Chapter 393: War without smoke

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Berlin, Germany.
An officer in charge of logistics management in the French theater reluctantly handed a thick stack of documents to his superior. Because the thickness of the document is a bit exaggerated, a "bang" sound was made on the table.
Then he stood upright and saluted a German ceremony at the desk: "Long live Akado? Rudolph!"
"Head of State Akado? Long live Rudolph!" The officer in his fifties with glasses raised his head and frowned, and asked, "How come there are so many?"
"That's more? This is just a week's supply of 700,000 troops stationed in France." The young officer said with a sigh: "Although the head of state made an epoch-making proposal to simplify supply in 1925, but In fact, the work of our logistics department is only slightly reduced. "
"You know it if you don't say it." The old general pushed the document to the upper right corner of the desk, and then began to check it one by one: "You recommended it to the logistics department! I complained to me, but also It ’s not that the army guys are used to their hardships, so they do n’t want anything? "
The mitigated officer pointed to the numbers on the document, and reluctantly reported: "General. This is the total number of 7.92 mm caliber bullets shipped to France for training. A total of 2 billion rounds were shipped into France in 4 batches. In the later period, it will rely on the replenishment of factories in France to increase the total reserves to 5 billion rounds within a year. "
"Just these bullets are enough for the railway department to have a headache." The old general shrugged and said with a smile.
"Then the Air Force ’s 13mm caliber machine gun bullets, with a total of 120 million rounds, are scheduled to be shipped within three months. The additional figures are still being calculated. General Catherine seems to be holding a breath in the UK. Contributed to the merits ... "
"Oh, it ’s no surprise that you ca n’t hold your breath. The Marines have marshals. Lundstedt seems to have been promised by the head of state to be promoted to marshal after the battle of England. The air force has n’t got one yet, he Catherine, can't you be in a hurry? "The old general smiled and shook his head, continuing to read the documents.
After a few seconds, he pointed to a set of numbers on the document and asked: "What's going on? There are still 500 S35 tanks on the French side? 200 vehicles are paid to Romania? 300 are sold to Finland? "
"This is the meaning of the head of state, general." The young officer explained, bowing his head, "Merkel's diplomatic service is trying to draw the two countries to stand on our side with utter collapse. Fortunately, Romania said that Finland has heard that it is important to balance the Soviet Union power……"
"It's still not enough to mess around with us." The old general sighed and shook his head to complain.
The weapons used by the German side are very simple compared to other countries. The army has only 7.92 mm, 13 mm, 20 mm, 40 mm, 75 mm, 88 mm, 105 mm, and 150 mm in caliber from small to large. Caliber (there are 60 and 80 and 120 caliber mortars), but in these years, the weapons and ammunition used in the annexed countries and regions have been increased to 25 kinds.
The tanks have also changed from a few to a national hodgepodge. Dunkirk seized 400 British tanks, France surrendered and handed over nearly 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles to the German Defence Forces, and all of them were retained in a big wave, partly used as heavy weapons by the rear defense forces, partly Used to train German armored forces.
So hundreds of parts need to be hoarded, transported, and distributed. Hundreds of thousands of shells and bullets need to be allocated. Now the German team has a variety of weapons and equipment ranging from 7.92 mm caliber rifles to more than 400 mm caliber train guns. Some special ammunition can only rely on the French factory. for".
For example, the 380mm caliber coast defense artillery deployed near some French ports, Germany has no alternative or alternative weapons, these cannons can only continue to be used, and after the storage of the ammunition stored in the warehouse, if Germany does not want to let itself The port has no defensive capabilities, and it must continue to buy such large-bore shore defense shells from France.
Because of the deployment of tiger tanks using diesel engines, and a large number of leopard tanks using gasoline engines, plus some British French tanks and armored vehicles using fine gasoline, the German troops added gasoline in February 1938. There are as many as 5 models, which does not include the fuel used by the fighter force and the fuel used by the bomber force. If you count naval battleships, the number is even more numbing.
Field troops need to replenish vitamins regularly, which requires fresh vegetables, fruits and other supplies, plus sausage, beef, biscuits, and rice for food improvement. The entire German military train is running at full capacity, and there is no tragedy of large-scale material shortages. However, the devastated German logistics department, known for its rigor, is about to be tortured and mad. More than once, it was requested to streamline the types of materials at regular meetings.
