"boom……"

The muzzle of a huge KV-1 tank flashed from the fire, and the body retreated slightly, offsetting the recoil of the F-34 tank gun.

"Bang!"

Almost at the same time, a white dot was added on the 80mm armored steel plate placed on a cement base 500 meters ahead of the firing kv-1 tank.

"Not penetrated!"

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, wearing a brown military uniform, put down the telescope in his hand and turned to Hessman beside him and said: "Marshal of the Empire, the Soviets seem to have developed a large and useless tank."

"In fact, it's not that bad. The kv-1 is a good tank. If it can be replaced with a Soviet 85mm anti-aircraft gun, it will still cause a lot of trouble."

Hitler smiled: "But in the Warsaw Battle, the Soviets could not count on T-34 and KV-1 installed with 85mm anti-aircraft guns, so we will win."

Model asked someone to send back T-34, kv-1 and kv-2 tanks back to Berlin, who had been sent to the weapons experimental field in Tsoson. After hearing this news, Hitler excitedly pulled Hessman to Tsoson with him, wanting to see the style of Soviet tanks.

However, after watching the shooting demonstrations of T-34 and KV-1, Hitler despised the Soviets a little.

Such a big tank actually installed a cannon that cannot even penetrate 80mm steel plates. What's the use of this tank? Isn't it a waste?

But Hessman didn't think so, because he knew that T-34/76 and kv-1/76 were just the beginning. After Comrade Stalin suffered from the No. 4 H tank and "Tiger" and "Black Panther", 85mm, 100mm or even 122mm tanks and tank destroyers were developed.

Moreover, the body of the T-34 and KV-1 is quite large, with 85mm caliber tank guns, and the Soviet Union also happened to have such guns. If nothing unexpected happens, when the muddy season passes next spring, the T-34/85 and KV-1/85 will appear.

Therefore, as the leader of the German Wehrmacht, Secretary of Defense Hessman must prepare for the future and prepare some weapons for the National Wehrmacht that can deal with T-34/85, KV-1/85 and IS series heavy tank/tank destroyer.

Oh, this kind of weapon is already available. The "Tiger" tanks and "Black Panther" tanks that many armored troops despise are the killer weapons to deal with Soviet heavy tanks/tank destroyers.

However, the opinions feedback from the front are not unreasonable. The "Tiger" and "Black Panther" tanks are now facing problems such as insufficient mobility, insufficient reliability and excessive firepower output.

These two tanks are too heavy compared to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, and are not old tanks like No. 4 that have long been "ripe". Equipment reliability is a problem.

Moreover, the accessories of the "Tiger" and "Black Panther" tanks are not common, assault guns of No. 4 and No. 3. If an armored division is equipped with a part of "Tiger" and "Black Panther", then the maneuverability and logistics of the armored division will have problems.

Therefore, in his report to the General Staff, Guderian proposed to form the "Tiger" tanks separately into the "Heavy Armored Battalion" (this is more reasonable than configuring two tanks in the Heavy Armored Battalion) to perform breakthrough tasks in key areas.

At the same time, the "Black Panther" tank was temporarily suspended and replaced with a No. 4 tank destroyer based on the No. 4 H tank chassis equipped with kk42l/70 artillery. If the resources for producing the "Black Panther" tank are used to invest in the No. 4 tank destroyer, a satisfactory number will definitely be achieved.

Unlike Germany, which lacked oil in history, Germany, which now controls the large oil fields in the Middle East, has more and more oil available, so it can build a sea of ​​tanks like the Soviet Union.

In this case, the time-consuming and labor-intensive "Black Panther" and "Tiger", of course, are not very fast and easy to save, and the No. 4 tank destroyer is popular. The "Black Panther" that is still in the trial production stage requires 30,000 man-hours to produce one, and after mass production, it will take at least 20,000 man-hours to build one.

The No. 4 H-type tank only requires 5,000 man-hours. The No. 4 tank destroyer has no turret, 3,000 man-hours will definitely be enough. In this way, the working hours of a "Black Panther" tank can be produced, at least 6 No. 4 tank destroyers can be produced. And the 6 No. 4 tank destroyers will definitely have more than 1 Black Panther on the battlefield. If more than 6,000 Black Panther series tanks in history are turned into 36,000 No. 4 tank destroyers and No. 4 H-type tanks, Germany will definitely have a greater chance of winning...of course, it is made of enough fuel and raw materials, but this is not a problem for Germany today.

