Chapter 1492: Preparations for both sides
The investment is huge, Britain because of the unexpected wealth, began to put energy into the production of tanks, more powerful tanks, the more materials consumed, the difficulty of production is also increasing, if you do not prepare in advance, there is no way to equip in a short time, Britain does not want to wait until a year later, at least this year, before the winter, you must start a war. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Because of the relationship between personnel, most of the factories in Britain except for the military industry have fallen into a state of stagnation, many materials for tanks are military industry, but the other part of the materials are civilian, Britain rarely took out real money, for the construction of all aspects of the construction of tanks, capitalist society, money, everything is easy to do.
In addition to the construction of various materials, Britain also carefully ordered a part of the materials in the United States, mostly some large castings and load wheels, chassis and the like, these are relatively large, occupy more man-hours, compared with the United States, Britain in these aspects, more or less insufficient, not can not be produced, but the cost and quality of production can not be guaranteed.
Anyway, these things are also necessary for cars and tractors, as long as Britain is careful, 3000 sets only, it should not be known by the United States, through commercial channels, order from the United States, the United States really did not say anything, a little on the price of a few words, it was determined, the efficiency of production is basically similar to what Britain expected, as long as everything goes well, these parts will also arrive at the specified time, for the United Kingdom, before the offensive in August, at most will not be delayed until September.
If you have a weapon, you must have someone to manipulate the weapon, the armored force, is a new type of power, compared with many of the previous ones, it is completely different, in the UK, there is no popularization of motor vehicles, there are not many people who can drive, coupled with unique handling, currently relying on the previous several test vehicles, as well as more than 20 temporary production in the laboratory, plus a part of the ordinary motor vehicles, basically ensure that the training is carried out in batches and in turn.
According to the calculation that there are 5 people on a tank, at least 15,000 people are needed, and Britain also has a deep financial decision, and 30,000 people came back at once, which is twice the final number, and the training of armored forces is not like ordinary troops, which consumes more, 25 tons of tanks, driving at full speed for several hours, and the fuel consumed is a huge number, Britain has never been worried about oil before, but now, Britain must be worried.
In itself, it is just training, how much oil can be used, before Britain had a huge home fleet, more than 1,000 warships, of which more than 5000 tons I don't know how many, such a huge group of warships, after the modification of fuel power, the annual consumption of oil is more than hundreds of thousands of tons, more than sometimes, even up to one or two million tons, but Russia is a big oil-producing country, even if the technology is not very cash, close to 10 million tons of oil, enough to support European countries including Britain, France.
All this changed in 1915, after Germany suppressed the Entente on the Western Front, it suddenly attacked on the Eastern Front, not only in East Prussia, flattened the national border, extended to the Black Sea, and forced the Black Sea, until Baku, Russia's largest world-class oil field, fell into the hands of the Germans, no matter what the future development will be, at least before Russia recaptures Baku, Russia is unable to supply oil to Europe, and Baku, which is rich in oil, has become a German resource, rising and falling, Britain can only get oil through the United States.
But now, there are submarines underwater, and occasionally there are fleet patrols, and there is no way to use the entire northern part of the Atlantic, and if you want to obtain oil, you must make a detour through the southern part of the Atlantic.
This is still training, after barely guaranteeing, next, Britain must store enough fuel to ensure that the tank can operate normally, 3000 tanks, if in a battle, must have enough fuel, whether it is oil reserves, or personnel training, must strive in September, when all personnel are in place, launch a wave of attacks, before the winter, annihilate the German army near Bordeaux, achieve victory, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, with the help of the last offensive before winter, Fight for the liberation of the territories of France.
