The group returned to the Supreme Command and held a meeting immediately.

Chen Dao is not only an advisor to the Army Ordnance Bureau, but also Hitler's personal military adviser. Before setting out for India, there are many military issues that need to be planned.

Chen Dao thought of a series of meetings to be held in the next few days, and he felt secretly moved.

The Social Democratic Party has more taxes, while the National Socialist Party has more taxes.

Hitler saw the attendees arrive and announced the start of the meeting.

"I have seen most of the new equipment of the Army. Let's talk about the new army's organization, let's start with the armored forces."

Armored Soldier Director Guderian opened a notebook in front of him and looked at Hitler.

"I will first talk about the organization of the e50 Tiger tank. After feedback from previous battles, the organization of the heavy armored battalion is not the most suitable organization, nor can it fully exert the combat effectiveness of the heavy tank. It is usually reflected in the following points: First, the heavy armored battalion will be usually strengthened to troops such as the armored army. The commanders of these armored army like to split the heavy armored battalion into company-level troops for use, which violates our tactical principle of concentrated use of tanks. In addition, due to the lack of infantry support, the tankers of the heavy armored battalion have to drive the tank themselves or take a bucket car to the front line to reconnaissance.

After adjustment, we decided to upgrade the Heavy Armored Battalion to the Heavy Armored Brigade, which is organized as follows:

One e-50 Tiger Heavy Tank Battalion has four companies under its jurisdiction, each company with 14 Tiger tanks, plus four battalion headquarters, the total battalion has a total of 60 vehicles.

There is one medium tank battalion with four companies under its jurisdiction, of which the first three companies are composed of No. 4 H-type tanks, and the fourth company is No. 4 tank destroyer, plus four battalion headquarters, a total of 60 vehicles.

There is an armored grenade battalion riding in a wolf-style infantry fighting vehicle, with four companies under its jurisdiction.

There is one artillery battalion, with three wild bee 150mm self-propelled howitzer company, a donkey self-propelled rocket company and a Scorpio self-propelled cannon company.

There is an armored reconnaissance company, organized into 14 Bobcat reconnaissance tanks.

Others include engineering battalions, air defense battalions, communications companies and logistics units. The entire brigade has about 5,500 people."

Hitler asked in confusion: "Why did the No. 4 tank battalion be organized inside? Isn't it good to be all Tiger tanks?"

"This is the result we have obtained after sufficient argumentation. It is for the following two purposes. One is that the Tiger tank is a new tank, which is insufficient in number, and the other is that the Tiger tank is too heavy. Not only Tiger tanks, but even the E40 Black Panther tanks are a bit heavy. There are many rivers in Russia, and many bridges cannot withstand the weight of tanks. Many times, Tiger and Leopard tanks have to wait for engineers to reinforce the bridge before crossing the river, which is a waste of time. Tank No. 4 rarely encounters such problems. When crossing the river, Tank No. 4 can cross the river first and seize the bridgehead."

Hitler nodded and said, "I understand, continue."

Guderian looked at Marshal Reichenau, who was sitting diagonally opposite.

Marshal Reichenau said: "After communicating with the SS, we decided to set up fourteen heavy armored brigades, including ten army, three SS and one Polish Governor's Guard. If you wish, the head of state guard brigade stationed in Berlin can also be upgraded to heavy armored brigades."

Hitler shook his head and rejected Marshal Reichnau's suggestion: "No, the head of state guard brigade will basically not go to the front line. Equipping them with Tiger tanks is basically useless except for military parades. It is not used for the time being. I will wait until the production of Tiger tanks will increase in the future."

Reichnau recorded the numbers.

"The number of heavy armored brigades is set to fourteen. Please ask General Guderian to explain the new organization of the armored division."

Guderian said: "The changes in the organization of the armored division are reflected in the armored regiments, armored grenade regiments and artillery regiments.

The armored regiment is organized into two e40 Black Panther Tank Battalions, each battalion has the same organization as the Tiger Tank Battalion, with 60 vehicles and 120 vehicles in the entire regiment.

There is one armored grenade battalion riding in a wolf-style infantry fighting vehicle, one Hornets 105mm self-propelled howitzer battalion, and one air defense company, one special engineering company and one self-propelled rocket launcher company.

The Armored Grenadier Regiment is composed of two armored grenade battalions, all of which are riding on the SDKFZ250/251 series armored vehicles. One No. 4 tank battalion and one Wasp self-propelled howitzer battalion. In addition, there is also an air defense company, one Grizzly assault gun company and one Engineer company.

The 105mm howitzer was eliminated in the organization of the artillery regiment, equipped with three wild bees 150mm self-propelled howitzer battalions, and a donkey self-propelled rocket launcher battalion.

