the world is at stake

A total of more than 6000 "Black Panther" tanks were produced. Excluding battlefield losses, the "Holy Light" team made a total of more than 300 tanks.

When it was discovered that the Chinese had obtained a full set of German military equipment from World War II, Hans from East Germany was excited and willing to provide logistics services.

Some former German military officers patted their chests and said that they could teach the Chinese the most authentic armored assault tactics, which have definitely been tested in actual combat and have been summed up in the battles with the Soviet Army and the US Army.

Some German armored soldiers even asked if they could join the Chinese Volunteer Army, stand in the socialist camp, and participate in the war to aid North Korea and fight against the American invaders.

To put it bluntly, he was very dissatisfied with the defeat that year.

If they couldn’t get back their reputation from the Soviet Army, they could find confidence from the US Army—but no one dared to criticize this, the Volunteer Army refused, Stalin was not happy, and the top East German officials didn’t want to make matters worse.

As a result, the first batch of volunteers who entered the DPRK were still miscellaneous, and only strengthened the recoilless guns brought by Zhou Qingfeng.But the second batch is Soviet weapons mixed with German weapons, and the third batch will become German weapons mixed with American weapons.

Because there are too many 'trash' picked up, enough to equip 10,000+ troops.

By the beginning of 51, the Ninth Corps, which entered the DPRK, was really a shotgun change, and the extravagance was unbelievable.In just one month of adaptive training, the bullets and shells they destroyed were equivalent to the amount of the past two or three battles.

The soldiers basically wore German or American cold-proof clothing, thick and breathable cashmere leather boots on their feet, basically replaced the rifles in their hands with 98K, and four M24 grenades with wooden handles pinned to their waists.

Even the steel helmets are genuine German M35s. When the American soldiers look at them from a distance, they really don’t know whether they have traveled to the European battlefield five years ago.

Each platoon can be equipped with a machine gun squad, equipped with an MG34 or MG42 with a bipod, and the unusable Japanese "crooked handle" is completely thrown to the second-line troops.

ZB26 or MP44 can be assigned to the deputy monitor.

This level of firepower caused many veterans to wake up from their dreams with laughter, but it put a lot of pressure on logistics. The consumption of ammunition was more than ten times higher than in the past, and the supply was guaranteed by the surge in the number of trucks.

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. One day we can actually use this thing." Mr. Peng inspected the artillery division that was about to enter the court at the rear, and [-] "Wild Bee" self-propelled artillery were lined up on the training ground.

This is a heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 mm and a range of more than ten kilometers. Its performance is not much worse than the M40 equipped with 'Long-legged Tom' by the opposite US military.

It is still autonomous, and the Turkish Communist Party has never seen such a thing before.

"How long does such an artillery battalion need to train before it can go to the battlefield?" President Peng cheerfully walked around the inspection field, and by the way, learned about the first three ammunition transport vehicles with the same chassis.

Paraphrased by a translator, the East German officer who 'volunteered to help' replied:

"Your Excellency, Commander, your soldiers are of low cultural quality, your officers have poor grades in mathematics, and have no concept of commanding heavy artillery. You have to learn everything from scratch. According to the requirements of the German army, your subordinates must train for at least two years before they can participate in the war."

two years?

Mr. Peng shook his head, "The enemy won't give us that long. Even our fighter pilots go to the battlefield after a few months of training. I'll give you half a year to train at most."

"I've seen it," said the East German officer. "Your soldiers are in the best mental state I've ever seen. They never seem to get tired, never demoralized, never fear death.

However, it is meaningless for technical arms to go to the battlefield without sufficient training.Pilots of your army often use expensive fighter jets to fight the US military desperately, which is very undesirable. "

Mr. Peng was displeased, and he was about to refute with a sullen face.

The East German officer who spoke continued: "In fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem. As long as I am allowed to personally command this artillery battalion, it will be able to enter the battlefield in three months."

Mr. Peng refused to agree.

The East German military officer took off his military cap, with a straight face and serious eyes, and said in a low voice with certainty: "As long as I am allowed to participate in the war, I am willing to become a Chinese citizen."

Chapter 43 'Hans' Joins the Army

When the second stage of the dungeon started, Xiao Jinlang knew very well that relying on China's own strength to fight the Korean War would really cause many, many casualties.

The United States has drawn hundreds of thousands of troops from 16 countries to the United Nations, plus 5 younger brothers to send medical teams to come to North Korea to make trouble.It stands to reason that the socialist camp should also unite to deal with it.

But Stalin, a coward, acquiesced in advance to Fatty Jin's aggressive advances, but he spared his life afterwards.

The Soviet army had the guts to put on a tough stance and enter North Korea to assist in the defense, so this war would not be able to be fought.But the Soviet Union froze when it was voting at the United Nations.

This leading brother has a fart.

