The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Captain, it's the captain who's back!" The soldiers shouted excitedly and rushed towards Qinchuan.

A group of people hugged each other tightly... It was obvious that the short separation during this holiday made their comradeship deeper.

Then Werner exclaimed: "Captain, what's that on your collar? God, that's a knighthood!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied, and then received envious looks from all the soldiers. If they knew that this medal was awarded by Hitler, there would definitely be crazy screams.

It should be said that the number of Knight's Cross medals issued was not large. A total of 7,361 medals were issued during the entire Third Reich.

But the important thing is that this medal was designed just a year ago... Before that, the highest medal of honor was only awarded to senior military commanders who met the two conditions of "war merit" and "loyalty to the royal family", and many senior military commanders Military personnel at the, middle, and lower levels are not likely to receive this honor.

So Hitler added the Knight's Cross specifically to commend military personnel for their heroic actions, so not many have received this medal so far, and most of them have incredible brilliant combat performances. Having it is almost "Fighting Hero" sign.

(Note: The distribution of medals was always more stringent at the beginning of the design. When the Third Reich was in dire straits in the later period, the amount of medals issued increased in series.)

"That's not fair!" Werner rolled his eyes: "I participated in all the battles that the captain participated in. I even returned to the team earlier than him. They should also send one to me!"

"Screw you, Werner!" said the baker. "If that were the case, we should each have one!"

"Okay!" Werner said, "Fortunately, I have this thing..."

As he spoke, he took the gun stuck behind his back and shook it.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the gun. It was clearly an AK47.

Looking at the confused Qin Chuan, Werner said happily: "Captain, I can guarantee you have never seen this thing!"

"He has indeed never seen it!" A voice came from not far away: "But we designed it according to the drawing he drew!"

The person who said this was Conrad. He was looking at Qin Chuan with a half-smiling expression and said, "Nice to see you, Captain. I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

Later, Qin Chuan learned that Conrad had even called Berlin to ask for help.

Needless to say what the result was...no one could take people away from Himmler. Not only did he not leave, Conrad was also asked not to interfere or leak any relevant information.

So Conrad knew that Qin Chuan was probably involved in some big plan again.

Qin Chuan had no reason for Werner and others to be stunned, so he pulled Conrad aside and asked: "What's its name?"

Although Qin Chuan knew, he couldn't be sure, and Qin Chuan shouldn't know at this time, so he should act like he didn't know.

"Just like you said!" Conrad replied: "We named it after MP43, and then it was successfully approved for production! Want to try it?"

Qin Chuan nodded.

Conrad took Qin Chuan to the northern part of the base, where there was a shooting range where hundreds of German soldiers were practicing, and they were all MP43s.

"We plan to replace all submachine guns with MP43!" Conrad took out an MP43 from the ordnance administrator and handed it to Qin Chuan along with the magazine, and said, "Of course, I am referring to the First Infantry Regiment. !”

Seeing Qin Chuan looking at the MP43, Conrad continued: "We discovered that this submachine gun you designed... let's call it a submachine gun. It is almost tailor-made for the intermediate power bullets we developed. It’s very easy to use, just load the magazine, pull the bolt, and shoot!”

Of course Qin Chuan knew this, but it was the first time he knew it.

He raised his gun and fired a few bullets at the target in front of him. There were immediately a few bullet holes in the target.

Then he fired another burst, and this time the bullets were flying around the target.

"The recoil is much smaller than that of a rifle!" Qin Chuan said, "It's within the tolerable range!"

"Of course!" Conrad replied: "This is the purpose of our development of intermediate-power bullets! It's perfect, isn't it? It has the power of a rifle and the rate of fire of a submachine gun. The disadvantage is that the accuracy is not high during continuous fire!"

"But it's not important!" Qin Chuan said: "Because the Soviets... they will charge towards us in a dense formation!"

"Yes, this is a piece of equipment for dealing with the Soviets!"

"My question is..." Qin Chuan asked while playing with the MP43 in his hand: "How many of these have you produced?"

"The first batch of ten thousand!" Conrad replied.

"Then why don't you equip our regiment with them all?"

"What?" Conrad couldn't help being stunned after hearing this: "You mean..."

"It's not only used to replace submachine guns!" Qin Chuan said: "I think it can also replace rifles!"

"But..." Conrad said: "We think that will put a lot of pressure on logistics, and at the same time, the troops will lack long-range equipment!"

Conrad was right, or perhaps his concern was warranted.

First of all, the purpose of producing this weapon is to replace a submachine gun to make up for its lack of range and power. If it is used to replace a rifle... it would be a bit too radical for people of this era.

Secondly, the bullets consumed by the bolt-action rifle will obviously be much smaller than that of the automatic rifle. At this time, the German army's transportation capacity is worrying. From this aspect, it is indeed not suitable to replace the rifle.

But Qin Chuan knew that this was feasible, because modern armies have proven this in actual combat time and time again.

"I need an army like this!" Qinchuan said: "I mean, except for machine guns and snipers, riflemen and submachine gunners are all replaced by MP43. As for the supply problem, I believe that the supply of a regiment will not cause Too much pressure!”

Conrad nodded, then shook his head and said: "I have to remind you, Captain, this may improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, but it may also reduce it, because if you do this, it will make the troops uncomfortable. Even the tactics have to be changed accordingly, which is very dangerous!”

"That's why we need training!" Qin Chuan said, "Of course, I need to discuss it with Colonel Slain!"

"Okay!" Conrad nodded.

Conrad understood that the so-called discussion with Colonel Slaine basically meant that there was no need to discuss it... Qin Chuan always had a way to convince them, or it could be said that they all trusted Qin Chuan.