Imperial Overlord

You must know that in Li Le's plan, it was not equipped with 45 Stalker tank destroyers, so it could be called a mechanized infantry division...

The reason why the grenadier unit is called the grenadier is to be equipped with armored vehicles and various other supporting weapons and equipment. . fastest update

In the same way, in Li Le's conception, the mechanized infantry division is also to be equipped with a large number of trucks, as a powerful supplement to the armored troops and grenadiers.

In fact, these mechanized infantry divisions are simplified armored grenadiers, but there are not so many armored vehicles, so they are barely replaced by trucks.

At least some of the artillery should use self-propelled guns, right? Either with modified 105 or 150mm guns, or with some No. 3 assault guns?

At least be equipped with trucks and motorcycles, right? Even if these are not given, what is the matter with sending 1,000 carriages to recharge?

But according to Brauchitch's ideas, the German army should popularize as many stalkers as possible into infantry divisions in the future, and provide anti-tank support to each infantry division.

The field marshal was overjoyed by the weapons and equipment the Führer had recently provided him. He ambitiously expanded his army mechanized unit, and the results were "gratifying".

Guderian and generals such as Manstein are staring at the construction of tank units. As the father of German armored forces, Guderian is most concerned about increasing the number of German armored units as much as possible.

In his view, the Eastern Front must have 30 armored divisions in order to barely reach a sufficient state. Therefore, the newly placed tanks became the material basis for him to form more armored divisions.

Of course, his 30 armored divisions obviously contain moisture. In fact, the number of tanks in the German armored division has always been unstable. Generally speaking, there are 100 tanks that dare to pull out and call the armored division.

Therefore, Li Le's regulations for the Eastern Front are very clear: an armored division must have at least 240 tanks under its jurisdiction before it can continue to expand the next armored division.

Coming from the 21st century, he was really afraid of the German Wehrmacht's indiscriminate tricks. This has reached the point of affecting decision-making, so Li Le has to guard against it.

In 1944, an armored division had a hundred and ten tanks, and it was very difficult to hold the position. As a result, the Führer ordered a counterattack. It is not to blame Hitler. The map clearly reads "Armored Division"...

If the war can still be won in this way, then the German tank force must be equal to one hundred, at least one enemy and seventy or eighty.

Almost exactly the same as in history, under the urging of the head of state and the influence of the army's self-inflation, in the infinite vision of the future, the German armored force expanded to 26 divisions in one breath, doubling the original number.

At the same time, there were also 5 armored divisions of the SS, which increased the tank force of the German Army to 31 in one go.

"The production capacity of artillery can't keep up? It's not just the production capacity of anti-tank artillery that can't keep up, right?" Li Le glanced at Speer, who was already ashamed, and asked with a frown.

According to statistics, with the continuous increase and expansion of the German Army, cannons in the traditional sense have also begun to be insufficient.

Speaking of which, the performance of the German Army's own cannons is not very impressive. Because of the 20-year suppression of the Treaty of Versailles, many German weapons are inexperienced in design.

In order to arm its own troops as soon as possible and reimburse the inventory of artillery shells, the German side even pulled out the 75mm field guns of the First World War. It can be imagined how the performance of the weapons themselves is.

Brauchitch and most of the German high-ranking generals had only one request for these round-up artillery pieces to sound.

A large number of 75mm caliber field guns have a serious overlap with the German large-caliber mortars in terms of use, so they cannot be said to have excellent performance.

The value of the existence of this thing can be summed up in one sentence in short, it is better than nothing!

As for whether it can compete with the enemy's artillery, it will depend on newer and larger caliber artillery.

When the 105mm caliber artillery was designed to pursue performance advantages, the weight was really criticized. In desperation, it could only develop short-barreled self-propelled artillery to improve mobility.

As for the remaining 150 artillery pieces, their power is not as powerful as the Allied 155 artillery pieces, and their actual performance is barely comparable to the Soviet 152 artillery piece.

Further up, there are 210mm mortars, as well as railway guns of various types and limited numbers, and of course the ancestor of the cannons, the Gustav who can be used as a religious offering...

Regarding artillery, Li Le actually made his own instructions. On the one hand, a lighter new type of artillery was developed to meet the needs of the German armored forces on the speed of advancement.

