Chapter 938: Preparing for the Battlefield 1
Think about it, even such a simple thing as the Shosha machine gun hasn't been done well for 3 weeks, so it's not uncomfortable to make them more complicated and have more faulty tanks! (Also, hack the Shosha machine gun again, at the beginning of history, the French trained the Shosha machine gunner for a week, and then because there were too many problems and too much to learn, the time became two weeks!) The French don't have this capacity for the time being, and there is no need for it!
But the British were different, although the British military industry needed to supply the ammunition and production of troops in the colonies such as Australia and New Zealand, but in terms of the overall size of the army, it still could not be compared with the French, at most less than half of the French. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info So the British are more well-equipped. And, unlike France, which has retreated its main sphere of influence to Europe and Africa, Britain remains a worldwide empire that needs to consider relations with regional powers, especially Japan.
The British need the Japanese Navy to solve their own difficulties, and they need Japan to take care of their own interests when expanding in the Far East, so they naturally don't want to offend Japan, and the French are indeed in short supply, but it is reasonable to say that the British as allies should also give something, such as allocating some tanks for the Japanese troops, of course, these tanks and the infantry with armored forces are also British, and the British also do not intend to give these baby bumps to the Japanese like this.
"I think we should also strengthen the anti-armor capabilities of the Japanese Army. They did not have many flat-firing guns that could accompany the advance of the troops, and part of the German units had already begun to reequip the Bavarian insects. So, I was afraid that they would collapse at the touch of a blow in the face of the German tanks. Another French legionman said.
"Well, two weeks at most, we can't wait any longer." In the end, General Petain, who had become the commander-in-chief of the French Army, said that there were now 80,000 Japanese regiments on the entire Western Front, which could be organized into about four divisions, and they would serve as the main offensive force in the theater. This was also the first large-scale battle in which the Japanese Army entered the war, and Britain and France also wanted to see how well the Japanese Army was doing.
"Leave this to us." The British still valued their little brother very much, and the French provided equipment and infantry training for the Japanese army, and the British decided to personally train the Japanese army in anti-tank warfare. To this end, the British also specially pulled a platoon of MK1 tanks and a breakthrough company accompanying tank operations from the front line as an imaginary enemy.
"It's a steel fortress, and I don't even know how to stop such a war machine." Human beings are born with a yearning and awe for something huge. When Shouichi Terauchi saw the British MK1 tank for the first time, he was also impressed by the best war machine of this era!
"STEEL PLATES UP TO 30MM THICK ON THE FRONT ARE ENOUGH TO RESIST MACHINE GUNS AND SMALL-CALIBER ARTILLERY, RIGHT? With these big guys, the pressure on the infantry will be much less. We just have to follow these chariots to win, right? Shouichi Terauchi said in his heart while listening to the introduction of the British.
"A 57MM RAPID-FIRE GUN AND 4 MACHINE GUNS, THIS TANK IS DEFINITELY A BATTLESHIP ON LAND, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE ANYTHING THAT CAN STOP ITS ADVANCE." Terauchi Shou said half formally and half complimentarily.
"OF COURSE THERE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPPOSING TANKS, THE GERMANS ALSO HAVE TANKS, AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IS AT LEAST NOT INFERIOR TO OURS, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SEVERAL TANKS IN BATTLE, THE MOST TERRIBLE OF WHICH ARE TWO, ONE IS A CRICKET TANK EQUIPPED WITH A 40MM RAPID-FIRE GUN, THIS TANK FIRES SHELLS AS FAST AS A MACHINE GUN! Such machine guns can cover a large area with a single round of fire. THE OTHER IS A MODEL WITHOUT A TURRET, WHICH HAS A FIXED FIGHTING COMPARTMENT BUT IS ARMED WITH A 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN. This assault gun, known as Hu Feng, has very good defense. It is difficult to destroy completely. British Major Wellington introduced Shouichi Terauchi.
"WE HAVE SOME 47MM GUNS, CAN'T ALL OF THEM PENETRATE THE ARMOR OF GERMAN TANKS?" Shouichi Terauchi said with some surprise.
"Anyway, the artillery under 3 inches that you are equipped with is actually mainly used against the German bunkers and machine gun bunkers. IF WE WERE FACING A TANK, WE WOULD USE A 57MM TANK GUN TO ATTACK THE FLANK, OR A 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN TO ANNIHILATE IT. OF COURSE, IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY RUN INTO HU FENG'S TANK, THE 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN ALSO NEEDS TO GET CLOSE TO A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE. The Hu Feng of the Germans was very strong, especially for the defense of the Hu Feng tanks, they would add additional armor. Major Wellington said.
And just when Major Wellington introduced these steel behemoths to Terauchi Shouichi, the "anti-tank training course" on the other side had also begun, and it should be noted that there were no anti-tank grenades with shaped charges in this era. Although this principle was discovered very early, it was not put into actual combat. In addition to guns, infantry anti-tank in this era can only rely on grenades and Molotov cocktails, but fortunately, most of the tank armor in this era is willow jointed, so violent explosions may still damage the tank.
Some of the Japanese anti-aircraft gunners began to learn how to make anti-tank guns weighing about a ton accompany their troops, and at the same time began to aim at the tank model towed by trailers to simulate attacking a moving tank, and the commanders also needed to learn how to distinguish hidden tanks and fight against the infantry next to the opposing tanks. In short, there are a lot of problems that the Japanese need to learn this time.
"First of all, we have to try to avoid clashes with such a huge guy in front of them, but fortunately, the tank has a narrow field of vision, and if there is no infantry to follow, then it is easy to be killed by the Demoman who is copied to the sides and behind. So, if in the absence of anti-tank guns, in the face of tanks, the first thing that needs to be done is to take out the infantry in the back! ā
"The Germans have very strong machine guns and melee firepower, so the first thing you have to do is to suppress the enemy's fire points with your machine guns and grenade launchers, then cut through the opponent's line and delay the infantry advance, and if the opponent's tanks are still advancing, then you can use mines, grenades, or incendiary grenades against the target."
"Thirdly, when attacking, it is necessary to choose the tracks of the tank and the engine at the rear of the hull, and it is also possible to attack the observation port with a machine gun. Each heavy machine gun will be equipped with a bullet plate equipped with hardened bullets, which can attack vulnerable parts such as the muzzle and viewing port of the opponent's machine gun. ā
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