Imperial Overlord

At least at this point in time, Li Le knows that the Soviet Union's T-34 tank crisis cannot be changed. To deal with the Soviet Union's tank advantage, he must provide his troops with better guys.

The No. 3 tank is obviously not good. It has almost no room to fight back in front of the T-34.

Therefore, Li Le felt that the reason for the continued existence of the No. 3 tank was only the auxiliary armored vehicles such as assault guns or self-propelled anti-tank guns.

And what he wants to take out to deal with the Soviet T-34 tank is a German tank that is more convenient to mass-produce, not a big guy like the Tiger type.

After all, that kind of heavy armor, forcing his engine to work hard, and the overall reliability of a heavy tank, was very unimportant in Li Le's heart.

Li Le is very similar to Brauchitch's ideas. He prefers to use the air force to cooperate with the opponent's heavy tanks, rather than develop a behemoth that drags down his own logistics.

In Li Le's heart, he felt that the perfect tank should be a T-44 or T-54 tank equipped with an 88mm caliber gun.

The structure is simple and easy to produce, with strong firepower and no waste of tank weight. The practice of letting a nearly 60-ton tank carry an 88mm caliber artillery is simply capitalizing on the enemy!

You must know that when the T-34 is carrying an 85mm caliber artillery, the weight is barely 33 tons.

The Tiger tank carries an 88mm caliber gun and weighs about two T-34 tanks.

At least in terms of firepower efficiency, German heavy tanks are not doing well. In other words, the full damage power of the 88mm caliber tank gun was seriously wasted.

Correspondingly, if the armor on the sides and rear of the Tiger tank is reduced, in exchange for better mobility and reliability, it is definitely a worthwhile trade.

"The Soviet tanks have adopted inclined armor, and the ballistic performance is twice as good as our tanks under the same conditions." After Li Le negotiated the production of the No. 4 tank, he talked about the T-34 tank.

Brauchitch didn't know where the Führer got the information. He was more interested in whether the enemy was really equipped with newer tanks.

"Sloped armor?" After hearing this new term, the Army Commander frowned. He was worried that the tanks mentioned by the Fuhrer would cause trouble for the Wehrmacht in future operations against the Soviet Union.

"The opponent's tank is equipped with a 76mm caliber gun, and the armor is thicker than our No. 4 tank." Compared with the dead head of state, Li Le has an unparalleled advantage in this regard.

Maybe the real head of state is better than Li Le in other aspects, but he has no way of getting real information about his opponent.

On the contrary, the original head of state often miscalculated the situation and even made wrong judgments.

For example, the real strength of the Soviet Union was wrongly estimated, and Germany was dragged into the quagmire of the Soviet-German war, but there was no preparation.

The German industrial system was not strong in the first place, and as a result, there was no full-scale war mobilization. Only when the defeat was decided, did the wartime production system start hastily.

"My God, the Soviet tanks are equipped with 76mm artillery?" Brauchitch didn't believe Li Le's words. He couldn't believe that his opponent had become so powerful.

Although in France, the Germans encountered many powerful French tanks, such as the fearsome B1 heavy tank.

These tanks were also equipped with huge caliber artillery, which brought a lot of trouble to the German armored forces. But in the eyes of the German commanders, France was clearly a powerful country, and the Soviet Union was always slightly inferior in industry.

"It's a long-barreled 76mm artillery! It's not the French short-barreled to support infantry!" Li Le corrected Brauchitch.

The commander-in-chief of the army in front of him was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Le: "My head of state, is this the reason why you want to stop the production of the No. 3 tank?"

In the eyes of the army, or German tank designers, the No. 3 tank is a fast tank, specially used to expel the "anti-tank role" of the opponent's tanks, while the "clunky" No. 4 tank is actually used for Support infantry.

But now it seems that the No. 3 tank is obviously unable to adapt to its role in expelling the opponent's tank. At least in the French campaign, the tank gun of the No. 3 tank encountered the problem of insufficient firepower.

The 50mm caliber high-speed artillery equipped on No. 3 has limited damage to the enemy's heavy tanks, and sometimes even requires the No. 4 tank to cover it.

If it is said that the Soviets are equipped with more powerful tanks, then the No. 3 tank will inevitably appear outdated. Under the premise of this intelligence, the Yuan first stopped the production of the No. 3 tank, and the reasons seem to have become very good.

"My Führer, where did you get the news about the new Soviet tanks?" Brausitch thought for a while, then asked.

"There's no need to make a fuss about it. During the French campaign, our tanks were not as good as our opponents." Li Le said with a smile when he saw that Brauchitch seemed to believe his words.

