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Chapter 358 Strategic Competition

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

Moreover, the design institute has also adjusted the load-bearing suspension of the iron-riding medium-sized main battle tank, preparing to modify the original evenly arranged five pairs of load-bearing wheels, with the first three pairs of the heart design close to the front, and the tail is sparsely arranged in a sparse way, leaving a gap in the position of two-thirds of the car body.

This simple change can perfectly solve the problem that the front two pairs of load-bearing wheels reflected by the army are too heavy, and the suspension of the last three pairs of load-bearing wheels is too hard without affecting the production line. Two semi-automatic fire extinguishers are arranged in the engine compartment. Members can manually extinguish the fire or exceed the temperature in the cabin. The fire extinguisher of the low-temperature alloy is fused to spray the mouth plug under the condition of more than 120 degrees, so that even if there is a fire inside the car body, it can protect the safety of the members.

There is also a point that the design institute is going to cancel the heading machine gun in the driver's position to increase the overall defense in front of us. The army has no opinion on this point, because the machine gun can't play much role in the battle. Moreover, the pilot has no time and energy to fight with this machine gun, and will also ride the iron. The main battle tank has been changed to a four-person fight, the co-pilot position is cancelled, and the bullets have more space to fight.

But when Zhang Xuewu saw the simple drawings of the new prototype, he was stunned. Is this leap too ridiculous? If you don't count the power of artillery, the combat effectiveness of this car is far beyond that of the T54 tank in the 1950s. The load-bearing wheel structure has been arranged in the way of T62. The whole tank has been changed so that Gao Fei can't recognize it. However, the new 105mm tank gun is still being tested, and the specific loading time is not yet. It is confirmed that it will take some time for the army to train and form combat effectiveness to transfer such a large number of cavalry tanks from the army back to the manufacturer for transformation.

The combat effectiveness of the iron horse to the tank can be said to be proud of any main battle tank during World War II. Even if it encounters T54, it can be won. It can be said that the Soviets will take the wrong path on tanks, but the Russians have a strong comprehensive national strength, and the Germans are like a strong storm, such as If Hitler's blitz could not defeat the Russians, it was the Germans who were finally knocked down by the opponent's backhand, but the Russians had to pay a greater price in the process.

Moreover, history has undergone unpredictable changes. It is said that in the two battles with Zhang Xuewu, I not only failed to solve the main force of Zhang Xuewu in Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan, but Zhang Xuewu also occupied the mountain customs to coerce Pingjin. It is said that the main force of the Kwantung Army and the main force of the North China Japanese army have retreated to the northeast. Five divisions and three reading mixed brigades stationed in North Korea also began to concentrate their troops in Andong, ready to reinforce the Kwantung Army at any time when necessary.

Mezumi Mijiro is different from the successive commanders of the Kwantung Army, especially his chief of staff, Guaner Ishihara, who has few strategic visions in the military, especially the failure of two battles against Zhang Xuewu, which made Mijiro Umezu realize that if he does not cut off Zhang Xuewu's foreign aid and strengthen his armaments, the Imperial Army will be rooted It was impossible to defeat Zhang Xuewu. Zhang Xuewu's four fortress cities are an insurmountable peak for the Kwantung Army.

Moreover, Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara have a common understanding, that is, the imperial ordnance has always been fully inclined to the navy. The main contradiction between the army and the navy is more concentrated in the original lack of resource allocation, while the Imperial Army's weapons and equipment have never been too much. The main reason for the major upgrade is that the army has always used the [***] team as its opponent, and even the pointed rifle bullets cannot be made in China. It is used to deal with a team with more than 20 kinds of universal antique firearms, the Type 38 rifle, the Taisho 11-year-old light machine gun, the Type 22 heavy machine gun and other infantry light weapons. The device is already armed to the teeth.

Therefore, at the time of the Battle of Shanghai, if it is out of the fire support range of naval guns and aviation forces, especially without sufficient artillery support, the standing division of the Imperial Army will be hit hard by the German armor of the Chinese Central Army, and the battle with it will take less than half of the advantage, thanks to the German armor of [***]. There are not many divisions. If the Chinese political axe is really allowed to complete the dress-up training of the German armed forces of 60 divisions, I'm afraid that the Imperial Army is really no match for the Chinese Army! Fortunately, the Chinese have no money to buy too many fighters and heavy artillery.

