Chapter 241 Threat

Qin Chuan was right. After several people sat down at the regiment headquarters, Conrad said to Qin Chuan while searching through the file bag: "First, I want to tell you a good news, Lieutenant..."

Conrad handed a "Iron Fist" blueprint to Qin Chuan... This was not the one Qin Chuan drew, because it detailed the length, size and decomposition diagram of the parts.

"We made it, Lieutenant!" Colonel Conrad said.

"You made it?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised, with only more than a month.

But this doesn't seem strange. The structure of the "Iron Fist" is not complicated. With Germany's industrial capacity, it can be completed in a short time... The difficulty is the design, but Qin Chuan has basically designed it.

"Yes!" Colonel Conrad replied: "Not only did we make it, we also tested it. The test results surprised us, or to be more precise, made everyone ecstatic... Although its range is not ideal, only 30 meters, but we have improved the warhead, making its armor penetration depth reach 140MM!" (Note: The initial production of the "Iron Fist" has a penetration depth of 140MM, and after the improvement, it reaches 200MM)

"140MM?" Colonel Slaine couldn't help but widen his eyes: "God, we can use it to easily penetrate the armor of any enemy tank!"

"Yes!" Conrad nodded, and then looked at Qin Chuan with some surprise: "Second Lieutenant, you don't seem to be surprised at this penetration at all!"

Qin Chuan was stunned, and then realized that he should be as surprised and happy as Colonel Slaine, but it was obviously too late to do so now.

"Of course, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I believe you will improve the warhead, and the British warhead already has a penetration of 75MM. After the improvement, it is not surprising that some of them have a penetration of 140MM, right?"

Colonel Conrad nodded: "You are simply a genius, Lieutenant... Look at this drawing, what we finally designed is almost the same as what you drew. I almost doubt that you drew it after seeing it!"

What Colonel Conrad said was indeed true, so Qin Chuan knew that if he provided any information in the future, he should not be too detailed or deliberately make some mistakes in proportion.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan changed the subject: "Since it has been made, where is it?"

"Sorry, Lieutenant!" Colonel Conrad raised the "Iron Fist" drawing and said: "This is the bad news I want to tell you: We reported it and its performance data to the Führer. The Führer is very interested in it and thinks it should be put into the Eastern Front first!"

"What?" Qin Chuan and Colonel Slaine looked at each other in surprise.

Qin Chuan can actually understand this, because at that time, the Soviet Union's tank backbone was the heavy tank KV1, which had a front armor of 90MM thick (later increased to 120MM). No tank or anti-tank gun in the hands of the German army could penetrate such thick armor, and the shock it caused to the German army was unprecedented... In extreme cases, there was even a KV1 that blocked a German infantry division for 3 days.

Therefore, the Eastern Front urgently needed a piece of equipment that could penetrate 90MM armor, no matter what it was.

And just at this time... the "Iron Fist" with a penetration of 140MM turned out, and Hitler even thought it was a gift from God, so he asked the military industry to mass-produce it without thinking and put it into the Eastern Front in the shortest possible time.

"But this is our idea, isn't it?" Qin Chuan said, "and we also urgently need this equipment!"

"Yes!" Colonel Slaine would of course stand on Qin Chuan's side on this matter: "You know, Colonel Conrad, we don't even have a few decent tanks, our soldiers can only use anti-tank grenades and explosive packs to stop the British tanks... We need it to save the African Corps!"

"But this is what the Führer meant!" Colonel Conrad spread his hands, saying that he could do nothing about it.

Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan looked at each other, knowing that it seemed that only Rommel could make a request to Hitler.

However, the possibility of this working was not great, because it seemed that the Eastern Front was indeed more urgent... Hitler always regarded North Africa as a secondary battlefield, so even if he agreed to Rommel's request, he would only give a small part symbolically, and the "Iron Fist" thing just needed a large number of equipment to work.

It can even be said that the First Infantry Regiment is still training while waiting for the "Iron Fist", because according to intelligence, there are a considerable number of British tanks on Crete, and it is difficult for paratroopers to carry anti-tank guns.

To be precise, it is not impossible to carry anti-tank guns, but they must be disassembled first and then assembled after airborne. There are also problems with airdropping shells, etc., which determine that paratroopers cannot have a large number of artillery.

This makes the "Iron Fist" very important. It is light in weight, small in size, and has an amazing penetration of 140MM... What else is more suitable than it to supplement the problem of insufficient firepower of paratroopers?

"Colonel Conrad!" Colonel Slaine said: "Can I report this to General Rommel!"

"Of course!" Colonel Conrad nodded.

Colonel Slaine went to the communication room to contact Rommel without saying a word.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan asked Colonel Conrad: "So, what is the purpose of your trip?"

"Of course, I want to talk to you about more ideas about it!" Colonel Conrad said, holding the blueprint of "Iron Fist": "I want to know how you came up with these, or if there are any other related innovations... I think these must be discussed with you in person, it is difficult to explain clearly over the phone..."

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "My idea comes entirely from the 'English Crossbow'. Or it can be said that it was forced out by the battlefield, because we lack tanks and the enemy has many tanks, so we urgently need a single-soldier anti-tank equipment similar to the 'English Crossbow'."

Colonel Conrad nodded when he heard this, and this motive was reasonable.

"Now..." Qin Chuan changed the subject and continued, "If we thought of this equipment and it was proven to be feasible, but we couldn't get it... do you think we would still be motivated to consider new equipment?"

Colonel Conrad was stunned and asked Qin Chuan with an incredible expression: "Second Lieutenant, are you threatening me?"

"No, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "I am not threatening anyone. I just want to tell you that the equipment I am trying to get is used to save my comrades and my own lives. If we can't get these equipment, we are likely to die on the battlefield. Dead people don't have any ideas, right?"

Conrad nodded involuntarily. What Qin Chuan said was indeed a realistic problem. What's more... Qin Chuan is the only one who knows whether he has other innovations. No one can say that Qin Chuan deliberately didn't say it to threaten Conrad.