Li Kongrong was not the commander of the armored division, and all he knew was a summary of armored tactics after World War II. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although there are not many data and battle examples, it is still a valuable thing for Guderian, who is struggling to figure out armor tactics. The theory has already been given by Li Kongrong, and the specific details can only be tested by him in actual combat.

Guderian listened attentively, but Li Kongrong said a little dry, and he was thinking about what should be done here for Guderian -- the technology of the Asian theater, especially the improvement of radar performance and the emergence of helicopters, will definitely have an unexpected impact on the European theater, and his principle is, of course, that the Asian theater should end earlier than the European theater, so that the Soviet Union will not invade the Northeast, but how to do this is very difficult, and the action must not be too visible.

More than 20 minutes later, Li Kongrong, who had made up his mind, stopped, and said regretfully: "To be honest, perhaps because of the limitation of national strength, Germany's armored force construction is obviously not qualified. ”

"What?" Guderian was still squeezing out some smiles, but when he heard Li Kongrong's criticism, his face suddenly became unnatural. "Mr. Colonel, may I tell me what you think?"

"Germany lacks oil fields, so even if there is such a large production capacity, the supply of oil is not sufficient, once there is a war, can only rely on the Romanian oil field, but the output of this oil field can not meet the needs of the war, this is a congenital hidden danger." Li Kongrong said lightly, trying to pass it in one sentence. "There is no problem with the training of armored forces, but the problem is that the tank is too small, if there is really another war in Europe, I think the minimum caliber of the tank main gun should be 75mm, it is likely to be 88mm or even larger, and the weight of the tank will exceed or reach 30 tons, and now the German tank is too small, and the tanks sold to China actually have no artillery, which is extremely deadly.

I said that France would surrender in forty days in the event of a war between Germany and France, but France was not alone on the European continent, and the threat from the East was also extremely imminent. Even the T26 was a very early model of their tank, with a caliber of 37mm for the main gun of the initial model, and 45mm after the improvement. This is a model from seven years ago, and after learning from the experience of the war in Spain, newer and better tanks are being developed, and all I know is ......"

Li Kongrong stopped at this point, he hoped that Guderian would be interested. Sure enough, Guderian looked at him for a long time and said, "Mr. Colonel, is the USSR developing a 75mm caliber tank?" ”

"Of course!" Li Kongrong nodded heavily, "If the general can keep it secret, I am willing to introduce some information about the new Soviet tank." ”

"Of course I can keep it a secret." After sending his adjutant out, Guderian glanced at Li Kongrong with complicated eyes, and began to figure out his intentions in doing so.

"The Soviet Union imported diesel engines from Germany a few years ago, and also referred to the aviation gasoline engine of the French company Isbano-Suiza, they developed a twelve-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine the year before last, that is, the bД-2 engine, which can provide four hundred horsepower at two thousand revolutions per minute, but this is not enough, this engine they have been improving, the latest information shows that they want to increase the horsepower to five hundred horsepower, at a speed of 1,800 per minute, that is, the B2 diesel engine.

There are many advantages to using diesel engines, the more important thing is that the diesel engine consumes less fuel, the engine and oil are not easy to catch fire, and the cost is that the service life is shorter, and the overhaul time in the Soviet Union is 100 hours. The A32 tank being developed in the USSR will weigh more than twenty tons, and there are many calibers of the main gun, and the 30-fold diameter 75mm gun is just one of them, and it will soon be improved to 85mm.

But this is not the most terrible, the terrible thing is that the engine of this tank is rear-mounted, so it uses inclined armor, although the thickness of the frontal armor is only 45mm, but because it is 30 degrees of inclination, it can achieve 90mm of protection......"

"It can't be!" Guderian heard a series of numbers coming out of Li Kongrong's mouth, and finally couldn't help but deny it, but Li Kongrong had already said that Soviet tanks were rear-engined, so they could be tilted at a small angle.

"General, nothing is impossible." Li Kongrong looked at him: "The Soviet Union has attached great importance to tanks for a long time, and the result of the rear engine is only the turret moving forward, as for the interior space, will the gray cattle care?" ”

"Mr. Colonel, what you say is very important, but is it true?" Guderian's demeanor returned to normal, and he suspected that this was a data made up by Li Kongrong.

