99. Pay attention to street fighting
On the matter of having to go all out, Guderian agreed with Li Le's judgment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 But he was not a prophet, and he could not have foreseen what Li Le knew about a very cruel future for Germany.
Even if he could foresee the future of the armored forces, he could not foresee that the invincible tank forces of the Third Reich would be exhausted in front of a tenfold enemy.
Similarly, even he could not have foreseen that his armored forces would use more than 10 tanks in the future to meet the opponent and eventually drown in the sea of one or two tanks of the opponent.
"The willingness to provide more than 2,000 Hunters for armored forces is really good news." Guderian was very much in agreement with the Führer's idea of strengthening the armored corps.
It is precisely because of the Führer's love and support for the armored troops that he became the father of the German armored forces and made the German armored soldiers grow up strongly.
"But the Führer, such a large-scale production of the Stalker anti-tank gun without turrets seems to be a bit too pessimistic...... Guderian suggested.
Based on his own experience in fighting in France, as well as his consistent advocacy, Guderian continued to speak and persuaded Li Le: "For the enemy's armored targets, we can use other means to destroy them, so we don't have to deploy so many anti-tank guns, right?" ”
Hearing what the other party said, Li Le waved his hand and said, "I am using the cheapest method to equip the troops with the most basic armored force!" ”
"No matter how elite the armored forces are, there will always be times when the support is not timely." Li Le opened his mouth and said his thoughts: "No matter how invincible the Stuka of the Air Force is, there are times when the weather is bad. ”
Speaking of this, he looked at Guderian, patted the other party's shoulder, and said: "Therefore, the infantry must have its own anti-tank forces, and the better the mobility, the easier it is to support the tank troops in battle!" ”
Guderian frowned, instead of scattering the support infantry and equipping most of the infantry with Stalker tank destroyers, it would be better to concentrate on the production of tank No. 4 and build more armored divisions, right?
As soon as he opened his mouth to persuade, Li Le waved his hand and said: "I know the importance of concentrating tanks, the factories that produce stalkers are all small enterprises that can't help, and they originally produced other things. ”
Li Le said as he handed him a book about several companies involved in the design and production of the Stalker, all of which were the names of Czech factories and anti-tank gun factories.
These factories could not be added to the production sequence of the No. 4 tank, so Li Le was completely reducing the production capacity of the towed anti-tank gun to build the Stalker tank destroyer.
Seeing this, Guderian had nothing to say - after all, the Führer was finding another way to develop tank-type vehicles to strengthen the infantry, which did not affect the production capacity of the No. 4 tank.
If there is no scramble for steel and other things, then the two sides can simply be said to be well water and river water, and Guderian is not guilty of arguing with the Führer for this matter, isn't it?
"My Führer, the news from the Air Force, they shot down at least 110 British fighters this afternoon, and achieved a great victory in the Battle of London!" Bowman walked in at this time and reported to Li Le.
The results of yesterday's air battle in London completely relieved Li Le. As long as the British sent planes to intercept the Luftwaffe, the attrition hunt against the British fighter force could be carried out smoothly.
Now it seems that the losses of the British fighters must have been greater than the replenishment, and in a few more days, the British would have little to do to prevent the Luftwaffe from making a long drive into the central part of England.
"In the morning, Goering said that his troops had shot down 130 enemy planes...... "Hearing the report on the number of enemy planes shot down, Li Le said with a very unimpressed smile.
He opened his mouth and refuted Goering's exaggeration with the total number of British fighters he knew: "According to his method of extermination, the British will not have a single plane the day after tomorrow!" ”
After finishing speaking, Li Le took the lead in laughing, easing the atmosphere in the entire conference room.
Everyone laughed along, after all, the Führer himself laughed, and if everyone didn't laugh along, the scene would have become very embarrassing.
In order not to embarrass the Führer, even if it is a very unfunny joke, everyone present will laugh aloud.
"Alright, gentlemen, that's all for today's meeting on new weapons, inform the kitchen in a moment, make everyone's lunch, I'm going to have a meal with so many experts and General Guderian."
Hearing his words, everyone relaxed, and Guderian and Li Le talked about some interesting things in the French campaign.
Soon, a lot of food was served, and Guderian was still talking happily with Li Le.
"What? Did you really say that at the time? That's a lot of fun. Li Le heard Guderian's words about the interesting things on the front line, and then asked with a smile.
