Far away in East Prussia, the Wolf's Den, which Hitler had begun building in 1940, had now been renovated by Li Le and used as his base camp on the Eastern Front.

The number of mines laid here has been reduced, but some ancillary facilities have been added, including a new ground complex.

The construction of this place saved a lot of man-hours compared to history, because after Li Le replaced Hitler, the focus of the construction here shifted from safety to strengthening functions such as communications.

Li Le knew that no matter how strong the fortress was, it would not play any defensive role when the mountains and rivers were exhausted.

Once you lose your heart, even if you are trapped in an underground bunker, you will not get a moment of safety.

So he strengthened his communications and made it easier for him to command and mobilize troops throughout the country and to communicate with other leaders of the National Socialist Party stationed in Berlin.

Now, Li Le is sitting in a large conference hall in the building on the ground of the wolf's den, discussing with his scientists and engineers the future direction of weapons development.

It's sunny and a little more peaceful than expected. There was already a faint sound of birds chirping outside the window, and in the distance you could see rows of houses with vegetation on their roofs.

"Do you know why we can produce tanks faster than we used to?" After Li Le asked, he pointed to Speer beside him and asked him to introduce the key to the problem in detail.

"We've increased the production of Stalker tank destroyers by 30 units this month compared to February, and now we are able to produce more than 400 of these weapons every month." Speer took over and began to introduce the production of various weapons.

"In February, we also produced 200 Leopard tanks, and about 300 No. 4 tanks." He flipped a page of the report and continued to speak with a series of numbers.

Hearing the news, everyone was at a loss. Since production has been increasing, what else is there to worry about?

"We're not done mobilizing yet, so workers are just relying on overtime to increase capacity." Speer explained the current state of production.

Blind mobilization will only make the people more disgusted with war. Historically, Germany's delay in mobilizing was in fact directly related to its own philosophy.

Li Le couldn't overturn his previous inertial decision in a short period of time, so he could only find another way to increase production capacity.

Every detail must be carefully calculated, and nothing can be wasted in any production link, which is the key to Li Le's success.

"In fact, there are many ways to increase production capacity, and stopping the production of some weapons and equipment that do not have much effect at this stage can also maximize the manufacturing speed of other types of weapons." Speer spread out the other document in front of him and pushed it to the center of the table.

Then he went on to say: "This is the weapons and equipment that have been discontinued or reduced, and the production capacity is occupied, which is the anti-aircraft gun and self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. ”

In the real history of World War II, how many anti-aircraft guns were produced in Germany? It's hard to keep track of that number.

However, the approximate number is still easy to know: during World War II, Germany produced more than 180,000 anti-aircraft guns to deal with the Allied air threat.

And if these 180,000 anti-aircraft guns were replaced with tanks, maybe the German Eastern Front would not collapse so ugly.

"In February, we stopped producing 200 anti-aircraft guns of 20 mm caliber, and the production of anti-aircraft guns of more than 30 mm was also reduced by at least 5 percent." When Speer mentioned the number, he himself felt overwhelmed.

In the midst of a thriving production process, it is a little embarrassing to suddenly add a large amount of declining data.

"Ladies and gentlemen! In fact, each and every one of us should realize that weapons exist in a complete system. Li Le interrupted the whispers of the people below and said to the people beside him.

Then he pointed to the document in the middle of the table and continued: "Every country has its own tactical system, and it is the job of all of you to strengthen the advantages of this tactical system as much as possible and avoid these shortcomings. Li Le's set of theories was reluctantly summed up by the joint efforts of many military experts in later generations.

The reason why the United States is strong is that it has a powerful striking force under the war of the information technology system.

"If everything can be rehearsed according to our tactical system, we can easily win, on the contrary, there will be problems." In Li Le's view, this is a commonplace question, but subject to this era, his ideas are still very advanced knowledge.

"In serious cases, once the system is defeated, then the whole war will be lost. So, that's what I'm looking for you. Glancing at his engineer subordinates, Li Le said word by word.

Constantly strengthening one's own superiority in the armed forces to cover up some of its own shortcomings is the top priority of the system doctrine.

Li Le had to get his men up and running at high speed as soon as possible, so that they could design weapons and equipment that were more in line with the interests of the German army: "We can't passively wait for the enemy to develop their weapons and equipment, and finally overwhelm us. ”

In the system designed by Li Le, the clumsy Mauser 98K rifle was a reasonable choice to support the STG-44 assault rifle.

