The 1st Armored Division marched north from the Zangjian Gorge and almost swept the Dahua Army positions on the flanks. Advanced Panther tanks began to appear frequently in front of the Dahua Empire troops, which further confirmed the existence of this new type of tank.
After receiving the new information, the top brass of Dahua's army panicked, because they really didn't want to see the new weapons of the Tang Dynasty.
Feng Kezhi is in Fengjiang's headquarters. The imperial general is being tortured to death by the anxious war recently.
Although his troops have stabilized their position, the pressure is not easy for him as a commander.
On the one hand, he must always be prepared to deal with the trouble caused by the blind command of His Majesty the Emperor behind him. On the other hand, he must also prepare for a more violent attack that the Tang army may launch later.
Just kidding, the Tang army's cessation of attack was obviously not due to the Dahua army's defense being effective, so Feng Kezhi knew very well that when an army stopped on its own initiative, it was probably to wait for reinforcements to arrive and then attack more harshly.
This is just like fighting. Only by holding back your fists can you organize a more threatening attack. Feng Kezhi understands this principle, so he must be prepared.
The good news is that in the northwest of Dahua, the Qin State, which has harsh natural conditions, has the most brave and capable soldiers in the world. These soldiers are now arriving at the front line to fight for the Dahua Empire.
Although these Qin troops were not very obedient at times, and often violated the agreement and plundered nearby villages to raise military pay and food, they were indeed very powerful in fighting.
However, there is also a lot of bad news, such as the Tang Army's new tank that has been confirmed.
Funk looked impatiently at the officer who came to deliver the message, and asked with a helpless tone: "Why has a new tank appeared again? Are you sure it's not an improved version of the No. 4 tank?"
The officer nodded firmly and answered Feng Kezhi's question: "I'm sure not. That new tank is very easy to identify. The tank body uses a large piece of sloping armor."
His last illusion was shattered, and Feng Kezhi's face became even more ugly. However, he was still a little mentally prepared, because even he knew that this kind of news was generally unmistakable.
After all, the No. 4 tank has been used on the battlefield for a long time. The appearance of side skirts hanging on the outside and a circle of curved steel plates outside the turret is very easy to recognize.
Moreover, it is very certain that the front armor of the No. 4 tank is divided into two vertical sections: upper and lower.
After hearing the officer who came to deliver the news mention that the Tang Army's new tank had sloping upper armor, Feng Kezhi knew that the new tank was indeed not the No. 4.
Therefore, he directly asked the question he was most concerned about: "Why is it tilted? Is there any explanation in this regard?"
Exactly how thick the armor of the new Panther tank is and why it is designed with sloped armor are all unknown mysteries to the Dahua army. Their understanding of this new type of tank is almost zero.
The No. 4 tank had a record of being destroyed on the battlefield of Qi State before. At that time, the Qi State and Cyric's advisors obtained many wreckage of the No. 4 tank at all costs.
Even later, after the Mirage troops destroyed the No. 4 tank, they took photos, recorded and measured a lot of data.
Although these data found from the wreckage are not accurate, they provide some reference: this is completely different from being completely blind and not knowing anything.
The unknown sometimes means fear!
The officer shook his head and asked confused: "I don't know, the engineers are still experimenting, but the data is not accurate, and there are no results yet."
"Why have they already started mass production, but our engineers haven't produced any results yet?" The next second, Feng Kezhi blurted out a question that Cyric's engineers often asked.
The officer also gave the same answer that Cyric engineers often come up with to answer such questions: "We know almost nothing about new technologies, and we are still using outdated technologies from Datang Group that we have not fully understood.
, this is something that can’t be helped.”
In recent years, new weapons from the Tang Kingdom have emerged one after another, and new technologies always cause headaches for Cyric designers and engineers trying to follow up.
The emergence of every new type of weapon is a combination of one, or even dozens of dozens of new technologies.
This kind of iteration cannot be completed before the old technology is thoroughly understood: plagiarism is sometimes not easy, and making a complex weapon and equipment is not as simple as scribbling a few ABCDs on an answer sheet.
The old technologies are barely understood, and it is naturally impossible to follow up on new technologies as soon as they come out. If a country cannot build a MiG-21, who would believe it if it says it can build a stealth aircraft?
Cyric is in this state now. They are still studying the design ideas of the battleship's power system and armor protection. They are still thinking of ways to bring the aircraft into the single-wing era. They are still thinking about whether to install two more turrets on the tank.
Fulfilling the long-cherished wish of the Land Cruiser...
