Sometimes things are so bizarre: Tang Mo's troops are equipped with M35 steel helmets, but they use improved vest-type equipment.
Because no one in this world has ever used poison gas, the German army’s unique gas mask tube full of vertical stripes did not appear.
The tactical shovels used by these soldiers from the Tang Kingdom were Chinese engineer shovels, and their gaiters were American versions made of leather.
Their assaulters used Thompson submachine guns and M1911 self-defense pistols, but the rifles were G43 semi-automatic and Mauser Kar98K!
When it comes to the choice of grenades, Tang Mo finally eliminated the German black technology with wooden handles and chose American grenades that were easier to carry. However, when he changed hands, he equipped his soldiers with MG42 machine guns - a mixture of German and American grenades.
Didn't get any advantage either.
All soldiers are equipped with the German standard colorful camouflage raincoats, as well as the most classic reversible camouflage smocks of the German Army during World War II. However, in winter, the standard long coat style of these soldiers comes from the Soviet Red Army.
Because of Tang Mo's "hobbies", this army now looks like a four-part army. Five parts resemble the German army, three parts resemble the American army, and two parts resemble the Soviet army.
Even though Tang Mo favored the Germans in the choice of tanks and aircraft, he directly favored the United States in the choice of cars.
Most of the various types of cars equipped by the Tang Dynasty were American models, except for the cars used by high-ranking officers.
In addition, Tang Jun's future air force will also have a large number of American aircraft, such as the B-17 strategic bombers he is currently working on, and the C47 transport aircraft responsible for transportation.
As a more practical model, the C47 transport aircraft has been in operation since the Camel fighter was mass-produced. Nowadays, there are actually a lot of C47 transport aircraft on Longdao.
Tang Mo is also a big fan of artillery. The artillery calibers he equips his troops are Western-style 105mm and 155mm.
The main reason for this choice is that Tang Mo plans to return to the Chinese route in the later stage. After all, the further the development goes, the more powerful the Chinese artillery, which adheres to the theory of large artillery, will become, and the more advanced its technology will be.
As for the choice of anti-aircraft artillery, the anti-aircraft artillery of the US Army in World War II can only be said to be very average (excluding the navy). Because it had air superiority as soon as it entered the war, the anti-aircraft firepower of the US Army was not actually very strong.
In comparison, the German ground forces, which have been ravaged by the U.S. Air Force for several years and have been tempered for many years, seem to have a lot of say.
The German army's famous 88 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun has very good performance, but its only drawback is that it is a bit bulky.
In addition, Sandoko's various self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are also dazzling and come in many models, so it's no problem to pick out just a few.
With the experience and lessons of World War II, Tang Mo naturally cannot waste resources on half-track armored vehicles. He is more inclined to build tracked armored vehicles.
Therefore, the half-track armored vehicles that were active on various battlefields in World War II will most likely not appear in this different world.
Its replacement is likely to be a lightweight armored personnel carrier similar to the M3 or BMP - which will work with tanks on the battlefield, protecting infantry and allowing them to keep up with the speed of tank assaults.
Also counting the self-propelled artillery that accompanies tanks in combat, the assault guns that cover infantry in fortified operations, and the tank destroyers distributed to infantry units...
The force Tang Mo envisaged forming had too many armored vehicles and the required production capacity was staggering. It will take more time to fully realize it.
Now, this is all just an idea, and it is far from being realized: Tang Mo does not have the extra production capacity to produce infantry fighting vehicles, which seriously takes up the production capacity of tanks.
Therefore, Tang Mo can only build a motorized army honestly now, and try to increase the popularity of trucks in the army as much as possible.
This is actually a huge project, because if you want to equip more than a dozen divisions with trucks and realize the motorization of the army, the number of trucks required is really staggering.
According to the establishment, the number of vehicles in a division headquarters is as many as hundreds, including the tractors of the artillery regiment, personnel carriers, logistics supply trucks, ammunition trucks... With so many vehicles accumulated, the equipment of an infantry division
A thousand trucks are not too many.
By analogy, Tang Mo's main force would need at least 20,000 vehicles to be motorized. Just the parts needed for the maintenance of these vehicles could fill several warehouses.
This combination finally produced such a classic scene that made Tang Mo dumbfounded: During a drill on Long Island, he saw with his own eyes soldiers armed with Thompson submachine guns and M35 helmets, covering the slow movement of a No. 4 tank.
go ahead.
This kind of picture full of post-modern irony style is really unbearable for Tang Mo to look at. Once some things have been understood for a long time, it is really unbearable to look at them when they are mixed and matched.
