Chapter 719 Overturning the Table
Guderian was born in a traditional military family and was trained as an officer since childhood. He started joining the army at the age of 19 and served on the Western Front during the World War.
The "Contract of Versailles" stipulated that the German Army could only retain 100,000 people. Guderian successfully retained his military membership by virtue of his age advantage and outstanding personal qualities.
During the World War, Guderian served as the commander of the cavalry force and developed a keen interest in the armored force.
Compared with Germany, Russia's armored forces started earlier, have more advanced technology and richer experience. Guderian was like a fish in water.
The predecessor of the Vladivostok Army Academy was the Amur Officer Training School, which was founded in 1893 and is the oldest military school in the Far East.
Amur is known as the cradle of the Russian armored forces. Guderian was exposed to Russia's most advanced armored fighting vehicles at the Army Academy, which opened a new door for Guderian.
Due to material limitations, the output of German armored fighting vehicles has always been low, unable to meet frontline needs, and has not been widely used on the frontline.
Germany's use of armored fighting vehicles is also very different from Russia's.
Germany's most famous armored fighting vehicle, the A7V, has a total combat weight of 30 tons and a crew of 18.
In addition to the commander, driver, gunner, and loader, these 18 people also have 12 machine gunners and 2 mechanics.
This is not the most.
Subsequent versions of the A7V have enhanced firepower, and the crew has increased to 23 people. On the above basis, a co-pilot, a communicator, a signalman, a pigeon operator and an aimer have been added.
During the World War, the German army captured Russian armored fighting vehicles on the northern front and had a certain understanding of Russian armored fighting vehicles.
The armored fighting vehicles used by the Army Academy are completely different from the armored fighting vehicles captured by the German army on the northern front.
"The armored fighting vehicles equipped on the Northern Front were models 20 years ago, and we are the latest models."
Granate, an instructor who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, looked proud when he mentioned the armored fighting vehicles.
Relying on its special relationship with the Amur Arsenal, the Army Academy, while studying armor tactics, will also help the Amur Arsenal improve the performance of armored fighting vehicles.
The Russian armored fighting vehicle is also 30 tons, but has only 4 crew members, namely the commander, driver, gunner, and the second gunner who is also a loader.
Due to the significant reduction in the number of crew members, Russian tanks are much smaller in size than the German A7V, allowing more tonnage to be stored in the armor and providing stronger protection.
The firepower of Russian armored fighting vehicles is not inferior to that of the A7V. The artillery used by the A7V is a copy of the Russian 57mm tank cannon. Russia's new armored fighting vehicles have begun to use 75mm tank cannons.
This model of armored fighting vehicle is affectionately called "Polar Bear" by instructors at the Army Academy.
"If the 'Polar Bear' could have been born 10 years earlier, we would have ended the war in 1915."
Granat felt very sorry for the "Polar Bear".
Guderian was in a complicated mood and could not utter a word of rebuttal.
People have always believed that before the outbreak of the world war, Germany's industrial strength ranked second in the world after the United States.
Russia’s industrial strength ranks fifth in the world.
Guderian has always been proud of the industrial miracles created by Germany.
After arriving in Amur, Guderian realized that Russia’s industrial strength was far stronger than what the outside world thought.
Russia has 6 steel plants with an annual output of over one million tons in the Far East region alone.
This does not include Yuriev in the heart of Siberia.
There is no exact data on the output of Yuriev Steel Plant. Foreigners have not been allowed to visit this city since its establishment. Guderian only knew about this place, and even the specific location of Yuriev I don’t know for sure, I just know that it is probably north of Khabarovsk.
All the armor steel used by Amur is provided by Yuriev Steel Plant.
The Yuriev Steel Plant also produces naval guns and artillery pieces, and the Vladivostok train guns are also produced in Yuriev.
During the World War, Germany was limited by steel production and was unable to equip armored fighting vehicles on a large scale.
Russia only built 120 vehicles to verify the performance of the new engine.
Why 120?
Because the number of armored fighting vehicles equipped by an armored division in Russia is 120.
So when Russia runs out of fuel, it directly pulls the trainees from the Army Academy to the front line, which is a complete Armored Division.
Guderian is not yet the famous father of blitz warfare. His understanding of armored combat vehicles is limited to defense.
Germany's A7V has a top cross-country speed of 6 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 30 kilometers.
Russian Polar Bear’s various performance indicators are directly doubled based on the German A7V.
“The mission of armored fighting vehicles is to attack, not to defend.”
Granate’s understanding of armored fighting vehicles is in the atmosphere compared to Guderian.
There were 40 German officers who came to the Army Academy with Guderian. In order to facilitate their management, the Army Academy organized them into a platoon and appointed Guderian as the platoon leader.
The weapons issued to officers by the Army Academy are the latest Yuriev semi-automatic rifles.
The Yuriev rifle equipped by the Russian army during the World War had a bolt-action structure and required manual loading.
