Imperial Overlord

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On the first day of September, Li Le, the false head of state of Germany, took the famous Asia train and returned to Berlin, the center of Germany.

Now that it has been determined that the large-scale bombing against Britain has been suspended, Li Le has little interest in staying in France. He has returned to Berlin, and he has some meaning to take care of the Eastern Front.

Although he is in his bones against fighting on all sides and involving troops. But the international game is definitely not a simple conversion. Even if he doesn't go to the Soviets for trouble, it is inevitable that the Soviets will not trouble him.

In the 21st century, many documents say that the Soviet Union had a plan to attack Germany called the Great Thunderstorm.

Today, although this statement is not necessarily true, it can prove a problem, that is, the Eastern Front is far from being as simple as imagined.

There are many assumptions in history, saying what would happen if the German army did not invade the Soviet Union in 1941... But in fact it is also possible, that is, the Soviet Union invaded Germany first!

I don't know how big this possibility is, but the existence of this possibility is a fact - Li Le must be ready to go to war with the Soviet Union.

In order to prepare for this, Li Le's most direct purpose was to double the number of German armored units on the Eastern Front to deal with the Soviet armored flood.

That is not simple. The armored force composed of Stalin and t-34 tanks, which is familiar to later generations, also includes kv-1 and kv-2 in the early stage, as well as a large number of light tanks such as t-26.

These tanks, both in numbers and in certain properties, would cause problems for German armored forces.

The elite German armored divisions were ground into powder bit by bit in the process of repeatedly competing with these Soviet rivals.

But, be aware that a lot of history has been exaggerated by the victors, and some of the victor's weapons, whose shortcomings were also overshadowed by a glorious victory.

For example, how huge is the Soviet armored force, which has historically been infinitely exaggerated to threaten?

A very simple data can illustrate the problem: the Soviet Union produced a total of 50,000 t-34 tanks during World War II.

The German tank models are complex, how many tanks of similar models add up? There are almost 20,000.

After the United States entered the war, the total production of m4 Sherman tanks was also 50,000, which was not lower than that of the Soviet Union.

If you count the production of assault guns and tank destroyers in the same period, the production ratio between the Soviet Union, Germany and the United States is 7 to 4 to 8.

It can be clearly seen that if tanks such as assault guns are included, the number of Germans has increased slightly.

Such a ratio is actually not too ugly for Germany, which was mobilized late and in short supply.

During the same period, the German tank troops, in any case, had a battle loss ratio of 1 to 2 to Soviet tanks. That is to say, if German tanks are concentrated on the Eastern Front, there is no so-called "advantage" for the Soviet tank forces.

Therefore, those who believe that after the end of World War II, the Soviet tank forces have an absolute advantage over the British and American tank forces are completely wrong.

In terms of the number of tank troops, the two sides are actually half a dozen.

In terms of force comparison, the combined war mobilization of the United States and the United Kingdom is more than 15 million, plus there are still 1.8 million German prisoners left, which is not worse than the Soviet Red Army.

As for the t-34 tank, with its average performance and excellent design, it is indeed a very good medium tank.

However, this does not mean that this type of tank is perfect, it is far less good than later generations think. It is definitely not a good idea to copy the t-34 tank for German armored forces.

To sum up, the reason for the complete collapse of Germany is that it has to keep a part of the armored forces for the defense of the Western Front, and in the later stage, it will really consume a large number of tanks on the Western Front at the same time.

It is precisely because of this that Li Le's idea is very simple. Instead of wasting time on other equipment by concentrating materials, he should seize the time to mobilize and produce more useful and excellent tanks like the Leopard.

His order to hurry up production and make massive improvements to the Panzer IV was just a stopgap, and a very efficient one.

In fact, to put it simply, Li Le's plan is: since the Soviet-German war is about to start, he should try his best to avoid consuming his armored troops.

As long as the German armored forces have real equipment advantages at the beginning of the war, instead of fighting hard with experience, the essence of the German armored forces can be preserved.

Anyone who has really studied the Soviet-German war in World War II knows that, in fact, the massive consumption of German armored forces began when the Germans won and drove straight into the hinterland of the Soviet Union.