The chairman saw through Maozi's harsh nature, gritted his teeth and went to North Korea to fight for his life.The United States also did not expect that the most dignified industrial country on the earth could be slapped with a few bricks by an agricultural country that had just ended its civil war.

Although I know that the war will definitely be won, it is always good to get more assistance.Xiao Jinlang used hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange as a stepping stone to encourage the Prime Minister to visit Eastern Europe, and he gained a lot.

The East German People's Army will be established in 56 years, and its predecessor 'People's Police' will also be established in 52 years.Prior to this, the 'German Democratic Republic' did not have any armed forces at all.

As a member of the 'socialist family', East Germany actively cooperated with the volunteer army in combat.Not only did thousands of people come to help with logistics, but many former Nazi officers were willing to join the Volunteer Army as individuals.

This problem is big and big, but it is also small.

The Volunteer Army suddenly has a large number of technical weapons, especially the surge in the number of artillery.There are three self-propelled artillery battalions of the [-]-gun system, and the chief officers of each department in the rear exercises have not failed to praise them.

Because the roads are narrow, it is impossible to attack the front. North Korea's mountains are not suitable for tanks to attack, but they are very suitable for heavy artillery to plow the land.If the Volunteer Army hadn't repaired the fortifications into the mountain, it would have been bombarded by heavy artillery from the United States.

But there are self-propelled artillery battalions, but the artillery officers are equal to zero.The Turkish Communist Party has never played with self-propelled artillery.It is easy to submit the question to the chairman and get the approval.

"We can reform and appoint a group of old Japanese soldiers for our own use. Why should we keep German soldiers away? Minds can be changed. The winners will not be blamed."

The ideological work of the Turkish Communist Party is really nothing to say. After liberation, it also paid attention to eliminating hatred. It is true that many old Japanese soldiers joined the people's army.Now that the chairman agrees, all obstacles disappear.

At present, dozens of East German military officers have joined the volunteer army, with an average age of over 40 years old. They are all elites with more than ten years of military experience and fought in World War II.Some of them simply became Chinese nationals, and they didn't want to go back to East Germany.

In the night, a volunteer artillery convoy was marching on the mountains of Gaima Plateau.The US-made M19 heavy-duty trailer is pulling heavy artillery and tanks, and it looks mighty and majestic.

In an American-made 'Dodge WC-57' field command vehicle, Zhao Glasses sat by the radio station, chatting with 'Hans' who was wearing the old Nazi Wehrmacht uniform opposite.

After Zhou Qingfeng slipped away, the role of his "Maritime Department" was greatly reduced. His original partner, Zhao Glasses, was sent to the newly established Artillery Division directly under the Ninth Corps as a staff officer because he knew how to do homework on the map and could speak English.

The 'Hans' on the opposite side is called Schmidt, a German soldier in his fifties.This man is rigid, indifferent, and meticulous, and his hair is combed neatly, like a statue.

Schmidt was originally a regiment-level officer of the "Imperial Division". He once fought against the Soviet Army on the Eastern Front, and was transferred to the Western Front to fight against the United States before being defeated.

The Third Reich was over, and Schmidt argued that he was a member of the Wehrmacht, and ordered him to escape the scrutiny of both the United States and the Soviet Union.Before being sent to China, he took a job as a civil servant in the East Berlin city hall.

The prime minister visited East Germany, and Schmidt went to the far east by accident.When he stood in front of a row of 'Wild Bees' self-propelled artillery, his mood was extremely complicated, and even a man with a hard heart would feel so sad that he would cry.

When Zhao Glasses asked a question, Schmidt was looking sideways at the convoy on the mountain road, especially the M19 heavy-duty trailer.The U.S. military used it extensively in World War II to provide mobility for armored forces.

Ordinary military fans often only compare the performance of main battlefield equipment such as tanks and artillery, and few people understand the importance of auxiliary vehicles.

The main equipment of the German armored forces is not behind, but it is very stretched on the auxiliary vehicles.

Later generations joked that the 'Third Reich' was the 'Holy Mule and Horse Empire', just to ridicule Nazi Germany for being too poor, the number of trucks was insufficient, the supply of fuel could not keep up, and the logistics had to use mules and horses for transportation.

Mules and horses can be used for ordinary eating, drinking and lazard transportation, but mules and horses are not enough for chariots of tens of tons and tens of tons.The lack of sufficient large military trailers caused German tanks to consume precious motorcycle time to go to the battlefield by themselves.

The working environment of tank engines and gearboxes is extremely harsh. If you can maneuver continuously for 24 hours without breaking down, you can thank God.

In reality, the U.S. armored divisions rely on trailers to maneuver, and they can always rush to the battlefield with full personnel.The German army often had a large number of valuable tanks that broke down along the way and could not be put into battle.

