Chapter 237: Threat
Qin Chuan didn't guess wrong, after a few people sat down at the regiment headquarters, Conrad said to Qin Chuan while rummaging through the document bag: "First of all, I want to tell you a good news, second lieutenant......"
As he spoke, Conrad handed a drawing of the "Iron Fist" to Qin Chuan...... This is not the one drawn by Qin Chuan, because the length, size and exploded view of the parts are marked in detail.
"We made it, second lieutenant!" Colonel Conrad said.
"You made it?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised, and he only had more than a month.
However, it does not seem surprising that the structure of the "Iron Fist" is not complicated, and it can be completed in a short time with Germany's industrial capacity...... The difficult thing is the design, but Qin Chuan has basically designed it.
"Yes!" Colonel Conrad replied: "Not only did it be made, but we tested it, and the results surprised us, or rather, to the delight of everyone...... ALTHOUGH ITS RANGE IS NOT IDEAL, ONLY 30 METERS, WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WARHEAD SO THAT ITS ARMOR PENETRATION DEPTH REACHES 140MM! (NOTE: THE ORIGINAL "IRON FIST" PENETRATION DEPTH WAS 140MM, AND AFTER THE IMPROVEMENT, IT REACHED 200MM)
β140MMοΌβ Colonel Slein's eyes widened: "God, we can easily use it to penetrate the armor of any enemy tank!" β
"Yes!" Conrad nodded, and then looked at Qin Chuan a little strangely: "Second Lieutenant, you don't seem to be surprised at all by this deep penetration!" β
Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, and then realized that he should act surprised and delighted like Colonel Slain, but it was obviously too late to do so now.
"Of course, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I believe that you will improve the warhead, and the British warhead already has a penetration depth of 75MM, and it is not surprising that some of them have a penetration depth of 140MM after improvement, isn't it?" β
Colonel Conrad nodded, "You're a genius, second lieutenant...... Looking at this drawing, we ended up with something similar to what you drew, and I almost doubt that you drew it after you'd seen it! β
What Colonel Conrad said was indeed true, so Qin Chuan knew that if he provided any information in the future, he should not be too detailed or deliberately make a mistake in terms of proportions.
"Colonel!" Qin Chuan changed the subject: "Since it has been made, where is it?" β
"Sorry, Ensign!" Colonel Conrad raised his hand at the drawing of the "Iron Fist" and said: "This is the bad news I have to tell you: we have reported it and its performance data to the FΓΌhrer, who is very interested in it and thinks that it should be put into the Eastern Front first!" β
"What?" Hearing this, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane couldn't help but look at each other.
QIN CHUAN CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THIS, BECAUSE AT THIS TIME THE STALWARTS OF THE SOVIET TANK WAS THE HEAVY TANK KV1, THE FRONT ARMOR OF THIS TANK WAS 90MM THICK (LATER INCREASED TO 120MM), AND NO TANK AND ANTI-TANK GUN IN THE HANDS OF THE GERMAN ARMY COULD PENETRATE SUCH A THICK ARMOR, AND THE SHOCK IT CAUSED TO THE GERMAN ARMY WAS UNPRECEDENTED...... In extreme cases, even a KV1 appeared to block a German infantry division for 3 days.
SO, THE EASTERN FRONT URGENTLY NEEDED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF PENETRATING 90MM ARMOR, WHATEVER THAT WAS.
And it was at this very moment...... THE "IRON FIST" WITH A PENETRATION DEPTH OF 140MM WAS BORN, AND HITLER EVEN THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GIFT FROM GOD, SO HE DID NOT THINK ABOUT LETTING THE MILITARY INDUSTRY MASS-PRODUCE AND PUT IT ON THE EASTERN FRONT IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.
"But that's our idea, isn't it?" Qin Chuan said: "And we also urgently need this equipment!" β
"Yes!" Of course, Colonel Slane will side with Qin Chuan in this matter: "You know, Colonel Conrad, we don't even have a few decent tanks in our hands, and our soldiers can only use anti-tank grenades and explosives packs to stop the British tanks...... We need it to save the Afrika Korps! β
"But that's what the FΓΌhrer meant!" Colonel Conrad spread his hands and said that he could not do anything about the matter.
Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan couldn't help but glance at each other, knowing that this matter seemed to be useful only if Rommel sent a request to Hitler.
However, it is unlikely that this will work, as it does seem that the Eastern Front is more urgent...... Hitler always regarded North Africa as a secondary battlefield, so even if he agreed to Rommel's request, it would only be a symbolic part, and the "Iron Fist" thing would require a large number of equipment to be effective.
You can even say ...... The first regiment was still training and waiting for the "iron fist", because according to intelligence, there were a considerable number of British tanks in Crete, and it was difficult for paratroopers to carry anti-tank guns.
To be precise, it is not impossible to carry anti-tank guns, but they must be disassembled first, assembled after parachuting, and then there is the problem of airdropping shells, etc., which determines that it is impossible for paratroopers to have a large number of artillery.
THIS MAKES THE "IRON FIST" VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS LIGHTWEIGHT, SMALL IN SIZE, AND HAS A PENETRATING DEPTH OF 140MM...... And what could be better than it to supplement the problem of insufficient firepower of paratroopers?
"Colonel Conrad!" Colonel Slein said: "Can I report this to General Rommel!" β
"Absolutely!" Colonel Conrad nodded.
Without saying a word, Colonel Slein went to the communications room to contact Rommel.
"Colonel!" Qin Chuan asked Colonel Conrad, "So, what is the purpose of your trip?" β
"Talking to you about more ideas about it, of course!" Colonel Conrad held the drawing of the "Iron Fist" and said, "I wonder how you came up with this, or if there are any other innovations related to it...... I think this has to be interviewed with you, it's hard to explain it on the phone......"
"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "My idea is completely from the 'English Bow Crossbow'. Or rather, it was forced out by the battlefield, because we lacked tanks and the enemy had many tanks, so we urgently needed a single anti-tank equipment similar to the 'English Crossbow'. β
Colonel Conrad nodded when he heard this, this motive was reasonable.
"Now ......" Qin Chuan's words changed sharply, and then said: "If we thought of this equipment and it proved to be indeed feasible, but we couldn't get it...... Do you think we'll still be motivated to consider new gear? β
Colonel Conrad was stunned for a moment, and asked Qin Chuan with this incredible expression: "Second Lieutenant, are you threatening me?" β
"No, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "I didn't threaten anyone, I just wanted to tell you that the equipment I worked so hard to get was used to save my comrades and my own lives, if we didn't get these equipment, we would probably die on the battlefield, and the dead wouldn't have any ideas, would they?" β
Conrad couldn't help but nodded, what Qin Chuan said was indeed a realistic problem, not to mention ...... Whether Qin Chuan has other innovations is known only to him, and no one can say that Qin Chuan deliberately did not say that he used it to threaten Conrad.