Guderian nodded: "It's true, I really said to my adjutant that as long as the soldiers need to rest, their tanks run out of gas." ”
"Hahaha!" Li Le laughed out loud once. After all, it was 1940, when Germany was the strongest and closest to victory, so the atmosphere in the conversation was very good.
If the time was 1944, I don't think anyone would want to talk about interesting things on the battlefield with such a calm smile.
The steak was quickly served, and Li Le involuntarily sniffed his nose. He knew that if nothing else, he would be able to eat another steak in someone else's name to satisfy the tip of his tongue.
Although he had traveled to Germany for almost two months, he still complained about Hitler's caustic doctrine and beliefs every time he ate.
"What does this guy like, he just likes to be a vegetarian! This is simply self-destruction, this is simply the most inhumane thing in the world! He looked at the charred steak and swallowed a mouthful of saliva and groaned in pain in his heart.
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After lunch, Guderian had already taken his leave and licked his lips, and Li Le finally felt great satisfaction because he had stolen a steak.
He watched as the attendants took away the cutlery with sauce at the bottom of the plate, and closed his eyes a little unsatisfied.
Which sage said that? If you don't want to watch someone die, then close your eyes?
What Li Le is doing now is, if you don't want to watch the gourmet beef go away from you, then close your eyes......
"My Führer, Marshal Brauchitsch has arrived." Bowman walked into the room and said to Li Le, "Do you need to take a break, or do you want him to come in immediately?" ”
"Let him in." After Li Le casually commanded, he waited for Brauchitsch's arrival.
Soon, the commander-in-chief of the army entered Li Le's reception room, he stood at the door and saluted, and raised his arm: "Victory!" Monarch! ”
"Ahh Hello! My marshal! I came to you because I wanted to ask you for something. Li Le motioned for Brauchitsch to find a place to sit down, and then spoke to him.
Brauchitsch sat down on the sofa, faced Li Le and asked, "Is there anything I need to serve, my Führer?" ”
"Select 10 infantry divisions to conduct key urban street fighting training." Li Le said his thoughts as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Street fighting? Is this necessary? Brauchitsch looked at Li Le suspiciously, and did not immediately express his support or resistance.
You know, the great victory in France left a very wrong impression on the top of the German Army: the armored forces could fight quickly and rapidly.
Once the armored forces have made a breakthrough in the field and surrounded the enemy, then the war is over, and siege battles, or street battles, basically do not happen.
This was the experience that the Battle of France gave to the German military, and at the same time a very important combat habit in the European theater: both sides would not beat their cities to ruins, but would choose a decent surrender.
Only Li Le knew that soon, the German army would have to face a scorched earth resistance policy from the Soviet Union.
Every city, every fortress, every strategic area there had to be fought over and over again, and countless lives were lost.
The war mode, which is similar to the knight's duel, is coming to an end. After the war, every city will be scorched earth, and if you don't pay attention to street fighting, you can only pay a terrible price.
"It is necessary! It's necessary! We must work hard to get our soldiers used to fighting in the streets of the city, and learn to use every plant and tree there to fight against the recalcitrant enemies who will not surrender! Looking at Brauchitsch, Li Le said solemnly.
"But, my Führer, what subjects do you have? We lacked complete experience in street fighting, and we were not even able to conduct the necessary training for the target. Brauchitsch opened his mouth to tell Li Le about the difficulties he faced.
"It's not difficult, I'll find someone to write a good training project, so that the troops can be as close as possible to the actual combat situation of street fighting, so that these troops are good at fighting in the city!" Li Le replied with a smile.
After all, it was only a matter of training subjects for the troops, and Brauchitsch did not think that one more training would have any adverse effects, so he nodded in agreement: "As you wish, my Führer!" ”
"Another thing, I don't know, you know, there is intelligence that the British are developing large bombs in retaliation for the bombing of our capital, Berlin......" Li Le asked Brauchitsch, holding out the nuclear weapons of later generations.
"Is there such a thing?" Seeing Li Le solemnly, Brauchitsch was also taken aback. The British are now almost out of the pot, and they are still thinking about the bombing of Berlin?
Li Le saw that his alarmism had the effect he wanted, and continued with satisfaction: "So I plan to set up a special force to stop this conspiracy of the enemy!" ”