Later generations always ridiculed that the double road wheels of the "Tiger" tank were easy to break and were too difficult to repair.But how many people know that when Henschel designed the 'Tiger', he didn't think about letting these guys with more than [-] tons run back and forth on the battlefield by themselves.

Of course, the German army was not the worst, but the Soviet army was the worst.

The Soviet Union knew that it had insufficient trucks and trailers, so it emphasized that the tanks could go from the assembly point to the battlefield by themselves.

But in a real fight, less than half of the hundreds of tanks in the Soviet tank army could reach the battlefield on time, and only a few dozen in extreme cases.It was a fuel-filling tactic along the way, so it would be no wonder not to be tortured to death by the German army.

More than 34 T-[-]s were produced during the war, but fewer than [-] survived, and the loss rate of tanks and crews was frighteningly high.

In the later period, if it weren't for the Yankees who assisted trucks and trailers and gasoline, the Soviet armored offensive would not have been able to fight at all.

But now, the Volunteer Army actually has enough American-style trailers to transport tanks, and Schmidt, a German officer who climbed out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, was taken aback for a moment.

Out of the rigor of the Germans, Schmidt looked at the heavy trailers on the books and checked the status of each one to make sure that the newly formed German Artillery Division had sufficient trucks and trailers.

With enough delivery vehicles, more than a dozen tons of heavy artillery and dozens of tons of tanks can move quickly on the battlefield, either to accompany the troops to attack, or to cover the retreat of the troops.

This combat effectiveness is several times stronger than foolishly fixing a certain position.If necessary, multiple artillery divisions can be concentrated on the battlefield. The US military often bullies the Germans because of its own equipment, high-quality officers, and convenient communication and command.

People in the world always laugh at the fact that the U.S. military has no intelligence and no tactics in war, and only fires flatly.

But Schmidt is a person who has experienced the battlefield. He knows better that the US military has a high level of tactics and does not need to rack their brains to play tricks. It seems that they do not use their brains when fighting.

"American trailer plus German artillery." Sitting in the car, Schmidt sighed in his heart, "How did the Chinese put the two together? The degree of mechanization is no worse than that of the US military. It's incredible."

If the German army could have such trucks and trailers back then, I dare not say that it would definitely win, at least it would be able to drag for a year or two longer.

Sitting opposite the command vehicle, Zhao Glasses asked, "Mr. Schmidt, I can understand that you joined the Volunteer Army, but why do you still want to become a Chinese citizen?"

Schmidt speaks German, French, English.He replied in a deep voice: "For those who have lost all their glory, they either seek death or stay away from home. I am not brave enough to choose the latter."

This 'Hans' would not say that he actually looked down on the Soviets, thinking that they were all defeated.Had it not been for the sufficient assistance from the United States, the German army would have taken Moscow long ago.

But it was the mortal enemy who divided Germany into two, and still rode on the heads of the Germans to piss and pee.After the Maozi soldiers occupied Berlin, they harmed Germany together with the American soldiers. Can the German soldier bear it?

German Chancellor Kohl's wife was raped by Soviet soldiers along with her mother when she was 12, and was 'thrown out the window like a pile of soybeans' afterwards.

Once Mao Zi indulges, his military discipline is no different from that of a bandit.

Schmidt would not say that he has no family anymore, that he has no idea how to live alone.He came to North Korea voluntarily, he also voluntarily joined the volunteer army, and he also voluntarily wanted to become a Chinese citizen.

In the heart of this veteran, it would be good if he could die in battle.If I can survive, I don't want to go back to East Germany occupied by the Soviet Union.The motherland is really a sad place for him.

Sensing that Schmidt didn't want to say more, Zhao Glasses stopped asking.His eyes turned to the rugged mountain road, observing the dark sky and the North Korean militiamen responsible for leading the way.

The US military bombed day and night in an attempt to block the logistics of the Volunteers.The artillery division can only march at night, and cannot turn on the lights.

On all roads there are special kerosene lamps with large shades to ensure that their faint light is reflected on the ground and cannot be seen from the air.

On the hills a few kilometers away from the road, there will be deliberately lit bonfires disguised as winding roads to attract the attention of US fighters.

Sitting in the command vehicle, Zhao Glasses could hear the sound of fighter jet engines darting up and down like thunder in the sky, as well as the ground explosion caused by its bombing.

There are anti-aircraft artillery units deployed among the mountains, often a group fire to shoot a certain target in the sky.Every time a fire is fired, dozens of light chains seem to be pulled out from the ground and converge at a certain point in the air.

Every time a target was hit, either a burst of flames would explode in the sky, or the burning fighter plane would crash into the ground with a shrill howl.

At this moment, the soldiers always let out low cheers of joy and relief.

Starting from Dandong, he ran more than 200 kilometers of mountain roads overnight, and Schmidt also found that the anti-aircraft artillery of the Volunteers was extremely accurate.He couldn't help asking: "Did you use the VT fuze?"

