Chapter 239 New Appointment

Hearing Pavlov's words, Tukhachevsky shook his head: "No, Pavlov, your opinion is one-sided, although there are various other factors, but we should be able to see that in all Mechanized equipment, primarily a tank-led army, will dramatically change our tactics."

"The positional warfare of World War I, trench warfare, will disappear in the future." Tukhachevsky said: "The advanced mechanized equipment of the German army will bypass our carefully arranged defense lines and appear in our positions. In the rear, only by relying on the great depth, we can block the opponent's attack."

Tukhachevsky has been studying it all the time. When Germany began to form the first specialized armored division, Tukhachevsky was paying attention to the reform of the German army. He was keenly aware that a military Change is imminent.

During the First World War, it was mainly positional warfare. Everyone dug trenches and defended each other. It was really impossible to advance in the last year. However, if tanks were used to attack on a large scale, these can be avoided. Covered, the other party will bypass at any time.

Just like this wonderful battle on the territory of Spain, the Spanish government forces simply do not have time to arrange more lines of defense.

The impact ability of the tank is too powerful, and the German Panther tank is also quite powerful.

In the future, once Germany and the Soviet Union go to war, how should the Soviet Union fight?

Of course, by the great depth! The Soviets have a vast territory, and no matter how powerful the impact of German mechanized equipment is, they will reach their limit in the vast Soviet Union.

These are all determined by logistical supplies!

Hearing Tukhachevsky's words, Pavlov blushed, and he said: "Marshal, if the tank is not accompanied by infantry, it is a living target. Our tanks were all destroyed by the anti-tank guns of the other side. .I don't propose to use it on a large scale. In front of the opponent's anti-tank guns, our tanks are simply vulnerable."

"That's because our tanks are too backward," Tukhachevsky said: "The German Panther tanks outperform all our existing tanks, so we can't wait any longer, we must have more advanced tanks. tanks, with the overall surpassing of the German Panther tanks as an indicator!"

Although they didn't get a German Panther tank on the battlefield, they were still able to figure it out roughly through these time contacts.

"First of all, the protection of our existing tanks is too weak." Tukhachevsky said: "Our advanced tanks must resist direct fire from 37mm artillery at close range, and at medium and long distances. 75mm cannon fired diagonally."

On the Spanish battlefield, the German 37mm anti-tank gun can knock down its own T-26, so the new tank must be able to block the direct fire of the 37mm gun!

At the same time, the German Panther tank has two calibers, 50mm and 75mm. This new tank can also withstand the shooting of 75mm guns at long distances.

"At the same time, our new tanks should have more ferocious firepower. I propose a 76mm gun, which exceeds the caliber of the German tanks." Tukhachevsky said: "As for mobility, it must be comparable to the existing one. the same level as a fast tank, and, in line with our existing road level."

The USSR was full of dirt roads and the conditions were much worse than in Europe.

Tukhachevsky is very determined. From the Spanish Civil War, he saw the great power of the concentrated use of tanks. This will be a brand new combat style. The Soviets just don't have the right tanks!

"Boom!" At this moment, the door was pushed open, and an officer strode in, his leather boots stomping on the floor, making a rattling sound.

Entered the meeting room without permission and was so rude! All of them expressed anger at the incoming officer with their eyes.

"Marshal Tukhachevsky, you have a new appointment." The officer handed the appointment letter to Tukhachevsky and said: "You have been removed from the post of the First Deputy People's Commissar of Defense, the new His position is that of the commander of the Volga Military District."

Suddenly, everyone was shocked.

how can that be?

Marshal Tukhachevsky, who did not make any mistakes, was relegated from the central government to the local area to be the commander of the military region?

The news spread quickly, and the whole army was shocked except for the personnel of the People's Commissariat of National Defense and the General Staff.

Tukhachevsky's face turned pale in an instant, his hands were constantly pulling on his clothes, looking at the appointment letter, he was almost angry, this was simply an insult to him!

 …

"Stalin is going to attack Tukhachevsky." Sitting in the car, holding the document he had just received, Cyric's face burst into excitement: "Stalin can't just attack, he always has to make some noise first. This is the beginning, let's just watch the show!"

"Yeah, this time, if the Soviet Union can carry out a major purge in the army, their army will suffer a heavy blow, and they will experience turmoil. This is definitely good news for us." Hitler on the side followed. said.

The two were in the same car, and now they were on their way to Hainel's company.

Hitler is in high spirits, Cyric has so many ideas in his mind, and every plan is so beautiful!

"Führer, we're here." Finally, the car stopped in front of the Heinel company's building, the door opened, and Cyric and Hitler got out of the car one after another.

This time I came to Heinel for the finalization of the new intermediate power rifle cartridge!

"In this Spanish Civil War, we mainly used MP36 submachine guns. The use of this automatic weapon gave our soldiers a lot of confidence in the battle with tanks. At the same time, it also exposed many problems. The trench warfare is different, our submachine guns should be extended to a killing distance of about 300 meters, which is the best."

As he walked, Cyric explained to Hitler.

Hitler was a very paranoid guy. For example, he liked submachine guns very much. If he directly said that the new gun was called an assault rifle, then Hitler might slap his ass and leave, or slap the table and curse the street.

Now is to improve the submachine gun, this reason is enough.

The submachine gun uses pistol bullets, because the recoil of the pistol bullet is small. If the rifle bullet is directly loaded, this kind of gun fires continuously, except that the first bullet has a quasi-head, the rest will be shot long ago. Also, the shooter couldn't stand the recoil.

However, the power of pistol bullets is quite low, especially, at a distance of 200 meters, there is no lethality. And the machine guns attached to the infantry squad are to take care of targets three or five hundred meters away, so there is a gap in firepower in the middle.

That said, a mid-power rifle round is needed to fill the void!