What Gao Fei values ​​most is that if the Americans are willing to provide relevant equipment, machine tools and mining metallurgical manufacturing equipment, it is entirely possible to produce the m4 Sherman series tanks in China, because after the war, the US military evaluated it and believed that the cost of transporting m4s from subordinates back to the country is higher than that of manufacturing new m4s, and there is no need for so many tanks in the United States. Therefore, many m4s are left overseas and sold to the local government as military surplus materials. Those that cannot be sold or damaged will be discarded at will.

The advantages of the m4 series Sherman are high reliability, easy maintenance and widespread use. The versatility of its components is as high as 90%, which is extremely rare. The organ rocket launcher equipped with a sixty-tube four-point five-inch rocket launcher on the turret has extremely strong maneuverability, while the installation of a flamethrower becomes a fire-breathing tank.

It can also be changed to a 105mm howitzer to strengthen artillery protection and improve the output of soft killing capabilities. As the main production equipment, the M4a3, which is equipped with a 76mm long tube and high-speed main gun, is the main combat vehicle of the Sherman tank series. Its main disadvantage is firepower and armor defense is still quite different from that of famous German and Soviet medium tanks. The armor protection around its gasoline engine is particularly insufficient, and it is very easy to get caught and catch fire when facing German and German opponents. Therefore, the US military nicknamed it "Lang Sen"! It describes it as a lighter.

However, Sherman tanks also have several world-leading technologies. First of all, the turret rotation device is the fastest in World War II, and it only takes less than ten seconds to rotate a week. Secondly, Sherman is the only tank equipped with a vertical artillery stabilizer in World War II, which can aim at the target and fire while moving. Sherman's 550-horsepower gasoline engine is also one of the best tank engines in World War II, giving Sherman tanks a maximum road speed of 52 kilometers. These advantages are very helpful for mobile combat.

Therefore, Gao Fei provided five classic tank models of Brigadier Wicks and related data. Brigadier Wicks was skeptical about Gao Fei's experimental data, and was embarrassed to question Gao Fei in person. After all, Brigadier Wicks didn't know much about the armored troops. He only knew that in this French battle, France and Britain had tank troops with absolute advantage in quantity and quality, but they were far behind the Germans in tactics. As a result, they were surrounded and annihilated by the Germans. Germany captured more than 2,700 tanks of various types and more than 17,000 artillery. Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice Mountains and Rivers 553

Gao Fei wants to attract the attention of the US government. He has indeed aroused the Americans' strong interest in the assessment and testing of the troops, because the Youth Army gave the Americans an extreme impression that this is a group of extremely patriotic, firm and strong Chinese soldiers with a steel-like will lack only weapons. Brigadier General Wicks was originally planning to inspect the rest of the troops, including the troops of the Communist Party of China as Marshall, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

However, Chongqing refused because of the changeable situation of the enemy. Since he had completed his inspection and evaluation task well, Brigadier General Wax was naturally happy to reduce unnecessary friction and unpleasant occurrences with China. After all, there are too few Chinese generals as young as Gao Fei and who understands China's national conditions and Western social values. In addition to Gao Fei, Brigadier General Wax felt that there were different degrees of barriers in communication with all Chinese generals, and even cultural entanglements.

For Gao Fei, in addition to letting the entire young army change into ragged shoes to pretend to be a beggar, Chairman Jiang Lei was furious, Gao Fei wanted to seek real assistance from the United States, not to give hundreds of planes or hundreds of tanks. Gao Fei still understood the truth that it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. He also told Brigadier General Wicks that China has a large number of unemployed technical workers and has a large amount of resources and manpower to use. As long as there is sufficient technical support and equipment support, China can also manufacture the required weapons and equipment to a certain extent. This cost is much smaller than the risk of breaking through the blockade far beyond the ocean, and it will not be very urgent to drag the United States into this war. Tractor factories can produce tanks, but strictly speaking, it is not within military restriction assistance.

Commodore Wicks faithfully recorded all of Gao Fei's understanding in his diary, and stated on the side that if the Chinese Expeditionary Force really went to Myanmar, then I hope this army is the Chinese Youth Army commanded by General Gao Fei. This is a unit with faith and passionate blood like Asahi. As long as they are given weapons and equipment, they can easily defeat the Japanese Empire that ran around Asia.

In fact, Gao Fei wanted to take advantage of this critical time point at the end of 1940. Before Japan, the United States and Britain had completely broken up. The Americans began to control Japan, but they still covered the best opportunity to hesitate. Because in history, the Soviet Stalingrad tractor factory was built in the United States, assembled and then transported to the Soviet Union. About 85 American manufacturers made all aid equipment for the factory, and assembled it in the Soviet Union by the Americans and Germans. The famous Kharkov tractor factory was also built with foreign aid. The equipment was made in Germany and the United States, and the Americans served as the chief construction engineer. In terms of aircraft and engine production, the United States supplies Soviet aircraft or aircraft accessories and provides technical assistance.

After Germany's full invasion of the Soviet Union, these two tractor factories became the cradle of the T34 tank. Gao Fei wanted to strive for more, because in this overall environment of the world pattern, the Americans were hesitating whether it was the best time to intervene, and they also had to fight against the powerful isolationist forces at home. Therefore, the United States was definitely very generous during this period. Therefore, if this opportunity could be used to make Chinese requests to the Americans and avoid the United States from directly intervening in the war to a large extent, the Americans would be very willing to see it. If Roosevelt wanted to be re-election, he could not openly confront the isolationist forces. The rights of the US president came from balance!

Gao Fei sorted out his plans and submitted them to Chiang Kai-shek, including some British and American secrets mentioned by Brigadier General Wicks to the Chinese government, etc. After all, Brigadier Wicks, who was then the General Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should not be underestimated in the US military.
Chapter completed!