Because the body armor of a heavy tank can reach 200 mm, and the turret armor thickness can even reach 300 mm, it is not a concept at all compared to a light tank. There is one heaviest heavy tank with a total weight of 190 tons, which can be said to be a mobile
Fortress, but the Far East Army will not produce this kind of tank. After all, a tank without speed is just a defensive tool.
The Far East Army has always been based on offense and defense, so it not only needs tanks with strong firepower and protection, but also has mobility.
Therefore, when the maximum speed of heavy tanks in various countries is between 20 kilometers per hour and 50 kilometers per hour, the Far East Army T-122 heavy tank can basically reach a speed of 55 kilometers per hour. Currently, it only has anti-tank artillery and self-propelled guns.
The howitzer has more firepower than it does.
The huge steel body and the moving speed of the wind made the heavy tanks of the Far East Legion become cold-blooded killers on the land battlefield. Under the frontal attack launched by the heavy tanks of the Far East Legion, the main force of the resisting side was unable to launch an attack at all. Throughout the battle,
On the battlefield, the five tank divisions of the Far East moved across a wide range of areas and participated in the battle in different directions.
Although the turret rotation speed of heavy tanks is usually slower than that of medium tanks, and despite its strong firepower, fast and flexible medium tanks still have a small advantage in face-to-face battles. However, in Italy, medium tanks were sent to encircle heavy tanks in the Far East.
At this time, another strike force entered the battle, this was the light tank corps that was more flexible than the medium tanks.
The tank troops of the Far East Army use two types of coordination: heavy and light. One relies on fire suppression, and the other uses high-speed excitement and protection. This allows Italian medium tanks to rotate their turrets to target heavy tanks.
The armor is exposed in the muzzle of the Far East light tank, and the side of the tank has always been a relatively thin part, which is an easily penetrated part.
Therefore, the heavy tanks of the Far East Legion only need to maintain appropriate movement and fire suppression, allowing the light tanks to maneuver at high speed to prevent the enemy's multiple smaller and more flexible tanks from coming to entangle the heavy tank troops.
The first battle between the Far East Army and the Italian Fascists lasted for a whole week on the Western Front, and ended with Italy's defeat. Although Italy lost 300,000 troops in this battle, it gave Germany the opportunity to invade the Netherlands and Belgium on the Western Front.
The three countries of Luxembourg provided an opportunity. When the German troops pressed on the border on the Western Front, according to Li Ningyu's suggestion, the three countries gathered their forces together, voluntarily gave up their territories, and retreated to the Netherlands and Belgium. However, they withstood the first wave of German war.
Baptism, and with the cooperation of Far East Navy carrier-based aircraft, successfully blocked the German attack, but the entire Luxembourg fell.
However, with the continuous flow of second-echelon Far Eastern soldiers transported through the Siberian Railway, after the first-echelon round with Li Ningyu, the total strength directly reached 2.7 million people. An army of this size can be regarded as
It is the largest army in World War II, and unlike the forces of various countries, the Far East Army does not need to establish a so-called defense line at all, but fights wherever it chooses. The only thing to consider is the issue of logistical supplies.
Regarding this point, as early as the beginning of World War II, European countries had an agreement. As long as they are anti-fascist troops, they can supply supplies in the warring areas. In other words, the Far East Army can supply supplies nearby, unless it is a fascist country.
, otherwise we will have to provide logistical support for the Far East Army.
After the first battle with Italy, Li Ningyu had three choices before him. The first was to continue to advance toward Italy and completely dismantle the fascist regime; the second was to send troops north to attack Germany; or the third was to head west.
The sword was pointed at France, which had surrendered. However, when everyone thought that Li Ningyu would choose one of the three options, Li Ningyu made an unexpected arrangement, because this time he decided to divide his troops into three groups.
He personally led the First Corps, which consisted of nine field armies, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, and five tank and armored corps, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, totaling 1.75 million people, to send troops to the Western Front.
Marching into France, Far East Army General Zhang Dahu led the 800,000-strong Second Corps to advance into Germany, while the 400,000-strong Third Corps, commanded by Major General Bai Yulin, sent troops to Italy.
Li Ningyu's arrangement puzzled many Far Eastern officers, because according to the current situation, it is unwise to divide the troops. If all the forces are concentrated at this time, no matter which point is attacked, victory will be inevitable in the end. In fact, Li Ning, who has been a soldier all his life, will win.
Yu, I don't know where it is, but he has more follow-up arrangements in his mind, so after the Far East Army was divided, the German and Italian fascists immediately saw new hope.
After declaring war on Britain, France and Russia, the German-Italian fascist group began to become tense, especially after Germany lost the best opportunity to annex Russia. In addition, Italy lost 300,000 troops in a war of attrition with the Far East Army, and its strength was gone.
Injuried.
The news of the division of the Far East Army this time gave the German-Italian forces new hope, so they set their sights on the Third Army, which had only 400,000 men.
However, the German and Italian fascists did not think of another thing. Why would Li Ningyu hand over such a large force to a young major general under the age of thirty, and only give him such a small number of troops to complete the task?
Regarding the military mission of attacking Italy, you must know that even though 300,000 troops were lost before, Italy still has over one million troops.
Could it be that Major General Bai Yulin of the Far East Army is a military genius? No, he is not a genius, because there are no geniuses in this world. All success is obtained by others through their unremitting efforts, and it is just that people generally do not go there.
Just look at this arduous process.
And Bai Yulin is such a person. Although he is not old, he has been on the battlefield for a long time. The most important thing is that Li Ningyu attaches great importance to this very talented military officer and cultivates him vigorously. Finally, he fought in the Battle of Grad in Russia.
He became a blockbuster and was promoted to major general by Li Ningyu, commanding the 400,000-strong Third Corps.
As time went by, the situation that the Far East Army Corps was divided into three groups had been known to all countries. Just when Li Ningyu's First Army Corps arrived at the French border area, the battle on the Italian border had already begun. This time, in order to eliminate the Third Far East Army Corps
, Italy and Germany can be said to have exhausted all their mechanisms. They kept retreating from the defense line, with the purpose of allowing the Far East Third Army to continue to penetrate deeper, and finally eat up the Third Army on the Italian border. However, the day after the Italian army launched the attack,
It was discovered that this regiment was not 400,000 strong at all.