Jing, Fang Minghao was sent to the Naval Operations Planning Office to participate in a combat plan in southern Africa that the General Staff is developing.
This time he did not see the president, Lin Shu went to Qinghai to inspect the progress of a key military scientific research project...
The Navy's focus is still
iBen and Australia, the General Staff had previously formulated a detailed combat plan to attack Luzon, but since most of the transport ships concentrated on ensuring the Republican army was
This combat plan was postponed.
The Navy's aviation ships were not enough. The two Yaojin-class aviation ships that the Navy built were sold to Germany by the President. As compensation, the Navy will build three new Beihai-class aviation ships in fiscal year 1941.
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The Republican Navy was struggling on the battlefield and could only be completely improved after 12 North Sea-class airships were put into service in early summer 1941.
The Republican war operations in Rhodesia and Bilibili will take place after the start of the Philippine battle in the summer.
Due to poor traffic conditions, the Republican Army planned to invest large-scale airborne troops when formulating the Battle of Luzon and the Battle of Rhodesia.
There were three airborne divisions formed before i, but considering that the paratroopers lacked heavy equipment, during the three-year battle, the paratroopers only carried out some battalion-level tactical airborne combat missions and had never been used on a large scale on the battlefield.
Since the president has always hoped to equip armored vehicles to the airborne troops and build three airborne divisions into rapid support units, the military has been seeking an easy solution to air transport heavy equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles.
The first solution is to build a heavy military transport aircraft with a carrying capacity of up to 50 tons. As of the current situation, before the trial production of high-power jet turbine engines is not solved in the reliable operation and start equipment on a large scale,
It is impossible for major aircraft manufacturing companies to build heavy propeller transport aircraft that can meet the requirements.
Another solution was proposed by Wuhan Southern Heavy Industry Group, the engineers of the Republican Army's main armored vehicle manufacturing military group designed a simple box-type tank and armored vehicle that could be broken down and transported.
It can be easily assembled in a field factory equipped by the logistics support regiments of the engineers and armored units.
Although the xing energy is much different than the 45 tons Type 39 heavy tank currently equipped by the Republican Army, due to the limitations of production capacity, complex structure, and the output of the 39 heavy tank using German torsion rod suspension can only reach the monthly output per month due to the limitations of production capacity and complex structure, and the
More than 700 vehicles, it is impossible to satisfy the Republican Army's armored vehicles
i am more urgent.
The Republican Army has formed 12 heavy armored divisions and 52 light armored divisions. In addition, more than 160 mechanized infantry divisions are expected to be equipped with armored vehicles. Tanks and armored vehicles are seriously short of units, and at least 12,000 tanks are needed at present.
, more than 5,000 self-propelled artillery and 15,000 armored vehicles.
Southern Heavy Industries Group, which mainly produces amphibious infantry fighting vehicles equipped by the Marine Corps, was defeated in the design bid for the Type 39 tank, and then they turned their attention to the armored vehicles urgently needed by the airborne troops.
Southern Heavy Industries designed a tank and armored vehicle that is easy to disassemble and assemble and is easy to mass-produce for the airborne troops, which is close to the 37-ton 35-Tin medium tank equipped by the Republican Army.
However, the general equipment department showed considerable interest in tanks that were slightly outdated but very easy to produce.
Unlike the German Army, which pursues the pursuit of jingjing, the Republican Army is sometimes not the primary choice when selecting equipment, and being able to easily carry out large-scale standardized manufacturing is also a very important indicator.
The Type 40 tank designed by Southern Heavy Industry cannot compare with the Type 39 heavy tank in terms of firepower and protection, but it is indeed easy to produce. The simple and practical spring suspension system is mainly divided into three simple box structures.
, the front is the cockpit, the middle is used to install turrets and fire control systems, and the rear is the power cabin.
To facilitate air transportation, the three box-shaped bodies of the Type 40 tank are welded with rolled homogeneous armored steel of different thicknesses. The boxes are connected by bolts, but they are very suitable for large-scale standardized production.
When it comes to an army tank, it can also be easily connected with an automated welding machine.
It is unexpected that the Type 40 tanks and armored vehicles were selected as the main tank models equipped by the Army. The General Equipment Department requires each factory to complete the production of 12,000 tanks and 20,000 armored vehicles in six months, and to complete all
The Type 35 tank and armored vehicle production line is used to manufacture Type 40 tanks.
Although the Republican Army slowed down its offensive due to the lengthening of the front line, it still took the initiative on the battlefield.
In comparison, the war preparations of the United States were not sufficient. After occupying the entire Middle East, large-scale oil extraction quickly increased the Republic's oil production from less than 30 million tons to more than 50 million tons, enough to cope with it.
Huge demand in war.
In Fang Minghao's opinion, the UK's entry is not enough to worry, it is already behind the old one
i's industrial capacity is far from that of Republican China. Although with the support of the United States, its air force is getting stronger and stronger, it is only able to maintain its local defense. There are only two countries in the world who will fight more and more in the war.
The strong one is the Republic of China, and the other is the United States, which does not have to worry about local defense and strives to develop its navy.
The early victory of the war allowed the Republican China to obtain a relatively favorable strategic geographical location. Due to the control of the Suez Canal, the Republican Army connected its forces with allies such as Germany, Italy.
Although the United States' industry can be strong, it is not possible to complete in the short term to build a navy that is enough to compete with the Republican Navy and to support its cross-border operations.
"If a fleet was sent to the Atlantic Ocean, it would not only serve as a considerable deterrent to the maritime traffic that Britain regarded as the lifeline, but on the other hand, it would attract part of the US Navy's attention and prevent it from fully investing in combat in the Pacific Ocean.
In the mind of the United States, it is their primary goal to ensure British maritime transportation so that Britain can continue the war." Fang Minghao proposed a combat plan to restrain the United States to the Admiralty Department.
When he was in Berlin, he discussed with Marshal Redel. The commander-in-chief of the German Navy was helpless about the strength of the German Navy and expressed his willingness to cooperate with China. He also proposed that the port of Brest in France could be regarded as the main part of the Sino-German joint fleet.
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General Chen Shaokuan, commander-in-chief of the Navy, expressed high interest in the proposal to establish a Sino-German joint fleet. If the British could strangle the sea transportation line and make Britain unable to continue the war, maybe the war would be due to this.
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In China, Fang Minghao occasionally meets Miss Sophie Lombatti, a beautiful Italian girl who lives in Shanghai as a special correspondent of the Roman Observer in the Far East. The president has been very busy recently and has no time to meet him.
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The 42-year-old lieutenant general becomes physically and mentally happy every time he sees Sophie. He sometimes fantasizes about what it would be like to have a relationship with this beautiful Italian girl. Sometimes this desire becomes
It is very strong, just like a wanderer who longs to see him intimate.
He fell into love and couldn't extricate himself.
However, every time he saw himself in the mirror, a middle-aged naval officer with a vicissitudes of face, and could see a few white hair between his temples, he became very disappointed, worried about gains and losses, and gave up confessing to the other party.