Battle of the Third Reich

Although Churchill was widely recognized as the least talented leader in World War II, he was the best psychological and tactical leader.

No matter which guy has been in the world's most complicated British politics, he can become an expert in psychology and tactics, and Churchill obviously has a better talent than other politicians. He can perceive what the public is thinking, needs, and likes, and can use the simplest and most direct way to do what he wants.

Therefore, when the clouds of war enveloped the entire British Isles, he took the seat of the British Prime Minister with a tough attitude that was difficult for others to understand. Because he knew that the people needed a tough prime minister to appear, and they needed someone to give them a sense of security.

Now, when defeatism and pessimism pervade the whole country, he chooses to start to motivate the morale of the people from some minor issues, and it seems to be effective.

The National Guard can only be a joke in front of regular troops, but Churchill has no choice. The primary issue now is how to make this group of civilians psychologically a brave soldier, otherwise, even if they are fully armed, civilians or civilians can only become the target of enemy hunting.

If you want to turn a group of people into soldiers, you must first make this group of civilians at least look like soldiers in appearance. Churchill was ready to work hard in this regard. He gave the armed forces a sounding name, and then assigned them uniform military uniforms. The straight wool uniform is now the only munitions in the UK that can be opened to supply. After all, it is the world's old textile power. There is no shortage of fabric.

Subsequently, various gorgeous emblems were designed according to the preparation, so that these scattered civilians can truly feel the existence of such a team. Finally, the essence of Churchill’s psychological tactics, he distributed delicate and beautiful accessories and badges to those teams. Completely designed by him personally, it caters to the stereotypical aesthetic taste of the British people.

Although the prices of these badges and accessories are low, they accurately hit the itch in the British people's psychology, which caused them to have some strong ancient sense of honor that was ignited by this physical form and became more vigorous. The state continues to burn. Obtaining a special badge that belongs to only your own team makes every member of the National Guard feel happy. This was an honor that only the most elite British troops could get in the past.

For a time. A sense of pride filled their entire body, and this honor was carried forward and continued to become the goal of most members of the Self-Defense Forces. The killing of the Germans became the most popular among the quasi-warriors who were ordinary people half a month ago. Popular slogan. In the eyes of self-defense soldiers full of longing for honor. The invasion of the Germans no longer seems to be frightening, the German team seems to be no longer so strong, they no longer worry about when the Germans will land, and they even start to look forward to it.

Churchill successfully inspired the morale of the National Guard. But he is also clear. Morale does not represent combat effectiveness.

Although the morale of an armed force will increase the combat effectiveness in combat, this growth is very limited and not sustainable at all.

Numerous battle examples have shown that once the battle is at a disadvantage, or even just into a stalemate, the morale of the soldiers will decline at an alarming rate until they collapse.

Slogans such as the narrow encounter with the brave victory only work if the quality and quantity of the troops on both sides are not too different. If the troops are at a disadvantage in quality or quantity, this slogan will become an accelerator for the massacre of their own soldiers.

In the history of world wars, countless tragic encounters have been recorded, and there are many examples of encounters on narrow roads, and the final winner will only be the one who is fully trained and more in number, not the slogan with the strongest morale. That party.

Then again. Encountering a narrow road should be a situation that all commanders should avoid. It is already stupid enough to let your troops meet each other. If this commander is still superstitious about the spiritual power of the brave, he can only be called asshole.

Churchill is an idealist, but it does not prevent him from having a real vision. He does not believe that strong morale can resist the torrent of armor of the Germans. But in this situation, he had to choose to be a jerk.

Because in a brutal war, spiritual power can indeed play a role in certain aspects, such as the use of certain tactics that were previously cursed by soldiers pointing at the backbone.

On the land battlefield, Churchill was most afraid of the almost endless armored army of the German Army, and the United Kingdom now extremely lacks the power to stop the advance of the German armor, especially the hardware. The British Expeditionary Force took away ninety-nine of the anti-tank weapons in the Army’s inventory and threw them all in France, including their operators.

The anti-tank weapons that remain in the British mainland have become the rarest treasures. Even the most important defense force on the Dover coast has only three anti-tank guns, and the lack of ammunition is so great that the soldiers can only take daily training. The way to simulate launch.

Another effective weapon in the British weapon sequence is the anti-tank grenade, but its range is only 100 meters, and its penetration is very limited, and the soldiers in operation must undergo strict training, otherwise the hit rate will cause the commander to vomit blood.

The British army also has some anti-tank guns. Unfortunately, after French battlefield inspection, these anti-tank guns simply cannot penetrate the armor of the main German tanks, and can only deal with some light armor or unprotected vehicles.

There are several kinds of ordinary artillery that can resist German tanks, but the number is equally pitiful. Even the artillery units assigned to the three infantry divisions are not enough, and they also lack corresponding anti-tank shells. The primary goal of the military factory is to complete the blasting. The indicators of the ammunition have no time to produce the complicated and expensive anti-tank ammunition.

