The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 784

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: 0.035s Scan: 0.032sTo be honest, when designing the Panzer IV, Mainz really didn’t expect that these guys would actually like the weaker Panzer III and dislike the more powerful Panzer IV!

This doesn’t make sense!

Now he knows that it’s because the Panzer IV is so powerful that no enemy can threaten them.

At this time, the tanks of all countries in the world are just tanks from the First World War, and they are slightly improved on the basis of the First World War. The gap between their tanks and the Germans is about two generations. Such a huge gap makes it almost impossible for tanks from all countries to threaten the Panzer IV.

Without worrying about being threatened, the Germans naturally felt that the Panzer IV was a bit overpowered. So, when the more flexible and lighter tanks such as the Panzer III came out, they naturally became popular!

Mainz originally only intended to use the Panzer III in specific battlefields, such as North Africa and the Middle East, where the infrastructure is not very complete and logistics support is difficult.

The infrastructure of the Eagles was excellent, so it was no problem to use either the Panzer IV or the Panzer III.

As a result, Model preferred the Panzer III under such circumstances, which made him doubt his life.

Looking at the development schedule of the Tiger tank in front of him, Mainz had some doubts in his heart: the Panzer IV had excessive performance, so was there any need for the more powerful Tiger tank?

“Four armored divisions would mean 1,600 Type 3 tanks. Currently, Rheinmetall only has 1,000 tanks in stock. All of them are given to you. What do you think?”

The German armored divisions were reorganized according to the fixed organization of the armored divisions proposed by Guderian in 1943. Basically, an armored division was equipped with 400 tanks. In this way, they had strong enough assault capabilities to fight a tank war with the enemy’s armored forces in the future.

However, according to current standards, 400 tanks for an armored division are actually a bit too many.

At least that’s what Model thought, so after hearing the Führer say he would give him 1,000 tanks, Model immediately agreed!

“No problem, but Führer, can we keep those Type 4 tanks we had before?”

Model’s request surprised Mainz a little:”Are you planning to expand in North America?”

Four armored divisions have 100 tanks. If these 1,000 Type 3 tanks are added, Model will have 2,600 tanks in his hands. Such a large number is enough to reorganize an armored group army!

However, the German army does not have a dedicated armored group army at present, so Model’s request is very surprising.

“Well, after we arrive in North America, we will definitely face a full-scale attack from the Eagle Sauce. In this case, it is obviously impossible for us to withstand it by ourselves, so I hope to absorb and reorganize some local German immigrants and turn them into our reserve troops. In this way, even if we don’t rely on local reinforcements, we can still compete with the Eagle Sauce!”

Hearing Model’s words, Mainz smiled. It seems that he really chose the right person to choose Model to go to North America!

“Okay, I’ve approved my request, and you can have these 2,600 tanks!”

Model was overjoyed:”Thank you, Führer, but tanks alone are not enough, do you think you can also support some other weapons, such as assault artillery, automatic rifles, submachine guns, howitzers, mortars, etc.?……”

Model rubbed his hands together, looking like he was bargaining.

“Humph, do you want me to give you an aviation division?”

Model’s eyes lit up and he chuckled,”It would be great if we could have one. If we could have an air force, it would be even better!”

Mainz didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This guy’s face was almost as thick as a city wall. He would even dare to start a dyeing factory if you gave him some color!

“Okay, your troops go ahead and gain a foothold in North America first. If you can hold a stable territory, I will consider sending you follow-up weapons and equipment!”

Although there are risks in transporting weapons and equipment, compared with transporting personnel, such risks are actually acceptable.

After all, weapons and equipment can be produced at any time, and it is no big deal if they are lost. However, if the troop transport ship is sunk or captured, then the loss is the manpower, and it is an elite force with rich combat experience. No one can bear this kind of loss!

So if Model asked for reinforcements, Mainz might not give it, but he asked for equipment, which was within Mainz’s acceptance range.

At worst, in the future, using the flags of other European countries, a wave of sneaking through Chencang, and quietly transporting the equipment will be enough. In that case, the risk will be much lower.

After summoning Model, Speer also prepared all kinds of supplies and arrived at the British Empire with the transport ship.

On September 30, the German Second Army, with a large number of weapons and equipment and various combat supplies, set out from Liverpool, England, and headed for North America to participate in the North American Civil War!

At this time, the third batch of German bombers that set out to carry out bombing missions in North America had also taken off from Greenland and headed for North America!

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In North America, the United States was in a mess!

Although President Roosevelt rejected the Minister of Security’s proposal to suppress the United States, the United States was a federal country, and the state governments had strong independence. They not only had their own state governments and state police, but also had their own independent legal systems and armies.

Therefore, although the United States government did not order the use of force to suppress the German immigrants in the country, it did not prevent the state governments from making their own decisions!

Among the 48 states in the United States, except for a very small number of states that remained calm, other states took measures and began to mobilize the National Guard to suppress German immigrants in various places.

So, a civil war inevitably began!

After the outbreak of the civil war, the towns where German immigrants settled in some areas were broken by the National Guard of various states, and other towns repelled the attacks of the United States Army, but there were very few such towns. After all, civilians who took up arms were still civilians, and they were destined not to be opponents of the army!

The situation seemed to be developing in a direction that was favorable to the United States. If it continued like this, it might not take long for the riots in the United States to be completely quelled!

However, the German immigrants were not stupid. When they found that the situation was not favorable to them, they began to move southward and marched towards the traditional settlements of German immigrants in Florida. Along the way, they absorbed a large number of German immigrants from all over the country, so that when they arrived in Florida, the scale of German immigrants had expanded to 9 million! On

October 5, 1928, the army composed of German immigrants captured Jackson, a major town in eastern Florida, and opened a sea passage to the Atlantic Ocean!

For a time, the government and the opposition in the United States were shocked, and everyone was horrified and associated it with the powerful enemy in the east – Hans!