Taking only canned meat products as an example, from the beginning to the end of the French campaign, Germany shipped a full 9 million processed meat cans to the front line. This is only the figure that the 2 million army has compressed a part of the supply. Many of them are behind. Second-line troops have not enjoyed this luxury from the beginning of the operation to the end of the war.
Another number is to ensure the attack speed of the fist troops, that is, the German armored forces. The German transport forces are busy day and night, and will be 300,000 crawler parts, 50,000 engine wearing parts, 400 complete engines and 450 units. The gearbox was shipped to the French front, which ensured that more than 2,000 German tanks in France rushed forward and did not stand still because of the failure.
Moreover, the German 7th Panzer Army, which first rushed to the French coastline to complete the sickle operation, also completed the feat of the first time in human history to use helicopters to rush tank engines to repair faulty tanks near the front line. Guderian created a precedent for using helicopters to carry 3,000 French prisoners with machine guns.
In order to maintain the expanding German mechanized force, Bosch ’s Faben Group crazy refining synthetic gasoline, at any cost, expanded the synthetic gasoline plant to an annual output of 500,000 tons, in order to save coal use and support coal-to-oil production, Germany has built 13 new hydropower plants in various places, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in disguise.
With the efforts of German engineers and workers, Romania ’s oilfield production capacity has doubled since 1935. More than 90% of the oil produced in a year is sent to Germany, and more than half of it is used for war supplies.
At the same time, in order to support the German team's operations in France, 3,100 special trains were mobilized in the country to transport various strategic materials to ensure that the German army was invincible in France. The Air Force dispatched 5,000 sorties of Ju52 transport aircraft, carried out major combat missions including paratroopers airborne to the Netherlands and Belgium, and arranged supplies for paratroopers and some Army troops.
It is no exaggeration to say that the German logistics supply unit fought an invisible war, and their efforts were highly praised by the front-line combat forces. When reporting to Akado, Brauchic said, "There is no victory without logistics supplies." Catherine also stated in the report, "I praise the logistics forces because every bullet I hit at the enemy came from them. . "
Looking at Germany ’s industrial level with today ’s vision is still shocking. Mercedes-Benz ’s automobile production plants set up in various places in February 1938 had 290,000 male and female workers. BMW ’s engine production line also has 170,000 people around the clock. At this moment, the Krupp factory also has 200,000 employees. It is terrible that such a huge number of workers produces weapons and equipment that still cannot meet the needs of the German team.
In addition to the obsolete weapons and equipment, Germany provided 1700 tanks, 960 tank destroyers, 750 short-tube support type 3 assault guns and tens of thousands for the newly established troops from 1937 to 1938. Various types of cars-although not so prominent compared with the expanded troops, they are still impressive results.
"It's time to complain to the head of state." The old general put down the file in his hand, opened the drawer on the left side of the desk, took out two pieces of stationery from the inside, and then pulled out a pen from the pen holder and said.
The young officer stood up and bowed his head respectfully: "Then I will go out first."
"Don't rush, look at the material I wrote. There are not many things I can give to you young people. How to talk to your boss is an important skill. Start learning today."
The young officer immediately showed a happy expression on his face and smiled and stood upright: "Thank you teacher! Thank you teacher for your training and promotion."
The old general no longer spoke, but wrote on the stationery with beautiful typographic characters. The young officers did not dare to bother, but just stood there and watched the old general write. In the office, there was only a nice rustling of the tip of the pen on the paper, which seemed extremely quiet.
In faraway Paris, an exciting piece of good news was translated, organized into messages, and handed over to Akkado who was eating.
After receiving the message, Akado couldn't believe his eyes, because it clearly wrote an incredible message: 2 aircraft carriers under construction of the German Navy have been launched into service and can be converted into naval forces immediately. Fighting power.
"How can it be so fast?" Arcado asked excitedly, passing by Paris, and preparing to rush to the Brest naval port to inspect and hand over the work of the Navy Marshal Redell. This meal was what Arcado asked Rydell to eat, an authentic French meal-at least treat your own heart, Arcado will not be stingy.
"The interior of the two warships has not actually been completed, and many of the compartments are being rushed to build. Although it is a bit reluctant to fight immediately, it is absolutely no problem to pull it out to scare people." Redell said confidently.