0p0 Third Reich Episode 315
Third Reich Episode 315
In this regard, the best mix is the United States. It has North America far away from the war as its own logistics base, and it has no worries about food and clothing.
In contrast, Germany does not have such a good logistical supply.After all, Germany's land area is not large, and its resources are very scarce. Coupled with the huge consumption of the war, this makes the German army's military supplies even more difficult to guarantee.
And Japan is the worst. This island country is poor in land resources, and its human resources are not as good as those hostile countries such as Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.
If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army's training level is higher than that of neighboring countries, I am afraid that the army of this island country would not be able to cross the Sea of Japan at all.
But even so, the increasingly poor logistical food of the Japanese army has begun to expose their weakness in succession.
As for the German army, on the surface, there seems to be no problem with the logistics. The soldiers who fought bloody on the front line can even eat canned luncheon meat and occasionally steak as an extra meal.
But in fact, the German army's logistics system has already experienced serious problems, and if it is not dealt with, it will be out of control.
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Berlin, Germany, logistics department.
A young officer of the logistics department walked into the office of the logistics department, his face was full of worry.
He said to his director: "Director, General Rommel informed our logistics department to prepare for him the military supplies and equipment that will be used on the African battlefield as soon as possible."
The logistics director sighed and said: "Equipment is good, it has been prepared for his African Army long ago. However, the materials are difficult to handle. Our logistics department is now cautious in the distribution of materials. Many military food Production has completely outpaced consumption."
The director sighed again, and continued to ask, "How much military supplies does General Rommel need?"
The young officer replied: "General Rommel's troops need 50 sets of desert combat uniforms and [-] rounds of ammunition, as well as common parts and components for firearms and tanks. In addition, they also need half a month's supply for [-] troops. rations and an extra twenty tons of canned food and steak."
"What? How many cans and steaks do you want? Add 20 tons more!" The director was shocked. He said that he couldn't satisfy Rommel's request: "General Rommel is really a lion. He asked me for [-] tons more. Meat products. Many of our second-line troops usually don’t even see the shadow of canned steak, and only occasionally receive canned luncheon meat. He is fine, and he will take another [-] tons if he asks.”
"General Rommel is the head of state's confidant, and he was the first famous general of our army to become famous in the Spanish Civil War. If we don't meet his request, General Rommel told the head of state, what should we do if the top blames us?" the young officer said. Asked the director with a worried face.
"Hey, why don't I know this." The director was very helpless, so he had to ask the young officer to go to Rommel to discuss with him: "But the logistics department really can't meet General Rommel's request, why don't you go and discuss it and tell him to lower the level?" A little request, so that both of us can talk easily."
"Director, I don't think General Rommel will back down." The young officer also said with a sad face: "This report was handed over to me by General Rommel himself. I tried my best to do it for him, and said nothing less would do.”
This is Rommel, going his own way and never giving in to his goals.No matter on the battlefield or in the exchanges with domestic officials, he stubbornly insisted on his own set of requirements.
The director hammered the table and said angrily: "We don't only supply supplies to his army, he doesn't think about our logistics at all!"
"Why?" The young officer asked suspiciously: "Director, can't we even get out this canned food?"
In his eyes, these cans were nothing to the mighty Third Reich.Although the number is a bit huge, it is not too much to show.
"This? Do you think these cans are still a small amount for the logistics department today? That's right, you haven't been in the logistics department for long, and you don't know the story." The director said slowly.
"There were no problems in the earliest Polish campaign, and there were no problems in the later Danish campaigns and Norwegian campaigns because of their small scale." The director said leisurely.
"But after the fight with the French, our logistics began to be tight. At the end of the battle, in order to satisfy the aggressiveness of the front-line soldiers, we only provided canned meat to the front-line soldiers for a while, and many second-line troops. are generally compressed."
Speaking of this, the logistics director smiled helplessly and said: "A large part of the reason for this situation is that the head of state ordered to allocate 5.00% of the canned food production and send it to Ukraine to support the German dispatched personnel there to maintain operations."
"Because the head of state sent too much food to the Ukrainian region, the quality of canned food produced by large factories in the country has dropped significantly in order to ensure the quantity. They no longer produce high-quality canned food as before. The soldiers felt that the canned food they ate was not enough. I feel like I used to, but I can’t say anything has changed.”
The director lit a cigarette, took two deep breaths and continued: "The steak that the soldiers are eating now, do you think it is the same as before? Is it real steak?"
"Why?" The young officer took two steps forward and asked in confusion, "Although it is said that there is a lot of flour in the canned luncheon meat, the canned steak can't be faked."
