Chapter seven hundred and ninety fourth rocket launcher
Although Qin Chuan has added the title of instructor, he actually did not do much work in this regard.
The reason is that the Maginot Line of Defense is originally a training base for recruits, and each unit here has corresponding instructors, although these instructors are not very good... a considerable number of them are veterans in World War I.
Although these veterans are veterans, they are not suitable for going to the battlefield.
There are several reasons:
First of all, they are older... World War I ended in 1918. Even if they joined the war at the age of 18, they are still in their forties. The physical strength, energy, etc. of this age are not on the same level as those of young people in their twenties.
Secondly, their tactics are generally more conservative.
Needless to say, this point is basically trench warfare in the first battle, and the most soldier does is hide in the trenches and shoot at the enemy.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Rommel and other famous generals who came from World War I.
But more veterans in World War I find it difficult to adapt to the current battlefield... Weapons and equipment have developed too quickly. When they were fighting, tanks had just come out. Fighters are generally biplane. Airships are still an ultimate bombing weapon: "As soon as the airship comes out, it will be invincible and invincible!"
Now, the sky is full of high altitudes, high-speed fighter jets, tanks and armor are getting thicker and thicker, which is completely different from fighting.
Coupled with these equipment are various collaborative tactics and blitz tactics...
The result was that the tactical ideas of the veterans in the First World War were far behind, so all they could do was teach the new recruits' military rules, physical fitness, and weapons and equipment operations at this training base.
Tactical training is mainly completed in the "training camp" of front-line troops.
However, due to the issue of military source, many new recruits skipped this step and went directly to the army to fight the enemy.
Of course, even so, the German army was much better than the Soviet army's practice of throwing a gun and throwing it on the battlefield.
What Qin Chuan needs to do is to formulate a new training plan for these instructors.
"The first stage is mainly training within the fortifications!" Qin Chuan told the instructor: "Training is very simple. Proficient in the position of each bunker and transport ammunition to these bunkers... Before this, everyone should understand. To be precise, it is not understanding, but to be familiar with what ammunition is needed for carrying these bunkers, such as anti-aircraft machine gun bullets, 75MM shells, or 100MM shells, etc. It is absolutely not allowed to transport the wrong ammunition, because this means suicide, do you understand?"
"I understand, sir!" the instructors replied.
Things have to be done step by step, and the next second and third stages of training will be more and more difficult. The goal is to make these recruits be able to fight normally in the fortifications if there is a problem with the power supply system.
Then good news came from Colonel Paul.
"The first batch of 100 rocket launchers have arrived!" said Colonel Paul: "As you asked, imitate the Soviet 'Stalin organ'!"
"So fast?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Although this was not difficult for the German army, it was only more than a month since Qin Chuan proposed it, and a hundred gates were produced.
"In fact..." Colonel Paul replied: "The vast majority of these batches were not imitations, but were seized from the Soviets. But you know, we didn't like using this equipment before!"
Of course, Qin Chuan knew that this was not only because the German army could not produce rockets of the "Katyusha" rocket launcher, but also because the German army believed that they had more powerful rocket launchers, so when they seized "Katyusha", they often dismantled the subsequent rocket launchers and changed them back to cars for transportation.
At this time, Qin Chuan asked in the Magino plan that Major General Treskov would collect these rocket launchers and transport them here.
"In addition, we can already produce the 132MM rockets it uses!" said Colonel Paul. "This is not difficult. We only need to transform the production line of the 150MM rocket. Where do you think this production line should be deployed?"
Qin Chuan replied without thinking: "In the Alps, we need to build several hidden underground arsenals there to produce other ammunition, including rockets!"
"Hmm!" Colonel Paul replied: "I will tell Lieutenant General Rumanlin about this!"
Qin Chuan must be prepared, that is, the transportation line will be bombed and blocked by the US military.
Because Qin Chuan knew that the biggest problem in fighting the US military was that air supremacy would not be in the hands of the German army. The German advanced tactics such as "blitzkrieg" were based on air supremacy. If there was no preparation, the German army would undoubtedly fall into a passive position.
As mentioned before, the rocket launcher is arranged behind the defense line according to its range... The maximum range of this rocket launcher is 8.8 kilometers, and this length happens to be the width of the main defense area of the Magino defense line, so there are many places to choose from.
Find a mountain, then dig holes hidden in the backscene area, and even some places have ready-made ones... The entrance and exit of the underground fortifications on the defense line can accommodate a car full of supplies in and out, and the rocket launcher is also within this range, so the warehouse of the underground fortifications can serve as an excellent place to park rocket launchers.
Then the air defense cannons entered the defense line area.
The German army did not have much demand on the battlefield, because on the Eastern Front, the German army basically controlled air supremacy, and the airspace basically belonged to the German army, and there was basically no need for air defense or it could be said that air defense was completed by the Air Force.
On the Western Front, the British army has not yet begun to land, and the demand for air defense is not that strong, or I don’t know how much air defense firepower is suitable to deploy.
If you need it, you will use it to stop the bombing of US and British fighter jets near the Gabes defense line in Africa.
Therefore, most anti-aircraft guns and shells (near-explosive fuses anti-aircraft shells) are produced in Algeria.
Of course this was not a problem. Major General Treskov contacted General Rommel and asked him to coordinate. Then a batch of anti-aircraft guns were transported from Africa to the Maginot Line... This can also be said to be the gain of Qin Chuan's previous efforts.
Because if there hadn't been a line of defense in Africa to block the United States and British Allied Forces, then the battlefield in Africa is now in crisis and even collapsed. Of course, it would be impossible for them to transport artillery and shells to France.
But now, the production capacity located in Africa has become part of the Magino line of defense, and it can even be said to be the backing of the Magino line of defense... Behind the Alps is the Mediterranean Sea, and the other end of the Mediterranean is Algeria. If Algeria does not defend it, the Alps cannot become a line of defense.
Chapter completed!