Chapter 61

Mercedes Benz was ordered to start mass production of 300 No. 3 assault guns, while stepping up the development of No. 3 tank with turret. The national defense forces claimed that 100 of the No. 3 assault guns were used for inventory and spare parts storage. Coupled with the partiality of international public opinion for the new Versailles peace treaty, the blatant overproduction was not investigated by the coalition arms control commission.

Moreover, these No. 3 assault guns completely exceeded the limits of the new treaty of Versailles. They weighed 21 tons, were equipped with tilted and thickened front armor plates, and were equipped with the latest short 75mm cannon. They could support infantry and make do with the opponent's tanks.

Of course, according to akkado's idea when he designed "plan Hades", the German armored forces will take the armored division as the core, each division will establish two armored regiments, each regiment will have two battalions, each battalion will establish four armored companies, and one company will be equipped with 21 tanks. Such a German defense force standard armored division should have 336 tanks.

However, the IDF now has 370 tanks No. 2 (the number accumulated through continuous procurement over the past year) and 41 assault guns No. 3 - more than 410 of which have been assigned to goodrian's 25th armored division and Rommel's new 26th cavalry division.

In terms of number, the two IDF tank divisions are not full. For example, goodrian's 25 Armored Division has only one regiment full of tank units, and the other regiment has only one armored training battalion. Rommel's forces are also facing a similar situation.

However, the recent situation will be greatly improved, Daimler? Mercedes Benz will equip the two units with aboveboard production tanks, and the two divisions will also replace most of the tanks with No. 3 assault guns and No. 3 tanks that may follow.

The eliminated No. 2 tanks were simply disassembled and assembled with 20 mm caliber cannons, replaced with machine guns, pretended to be armored vehicles, and assigned to another unit, the 27th armored division, which was recently secretly established by the national defense force.

In this way, the German defense force has three tank divisions, and these new forces with advanced equipment and strong combat capability are all in the hands of akkado. This does not include several mechanized divisions heavily equipped with armored vehicles and vehicles: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 15th, 22nd. Almost one third of the national defense forces have been motorized, and their overall mobility has surpassed that of their neighbors, France and Poland.

Of course, even though there is a certain gap between the weight of the tank, that is, the ability of protection and the caliber of the tank gun and that of France and Britain, the German tanks are better than their opponents in mobility. Besides, most of the German tanks are equipped with radio equipment, except for some of the first No. 2 tanks in service, This makes the German tank in command and mutual cooperation ability is much higher than the French tank.

The German Navy benefited a lot from the revision of the new peace treaty. Akador cheated the British authorities with the half true "project Hades", so that the two non-existent 10000 ton armored ships were replaced by three real light cruisers, and the X General cruiser project was launched. The navy has a new weapon with long range and fast speed.

So far, the British have no idea what the German Navy is thinking. Except for a few old battleships and cruisers left behind by the first World War, the German Navy has only three over 10000 tons of "luzov", "count Spey" and "Scher". The rest of the new warships are destroyers, with a tonnage of only 4000 tons.

Even more as like as two peas, they are all alike, having comfortable living environment and huge internal space. The weapons are only a few ridiculous 88 mm guns and a dozen dozen 37 mm antiaircraft guns. The three newly equipped x-class light cruisers are similar in length to these destroyers. In the eyes of the British, they are only enlarged Z1 class destroyers.

The three cruisers built in Kiel use the same parts as the Z1 class destroyers. Most of the weapons and equipment on board can be used in common, except that the three cruisers are equipped with three single barrel 150 mm main guns and more anti-aircraft guns. Compared with the British cruisers of the same period, these three boats are not even a threat.

Of course, the Germans have the shrewdness of the Germans. They are only equipped with small caliber guns on these ships. With the space saved, they can store more food and fuel, and travel a longer distance - enough to escort their future big guys.

Even after the end of the first World War, the German air force still had 14000 fighters.

However, after the war, Germany was forced to cancel its air force, and countless fighter planes were transported away or destroyed. Germany's airspace became an undefended blank area.

But now it's different. Germany is allowed to keep its own air power. Although this air force is too small to be smaller - it has only 50 airplanes of all kinds. In terms of the number, even China's air force, which is backward in the Far East, is stronger than it. However, this is a leap from scratch, which can't help but make people happy.

