"It's all stuck. Do you want me to dig it out with my hands?" The driver Sergeant Polka stood on the front armor plate of the No. 4 G tank, putting one hand on his hip and pointing at the mud underneath.

"Driving the tractor over, and the prepared firewood." Captain Elson, the tank company commander, squatted by the pit, and the branches in his hand poked the mud hard like anger.

"Hey, I don't know where the water is leaking. Do we have any cars behind us?" At this time, the captain lifted the armored hatch on the command tower.

"You have been in the company until the end. I should congratulate you, Lieutenant Hull." Elson threw the branches into the mud pit, stood up and responded with a wry smile.

"Did you see it all? Everyone, this is the trouble you may encounter." On the watchtower in the center of the test ground, Keitel pointed to the armored vehicles that were stuck in mud and unable to move.

"This runway was built according to the most common highway standards in Eastern Europe. As far as I know, the worse the eastward direction." Longdsted hit the fence with a marshal's cane.

"We have checked all of them before the experiment. There is nothing unusual about this road and it is completely suitable for heavy vehicles." Manstein's face looked ugly. Among the generals present, he was the only one who relied on tanks to make a living. He had never missed Guderian as much as he is now. He really wanted to see how that guy performed when he witnessed this scene.

"You will mark this on the map, and your scouts will also report to you in this way. The road is completely fine. As a result, after an armored battalion passed, you will get a mud that allows an elephant to roll in it." Kluge was very satisfied with everything he saw today. This was a test plan specially formulated by the head of state, which made him feel that he had gained a lot.

"Fifty percent of the roads marked on the map are of this standard, and the rest are worse than this. Usually, cars and personnel can be transported, but as many units pass through, the ground that has eaten enough water during the melting snow or rainy season will begin to dissolve, and it will turn into this way, which was called the mud season in the Soviet Union." An army major wearing a motorcyclist rubber raincoat introduced.

"This reminds me of the Somme River. At that time, the situation we encountered was very similar to this. The artillery fire plowed the soil in the entire area. After the autumn rain, soldiers, artillery, logistics carriages, and everything was struggling in the mud." Bock looked extremely serious. He recalled the unbearable past. In the Battle of the Somme River, the troops he commanded suffered heavy losses.

"When you make a combat plan, please be sure to take these factors into consideration. The issues we see today were pointed out by the Head of State, who asked all army-level commanders to come to the scene to see with their own eyes." Keitel announced loudly to the officers.

"If we didn't look at it with our own eyes, we would never have imagined that there would be so many problems. Fortunately, our head of state is an unparalleled military genius." Manstein sincerely praised the keen sense of war possessed by the head of state.

"I ask everyone to keep these shooting regulations in mind. I ask each of you to learn to use this weapon proficiently. I am not kidding. It will directly affect your life. So I don't want to see any idiot here to be lazy. Don't say I haven't warned you, the guys who fail the assessment will all be transferred to the bread company." An armored soldier captain walked past a group of tank soldiers with his hands behind his back, holding an anti-infantry thunder.

This is a very terrifying anti-infantry melee grenade. It appeared in history at the end of the war. In order to deal with the Soviet soldiers who rushed from all directions like a tide, the German army equipped the armored troops with this equipment. After launch, this small grenade would explode in mid-air, sprinkle a rain of death with steel balls and shrapnel around, and smashed the Soviet anti-tank soldiers holding anti-tank grenades or explosive packs and pounce on the tanks.

This is an indiscriminate killing weapon. Except for crew members protected by tank armor, no one can survive the killing range, including German combatants who coordinated tank attacks.

Since Xu Jun has taken out this weapon, he is of course prepared accordingly. When tankers use this weapon, they must abide by strict usage regulations. However, with the captain's circumference, the captain has the ability to grasp the surrounding situation, and the possibility of accidental injury has been reduced a lot.

At the same time, the German main tanks will be equipped with external telephones, which can allow infantry outside the vehicle to call with crew members in the vehicle to communicate on the battlefield in a timely manner. At the same time, infantry can also borrow the tank's radio station to make emergency contact with superior units.

The first one to equip this type of phone was the US armored forces, and the Marine Corps' m4 tanks had this modification. In an era when radio equipment was difficult to be small and universal, this was indeed a very clever idea. When some infantry units had radio failures, they only needed to find the nearest armored vehicle to restore contact with their superiors. Whether it was requiring air bombing or artillery fire support, it would become very convenient.

The most important thing is that soldiers do not have to enter the inside of the tank, and the crew does not have to risk opening the hatch. They only need to unscrew an armored lid installed at the rear of the vehicle body, and all problems will be solved.

The s-thunder on the tank is installed in a honeycomb-shaped launcher. The launcher has a fixed angle to ensure that the explosion shrapnel can cover every direction around the vehicle body. The three in the middle are fired vertically upwards, and the killing range covers the entire vehicle body. This is the last defense method, and the target is the enemy infantry who have climbed onto the tank body.