"Yes." Zhao Glasses nodded and admitted, but he didn't talk about the real secret.

The VT fuze of the radio proximity bomb is good, but it is not enough to mess up the US air strikes.What really played a role was the ten radars that Zhou Qingfeng had acquired—and the field air defense command network that matched the radars.

With the help of the on-board electronic tube computer to provide tens of thousands of calculations per second, the enemy aircraft azimuth and anti-aircraft gun coordinates obtained by multiple radars are combined to solve, and accurate fire control information can be obtained within a few seconds or a dozen seconds.

An anti-aircraft artillery regiment, with dozens of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns firing under the same command, had a 5.00% loss rate that made the US Navy and Air Force feel heartbroken.

In order to counter the U.S. military's anti-radar operations and chaff jamming, the command system can also control the radars in different areas to turn on alternately, or change the transmission frequency.

This is still the result of the lack of automation of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment and the manual adjustment of artillery.If the guns can be adjusted automatically, the loss rate of the US military will have to increase tenfold.

Even the U.S. military intelligence agency thought it was the tragic loss caused by the VT fuze, but in fact it was the high-performance electronic tube computer hidden in a hidden cave by the Volunteer Army who was behind the scenes.

This thing is indeed a BUG-level existence that changes the shape of the battlefield at present.The most direct effect is that the U.S. military dare not casually go to the top of the volunteers to bomb.

Chapter 44 The Dangerous Frontline

In March 51, Schmidt, as the combat staff officer of the 27th Army of the Ninth Corps, commanded an artillery unit to reach the Changjin Lake area.Although the coldest winter has passed, the wild environment is still very harsh.

There are only bare stones and sparse trees in the mountains.The troops could only go out day and night, and arrived at the position after marching for two days.

At dawn, Schmidt's troops entered the designated hidden mountain fortifications.

The fortifications are built on the northward slope of the mountain.Outside the position is a series of camouflage sheds, and a dozen diesel generators are rumbling.The wires are pulled to the mountainside and deep into the interior of the mountain.

An engineer regiment adapted from mud-legged infantry has been busy on the front line for several months, using jacks to make holes in the rocks of the mountain and blasting them with a small amount of explosives.

Schmidt went around inside and outside several construction caves and found that the quality of the project was surprisingly good.

The engineers excavated very carefully, and there were strong supports in the caves and tunnels, which were reinforced with I-beams.The excavated mounds are handled by specially-assigned personnel, and they are all hidden and thrown into a valley or used for road construction.

The entrance of the mountain fortification was built into an S shape, and there are even special explosion-proof earth walls and discharge holes.Even if the US bomb is dropped at the door, it is ensured that the shock wave will not directly enter the hole and cause damage.

There are multiple entrances and exits in the mountain passage, and the interior extends in all directions. Drinking water and food are stored, and multiple ventilation holes are reserved.Ensuring that one passageway is blown down, combatants can escape from other places or continue to hold on.

"How long has your engineer been formed?" Schmidt felt that the technical level of the volunteer engineer was quite good. "It should have been trained for two or three years."

Zhao Glasses smiled wryly and shook his head, "It's only been two or three months since we got the equipment. These are newly formed troops that didn't exist in the past. All the skills were learned recently."

Schmidt couldn't help but praised: "You learn very quickly and well."

These words made Zhao Glasses inexplicably sad, and said in a low voice: "If you don't learn quickly, you can't see it anymore. In fact, what you said to Mr. Peng before is correct. Technical arms need two or three years of training, and they rush to the battlefield Is to die.

But we have no choice. We know that one more month of training will save a lot of casualties, but the front line can't afford to delay for a day, so we can only grit our teeth and stick to it. "

The camouflage of mounding, explosion-proof holes, and multiple passages are all lessons learned in blood.Then contact what you have seen and heard all the way, the food, accommodation, running, hunting and hiding of the volunteers, all of which are summaries of the lessons of blood and tears.

The fortifications Schmidt arrived at were specially prepared for his artillery.The self-propelled artillery is usually on standby in the cave, and after receiving the order, it quickly goes to the external shooting position to fire.

Although there is no anti-artillery radar now, the mountainous area is small, and both sides can guess where the opponents are gathering at just a glance at the map.

"The U.S. artillery is quite fierce, with a large number, long range, fierce firepower, and very flexible command."

Zhao Glasses led Schmidt into the command post inside the mountain.The orderly immediately connected the wires, moved the tables and chairs, and set up the radio station.Three hours later, an artillery regiment headquarters was temporarily settled.

Incandescent lamps are hung on the ceiling of the cave, and large-scale maps are spread on the table.

Schmidt has experienced American shelling, so it goes without saying that he knows how powerful it is.Holding the magnifying glass to observe the map, he said in admiration: "Your map is very accurate."