On the other hand, in the equipment of small caliber artillery, Li Le is more keen to replace the various 75mm caliber field guns in Germany with mortars.

"In terms of mortars, the production volume is quite large. The supply speed in this regard is the closest to the military's needs. Next year, we will be able to produce at least 20,000 mortars of various calibers." Speer replied with difficulty.

What really troubled the de facto head of German industry was the coordination of the production of more complex equipment such as cars, tanks and submarines.

As for relatively simple mortars, German industry can quickly mass-produce them with little technical difficulty.

Anyway, it is used to replace the existing backward infantry guns of Germany. As long as the power of the shells is similar, weight reduction is inevitable.

In order to solve the same troublesome problem of transporting large-caliber mortars, Germany even installed wheels for these mortars, which can be dragged and marched by war horses or motorcycles.

"It is a must to replace the existing 75mm field artillery with 80 or even 105mm caliber mortars to increase the suppression firepower of the battalion and regiment levels." Li Le mentioned these trivial things, I can't help but feel troubled.

He is a head of state, but he wastes precious time on these details, and it is really strange enough to say it.

What makes Li Le helpless is that Germany owes too much debt in terms of weapon system requirements and equipment design experience. If he doesn't ask about some things, he will go down the old road of history.

And this old road in history has been proven to be a wrong road. Every time he thinks of this, Li Le strengthens his idea of ​​interrogation.

"Find a way to eliminate those cumbersome weapons to Romania as soon as possible to pay for part of the oil purchase arrears." Li Le instructed the army participants.

Li Le disliked those weapons and equipment that slowed down the German team's advance. He would rather have the fast-moving German armored units only be supported by 105mm caliber artillery, rather than advancing dozens of kilometers every day and wasting time with cumbersome 150mm caliber artillery.

"Even so, in the Barbarossa plan, our army is advancing along the enemy's road, and after 300 kilometers, we can only rely on the supplies provided by the automobile unit to continue moving forward." The officer of the army logistics department opened his mouth and proposed the existence of the plan. The problem.

Although Li Le is trying his best to reduce the baggage of his troops, he is trying his best to provide more means of transport for the troops.

But the problem still exists, and it is very serious: in Barbarossa's offensive plan, the road and rail transportation lines that the German armored forces relied on are almost unusable.

"The road conditions are very poor. According to the relevant information provided by your intelligence department, the revised survey results of the current situation of road transportation in the Soviet Union are very disappointing." The senior German general in charge of transportation introduced Li Le to Li Le. the severity of the problem.

"At a depth of about 500 kilometers, our vanguard will be forced to stop and wait for the supplies behind to arrive." He pointed to the map on the table, and everyone in the conference room could hear it in a depressed tone.

Li Le is not a fool. Although he has strengthened the mechanization of the German army, the railways and roads needed by this army when they attack, he cannot help the Soviet Union strengthen...

Those lands were in the Soviet Union, including eastern Poland, as well as Ukraine and Belarus.

"The original offensive plan must be adjusted accordingly." Li Le had to admit that the previously drawn up Barbarossa offensive plan was really a vague letter of intent.

How was this letter of intent written? It's like throwing a coin into a wishing well: if the army wants to attack Moscow, then arrange an army to attack Moscow; if Hitler wants to obliterate Leningrad, then separate an army to attack Leningrad...

First of all ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ These plans rarely take into account the practical issues that really need to be considered, including that there are few roads in the north of the Soviet Union to sustain the continued operation of the large corps.

When the Soviet Union attacked Finland, the weak follow-up led to the final bitter negotiation, which was also the reason why the region was not suitable for large-scale battles.

Secondly, the Barbarossa plan's judgment on attacking the Soviet Union was too naive. Li Le had to correct this thinking and make his generals aware of the difficulties that would occur as much as possible.

If the German high-level leaders knew in advance that the Soviet Union would continue the war and mobilize 10 million troops after losing 5 million front-line combat troops, the German generals would not be optimistic to the level of blind arrogance.

In the end, it was also Li Le's mind that this war was a matter of life and death for the Third Reich. He wants to control everything and concentrate all the forces that can be united to take Germany on a different path.

This road is completely different from the one Hitler took. Although I don't know how it will end, it is at least a different road that ended the experience of our predecessors.

Li Le hoped that it was a road to victory.