There is still a lot of space on the pitted road, which makes the German armored troops wear and tear in the process of rushing on the road, consuming a lot of equipment.

The fatigue accumulated from frequent battles, as well as the consumption of weapons and equipment, the dispersion and loss of elite troops, finally became a hidden danger in the battles of Moscow and Stalingrad.

When Germany took a sigh of relief during the Battle of Kursk, the Soviet Union had also taken a sigh of relief... So a quick-fix war was turned into an ugly war of attrition.

Imagine that if the German armored forces had a better environment and more advanced weapons and equipment at the beginning of the war, the losses would have been compressed geometrically.

These saved armored units will be more useful when they are needed!

"The new tank uses 6 pairs of medium-sized road wheels and an asymmetric torsion bar suspension design... The weight is limited to 37 tons." On the Asia train, designers from several companies were reporting their latest updates to Li Le. Design ideas.

Whenever this time, Li Le is the happiest time. As the most powerful industrial country in the world, Germany is really bottomless.

Just looking at the design drawings hanging on the blackboard is a treat. There is no computer graphics in this era. The line diagrams drawn by German engineers with pens are as exquisite as the data in the computer.

And when Li Le made a request and clearly eliminated some mistakes that German designers like to make, what the German designers came up with almost scared Li Le's chin off.

The design proposed by man company, the style of the chassis is simply a replica of the t-59 tank - Li Le only made a few good suggestions, and they actually figured out the ultimate form of this suggestion.

Except that the chassis is slightly higher than the 59 tank by 15 cm due to the consideration of the interior volume and the comfort of the members, it is exactly the same as the 59 tank.

The German designers who are proficient in mechanics completed the preliminary design of the tank with astonishing speed. To Li Le's surprise, they didn't even propose any technical difficulties...

For example, the structure of the front derailleur that the Germans loved and did not give up until death immediately gave in to Li Le's requirement to reduce the height of the car body, and became a classic structure of the overall rear.

Facts have proved that if it wasn't for the impetus of the head of state and some individual designers, the attitude of German designers to choose is also very correct.

At least, there is no extreme design that later generations use as a joke, using a 56-ton tank to carry an 88mm caliber cannon.

Soon, the design presented by Krupp was immediately selected and became the alternative for the German No. 6 tank.

The stubborn Krupp designers had no intention of giving up their work on the Tiger tank.

After improving and eliminating the staggered roadwheels, the fattened Tigers were resurrected with their Panzer 5 picks.

However, Li Le hopes that this 48-ton heavy tank will be used as Germany's future main battle tank, so after raising some requirements, it is pushed to the No. 6 tank project.

On the basis of the chassis design of the man company, the design of a box-type turret was tentatively designated as the No. 5 tank.

The box-type turret is a welded structure, and a more secure shield design is adopted on the front, so the appearance difference from the turret of a modern main battle tank is still very obvious.

After all, the artillery stabilization system could not be developed at that time, and the shooting under driving conditions could not be achieved - so the shortcomings of the shield were not so prominent.

To describe the appearance of this new Panther tank more precisely, it is a slightly taller t-59 tank chassis with a slightly larger Panther tank turret.

The new tank is equipped with an 88mm caliber gun~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is almost the same cannon that the Tiger tank originally developed for shells and anti-aircraft guns.

Such a compromise design obviously has the limitations of the times, and it is not the best design result Li Le wants - but after all, this is the most powerful ultimate tank that can be produced at present!

Compared with the most classic t-34 tank, Germany's new No. 5 tank is equally simple in action mechanism and easy to produce...

Both the engine and the gearbox are rear-mounted, which is also closer to the modern tank design and more in line with combat needs - but using a gasoline engine, the safety is slightly worse but the mobility is half-hearted.

The armored defense wins. After all, the weight and frontal armor protection have been greatly improved. The weight of 5 tons is not in vain.

In terms of firepower, the gap is huge. The armor-piercing ability of the German 88mm cannon has been tested by history - it was a sufficient killer by the end of World War II.

The 76-caliber gun of the t-34 was soon forced to be changed to a t-34/85 tank because of its lack of power.