Chapter 1220 The Most Difficult Strength to Surpass

The A-19 122mm field cannon was simply modified and directly installed on the vehicle. Under the premise of "taking what is available", the output of the new main gun must be high. Even adding two processes to the original field gun production line can directly obtain a large number of finished products.

Other silent details in the photos and notebooks also told Guderian a very painful fact at all times.

The reason why the Russians' new heavy tanks are powerful and excellent has nothing to do with the awesome black technology in their hands.

The engine looks shoddy and simple in design. Compared with the German tank engine, there is no technical superiority.

The wild welds on the tank armor are directly exposed without any cover or decoration, which looks even more "defective" than the unpainted German tanks that just rolled off the factory line.

The sighting system inside the tank is also directly applied to existing equipment. The "unchanged" four-fold magnification optical sight of the gunner is still the same. It is nothing more than a new independent wide-angle periscope that can better link with the commander, so that the gunner can use the wide-angle periscope to roughly search for the enemy first, and then use the high-magnification narrow-field gun scope for precise aiming and shooting.

It will not happen that the commander reminds the enemy's position for a long time, but the gunner is still like a blind man, looking around in the high-magnification narrow-field gun scope and can't find the target.

But this design has long been on German tanks, and Guderian even thinks that this is a copycat by the Russians.

Everything is telling one thing, a very terrible and super bad news for the German army.

The new heavy tank of the Russians is a collection of things that are assembled with a bunch of ready-made things on hand, without any new research and development.

It may sound a bit rustic to outsiders. What kind of new weapon is this?

But as the saying goes, "outsiders watch the excitement, insiders watch the doorway", Guderian, who is well aware of the terribleness of this, does not think so at all.

Everything is ready-made, and any one of them can be a batch of goods on the existing production line. There is no need to open any new special production line, nor is there any need for tedious and complicated special research and development design that requires repeated verification.

This means that as long as the Russians think that this new heavy tank is good and suitable for large-scale equipment of the troops.

Then it won't take long, three months, no, even just one month later!

Guderian can almost see the scene of hundreds of new heavy tanks newly built by the Russians rushing towards the German army. In contrast, the German army's new weapons and new tanks are still on the drawings, factories, and test sites in the rear, pulled out again and again, repeatedly strolling and verifying the design.

The Russians do not have powerful black technology and inimitable tricks, but only have a strong ability to integrate equipment design, which is a magic weapon for winning. They use a bunch of inconspicuous things that are available at hand and do not need to be newly developed to piece together a terrible monster with absolute quality advantage with a brand new design!

This is the case with the T34 in 1941, and the mysterious new iron turtle in 1943 is still the same!

The design is simple, rough and violent, but effective.

The more effective and simpler things are, the more difficult they are to counter. Guderian finally understood why the Russians developed new heavy tanks so quickly, and they were always able to catch up and lead their own side by the nose and take the initiative.

Looking at the pile of things in front of him, he thought about the exaggerated and fancy so-called new design he had just seen in the Nibelungen factory.

Guderian, who felt a little headache, shook his head. His tank designers were proud of all kinds of so-called revolutionary new designs, but the Russians only wanted to be simple, efficient, fast, and convenient for large-scale wartime production.

A large number of Tiger tanks with new designs were piled up at no cost. It has only been more than a year since they were finalized and put into production, but now they have been declared outdated and need to be torn down and rebuilt.

How much overlap can the new Tiger II heavy tank production line have with the original Tiger I heavy tank after being torn down and rebuilt?

Guderian didn't know, but he thought the number would not be too high. It would be a blessing if the parts were 20% common. Even if one is called "Tiger I" and the other is called "Tiger II", it sounds the same.

The production line that took so much effort to finalize and officially put into production has to be torn down and rebuilt immediately due to the outdated technology of the equipment. Who should be reimbursed for this precious time wasted?

The Russians just used a bunch of ready-made things to quickly assemble a monster, and easily killed the entire Tiger I heavy tank production line. Can there be a more exaggerated loss ratio than this?

Germany, with advanced technology, did not lose in hardware strength and technical indicators. The huge difference in design integration ability is the culprit for the current situation!

"I'm sorry, I'm a little tired, Bachmann, do you have anything else to say? If you have any ideas, opinions, or requests, you can also put them forward to me, and I will listen carefully."

It sounds like he is talking about the matter, but Bachmann, who has a high emotional intelligence, clearly heard the meaning of "sending guests away".

Looking at Guderian's obviously tired expression, Bachmann, who did not hesitate, thought about it for a while and then said it seriously.

"There is only one question, General. I want to know when we can use tanks that are better than the Russians? Our equipment is now on the verge of being vulnerable."

Through this not-so-long time of getting along and observing, Bachman felt that Guderian was not a person who would politicize real problems and use them as a kind of capital to show off his eloquence and loyalty to the Führer, so he had the courage to say such words.

Fortunately, Bachman's intuitive judgment was not wrong. Guderian behind the desk quickly gave an answer.

"I seem to remember that you are the commander of the Panther tank?"

Bachman nodded.

"Then it won't be long. You will soon receive the upgraded version of the Panther tank. MAN engineers call it the Panther 2. This is also the reason why your division was transferred back to the country. The Führer hopes that you can use better equipment as soon as possible. Your Imperial Division will be the first batch of troops to receive the equipment. If nothing goes wrong, the time will be within one to two months." Guderian didn't need to tell Bachmann about this almost confidential situation, but combined with the current facts, it was more like a "reward", a reciprocal return for exchanging information of mutual interest. "Hi, Hitler!" Bachmann knew that he had no reason to stay any longer. After he saluted Guderian with his arm tilted upward, the only thing left in the room was the figure who closed the door and the sound of footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door. That is, less than half a minute after Bachmann left, the young adjutant who brought Bachmann to meet Guderian pushed the door open again. "You have talked for more than an hour. Did you gain anything? General."

The young adjutant hoped that what he did was meaningful. He hoped to get a positive answer from Guderian, which would make him feel recognized and satisfied.

The man standing in front of the window looked at the busy streets of Berlin downstairs and the scenery in the distance. His deep eyes looking into the distance did not turn his head, but slowly threw out a meaningful word.

"We have lifted the veil of the fog of war and only saw the most difficult to surpass strength under the steel armor."

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