Under the understanding of the German, "the new treaty of Versailles" stipulates that the German equipped reconnaissance and patrol aircraft must be biplane. As for the speed restriction, it does not exist at all. Therefore, a new type of combat reconnaissance aircraft was designed by Henkel company to rearm the German air force.

This kind of plane flies faster than the British active fighter "bull dog", and is equipped with powerful machine gun fire. It can be said that the he-51 fighter is the pinnacle of biplane design. Once equipped, it has become the fastest fighter in Central Europe. The command of the air force was handed over to major Katherine, who had just returned from studying in the Soviet Union. Forty combat reconnaissance aircraft were divided into two squadrons. Captain Dick commanded the first combat reconnaissance aircraft Squadron, and another outstanding Soviet captain, Captain bilhoff, served as the squadron leader of the second combat reconnaissance aircraft squadron. Such a large-scale military expansion naturally led to the whole German industry. Akkado personally flew to Ruhr in western Germany and met with the German heavy industry capitalist group represented by Krupp on behalf of the national defense forces. The two sides signed the Ruhr agreement, which will be known as Germany's first Five-Year Plan in the future, specifying the production scope of weapons and equipment in each factory and the procurement quantity of the national defense forces, including even Germany's entire economic plan in the next five years《 The white dove plan, a sub plan of the Hades plan, will continue to be expanded. Germany will build another 400 km long highway and 350 km long railway to connect the whole territory of Germany, so as to quickly deploy the troops scattered all over the country. As akado's emissary, Merkel visited the Soviet Union and built 3000 km long railway and 3000 km long highway for the Soviet Union with low profit. All these economic aid were signed in the form of secret cooperation to Stalin, the new leader of the Soviet Union, who had just been in power for a short time, to help him consolidate his position. In return, the Soviet Union provided Germany with $4 million worth of oil and a huge amount of food. Moreover, the number of German soldiers secretly trained in the Soviet Union increased to 1000. Subsequently, Germany's aid to the heavy industrial bases in Kiev and Minsk of the Soviet Union also received equipment from Germany. These valuable industrial bases provided the Soviet Union with steel and its derivatives, including tanks and armored vehicles. Of course, a crazier plan was provided by the German to Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. That is, German engineers helped the Soviet Union build a brand new battleship. This battleship named "Soviet Union" by Stalin is equipped with nine 406 mm caliber guns, which can be called the super maritime overlord. Stalin especially liked this kind of super weapon. He ordered the "Baltic shipyard" in Leningrad to build the first "USSR" immediately with the help of German engineers, and then the second "Naval Shipyard" in Leningrad. In Stalin's plan, a total of 15 Soviet class battleships were to be built to deal with the Japanese threat in the Far East and the British warships from Europe. With the help of German engineers, Stalin believed that relying on the Soviet Union's vast territory and abundant resources, he could compete with the British Empire at sea. So a strange phenomenon occurred. The Germans were constantly building small tonnage cruisers and destroyers as escort warships, while the Soviets, with the help of the Germans, were building super battleships with a displacement of more than 45000 tons. With the Soviet Union paying the bill, German industry has radiated unprecedented vitality, and the whole Germany has become a huge arsenal and construction site. The social unemployment rate was almost zero for a while, and the prices were stable. People lived and worked in peace and contentment. Germany swept away the haze of the defeated country and became the most economically dynamic country in Europe. Under the propaganda of the great German newspaper, the latter half of 1925 was called the year of great Germany. The great German Party brought an unprecedented rich Christmas to the German people through the new Versailles peace treaty. In September 1926, just one year after the signing of the Ruhr agreement, Hindenburg, on behalf of the government, commended akado? Major general Rudolph expressed his gratitude for his outstanding contribution to the economic recovery and social stability of Germany. He also privately paid a bonus to the national defense forces and generously allocated 4 million marks as secret funds for the national defense forces. At the end of 1926, Germany actually had 42 troops. The navy has 21 new Z1 destroyers and a number of other old ships (three X-type light cruisers are not in service at the trial stage). When the group of capitalists and businessmen finally decided to have a rest, they remembered that there was still an important thing that had not been implemented, so they were busy again.