"General, if it's true, you'll know when you meet on the battlefield later." Li Kongrong laughed, "But at that time, I won't admit that I said these things today." After all, now Germany is reluctant to sell weapons to our country, and the USSR is helping us. But I don't like the USSR and I like Germany, that's why I say these words today. ”

"And when will the USSR be equipped with this new tank?" Guderian understands a little, and he doesn't care if it's true or not, he asks it first.

"Stalin has already affirmed the design of this tank, and it is very likely that the tank will be mass-produced by the end of next year, but this is if everything goes well, if it is not so smooth, mass production will be postponed until the year after next, but not later than the year after next. However, because the number of T26s is more than 20,000 units, it will take a lot of time to replace them all. Li Kongrong said.

"More than 20,000? Oh, God! Guderian was again surprised, he could not imagine that the Russians had built so many T26 tanks.

"That's probably why Tukhachevsky was shot." Li Kongrong laughed at the pursuit of this person by later generations, "Wasting countless national resources and equipping completely backward tanks, I really don't know what he thought at the time." ”

"It's unbelievable." Guderian sighed, and he looked serious at the thought of more than 20,000 Soviet tanks rushing towards Germany. The Germans at this time had only three panzer divisions, and the number of tank divisions was less than a tenth of that of the Soviet Union.

"But Soviet tanks also had disadvantages, first of all, the T26 tank was outdated, and the new tank was going to replace the old one, which would take two or three years; Moreover, Soviet tanks lacked radio equipment, and armored tactics must have unobstructed radio communication, otherwise no matter how many tanks there are, they will be scrap metal; Finally, when used properly, the Soviet army was heavily purged, and the new commanders were mostly inexperienced young men who did not know how to command operations at all. ”

Li Kongrong said the three shortcomings of the Soviet Union in one breath, then looked at Guderian and said: "If there is a war between Germany and the Soviet Union, as long as the war ends within two years, I bet on Germany to win." ”

"What if two years can't be over?" Guderian pressed back, and he thought it was an interesting topic.

"Then it depends on whether the German army occupies Stalingrad or not." Li Kongrong said. "The vast majority of the Soviet oil comes from the Caucasus, and the oil tankers go north along the Volga River, and if they can occupy this city, it means that the Soviet Union's oil source will be cut off, and they will not be able to fight even if they have more tanks and no fuel; Moreover, according to the experience of the last war, Britain and France and other countries would definitely support Soviet weapons and all kinds of war materials, at that time they could only pass through the Trans-Siberian Railway in the Far East and some ports in the northern part of the Soviet Union, so Britain also wanted to land on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, with the aim of sending weapons to Russia through the Dardanelles. As we all know, this operation failed, and then in the later part of the war, the Russian army had only one rifle for three people, and there was even less ammunition for shells, and finally in 1917 the Russian revolution broke out.

Now they have one more option, and that is Persia. The Persians have always been at ease with the railways, and the British and French could transport weapons to the Caspian Sea only through the Persian Gulf and the Persian Railway. It was an extremely convenient passage, safer than both the Northern Route and the Trans-Siberian Railway, and weapons were quickly delivered to the Soviet troops. If the Germans had not occupied Stalingrad and weapons and oil had been continuously transported to the north, the outcome of the war would have been self-evident. ”

"It's exactly as you say." Guderian did not delve into the history of the war, but under Li Kongrong's outline, he agreed with Li Kongrong's view that the success or failure of the Soviet Union depended on whether the southern passage was unimpeded. "But the Soviet Union is a communist country, Britain and France are capitalist countries, and it is hard for me to believe that Britain and France will come to the aid of the Soviet Union."

"Does it matter?" Li Kongrong asked rhetorically. "In the last war, Britain, France and the United States claimed to be democracies, while Russia was a **** country, but they still did everything they could to support Russia. No matter how communist the Soviet Union was, it was also the Soviet Union's own business, but if Germany defeated the Soviet Union and became the hegemon of Europe, Britain and France would not accept this result. ”

He didn't want to talk to Guderian about strategic matters, even if Hitler was sitting in front of him, Li Kongrong felt that the defeat of Germany was a doomed end. An hour later, after the conversation ended, Guderian left, and Lin Zhun ran over and said, "This is the lieutenant general of the army." ”

"yes, it's a pity it's the Army." Li Kongrong said with a smile that he did not say what he had talked about with Germany. He even felt that what he was saying was useless - what if he knew T34? The situation in Germany was that on the one hand, there was a shortage of fuel, and on the other hand, because of the inability to support logistics, the offensive was blocked in winter, and then the food was completely stopped. Stalingrad is very important, it can be fought from Romania in a straight line of more than 1,400 kilometers, and the railway track system is different, even if there is no enemy just marching enough.

