stonecrandall Chapter 448
Chapter 448
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TảTime: 0.070s Scan: 0.035sAfter finishing the work at hand, Mainz looked at the time and found that more than half an hour had passed.
He thought Guderian should have calmed down. If more than half an hour was not enough for him to calm down, Mainz would be very disappointed in him!
“General, President……”
Seeing Mainz looking at him, Guderian seemed a little nervous. He stood up and stammered:
“I know I was wrong!”
Guderian took the initiative to admit his mistake without Mainz saying anything.
However, this attitude could not satisfy Mainz completely!
“Really? Where did you go wrong?”
Mainz looked at Guderian with interest and asked.
In later generations, Guderian was nicknamed Gu Bu Shuai, which means that he made great military achievements but was not promoted to marshal.
The marshals of the Third Reich were not worth much. There were more than 20 marshals in the German army.
Although there were some top generals among these more than 20 marshals, there were also some generals whose gold content was not so high.
If we talk about military exploits, Guderian, the pioneer of blitzkrieg, who had outstanding performance in the Battle of Borland, the Battle of Gaul and even Operation Barbarossa, was definitely not inferior to these 20 people, at least his military exploits were much higher than most of them, but he just couldn’t be promoted to marshal!
A large part of the reason for this was that Guderian’s emotional intelligence was too low. He had a bad relationship with many German generals, such as Kruger. The conflict between the two was almost an open secret!
“I shouldn’t have my own emotions!”
If Guderian can’t overcome these bad habits, Mainz feels that he will always be inferior to Manstein and become the second or even third person in the German army!
However, Guderian’s talent should not be limited to such a status. He should become a world-class general who is on par with Manstein, or even surpasses him!
“Is it just your own emotions?”
Mainz heard Guderian’s words and did not comment, looking like he did not agree.
“Uh, I shouldn’t question the decision of you and the Supreme Command!”
Guderian had completely calmed down at this time. He knew that his First Army was the most powerful field army in Hans. This army was the original foundation of the Wehrmacht. It was established the earliest, trained the longest, and equipped with the best weapons. Currently, the only three armored divisions equipped with Type 4 tanks in the entire army are in the First Army!
In addition, Guderian claimed to be the best at blitzkrieg and armored tactics in the entire German army, except for General Mainz. Under his strict requirements and training, the First Army was mainly based on armored forces. At least in the field, except for Model’s Second Army, no one was… Their opponents!
The reason why they couldn’t guarantee that they could defeat Model was because Model was too good at defense. If Guderian was a sharp spear, then Model was the strongest shield. It was not impossible to defeat Model’s Second Army, but it was very difficult!
He knew how powerful his troops were. Didn’t General Mainz know that?
Of course not!
General Mainz must have known that, but why did he never let the First Army participate in the war when he knew that the First Army was strong?
There must be something he hadn’t considered, so what he needed to do most was not to complain, but to figure out what he had overlooked!
“Yes, having such an understanding shows that you have made progress!”
After hearing Guderian’s words, Mainz nodded. It is really precious that this guy can recognize his mistakes!
“General, do you have any other arrangements for the First Army?”
Seeing that Mainz’s attitude had softened a lot, Guderian could finally breathe a sigh of relief!
So, his curiosity overcame his fear, and he really wanted to know how Mainz would arrange their First Army!
“Rheinmetall has added three more production lines this month, and next month the Volkswagen Group will also begin to modify its automobile production lines to produce tanks!”
Mainz did not answer Guderian’s question directly, but talked about something that seemed to have nothing to do with it.
Guderian scratched his head, not knowing what Mainz meant by these words.
However, this time he was much more patient than before. General Mainz must have his reasons for doing things. Since he said this at this time, there must be other deeper meanings. Since he didn’t understand, he just had to listen carefully!
Mainz glanced at Guderian, and seeing that this guy was sitting honestly and pretending to listen carefully, he sneered:”Stop pretending, you must not remember a word of what I just said, right?”
Guderian scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.
At the beginning, he was indeed listening very seriously, but soon his attention was distracted. These things sounded too boring and too scattered, and had nothing to do with him at all, so Guderian was uninterested and soon lost interest. However, in order not to make Mainz angry, he had to pretend to listen seriously!
But he didn’t expect that his disguise was seen through by Mainz so quickly. This was a bit embarrassing!
“Hey, General, just get to the point. These production lines and production capacity, I feel a little dizzy and don’t know what I’m listening to. You know, I’m only interested in the military, and it’s hard for me to be interested in anything else!”
Guderian was telling the truth. He was a professional soldier. Fighting was his profession and his ideal pursuit, so he spent almost all his energy on studying how to fight!
Therefore, Guderian lacked interest in other fields. Although what Mainz said was all about the military industry, Guderian didn’t understand it at all and didn’t want to understand it.
This is completely different from Manstein and others. If Manstein was here, he would definitely understand the intention of Mainz’s words just now, and would immediately be interested in the data Mainz said!
Because these numbers are directly related to the strength of the German army’s combat effectiveness!
“Well, then I will say it directly. The reason why your First Army’s combat strength is the best in the entire army is because your troops are equipped with the best weapons and staffed with the most experienced veterans, so you are so powerful!
“The Type 4 tanks you are equipped with are the most advanced weapons of our army. This weapon has not yet been announced to the public, so it is the core secret of our army. If it is not the most critical battle, I don’t want to expose the existence of this weapon too early. Do you understand?”
Guderian nodded. The First Army was equipped with the Type 4 tank first, which made him very proud. Because all 1,200 Type 4 tanks were equipped to the First Army, which made the First Army completely different from other German troops. Their status was obviously higher. Guderian was also proud of being the commander of the First Army!
“The reason why I don’t need you to fight Jie Ke is because it is enough to mobilize other troops. As the most powerful and mysterious army, it is not suitable for you to fight at this moment!”
“Then when is the right time for us to go into battle? We can’t just keep hiding behind other armies because of the Panzer IV, right?”
Guderian became anxious when he heard Mainz’s words. If they couldn’t go to the battlefield because of the need for confidentiality, then Guderian really didn’t know whether he should keep the Panzer IV!
“This involves the data I just mentioned. With Rheinmetall’s production capacity, it is very difficult to quickly equip the entire army with the Panzer IV tank. Therefore, I have ordered other domestic automobile factories to carry out modifications and increase the production line of the Panzer IV tank to expand production capacity!”
“As for when you can fight, you have to wait until the production capacity of the Type 4 tank can exceed 400 per month!”
400 tanks, this is the number of tanks that an armored division of the German army has stipulated by Inz!
If their production capacity can be increased to the level of producing an armored division per month, there is no need to keep our Type 4 tank secret, because it is too difficult to keep it secret when so many tanks are produced, and the enemy will definitely be able to detect the existence of this tank!
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Don’t worry too much. With so many military factories producing together, the production capacity will increase very quickly. In half a year at the latest, we will be able to produce 400 tanks, so you don’t need to wait too long!”���After hearing the news, Guderian’s mood suddenly improved a lot!
“General, what you mean is that we will have a war in half a year?”
“Um!”
“Who to hit, the east or the west?”