The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Qin Chuan's guess was not wrong. After several people sat down at the regiment headquarters, Conrad rummaged through the document bag and said to Qin Chuan: "First of all, I want to tell you some good news, second lieutenant..."

As he spoke, Conrad handed a drawing of the "Iron Fist" to Qin Chuan... This was not the one drawn by Qin Chuan, because it was marked with the length, size and exploded view of the parts in detail.

"We got it done, Lieutenant!" said Colonel Conrad.

"Have you made it?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised. It only took more than a month.

But this doesn't seem surprising. The structure of the "Iron Fist" is not complicated, and it can be completed in a short time with Germany's industrial capabilities... The difficulty is the design, but Qin Chuan has basically designed it.

"Yes!" Colonel Conrad replied: "Not only was it made, we also tested it. The test results surprised us. To be precise, everyone was ecstatic... Although its range is not ideal. , only 30 meters, but we have improved the warhead so that its armor penetration depth reaches 140MM!" (Note: The initial production "Iron Fist" penetration depth was 140MM, and after the improvement, it reached 200MM)

"140MM?" Colonel Slaine couldn't help but widen his eyes: "God, we can use it to easily penetrate the armor of any enemy tank!"

"Yes!" Conrad nodded, and then looked at Qin Chuan strangely: "Second Lieutenant, you don't seem to be surprised at all by this penetration!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be startled, and then he realized that he should act surprised and happy like Colonel Slain, but it was obviously too late to do so now.

"Of course, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I believe you will improve the warhead, and the British warhead already has a penetration depth of 75MM. It is not surprising that some of the improved warheads have a penetration depth of 140MM, right?"

Colonel Conrad nodded: "You are simply a genius, Second Lieutenant... Look at this drawing. The thing we finally designed is almost the same as what you drew. I almost doubt that you drew it after seeing it. !”

What Colonel Conrad said was indeed true, so Qin Chuan knew that if he provided any information in the future, he should not be too detailed or deliberately make mistakes in proportion.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan changed the subject: "Now that it has been made, where is it?"

"Sorry, Second Lieutenant!" Colonel Conrad held up the drawing of the "Iron Fist" and said, "This is the bad news I want to tell you: we reported it and its performance data to the head of state, and the head of state It is very interested and believes that it should be put into the Eastern Front first!”

"What?" Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain couldn't help but look at each other.

Qinchuan can actually understand this, because the backbone of the Soviet tank at this time was the heavy tank KV1. The front armor of this tank was 90MM thick (later increased to 120MM), which could not be penetrated by any tank or anti-tank gun in the hands of the German army. With such thick armor, the shock it caused to the German army was unprecedented... In extreme cases, a KV1 even blocked a German infantry division for 3 days.

Therefore, the Eastern Front urgently needs a piece of equipment that can penetrate 90MM armor, no matter what it is.

And just at this time... the "Iron Fist" with a penetration depth of 140MM turned out. Hitler even thought it was a gift from God, so he let the military industry mass-produce it and put it into use in the shortest possible time without even thinking about it. Eastern Front.

"But this is our idea, isn't it?" Qin Chuan said: "And we also urgently need this equipment!"

"Yes!" Colonel Slain would of course side with Qin Chuan on this matter: "You know, Colonel Conrad, we don't even have a few decent tanks in our hands. Our soldiers can only use anti-tank weapons. Grenades and explosive charges to stop the British tanks... We need it to save the Afrika Korps!"

"But this is what the head of state wants!" Colonel Conrad spread his hands, expressing his helplessness about the matter.

Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at each other. Knowing that this matter seemed to be the only way for Rommel to make a request to Hitler.

However, it is unlikely that this will work, because it does seem that the Eastern Front is more urgent... Hitler has always regarded North Africa as a secondary battlefield, so even if he agrees to Rommel's request, it will only be a symbolic reward for a small number of people. Part of it, and the "Iron Fist" thing requires a large amount of equipment to be effective.

It can even be said that... the First Infantry Regiment is still training while waiting for the "Iron Fist", because according to intelligence, there are a considerable number of British tanks in Crete, and it is difficult for paratroopers to carry anti-tank guns.

To be precise, it is not impossible to carry anti-tank guns, but they must be disassembled first and then assembled after airborne. There are also airdrop issues of artillery shells, etc. These determine that paratroopers cannot have a large number of artillery.

This makes the "Iron Fist" very important. It is light in weight, small in size, and has an astonishing penetration of 140MM... Is there anything more suitable than it to supplement the problem of insufficient firepower of paratroopers?

"Colonel Conrad!" Colonel Slain said, "Can I report this to General Rommel?"

"Of course!" Colonel Conrad nodded.

Colonel Slain went to the communications room to contact Rommel without saying a word.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan asked Colonel Conrad: "So, what is the purpose of your visit?"

"Of course I want to talk to you about more ideas about it!" Colonel Conrad said, holding the drawings of the "Iron Fist": "I want to know how you came up with these, or if there are any other related innovations... I think These must be discussed with you in person, it is difficult to explain clearly on the phone..."

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "My idea came entirely from the 'English Crossbow'. Or it can be said that it was forced out by the battlefield, because we lacked tanks and the enemy had many tanks, so we urgently needed A personal anti-tank equipment similar to the 'English Crossbow'."

Colonel Conrad couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. This motive was reasonable.

"Now..." Qin Chuan changed the topic and continued: "If we thought of this equipment and it was proven to be feasible, but we couldn't get it... do you think we would still be motivated to consider new equipment? "

Colonel Conrad was stunned and asked Qin Chuan with an incredible expression: "Second Lieutenant, are you threatening me?"

"No, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "I'm not threatening anyone. I just want to tell you that the equipment I am trying to get is used to save the lives of my comrades and myself. If we don't get these equipment, we are likely to be killed." A dead person wouldn't think anything of dying on the battlefield, would he? "

Conrad couldn't help but nodded. What Qin Chuan said was indeed a real problem, not to mention...only he knew whether Qin Chuan had other innovations. No one could say that Qin Chuan deliberately didn't say anything to threaten Conrad. .