"To sum up, it is the data we have so far. I think this issue should be put into this meeting for discussion." After Katel said that, he bowed to Xu Jun, who was sitting at the conference table, and then sat back in his seat.

"I didn't understand what technical reasons are. This month I have five light infantry divisions on my hands to be reorganized into light mechanized infantry divisions. The equipment I have obtained now is not enough to arm a regiment. If this continues, I will not be able to complete the task according to the original schedule."

Model has been reorganizing troops in southern Bavaria these days. This time he returned to Berlin to report his duties, which happened to be the weekly meeting of the Commander. Xu Jun wanted to ask about the situation of the troops below, so he allowed him to attend the meeting.

"The technical reason is that the output of equipment is far behind our current needs, and the manufacturer has not provided me with a reasonable explanation." Yodel said while holding a pen and writing something quickly in the meeting record book.

"I have already understood this problem. Tott has no better way at the moment. It is not a matter of money and resources. Now the factory's production capacity has reached its peak, and it takes time to expand the production line. We have to find a balance between production and processing machine tools or weapons. Moreover, the training of workers also requires a process. It is impossible to find someone to come back from the street, and he will drive the machine tools to build a tank." Xu Jun spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders and said that there was nothing he could do.

He is also having a headache about these problems. Germany's weapons design is too exquisite, which leads to the labor hours required for the same weapon often two to three times that of other countries. He is now trying his best to simplify the processing process, but this is only a symptom, but it cannot be cured.

The problems in German weapons design and manufacturing ultimately are just the word "money". At that time, Germany lacked local resources, and most of the precious metal materials needed to manufacture weapons needed to be imported from abroad, which led to increased production costs from the beginning and the use of each ton of materials required careful calculations.

For the sake of cost of use, the military also requires weapons design to be as durable as possible. In order to meet this standard, the service life standards of most parts of German tanks are set at more than 30 years. In order to meet this standard, advanced alloys and a large number of heat treatment technologies can only be used, which not only takes more time but also increases the difficulty of production.

This is not a German who is foolish. The starting point of these indicators is to extend the service life of parts as much as possible, so that it can save a lot of cost of replacing parts, and also save the precious military expenses of the German Wehrmacht. Germany is not like the rich man on the other side of the Atlantic or the giant bear in the north. It has too much metal materials in its hands, and spare tank parts can be piled up into mountains. If they are broken, they can replace one at any time.

Because the cost of producing raw materials and processing consumables is very high, the profit margin left to manufacturers is not very large. Therefore, manufacturers are trying their best to fine-quality equipment and exchange high labor for additional profits. Many unnecessary processing processes are forced into the manufacturing process, artificially increasing the working hours and processing difficulty of weapon production.

However, weapons produced with this kind of meticulous work are indeed pleasing to the eye and charming, and they just met the temperament of Hitler, who was very enthusiastic about the merits. Therefore, these precision weapons that were almost used as handicrafts were continuously transported into the army's sequence.

Xu Jun is very clear about these shortcomings, but he has no way to improve them for a while. He has many excellent designs, many of which are developed according to the above ideas, so if you want to change this situation, you must adjust it from the initial design concept.

Xu Jun cannot devote too much energy to improving the production process. He is preparing to throw this task to more professionals to take charge. Sperer's inspection journey has been completed most of the time, and there are only a few nodes left. After he returns to Berlin, Xu Jun will have a detailed discussion with him. If this genius is really as capable as in history, he will let him hold the position in history again, first be Fritz Tott's deputy, familiar with the workflow of the entire system, and then replace the former.

To be honest, Totte is a good master in the earth, and is also a political ally with Xu Jun. It belongs to the group of people who have been kneeling quite early. Before Sperer takes over his position, he can only continue to let him manage this mess. Xu Jun plans to let him do his old business at that time and lead his Totte organization to build a defensive line in the depths of the northern border of Germany.

Thinking of building a road, Xu Jun suddenly turned his face and looked at Kettle.

“Have the road and bridge reinforcement work completed on the Austrian border?”

"Uh? Oh, it's under full force. My head of state still lacks enough staff. I have made a request to the Army Command and am going to dispatch several engineer regiments there. If it is not enough, I will transfer them some labor regiments." Keitel replied respectfully.

"This will be a huge project. Not only at the border, our goal is to increase the carrying capacity of some domestic highway bridges to 40 to 50 tons, otherwise according to the current load-bearing capacity, we will not be able to deal with the next challenge at all. Our armored forces have encountered similar troubles on the French front line. Currently, the maximum carrying capacity of most European bridges is between 30 to 40 tons.

Although the existing bridge parameters can withstand most of our army's heavy equipment, you have also read the information that the weight of the new artillery and tanks under development has approached this upper limit. If the old standards are still maintained and no transformation and reinforcement are carried out, accidents and dangers are likely to occur when these new equipment passes.

We don’t have to strengthen all roads and bridges in the country. We can first renovate on several important transportation lines. I have ordered Rhine Steel to design prefabricated parts of the bridge steel frame. At that time, only engineers need to combine and install them on bridges that need to be strengthened." Xu Jun drew a sketch in the record book and then passed it to Blaushiqi on the side.

"It's a very good invention, my head of state." The commander-in-chief of the Army quickly nodded in his praise.

"Okay, let's look at the questions raised by Keitel. We have 150,000 retired personnel this year, three-quarters of which will be converted into conscripts, and some experienced non-commissioned officers will be promoted to officers. These tasks have been done well and achieved our previously scheduled goals.

The recruitment quota for this year has been used up, and now we need to start preparing for the significant expansion of the troops next year. You all know the pressure on the military industry. We have begun to place orders with manufacturers in the UK and France. However, they need to add a batch of professional equipment and molds first, and they cannot start production immediately.

The question we are going to discuss now is whether to complete the dressing of those reorganized troops first, or leave some weapons to form new troops." Xu Jun looked at the group of generals and staff members present.

"My Head." The person who spoke was Count Hans von Schponneck.

The lieutenant general was injured when he marched into Rotterdam, Netherlands. When he was recovering, the head of state and deputy head of state was in a fire. After he recovered, the head of state had already changed. The 22nd Infantry Division, which he had originally commanded, had been handed over to others to command. The count had no place to go and had been idle in the Army Command since then.

Because he was familiar with the training and combat of aircraft-landing infantry, before the outbreak of the British campaign, he Yodel was transferred to the National Defense Department of the Command Command to serve as a staff officer, responsible for providing tactical opinions on aircraft-landing operations. Because he performed very well during the British combat, coupled with his heroic deeds in the Dutch battle, he received a Knight Iron Cross as he wished after the war.

"What do you have any suggestions, General Schponek." Xu Jun nodded and signaled.

"My head of state, I think we should first reorganize the original combat troops. These soldiers are experienced and should be able to master the use of new equipment soon. The troops can restore their original combat effectiveness in a very short time. As for those newly formed troops, we can now build the framework first, and the soldiers' subject training can also be replaced with some other alternatives, just like we did before." Schponek replied.

Hearing the count's suggestion, several staff members with the same idea nodded repeatedly to agree.

"At present, it is mainly because of the lack of some technical equipment, and ordinary infantry weapons are still abundant."

"After completing the twelve weeks of basic training, you can also conduct four to six weeks of professional military training. In this way, you can almost wait until the new equipment arrives."

"Light infantry can be trained in this way, and mechanized infantry only has a few more armored vehicle cooperative combat subjects, which can be replaced by trucks as before."

The generals began to exchange opinions with each other in a low voice.

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