Imperial Overlord

In terms of automobiles, whether Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, even Borgward Porsche and the like, still cannot guarantee the huge amount needed by the Army. . fastest update

On the eve of the war in 1939, among the 103 combat divisions in Germany, only 16 armored and motorized divisions achieved the planned motorization.

The rest of the troops were on foot, almost the same as in 1914. Although each infantry division had 942 vehicles according to the German corps, this number was never reached.

Just as the tanks of the Panzer Division have never been fully commissioned, the cars of all German units have never been fully commissioned...

Most of the supplies for an infantry division were still carried by 1,200 wagons. In this case, it is a bit too self-deceiving to say that mechanized advancement.

Who would have imagined that the main vehicle of the German infantry division was the horse-drawn cart that was used during the First World War?

Li Le even seemed to have seen the touching old historical photos after the war: German soldiers fell into the mud and staggered forward with a four-wheeled carriage.

Once the war started, the roads of the Soviet Union would be crowded with German transports who crossed the border and crowded together. Yes, it can only be described as a fool. Most of the roads in the Soviet Union and the Chinese roads in 1940 are half a catty.

German soldiers drove horse-drawn carriages, with motorcycles and trucks blocking the road. The German infantry on both sides of the mountains and plains, in order to hurry, lose their luggage everywhere...

Of course, if the luck is worse, tanks, artillery, armored vehicles and refugee railway soldiers will also appear in this picture, making the congestion even worse.

This is exactly the same as the Barbarossa plan in Germany in history, and the outcome of failure is almost doomed at this time.

Whether Li Le is willing or not, now, in this meeting to revise the Barbarossa battle plan, he is facing such a problem.

And this problem is also a thorny problem that all commanders of the Army need to face. How to make such an army run is indeed a very troublesome thing.

An infantry division has 300 trucks of various kinds, and most of the artillery can only be towed by horse-drawn carts. After the war began, 90 percent of the troops had to rely on their own legs to advance.

Don't think that 300 trucks or 700 trucks are just tools for towing and dragging. These trucks are also responsible for regional transportation in the war zone, so the loss and failure rate are quite high.

As for between the base warehouse and the railway terminal, the entire army has only 3 automobile regiments, a total of about 9,000 people and 6,600 heavy trucks, who are specially responsible for transportation.

But the total carrying capacity of this unit is only about 19,500 tons. Such a transport capacity cannot support all the German troops operating at the same time. Therefore, in the battle, if the German army attacked, only some of the troops could move first, and then the other troops would follow.

In 1944, in order to protect the 47 divisions of the Allies fighting in France, although they had a car carrying capacity of 69,400 tons, they still felt that the carrying capacity was seriously insufficient. The 103 divisions of the German army had less than one-third of the carrying capacity...

Of course, now that Li Le has made improvements, the time for improvement is still short, and no essential difference can be seen in a short period of time.

A German infantry division is now armed with 500 vehicles, nearly double the original number. There are probably still very few troops capable of reaching such numbers.

At this moment, the German fist troops are still more than twenty armored divisions, mechanized divisions and motorized infantry divisions.

"My solution is very simple, that is, to suspend the production of all civilian cars and switch to the production of military cars!" Li Le looked at Speer and gave his own advice.

"If the people want to buy a car, they can only buy the same car as the army!" Li Le said his thoughts in a straight-forward manner, causing Speer to stop.

It is extremely difficult to raise cars, so a large part of the vehicles have to be taken directly from the private sector of the economy. As a result, there are an overwhelming number of models of vehicles.

To change this situation, Li Le's method is to produce only military models, which can greatly reduce the complexity of the models of the requisitioned cars.

"We only produce barrel trucks! There are also military trucks! Simplify the production line and make the model as simple as possible!" Li Le stretched out his hand and pointed to the documents in front of him and said to the officials of the logistics department.

In the original time and space, various types of vehicles needed to supply their own maintenance spare parts, and the speed of supply was bound to be accelerated due to the consumption of war. In the early years of the war, the demand for spare parts was too great to sustain even the low level of motorization that had been achieved.

But now, Li Le ordered all car manufacturers to only produce the specified simplified version of the car, and the rest of the models can only be used as technical reserves, and cannot be mass-produced and equipped for the army.

