Battle of the Third Reich

The convoy of heads of state is usually parked in the underground garage of the Prime Minister’s Palace, and usually enters and exits through the special passage on the west side of the Prime Minister’s Palace. In addition, there is a concealed vehicle lift next to the sidewalk on the side of the Prime Minister’s Annex Building. Like an ordinary floor.

This elevator is usually used by trucks that deliver supplies, and the food and materials on the truck can be directly sent to the underground warehouse. Xu Jun rarely enters the underground garage, he only needs to give orders, and the team will naturally wait in front of the agreed door.

The head of empire currently owns twenty exclusive cars exclusive to him. In addition to various Mercedes-Benz, he also has a Citroen, a Rover, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and a Daimler db18, Some of these cars were gifts given to him by foreign governments, while others were purchased at private expense, all of which had undergone enhanced modification.

In accordance with Hitler’s requirements, the Mercedes-Benz company replaced the high-powered supercharged engine, the mine-resistant armored chassis, and the five-centimeter-thick bullet-proof glass on the windows. The bulletproof steel plate was added to the inner layer of the door. Mercedes-Benz 770k.

The new head of empire put forward the concept of heavy protection, requiring all his vehicles to be able to withstand the test of the German light duty attack.

For safety reasons, Xu Jun does not like the convertible very much, but because of the needs of political propaganda, he must bear some risks. When he is usually operating in Berlin, such as rushing from the Chancellery to the headquarters, he likes to ride a hard-topped Mercedes-Benz 770k, with a hardened armor plate 30 mm thick on the roof, which can resist most of the current fighter jets.

Of course, certain perverted modifications can not be included, such as the Stu87 ju87g cannon bird that was born earlier.

At present, the German Air Force’s research plan is full, and senior Air Force officers are convinced that the dive bomber will be eliminated by the multi-purpose attack aircraft. Therefore, the German army stopped the development of the Stuttgart replacement model and shifted its focus to the multi-purpose attack aircraft. On research and development projects.

Xu Jun was not interested in getting a German version of Il II out. After the Germans strengthened the medium- and short-range air defense firepower, the myth of the Black Death is impossible to repeat again. The Stuttgart Cannonbird is only an excessive version. Before the new attack aircraft is completely refitted, the German Stuttgar needs to stay around for about a year.

However, with the current performance of Stuka, as long as the Luftwaffe firmly grasps the air dominance of the battlefield, this dive bomber is an awesome threat to all Soviet ground forces.

The German Army Air Force has begun to equip new anti-tank cluster bombs, each with 40 to 80 butterfly bombs, which is a kind of small bomb called Devil's Egg, which used to be There was a face during the Battle of Dunkirk, which caused a lot of psychological shadows for the British and French Army in the surrounding circle.

The Germans are now equipped with its anti-tank version, equipped with a bronze-cast shaped charge warhead. After detonation, the metal jet can penetrate 35 mm thick homogeneous steel armor.

The aircraft that dropped the bomb can be a single-shot dive bomber or a multi-shot horizontal bomber. After the magazine leaves the carrier, the cover is ejected at a preset height, and then the sub-bombs loaded inside are scattered in an area.

The size of the specific distribution area depends on the height at which the bullet box is opened. This value floats in a space of 500 to 50 meters. At that time, there was no technical threshold. Only a simple barometric altimeter was needed. Do it.

After using gravity and centrifugal force to throw out the internal sub-bombs, the original magazines were useless, and maybe one or two ground soldiers could be killed with good luck. And the moment the devil's egg left the mother bullet, the fuse insurance was pulled apart, and then the wings folded around the projectile popped out, and then the gravity was dragged out of the dragline on the projectile, the warhead was suspended on the rotating bullet Under the wing began to fall steadily.

To put it bluntly, this thing is like a bamboo dragonfly. The opened wings rotate rapidly, which effectively reduces the falling speed of the projectile, and at the same time creates a stable downward attitude for the projectile, so that one side of the warhead is always facing the ground. .

The attack direction of the shaped charge warhead is vertically downward, which means that it is attacking the most vulnerable top of the tank armor. Because the body does not rotate at high speed with the wing, the metal jet can exert the best armor-piercing effect.

