It is now March 1944, and the "winter break" on the Eastern Front of Europe is almost over.??The ice and snow on the Russian land begin to melt, the frozen soil gradually becomes mud, and the temperature of course begins to rise. At most, in more than a month, the Russian Great Plains will become the ideal battlefield for mechanized corps to fight.

The Soviet-German War, which lasted for nearly two years, will most likely be decided between May and November 1944.

It is no exaggeration to say that 1944 will be the decisive year of World War II! And the battlefield that can determine the outcome of the war cannot be in the Pacific, but can only be in Russia.

Today, the military meeting held in the General Staff of Tsoson on March 1, 1944, was not discussing the so-called victory that Japan achieved in the Hawaiian Islands. This is just a small episode before the topic begins.

For the current General Staff of the German Wehrmacht, the war born in the Pacific is not important at all. Whether Japan suffered a crushing defeat or a great victory, there is no difference between Germany. The Japanese are just tools used to bleed American air forces.

Now the only one who can really decide the outcome of the war is the Soviet-German battlefield and...atomic bombs that are fighting tens of millions of troops!

The latter has completed assembly and is waiting to test it out in the desert of Algeria, France. In fact, Germany had enough 10 kilograms of weapon-grade plutonium-239 as early as the end of 1943, and according to later technology, it is enough to assemble 10 atomic bombs. However, the current technical level is limited (it is a big problem to create chain reactions with as little plutonium-239 and uranium-235 charges. It is impossible to get the correct conclusion by calculation alone, and it is necessary to test it repeatedly), but two atomic bombs can still be assembled.

The reason why the experiment was not conducted was mainly because something was wrong with the pre-selected test site. Because the French government promoted "Europeanization" and "Christianization" in Algeria, it led to a "war of gods" aimed at opposing France and Germany in August 1943.

So France and Germany had to use their troops to suppress the "Saint Seiya" in Algeria. The bloody war lasted until February 1944. However, the planned nuclear test was still postponed.

The delay in nuclear tests is of course related to not being in a hurry to use atomic bombs. The current Soviet-German war has become a Soviet-Russian civil war to some extent. If atomic bombs are used to bomb Moscow in the Soviet-Russian civil war, Empress Oliga will be "extremely incorrect in politics."

As for the use of atomic bombs against the United States, they must first take Cuba, otherwise the me264 long-range bomber loaded with the atomic bomb will have to break into the United States without escort... This is definitely a death sentence!

In addition, based on the reliable information obtained by Germany, the United States' atomic bomb engineering is very slow.

Not only did they lack enough scientists, but they also did not have enough metal uranium for research. Historically, the high-quality uranium mines produced in Africa and Congo all fell into Germany. So the United States' Manhattan plan had to start with mining and mining.

Although the Americans soon found a uranium mine in the Big Bear Lake area of ​​Ontario, Canada (this mine existed in the past, and it was mainly used to produce radium at that time, but the output was not high), and they also obtained several tons of uranium ore. However, the number was too small and it was useless at all. They could only wait patiently for the expansion of uranium mines and dug up enough ore, and the Manhattan plan was truly started. However, due to the lack of enough top scientists, the progress of the Manhattan plan was still slow and has now lagged far behind Germany.

Therefore, in the competition to create atomic bombs, Germany undoubtedly won the victory. Therefore, this matter is not what the General Staff Operations Conference needs to be discussed. There is only one main content of today's conference, which is to defeat the Soviet Union!

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"Based on the reliable intelligence we have," when the meeting officially began to discuss the issue of combat against the Soviet Union, the first thing that was said was Lieutenant General Geiger, the Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff. "In the past few months, the Soviet authorities, with Stalin, have been actively preparing for the final decisive battle. Not only have a large number of Red Army troops been recruited, but they have also launched and produced JS-2 heavy tanks that claim to be able to defeat our Tiger tanks.

According to the Red Army officials who defected to the Russian Empress's government, the total weight of this JS-2 heavy tank is about 45 tons, equipped with a 122mm main gun, and the thickest part of the front armor reaches 12m! Moreover, the heavier JS-3 tank is currently being developed and is expected to be put into use in 1944.

In addition, the Soviet Air Force also received a lot of assistance from the United States and launched the Jacques-9 and Lager-5/Lager-7 fighter jets. It is expected to pose a certain threat to our F-19o series and the Folk Zero series."