The square-headed and square-brained German simplified version of the car, that is, the beggar's version of the car with no doors and a canvas roof, began to equip a large number of troops.

At the beginning, the front-line troops who received such a car were very dissatisfied, but as time went on, everyone discovered the benefits of this kind of car.

The most intuitive benefit is that from August 1940 to November 1940, car production more than doubled.

The beggar version trucks that appeared in large numbers on the front line fundamentally alleviated the problem of the difficulty of using vehicles for the German front-line troops. Germany has also transitioned from 70 people owning a car in the past to 60 people owning a car now.

You must know that it has only been less than three months in the past, and the number of cars in Germany has increased so much.

"Only two models of cars?" Hearing the Führer's order, Speer felt frightened... The Führer was so fond of simplifying production that he didn't even want to waste a single piece of steel.

"Instead of only producing two types, try to narrow down the types as much as possible! Four-wheeled sedans only produce barrel cars, officers' Mercedes-Benz cars... and only a limited number of trucks are produced!" Li Le gave his own suggestion, Spei Er began to record.

"Reduce the types of weapons and equipment on the front line as much as possible, and if necessary, use products with as common parts as possible!" Seeing Speer's record, Li Le continued to instruct.

"Also, on the French side, make the best use of everything! Renault and other trucks are equipped with second-line troops! Ugly is a little ugly, but as long as it can be used, it is a good thing." Li Le thought for a while, then spoke to the army again Fang added.

Germany is far from the luxury of wasting captured equipment. At least in 1940, Brauchitch and others were reluctant to give up even a car.

The German troops on the Eastern Front, as well as the garrison on the Western Front, together had more than 40,000 vehicles, the spoils of war seized from France.

Now, Li Le and the generals of the army, in order to simplify the distribution of logistical support, plan to eliminate all these French, British and Belgian cars from the front-line combat troops.

"France's cars will be sent to the railway troops and used by troops stationed in France! As for the **** in Belgium and the United Kingdom, throw them to the concentration camps and other places, and let them fend for themselves." Li Le doesn't plan to repair these rubbish. , more expensive than building a new car.

Li Le will never allow the stupid thing of producing hundreds of King Tiger tanks and creating a limited edition "Porsche".

If there is another **** who dares to do this and complicate the already complicated military weapons and equipment, Li Le will nationalize the company that this **** belongs to!

"How is the production of the new tank?" Thinking of the tank, Li Le thought of the new German tank that he supervised the design and production of.

"The production of the new tank has already started on a large scale, and because of the design that is more in line with production, the effect is better than expected." Speer replied to Li Le.

After he finished speaking, another representative of the military also nodded to confirm the production situation: "The military is very satisfied with this tank. Compared with the original No. 3 and No. 4, it is definitely better!"

"Very good! The No. 3 assault gun can't stop! After all, artillery also needs such weapons." Li Le gave his own advice in this regard.

In fact, the main pressure of German tank production recently has been accumulated in the area of ​​artillery. The chassis production speed is not slow, but there is a problem with the progress of artillery production.

I can't say the problem, but because of the excessive pursuit of model unity, the German tank guns put all the demands on the 75mm and 88mm calibers.

Originally, the caliber of German tank guns and anti-tank guns extended from 37mm to 88mm. Now that the small-caliber artillery has all been discontinued, the pressure will naturally be passed on.

Whether it's the Stalker tank destroyer, the No. 3 assault gun, the improved No. 4 tank, and the towed 75mm anti-tank gun...they all use 75mm barrels~www.wuxiaspot.com~ produced on the same production line.

Although several production lines have been expanded, the corresponding output of artillery barrels still cannot meet the demand, and many troops are waiting for their own new equipment.

The latest No. 5 tank uses an 88mm caliber gun, which is a completely different production line from the original 88mm anti-aircraft gun. Of course, it will take time to expand production capacity.

"My head of state, our artillery production capacity can't keep up, which seriously restricts the increase in the number of tanks." Speer explained to himself depressedly.

He is currently desperately expanding the production of artillery, and has also greatly increased the production of tanks and other armored vehicles. But the army is like a tiger that can't get enough to eat, almost never satisfied.

The 10 mechanized infantry divisions have just been equipped, and the supporting weapons and equipment have not yet been fully assembled. Brauchitch has already thought about building 20 more similar combat divisions——

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