No one knows how much rags the Tang Empire seized on the Eastern Continent: there were too many to count.
Many of the so-called military trucks captured by the Tang Army were actually just civilian standards. And these so-called civilian standards on the Eastern Continent were actually just truck standards from the World War II era.
Those so-called trucks with dozens of horsepower engines and wheels not much wider than bicycle tires were not considered vehicles at all in the Tang Empire.
Not to mention the tanks equipped by the coalition forces...these scrap metal Tang troops had already begun to be eliminated during the Datang Group era.
Twenty years have passed, and the tanks on the Eastern Continent are still at the technical level of the No. 4 tank and the Panther tank of World War II. The officers of the Tang Army who were responsible for inspecting and receiving these weapons and equipment could not believe their eyes.
"No radio? This thing doesn't have a radio? Has it been dismantled?" After opening the hatch of an intact Poplar Empire No. 4 tank, the Tang technical officer who came to receive these weapons widened his eyes in disbelief.
Questions were raised.
The adjutant who climbed into the tank with him looked at the registration form, shook his head and explained: "Indeed not, the place where the radio is installed in the drawing we gave is empty. This is not an exception, many captured
All tanks are in this state."
Fortunately before the war broke out, the tanks equipped by the Yangmu Empire were actually qualified products produced in strict accordance with the technical drawings provided by the Tang Empire.
But as the war progressed, the production capacity of the Poplar Empire began to fail to keep up. In order to save costs, the production process of many tanks was simplified accordingly.
Many things have been discarded, because according to the records fed back from the front line, tanks often explode directly after being penetrated, so many layouts in the tank are completely redundant.
For example, the weapons distributed to members are completely omitted. Since members don't get out of their vehicles to fight, they don't have the chance to abandon their vehicles and run away after being hit, so they simply don't equip them with submachine guns, grenade helmets and the like.
At the same time, the hooks for hanging these things and the storage boxes for holding these things can be eliminated... Even in the mid-to-late period, the observation windows on the tanks have eliminated the bulletproof glass and directly designed to be hollowed out.
Naturally, the expensive radio equipment has become a redundant design that has been cancelled: you don’t need it anyway, so why not just not install it. What should you do if you encounter a situation where communication is needed? Don’t be kidding, more than half of the tanks have
It was destroyed by Tang Jun planes during transportation and deployment. It requires a lot of communication...
"What a genius. How did they command and contact this tank without a radio?" The technical officer of the Tang Army was very puzzled, because in his opinion, two-thirds of the tank's combat effectiveness was actually radio equipment and computers.
It is supported by equipment. Without these, this tank would be no different from scrap metal.
The adjutant lowered his head to read the interrogation statement written at the back, then raised his head and said to his superior: "According to the opponent's armor commander's explanation, these types of tanks are mixed into the tank unit. Under normal circumstances, just follow them and fight.
Arrange the tasks in advance and take care of the chores."
In fact, this type of tank is really a disaster for its members: they communicate in the vehicle entirely by kicking each other and tapping each other on the shoulder... External communication depends on the experience of the tank commander and the direction of action of friendly forces to judge themselves.
Should we attack or retreat?
The real situation is that these crew members have not received any serious tank operation training. They only have two or three weeks of training, and it is already very difficult to drive a tank.
Because of this, these tank crews immediately chose to surrender when they encountered the Tang Army. Most of these semi-finished tanks became the trophies of the Tang Army.
Of course, some of these tanks also played some role in urban street fighting. They hid in the ruins as lone wolves and used a one-for-one method to sneak attack on the tanks or armored vehicles of the Tang army.
It's just that these lone wolves will be destroyed by the Tang Army without exception... and as members of the lone wolf tank, the end will generally not be good. They will turn into coke and dry in the closed body.
The officer who heard the adjutant's explanation snorted and said disdainfully: "Ha! No wonder..."
The adjutant continued: "In addition, these tanks will also be distributed to infantry units to support their operations. Anyway, in short... they are just for use."
"No progress! Except for welding thicker steel plates on the front of the tank, their technology has made no progress compared to twenty years ago!" After covering the hatch of the tank, the officer believed that this kind of thing has no research value at all.
: "Next time you come up with something new and exciting, just ask me. It's a waste of time."
The adjutant continued to nod and said: "That's true. You haven't even looked at the Air Force side, and you're almost crying."
"Oh? I can probably guess what's going on." The officer was stunned for a moment, and then immediately showed an expression of realization.
There is no way, the air force's technology intensity is only higher than that of tanks, so the thousands of aircraft captured by the Tang army are even more troublesome.
Unlike ground targets, ground targets will be destroyed in large numbers and scattered across the battlefield and are not easy to clean up. Air Force aircraft are completely different and do not dare to take off to fight. A large number of these aircraft are well preserved near the airport, even if
Even if it is destroyed by a blow, a large amount of concentrated debris can be left behind.
The Tang Empire captured at least 2,000 combat aircraft of various types in the Ice Empire. However, these aircraft were basically antiques.
There are relatively many Saab bombers, which are at the technical level of the early World War II. Due to the harsh battlefield environment and lack of maintenance, not many can fly anymore.
There is also a model with a large number of C-47 transport aircraft. There are really too many of them, and Tang Jun can easily capture dozens or even hundreds of them at an airport.
Including I-16 fighter jets and other aircraft, due to their backward performance, the dwarves themselves did not regard these aircraft as treasures and often abandoned them, so the Tang army captured a lot of them.
A similar situation continued to occur in the Yangmu Empire: The Yangmu Empire also had many HE-111 bombers and Butcher attack fighters, but because they did not dare to take off, they all stayed on the ground and became trophies of the Tang army.
In addition to these, the elves also have a large number of C-47 transport aircraft, which are no different from those used by the dwarves. Counting the same type of equipment in the Susus Empire, the Tang Army captured more than 2,500 C-47 transport aircraft alone.