Under this premise, it was indeed a bit difficult for them to figure out why the Tang Army's tanks used sloped armor.
However, I believe they will soon experiment with corresponding data and find that the protection of inclined armor is slightly better than vertical armor, and then they will adopt similar design ideas in the design of their next-generation tanks...
It's a pity that it will probably be a year before Cyric's new tank is put into mass production. By that time, the war will probably be over.
"Think about the Air Force. Our Army is quite good. I heard that the Air Force's planes are a whole generation behind and cannot be used." After the officer explained, he also mocked the generals inexplicably.
China's Air Force.
Army commanders have been quite critical of the Air Force recently, making sarcastic remarks from time to time, and even holding guns and sticks in meetings to accuse the Air Force of inaction...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The reason is the dissatisfaction caused by the Air Force's recent passive avoidance of war: 90% of the Air Force that spent a lot of money to set up was destroyed on the ground, and the pilots did not even dare to take to the air to fight.
, who can have no objection to allowing the Great China Army to be bombed by the enemy’s air force?
The air force commanders were actually very wronged: their pilots were not as skilled as their opponents, and their aircraft were not as good as their opponents. Going up to them was simply a matter of death. How could they fight this battle?
They wanted to preserve their strength, so they no longer took to the air to fight. As a result, once air supremacy was lost, the Army's dissatisfaction was about to be unquenchable.
Feng Kezhi was aware of the Air Force's difficulties, and he also understood the Air Force's choice to avoid war before new aircraft arrived at the front lines and increased in number.
But he understands, and whether low-level people understand or not is beyond his control: if he wants to block Yuyou's mouth, the Air Force must speak for itself with its results.
Hearing that the Army officers began to mock the Air Force overtly and covertly again, Feng Kezhi gave a wry smile and brought the topic back to the Army: "How good are we? The Dahua 2 tanks were already capable of defeating the Tang Dynasty's No. 4 tanks.
It’s very stressful, and now there’s another tank with a damn name I don’t know! That’s not all yet... there’s that, that and so on...”
For a moment, he couldn't remember the name of the armored vehicle he heard before. The reconnaissance force of the Dahua Army was severely beaten by this enemy armored vehicle, which was almost smaller than tanks.
The adjutant next to him immediately kindly reminded: "An eight-wheeled armored vehicle. It is very fast on the road and often raids our troops. That thing also appeared in this war. In the previous battle of Qi, no one had
I’ve seen similar weapons.”
"Damn it!" Feng Kezhi muttered. He was more impressed by the Tang Army's Lion tank than the Tang Army's new tank that first appeared in the direction of Wangchun City.
After all, this thing appeared in front of him and caused him a lot of unexpected troubles. It was much more flexible than a tank, and it was very unpredictable and difficult to deal with.
The Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle, which often operates on a bicycle, has excellent off-road capabilities. The small vehicle can carry cannons and has strong anti-tank capabilities. This vehicle can reverse very quickly and can hit and run. It is so shameless!
The basic tactics of the Tang Army's reconnaissance troops were to conduct advance reconnaissance and retreat when they found an advantage. Relying on their own mobility and flexibility, they not only saw through the defensive deployment of the Dahua troops, but also often fired two shots to take advantage.
So Feng Kezhi hated this kind of thing very much. Once again when he went to the front line for inspection, he encountered this kind of weapon of the Tang Army. The opponent attacked his convoy out of nowhere. Fortunately, he had already got out of the car and entered the bunker, and escaped.
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The adjutant continued: "The radio said that the thing is called the Lion Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle. It is a wheeled armored vehicle. The engineers believe that the other party is deliberately pursuing a higher speed by using wheeled vehicles."
Feng Kezhi finally remembered that this thing was called a reconnaissance vehicle, and he became even more angry: "Yes! Reconnaissance vehicles...well, their reconnaissance vehicles are outclassed by our tanks! And our reconnaissance troops are still cavalry! They are on horseback.
cavalry!"
The Dahua troops do not have advanced equipment such as armored reconnaissance vehicles, and they do not even have radio communication equipment.
Therefore, the Dahua Army's reconnaissance force is very backward. It can be said that it is a replica of the Tang Army's reconnaissance force five years ago: a large number of cavalry units, relying on the naked eye to find the enemy, and then running back to report everything they saw with their own eyes.
Not only was this work dangerous, it also had a high delay: by the time the cavalry came back to report the situation, the enemy tanks were likely already within a kilometer or two.