The focus of this change of the Armored Division is to strengthen our combat principles of maneuver + firepower, and to allow all armored grenadiers to transfer to armored vehicles."

Hitler said: "What is the purpose of doing this by implementing mixed organization at the first-level unit?"

Chen Dao said: "The armored division unit is still a bit big. The division commanders often split the troops into combat groups with mixed arms. We do this to build three regiments into combat groups with mixed arms, saving the trouble of the division commanders."

Hitler asked: "The organization of the armored grenadier division also reflects this principle?"

"Yes, the mission of the Armored Grenadier Division is to provide additional infantry support to the Armored Division, so the number of infantry units will be higher.

The specific organization is "one armored regiment, with two No. 4 tank battalions and an armored grenade battalion, a Scorpio self-shaped cannon battalion, an air defense company, a Grizzly assault gun company and an engineer company each.

There are two armored grenade regiments, each with three armored grenade battalions, one of which is a Scorpio-type self-cannon battalion, one of which is a Grizzly Assault Cannon Company, one of which is an air defense company and one of which is an engineer company.

The Artillery Regiment is under the jurisdiction of two 105mm self-propelled howitzers, a 150mm self-propelled howitzers in the wild bee and a donkey self-propelled rocket launcher battalion.

All armored grenades in the Armored Division's Grenadier Division use the SDKFZ250/251 series armored vehicles, and the wolf-type infantry fighting vehicles must be given priority to supply heavy armored brigades and armored divisions."

"Very good, I understand. What is the following?" Hitler asked.

Marshal Reichenau said: "After careful review, we selected five armored divisions from the twenty-four armored divisions to grant the title, and gave priority to withdrawing domestic equipment and upgrades. The five armored divisions are the first, third, seventh, and eleventh, and twenty-one armored divisions."

Among them, the First Armored Division was awarded the title of "Imperial Eagle":

The Third Armored Division awarded the title of "Imperial Cavalry";

The Seventh Armored Division awarded the title of "Devil";

The 11th Armored Division awarded the Imperial Thorns title;

The 21st Armored Division awarded the Desert Saber title.”

When Marshal Reichenau introduced the title, Hitler nodded repeatedly, but frowned when he heard the titles of the last two armored divisions.

"What does the Empire Thorn mean? Does this teacher have thorns all over his body like a thorn?"

Guderian said: "Not only are the whole body thorns, once the enemy encounters this armored division, it will be like falling into a thorn group. The more you struggle, the tighter you will be entangled and then destroyed. This is an armored division with outstanding offensive and defensive abilities."

"Oh, that's it. What's going on with that desert saber?" Hitler asked.

"I named this name," Chen Dao said. "The 21st Armored Division is one of the few Armored Divisions that have been garrisoned in the desert. In the future, the war will end and may be sent back to the desert area, so I think it should be given a name with desert characteristics."

Hitler nodded silently, suddenly thinking in his mind, could the five armored divisions be selected from each of the five armored armies?

In this way, the five armored armies will have a strong sense of honor and there will be no gap in their hearts.

After thinking about this joint, Hitler was satisfied with this muddy method.

Marshal Reichnau continued: "Because we have carried out a synchronous mobilization, the production of weapons can meet our needs, in addition to some new weapons. So we decided to upgrade the Army and some of the armed SS units. On the Army, we plan to upgrade the First, Thirty, Forty-Fourth and Seventy-Eighth Infantry Divisions to Armored Grenadier Divisions, so that we have eighteen Armored Grenadier Divisions. As for the armed SS...

Marshal Reichenau looked at Himmler, and Himmler continued: "The Wrathful SS plans to upgrade the 12th and 3rd Divisions to armored divisions, and at the same time complete the organization of the three divisions, the Nine, Tenth and Eleventh Divisions, which are missing, and these three divisions are armored grenadier divisions. In this way, all our twelve land divisions will be established."

Himmler glanced at Goring and Chen Dao, and then said: "With the strong support of the Air Force, our subsequent twenty tactical aerial divisions have been completed, which is enough to equip each army on the Eastern Front with a tactical aerial division."

Marshal Reichenau said: "After the strong suggestion of General Rosen and General Guderian, we have adjusted the large-scale organization of the armored forces and prepared to form eight armored armies."

"Eight? So many?" Hitler was startled.

"Yes," said Marshal Reichnau. The plan was like this. Each armored army was organized into three armored divisions and two armored grenade divisions, plus a heavy armored brigade and a tactical aviation division, as well as the artillery regiment directed by the Army Command, and other units such as the artillery regiment.