However, the huge loss of two consecutive battles with Zhang Xuewu in Rehe made Meizu Mijiro and Ishihara Guaner realize that Zhang Xuewu's idea of building the army is based on the European military power. The regiments of the new regiment of the youth army have more than 15,000 people, and the light weapons firepower is the standard infantry division of the German army. Twice, the firepower of wild artillery and heavy artillery is 3.5 times that of the German standard infantry division, while the firepower of a division in the empire is equal to that of a standard German infantry division. Zhang Xuewu is always used to concentrating the strength of two to three divisions and temporarily strengthen the field heavy artillery brigade. Zhang Xuewu's Hu Ben and Honor Division are two extremely special. The establishment exists. The two so-called divisions have more than 35,000 people in full formation, with reading tank regiments and heavy artillery regiments, and even more than two mobile rocket artillery regiments. In particular, this kind of mobile rocket artillery regiment has become a nightmare for the Imperial Army. The overwhelming rockets can be one in just two minutes. The defensive positions of the infantry regiments became a sea of fire.

Mijiro Umezu once suggested that the empire should also be equipped with this terrible weapon, because according to the information they have, the technical point of this rocket launcher is very easy to solve. The only problem is that a regiment's rocket force will launch more than a thousand rockets in a round of volley, and this very huge consumption, It can't be afforded by the Imperial Army, which even feels a waste of using submachine guns.

Moreover, at the tactical level, Zhang Xuewu's chariot troops are all in battle. The Imperial Army, which has always been the opponent of the [***] team, can't adapt to Zhang Xuewu's tactics at all.

Mijiro Umezu stood next to the map and smoked cigarettes alone. He was the commander of the Kwantung Army ordered by Emperor Hirohito in danger. The enemy of this empire was not only China, but also the red black hand that supported China behind it. It is impossible to completely solve Zhang Xuewu's tenth war zone without cutting off this black hand, such as If Zhang Xuewu's tenth war zone is not solved, North China and even Central China can only be looked away, and Manchuria, which is basically in hand, is also in danger.

After waiting for a long time, the belated Ishihara Guaner unbuttoned the collar with his hands. Meizu Mijiro took a deep breath and said, "How's the progress in Jinzhou?"

Ishihara Guaner took a sip of herbal tea and shook his head helplessly and said, "The situation is very unoptimistic. Falcon fighters in the tenth war zone, which took off from the frontier airport, can stay over Jinzhou for an hour and 40 minutes. Their Falcon attack aircraft and BF-109F and BF-109K fighters A new type of weapon can launch dozens or even hundreds of rockets in a very short time, and also add special bullets equipped with white phosphorus warheads. All five heavy armored trains of our army were destroyed, and white phosphorus burning rockets for our heavy armored trains, steel fortress support points, chariots, warships, and fighters. With great destructive power, several of our destroyers passing through the Bohai Bay were also attacked by their strikers. Two were sunk and one was heavily damaged. These days, the project has been basically in a state of shutdown, because the reinforced concrete that urgently needed to build support points cannot be sent forward. Without reinforced concrete, we can only build a large amount of civil engineering. Fortifications and civil fortifications basically do not have much defensive ability for the enemy's heavy artillery, and such a long defense line is concentrated in more than 20 divisions. It can be used in the short term, and we can't stand it over time.

Mijiro 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 of the latest fighters that can compete with Zhang Xuewu. With the new type of chariots and heavy artillery, we will regain the superior firepower of the ground and space.

Ishihara looked at Mijiro Umezu, who was a little expectant and even excited. He couldn't bear to pour cold water and said, "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 was trafficked from the factory into the black market for profit under various legal excuses. I'm afraid for half a year. I'm afraid that even 1,500 can't be produced. Don't expect too much from those guys in the empire. They may even reduce the rare elements in our tank armor plate without permission, resulting in a decline in the overall defense of the tank.

Mijiro Umezu was immediately surprised and said, "Do they really dare to endanger the security of the empire so much?"

Ishihara Guaner disdainfully said, "They even dare to lower the standard of special steel built by the navy. What's the rest? We try our best to produce more than 5,000 fighters a year. This is only theoretical data. The Americans are conservatively estimated to produce 80,000 combat aircraft a year, and the five-year development plan of the Soviets also lists more than 28,000 aircraft. Compared with the huge Red Empire, the United States seems to be more terrible! Therefore, it is very irrational to go to Southeast Asia for the benefit of Britain and the United States just for the sake of oil. There are huge oil fields in Siberia. Our empire's army is not mechanized to a high degree, and its dependence on oil is far less than that of the navy. Therefore, we can't let the navy show its existence and cause disaster for the empire

(to be continued)