The director exhaled smoke rings, shook his head and said, "If you think about it too much, it's all compound meat. The main raw material is duck steak, but after being prepared with various flavors added by the military supply and production department, the soldiers taste exactly like real steak. .Of course, there are also some ground beef viscera plus flour, which are specially processed and then added to canned steaks to meet the needs of front-line soldiers for canned beef.”
"Although these may be a bit unimaginable, young man, this is the current status quo of our logistics department, and you and I must learn to accept it."
The director patted the young officer on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "That's why I am so annoyed by General Rommel's request. If we really follow his request, we may have to reduce the food quotas of other troops."
Text Chapter 486 Fallout
In East Africa, after occupying Bebein, the Italian army continued to advance to the coastal area, and they advanced along the south.
The British army opposite them could be said to have lost their armor and armor, and fled in despair.The British commander, Wavell, not only did not blame the East African troops, but acquiesced to their actions, which once made the Italians' attack faster and more terrifying.
But the victory of the Italians only relied on their numerical advantage, not how strong his combat ability was or how good his equipment was.
However, Oster, the East African commander of the Italian army, once felt that their advance had completely lost the initiative to the East African British army.He said with emotion: "The combat capability of the British is really not as good as before. It seems that their days in Africa are numbered."
Since then, the Italian army under Oster has indeed relied on its superiority in strength to advance steadily in Somalia.
Fifty miles south of Beledevon, a small armored unit in Auster routinely patrolled and guarded, while Italian Air Force reconnaissance planes also flew with them on reconnaissance missions.
This small armored unit of the Italian Army actually only has 4 M13/40 tanks and 100 Italian Army soldiers.
The M13/40 tank is a medium-sized tank just launched by the Italian army in 1940. Its front armor reaches 45 mm, and it is armed with a 47 mm L32-meter tank gun. There are also 4 machine guns on the car. It has powerful firepower and a maximum speed of 33 kilometers per hour. per hour.
This medium-sized tank has participated in the Battle of Sidbairani in North Africa and the Battle of Benghazi before. It has a good overall performance on the battlefield, and its armor and firepower advantages can even reach the same height as the German Panzer III.
Unfortunately, the number is scarce, so Italian officers can only decide to use a few like this.
Facing the Crusader tanks of the British army, this Italian tank has basically the same firepower except for its slightly inferior maneuverability, and its armor defense is stronger than that of the British Crusader tanks.
This is the Italian East African battlefield, and it is the first time to use this type of tank to fight against the British army. They also want to use this to test the reliability of this type of tank and the advantages and disadvantages of fighting against British tanks.
Suddenly, the Italian patrol plane discovered that just 2 miles in front of the Italian tank unit, there was a British tank unit with 5 Crusader tanks and more than 100 soldiers.
So the Italian patrol plane urgently called the ground troops to get them ready for combat, and the patrol plane also began to dive. When the British army had no ground anti-aircraft guns, they used their airborne machine guns to kill about ten soldiers at once.
At the same time, the soldiers of the Italian ground forces also dispersed, advancing alternately under the cover of armored vehicles, and drove towards the British tank units.
This is a small-scale encounter without support, so it is doomed that this battle must be difficult, and both sides can only withdraw from the battle after completely destroying each other.
A few minutes later, the Italian and British troops finally came within range of each other.
The Italian M13/40 tank fired the first shot, but the shot missed by a full 10 meters and exploded 10 meters in front of the Crusader tank, but this did not affect the British tanks and soldiers at all. Influence.
After that, the British army also opened fire.Their five Crusader tanks fired at the same time, and the shells were impartial, and most of them exploded around the Italian tanks and soldiers.
Some Italian soldiers were even bombed more than ten meters away.If it weren't for the thicker armor of the Italian M13/40 tanks, they might have basically lost their combat effectiveness now.
It has to be said that the aiming technique of the Italian tank force has to be learned from the British army.
After taking advantage of a round, the British tanks quickly took advantage of their superior mobility to go around to the side of the Italian tanks, and deliberately kept a certain distance from them.
Because the officers and soldiers of the British army know that no matter how crooked the target of the Italians is, if you get too close to others, it is impossible for the opponent to miss.
Seeing the British tanks circling to their rear, the Italian tanks fired a few shots in a panic, but obviously, these shots were all missed, because it does require some skills to hit a moving target, and this is for those who lack For the trained Italian army, they naturally failed to master these techniques.
After a while, the British tanks used their mobility to get around the rear of the Italian tanks and began attacking their weak rear armor.
Seeing that something was going wrong, the Italian armored forces anxiously changed the direction of the tanks.
However, the mobility of the Italian tank was too poor, and it had already been shot several times before turning around completely. An Italian M19/40 tank had its rear armor penetrated and lost its combat effectiveness.