This requires a total of 24 armored divisions, 16 armored grenade divisions and eight heavy armored brigades. After completing these arrangements, the remaining 90 armored grenade divisions and Greater German armored grenade divisions stationed in Palestine.

Among the twelve marine divisions of the SS, two are mountain divisions and one cavalry division. Not counting these three divisions, the SS has three armored divisions and six armored grenade divisions, and one armored division and two armored grenade divisions are formed into three independent armored armies in total.

In this way, we have eight armored armies, in addition to three independent armored armies, six independent heavy armored brigades, the Imperial Marshal Division, and a powerful reserve team of the Great German Division.

Among the eight armored armies, six of them fought on the front line, one served as a reserve team on the Eastern Front, and the other served as a general reserve team in the country.

The three independent armored troops and six heavy armored brigades of the armed SS, as well as the Imperial Marshal Division, the Great German Division, etc., will either fight independently or be strengthened for the armored army according to the needs of the battlefield."

"Well, very well, I agree. What else should I report?" Hitler asked.

Marshal Reichnau said: "There are two details. One is that there is no military headquarters in the armored army, and the army headquarters directly commands the armored troops of the five divisions and a brigade. This is General Rosen's suggestion, which can simplify the command process and speed up the troops' response."

After Hitler was silent for more than ten seconds, he suddenly asked: "A headquarters directly commands six subordinate units, which is barely acceptable. But what if new troops are strengthened, such as the armored army, the staff will be under great pressure in their work."

Marshal Reichenau said: "This is exactly the second detail I want to talk about. Because the army-level units in the Armored Army are cancelled, many commanders will lose their troops, so we did some remedial work. First, it is stipulated that only the rank of general can be the commander of the Armored Army, and then those commanders with insufficient ranks will go to the Armored Army Command to serve as deputy commanders.

The first responsibility of these deputy commanders is to be responsible for the logistics of the group army, which is a measure formulated considering the high pressure of the logistics demand of the armored group army and the relatively poor traffic conditions in Russia.

If new troops are strengthened into the Armored Army, or if a temporary army-level battle cluster is needed, the deputy commander can temporarily serve as a commander and coordinate the troops' operations."

"Is this organization only used in armored forces?" Hitler asked.

"Yes, try it in the armored forces first." Marshal Reichenau said.

"It just so happens that we can test the actual effect of this organization in winter defense warfare," said Hitler.

After saying that, Hitler suddenly remembered something and turned his head to look at Gorene.

"Hermann, winter is here, when will your Air Force Field Division be in place?"

Goring said with a smile: "The troops have been basically formed, with ten divisions and 100,000 people, all elite. This winter, the Luftwaffe field division will become synonymous with terror. In three months, I will draw another 100,000 people to the Eastern Front to support the Army."

Goring's extraordinary confidence instantly aroused everyone's attention. Everyone first watched Goring, and then turned their eyes to Chen Dao.

Hitler was also a sensible person and asked Chen directly: "Heinz, where is this Air Force field division powerful?"

Everyone was forced out. At that time, Gorin was so angry that he claimed to set up an Air Force Field Division to go to the Eastern Front to make his record. He immediately made Chen Dao possessed by the ghost of Alexander the Great again.

If you say something, you will be like splashed water and you will not be able to collect it.

Under heavy pressure, Chen Dao found a good solution to the problem after careful thinking.

Chen Dao talked with everyone's curious eyes.

"It's nothing more than developing the strengths of the Luftwaffe, avoiding weaknesses, and scrambling to make points and taking advantage of the firepower of the Luftwaffe. Think about it, the Luftwaffe is best at two things: first, flying an aircraft, and second, what is the second?"

Everyone showed deep thoughts. Himmler thought of the answer first and asked tentatively: "It should be a plane, right?"

Chen Dao snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "If you answer correctly, you're just a plane. So the question is, what kind of plane is used to masturbate?"

"Fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns," said Hitler.

Chen Dao nodded and said, "Because the Air Force field division is a land unit, fighter jets are not equipped. However, anti-aircraft guns are as much as possible. Each Air Force field division has three regiments under its jurisdiction, three battalions per regiment, and three companies per battalion. Among the three companies, one is light anti-aircraft gun company, medium anti-aircraft gun company and heavy anti-aircraft gun company. The battalion is a basic combat unit, and ten divisions are ninety battalions. It is sent to the front line to strengthen the infantry divisions with insufficient troops, which can allow those eliminated old anti-aircraft guns to exert their remaining energy.

Our Air Force Field Division's famous quote is to hit the planes on the top, bomb tanks on the middle, and sweep infantry on the bottom."
Chapter completed!