Now, in front of Ciric's eyes, is the regimental commander of the 1st Panzer Division. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Among them, the commander of the 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment was Joseph Dietrich, who, historically, was the commander of the 1st Panzer Division, a veteran party member who had participated in the beer hall together.

But now, he was only a regimental commander, and at the same time, his 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment was almost transferred from the original team, all of them were 1.8 meters tall big young men, burly and powerful.

The commander of the 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment was Ferdinand Schellner, a subordinate who had fought side by side with Shirek in the Beer Hall Coup, and this time he became Shirek's subordinate again, and his further studies at the Army Academy a few years ago made Schellner's qualifications even stronger.

Hearing that the 1st Panzer Division had been formed here, Schellner did not hesitate to ask for a transfer. Now, his eyes were on Ciric, full of adoration.

The 1st Armored Regiment is the main force of the 1st Armored Division, and the commander of the regiment is Kurt Mayer, who went to Libya with Guderian and others and has experienced many years of cultivation in the desert.

His full name was Kurt Adolf Wilhelm Meyer, and he was one of the most famous officers of the Waffen-SS during World War II, having participated in many major battles, such as the invasion of France, Barbarossa, and Normandy.

During his military career, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit with Two Swords and Oak Leaves, the third of the Military Order of the Third Reich. At the same time, Meyer also became the youngest division commander among the warring parties at that time. These resumes earned him the nickname "Armored Meyer".

The Second World War was an era of heroes, among which a generation of young SS generals emerged, whose military command talent was unprecedented in the German Army, and Meyer was their representative.

He was a fanatic who was willing to fight to the death for his beloved Führer. At the same time, he was a professional soldier, very different from the butchers who guarded the concentration camps.

Although not as famous as Rommel and others, Meyer is still a person that Ciric values a lot, so a few years ago, Ciric personally selected Meyer and encouraged him to set foot in Libya.

And now, Germany's first armored regiment has finally been born! The commander of this armored regiment, of course, needs Meyer to take it! Of the various tactical discussions in the desert, Meier was the best of them all, and won Guderian's trust.

In addition to them, there were several other regiment commanders, and at this time, they were all looking excitedly at Ciric, the legendary figure who single-handedly created a strong German legion!

"The battlefield of the future is definitely not the kind of trenches of the First World War, but the destruction of the enemy in motion, and I believe that our 1st Armored Division will definitely be able to create miracles." "Our army is built for war, and we must always aim to win a world war!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison.

"Now, let's talk about the problems that exist in our troops." Ciric said.

Hearing Ciric's words, Schellner, who had long been unable to hold back, finally spoke: "General, our Panzergrenadier Regiment is now extremely short of combat vehicles. We have enough trucks, but our fighters can't sit in trucks and fight. ”

Panzergrenadier Corps! This is also a brand new unit in the new establishment of the 1st Armored Division, which did not have this title before!

Speaking of panzergrenadiers, you have to start with grenadiers!

Grenadier is a branch of the European Army in the mid-17th century, and as the name suggests, refers to the infantry in the army that can throw grenades.

Since grenades at the time were similar in size and weight to small artillery shells, it was necessary to select soldiers with strong arms among the infantry to be able to throw them, that is, only the most elite fighters could do it!

When bullets whizz around them, when slippery grenades explode in their hands at any time, the psychological quality of the grenadiers must also be quite high, so that they can not make mistakes and throw them together according to the orders of the commander!

Over time, the title of grenadier became an honorary title for the heroic combat performance of soldiers, and it also showed that grenadiers were the elite and best of the infantry.

And now, grenades are not so difficult to throw, the average soldier is able to throw grenades accurately, so that the title of grenadier has disappeared, all ordinary infantry, or cavalry.

And now, in order to boost the morale of the German infantry and continue the traditions of the Prussian army, at the suggestion of Schiric, he changed his title to Panzergrenadier!

In nature, it should be called mechanized infantry, as an infantry regiment under the jurisdiction of an armored division, they need to ride on armored or motorized vehicles, and advance with the German tank units.

The tank tore open, the infantry expanded the gains, and at the same time the presence of the infantry was able to protect the two wings of the tank, this is the meaning of the existence of Panzergrenadiers!

As the elite infantry to provide infantry support, they are the elite of the German Army in terms of equipment and training, except for cluster grenades are also their standard equipment, they are more ferocious in firepower than other units, for example, one of their infantry squads, is composed of two machine guns.

And since they are called Panzergrenadiers, they also have tools that can carry them into battle!

Now, the special partial motorcycles produced by BMW have begun to enter their troops, but it is obviously not enough to have partial motorcycles, there must be more equipment!

What equipment? Infantry fighting vehicles, of course!

In this era, tanks are still a novelty, and the large-scale centralized application of tanks is already an unprecedented attempt, so no one would have thought of developing armored vehicles that can accompany the tank!

Although there were already armored cars in this era, but that kind of thing, it could only be driven on the road! If you want to have off-road ability, you must have a multi-axle drive chassis!

Ciric went to Ford to discuss the development of an off-road truck, in fact, he had plans to do this, but now, he can't catch up at all!

For a long time, Ciric has only cared about the development of tanks, and besides, Germany has too many projects in all aspects, and it does not have the energy to take care of infantry fighting vehicles at all!

However, Ciric knew that there should be something that could be used right out of the box! This thing, throughout World War II, is famous, you can see it everywhere, in other countries, when chivalry is still admired, the German army, has been mechanized!

Sd.Kfz251 family armored transport vehicle!