Brauchitch nodded. The French B1 tank had left a deep impression on him and his armored units. The 37mm anti-tank gun had become outdated on the battlefield.

It is not only anti-tank guns that are outdated, but also the main tanks No. 2 and 38T equipped by the German army. These two tank armored thin artillery guns have small calibers and are not suitable for future operations.

It's a pity that the head of state in front of him doesn't seem very optimistic about the No. 3 and No. 4 who will replace the No. 2 tank and the 38T tank.

"My head of state, since you are willing to guarantee the production of the No. 4 tank, then I will also support your decision on behalf of the army, and give priority to the equipment of the No. 4 tank."

As a traverser, Li Le knew that using the No. 4 tank to convert the H-type and J-type 75 long-barreled artillery to fight against the T-34 was just an expedient measure.

What he needed was a new tank with amazing firepower, an aiming system and adequate frontal armor. This tank uses a chassis similar to No. 4, and it is good to change it slightly.

Ideally, it would be a medium tank like the T-54. Equipped with an 88mm anti-tank gun, which can be changed to a more powerful 105mm anti-tank gun if necessary.

With the thick frontal armor, sophisticated optical sights, and the elite vehicle group of the German armored forces, the number and cooperation were used to annihilate the Soviet tanks in large numbers.

In his plan, the Air Force's ground attack aircraft, combined with tanks, could annihilate the Soviet Union in large numbers. There is Libya's oil supply - the Germans are not afraid to consume disproportionately with the Soviets.

Once the Libyan oil field is in hand, he can avoid the German army's death-defying strategy of expedition to the Baku oil field, change the Barbarossa plan, and give the Soviet army a big surprise.

Historically, the Third Reich, which has fallen into strategic passivity due to competition for resources, will get rid of the situation that its strategy is constrained by resources. Army generals will be able to independently formulate combat plans and use more reasonable arrangements to annihilate more Soviet troops.

Li Le knew the background of the Soviet army, and also analyzed the bottom line of the Soviet army from the situation of later generations. In fact, although the Soviet Union defeated Germany in World War II, it was only a front-line victory.

If Germany could annihilate about 3 million more Soviet troops in the early stage, then Stalin would have lost the war, and even with the aid of the United States, he would not be able to make a comeback.

"I need you to convene generals and hold a meeting on the development of weapons and equipment." Seeing that Li Lejian was temporarily supported by Brauchitch, he expressed his thoughts: "I need to hurry up to produce the weapons that soldiers need, the more the better!"

"As you wish, my Führer." Seeing that the Führer was determined to increase the strength of the army, Brauchitch had no reason to refuse.

And although he heard the news of the Fuhrer's assassination in Paris, he was not there at the time, and of course he did not doubt Li Le's identity.

In fact, everything Li Le showed was in line with the rhythm of the original head of state: he really wanted to intervene in the internal affairs of the army, but he could only dictate the equipment of new-style troops such as armored troops.

If this bottom line is crossed again, Brausch will reject any plans of the Führer. Although Li Le didn't know there was this bottom line, he knew in his heart the army's wariness and resistance to the head of state. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

So he carefully expressed his opinion, trying not to touch the army's iniquity.

It seems that the effect is not bad now, at least Brausch is willing to hold such an equipment development meeting.

"Then, the day after tomorrow, don't look for Witzleben." Li Le ended the conversation this time, causing Witzleben to be shot again inexplicably.

In fact, Brauchitch knew that Witzleben had done something, so it was not surprising that he was so annoyed by the Führer. After all, he was the commander-in-chief of the army and had some information channels of his own in the army.

In his opinion, Witzleben's attempt to challenge the sovereign head of state was beyond his own power. It's a pity that Witzleben's mistake was made, as early as 1937, and that was it.

And today, now! The Führer commanded Germany to swept across Poland and defeated France. Who can shake the strong foundation of the head of state at such a time?

Even as the commander-in-chief of the army, he has to avoid the head of the Fuhrer's edge and try his best to meet the Fuhrer's requirements, not to mention a Witzleben?

"Yes, my Führer, if the Army receives an order for 500 No. 4 tanks, then I will find a reason to let Witzleben go to the reserve to serve as a spare." Brauchitch finally gave the bargaining chip of the transaction.

Li Le is also willing to exchange: "Very good! My dear army commander, future field marshal, it's a pleasure to talk to you for so long."

Using the prospect of an army general for at least 7 armored divisions, Brauchitch felt that he had made a profit, and he made a lot of money.

And the fake head of state Li Le felt that he could stop the time-wasting production and let the army equip more and more suitable tanks, which can be regarded as a temporary success.

So when he sent Brauchitch, he was full of smiles...