The snake is like a snake and has four wings, its sound is like a chime, and it is a great drought when you see it—————— from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas (Middle Second Classic)".

To put it simply, it is roughly like a snake, but it has four wings and can make a rock sound. A demon beast that will cause a great drought when you see it. And [Snake] is precisely the title of the Type 16 tank within the army, there will be such a title because after the latest 300 horsepower water-cooled V-shaped eight-cylinder [Star Speed] engine is replaced, the maximum maneuvering speed of the Type 16 tank has reached 50 kilometers—————— although it is impossible not to run for a while if you want to accelerate to this extent.

In any case, the road speed of 50 kilometers per hour still gave the Type 16 tank the unimaginable maneuverability of this era—————— although in off-road conditions, this 50 kilometers can only run at most more than 30 kilometers.

In addition to the unimaginable maneuverability of the Type 16 tank, another important reason for being called "Naruchi" is the sound of the engine when the tank is started after the 300-horsepower engine is replaced.

Although the total weight of the Type 16 tank is only a little more than 13 tons, in any case, the Type 16 tank, like the Type 15 tank, represents the highest masterpiece of this era—————— if the reliability of the engine can be improved, don't let the tank always run and cheat... And all 200 Type 16 tanks are all the confidence of the Wehrmacht this time.

Although in the case of a frontal impact, the Type 16 tank is definitely not as powerful as the Type 15, and even a slightly larger caliber cannon can penetrate the frontal armor of the Type 16 tank. But it's too simple for the entire 200 Type 16 tanks to clean up the 6th Division, which is already exhausted..."So, everything will wait for tomorrow..."

When he said this, the tank commander surnamed Yin was full of confidence.

It took several hours to get all the Type 16 tanks to the island, but the time was fast, after all, it was a full 200 light tanks.

However, it is precisely because it is a light tank that it can be transported ashore at such a fast speed, and if it is replaced by a Type 15 medium tank, not to mention how inconvenient it is to ship with their weight of more than 30 tons, these transports alone may not be able to fit an entire tank regiment of Type 15 tanks.

And after all the 200 tanks were brought ashore, because there was not much time left before dawn, the transport fleet hurriedly left Sakhalin under the escort of cruisers. As for the tank crews who have already landed, they took advantage of the short time to carefully inspect their cars in the tank—————— and when they got on the battlefield, something went wrong? That's a hell of a damn thing!

"Is this the tank force ..."

While the tank crews were checking their cars, a soldier who was in charge of guarding nearby said with some envy.

It's no wonder, after all, the tanks parked there are too shiny.

Moreover, the treatment of tank crews is as high as that of the Air Force and the Navy, so it is no wonder that he is so envious.

"Envious?" A man who looked like a squad leader on the side spoke. "If you are envious, you can also apply for the tank unit, but I heard that the members of the tank unit are drawn from the grassroots level..."

"This—" scratched his head. Forget it, just my ability......... I can't even read a word now..."

In the earliest days, the requirements for joining the Wehrmacht were very high, and one of the basic conditions was literacy. Of course, as the Wehrmacht grew in size, there were fewer and fewer suitable soldiers, so the bar was lowered considerably.

Nowadays, if you want to join the Wehrmacht, you only need to know most of the common words.

And the soldier who was very envious of the tank corps belonged to this category. Although they also know some words, it is obvious that they are not up to the standard of at least high Chinese proficiency of tank troops. Now in the Wehrmacht, the two units with the highest average level of education, one is the air force, and the other is the armored force, after all, these two units often have to deal with machines, and compared with these two troops, even the navy is much worse, of course, the lowest level of education is the ordinary infantry, this is beyond doubt... After all, as the most basic level and the largest base infantry, it has already shown that it is impossible for infantry to surpass other branches of the armed forces in terms of professional surname. Even if it is a miraculous special forces handed down in later generations, although they can fly planes in the sky and submarines in the sea, they are still too rare to raise the level of their close relatives infantry... However, it is these infantry with the worst professional surnames who have played the role of the absolute main force in the war of the past hundred years, and at the same time for the next hundred years... The transport fleet was busy at the temporary dock for several hours, and it was impossible to say that Genjiro Akashi on the other side did not know that it was. It's just that at this time, the Sixth Division, due to the lack of supplies, has only the remaining strength to defend, so even if the scouts on the front line find any movement, Akashi Genjiro can only let it go... The heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient, which is the state of Akashi Genjiro at the moment.

It's not that he doesn't want to cause some trouble for the Chinese on the other side, but now Genjiro Akashi has only the ability to defend. If you defend, you may be able to hold on for a little longer, but if you take the initiative to attack, not only will it consume the already small amount of ammunition, but the entire Sixth Division may not be able to hold out for too long.

"Now I just hope that the Tokyo side can negotiate soon."

