Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 265:
The orange-red sun slowly rises, and it is another refreshing winter dawn. The grass in the forest is covered with a thin layer of mist, like a light golden veil that floats in the wind.
Disenhofen came to the head of state's bedroom on time and awakened Xu Jun from his sweet sleep. The warm bed was full of temptation for the head of state, but the adjutant pulled open the curtains cruelly, and the bedroom was suddenly filled with the dazzling sun. Under the supervision of the adjutant, get up to wash and change clothes and eat breakfast.
Xu Jun’s schedule is not very full today, but there is an important diplomatic meeting at 11 o’clock in the morning. He will meet the newly appointed Romanian ambassador in the office and accept the credential submitted by the other party, so it must be before 10 o’clock. To return to the capital of Berlin. There is no need to go into details about the busy work. The head of state finally got on his special car on time, and left Kummersdorf quickly under the warm welcome of a group of proving ground officials and officers.
As he watched the shiny silver head of the Führer drive onto the highway, Goodrian lowered his saluting arm and turned his face to look at the Chief of Operations beside him.
"Let's go too, General Yordel."
"Okay, take my car this time, Guderian." Yodel pointed to his Mercedes.
"No problem." The armored lieutenant nodded his head and said he had no problem.
The two people didn’t have a deep personal relationship in the past. This time the cooperation is entirely due to the order of the head of state. Of course, there is no possibility of resistance.
Guderian and Manstein have many similarities. Both are excellent tactical experts. However, compared with Manstein, Guderian is a bit less proud of his life. Therefore, in the German command and army, although Guderian has not many friends, he has not established many stubborn enemies.
Xu Jun also has a good impression of this outspoken star, because he likes to speak out when he discovers problems, especially on the Eastern Front. At that time, Hitler could listen to it even once, and the ending may change. .
Later generations often like to compare Guderian with a certain fox. The two men do have similar backgrounds. They started as light infantry commanders when they joined the army. They also became armored commanders before the outbreak of World War II. It also made a reputation on the French battlefield.
In Xu Jun's view, only Guderian is the real armor warfare expert among the two men, and Rommel just transferred his experience in light infantry command to tank combat command. If you study Rommel’s battle, you will find that this marshal is better at using artillery and infantry in battles, but he often makes tactical mistakes in the use of tanks, but his opponents are often more useless, so he wins. There is nothing wrong with the hero under the halo.
Rommel is really good at using some effective tactics. He will certainly be invincible when he encounters opponents who lack anti-tank capabilities or rigid tactics. Once he encounters a strong and hard-boiled bone, this fox is often beaten to doubt life.
Xu Jun always felt that if Rommel were sent to the battlefield on the Eastern Front, he might end up more miserable than Paulus, at least the friendly support would never come on time.
Guderian and Yordel chatted all the way with little nutritious gossip. During this time, all units were busy expanding their army. Except for the battle in the Arabian Peninsula, there was not much news to talk about. Not only was there a new king, but it is said that even the country title was changed. Under the impetus of the British, the peninsula regained the balance of power.
Kucheler’s troops are gradually withdrawing from the peninsula to reduce the pressure on logistical supplies. Germany has consumed a lot in this war, but the gain is much greater than the loss. It is not only the control of the important Middle East trade hub , And also obtained the most precious oil resources. After taking the peninsula, this important trade route between Asia and Europe has been completely stabilized and will not be cut off again for at least a few years.
The convoy carrying the two generals soon arrived at the armored vehicle test site. Today is a comprehensive demonstration of power and firepower before the equipment is finalized. Most of the equipment is prototype vehicles, so there are many technicians from the factory. turn up.
Yordel's Mercedes-Benz drove to the edge of the parking lot before stopping, only a few meters away from the nearest prototype. After getting out of the car, he nodded and thanked the driver who helped him open the door. Guderian put on the military cap on his head.
"It looks smaller than I thought." He stared at the new equipment waiting to be finalized, and explained his first impression.
"It is indeed...impressive. Although I have seen its photos yesterday, but now I see the real thing in front of me...I don't know what words to describe." Yodel When he walked to Guderian's side, he also had a look of emotion.
"Good morning, General Yordel, General Guderian." A lieutenant colonel in a leather trench coat greeted him and saluted the two generals respectfully.
"Good morning, Lieutenant Colonel Kreinberg." Guderian reached out and shook hands with the chief officer of the project.
Kreinberg is not a technocrat, but an administrative officer deployed by the Army, responsible for the operation, liaison, and quality control of the entire project.
"How is the vehicle condition? Is it possible to experiment normally?" Yodel then shook hands with the lieutenant colonel.
"Everything is normal, General, these Rheinmetall technicians spent the whole night in the garage for inspections last night." Kreinberg made an inviting gesture, and then led the two generals to the test car. .
"Allow me to introduce this unparalleled armored vehicle to the two generals." The lieutenant colonel exaggeratedly introduced, looking like a kitchenware salesman.
"It must be reminded to both of you that this weapon project was formulated by the head of state himself. Both the design concept and the content have surpassed this era." Kreinberg patted the armor plate of the prototype car with his hand.
"The Führer himself gave it a name, Scopien (), does it feel very deterrent?"
"Scorpion tank destroyer, item number PK1330." Guderian received the technical document from the adjutant.
"I think it should be classified as a self-propelled artillery, what do you think?" Yodel turned his head and asked.
"I agree with your idea, but since the Führer has decided, he must have his consideration." Guderian decided to consider whether to make suggestions to the Führer after seeing the performance of this weapon. For this tank expert, as long as this weapon does have the anti-armor capabilities described on paper, it will be recognized and welcomed by him.
Guderian made a circle around the prototype car with his hands behind his back. The chassis of this car is not unfamiliar to him. When he looks at the road wheels, he knows that it is 38 tons of the Czech Republic, which occupies half of the German light-equipped adaptors.
Germany is not going to continue to open Skoda's tank production line~IndoMTL.com~ not because of the so-called racial cleanliness, but purely economic considerations. The 38T is indeed a well-balanced car, but it is obviously out of date technically, and it is difficult to cope with the cruel Eastern Front.
The German army will gradually replace these tanks in 41 years, because most of the officers and soldiers driving this tank have been in service for more than two years and have grown into veterans with rich combat experience. They cannot be let because of insufficient performance. , Lost in vain on the Eastern Front. Therefore, the preferred tracked chassis in the current German modification designs is this 38T.
The upper part of this 38T chassis is a war room with a special shape. The front is a whole piece of slanted armor. I’m afraid someone will shout "stalker" when you see this, but don’t worry about it. We moved our eyes further upwards.
On the top of this armored room that looks like a "stalker", six large-caliber recoilless guns are erected impressively. This is not a stalker at all, but a German M50 Ontus self-propelled artillery modified version of the 1940s.
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