The cross-country speed of the Tang army was almost as fast as that of the cavalry, which is why Dahua's troops could never catch up or escape. The huge gap in weapons forced Feng Kezhi to passively defend, which made the imperial general
Very annoyed.
Cyric's technical advisor, standing next to Funk, admitted his technical weakness with some embarrassment: "Yes, the opponent's heavy armored vehicles pose a high threat to our tanks, including the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle and the
There are Panzer 4 tanks and Panzer 4 assault guns... plus that brand new tank, which can destroy all types of tanks we have."
However, he quickly explained for his consortium: "We can confirm that Tang Jun has an advanced vehicle-mounted real-time communication equipment. We are conducting research in this area and will have results soon."
Feng Kezhi glanced at Cyric's advisor, not embarrassed to expose his lie: Cyric promised to research many technologies, but everything was in a dream.
The Tang Kingdom has been using this technology for several years, but not only has Cyric failed to develop it, he has not even understood the basic principles.
It was a single-wing, full-metal-skinned fighter that was finally developed by the skilled craftsmen of the Dahua Empire... Unfortunately, compared to the Butcher fighter jets of the Tang Dynasty, it was really not that bad.
After complaining about the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle of the Tang Army, Feng Kezhi finally thought of this new enemy tank that had just appeared in his war zone. He looked at the officer who came to deliver the news and continued to ask: "The new tank
Tank...new tank...what other features does that thing have?"
The officer immediately answered the general's question: "According to the testimonies of our surviving tank crews and infantry, the biggest feature of the enemy's new tank is the use of a sloping armor steel plate in the front of the body..."
"I've already said this." Feng Kezhi waved his hand impatiently.
The officer looked at the information in his hand with some embarrassment, and added: "Well, another thing is that the enemy's new tanks use double rows of staggered road wheels, one pressed against the other, which is very complicated. Our engineers also
We haven’t yet analyzed what the purpose of this design is.”
By the same token, Cyric engineers are still lamenting the subtle relationship between tracks and pressure, and it is unlikely that they will understand the beauty of double-row road wheels.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Moreover, the processing precision of this structure is very high, which is much more complicated than other World War II-era road wheel shock absorber systems. This is also an important reason for its elimination:
The shock-absorbing effect provided by this thing is obviously not as obvious as the disaster it brings to logistical support.
But for the crew members, this complex road wheel is really great: in the field of marching, the stability of the Panther tank's body is simply incredible. To a certain extent, it ensures the stability of the tank.
Team members have higher continuous combat capabilities.
Of course, it is impossible for Cyric engineers to figure out the relationship between the number of road wheels, the diameter of the road wheels and the entire shock absorber system at once.
In the past two years, they have reluctantly transplanted the car's suspension system to the tank and improved it so that the tank can continue to fight in bumpy environments.
These are completely two ideas. The engineers of Tang State wanted to make the tank more comfortable and more usable, while the engineers of Cyric wanted to make the tank into a barely usable state...
Feng Kezhi glanced at Cyric's engineer who was standing nearby, already quite embarrassed, and thoughtfully skipped the explanation step for him: "You continue!"
He had actually seen that regarding the most cutting-edge military equipment of the Tang Army, the technical consultant from Cyric in front of him actually knew no more than he, Feng Kezhi.
It is even possible that this consultant did not know as much as the Dahua army on the front line: at least Dahua's troops were the first to discover the Tang army's Panther tank. If they had not discovered it, Cyric might not have even known that the Tang army had this thing.
This is the same reason why the army of Qi was the first to know how terrifying Tang's air force was, and the soldiers of Mirage were the first to use steel helmets, grenades and landmines.
The soldiers risking their lives at the front are always the first to think of a solution: if they don't think of a solution for themselves, they will have no choice but to die on the battlefield.
The engineers who were engaged in research later did not seem to have this urgency: for them, the slower the development of weapons and equipment, it was nothing more than a smaller bonus.
However, due to the limited cultural level of the frontline troops, it is easy to overlook some details: for example, in the characteristics of the Panther tank they provided this time, a very important part was ignored in the description of the hull.
The Tang Army has begun to use wider tracks to reduce the pressure of tanks on the ground. This is a piece of information that may not seem obvious, but is very important!
If a professional looks at it, it can at least be judged that the weight of the Panther tank is much larger than that of the No. 4 tank, and it can be roughly guessed that the protection level of the Panther tank has been qualitatively improved.
The report in the hand of the officer did not mention the tracks, because the Dahua troops on the front line did not think that the width of the tracks would harm them. What they cared more about was the artillery on this new type of tank!