Standing at the entrance of the half-covered headquarters, he looked at the night sky in the sky and said Akashi Genjiro.

Although it shows that Shimoto Jiro's Sixth Division, like Lin Tiannan's expeditionary force, are all unlucky people trapped on Sakhalin Island, the contact with the outside world has never been interrupted.

After all, even though the small fleets of both sides have been hunting each other's transport ships on the sea, just like the transport fleets have been transporting a regiment of tanks ashore not long ago, although the two sides have suffered a lot of losses in supply transportation, they have never been interrupted. Otherwise, even if the Sixth Division was the elite of the army, it would not be possible to hold on to the island for such a long time.

Not to mention anything else, if you don't eat for a while, you will starve to death even in the elite troops.

What's more, now is not the era of cold weapons, and there are so many wireless telegraphs in Akashi's headquarters, so Akashi Genjiro's contact with the local area has never been interrupted.

In addition, as the division commander of the Sixth Division, Akashi Genjiro's status in the military department is not low, so Akashi Genjiro still knows many things.

For example, the local side is now preparing peace talks with China to end this war, especially before the collapse of the Sixth Division. The Sixth Division is the pride of the army, and if the entire army is wiped out on Sakhalin Island and not even a single military flag is returned to the mainland, the blow to the local people will not be ordinary.

And for Genjiro Akashi... Although it shows that Ishimoto Erro is different from ordinary soldiers, he is not like those young Zhuang soldiers, he is always prone to brain fever, and when he is feverish, he likes to do something that he doesn't know whether to say 2b or blood, but this does not mean that Akashi Motojiro is afraid of death.

The only thing he was afraid of was that the Sixth Division, a division with a lot of history, would be destroyed in his hands, and that's all...—————————— the dawn of the next day would come quickly, and in the hours before dawn, the tank crews had already ruled out all possible states..."Division Commander Lin, will our regiment only need to carry out a surprise attack on the front later..."

After looking at the map in the headquarters, Regiment Commander Yin said to Lin Tiannan.

"That's right."

Lin Tiannan nodded seriously.

"At 10 o'clock, your regiment will advance from the front and directly destroy the defense of the army, while our unit will follow behind your regiment and expand the breakthrough you have torn apart, it's that simple..."

It is said that it is simple, but it is also because a whole regiment of Type 16 tanks arrived, and in front of these tanks, he said that he had no effective means of defense at all. If this is not the case, if they can give Yue himself more supplies, even if they have suffered heavy casualties now, I am afraid that there will be no problem in fighting for another month.

"Okay, got it."

What Lin Tiannan said was very simple, and Commander Yin listened very clearly, so after Lin Tiannan's words were finished, Commander Yin nodded and turned around and left the headquarters.

After Regiment Commander Yin left the command headquarters, the chief of staff, who had not spoken behind Lin Tiannan, said.

"Tank troops, I've never seen a tank unit in battle..."

There is some curiosity in the words.

Seriously speaking, Lin Tiannan's division was actually brought back from the Caucasus, after all, after arriving on Sakhalin Island, he and Yu himself may have a very big surname, and if they just get a division B with no actual combat experience, it is easy to suffer a big loss.

However, when he was in the Caucasus, Lin Tiannan's division experienced more than a dozen battles there, although it was stronger than the Turks in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment, but because of the Turks' superiority in numbers, it also had a lot of losses, after all, the role of Makqin in the offensive was less than one-tenth of the defense, and the defense could not be held to victory... And in the case of a frontal offensive ... Although the fighting power of the Turks is not very high, they are better than the Indians, right? And in the Turkish army, there were also quite a few Maxim machine guns that were transported from Germany.

Therefore, after more than a dozen battles, although Lin Tiannan has achieved a lot of achievements, his division also had to retreat to China because of excessive casualties.

That is, when Lin Tiannan returned to China to recuperate, Feng Nan's armored division arrived in the Caucasus.

Later, in the Caucasus, Feng Nan's armored division led an expeditionary force of more than 50,000 and brutally defeated Enver. Pasha's nearly 200,000 troops, and 100,000 of them were captured, so that the Turks could not pose a threat to the expeditionary force in the Caucasus for a long time.

By the time I learned about the Battle of Erzurum, Lin Tiannan was still on the train back to China.

When he learned that this battle actually ended with this result, Lin Tiannan really regretted it.

For him, returning to China is naturally a very important thing, but if he can go back some time later, at least he can witness the scene of Feng Nan's armored division in battle, right?

Moreover, at that time, the armored forces were also classified as first-class secrets in the Wehrmacht, and in terms of secrecy, it was estimated that they were about the same as the bomber units of the Air Force and the aviation units of the Navy... However, with the gradual expansion of the scale of the armored forces, there are more and more opportunities to see the lineup of armored forces in person. For example, now, Lin Tiannan can finally see the way the armored troops fight.