"You must learn to operate this kind of launcher proficiently, and to make the position of the commander report, and you can fire the corresponding grenade accurately and quickly. I don't want to see your own people suffer because of your stupidity. The guys who make mistakes will be sent to the hard labor camp. Do you know where that is? You won't think of going there. There are no officers and soldiers there, only criminals who violate military rules. They will be sent to the most dangerous positions to perform the most difficult, tiring, and dangerous tasks. In a week, you will beg them to shoot you." The armored soldier captain scared his subordinates, but what he said was the truth. The German army was also ruthless to the soldiers who made mistakes.

"Now let's take a look at the structure of this machine gun, is it similar to mg34?" An army sergeant dismantled a new machine gun in front of the soldier sitting neatly on the stool. If it was from later generations, he would recognize the model of this machine gun at a glance. This is the famous mg42 machine gun, but now it should be called mg40.

This machine gun is a simplified version of mg34, with more excellent productivity. It is a perfect infantry support weapon. The sound made during shooting can scare enemy soldiers into their crotch.

Historically, based on mg42, the US military designed their m60 machine guns, which made a big reputation in previous wars, and instead stole all the popularity of the German-equipped mg3. Now this mg40 has traces of mg3, such as a round muzzle cap and a new buffer. At the same time, Xu Jun also retained the modification allowance in the design, and only a few parts need to be replaced to change the caliber of the gun.

Although mg34 is an excellent weapon, its production procedures are a bit complicated and the output has never been increased. Now not only Mauser is producing mg40, but several old gun factories in France and the United Kingdom are also producing this weapon. In the face of the terrifying power of this machine gun, the generals of the French Army were excited to say nothing, and even the lobster soldiers who had been silenced to save face were stunned by the horrible sound of tearing the cloth.

When the Germans learned that this weapon would be opened to them, the top leaders of the two armies were very happy. This thing was so suitable for use when squatting in the bunkers to defend. The British Army immediately negotiated a production license with Germany for 5,000 mg40s. The first batch of products will be sent to the Far East first. The performance of the Japanese made them more and more worried, so they began to arm the new skin at all costs.

The French were preparing to use this machine gun to replace the antiques currently equipped. Of course, those expensive fortress machine guns were not included. The idea of ​​this general weapon made the French very interested. They had long been desperate about the universality of French army equipment. It seemed that every time the army minister came to power, they would purchase a bunch of new garbage like a ghost.

The French have begun to experiment with the production of the chassis of the German No. 4 tank. They are still trying to install the turret they designed. The specific performance is hard to say. German technicians only think that the turret looks cute with a round appearance.

The British are busy improving the design of aircraft engines. Their griffin engines have great potential. The Luftwaffe has created several Mercedes Schmidt fighter jets that use British engines, and are currently conducting test flights in full swing.

The Spitfire production line of Vickers Super Marin has resumed production, but the first batch of production were all Navy orders. Germany provided information on Japan's new carrier-based aircraft, which made the British Navy feel a deep threat. They are preparing to replace the slow "buffalo" and "fighters" deployed in South Asia with Spitfire. These aircraft are obviously outdated in front of the new Japanese fighter jets. The British do not want their precious pilots to die in vain.

The British government also obtained a production license of 190 from the German head of state and prepared to produce in large quantities to equip its own air force. The British version of "Shrike" has some minor improvements, and has been replaced with British weapons, British flight joysticks, and the instrument panel has also been switched to British units of measurement.

At the same time, the British Navy and the German Navy are collaborating on developing a general carrier-based attack aircraft that can conduct dive bombing and horizontal torpedo attacks. The Royal Navy has invested a lot of enthusiasm for this project.

The British Navy has accelerated the construction of the aircraft carriers on the ship platform, and it is expected that two [Glorious Class] aircraft carriers can be completed before the end of the year. These two aircraft carriers will be delivered to the German Navy for use in accordance with the treaty, but the British are not careless in construction at all, and are even more serious than building their own warships, because this involves the face of the British navy's shipbuilding industry, and they do not want to be humiliated by the Germans for shoddy construction.

The officers and sailors of the German Navy have entered the shipyard, and they will receive basic training under the guidance of their British counterparts to learn how to operate and use these huge flat-topped ships.

The German Navy had never had any experience in using aircraft carriers before. To be honest, the British themselves had never used it several times in actual combat. The surprise attack on "Orland Port" was considered a great attempt, but the problem was that the final outcome was really sad.

Experienced naval pilots suffered heavy losses in the previous British air battle. I don’t know which string was wrong. The Royal Navy had to add a navigator. As a result, the aircraft developed were slower than the other. When they encountered the flexible and high-speed Mercedeschmidt, they survived either masters or gods with great luck.

Now the Royal Navy is training carrier-based pilots for the Germans, using the carrier-based version of 190. German HNA pilots must learn how to manipulate the "Haishraw" to take off from the short aircraft carrier deck and safely land on the deck.

They also need to learn how to use the latest radio navigation instruments, and at the same time, they need to learn how to rely on instruments and calculation rulers to accurately attack and return in the vast ocean when the navigation instrument fails.

They must learn to use clouds to conceal traces, rely on their vision to discover small targets on the sea, learn how to make a forcibly landing on the sea, escape from a plane that sinks underwater, and survive in a narrow life raft for more than a week.

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