If Yodel could have stopped him, then Guderian would not have been called "Lightning Heinz". The lieutenant general of the panzer corps was so mobile that before Yodel could make his next move, Guderian had already run off the stands and jumped into his own car.

Guderian is riding in a Steyr 1500A, a large off-road convertible that has produced more than 18,000 vehicles throughout history, ninety percent of which have been supplied to the German armed forces, which are usually used only as command and commuter vehicles because of the lack of protective armor.

Even though Yodel felt a little dissatisfied with Guderian's reckless behavior, he could only choose to endure it, he knew the weight of the Führer's heart, and he was not prepared to stiffen the relationship between the two sides because of such a trivial matter.

Seeing Guderian's car speeding towards the launch position, Yodel could not sit alone in the stands, he could only reluctantly walk down the stands with a few subordinates. Because the two high-ranking officers left the scene suddenly, it caused a small chaos at the observation site, and the incident happened so suddenly that most people did not know what was going on, and thought that the experiment had gone wrong, which angered the two high-ranking officers.

After firing a salvo, the crew opened the rear door cover and climbed out of the vehicle to prepare for reloading. This is one of the biggest flaws of this equipment, the reload must be dismounted to complete, and the crew lacks protection on the battlefield. However, there is no effective way to make up for this defect, Xu Jun once thought of installing folding steel shields on both sides of the rear of the car, which can be opened 90 degrees to both sides when needed to provide some protection for the people who get off the car. However, the protective area of this steel plate shield is very limited, and it will only increase the weight of the car body in vain, so it was quickly vetoed by Xu Jun himself.

Xu Jun can't think of a solution for the time being, and the U.S. Marine Corps has encountered the same problem in Vietnam in history.

Because the engine of the "Scorpion" is rear-mounted, the mode of ammunition reserve is completely different from that of the M50, and the ammunition of the US M50 is stored in special tubular magazines on both sides of the interior of the compartment and under the floor, with four rounds on each side and eight rounds under the floor, adding up to a total of sixteen 105-mm recoilless shells.

The German "Scorpion" has a slightly higher ammunition load, after all, the body of the "Scorpion" is two turns larger than that of the M50, and the interior space is correspondingly larger. The design of the bottom magazine was completely preserved, welded to the bottom of the engine compartment, and the two-centimeter-thick armor mouth cover opened in the direction of the tail, making it very convenient for the crew to get out of the car and get ammunition.

Sixteen rounds of 105 caliber ammunition can be stored on the ammunition rack inside the hull, plus eight rounds at the bottom of the hull, for a total of twenty-four shells, which is enough for the destroyer to complete four salvos, provided that it can survive the first three launches.

At this time, Guderian had no idea about the bloody cruelty of the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and he could not imagine what a tragic scene would be on a battlefield where the life of an armored unit was measured in hours.

Xu Jun reminded and hinted to his generals at the meeting more than once that the Germans were about to face not a border battle, but the Somme and Verdun, and perhaps the pattern would no longer be clumsy trench warfare, but it would definitely be more bloody than in 1916.

The key to victory is in the hands of those who are prepared, Guderian is convinced of this, what role this new tank destroyer can play in his blitzkrieg tactics in front of him, the general's mind began to run at high speed, and at the same time he felt a sense of excitement in his heart that had not been seen for a long time.

Reloading a recoilless gun is a delicate job, and the 40/41 recoilless gun has an internal rifling, and the muzzle velocity of the shell itself is slow, and if it is smoothbore, then you can really only rely on faith when shooting at long-distance targets.

Because the shell is stuffed directly into the chamber and the body is relatively long, the action should not be too rude when loading this ammunition, otherwise it is likely to damage the perforated shell or rifling. Even so, it only takes five to seven seconds for a skilled loader to reload a shell.

Then some friends are about to ask, how is the US military's rate of fire calculated once a minute, that is the combat rate of fire that is calculated together with the repeated aiming time, and the theoretical rate of fire are two concepts.

If you just dump ammunition into the distance, with enough ammunition hands, the rate of fire of ten second shots can still be easily achieved. The recoilless shells used by the German army at this time generally adopted the British and American perforated shell design, because the German warhead charge was relatively large, so the total weight was larger than that of the shells used by the American army. A high-explosive grenade weighs more than 10 kilograms, and the armor-piercing shell is slightly lighter, but it also reaches about 9 kilograms, which is about the same as the armor-piercing shell equipped with the German 88-mm anti-aircraft gun.

Because the display was carried out according to combat standards, the engine was still running, and the driver did not get out of the car according to the instructions, and the loading work was all done by the remaining three crew members. However, these people have undergone rigorous training, and they are already extremely proficient in reloading actions, and this time they are even more extraordinary, and it only took a minute before and after loading the six guns, which is a full half less than the standard given by the experimental group.

The commander of the vehicle was 32-year-old Armored Corps Sergeant Major Haenche. Ludwig, who had served in the 2nd Panzer Division, Guderian happened to be his old boss. When he noticed a Steyr coming in his direction, Ludwig immediately ordered to stop the rest of the drill, he didn't know who was sitting in the car, but it was usually the senior commander who rode in it.

"All assemble and stand upright!" The sergeant major quickly saw the faces of the passengers in the car, and he gave a loud order to his subordinates.

Steyr drove up to the tank destroyer and stopped in front of the crew.

"All! Salute! The commander raised his head and gave a loud order, and at the same time raised his hand to salute his old superior.

Guderian jumped out of the car with great dexterity, and then returned the standard military salute to the crew.

"Your name, Sergeant Major." Guderian walked up to the commander and asked kindly.

"Sergeant Major Hainche. Ludwig, General. The sergeant replied in a loud voice.

"What unit did you serve in before." Guderian looked at the Iron Cross of the First Class on the sergeant's chest, and his attitude became more kind.

It was only 1940, and it was not easy for the German non-commissioned officer class to obtain an Iron Cross of the First Class, and they had to have a record that everyone recognized, otherwise they would be ostracized by their colleagues in the army.

"2nd Panzer Division, General!" The commander replied proudly.

"Oh? Is it the 3rd or 4th regiment? Guderian smiled knowingly.

The 2nd Panzer Division was born as early as 1935 and was one of the first armored units formed in the German army, and Guderian was its first division commander, when he was still only a colonel. The Panzer Division consisted of two Panzer Regiments, the 3rd and the 4th, all of whom were veterans of long-term and rigorous training.

"3rd Panzer Regiment, General." Ludwig shouted at the top of his voice.

"Good, Sergeant Major." Guderian happily reached out and patted Ludwig's arm.

"Tell me what you think of this car, from a veteran's point of view, what do you think of this thing?" Guderian put his hands behind his back and waved his head in the direction of the "scorpion".

"Is this?" Ludwig didn't know where to start for a while.

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