Chapter 540: Blitzkrieg (I)
"The Chinese called! The sky is full of airplanes ......", in the border command in western British Canada, which still looks very new, a general with a grim face pressed back the phone holder with a "snap" of the microphone that said a few words and never replied, he had already noticed the anomaly on the opposite side of the Rocky Mountain more than a month ago and issued a warning to the country, but those old men in London thought that China was unlikely to go to war without a declaration of war, and even if it really wanted to sneak attack, they would first let the fleets they send to South Africa and Australia do it, but now, It's obvious who is right and who is wrong.
"I hope they can still say half right, the British and American armies work together, plus the support of other allies, even if the Chinese sneak attack, they should be able to resist it, right?" But why do I always feel bottomless? Since the establishment of the Huaxia Republic, it has never lost a war! The British general made a worried telephone call to inform the Governor of British Canada of the outbreak of war, and did not forget to call someone over between the calls, so that they could resume communication with the front line as soon as possible, and if possible, go to the front line to verify it.
The British military top brass had reason to be confident that although it could not be compared with the strong defensive line built by the Americans in the south, even when Chamberlain Sr. was in power, the defense of the Sino-Canadian border could not be said to be so weak, and it was further strengthened after his death.
In particular, the mountainous areas are not conducive to the maneuvering of heavy artillery, and the role of aircraft is also greatly limited, and in addition, the British army is now equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and with the current slow speed of aircraft, low-altitude (horizontal) bombing is tantamount to death, and high-altitude bombing is completely inaccurate, so there is no fear at all.
Therefore, in the eyes of the British military leadership, the Chinese ground forces will inevitably lack fire support in the initial offensive, and without the help of heavy firepower, relying only on light infantry to attack strong fortresses, is that not a joke?
However, the "dive bombing" that appeared in the world in advance of this ground attack method made the early anti-aircraft weapons of the British army completely unable to play the role expected by their designers, and the level flight stage had an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, which they could not reach, and once they began to dive, the speed was too fast, even if they were sharpshooters and sharpshooters, they had to have good luck against the sky to hit.
While it is almost possible to ignore the British anti-aircraft fire, the amazing attack efficiency of those dive bombers that have refreshed human common sense makes the British officers and soldiers extremely shocked, the bombing accuracy is too high, and the 300 kg aerial bombs they carry are extremely powerful, so almost every bomb can successfully destroy the target, even for the permanent fortifications built by the British army, they are easily uprooted one by one......
The sheer number of Chinese pilots, far greater than the British had imagined, and the unconventional attendance of Chinese pilots, allowed the Chinese Air Force to achieve greater results in the early stages of the war. The Chinese light infantry who fought their way out of the mountain pass even had the luxury of calling in air force support at any time with a platoon, and it is no wonder that they advanced more than 100 kilometers in just three days, killing and capturing more than 100,000 enemy troops, while their own casualties were less than one-twentieth of the enemy's......
Rather than destroying the enemy, the first three days of the offensive were more important than destroying the enemy, the real killer of the war - the armored forces laid an open area enough for their troops, after clearing the remnants of the enemy, the Chinese occupation forces quickly restored rail and road communications, tens of thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and self-propelled guns soon came in a steady stream from the other side of the Rocky Mountains, and even more unbelievable that such a large number was actually the establishment of only one army......
The Chinese National Defense Force abolished the cavalry as early as two years ago, and although the name of the heroic unit of the First Cavalry Army has not changed, its essence has undergone subversive changes. The current Chinese First Cavalry Army is the first mechanized army in the world, and it is completely mechanized in the true sense, which is incomparable to the American and Soviet armies in the late stage of World War II. And the reason why this step can be achieved is not only that China is rich now, but more importantly, the foresight brought by Li Hui's identity as a traverser has prevented China's armored forces from going astray like the great powers during World War II in history.
Historically, the so-called mechanized troops in the early stage of World War II were actually just motorized, and the cars were driven on wheels, and their off-road ability was far from being comparable with that of tanks. And since the cars were pure vehicles, with neither firepower nor decent protection, the motorized infantry had to get out of their vehicles to attack, while the tanks had to stop and wait from time to time, and the speed of the overall advance was greatly limited.
In the middle and late stages of World War II, the production of armored transport vehicles continued to increase, gradually replacing the role of automobiles in armored forces, because the armored transport vehicles have a certain protection and firepower, the infantry carried by them can easily sweep the enemy's infantry without getting off the car, protect the advancing tanks, and the drag on speed has finally been solved. However, as a chicken rib car that was quickly eliminated after the end of World War II, there are obvious congenital deficiencies in half-track vehicles, even if you do not consider the maintenance that they are even more troublesome than tanks, and the problem is difficult to ignore if the off-road performance alone is not comparable to that of tanks and cannot follow the whole process.
Therefore, after Li Hui completed the research and completion of armored system technology, he directly abandoned the wrong route in history and directly chose tracked armored transport vehicles to carry mechanized infantry. Due to the fact that the only off-the-shelf models in history are to death crowded (like the Azuki Tank, they are all extended versions of the Kaden Noyd Ultralight Tank. The British "machine gun carrier" did not meet Li Hui's requirements, so he directly redesigned one with the chassis of the improved version of the main tank T-26.
This tracked armored transport vehicle is powered by diesel engines, which brings longer travel and better safety, and its size is much larger than that of the British "machine gun carrier", which can naturally carry more members and carry more materials, and at the same time can be equipped with stronger armament and better protection, even by World War II standards, it is definitely advanced. Moreover, most of the parts on it can also be used with tanks, which greatly alleviates the most headache of field maintenance problems for armored troops.