"In the past month, we have produced 500 new M3LEE tanks, and the latest experimental model, the M4 medium tank, is also being tested." Subsequently, Marshall began to report to Roosevelt on the production of tanks.

"The M10 tank destroyer is also being experimented with and will soon be ready for mass production...... In terms of armored weapons, we are catching up with the Germans. When it comes to this, Marshall is very satisfied.

The U.S. top brass did not understand the war well, and the U.S. Army top brass still clings to their own whimsical "traditions."

These US Army top brass wishfully believe that tanks are weapons and equipment that cover the advance of infantry, and that they do not themselves undertake the task of fighting enemy tanks.

On the battlefield, the task of annihilating enemy tanks should be entrusted to more specialized tank destroyers.

The M10 tank destroyer was an embarrassing product of the U.S. Army's own closed-door construction, and before entering the war, they did not have the foresight of Li Le, and they did not know that their tank and tank destroyer concepts were outdated.

They seem to understand whether they understand the composition of the German armored forces, and believe that equipping tank destroyers is the development trend of the armored forces in the future.

These people believe that Germany is worth learning from in the use of armored forces, so the tank destroyers equipped with a large number of Germans must be worth learning.

As everyone knows, Li Le equipped the Stalker tank destroyer in order to fight against the T-34 steel torrent of the Soviets, and was prepared to resist pressure in advance in terms of quantity.

After speciously learning from German tank destroyers, the Americans also made some improvements that suited the American situation: they abandoned the turretless structure suitable for mass production in favor of a rotating turret structure like the tank......

This is tantamount to abandoning the low-end route of the "self-propelled anti-tank gun" of the German Hunter tank destroyer and embarking on the road of high-precision "roofless tank".

Although the U.S. Army has expanded to 3 million troops, the armored forces are still training in accordance with the rules.

The tank units cover their infantry brothers to storm the city, and then when they encounter a counterattack from enemy tanks, call for tank destroyers waiting nearby to meet the enemy tanks......

As in the 35 years ago, because of the lack of tanks in the United States, a large number of armored units are still training with trucks and other equipment to "play" tanks.

The M10 tank destroyer, which had high hopes, was only a "concept car" until now because the M4 tank had not yet been mass-produced.

What's more interesting is that the M4 series of tank armored vehicles that are not advanced on the American side have not yet been put into service, and the improved Leopard tanks on the German side, which have canceled the course machine gun, have begun mass production to replace the old Leopard tanks.

"In the production of Leopard tanks, they use a lot of new technologies, some of which we are working on, and some of which we have already started." Marshall reported one by one.

"Can't we make a more powerful tank against the Germans' armor?" Roosevelt interjected with some reluctance.

"With all due respect, Mr. President, we have little experience in creating tanks and can only win by numbers." General Marshall said helplessly and honestly.

"In addition, even if our tanks are on par with the Germans in terms of performance, there is still a significant gap between the tactical level of our crew members and the other side." He looked at the president, but after all, he still pressed and did not explain his countermeasures.

In fact, the army has a very clear understanding of how to fight the German tank troops. Several experienced commanders believed that the old path of the Soviet tank forces could not be followed.

While popularizing the radio system on armored vehicles, they were desperately training the combat skills of tank crews.

Ensuring the training of troops and then allowing them to survive as much as possible on the battlefield is a "high trick" that the United States learned from the Pacific War.

As long as the replenishment is greater than the loss, Marshall is sure that he will gradually improve the technical and tactical level of American soldiers in the war, and finally win the war by relying on numbers.

Thwarting Japan's offensive near the Solomon Islands is a brilliant illustration of this strategy. The United States, which has just tasted the sweetness, now believes in Marshall's "operation" even more.

"Compared to this, the pace of production of our naval ship units is even more gratifying. Three escort aircraft carriers will be launched within this month, and the balance of power in the Pacific Ocean may be reversed before winter comes! Marshall continued proudly.

The navy is the most important thing in the current production sequence of the United States, because it is the highest ideal of the United States to kill Japan rather than to counterattack the European continent.

So, in the past month, the United States has launched 20 ocean-going class submarines, a full 30 destroyers, and 3 cruisers.

Coupled with the three escort aircraft carriers that are about to be launched, the construction speed of the US Navy even exceeds the imagination of the traverser Li Le.

That terrible production capacity to build a Liberty ship in a few days is really an insurmountable mountain that makes all opponents desperate.

If you count the fleet aircraft carriers that the US Navy is building in large quantities, then it is really a large number.

You must know that the German side is producing nothing more than 4 large fleet aircraft carriers at the same time. The Americans, on their part, may build ten fleet aircraft carriers in one go, or even twenty!

Historically, the Essex-class aircraft carriers, but more than 30 are planned to be built! In the end, 22 ships were launched, and it was exactly like dumplings.

"In the Air Force, we used the Merlin engines that Britain provided to us before the surrender to create a new series of fighters."

"Although the new fighter is an army model, the combat radius is quite long! It's a pity that the thirst of the near cannot be quenched, and the new aircraft will not be mass-produced until mid-1942. When it comes to the new fighter, Marshall has a little regret.

It's a pity that the P-51 Mustang and the Navy's new fighter can't be put into production immediately, otherwise, the sky in the Pacific theater will not be the turn of the Zero fighter to wreak havoc.

"What we can rely on now is the improved P-40 fighter." Marshall flipped the page and went on to say to Roosevelt: "Last month, we gave the Soviet Union as many as 200 P-40 fighters. ”

"I hope that these P-40 fighters can be safely and quickly transported to Ukraine, and help Stalin keep the eastern part of Ukraine for us to buy another half a year." Roosevelt sighed.

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