Therefore, when the officer spoke again, he was talking about artillery: "The third characteristic is that the enemy's new tanks use longer-barreled artillery...a bit like the long-barreled cannon on a battleship.
It looks more majestic.”
He also had no way to judge the power of the artillery, because the armor of Dahua tanks was not very thick to begin with, and the Tang Army's short-barreled 75mm cannon could penetrate it with one shot, but the penetration distance was relatively short.
Therefore, his description of the power of the new artillery was very vague, and he used an adjective that sounded very unprofessional: "awesome"...
Feng Kezhi still has some reserves of knowledge in this area. He is a soldier and knows the performance of artillery very well.
So he once again glanced at the embarrassed Cyric engineer and said, "A more powerful artillery! I don't need an engineer to analyze this. I know that a longer barrel means a more powerful artillery!"
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"Yes! General! The power is indeed greater... The enemy is now more willing to fire directly from a distance of 1,000 meters to destroy our tanks trying to get close to the enemy." The officer looked at the data in the report and nodded.
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The report said that the Tang Army's troops equipped with new tanks would be more inclined to fire at longer distances, and the farthest distance to be destroyed was even an incredible number of 1,500 meters.
Logically speaking, a tank that is one kilometer away is not too big in the sight. It can destroy the target at a distance of 1,500 meters. It basically depends on luck.
But even if it is a blind cat, it is only a cat. Being able to destroy the tanks of the Dahua Army at such a long distance shows that the Tang Army's tank guns can really hit so far and so hard. Secondly, it also shows that the Tang Army's aiming equipment is
Can see so far and aim so far!
"So far? No wonder our tank troops are suffering more and more losses." So, after hearing what the officer said, Feng Kezhi immediately frowned.
He didn't have many tanks to begin with, and they had all supported Qian Jinhang's attack on Xicong earlier. Now that he was facing a more powerful opponent, he had to be more cautious.
"General! General! The latest news! The latest intelligence!" At this time, an officer responsible for listening to the Tang Army's radio came in and shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door.
"Say!" Feng Kezhi looked at the other party and ordered.
"The enemy admitted the existence of this new tank on the radio and called this new tank the Panther tank!" The officer said the name of the Panther tank as if he had found a treasure. Obviously, Tang Jun did not mind showing off his new tank.
Weaponry.
"Panther tank?" After hearing the name, Feng Kezhi seemed to have thought of something bad, and his expression became much more depressed.
"Leopard tank!" The officer nodded, knowing that he heard correctly, and Tang Jun also repeated it many times very considerately.
The radio said that the new tanks were invincible on the battlefield and that the Dahua army fled. It was said that Fengjiang was about to become the possession of the Tang army.
Obviously, there was a lot of moisture in this report. At least the Dahua officers in Fengjiang knew that it was still some distance from the front line, and the Tang army had not advanced to the outskirts of Fengjiang as they said on the radio.
Finally, as if he remembered something, after hearing the name for the first time, Feng Kezhi had a sudden realization: No wonder the opponent's armored reconnaissance vehicle is called Lion. It turns out that the naming method has changed.
The new armored reconnaissance vehicle is designed to support this newer type of tank, so it is equipped with a firepower system similar to that of the Panzer 4 tank.
It seems that the Tang Army is preparing to upgrade to this new type of tank in the future. This also means that the No. 4 tank they were chasing before is being eliminated by the Tang Army.
In fact, this is indeed the case. The Tang Army is stepping up the mass production of its own Leopard tanks and is providing more new artillery shells for the Leopard tanks.
The long-barreled 75mm caliber cannon is very powerful, and its functionality is much better than the short-barreled 75mm caliber cannon.
In the short term, it is unlikely that any country in the world will produce a tank better than the Leopard tank in a short period of time, so the Tang Army can relax and manufacture more Leopard tanks for its own use.
Of course, Feng Kezhi didn't know all this. What he was thinking about now was how to build as many anti-tank trenches as possible to make the defense line near the south more secure.
Because those new tanks of the Tang Army came from the southern region to the north, they would definitely appear in the south of Fengjiang first.
The Dahua Empire was not unprepared. The Qin army arrived at the front line and brought more anti-aircraft guns and heavy artillery. These greatly strengthened the defense force in the direction of Fengjiang.
As long as Fengjiang is defended, the impact of the previous losses of the Dahua Empire will be offset. The situation will stabilize and the Dahua Empire will still have a chance to breathe!
