Through the review of historical examples, Zhang Xuewu found that compared with the poor performance of large formations, on the contrary, some small T-34 tank units often performed better, and with the continuous improvement of the Soviet tank industry, T-34/76 was gradually replaced by T-34/85, and basically made up for the above two major defects. In the later period, the T-34/85 did not have much advantage over the new German tank, but the battlefield performance has made great progress, which shows that it is not only the three indicators of firepower, armor and mobility that determine the tank's surname, but also many design details can play an important role.

Zhang Xuewu knows very well that he has no strength to compete with the Soviet Union in terms of industrial strength, so he can only seek a breakthrough at the technical level, design ideas and technology leadership is Zhang Xuewu's only advantage, but also the biggest advantage, the history of the German Panther tank and T-34/85, is the main tank model of the Soviet-German battlefield Armageddon, and the history is also the largest number of tanks produced by all parties in the year, as we all know, the design of the German Panther tank was seriously affected by the Soviet T-34 frenzy, Therefore, at the beginning of the design, the Germans demanded that the surname be able to surpass the T-34 in an all-round way.

The T-34/85 is a comprehensive modification of the T-34 by the Soviet Union in response to the emergence of the "Black Panther" and "Tiger" type, correcting some defects of the T-34/76 and enhancing firepower.

Judging from the firepower and armor data, the Panther's indicators seem to be higher than the T-34/85, and the Panther is far inferior to the Iron Cavalry, although the Black Panther uses a 75 mm tank gun, but its body barrel is 70 times the caliber, and the power is more than the T-34/85's 53 times the caliber of the 85 mm tank gun, and both are inferior to the Iron Cavalry's latest 100 mm gun, from the perspective of armor piercing ability, The Panther's high-velocity armor-piercing projectiles at a distance of 500 meters can penetrate armor at a thickness of 180 mm and a normal angle of 60 degrees, while the T-34/85 is 107 mm at a distance of 500 meters, which is a big difference between the two, compared to the 328 mm of the Iron Cavalry 105 mm tank gun that fires armor-piercing shells at a distance of 500 meters.

In addition, the front armor of the Black Panther's hull is 100 mm, which is 20 mm more than the historical 80 mm, while the T-34/85 is only 45 mm, the front of the Panther turret is 140 mm, and the T-34/85 is 90 mm. The Panthers, which the Germans have begun to install, have strengthened and improved their armor data compared to history, and their surnames can be said to be all-round.

From the point of view of firepower and frontal protection, the Panther is not weaker than the Tiger or even slightly exceeded, the Panther was originally historically weak in side armor, and the Germans obtained data from the actual combat experience of the Jackal light tank produced by Rehe, which was thickened to 100 mm, while in history the side of the Panther turret was only 45 mm, far less than the 70 mm of the T-34/85, and the side protection in actual combat is sometimes more important than the front, this weakness leads to a higher Panther battle loss rate.

For Zhang Xuewu, the German Panther was also a little worse than the T-34/85, with a maximum speed of 46 km/h, the latter of which was 55 km/h and the same speed as the Iron Cavalry Medium Main Battle Tank, the maximum distance of the Panther road was 200 to 250 km, and the T-34/85 was more than 300 km.

More importantly, the T-34/85 was designed with a more moderate approach, with moderate armor and firepower, thus ensuring a better production caste. In terms of historical production quantity, the T-34/85 wartime production reached 22,000 units, while the earlier Black Panther was only 5,976 units, and the latter was at a disadvantage in terms of quantity. When the T-34/85 was put on the battlefield in 1944, it did not have the indestructible image of the T-34/76 in 1941, but the firepower, protection, and mobility were very balanced, and both anti-tank and support infantry could be competent, and the good mobility made it the main force of the campaign offensive. Although the Black Panther is better in terms of indicators, the uneven range of the caster, the lower production, and the higher battle damage often make it only maintain the scale of a few hundred vehicles on the front line, although the Black Panther performs well in some small-scale battles, but it is not very competent for the heavy task of large-scale warfare.

Compared to the two, the German Panthers have evolved many times, while the Soviets' T-34 is still in difficult birth, in the final analysis, because Stalin believed that the Soviet Union should maintain a strong deterrent, and the nearly 10,000 TB series tanks produced before have nowhere to be consumed? The Soviet Red Army was not able to carry out a large-scale installation of new tanks? Therefore, the Soviet side is also anxiously developing new tanks on the one hand, and on the other hand, looking for buyers for its backward and outdated tanks all over the world.

Previously, due to the honeymoon period of the Soviet Union and China's political axes, these tanks were originally intended to be sold to the urgently needed national political axes at high prices, in exchange for the confirmation of some historical terms, but due to the serious threat from the Germans, the Soviet Union was forced to make the so-called choice, and now the Soviet Union has a headache for this huge number of BT tanks.

