Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Russia is a continental country, and most of its main threats come from land. Since the Russian Empire, it has focused on the construction of artillery. In the Soviet era, Stalin even called artillery the "god of war" and attached great importance to the development of artillery and equipment.

During the entire war, the Soviet Union manufactured more than 10,000 100-122mm medium-sized artillery pieces, a terrifying number of 6,600 152mm howitzers, as well as tens of thousands of mortars and 47, 54, these small and medium-caliber anti-tank guns and cannons.

The Soviet army maximized the power of these artillery pieces. For example, during the attack on Berlin, in the face of the desperate resistance of the German army, the Soviet army used more than 40,000 artillery pieces and destroyed three-quarters of the buildings in the entire central area of ​​Berlin. After the battle, central Berlin looked like the surface of the moon. During the Battle of the Somme in World War I, the British and French forces fired a total of 1.6 million artillery shells in the seven days before launching their attack. In the Battle of Berlin, the Soviet artillery fired more than 500,000 artillery shells in just half an hour. This shows that its firepower was so ferocious that it could be called the largest artillery bombardment in human history.

But now, the Soviet Union's traditional advantage of artillery has disappeared in front of the entire European coalition. No matter in terms of quantity or quality, they are no match for the European coalition. What's even more terrible is that once the German army completely controls the air, these cannons will become the prey of attack aircraft. Therefore, the Soviet army worked harder to transform these cannons into various self-propelled artillery, preparing to deal with German infantry and armored forces.

Just as Zhukov sighed depressedly, the adjutant brought a document. "Comrade Commander, these are the various weapons displayed by the German army during the military parade that the intelligence department has just sorted out."

"Oh? Show me quickly." Zhukov quickly looked through it.

The Jackal tank and the Panther tank are currently the main tanks of the German army, and he is quite familiar with them. Our own IS-1 tank is no match for the Panther tank. The Germans actually produced a new type of tank? "Tiger style? Another animal? Do Germans like animals so much?" Jackals, leopards, tigers, each one more ferocious than the last?

During and after World War II, tanks in various countries had their own characteristics in naming tanks. The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and other countries liked to use personal names. For example, the American M3 "Lee" medium tank was taken from Robert Edward Lee. This was the commander-in-chief of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He had the reputation of being undefeated and was one of the generals with the most outstanding military exploits in the Southern Army.

The M4 "Sherman" is derived from William Tecumseh Sherman, a famous general of the Northern Confederacy during the American Civil War and one of the three famous generals of the Northern Army. A legendary and controversial general, those who like him regard him as synonymous with victory, while those who hate him regard him as the devil. Sherman is almost synonymous with "Satan" in the Confederate Army.

In addition, the "M3" Stuart and the "M5" Stuart are derived from James Ewell Brown Stuart; the M26 "Pershing" is derived from John Joseph Pershing; the M36 Jackson tank destroyer is derived from From Thomas Jonathan Jackson; the M448 series of medium tanks were taken from George Patton and so on.

The British Matilda was taken from Matilda I; the Cromwell cruise tank was taken from Oliver Cromwell; the A43 Black Prince was taken from the Black Prince Edward; not to mention the Churchill tank.

The KV series of the Soviet Union was taken from Krem Yefremovich Voroshilov; the IS Stalin tank is naturally Joseph Stalin.

The Germans prefer to use animals to identify their armored vehicles, almost to the point of paranoia. For example, "Tiger", "Panther", "Tiger", "Cheetah", "Rat", "Wasp", "Bison", "Wild Bee", "Elephant", "Weasel", "Grey" "Bear", "Rhinoceros", "Hunting Tiger", etc.; and this naming method continued until after World War II.

After complaining about the "quirky" naming of the Germans, he was shocked to see that this "Tiger" tank was equipped with a 105mm L/56 tank gun, which could penetrate 300mm thick homogeneous armor at a distance of 2,500 meters!

"Isn't this too exaggerated?!" The muscles on Zhukov's face twitched uncontrollably. What kind of perverted firepower is this? ! How many times more powerful than the 1222mm tank gun on the IS-2? !

The adjutant on the side also looked shocked. “Are the Germans bragging?”

"It's also possible that the Germans have developed some new armor-piercing projectiles." Even if the Germans are really bragging, if 50% of the water is cut off, they can still penetrate 150mm thick homogeneous armor at a distance of 2,500 meters, and the power is still amazing! It is completely incomparable to our own 122mm tank gun!

Continuing to look down, there is no other data, such as the tank's mobility and protective capabilities. This intelligence seems to be a copy of the German military parade speech. But he couldn't complain. After all, Germany not only had strong intelligence capabilities, but also had top-notch counter-intelligence capabilities. Almost all the spies planted by the Soviet Union in various European countries had been wiped out. Now that there was only such a channel left to transmit intelligence, he should be thankful. .

Next up is the helicopter. Zhukov was no stranger to this type of aircraft, as the Germans had introduced it into the war early, and in his youth he had read an article on the development of helicopters written by Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky.

But as early as 1917, when the October Revolution broke out, Sikorsky ran to the United States. At that time, more than one or two people fled Russia. Almost all the elites of the Russian Empire who could leave left. Royal family, nobles, military officers, officials, factory owners, bankers, big bourgeois, landowners, "rich peasants", intellectuals, writers, artists, and scientists all fled to various parts of the world.

I heard that Sikorsky first went to the United States and established the "Sikorsky Aeronautical Engineering Company"; and then went to Germany during the economic crisis in the 1930s. There was no follow-up news after that. I'm afraid he also made considerable contributions to the helicopters developed by the Germans. Thinking about his own experimental helicopters that had no actual combat capabilities, and thinking that the Soviet Union had lost an aviation pioneer like Sikorsky, Zhukov felt extremely distressed. If Sikorsky had still stayed in the Soviet Union, Soviet helicopters might have been flying on the battlefield long ago.

Unfortunately, he couldn't control all this. He sighed and turned to the last page. "Missile? Jet type?" After carefully reading the descriptions of these missiles, Zhukov suddenly realized that the "meteorite" attack that Moscow suffered a few days ago turned out to be a German missile.

As for the jet fighter, Zhukov had no clue at all. He didn't understand the principles of jets at all. He could only marvel at the flying speed of more than 900 kilometers per hour noted in the report.