Fortunately, Tang Mo is still on Long Island, and he can't see the lively scene of the 2nd Armored Division changing gear near Tongcheng.
The American truck staggered to a stop, and the soldiers were busy moving boxes of German oil drums out of the truck. Parked next to it was an early short-barreled Type 4 tank painted in late World War II camouflage.
Wearing black jackets with small lapels, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Armored Forces are heavily cosplayed as German armored soldiers in World War II. The color of the troops is white, which makes people feel unrecognizable...
This unit is simply an offline gathering of an amateur war reenactment club without any research, and there is a strange sense of disharmony everywhere.
It's just that no one except Tang Mo can see it - in the eyes of other countries, the strangeness of the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom comes from something else.
For example, when armies of various countries generally used uniforms of a single color, the troops of the Tang Kingdom wore the same uniforms as the Beggar Gang Leaders.
For example, when the armies of various countries were stingy and did not equip large-scale metal-consuming steel helmets, the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty actually equipped the entire army with good-looking steel helmets.
For example, most soldiers in the Tang Kingdom had individual self-defense weapons, namely pistols. However, no other country equipped ordinary soldiers with similar weapons on a large scale.
Of course, some countries have purchased Mauser pistols from Cyric to equip their troops, but these countries are obviously using this semi-automatic pistol as a substitute for submachine guns.
In the eyes of other countries, the Tang Army is mysterious and powerful, with everything being weird. Everyone subconsciously avoids the idea of fighting the Tang Army, as if there is an invisible chain that imprisons everyone's hands and feet.
From this perspective, the dandelions scattered by Tang Mo have begun to have an effect. They have subtly affected the judgments of high-level decision-makers in various countries.
It has become everyone's subconscious consensus not to provoke Tang Mo as much as possible. In many cases, this consensus is more effective than an army of 200,000.
On the fourth day after the Gobel Kingdom launched tanks into the war, many residents of Dongwan Island saw another sight they would never forget in their lives.
Along with a continuous depressing buzzing sound, they saw groups of things flying overhead.
These things are obviously smaller than airships, and they are also faster than airships. In an instant, these black spots have turned into Z-shaped shapes, and then gradually lowered their height, and it seems that they will fall on the other side of the mountain.
The locals all know that their new governor had earlier ordered the construction of a strange facility on the outskirts of East Bay City. A super huge flat land was built there, with tall buildings next to it, and warehouses of various shapes...
Now, these flying monsters that make ominous sounds are gathering over there, and there are more than a dozen of them at random.
"Is that a dragon?" A farmer on Dongwan Island looked up at the plane landing in the military restricted area not far away, and asked the village chief who was standing on the field ridge in surprise.
"I heard that Your Majesty is from Dragon Island... Dragon Island, there must be dragons there, right?" Another farmer straightened up and looked at another plane that was landing staggeringly, and asked anxiously, not daring to confirm.
The old village chief looked at the C47 transport planes that were landing on Dongwan Island one after another from a distance, and couldn't explain why they came. After all, he didn't know what these flying things were called.
"I don't know either, but... that's something that belongs to His Majesty... so we have nothing to worry about, right? It's enough for us to know this." After a while, the old village chief came back to his senses and thought about it.
That's what he said.
On this day, the C47 fleet carrying newly graduated Longcheng University students arrived in East Bay, where they will board the ship to Linshui to replenish the teaching staff of Linshui University.
Compared to the earth-shattering sight of Gobel launching a powerful weapon like a tank on the battlefield, the landing of the fleet in front of him seemed a bit quiet.
But anyone who knows what all this means knows who is really changing the world. This is the first time in this world that someone has crossed the ocean. This is a feat that only dragons can accomplish in legend.
These aircraft, which can fly a distance of 2,500 kilometers in one breath, are already two eras ahead of the world before they are even known to people.
In the past, it would take about half a year to transport people from Long Island to Dongwan Island, and you had to choose the time of the month to achieve it.
Not long ago, it took a month to sail from Long Island to Dongwan Island by ship.
Now, after transferring at airports on several small islands, it only takes 4 days to arrive! This is the power of technology!
No one knew yet that these planes actually took off from Long Island, crossed half of the Endless Sea, and arrived at Dongwan, so everyone was just shocked and not frightened.
If they knew the truth, no one would question the technical strength of Datang Group, and no one would care about those clumsy steel bodies twisting next to the bomb craters on the northern battlefield of Gobel.