The crisis caused by the German tanks led the Army to frantically seek to produce simple alternative weapons, so a variety of whimsical inventions of the patting of the brain came into being. The simplest and considered the most effective weapon is the sticky bomb.

The so-called sticky bomb is a spherical glass bottle filled with 1.25 pounds of gelatinous nitroglycerin explosive. With a wooden handle and a friction fuze that lasted for 5 seconds, the glass ball was also covered with a cloth covered with sticky glue. Put a layer of tinplate on the outside.

The combat principle of this weapon is this. First of all, this thing is thrown by humans, and the weight is relatively real. Therefore, to hit the target, the soldier must be close enough to the tank.

If the machine gun was not used as a sieve when approaching the German tank, then this lucky guy could remove the iron shell from the bomb and pull the ignition cord to ignite the fuze. Then he rounded his arms and smashed the large grenade onto the tank armor plate.

It must be thrown hard enough, otherwise, once the glass ball of the bomb has not shattered, the lucky man will have to climb into the tank before the five-second fuze burns out. Then you can also use your hand to use the tool. Anyway, you must smash the stubborn glass ball, otherwise the bomb will not play its due effect.

At the same time, you must also pay attention to the method of throwing, because this thing is coated with glue that is so sticky that it makes birds and birds desperate. Once glued to your own clothes. Unless you can strip yourself in five seconds, you can only watch that thing blow yourself into pieces.

If the glass ball is smashed successfully on the armor plate of the tank, the viscous nitroglycerin explosive in the glass ball will stick to the tank like a snot. After five seconds, the fuze will ignite, and the explosion power can blow through 20. Five mm thick armor plate.

The power of the bomb is satisfactory, but it brings a small problem. The lucky man must complete the above complex work within five seconds and jump more than ten meters before the grenade explodes, otherwise it will definitely finish with the tank. but. It seems that British officials have ignored this small issue selectively.

As a result, this anti-tank weapon, which was almost indistinguishable from the suicide bomb, was distributed to the hands of the National Guard and the Army. From this we can see how far the embarrassment of the British side has come. It should be known that in the original world of Xu Jun, this thing was a dangerous weapon that was fully resisted by the British army. The World War II was completely buried and destroyed.

In addition to sticky bombs, the National Self-Defense Forces are also equipped with a British version of the "Molotov cocktail" bomb, a white phosphorus burning bottle, which is identical to the Finnish product except for the different ingredients, including the manual.

The method of using "Molotov cocktail" is very simple, just throw it to the tank hood, burning will ignite the fuel leaked by the engine, burn out the engine circuit, consume oxygen to make the engine stall, anyway, it can stop the tank Down. Once the tank is in action, the heroic Self-Defense Forces soldiers can do whatever they want with the lost German tank, if the other side does not have a helper to watch the excitement.

Another kind of "powerful" National Self-Defense Force special anti-tank weapon is the Northowa launcher, a smooth-bore explosive projectile. Its main body is a smooth-bore barrel, which is an ordinary iron tube, with a simple breech bolt at the back, about 6.6 inches thick, with a simple rod-shaped front sight, and a series of small holes cut into it The simple shot of the camera has a maximum range of about 180 meters. The cannonball can be a grenade or the English version of "Molotov cocktail". It is fired with a paper cartridge filled with black gunpowder, and the old firearm is used for ignition. The brass flashlight is actually an enlarged flintlock gun. Basically, everything you get out of the gadget will roll around in the sky, so you can’t count on its accuracy at all, but those National Guard soldiers seem to like this kind of launcher very often, often dragging it around for exercises, after all, this is what they have The only heavy firepower.

The National Self-Defense Force also distributed the ultimate anti-tank killer, a metal crowbar, which is the easiest and most powerful that can make all Germans smell different.

The method of use is like this. A heroic Self-Defense Force soldier ambushed beside the road with a crowbar. When the proud German tank passed by, the heroic Self-Defense Force soldier jumped out with the crowbar and stuffed the crowbar into the flying one It is better if it can be stuffed into the middle of the driving wheel rim between the tank track and the load wheel.

Then there was a click, the track of the German tank broke down, the driving wheel was stuck, the engine was turned off, and the place was lying on the spot. The heroic Self-Defense Force soldiers screamed in the sky, climbed the tank and smashed the hatch to wreak havoc.

Whether the actual situation will be the same as the textbook, the military's explanation is that there is no German tank on hand to test, so it can only be speculated, but the National Guard soldiers generally seem to believe the practical value of this tactic.

When Xu Jun was informed of this "terrible" information, he couldn't help but sigh, the guys on the island of Europe went crazy, and the guys on the island of Asia were really not enough to watch.