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He did not yet know that in the distant Mediterranean, a group of British officers was preparing to imitate themselves.

He didn't know how much influence Reinhardt had on the British.

However, Reinhardt's influence on the Third Reich is obvious to all.

In the evening, in the logistics management office of the German rear, an officer in charge of the logistics management of the French theater of operations reluctantly handed a thick stack of documents to his superior.

Because the thickness of the document is really exaggerated, the moment the document is placed on the seat, there is a muffled sound of "bang".

Then the officer stood upright, and saluted his superiors at his desk: "Reinhardt, long live!" ”

His commander was an older officer with glasses, and when he saw these heavy documents, he raised his head with a frown and asked, "Why are there so many?" ”

"This has been carefully selected, just a week's supply for the troops stationed in France, and there will be so many documents every week in the future, enough for us to be busy for a long time."

The young officer sighed and said, "Although the Führer has already put forward the request to simplify the supply, in fact, the work of our logistics department has only been slightly reduced. ”

In fact, Reinhardt did develop too much new equipment too early, new transports, Iron Fist bazookas in advance, Leopard tanks, Stalker destroyers, Rhino self-propelled guns......

While increasing the number of front-line troops, this also brought a catastrophic nightmare to the military transportation of the Third Reich. It is not a simple and small task to assign and deploy various types of complex equipment.

"Of course, I know that the wide variety of equipment has a great impact on our work efficiency, but what can be done about it? We don't have to follow the rules, step by step. The old officer pushed the papers to the right of his desk, and began to count them one by one.

"If you want to stay in the back office, you have to endure the hardships. Besides, what is the hardship we endure compared to the combat units that kill the enemy on the front line? They want to fight, and that's the kind of continuous desperate fight that never stops. The old officer encouraged the junior.

The young officer, after listening to the old officer's words, was not good at saying anything.

So, he pointed to the numbers on the document and said with a worried face: "Colonel, take a look." This is the total number of 7.92 mm rounds of bullets shipped to France, a total of 2 billion rounds, which will arrive in France by rail. In the later stage, it will rely on factories in northern France to replenish production, and it is expected that the total reserve will be increased to 5 billion rounds within a year, which will greatly support our troops in attacking Britain. ”

"2 billion rounds of ammunition, how many trains will it take to transport it, it is estimated that the railway department will definitely have a headache for a while." The old officer shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile.

"It's not over yet," the young officer continued to say helplessly, "and then there are the 13 mm caliber machine gun bullets needed by the Air Force fighters, the total number of which is 100 million rounds, and this batch of ammunition is planned to be transported within three months."

The young officer paused, then continued: "But General Catherine, on the other hand, seems to be holding his breath and preparing to make a contribution in England, so not long ago another batch of ammunition was added. And the number of this batch of bullets is still being calculated, and it is estimated that it will not be less than 100 million rounds. Of course, this batch of bullets will also be handed over to the railway department for transportation, presumably the current director of the railway transportation department must be very annoyed. ”

"Haha, it's a matter of course that General Catherine can't hold his breath, after the French campaign, the Navy and Army have marshals, and there is no one in the Air Marshal, can he not be in a hurry?" The old general shook his head with a smile and continued to look at the documents:

"But General Catherine didn't think about our logistical supply capabilities. Isn't it even more difficult for us to transport so many bullets and supplies in a short period of time? ”

After a few more minutes, when he saw the information about the S35 tank on the document, the old officer pointed to the document and asked, "What's going on?" How did all these 500 S35 tanks be sold to other countries? ”

"Oh, yes. 300 were sold to Romania, and another 200 to Finland, and this was all the Führer's meaning. The young officer replied.

"The diplomatic department is trying to win these two countries to our side, and it is said that Finland and Romania will become important forces to contain the Soviet Union, and the Führer said that both countries have extremely strong combat power and useful value, and even not inferior to the value of the Kingdom of Italy!" The young officer continued to explain.

"It's okay because it saves us the cost of repairing and supporting these tanks, as well as the transportation of parts and fuel." The old general sighed and said: "One less tank is also convenient for our logistics to reduce the pressure. ”

In fact, the weapons used by the German Army were not too complicated compared to those of other countries.

The German Army has only 10 calibers from small to large: 7.92 mm, 13 mm, 20 mm, 40 mm, 60 mm, 75 mm, 80 mm, 88 mm, 105 mm, 120 mm and 150 mm.

However, over the years, counting the weapons and ammunition used in the annexed other countries and regions, the total number of calibers of weapons in the German army has reached 25!

This must have been a huge challenge for the logistical supply of Germany, and the production of the weapons and ammunition they produced, as well as the parts needed to maintain them, became more and more numerous and complex.

This was especially true after the defeat of France.

Of course, the German Army tanks, from a few at the beginning, have become a hodgepodge of international brands.

Including the capture of 400 British tanks in Dunkirk, nearly 1,000 tanks and armoured vehicles of various types by the French Army after the surrender of France, and various transport vehicles captured in Denmark and Belgium, Germany's logistics department was on the verge of collapse.

Brauchitsch made a big stroke of the pen and was very greedy and decided to keep it all.

Like Catherine, but he also did not think about how much pressure this would put on the logistics of the German army.

In a situation where equipment and weapons are disorganized, and the cost of war is very huge, hundreds or thousands of spare parts need to be hoarded, transported, and distributed.

Thousands of shells and ammunition also need to be rationed.

The German logistics department is faced with the current situation that the army has a wide variety of weapons and equipment, from 7.92 mm rifles to howitzers of more than 150 mm caliber.

The logistics department can be said to have more than enough heart but not enough power.

And some of the weapons and equipment seized in France could only be purchased from Vichy France by relying on the special supplies of French factories.

Take, for example, the 380 mm coastal defense guns deployed near French ports.

After the German army occupied the port, they did not have time to install and replace, or they did not want to waste time replacing this weapon.

As a result, these cannons had to be left to be used against Britain, the last enemy of Western Europe.

And the stock of shells for these cannons was not very large, and the German factories did not produce molds for such shells, so they had to buy them from the French side.