"The embassy called again and said that it had bought a ticket for Friday." Lin Zhun talked about the call he received just now, and Li Kongrong was determined this time. "Hansheng, there's nothing Dean Kong can do over there?"

"I guess there's no way." Li Kongrong said. "Actually, this matter may not be explained, didn't you say that the submarine will not be launched until next spring at the earliest, and it is only early September, and I will go back for half a year, and I may come back in a few months."

Thinking of returning to China, Li Kongrong exhaled heavily, he would be able to see his wife when he went back, this is a good thing, the child was born for so long, he has only seen photos, he has not hugged her, and it is time to get married, even if many people oppose it. But he felt that he didn't know how to face Chang Kaishen and the country under Chang Kaishen's leadership. He is a descendant of Yan and Huang, but he is not from the Republic of China, and he doesn't think the Republic of China is so beautiful, he even faintly feels that something may happen to him - with his temperament, it is difficult to adapt to the current officialdom, he is unwilling to say things against his will, and he is not willing to do things against his will, I am afraid that everyone will avoid him not long after he goes back.

Li Kongrong, who sent Guderian away, was in a trance, and he arranged what happened after he left in a trance, but the domestic telegram made him sober up instantly: his wife was actually taken to Wuhan by Kong Lingyi. This Miss Kong is really kind to do something wrong, and she shouldn't have let her know Xu Peipei if she knew it.

Li Kongrong was very disturbed with the telegram sent by his wife from Hankow, and when the officer on duty went downstairs, he even heard his snarl. No one else knows what Chang Kaishen is, but Li Kongrong knows it very well. This person has learned badly from Chen Qimei and Sun Cannon, and he is completely a hooligan, and the house arrest of Hu Hanmin is the best embodiment of this, and he wanted to repeat his old tricks when he was in the Double Tenth Agreement, but after all, because the Americans were supervising and guaranteeing, he finally had to dispel this idea. Xu Peipei was taken to Hankou by Kong Lingyi, and she still knew that she would not marry Xu Peipei in this life, wouldn't this be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

Thinking that Xu Peipei is now living in Kong's house, Li Kongrong's mind has changed greatly, he doesn't want to stay in Germany and wants to return to China. After waiting for three days to stay up until the day of departure, in the morning, the naval cadets spontaneously flocked to his door to see him off, and everyone was reluctant to let him go.

"Don't send it, everyone." Li Kongrong looked at the faces one by one, very reluctant. "After I leave, everything will listen to Chief Lin, there will always be submarines, everyone must have confidence and train hard."

Li Kongrong didn't know what to say, but just patted Gao Guangyou, Su Jinghu, Jiang Jing and others on the shoulder, and then shook hands with them. At this time, the car had already started, and only Lin Zhun and Gao Guangyou were sending him to the airport.

"Send sir, salute!" On the lawn, the students lined up in a neat queue to salute Li Kongrong, and at this moment he felt that his eyes were a little hot.

"Everyone: Hold on and rebuild the navy!" Li Kongrong returned the salute to everyone before getting into the car. However, Lin Zhun and Gao Guangyou in the car did not speak, and the atmosphere seemed a little sentimental.

"Let me tell you a joke." Li Kongrong said with a smile, he wanted to tell a joke if he didn't adapt to this atmosphere, but he didn't know what to say after thinking about it for a long time. Seeing that he was thinking of a joke so seriously, Lin Zhun and Gao Guangyou laughed. Lin Zhundao, "I listened to a joke at the Tianjin Hotel some time ago. ”

"You say." Li Kongrong looked at him and smiled.

"It is said that Ambassador Cheng likes to write 'Cheng Tianfang' when he reviews official documents, and then the staff in the museum usually read them together when they get the documents, which is called 'farting all day long'." It should have been told in the navy dormitory earlier, and Lin Zhun laughed before Gao Guangyou finished speaking. Li Kongrong also laughed, but in his heart he felt pity for Cheng Tianfang being made fun of. "Who choreographed this?" He asked.

"I heard it's the second son." Lin Zhun whispered, "The second son likes to tell jokes the most. ”

"You can't say that when you get to the embassy." The air tickets and visas are still in the embassy, Li Kongrong explained. (To be continued.) )