Chapter 815 Hit Rate

The next day, a batch of ME63 live ammunition was delivered to the camp of the First Infantry Regiment, no more, no less, exactly 600.

"Gentlemen, it's time to test the results of your training!" Qin Chuan raised his head towards the pile of ME63 on the other side and said, "Just do as you did in training, one per person, only one... Any questions?"

After a moment of silence, Werner raised his hand.

After getting Qin Chuan's permission, Werner answered loudly: "Lieutenant Colonel, can we use the simulator to train for a while longer, and then use live ammunition shooting when we are ready!"

This mentality is understandable, because the opportunity for live ammunition shooting is rare, and each person has only one, so the soldiers will certainly hope to make more preparations.

So, this can also be said to be the voice of a group of operators.

Colonel Slaine, who was standing aside, thought that Qin Chuan would definitely agree. In fact, the German soldiers also thought so. After all, this is beneficial to the training of the soldiers and even to this live ammunition shooting.

But unexpectedly, Qin Chuan refused without thinking.

"Second Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan replied, "Please tell me what live ammunition shooting is!"

"Live ammunition shooting is shooting with real ammunition, sir!" Werner replied.

"Wrong answer!" Qin Chuan said loudly while walking in front of the soldiers in neat formation: "Live ammunition shooting means going to the real battlefield to fight the enemy, which also means that what stands in front of you is not a target, nor a pile of tank wreckage, nor some moving steel plates! They are enemies, Soviet tanks, with a 76.2MM caliber artillery and a 7.62MM caliber machine gun on the turret. They will pour shells and bullets at you at any time... Now, tell me, will they wait for you to be ready?"

"No, sir!" The soldiers replied.

"Will they wait for you to come back and practice a few more times?"

"No, sir!"

"Will they let you get ready before launching an attack?"

"No, sir!" The soldiers answered in unison.

"So..." Qin Chuan said, "You know what to do!"

So this live-fire shooting was not prepared at all, and not only was it not prepared, but it was also artificially difficult.

In fact, it cannot be said that it increased the difficulty, but it should be said that it was something that should be faced on the battlefield... The First Infantry Regiment was originally to be quickly deployed to a position close to the front line under the transportation of helicopters.

The reason for the "close to the front line" position is that helicopters cannot be too close to the battlefield, otherwise they will easily become the enemy's target. They can only be deployed three to five kilometers away from the front line. If they are lucky, such as if there are mountains blocking them, they may be deployed closer.

But Qin Chuan chose to go far this time: he asked the First Infantry Regiment to rappel five kilometers away from the shooting range.

Of course, this was done in batches, with 800 people carrying 100 ME63s for coordinated rappelling each time, and other troops watched at the shooting range.

For this reason, Qin Chuan even asked several air force fighters to cooperate with the First Infantry Regiment for cover.

Then, after rappelling with ME63, the troops went straight to the shooting range from five kilometers away for live-fire shooting.

Qin Chuan originally thought that the results of such live-fire shooting would be a mess... After all, this was the first live-fire shooting for the soldiers, and this was also the first generation of anti-tank missiles, which still had many problems to be solved.

But unexpectedly, the final result surprised Qin Chuan a little. 32 of the first 100 missiles hit, with a hit rate of more than 30%.

After that, the soldiers came up in batches to conduct live-fire shooting. The hit rate was good and bad, but basically around 30%.

"Well done, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Slaine nodded and said after seeing this: "You did it, this training method is effective!"

Qin Chuan did not speak. If it is based on the surface, the hit rate is indeed very high, probably one-third of the hit rate. If this is the case, 6,000 ME63s can destroy 2,000 tanks, so no matter how many tanks the Soviet army has, it will not be enough for the German army to fight.

Things on the battlefield are sometimes not as simple as comparing numbers or adding and subtracting.

If we do addition and subtraction, the Soviet army has 5,000 tanks and the German army has 3,000 tanks. Even if the ME63 kills 2,000 tanks, the Soviet army still has 3,000 tanks.

On the other hand, many of the 3,000 German tanks are outdated tanks in the hands of vassal states. They are no match for the Soviet T34 tanks, so even so, the Soviet army still has the upper hand.

But...

If the ME63 has such a hit rate and can hit the Soviet tanks accurately, then the tank battle conducted by the Soviet army on a certain battlefield will be completely suppressed by the German tank group. The German tank group can easily surround the enemy or attack its flank under the cover of the ME63. In addition, the psychological shock of the ME63 to the Soviet army, this battle is basically won.

"Lieutenant Colonel, phone!" At this time, the communicator handed over the phone: "Marshal Manstein!"

As the commander of the Southern Army Group, Manstein had too many affairs to watch the live-fire shooting in person, but he still took the time to call to inquire about the situation.

"How's the situation, Lieutenant Colonel?" Manstein asked. "I hope it's not bad news!"

"Our hit rate is over 30%, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

"30%? Great, Lieutenant Colonel!" Manstein replied, "That's what I want!"

"Marshal!" Qin Chuan said, "But we didn't take into account one thing... Our soldiers aim and shoot without the threat of the enemy, while the ME63 must aim continuously at the target. Therefore, even if the psychological pressure on the soldiers on the battlefield is ignored, this requires more than ten seconds of aiming... It is easy to be interrupted by the enemy. Therefore, this hit rate will be greatly discounted on the real battlefield!"

"You are right, Lieutenant Colonel!" Manstein nodded and said, "But this at least proves that we can counter the enemy's numerical advantage in armored forces, and it relies on infantry. More importantly... Our ME63 can still be produced, and it is much cheaper than the Soviet T34!"

Qin Chuan has no objection to this.

Because Manstein is right, war to a certain extent is actually a consumption of national strength, whoever can hold on to the end will win.

In addition to the strong national strength, a very important point is... who can suppress the enemy with cheaper equipment and keep the enemy in a high consumption state. Because if this continues for a long time, the Soviet Union's national strength and industry will soon be unable to support this consumption.

Obviously, the ME63 is such a piece of equipment.