Although the war between the German Nazis and the Red Soviet Union was thousands of miles away, the "crazy" performance of the German armored army still made most Americans shudder.

The German army was advancing into the interior of the huge Russian continent at a speed fast enough to jaw everyone. Although Su Dalin had ordered the arrest, trial, and shooting of nearly 100 high-ranking officers of the Red Army who had failed in battle, and those political commissars had tried every means to encourage the Red Army soldiers to sacrifice their lives for the motherland, so far the Russians had not been able to find a way to deal with the German blitzkrieg tactics, and city after city fell into the hands of the Germans.

By mid-to-late July, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, was surrounded by Von Loeb's Army Group North, which was attacking in the direction of Leningrad. The tanks of "Swift Heinz" (Guderian) are approaching Smolensk, which is only 200 miles from Moscow. In the south, von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army has already moved under the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with the cooperation of the 6th Army. In the Black Sea direction, the Romanian 4th Army is also steadily advancing towards Odessa.

The brilliant achievements of the Germans in the first month of the war can be most intuitively reflected in one statistic - the casualty data of the Soviet Red Army. Although Moscow has never released relevant data, it is conservatively estimated that the number of casualties and prisoners of the Soviet Red Army will not be less than 1.3 million.

This figure has greatly exceeded the total number of people in the current US Army. In other words, in less than a month, the Germans ate an army larger than the entire U.S. Army. How can this not panic the US government and the population.

"What can you do to stop the advance of the German steel monsters?" "Who can stop Hitler?" "How should we deal with the global ravages of fascism?" "Is our army capable of defending the country?" This series of issues became the topic of greatest concern to the American people and the media in early July.

The United States, feeling threatened, has once again increased the speed of the war machine. Congress swiftly passed a resolution extending the length of service of soldiers enlisted as a result of the 1940 draft conscription by 12 months and requiring all men aged 21 or older to register for conscription by the end of August. At the same time, a large number of retired officers have also regained military call-ups.

One day at noon, John was in his office discussing with Training Staff Officer Matthews about adjusting the training subjects for next week. The lessons of the Soviets have made it clear to the American military the inferiority of pure infantry units in the face of armored groups. As the last resort of infantry against tanks, the importance of the Bazooka anti-tank rocket launcher was once again strengthened.

In the recruit training syllabus, the use of bazookas by infantry in anti-tank tactical training has been greatly enhanced. Draco Defense Technologies also received a large order for 20,000 rocket launchers and 300,000 rockets from the military at once. Half of them were to be shipped to the Soviet Union via the Newfoundland-Iceland-Arkhangelsk route following the first shipment of supplies to the Soviet Union.

At present, this route is the fastest channel for the Soviet Union to obtain military and economic assistance from Britain and the United States. However, in winter, the port of Arkhangelsk, located in the depths of the Arctic Ocean, will freeze and become unusable, and the convoy will have to turn to the more dangerous port of Murmansk. It was only 100 miles from the Finnish border, and directly facing the Barents Sea, and the submarines of the German oceanic raiders could easily attack the convoy.

"Did Steven say when will the next batch of bazookas be distributed?" John and Matthews have a tricky problem. The officers sitting in their offices in Washington revised the training syllabus with a stroke of their pen, but the number of bazookas distributed to the 82nd Division was far from enough for John and his team to conduct anti-tank tactical training throughout the division.

He said he would have to wait until the end of the year at the earliest. The batch of bazookas that had been planned to be distributed to our army group had already been intercepted. It will depart for the Soviet Union next Monday. Matthews scratched his hair helplessly. At present, the 82nd Division has only 112 rocket launchers, which is less than a quarter of the number of equipment specified in the training program (according to the standard, the number of rocket launchers in each US infantry division should be 557, with an average of about 5 in each company).

John also scratched his head about this, not to mention that he was the backstage boss of Draco Defense Technologies, and he couldn't conjure up a "Bazooka" bazooka at this time. Even if he called Reilly, it was useless, this kid was already driven crazy by the commissioners of the Military Industrial Production Committee. The batch of bazookas that came to the aid of the Soviet Union had already exhausted all of his stocks, and now the batch on the production line had to be given priority to the exercise troops of the 2nd and 3rd armies.

"I really can't do it, so I can only gather all the bazookas first, and one regiment after another comes. Next Monday, starting with the 503rd regiment, what do you think? "It's difficult for a daughter-in-law to cook without rice, and John can only come up with such a way that is not a solution. Gathering all 112 bazookas into a regiment is barely enough for training.

John could only comfort himself: fortunately, in this life, the "Bazooka" bazooka has become a real individual weapon under John's guidance, and it no longer requires the cooperation of two people to use it like in the previous life, and it is much less difficult to train. If you hurry up, you may not be able to catch up with the training progress.

Moreover, the first US military unit in history to be equipped with the "Bazooka" rocket launcher did not receive formal operational training at all. By the time the first batch of 5,000 bazookas was produced, the U.S. military had already landed in North Africa. Those bazookas were airlifted directly to the front line in Tunisia.

Although due to nervousness and unskillful operation, the U.S. bazooka riders on the battlefield often fired early, causing rockets to fly directly over the head of the tank. But the Germans, who had never seen this new weapon, often thought they were ambushed by 105mm guns and chose to retreat or surrender. As a result, Bazooka achieved good results in North Africa and Sicily.

John felt that even if the training effect of the 82nd Division's bazooka players would be reduced due to insufficient equipment, it would still be better than learning and using it on the battlefield with a manual in history. It's a big deal to cultivate a batch of seeds in each company first, and then engage in "passing on the help" when the follow-up equipment arrives.

After roughly finalizing the training content of the 503rd Regiment next week, John was about to call the chief of staff of the 503rd Regiment. Suddenly, the phone in the office rang, and it was Adele who called.

"Honey, are you busy with work today? Can I come back for dinner in the evening? On the phone, Adele asked.

John raised his wrist and looked at his watch, it was past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. "It should be possible, but it may be a little later." Considering that it was Sunday and that he hadn't been home for almost three weeks, John replied in the affirmative.

"It doesn't matter. We've got you covered. Adele replied happily.

"We? Are there any other guests in the house? John asked curiously. Although Adele occasionally organizes some cultural salons and the like at home, it is usually in the afternoon. Because she had to put little Eric to sleep, she rarely entertained guests in the evenings.

"It's Headmaster Middleton, and he's come to Alexander on a business trip, and says he'll come to see little Eric in the evening."

"Okay, I see, I'll try to get back as soon as possible." His intuition told John that Middleton had come to him at this time, and it was definitely not as simple as stopping by to see his godson.

John thought of the previous order of the General Staff to call up retired officers to return to the army. General MacArthur is also said to be part of this call-up, and President Roosevelt intends to reinstate the former Army Chief of Staff as the Supreme Commander of the U.S. Army in the Far East. Could it be that Middleton is also returning to the Army?