Richie saw Adolf again. When Hitler was in charge, he saw a corporal standing tall and agitated in a brand new rifleman's uniform.

Adolph. Hitler was in good spirits, and there seemed to be an astonishing energy hidden in his body, with an Iron Cross of the First Class pinned to his neckline, and a Second Iron Cross pinned to his chest.

"Major, I'm thrilled to see you!" Adolph. Hitler puffed up his chest, as if he was a little incoherent: "I—I really feel so surprised...... really! I had no idea that I would be summoned by you. ”

It stands to reason that the person who should be excited is Li Qicai, right? Things are a little complicated, though.

Li Qi is now a household name in Germany, a recipient of the Order of Blue Max, and a major staff officer in an army group. He was not a dispensable figure in the 1st Army, and was deeply influenced by Otto. Feng. Bello was trusted by the commander of the 2nd Army, Marx Brown. Feng. Galwitz appreciated.

Both army commanders on the right flank of the Somme trusted or admired Rich, indicating that he had a lot of energy, at least on this side of the Somme.

Adolph. Hitler was a corporal, a slightly legendary corporal, because there were not many people in the more than 3 million German troops who could receive the Iron Cross of the first class as a non-commissioned officer, and he was one of the few!

If the Propaganda Department of the Second German Reich had not been stupid, Adolf. Hitler also had propaganda value, because he was an Austrian but joined the Army of the Second Reich. Moreover, he has been performing well since joining the army, otherwise he would not have been awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st and 2nd degrees.

It is not a soldier who understands how difficult it is to obtain some medals, and for those who do not understand or do not understand, medals are simply honors. However, a medal is not just an honor, what kind of medal is a different degree of affirmation of a soldier, it is a soldier who does not know how much risk to accomplish what kind of task, and then he will receive that medal.

Richie received a medal at the rank of lieutenant that was institutionally commensurate with his rank, as did most of them. Hitler crossed the ranks and received a more advanced medal, which was tantamount to breaking the convention.

It's often hard to break the rules, especially if you want to break the rules of the army. Hitler did it!

"Corporal, I need a herald like you who is brave and has a great sense of duty." Richie was looking at Adolf with great admiration. Hitler: "Are you up to the task?" ”

"Yes!" Adolph. Hitler once again straightened his chest and replied very loudly: "Major, I can do it!" ”

Richie said, "Good! Then greeted Adolf cordially. Hitler approached: "I guess I haven't eaten yet, right?" ”

"I was so excited, as soon as I heard that you were the one who called for it, I ...... I haven't eaten yet. "Adolf. Hitler, still in an inexplicable agitation, thanked the other corporal who handed him the food, but held the food in his hand but did not move his mouth, and stared at Li Qi almost aggressively: "Believe me, I agree with some of your remarks very much, you are your own person, you are the one who can lead us. ”

Many of the people next to him were stunned when they heard this, and they looked at Adolf with strange eyes. Hitler, several people were still communicating in low voices, suspicious of Adolf. Hitler was not mentally ill.

"That's right, we'll be our own people." Richie is like Adolf. Hitler was accustomed to this state? He was just about to say something, Kurt. Zeitzler walked over in a bit of a hurry.

"Major, we're in trouble!" Kurt. Zeitzler's expression was a little grim, he glanced at the people present and said: "The team transporting arms for us, they encountered enemy planes......"

Recently, the Allied air forces have been really rampant, and they are moving around almost every day, and reconnaissance planes are used to explore targets, and if they find targets that they think are valuable, the reconnaissance planes will go back, and then they should be fighter planes escorting bombers to bomb indiscriminately.

In the entire Somme battlefield, the number of German aircraft was still 180 on paper, but in fact, the number of aircraft that could be used for combat was not so large due to factors such as battle damage, breakdowns, maintenance, etc.

The quality of the German fighters was superior to that of the Entente, but the advantage in performance was not too great, and as long as the Entente was willing to dispatch large aircraft groups, the German army's quality advantage would be negated.

"We have 43 ace pilots on this battlefield, and the ace with the highest number of shots down has already shot down 27 enemy planes......" The man Li Qi said was not the Red Baron, but someone else. His face did not look very good, and he said almost stiffly: "But we shot down one of the enemy planes, and the enemy troops will soon be able to replenish two." We...... ...... in terms of productivity", the latter words cannot be said, and it is too demoralizing to say it.

Kurt. Zeitzler asked, "What about ...... Are we going to send a new report and ask for new arms? ”

"Yes, we need arms!" Without any hesitation, Li Qi said: "If you can't transport it during the day, you can use it at night, and by August 27, all the arms should be in place!" ”

Adolph. Hitler finished eating the food in a very short time, and when he heard the words, he pleaded: "Sir, I can get to work at once!" ", he said sending letters.

"Contact by phone first, and then do your job if you can't get in touch." Richie vs. Adolf. Hitler waved his hand to sit down, then looked back at Kurt. Zeitzler, said: "In addition, you may need to go to the headquarters in person, and we need to get a closer authorization, such as replacing the large-caliber howitzers that are scheduled in the establishment with small-caliber artillery capable of direct fire." ”

Now the German artillery is not bad, Litch does not need 105mm howitzers or larger caliber cannons, he wants two kinds of artillery the most, they are 37mm and 47mm machine guns.

The barrel length of the 37mm is 40 times the caliber, the projectile weighs 0.450 kg, the rate of fire is 120 rounds per minute, and the maximum range is 3500 meters.

The barrel length of the 47mm is 45 times the caliber, the projectile weighs 1.5 kg, the rate of fire is 80 rounds per minute, and the maximum range is 4200 meters.

"These two may be very difficult ......, but I think the general will get them." Kurt. Zeitzler hesitated slightly, hesitated for a moment and said: "The brigade-level formation does not need heavy artillery, but it can't lack the necessary howitzers, right?" ”

Litchie was silent, of course he knew that other artillery was needed, but the sky was occupied by the Allies, and unless it was a night operation, any convoy would always provoke the Allies during the day. This situation was very fatal for the logistics line of the German army!