Although the Soviet Union has now lost its most important industrial bases, East Ukraine and Leningrad, the heavy industrial sectors of Stalin and the Soviet Union did not give up their efforts to seek stronger heavy tanks.

In fact, the Soviet Union, which is currently on a strategic defensive, needs heavy tanks with sufficient armor and firepower than Germany. Because the Red Army on a defensive has not high requirements for tank mobility, what they need is heavy tanks or powerful artillery that can fire and annihilate the enemy at a standstill and withstand the counterattack of enemy tanks.

Therefore, the JS-2 heavy tank with 122mm main gun and strong armor became Stalin's hope to turn the situation around. Its importance is almost similar to the German Tiger King heavy tank in the same period of history.

However, the Tiger King did not appear in Germany in this strategic offensive in this time and space. This tank weighing nearly 70 tons is too heavy for roads and bridges in the Soviet Union.

Therefore, the weight of about 50 tons has now become the upper limit of the total combat weight of the tank that the German Wehrmacht can accept. In fact, the total combat weight of the JS-2 heavy tank is only 45-46 tons.

The Tiger tanks and e-5o tanks with reduced weight meet the tanks currently needed by the German Wehrmacht.

After several months of research and full production, the Tiger H-type tank and e-5oa tank have now become the main force of the German armored forces.

Among them, the Tiger H-type tank adopts the same 6-pair load-bearing wheel design as the e-5o tank, and the total combat weight is further reduced to 45 tons, and it is more reliable and durable than the previous E-type, F-type and G-type. The degree has also been accelerated a lot, reaching 48 kilometers at the maximum, and reaching 24 kilometers at the maximum off-road. Therefore, it is possible to replace the No. 4 H-type tank and become the main tank of the German armored forces.

At present, all German armored regiments have adopted the method of mixing Tiger H-type tanks and No. 4 H-type tanks. Each tank regiment has a medium-sized tank battalion equipped with No. 4 H-type tanks (88 units in total) and a heavy tank battalion equipped with Tiger H-type tanks (66 units in total). The number of tanks each tank regiment has also been reduced to 154.

While the Tiger H-type began to replace the No. 4 h-type, the total combat weight reached 55 tons (5 tons heavier than the prototype car e-5o-o, and its performance was also improved accordingly. The front armor thickness increased to 13m/5o degrees inclination, and the theoretical defense ability was equivalent to 2o2mm vertical armor), the e-5oa tank replaced the original Tiger tank and became the main tank of the heavy armor battalion.

Currently, all 26 armored divisions are equipped with a heavy armored battalion equipped with 44 e-5oa tanks and 22 No. 4 H tanks.

While equipping a large number of Tiger H-type tanks and e-5oa tanks, the German industrial department has launched two tank destroyers based on Tiger H-type tank territory, named the "Cheatah" tank destroyer.

The reason why it is a "cheetah" rather than a "tiger hunting" is because the current tiger-type H-type tank is the product of "tiger and leopard fusion". The "Black Panther" tank that appeared briefly in 1942 was not eliminated, but was fused into the tiger-type. Therefore, in order to commemorate the "Black Panther" tank, the German Wehrmacht General Administration named this latest style of tank destroyer "cheetah".

In fact, the appearance of this "Cheetah" tank destroyer is very similar to that of the "Cheetah" in history, except that the territory uses 6 pairs of load-bearing wheels instead of interlaced load-bearing wheels. In addition, the main gun selection does not use the same 88mml/71 gun as the e-5oa, but uses the latest 1o5mml/68 gun developed by Krupp.

However, the powerful "cheetah" did not have a large number of troops. The German Wehrmacht only used them to form more than a dozen heavy tank destroyer battalions directly belonging to the army to deal with possible Soviet "class tanks".

The "Assault Tiger" self-propelled artillery (weighted 60 tons) based on the Tiger H-type tank territory was also launched at the end of 1943 and equipped with troops. This self-propelled artillery was developed for the upcoming street battle in Moscow. It has a 38m mortar that can shoot rockets to destroy any building.

In addition, there is also a strange "Tiger-impact" type obstacle-destroying tank that also appeared at the end of 1943. This "Bail-impact tank" is a combat engineer's equipment. It is a streamlined protruding superstructure on the territory of the eliminated Tiger E-type tank, and a plowshare or shovel is optional in the front. This "tank" can be used to destroy enemy obstacles, bury enemy bunkers and trenches, and can also be used to clear mines.
Chapter completed!