Germany also began to prepare, from the Chinese side, the purchase of 350,000 rocket launchers, 2 million artillery shells, just this transaction, more than 400 million US dollars, the same type of light weapons purchased the most, but this is enough to make the battle within 300 meters of the area, become no dead ends, itself this area of fire support, should be replaced by grenade launchers, can be installed on the grabbing grenade launchers, to a certain extent, can complete the fire suppression within 600 meters, It's just that his performance is not too high, he may not be able to penetrate enough steel, coupled with the high cost of production, the production materials of the grenade launcher are not comparable to the barrel of the rocket launcher, even if China is currently only equipped in the special forces, after all, the special forces need lighter equipment and greater vitality, and the grenade launcher can definitely be called suitable in this regard.
China has already started production, Yang Yuanzhao replaced the order issued by Germany, long before this batch of weapons was shipped to Germany, began to produce, the bazooka thing, as long as the production line is designed, it is quite easy, that is, the rocket is a little troublesome, but for China, which has thoroughly upgraded the industry and formed a unique industrial system in the whole world, this is not a very difficult thing, in just one week, the production of 120,000 rocket launchers and 70,000 rockets was completed.
Because the German side is very anxious, as a last resort, after asking the German side's requirements, urgently transported 120,000 rocket launchers and 60,000 rockets to Germany, large quantities of goods, always transported by ship, at present the whole of Asia is quite safe, the only danger is the waters near India, there are warships escorting, each of them is much stronger than India's British Navy, they are at most just hiding in the port to protect themselves, they dare not come out at all, the fast fleet, it only took 10 days, They were transported to Baghdad and then to Germany.
At the same time, the production of China's bazooka has not stopped, the run-in production line, more skilled workers, daily production capacity has been improved, and after the first batch of equipment arrived in Germany, Germany also began training, in this case, in order to really train qualified personnel, they are holding bazookas and models, after simulated training, and then started live-fire training, of course, at present, things are not fully provided, plus the price of rockets is high, even if it is to train enough personnel, There is no one to manipulate once, often among the 5 people, the most well-trained one, as a reward, can be actually operated, the rest, can be observed at a relatively close distance, such an effect is very good.
Large-scale training, the final consumption of almost 30,000 rocket artillery single, long-term practice, let the German military realize, the benefits of this rocket launcher, this thing is simple to operate, even if it has never been manipulated, as long as someone is next to the story, it can be easily launched, is a simple aim, but China's standardization project is reflected, plus the rocket is a direct flight, the accuracy is quite high, as long as you grasp a few key points of aiming, the rest, is a long-term large number of practice, Gradually raised, with the current situation in Germany, it cannot withstand such large-scale use and training, and it is barely just a description of the operation process, basically participating in the training, and have an intuitive understanding of the bazooka, at least it will not be particularly rusty to pick up, and it can be launched directly.
The rest is constantly familiar, may be talented, in the first shot, there are higher results, will be concentrated, continue to manipulate and train, this part is definitely not much, in the first batch of 150,000 trainers, there are less than 3,000 people, after successive elimination, may be reduced to about 400 people, 400 people, even if 5 attempts a week, a week is only 2,000 rounds, 2 months down, at most more than 10,000 rounds, but each person has at least gone through dozens of launches, They can all be called elite rocket gunners.
As for the others, they don't have to master too many things, as long as they can launch them, according to China, the other side will have a maximum of 5,000 tanks, and there are 100,000 launchers here, plus artillery and other things, which is enough to deal with them.
You must know that anti-aircraft guns above 50 mm, and even the frontal armor of the No. 4 tank with thick skin during World War II can be penetrated, not to mention that tanks in this era can catch up with the high rate of fire of aircraft, and also make anti-aircraft machine guns become the biggest nemesis of armored power, dealing with aircraft flying at 500 kilometers per hour, you can theoretically catch up with anti-aircraft machine guns, and it is easy to hit tanks of less than 80 kilometers.
However, the anti-aircraft machine gun is also a threat to China's armored forces, although it is said that the anti-aircraft machine gun is destined to be few, and it is impossible to arrange it in the whole system like an ordinary machine gun, but as far as it is currently manifested, it can not be reminded if it is not reminded, and if you think about it, under normal circumstances, no one will think that something that fights planes can also hit tanks on land. (To be continued.) )