Zhang Xuewu also said that he was willing to buy this batch of tanks and all their accessories and ammunition at the price of scrap steel, this time it was the turn of the Soviets to consider, Zhang Xuewu naturally had the ability to take advantage of the fire to rob, and was almost cheated by the Soviets in advance, Zhang Xuewu expected that Sino-Soviet relations would end in 1940 with the entry into force of the Soviet Neutrality Treaty, but I didn't expect the rise of Germany to cause such a big shock to the whole of Europe? So much so that the Soviet Union conspired with Yue himself in advance to make peace with the Soviet Union, so that the ordnance ordered by Zhang Xuewu in the Soviet Union was almost detained by the Soviet side because of the treaty.

This also proves that in international relations, there are no true friends, only eternal interests! In the face of interests, the trust between countries and countries is not as good as bitches and scoopers, there is no courtesy, righteousness and shame, **naked betrayal and betrayal are constantly staged, today is you, tomorrow is him! Therefore, there are no so-called friends between countries, only temporary interest sharing groups, who thinks that one country can become friends with another country in the true sense regardless of the cost? This man must have escaped from the mental hospital.

However, there is one thing that Zhang Xuewu can be very sure of, that is, if after the Soviet-Finnish war, the Germans discovered the weakness of the red monster, and the Germans who have always taken advantage of your illness to kill you will miss the opportunity? Will the Soviet-German war break out in full force by the beginning of 1940? The Germans seem to want to kick the broken houses of the Soviets sooner or later, which is already an urgent thing for the Germans, and the extreme appeasement policy of Britain and France is precisely for the purpose of bringing disaster to the east! The Maginot Line of the French deeply stimulated the beating of the Yue himself, so he also built a strong defense line in Jinzhou, which can be called the world's first, and said that he lacked resources and naturally did not have enough reinforced concrete, so he was good at digging up local rats and carried forward the spirit of the Yamato nation and made every effort to repair the earth.

In fact, Zhang Xuewu is very worried that if the Germans' military strength is excessively inflated, resulting in enough potential to be able to carry out a devastating war, will the Germans still point their troops at France after crushing the Czech Republic and Poland? And then aimed at the red behemoth?

If the Germans had been militarily too powerful in history, would the timing and opportunity for the Americans to enter the war be broken? Because the main reason why the Americans couldn't wait to join this war in history was that the Chinese were trapped, the Germans were trapped in the Soviet Union, and Germany and Italy were called Italy in the Axis Coalition, just like their representative food, was a plate of pasta.

In the Air Force, Gao Fei has not stopped developing, because the BF-109 series of fighters have been able to meet the needs of the current stage of operations, and the foreign and Chinese engineers of the Baotou Aviation Research and Design Institute have learned a lot of experience from the improvement of the BF-109 series fighters, so Zhang Xuewu is ready to develop the legendary fighter in World War II, which can be called the ultimate fighter Mustang P-51 of piston fighters!

Zhang Xuewu did not make a decision on a whim, because the combat radius of the Saker could not meet Zhang Xuewu's requirements, and Baotou has been able to produce 840 horsepower V12 star aero engines, and the life of the engine is also more than 460 hours, this data makes Zhang Xuewu very happy, and encourages all the members of the research team to be rewarded, promising that if an aero engine of more than 1,000 horsepower can be developed, Zhang Xuewu will personally name the engine Kunlun, and establish an aviation memorial for the research team!

With a powerful aero engine, the Mustang P-51 is no longer a problem, and the development of the Mustang P-51 is legendary in history, and the British [***] procurement committee is ready to buy the P-40 fighter developed by Curtis, but the company's production tasks at that time are very busy and can no longer increase production.

The British asked North American airlines to produce P-40 planes in large quantities, but North American airlines thought that such aircraft was outdated and did not want to produce them, and suggested that a better aircraft be designed with the same engine, and Britain was skeptical of North American Airlines' capabilities, but the company promised to come up with test machines for Britain to choose from within 120 days.

In this way, the British side reluctantly agreed, and the new aircraft was later known as the P-51 "Mustang", which was designed by engineers Reginald and Edgar, who had worked at the German company Messerschmidt, and the first prototype was completed within the stipulated time.

For Zhang Xuewu, as long as the Mustang fighter can be put into war at the end of 1940, then the air force under his command can occupy an absolute advantage, and maintain this advantage, the flame plan is Zhang Xuewu's last means of breaking the enemy! Before this shocking secret is solved, Zhang Xuewu would rather choose to remain silent.

(To be continued)