After Li Ye sent off the representatives of the Tang army, he met his superior, Guderian. Although both sides were colonels, Li Ye was the chief of staff while Guderian was the chief officer of this exercise. In the army, Li Ye's position as the deputy prime minister was naturally useless. There were two different systems of direct command.
In fact, Guderian had not been doing well. In order to promote his tank theory, he had found many people. Although the Versailles treaty stipulated that the country of Dé could not have tanks, the conditions had been relaxed. As long as it was not too big, the country of Ying would usually turn a blind eye.
However, there were a bunch of old fogeys in the army who believed that it was unrealistic to use the fastest method of combat. Only cannons could break through the fortress. Tearing up the enemy's position.
Tanks would be destroyed by barbed wire, trenches, machine guns, and heavy artillery fire. They could only attack together with the infantry to deal with the trenches.
There was no need to build a tank regiment or division. Therefore, his tank regiment lacked people, tanks, trucks, training equipment, and even the military chief did not come...
As a regiment commander, he only had 30 tanks and over 400 men under him…
However, all of this changed ten days ago. Not only did President Hindeburg personally intervene and give him the latest tanks, but he also replenished his personnel and even asked him to hold a drill.
However, he knew that it was all because of the young man named Rudolph.
"Colonel Rudolph, thank you for your help. You are very familiar with the tactics of the tank group. Guderian was very interested in this young colonel in front of him and extended his hand.
"Yes, I am! Colonel Guderian, I've studied tanks before. Although tanks have been around for a long time, there aren't many of them on the battlefield. Their tactics haven't been fully explored yet.”
"He's like a heavy knight from the cold weapon era. He has high mobility and defensive power, as well as great vitality. He can play a huge role on the battlefield.”
"If this exercise is approved by the president, the army will find a way to equip a large number of tanks.“
Li Ye smiled and shook hands with Gordian.
"Ah! This is great. Do you really think tanks can change the battlefield and become the main characters in the future?“
Guderian could not imagine that this exercise was so important. No wonder he was given the command of a division and a tank regiment to conduct the exercise.
If it wasn't for the fact that Li Ye was already famous, he would have thought that this young man was bragging.
" The tanks are affected by the terrain. They can only play an important role in the plains for the time being. In other places, they can only be used as a mobile fortress. However, in the plains and the mountains with gentle slopes, the large-scale assault of the tanks can bring about an effect that infantry can't do at all.”
Li Ye nodded and said.
"Can you tell me your thoughts in detail? I've heard the Chief Executive mention the large-scale advance of the tanks.”
Although Gordian had a certain amount of experience and ideas in using tank troops, he had not perfected his own system.
"Actually, it's not impossible for tanks to form a group to fight. It's different from the tanks used in infantry. Therefore, most of the time, the infantry could not keep up, and they needed the motorised infantry to keep up.”
" First of all, it can't be a single tank. It has to be divided according to its use. I'll divide it into three categories. The first category is light tanks. It weighs about ten tons and has a small caliber cannon. However, it's very fast. It can be used for reconnaissance, vigilance, and can also be used for combat under certain conditions. The second type was a medium-sized tank, which was also the main battle tank. It should be above twenty-five tons, and it needed to pay attention to firepower and armor. It also needed to be fast and be able to serve many purposes at the same time. The third type was a heavy tank, which weighed more than forty tons and could be slower. Its armor was thick, and its firepower was strong. It was the nemesis of the enemy's tanks! Of course, he could also research other tanks in the future, but these three would definitely be mainstream tanks.”Li Ye said.
"Anything else?" Hearing this, Gordian was deep in thought. The definition of tanks was very vague now, but when he thought about it carefully, Li Ye's division was very clear.
"Of course, if the tank force wants to achieve a large-scale transfer, it will also need to be equipped with transport vehicles, artillery vehicles, threat vehicles, field medical vehicles, and other mechanized troops to ensure that the tank force can independently carry out the transfer of large countries.”
"Yes! That's right! If we had such a tank force, it would be enough to dominate the entire Europa Continent.”Gordian said excitedly.
"No, I can't! Colonel Guderian, think about it again. What if this unit is matched with the reconnaissance of the air force and the support of air firepower? "Li Ye looked at Gordian with shining eyes and slightly raised his head.
The current tank regiment could be said to be made up of a pile of tanks. Although it was called a tank regiment, it actually only had 100 tanks. It could not be called a tank regiment at all. The two of them talked about the organization and tactics for more than two hours. The Steel Monster was also gradually perfecting his tank battle ideas...
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