"We want to defeat the Soviet Union as soon as possible, so that we can relieve the pressure on our industry." Li Le sat on the slightly bumpy car and sighed helplessly.

The topic returned to this rather depressing origin, without defeating the USSR, there is nothing to talk about.

"My Führer, I have done my best to increase the number of tanks produced, and the production of the Leopard tank has now surpassed the number 3 and 4 and has become the main equipment of our army." Speer spoke.

"It's not enough to have Leopard tanks, our enemy is already advancing, so there's not much time left for us." Li Le replied a little absent-mindedly.

What he is thinking about now is the Sherman M4 tank, which will be mass-produced in the United States next year, which is much more powerful than the M3lee tank in service in the United States.

Even without the British tank guns, the Firefly tank would be an impossible history, but the American M4 Sherman tank is still a difficult opponent.

After all, this thing was produced in one go, 40,000 terrible tanks, and the German army in real historical time and space, the most produced tank models are only more than 10,000.

"The Leopard tank must be produced more, how did you do the modification of the chassis?" Li Le dispelled the shadow of the Sherman tank that was lingering in his mind, looked at Speer and asked.

"The conversion went very well! My Führer! The expression on Speer's face lightened up when he mentioned this.

The conversion of the Leopard tank was probably the smoothest sub-project to be carried out, and the chassis was so good that it made the conversion so easy.

The ground air defense forces used this tank to create a dual-purpose combat vehicle, installed an 88-mm caliber anti-aircraft cannon, and turned it into a multi-purpose combat vehicle.

This artillery could be used as a makeshift anti-tank gun if fired horizontally, with a steel plate in front of it, which was enough to block the enemy's small arms fire.

And if this artillery is fired at high elevation angles, it becomes an anti-aircraft artillery, which is very popular with soldiers.

In addition, a chassis similar to the T-59 tank is indeed the first choice for the magic modification chassis. In the future, as long as the various tank armored vehicles of the magic change are five pairs of load-bearing wheels, they will make everyone feel friendly.

That's right, although this kind of chassis is now in Germany and has been changed by Li Le to 6 pairs of load-bearing wheels, the versatility of this tank chassis has not changed at all.

German engineers have converted this tank into a repair tank, which can repair the same Leopard tank, as well as tanks 3 and 4.

The reliability of this type of repair vehicle is quite high, because the reliability of the Leopard tank is very high. It can pull another Leopard tank and retreat without worrying about problems such as engine overheating.

With this armored repair vehicle, the front-line troops can repair their equipment faster, and it also makes the repair of Leopard tanks easier.

In fact, the reliability of the weapon system is also closely related to whether the troops are superior or inferior in combat.

If it is an offensive operation, the logistics support is relatively stable, so the possibility of obtaining parts is greater and more timely, and the slightly lower the reliability of the weapon at this time is also tolerable.

But when the time comes to retreat, if there is a problem with the weapon system, it will set off a chain reaction that will cause more weapons to fail.

In the real World War II, a large part of the failure rate of the Tiger and King Tiger tanks was caused by the unqualified parts and oil products.

There are also Tiger tanks, because other Tiger tanks have malfunctioned, so they can only risk dragging the faulty tanks out of the war zone, causing both tanks to break down together.

A similar situation would hardly arise in the Germans today, as they had enough tractors, and the reliable engines of the Leopards allowed the Leopards to tow other Leopards.

"We installed an anti-aircraft turret on the Leopard tank with two 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and it worked very well." Speer brought up a new weapon.

The Leopard tank, equipped with a double-barreled self-feeding anti-aircraft gun, was called a superkiller by the troops.

It can slaughter low-flying enemy planes, as well as sweep enemy tanks and infantry.

In the face of the T-26 tanks that the Soviet army is still equipped with a large number of tanks, at a distance of 700 meters, a super killer combat vehicle can easily destroy dozens of T-26 tanks.

"The assault gun of the Leopard tank has also been developed, and the response of the troops after the use of both models has been good." Speer said to Li Le eloquently.

The value of the No. 3 assault gun and the No. 4 assault gun in the war was valued by the German army leadership.

As the chassis of the Leopard tank increased in capacity, there was a growing call for it to be converted into a cheaper assault gun or tank destroyer.

At the request of the troops, the Leopard tank was converted into a Leopard tank destroyer, as well as a Leopard assault gun.

The Leopard tank destroyer uses a 105 mm gun, which uses powerful armor-piercing shells that can easily penetrate the armor of the T-34 and KV-2 tanks.

The only fly in the ointment is that the caliber of this artillery is too large, the rate of fire is seriously dragged down, and because the production cannot keep up, it can only be equipped in small quantities.

Intuitively, its appearance is completely an exploration of the future by the German armored forces, and the 105 mm caliber gun is also completely a preparatory plan to deal with future threats.

In fact, the power of the 88-mm cannon of the Leopard tank was quite capable of being used until after 1943, without any need to replace it.

It's just that Li Le feels that his Leopard tank is no longer the kind of Leopard tank in history, and the Tiger tank has also been aborted, and he can't say whether the Soviet Stalin's No. 2 tank will be born ahead of schedule.

In order to deal with the threat of Stalin's No. 2 tank and prepare in advance, Li Lecai ordered Krupp engineers to develop a 105 mm caliber tank gun.

After all, it is always good to be prepared, and with 105 mm guns, the German armored forces will not have any worries until 1960.

The modification of another Leopard assault gun was much simpler, it used a 150 mm caliber heavy gun as its own weapon, and the destruction of the city was simply invincible.

It can get close to the enemy's strong fortresses, use its thick armor to get close to its target, and then open fire on the opponent's most vulnerable spots.

The 150 mm caliber artillery was also enough to suppress the vast majority of fortifications, which could help the Germans quickly overcome the enemy's strong fortresses and reduce casualties......