Chapter 237 Threat
Qin Chuan was not wrong. After several people sat down at the regiment headquarters, Conrad rummaged through the file bag and said to Qin Chuan: "First of all, I want to tell you a good news, Lieutenant..."
As he said that, Conrad handed a "Iron Fist" drawing to Qin Chuan... This is not the one painted by Qin Chuan, because it is marked in detail the length, size and exploded drawing of the parts.
"We made it out, Lieutenant!" said Colonel Conrad.
"Have you made it?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised, only more than a month.
However, this seems not surprising. The structure of the "Iron Fist" is not complicated. With Germany's industrial capabilities, it can be completed in a short time... The difficult thing is the design, but Qin Chuan has basically designed it.
"Yes!" Colonel Conrad replied: "Not only did it, we also tested it. The test results surprised us, to be precise, everyone was ecstatic... Although its range was not ideal, only 30 meters, we improved the warhead to make its armor-piercing depth reach 140MM!" (Note: The initial production of "Iron Fist" was 140MM, and after improvement it reached 200MM)
"140MM?" Colonel Slain couldn't help but widen his eyes: "God, we can easily penetrate the armor of any enemy tank with it!"
"Yes!" Conrad nodded, then looked at Qin Chuan with some surprise: "Lieutenant, you don't seem to be surprised at the depth of this dressing!"
Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, and then realized that he should be acting surprised and happy like Colonel Slein, but it was obviously too late to do so now.
"Of course, colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I believe you will improve the warhead, and the British warhead has a depth of 75MM. It is not surprising that some of them have a depth of 140MM after improvement, right?"
Colonel Conrad nodded: "You are simply a genius, lieutenant... Looking at this drawing, what we finally designed is almost the same as what you painted. I almost doubt that you have drawn it after seeing it!"
What Colonel Conrad said was indeed, so Qin Chuan knew that if he would provide information in the future, he should not be too detailed or deliberately make some mistakes in terms of proportions.
"Colin!" Qin Chuan changed the topic: "Since it has been made, where is it?"
"Sorry, Lieutenant!" Colonel Conrad took the drawing of the "Iron Fist" and said, "This is the bad news I want to tell you: we reported it and its performance data to the Head of State. The Head of State is very interested in it and thinks it should be put into the Eastern Front first!"
"What?" Hearing this, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein couldn't help but look at each other.
Qin Chuan can actually understand this, because at this time the backbone of the Soviet tank was the heavy tank KV1. The front armor of this tank was 90MM thick (it was later increased to 120MM). No tank or anti-tank gun in the hands of the German army could penetrate such thick armor. The shock it caused to the German army was unprecedented... In extreme cases, a KV1 even blocked a German infantry division for 3 days.
Therefore, the Eastern Front urgently needs a piece of equipment that can penetrate 90MM armor, no matter what that is.
And at this moment... the "Iron Fist" with 140MM deep penetration came out of nowhere. Hitler even thought it was a gift from God, so he let the military industry produce large-scale production and put it into the East Line in the shortest time without thinking.
"But this is our idea, right?" Qin Chuan said: "And we urgently need this equipment!"
"Yes!" Colonel Slain would of course stand on Qin Chuan's side in this matter: "You know, Colonel Conrad, we don't even have a few decent tanks in our hands, our soldiers can only use anti-tank grenades and explosive packs to stop the British tanks... We need it to save the African Legion!"
"But this is the head of state!" Colonel Conrad spread his hands and said he had no choice but to do anything about this matter.
Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at each other, knowing that this matter seemed to be useful only if Rommel asked Hitler to ask him.
However, this is unlikely to work, because it seems that the Eastern Front is indeed more urgent... Hitler always regards North Africa as a secondary battlefield, so even if he agrees with Rommel's request, it is only a small part of it symbolically, and the "Iron Fist" thing requires a large amount of equipment to work.
It can even be said that... the First Infantry Regiment was still waiting for the "Iron Fist" while training, because according to intelligence, there were a considerable number of British tanks in Crete, and paratroopers were difficult to carry anti-tank guns.
To be precise, carrying anti-tank guns is not impossible, but they must be decomposed first, airborne and assembled, and then airdrop problems of shells, etc., all of which determine that paratroopers cannot have a large number of artillery.
This makes the "Iron Fist" very important. It is light in weight, small in size, and has an amazing 140MM penetration depth... What else is more suitable for replenishing the problem of insufficient firepower of paratroopers than it?
"Col. Conrad!" said Colonel Slain, "Can I report this to General Rommel!"
"Of course!" Colonel Conrad nodded.
Colonel Slain went to the communication room to contact Rommel without saying a word.
"Colin!" Qin Chuan asked Colonel Conrad: "So, what is the purpose of your trip?"
"Of course I'm talking to you about more ideas about it!" Colonel Conrad said with the drawing of "Iron Fist": "I want to know how you thought of these, or whether there are any other related innovations... I think these must be interviewed with you, and it's difficult to explain them clearly on the phone..."
"Colin!" Qin Chuan replied: "My idea comes entirely from the 'English Crossbow'. Or it can be said that it was forced out of the battlefield because we lack tanks and the enemy has many tanks, so we urgently need a single-soldier anti-tank equipment similar to the 'English Crossbow'."
Colonel Conrad nodded when he heard this. This motive is reasonable.
"Now..." Qin Chuan changed his tone and continued: "If we thought of this equipment and it was proven to be feasible, but we can't get it... do you think we will still be motivated to consider new equipment?"
Colonel Conrad was stunned and asked Qin Chuan with an incredible expression: "Lieutenant, are you threatening me?"
"No, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "I did not threaten anyone. I just wanted to tell you that the equipment I tried to get is used to save the lives of comrades and myself. If we don't get these equipment, we are likely to die on the battlefield. No one will have any idea, right?"
Chapter completed!