"But for light tanks, it's still not as enjoyable as heavy tanks after all..."

Although the Type 15 tank is defined as a medium tank within the Wehrmacht, the Type 15 tank, which weighs more than 30 tons, is considered by many to be an unscrupulous heavy tank—————— after all, compared to the Type 16 tank, which is only more than ten tons, the Type 15 tank is much heavier in weight.

And [Qiqi] is the code name of the Type 15 tank...

According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas? According to the "Hainai Beijing", Qiqi looks like a tiger, has a pair of wings, likes to eat people, and will start eating from people's heads, and is a vicious beast. However, also in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the "Xishan Jing" article mentions another image of Qiqi, in which Qiqi looks like a cow and has hedgehog hair, which is very different from the one described in the "Hainei Beijing". However, both are fierce beasts that like to eat people, and there is no difference in this regard.

Left Pass? The eighteenth year of Duke Wen recorded: "The Shaohao clan has no talent, and the people of the world are called poor. In the Han Dynasty, when Gao Lu annotated the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", he also mentioned that Qi Qi was a descendant of Shaohao's clan and was one of the "three seedlings" of Yu Shun. However, so far, scholars still have different opinions on the interpretation of the "three seedlings", so the identity of Qi Qi is only a talk and cannot be confirmed.

In addition, "The Divine Sutra? The Northwest Wilderness Classic gives a more detailed explanation of Qiqi. The book records that similar to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the "North Classic of the Sea" shows that Qi Qi is still a monster with wings that looks like a tiger. Ping said that he specializes in hunting and eating humans, and can understand human language. When it knows that someone is arguing, it tends to eat up the upright; Knowing that someone is faithful, he eats that person's nose; Knowing that someone is evil or bad, it will hunt wild beasts and give them to that person, and it is an evil beast with a completely upside-down concept of good and evil.

However, some commentators have cited other versions to add that in this version, the image of Qi Qi is closer to the "Xishan Jing" in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", pointing out that Qi Qi looks like a cow, has a long tail that looks like a fox and drags on the ground, and its voice is like a dog's dog, and it is said to be "a dog's head and a human form, with hooked claws and sawtooth". Whenever they meet a faithful person, they will eat him; When encountering an evil destroyer, he will take the initiative to hunt wild beasts and worship him. Although the two have very different images, their behavior is the same.

And the code name of the Type 15 tank will be changed to [Qiqi] entirely because of his ferocious performance on the battlefield of Erzurum, where more than 300 Type 15 tanks, like the most ferocious beasts, tore nearly 200,000 Turks on the battlefield at that time to pieces... That scene at that time is still deeply engraved in the hearts of many Turks until now.

—————————— "You know what? Actually, I originally wanted to give the 16-style a code name for the rabbit..."

In the office, Yan Guang, who had just sent Fang Ze Qianji away, said to Wang Yaowu beside him.

After listening to Yan Guang's words, Wang Yaowu wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Boss, you can spare us, if the original snake is still a bit imposing, this rabbit or something is too much..."

It is no wonder that Wang Yaowu wipes his sweat, because at present, all the equipment in the National Defense Force, as long as it has a code name, is almost all named by Yan Guang himself. Basically, as long as you find out that it is named after a mythical monster or a star or something, it must be that Yan Guang has not run away.

Originally, it's nothing to name it with a star or something, a name like a heart moon fox or a star horse, it's actually quite good. It's just a rabbit or something, and that's really some... It's like [梼杌], but in the end it was named a gas lamp by the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level..."Don't you think that the 15-type maneuver is as flexible as a rabbit..."

"That's the same, but Fang said that the rabbit or something, it's too unmurderous..."

While Yan Guang and Wang Yaowu were still debating the naming matter, the battle on Sakhalin Island had already begun.

"The show is on!!"

"Departure !!"

With the two slogans inherent to the tank troops, the entire 200 Type 16 tanks started at full horsepower and rushed towards the positions held by the Sixth Division.

Seeing so many tanks suddenly popping up, Akashi Genjiro was also taken aback. It was only at this time that Akashi Motojiro understood that it turned out that yesterday the Chinese transport fleet did not bring any supplies, but 200 tanks..."Damn..."

I didn't have time to regret why I didn't order the troops to attack last night, Genjiro Akashi hurriedly ordered his subordinates to organize resistance, but by this time, Genjiro Akashi had more or less been able to meet his fate... The officers and men of the 6th Division on the position were also taken aback to see so many tanks rushing over, and at this time, they did not dare to save ammunition. Small-caliber field artillery, mountain artillery, and the Hatch Kais machine guns on the positions opened fire in unison.

