Chapter 358 Strategic Contest

The design institute added a two-centimeter-thick mixed fire extinguishing agent into the compartment of the power chamber and the combat chamber. After testing, it can effectively reduce the thermal radiation and mechanical vibration noise inside the tank combat chamber, and members also have enough time to evacuate after the power chamber catches fire.

In addition, the design institute has also adjusted the load-bearing suspension of the Iron Cavalry medium main battle tank, and has prepared to modify the original evenly arranged five pairs of load-bearing wheels, and arranged two pairs of rear load-bearing wheels in the first three pairs of center-designed close to the front and the rear-bearing wheels in a sparse way, leaving a gap at two-thirds of the vehicle body.

This simple change can perfectly solve the problem that the front two pairs of load-bearing wheels reported by the troops are too heavy to wear and the rear three pairs of load-bearing wheels are too hard to suspend. Two semi-automatic fire extinguishers are arranged in the engine compartment. Members can manually extinguish the fire, or they can fuse the spray plug of the low-temperature alloy when the temperature in the compartment exceeds 120 degrees, so that even if the inside of the vehicle body catches fire, members can be safe.

There is also a point where the design institute is preparing to cancel the heading machine gun at the driver's position and increase the overall defense in front of it. The troops do not have much objection to this, because this machine gun cannot play any role in combat. Moreover, the driver has no time and energy to operate the machine gun for combat. He also changed the Iron Cavalry's medium main battle tank to four-person operation, canceling the co-pilot position, and the ammunition supplyer has more space to operate.

However, when Zhang Xuewu saw the simple drawings of the new prototype car, he was stunned. This kind of leap is too outrageous? If the power of the artillery is not included, the combat effectiveness of this car has exceeded the T54 tank in the 1950s. The load-bearing wheel structure has been arranged in the t62 way. The entire tank has been changed so that Gao Fei can't recognize his appearance. However, the new 105mm tank gun is still under test, and the specific installation time is not yet determined. Moreover, it may take some time to transfer such a large number of Iron Cavalry tanks back to the manufacturer for transformation from the troops to train to form combat effectiveness.

The combat effectiveness of the Iron Cavalry transformed into a tank can be said to be able to outspoken any main battle tank during World War II. Even if it encounters a T54, it will be able to win in battle. The Soviets can be said to be on the wrong path on tanks, but the Russians have strong comprehensive national strength, and the Germans are like a strong storm. If Hitler's blitzkrieg cannot knock down the Russians, then the Germans will eventually be knocked down by the opponent's backhand, but the Russians will only pay a greater price in the process.

Moreover, history has undergone unpredictable changes. In the two battles with Zhang Xuewu, not only failed to resolve the main force of Zhang Xuewu in Rehe, Chahar, and Suiyuan, but Zhang Xuewu also occupied Shanhaiguan to threaten Pingjin. The main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army and the main force of the North China Japanese army have retreated into the Northeast. The five divisions and three mixed brigades stationed in North Korea have also begun to concentrate their troops to Andong, preparing to reinforce the Kwantung Army at any time when necessary.

Mejiro Umezu was different from his previous commanders of the Kanto Army, especially his chief of staff, Kanir Ishihara, who was the few generals with strategic vision in the Japanese military. Especially the failure of the two battles against Zhang Xuewu made Mijiro Umezu realize that if Zhang Xuewu's foreign aid was not cut off and the military was strengthened, the Imperial Army would not be able to defeat Zhang Xuewu. Zhang Xuewu's four fortress cities would be an insurmountable peak for the Kanto Army.

Moreover, Mijiro Umezu and Kanir Ishihara have a common understanding, that is, the imperial armaments have always been inclined toward the navy, and the main contradiction between the army and the navy is more concentrated on the originally small resource allocation, while the main reason why the Imperial Army's weapons and equipment have not been updated much is that the Japanese Army has always regarded the Zhongxun team as its opponent, and even pointed rifles and bullets cannot be made in China. It is against a Chinese military team with more than 200 antique firearms in the Wanguo brand, the Type 38 rifle, the Taisho 11th Light Machine Gun, the Type 92 heavy machine gun and other infantry light weapons have been considered armed to the teeth.

Therefore, during the Battle of Shanghai, if the firepower support scope of naval guns and aviation troops were separated, especially without sufficient artillery fire support, the Imperial Army's standing division would be severely damaged when encountering the German armed division of the Chinese Central Army, and they would be less than half a advantage when fighting with them. Thanks to the fact that there were not many German armed divisions in China. If the Chinese government really completed the dressing training of the German armed units of 60 divisions, I am afraid that the Imperial Army would be no match for the Chinese Army! Fortunately, the Chinese did not have the money to buy too many fighter jets and heavy artillery.