After all, there are still many opportunities for the two sides to engage at a distance of 500 meters in World War II, which requires accurate rifles to maintain the ability to fire first.

It is not impossible to replace all of them with assault rifles, but what kind of tragic scene encountered by all Soviet troops equipped with assault rifles in the Afghan war is well known to military fans in the 21st century.

The reason why the United States' weapons and equipment are better than Russia's on the whole is because the United States has its own combat system and does not overemphasize the performance of a certain weapon in a single fight.

As a result, after the weapons system had been formed, the United States achieved an overwhelming advantage over Soviet weapons by leaps and bounds.

It is precisely because of this that the United States, which has formed a system, has made use of the strong point of informationization to cover up other deficiencies and has achieved a record that shocked the world in the Gulf War.

The opposite example is Iraq, which had no shortage of weapons and equipment before the Gulf War, and its troops had a lot of combat experience. But because the weapon system fought separately, it finally swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat.

"What we need now is bold speculation that predicts the pattern of future warfare. I need you to accept this theory and carry it forward with me! Because he knows the importance of the system, Li Le attaches more and more importance to it.

"The Air Force is a very important part of our tactical content. If the Air Force is defeated, then the Army, which has lost the sky, will also taste the bitter fruits of defeat because of the lack of cover. Li Le must make everyone accept his statement, so that he can correctly guide the direction of the development of German weapons.

When weapons become a system, they can increase the direction with the strongest and overwhelm the enemy to achieve victory. This is not without side effects, and of course Li Le is also very clear about the harm.

Once a weapon becomes a system, it also has a "dependence" on the system, and this dependence is, to put it bluntly, the defects of the weapon itself that are covered up by the system.

The best way to deal with the weapons and equipment system is to choose the weaker links of the opponent's weapons system and destroy the opponent's weapons system.

As long as this goal is achieved, then the opponent's combat effectiveness will be weakened in an instant, and there will be many loopholes to take care of it, until it collapses and loses the war.

This is definitely not alarmist, in fact, the rapid victory of the German army in World War II and the gradual defeat are inextricably related to this theory.

Excluding the well-known theory of the crushing of Allied resources, the collapse of the German tactical system, which was determined by the weapons system, was also a secondary reason for the defeat of the German army.

In the early days of the war, the German army was invincible on the battlefield, relying on its relatively complete theory of blitzkrieg.

Narrowing down the observed target to a tactical level, blitzkrieg is an armored rapid advance tactic. As for whether to close the encirclement or continue to advance in depth after breaking through the enemy's defensive line, that is a follow-up choice, not an initial tactic.

The core of blitzkrieg is to concentrate on the use of armored troops and coordinate the use of mechanized infantry and air force in rapid mobile operations to form an assault spearhead and destroy the enemy's defense line.

Extending to the weapon system, the weapon technology system of Blitzkrieg is a reliable radio application, skilled troop cooperation, and lightweight and fast weaponry.

Within this weapon system, ME-109 fighters are responsible for air supremacy, Stuka bombers are used for rapid support firepower, tanks 2, 3 and 4 and even small tanks such as 38Ts are used as ground rapid propulsion spearheads, and Opel cars and half-track armored vehicles are used as supply and transportation backbones......

See, these weapons happened to be in line with the Blitzkrieg tactical system, but they were not the most advanced in the world at that time.

The German Blitzkrieg system covered up the shortcomings of these weapons and equipment, allowing the German army to achieve a series of great victories in wars.

And when the Germans passively upgraded their weapons and equipment, transitioned to slow-moving and thick-armored tanks, and had to abandon the Stuka bombers, they could not fight a smooth attack.

It is estimated that the craziest German generals would not dare to expect the Leopard and Tiger tanks to run thousands of miles with fuel tanks like the solid No. 3 tanks, right?

So, when the Germans abandoned their familiar blitzkrieg and began to face difficult problems such as storming and street fighting, defeat was imminent.

Li Le didn't want this to happen, he wanted to guide the German weapons system in the most correct direction, so that this system could always operate efficiently.

Because only in this way will the German army be able to win a protracted world war with the least amount of resources.