It's a pity that although the Sixth Division is one of the best Class A divisions, the number of artillery in the division is too small, not to mention that there are big problems in accuracy. Although the armor of the Type 16 tanks was not enough to withstand the 75 mm guns, before the guns could fire a few rounds, the entire 200 Type 16 tanks had already rushed into the position.

Seeing so many tanks rushing up, the Japanese army on the position hurriedly aimed the Hatch Chase at the first few tanks that rushed forward, but it was a pity that the bullet fired by the Hatch Chase machine gun was the only end when it hit the 50 mm thick frontal armor of the Type 16 tank.

In addition to the troops on the position, the Mark tanks and Taisho 7-year tanks, which had been completely turned into pillboxes, also used the Lewis machine guns and Hatch Chase machine guns installed on the tanks to shoot at the advancing Type 16 tanks, but the results were the same as those of the machine gunners on the positions.

If the British tanks I bought at the beginning, and the Taisho seven-year tanks I developed, were all equipped with guns with a caliber of more than 20 mm, and perhaps they could cause some trouble for the Type 16 tanks, then these machine guns with a caliber of less than 12 mm were really useless.

After all, a 20 mm caliber gun, although it may not be able to penetrate the frontal armor of the Type 16, at least there is no problem with the side, not to mention that the tracks of the Type 16 tank are not as strong as his armor.

However, my choice is not wrong, because even if it is equipped with 20 mm caliber artillery, it is impossible to defeat the tanks equipped by the Wehrmacht, in this case, it is better to buy and develop Mark tanks and Taisho seven-year tanks equipped with machine guns, at least these tanks are still very effective in suppressing infantry.

And at the time of the outbreak of the Sakhalin conflict, these tanks did have a lot of effect.

After all, with at least six light machine guns per tank, this is definitely a difficult opponent for infantry, not to mention these things equipped with many machine guns, or mobile steel fortresses?

It's a pity that these tanks, which are specially designed to deal with infantry, are completely useless in the face of Type 16 tanks.

Perhaps in the case of dealing with infantry, the Type 15 and Type 16 are indeed not as good as my own tanks, but if it is a frontal attack or a tank battle..."Boom! ”

The Taisho 7-Year tank, which was destroyed by the 16MML/20MML 55 tank gun, has already said a lot.

Under the assault of 200 tanks, although the officers and men of the Sixth Division showed great bravery, and many soldiers even tied grenades together, jumped onto the body of the Type 16 tank, or simply turned under the car to detonate the grenades, the pace of the tank troops' advance was still unstoppable.

What's more, behind the tank troops, there is Lin Tiannan's brigade of infantry to follow?

In just over ten minutes, Akashi Genjiro's position on the periphery was almost lost.

"There's no way around it..."

Genjiro Akashi closed his eyes, and after a long while, he opened his eyes and said to an officer beside him.

"Koike-kun, the future of the Sixth Division is all up to you..."

As he spoke, he gestured to one of his subordinates, and soon the officer had already walked in with a military flag.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, who are you?"

Seeing this scene, the officer named Koike was obviously a little caught off guard, but Akashi Genjiro had already handed the military flag to Koike as soon as he glanced at it with a nostalgic gaze.

"Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that the Sixth Division will not be able to wait for a result to be negotiated with the Chinese." After a pause, he continued. "In other words, it is impossible for the Chinese to negotiate with Tokyo before the destruction of the Sixth Division..."

"But, Your Excellency the Division Commander..."

"Okay, you go quickly, the future of the division will be handed over to you..."

As he spoke, Akashi Genjiro glanced at the military flag again, and then ordered two officers to escort Koike out of the headquarters.

Just now, he had already sent a telegram by radio to the Navy, asking them to pick up Koike at the docks. In the current Akashi Genjiro's view, as long as the military flag can be sent back to the mainland, he, the commander of the division, can be regarded as dutiful.

It's just that if Genjiro Akashi knew that when he sent the telegram, Yin Changheng in Vladivostok had already intercepted the telegram, and Sa Zhenbing had also ordered the submarine force to intercept and kill him halfway, I don't know what Akashi's expression would be?

Maybe he already knew, but he didn't want to think about it, after all, he was also the man who indirectly won the Russo-Russian War.

"Then Mikami-kun, I'll leave it to you next..."

The officer, who had been behind Akashi, nodded.

"It's my honor to be your friend..."

In April 1918, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, the officers and men of the 6th Division on Sakhalin Island were completely annihilated, and the division commander, Genjiro Akashi, committed suicide by seppuku. After the news was transmitted back to Yuben, the whole country was shocked... And after the annihilation of the Sixth Division, Yan Guang, who had not been back in Yanjing for a long time, finally expressed his willingness to negotiate with Yue Ben, but all this was like the greatest humiliation to Yue himself... However, in the face of the cruel reality, in the end, I still had to bow their heads... Because at this time, there is no capital to continue the war

(To be continued)