Moreover, because the No. 4 tank destroyer uses a large number of No. 4 tank H-type accessories, there will be no logistical support problems after they are incorporated into the armored forces. As long as the No. 4 tank destroyer is equipped with a kk42l/70 artillery, it can have similar firepower to the Black Panther tank. In cooperation with the No. 4 H-type, it will be enough to defeat the Soviet heavy tanks that have appeared or are about to appear.

Therefore, after discussing with Chief of Staff Kesseling, First Military Control Director Halder, Armored Forces Director Kleister, and Director of the General Administration of Arms Sperer, Hessman had agreed to develop a tank destroyer based on the No. 4 H tank territory and KK42l/70 artillery.

In addition, Guderian's suggestion to temporarily suspend the production of the "Black Panther" tank was also approved by Hessman and others. Because the No. 4 H-type tank now looks enough to deal with Soviet tanks, there is no need to replace them with "Black Panther".

Using medium-sized tanks like Black Panther as "heavy tanks" encounters the problem of conflicting with the functions of the "Tiger" tanks. Germany does not need to equip two heavy tanks at the same time, and it is indeed not appropriate to equip a battalion-level combat unit with two tanks. This is originally an experimental organization, not a practical organization.

Therefore, the 9 heavy armored battalions that have been established and the 6 heavy armored battalions that are being formed will gradually replace the "Black Panther" tanks with "Tiger" tanks, and the number of heavy tank companies will also increase from 2 to 4.

However, Hessman did not intend to give up the very excellent medium-sized tank of the Black Panther, but instead ordered Man and Daimler-Benz to improve the Black Panther tank (the Black Panther tank exposed many problems in the battlefield trial). At the same time, he required the development of the Black Panther Type 2 tank based on the Black Panther tank as part of the E-series tank (e50), and this tank will become Germany's ultimate land killer in this world war!

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After returning to the Prime Minister's Office in Berlin from Tsoson's weapon test field, Hitler suddenly asked Hessman, "Will Stalin lose confidence in the attack because his tanks are useless? Maybe the Battle of Warsaw will end before it begins."

"This is impossible," Hessman smiled and shook his head. He pointed to a large map full of troops and fronts on both sides and said to Hitler, "The calm now is the calm before the storm! Stalin is using this period to drive more troops across the Buge River... According to the air force's reconnaissance, the Soviet army has built more than ten pontoon bridges on the Buge River, and thousands of trucks pass through it every day, transporting a large number of supplies and personnel.

The General Staff estimated that 1.5 million to 2 million Red Army troops have crossed the Bug River. Most of them will be used to attack Warsaw, while the remaining troops will be used to guard against our northern army group in the direction of Boro and to encircle Lviv."

"Will more than 1 million people be used to attack Warsaw?" Hitler gasped. This is not a small number. "How many people are we in Warsaw?"

"There will be 300,000 soon," said Hessman. "The 10th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division and the Hungarian Mechanization Army are rushing to Warsaw."

Like another time and space, the current Hungary, or to be more precise, the Croatian-Hungary Kingdom was also the most loyal follower of the German Third Reich. After the Soviet Union declared war on Germany, the Croatian-Hungary Kingdom followed up on declaring war on the Soviet Union at the first time. It also sent reinforcements to the Germans, with a total of two armies, namely the 8th Army of Hungary and the Hungarian Mechanized Army.

Among them, the 8th Hungarian Army was sent to Krakow to enter the combat sequence of the 17th Army, which belongs to the Central Army Group. The Hungarian Mechanized Army was sent to Warsaw to join the combat sequence of the 6th Army.

"Hungarian Mechanized Army?" Hitler shook his head, as if he didn't trust the combat effectiveness of the Hungarians.

"Leader, this is an elite force, and our German instructors are responsible for training." Hessmann said, "The tanks equipped are Tulane 1 tanks and 105mm Zlini 2 assault guns produced by Manfred Weiss of Hungary (which is a large Hungarian consortium with products ranging from tank cannons to canned pork). The performance is still very good."

Under the leadership of Hessman, German arms companies are still quite willing to share technology with various European Axis powers. The Croatian-Hungary Kingdom ruled by the Habsburgs is an important object of German technical assistance. The Turan 1 tank and the Zlinnis assault gun were both designed and manufactured with the help of German companies. Among them, the Turan 1 tank borrowed the technology of many No. 3 tanks, and their performance was similar to that of No. 3 tanks, but their firepower was slightly weak, with only one 40mm anti-tank gun.

The Zlini Type 2 assault gun is an assault gun developed on the territory of the Tulan tank. It is equipped with a 105mm 20.5-caliber howitzer, which is a very sharp anti-infantry weapon. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!