However, the huge losses caused by fighting Zhang Xuewu in Rehe twice in a row made Meizu Mijiro and Ishihara Kanir realize that Zhang Xuewu's idea of ​​building an army was based on European military power as a model. The first-level regiments of his youth army's new division were all over 15,000. The firepower of light weapons was twice that of the German Standard Infantry Division, and the firepower of field artillery and heavy artillery was three to five times that of the German Standard Infantry Division. The firepower of an imperial division was equal to that of a German Standard Infantry Division. Zhang Xuewu was always accustomed to concentration.

The forces of the second to three divisions must be temporarily strengthened in the field heavy artillery brigade. Zhang Xuewu's Hu Ben and Honorary Division all have two extremely special organizations. The two so-called divisions have more than 35,000 people under the full squad, including the highest tank regiments and heavy artillery regiments, and even more than two mobile rocket launchers. Especially this kind of mobile rocket launcher regiment has become a nightmare for the Imperial Army. The overwhelming rockets can turn an infantry gang defense into a sea of ​​fire in just two minutes.

Meijiro Umezu once suggested that the empire also install such terrible weapons, because according to the information they have, the technical points of this rocket launcher are very easy to solve. The only problem is that a regiment's rocket launcher unit will fire more than a thousand rockets in a round of volleys, and this huge consumption is something that even the Imperial Army, which feels wasteful when using submachine guns, cannot afford it.

Moreover, on the tactical level, Zhang Xuewu's chariot troops were all formed in groups and the divisions were put into battle. The Imperial Army, which had always been against the Chinese team, could not adapt to Zhang Xuewu's tactics at all.

Meijiro Umezu was standing next to the map smoking a cigarette alone. He was the commander of the Kanto Army by Emperor Hirohito in danger. The enemy of the Japanese Empire was not only China, but also the red black hand that supported China behind it. It was impossible to completely solve Zhang Xuewu's tenth war zone without cutting off this black hand. If Zhang Xuewu's tenth war zone was not solved, North China and even central China could only look away, and Manchuria, which was basically obtained, was in danger.

After waiting for a while, Ishihara Kanir, who had arrived late, unbuttoned his collar with a little hot heart. Meijiro Umezu took a deep breath and said, "How is the progress of Jinzhou?"

Ishihara Kaner took a sip of herbal tea and shook his head helplessly, "The situation is very unoptimistic. The falcon-hunting fighter jets in the 10th War Zone that took off from the frontier airport can stay in Jinzhou for an hour and forty minutes. Their Falcon attack aircraft, bf-109f and bf-109k fighter jets have been equipped with new weapons, which can fire dozens or even hundreds of rockets in a very short time, and also special bombs equipped with white phosphorus warheads. All five heavy armored trains in our army were destroyed. White phosphorus burning rockets are used to our heavy armored trains.

, Steel fortress support points, tanks, warships, and fighter jets have great destructive power. Several of our destroyers passing through the Bohai Bay were also attacked by their striking aircraft. Two were sunk and one was severely damaged. The project has been basically suspended these days because the reinforced concrete that urgently needs to be built to build the support points cannot be delivered forward. There is a lack of reinforced concrete. We can only build a large number of civil fortifications. Civil fortifications basically do not have much defensive capabilities for the enemy's heavy artillery. Moreover, with such a long line of defense, more than 20 divisions are confined to guard it. It can be done in the short term, but we can't bear it after a long time."

Mejiro Umezu took a deep breath and said, "The Empire has secretly reached an Axis Agreement with Germany and Italy. The Germans have provided the drawings and technical parameters of our BF-109g fighter. At the latest five months, the Empire will have at least 2,000 latest fighter jets that can compete with Zhang Xuewu, new tanks and heavy artillery, and we will regain the ground-air superiority firepower."

Ishihara Kanir glanced at Meizu Mijiro who was somewhat expectant and even excited, and couldn't bear to splash cold water: "The Empire has the production capacity of 5,000 aircraft per year, but in fact it can't even produce 2,000 aircraft. Half of the aluminum is trafficked from the factory to the black market for profit under various legal excuses. I think it's probably impossible to produce 1,500 aircraft in half a year. Don't have too high expectations for those guys in the Empire. They may even privately reduce the rare elements in our tank armor plates, resulting in a decline in the overall defense of the tanks."

Umezu Mijiro said in surprise: "Do they really dare to endanger the security of the empire so much?"

Ishihara Kanir said disdainfully: "They even dared to lower the standards by the special steel used by the navy to build warships privately. What are the rest? We are all working hard to produce only 5,000 fighter jets per year. This is just theoretical data. The Americans conservatively estimate that they can produce 80,000 various combat aircraft a year. The Soviets' five-year development plan also equipped with more than 28,000 aircraft. Compared with the huge Red Empire, the United States seems to be more terrifying! So it is very irrational to go to Southeast Asia to fight the interests of Britain and the United States just for oil. Siberia also has huge oil fields. The army of our empire is not highly mechanized and its dependence on oil is far less than that of the navy. Therefore, we cannot show our existence and cause disasters to the empire in order to let the navy show its existence."

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