can confront the enemy with a regiment!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Colonel Slane nodded.

There is no doubt about this, both sides are pull-bolt rifles, and then there is no big difference between machine guns, submachine guns, etc.

Of course, this excludes factors such as quality and command.

"But it would be different if our army replaced the rifle with MP43!" Qin Chuan said: "The theoretical rate of fire of the MP43 is 500 rounds per minute, while the pull-bolt rifle only has 10 to 12 rounds, assuming that one MP43 can suppress 5 pull-bolt rifles, this means that we only need one-fifth of the team in the front to form a confrontation with the enemy!" ”

"You're talking about unit firepower?" Conrad is a scientist and certainly knows this.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "In this way, we can hold a longer front with fewer people in a defensive battle and ...... in an offensive battle."

"You can outflank the enemy with extra people!" Colonel Slane answered.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded and said: "Theoretically, since the MP43 firepower is obviously superior to the enemy, a regiment of our army can easily confront a division of the enemy, and what we have to do is to stretch the distance between the soldiers wider, and this is also conducive to reducing casualties!" ”

This is why modern armies use more spaced skirmishers to fight, whereas during World War II, due to insufficient firepower, soldiers were too spread out and their charges had no impact on enemy lines.

"You've convinced me, Captain!" Colonel Slein said, "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with what you're talking about! ”

So there was no problem on Colonel Slein's side.

Qin Chuan thought that this matter was settled, because the first corps was originally used as a trial unit for MP43, and now it is only asking for an expansion of equipment, and the relevant documents will not even attract the attention of senior officers.

But in this regard, Qin Chuan was wrong.

Within two days, the commander of the Southern Army, von . Bock knew about it.

The reason for this was the sudden increase in the supplies demanded by the 1st Corps...... This is mainly ammunition, as it is predictable that the MP43 will consume much more ammunition than the pull-bolt rifle.

This von. Field Marshal Bock was the commander who had previously commanded Army Group Center in its offensive against Moscow, and was removed from his post by Hitler when he failed.

Originally, Hitler did not intend to use him, who wanted Reichenau, the commander of Army Group South, to die suddenly due to a stroke, Hitler thought about it...... There is only Feng Murray, who has more than a year of experience in commanding the Eastern Front. Bock is qualified for the position of this commander.

So, Feng. Bock became the only general to be the commander of all three army groups on the Eastern Front. (Note: Prior to his tenure as commander of Army Group Center, von Murray. Bock served as commander of Army Group North and participated in the Polish campaign)

"What's going on?" Feng. Bock asked the staff officer while flipping through the papers: "The supply requested by the first corps, a regiment has more supply requests than a division?" And it turned out to be submachine gun bullets that were requested! ”

This is von. What Bock did not allow, and not many people knew, was that the strategic center of gravity on the Eastern Front had shifted from Army Group Center to Army Group South, which is why the 1st Corps and the 21st Panzer Division were transferred to Kiev.

So, von. Bock is doing everything he can to stock up on enough supplies for Army Group South, and he hopes to equip Army Group South with 2,000 tanks before the war begins.

To this end, even domestic efforts are being made simultaneously...... Due to the loss of too many tanks in the Battle of Moscow, it was not easy to produce two thousand tanks in a short time, and the country even dissolved the church bell to collect more iron and copper.

Therefore, the success of Qinchuan's counterfeit banknote plan can be said to have sent a timely rain to Germany, and he greatly alleviated Germany's economic crisis and the embarrassment of insufficient materials during this period.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" After checking the documents, the staff officer replied, "What is written here...... It was the first step that the Corps planned to replace all its rifles with MP43 submachine guns! ”

Wen Yan Feng. Bock immediately frowned.

"Whose stupid idea is this?" Feng. Bock asked: "How can you replace all the rifles with submachine guns?" Are you sure this is the unit stationed in Holm? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The staff officer replied.

Feng. Bock was transferred to Army Group South because of his excellent performance in Holm, but now it seems that ...... This force seems stupid enough to kill itself.

"Let them give me an explanation!" Feng. Bock ordered.

If it weren't for their record in Holm, he would have gone straight to the line.