Army aviation has conducted experiments, and if a medium-sized cluster bomb is well distributed, it can destroy all armored units in a 200-square-meter area. At the same time, the Germans believed that with the current power of this ammunition, no Soviet tank could resist this terrifying weapon that fell from the sky.

However, this weapon also has its use restrictions. The command headquarters believes that it is currently only applicable to the German combat under attack, which is used to destroy the armored clusters on the enemy's front. Because the technical content of this bomb is not high, the Army Command is worried that if the unexploded sub-bomb falls into the hands of the enemy, this is a very common thing on the battlefield, and the Soviet Union will likely copy it and then use it in the German army. On his own armor. The command headquarters found that the tanks currently equipped by the Germans also did not have a tank that could withstand this little demon attack.

In offensive operations, the Germans have the initiative on the battlefield. If used properly, they should be able to ensure that this secret weapon will not fall into the hands of the enemy.

So what other methods can the German army use to effectively contain the offensive momentum of the opposing forces under the retreat of its own forces?

The answer is yes, that is the newly developed airborne mine tactics by the Germans.

This tactic, which only appeared during the Vietnam War, is actually not mysterious. To put it bluntly, it is to throw mines from the air to the ground and quickly create a large open-air mine belt.

Everyone knows that the mines in the concept are usually buried under the ground. It can be seen as a camouflage trap that uses explosions as a means of killing, relying on the enemy’s fear of unknown threats to effectively delay the enemy’s actions.

The airborne mines were dropped in the open air, and the mines were all exposed on the ground, so the enemy could easily find them.

You may think that the enemy is not an idiot or a blind man. How can someone who sees mines step on it? In fact, this is what the airborne mine tactics want to achieve. The purpose of this tactic is to delay and block the movement of the enemy forces, or to force the enemy forces to turn around, or reduce the movement speed of the enemy forces.

At that time, the mine-clearing technology was still very primitive, and it was still mainly manual demining. Even if the mines were placed in the open, as long as the number and density were large enough, if the enemy wanted to clean up a passage that could be passed by large forces, it must be spent A lot of manpower, material resources and time. Dense shelling may clear a minefield. The problem is that the ground plowed by artillery will also hinder the movement of troops.

Of course, the simpler way is to bypass the minefield. In this way, the purpose of the minefield is also achieved. If the commander operates properly, he can even force the enemy into his own ambush circle.

The Germans are currently developing a set of rocket mine equipment according to the drawings of the head of state. At that time, the rocket can be used to quickly lay out a large minefield. The specific distribution principle is similar to the cluster bomb above.

This minefield also has a prominent advantage, that is, after the battle is over, the mines are easier to clear and will not cause damage to your own troops.

The other is that on the winter battlefield on the Eastern Front, a large number of mines thrown in the air will be buried by snow, which can quickly create a mine defense line at the front of the position. If these mines are equipped with time-detonated devices, even the subsequent demining will be eliminated.

The Germans can set the mines to self-destruct in a day or a week. During this time, the front line is guaranteed to be closed. After the scheduled time, the mines self-destruct, and the Germans can attack the enemy through the former minefield.

"Weirler, if you think about it, what else have you forgotten?" Xu Jun put the aerial mine drill report from the Army Command into the briefcase.

"It's all ready, my head, Marshal Brauchic has sent a notice." Weiler nodded and answered.

The head of empire stood up from behind his desk and pulled the uniform hem.

"How much time does it take on the road?" Xu Jun opened the drawer of his desk, took out his gun from the inside, and then moved down the magazine skillfully.

"If it goes well, it won't take more than twenty hours." Weiller handed the briefcase to Colonel Kirsten.

"I think you should consider it carefully, my head." Kirsten persuaded.

"Don't worry, Colonel Kirsten, I will be back the day after tomorrow." Xu Jun put the pistol into the cowhide holster after re-assembling the magazine and closing the insurance.

"Eric, are the guards ready?"

"It has been assembled, my head." Disenhofen handed the military cap to Xu Jun.

"Okay, let's go now." The empire's head put on a military cap, picked up the marshal's slightly stick on the table, and flicked a stick with a chic movement.

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The time difference is finally reversed, but now there is not much free time, and it may be better after a while.

Next week I will try to spare time to write more and try to pay off the arrears of last month.