Semi-automatic rifles use recoil to automatically load the rifle and have better continuity of firepower, making German officers fond of it.
After falling in love, it is naturally the time for wise men.
With such a good rifle, why hasn’t the Russian army deployed it on a large scale?
The answer is that the Russian army does not have the logistics supply capabilities to match semi-automatic rifles.
To put it bluntly, there is no supply of bullets.
However, this problem is gradually being improved with the improvement of the Russian military's logistics system, and it will definitely be installed on a large scale in the future.
So is it possible for the German army to be equipped with semi-automatic rifles?
The answer is no. Even if the German army has a more complete logistics system, Germany lacks the corresponding industrial capabilities.
It’s not that bullets can’t be made, but that there’s a lack of raw materials.
Unless Germany also has resources as strong as Russia.
Guderian came to Russia to find Russia’s weaknesses.
Russia’s weakness has indeed been found, or it has always been there.
The biggest weakness of the Russian people is arrogance, I am the best in the world.
As far as Guderian saw in Amur, the Russians were qualified to be arrogant.
If Guderian were Russian, he would be the best in the world than Granat.
Clemenceau also had a deeper understanding of the arrogance of the Russians.
Korea's claim against Russia aroused strong concern among all members of the League of Nations. Even Colonel House appeared at the League of Nations conference held on June 17 in the name of visiting.
This was the first true general meeting of the League of Nations.
The Convention establishing the League of Nations was signed by a total of 44 countries.
Since the United States did not join the League of Nations, the League of Nations actually only has 43 member states.
Of these 43 member states, 3 did not send representatives at all, so in fact, only 40 countries participated in the "General Conference" before the League of Nations.
Little Nicholas has a flamboyant character. Although the Russian Empire has fallen, Little Nicholas still wears a great dress from the imperial era and stands out among a group of black suits.
Before the meeting, Mannerheim suggested that Nikolai also keep a low profile.
Little Nicholas wanted to use his big dress to remind the representatives of various countries that although the Russian Empire has died, Russia is still the terrifying European military police.
The four permanent members of the Security Council rotate as rotating chairs every three months.
The rotating presidency from April to June is France, with Clemenceau presiding over the meeting.
The first topic of the meeting was the establishment of League of Nations troops to assist the affiliated agencies of the League of Nations in fulfilling their responsibilities.
The decision to establish the League of Nations troops was made two months ago.
After that, representatives from various countries argued for two months about the structure of the League of Nations troops.
To be precise, Britain, France, Italy and Russia have been quarreling for two months. Other countries can only watch helplessly and have no turn to speak.
The four permanent members of the Security Council all agreed that the League of Nations force should be composed of troops sent by the four permanent members of the Security Council, with a tentative scale of one division and about 12,000 people.
However, serious differences arose regarding the specific number of troops sent.
Clemenceau proposed that France would only send 100 men, and the other 11,900 would be sent by Britain, Italy, and Russia.
British representative Edward Gray firmly opposed it, proposing that Britain would only send 150 people, and the remainder would be shared by France, Italy and Russia.
Little Nicholas sneered, don’t send out 100 or 150 troops. If you don’t want to send troops, just send out none. Russia is full of Cossacks.
Italy -
The opinions of Italians do not matter.
The intention of Clemenceau and Edward Gray was very clear. They neither wanted to make a move, nor did they want Russia to monopolize power, so they sent some symbolic people to add some sand to the situation.
Mannerheim gave Nicholas Jr. an idea and suggested that the cost of this force should be borne by the League of Nations.
Clemenceau and Edward Gray suddenly changed their attitudes, and both wanted to borrow funds from the League of Nations to raise troops.
The problem is easily solved now. Each of the four permanent members is 3,000, impartial.
So the Italian representative, who has no sense of existence at all and does not even deserve a name, is the biggest winner.
The first issue was solved perfectly, and Clemenceau did not whet the appetites of the representatives of various countries, and immediately moved on to the second issue, which was to review Goryeo's claims against Russia.
With the appearance of the Korean representative, everyone’s eyes were focused on little Nicholas.
Little Nicholas stood up suddenly, startling the Korean representative.
Clemenceau was also nervous. What he was most worried about at the moment was that little Nicholas beat up the Korean representative.
The eyes of the Italian representative were full of excitement, and the show finally began.
Edward Gray looked confused and had no idea what was happening.
Edward Gray's eyesight has reached the point where he is about to go blind.
Little Nicholas turned around and left without saying a word.
Members of the Russian delegation and members of the former Balkan Alliance delegation also left collectively.
“Hey, hey, hey, what are you going to do?”
Clemenceau has one head and two heads. The court is in session here.
Little Nicholas turned a deaf ear and left directly.
Clemenceau's face was livid. It would be fine if he didn't give face to the Korean people. He didn't even give face to me. Where was his decency?
Decent?
Haha.
(End of this chapter)