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Chapter 5 Guderian's proposal for the formation of a tank division

"Dear Head, I have issued an order to gather the training troops in each school into a division; and equipped them with new weapons and equipment, and I also let General Baierlin, who has combat experience, serve as the division commander! Under his training, the performance of those reserve trainees is quite satisfactory!"

Guderian thought for a while and then replied.

"General Baierling? Is your original combat chief?"

After hearing this, Chen Yanlong searched his memory.

"Yes! Head of State!"

Guderian nodded and agreed.

"So do you have anything else now and need my help?"

Chen Yanlong suddenly showed a gentle smile and said with a smile.

"I hope the Head of State can concentrate on rebuilding the Armored Division without regard to all interests; to enable our Armored Division to have a high combat capability to ensure that it can take on offensive operations against limited targets."

Guderian paused for a moment, stared at Chen Yanlong for a while, and continued with a little nervousness.

"As long as it is favorable for the construction of the armored forces of our empire, I will fully support you!"

Chen Yanlong stared at Guderian in a very affirmative tone and agreed.

"Thank you for your support, I will definitely not disappoint the head of state!"

Guderian was deeply moved by Chen Yanlong's encouragement and said gratefully.

"However, although the Head of State supports me so much, in order to complete the task, I hope that all my actions in the future will no longer be subject to the constraints of other departments, but will continue to directly obey the head of state's command! At the same time, in terms of the allocation of weapons and equipment, and military production, I should continue to respect my opinions as much as I do now..."

"And I should also have the same supervision power for the SS and Air Force armored forces in terms of organization and training!"

But after Guderian was grateful, as a soldier who was good at capturing fighter jets, he had to make good use of Chen Yanlong's current attention and support to fight for greater rights and interests for his work, and said seriously.

"Yes! Yes, I approve your proposal!"

Hearing this, Chen Yanlong nodded in agreement and agreed without thinking.

"Ah! You really approved it, don't need to think about it? Head of State!"

Faced with Chen Yanlong's response so readily, Guderian was unexpected and said with a tongue.

"No need to consider, these are small things. As long as you can build a powerful armored force for me, I will fully support all your actions! But I feel that there are too few armored forces in a division, if possible; I hope to form 7 to 10 armored divisions for me on the eve of January 1944 as a reserve! Because our opponents are British, American and Soviet Allies with many soldiers and abundant resources! To defeat them, we need more armored forces!"

Chen Yanlong shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.

"What! 7 to 10 armored divisions! It will be built before January 1944. I went there to find so many people; tanks and resources to form them! Head of State!"

Guderian was shocked by Chen Yanlong's whimsical proposal and screamed in shock.

"This is my new goal. As for how to solve the obstacle you just mentioned, we will find a solution then!"

Seeing Guderian so shocked, Chen Yanlong knew his goal plan well; it seemed to be a little too big, so he immediately changed his slogan.

"Okay! But if you really make up your mind to organize so many armored divisions in a short period of time, then I will try every means to do it for you! Although it is difficult to complete this task."

After calming down, Guderian responded a little awkwardly.

"By the way, do you have any opinions on our current tank production situation?"

At this time, Chen Yanlong was also very clever to change the topic.

"It's pretty good! It's just that the mass production is relatively small! But I feel that we should continue to increase the production of Mark IV tanks and temporarily replace the use of tanks and tanks with light artillery!"

Guderian thought for a while and continued to say what he thought in the meeting memorandum of the meeting on March 9, 1943.

"Why?"

After listening, Chen Yanlong, who wanted to understand the current situation of the German tanks, asked curiously without thinking.

"The reason is very simple, because our main tank now is the original Mark IV tank; for now, the new tank Tiger tank and VD Tiger tank can only be equipped with one tank battalion every month; while the VD Tiger tank may not even be able to form a tank battalion within one month!"

"That is to say, in 1943 this year, we will only be able to set up a portion of the tank battalions at most, equipped with limited Tiger and Leopard tank chariots."

After hearing this, Guderian immediately replied.

"So bad? With so few tanks and tanks, how can we fight tanks with the British and American Allies, as well as the Soviet troops with a large number of people? Do you have any good suggestions to solve this problem?"

Hearing such a small amount of tank production, Chen Yanlong felt a little in his heart and said worriedly.

"First of the People's Republic of China, in order to quickly replenish the combat effectiveness of the armored division, we can only use a large number of light self-propelled artillery to equip our armored division... At the same time, when fighting on the battlefield, we should make full use of the favorable environment and terrain of the battlefield; let our armored troops conduct large-scale armored raids in key areas that can determine victory; in order to catch the enemy off guard by us, and to allow our army to achieve the effect of surprise attacks that dominate both quantity and equipment..."

Guderian once again said without reservation the suggestions of his meeting memorandum in March, and said exactly the same as those recorded in historical materials in later generations.

Listening to the suggestions of Guderian, who was talking in front of him, with sharp eyes and full of confidence, Chen Yanlong kept showing an admirational expression on his face, and at the same time, he gave a thumbs up to the other party in his heart and exclaimed: "This is the three famous generals of Nazi Germany during World War II, the famous founder of the "Break War" of the army tactical; and Guderian, who was known as the "father of German armored soldiers", is really an outstanding military strategist and commander!"
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