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The origins of the B-2 jet tactical bomber can be traced back to 1935, when the Imperial Air Force Council of China had learned that both Germany and Britain had begun to develop formidable jet bombers, and although it later proved to be a strategic political deception by Britain and Germany, the Imperial Air Force Committee of the Chinese Imperial Air Force at that time preferred to believe that it had nothing to do with the Imperial Aviation Industry to develop a new series of jet bombers, with a total weight of 36 tons to 90 tons, and a maximum speed of 800 kilometers per hour. The combat radius is 1609 kilometers, and the practical ceiling is at least 12000 meters. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

The engines for these new aircraft will be GTG-1_80 or GTG-1_90, which are currently under development by Beiyang Electric. In the 35th year of Guanghua, AirAsia responded to the Imperial Department's tender and submitted the design of the CA-130. The CA-130 has a traditional upper monoplane layout, with a flat tail with an upper reverse angle, and uses four turbojet aero engines, two of which are placed side-by-side in the engine nacelles in the middle of the wing.

On September 8 of the same year, AirAsia was awarded a contract by the Imperial Air Force to develop three CA-130-based demonstrators, Model XB-1. Three other companies have also been awarded similar contracts: Royal Airlines XB-2, Pacific Airlines' XB-4 and Zhongyuan Airlines' XB-3.

As the Chinese Empire possessed powerful nuclear weapons, many weapons development programs were cancelled or postponed, but the Imperial Aviation Committee felt the importance of developing jet tactical bombers, because the air defense capabilities of European and American countries were greatly enhanced. The existing H-5 tactical bombers are already difficult to break through the air defense of a potential enemy country.

Although the contracts for the XB-1, XB-2, XB-3 and XB-4 were not affected, in the 38th year of Guanghua, due to the increasing tensions with Germany and the outbreak of World War II. The cooperation between Germany and the Soviet Union made the Reich government feel the pressure of imminent war, and the Air Force Commission gave the highest priority to the development of jet tactical bombers.

In order to obtain a new bomber as soon as possible, the Emperor decided to abandon the competition between the four projects and instead choose a design that could be put into production first. By the middle of Guanghua's 30_8 years, the XB-1 and XB-3 were nearing completion, while the XB-2 and XB-4 would take at least two years.

Under the principle of time first, the Imperial Aviation Committee decided to immediately compare the XB-1 and XB-3 and choose one to put into production. After comparing the XB-1 and XB-3, the military concluded that the Royal Airlines XB-3 was expected to perform lower than the XB-1. And its small and elegant fuselage is not enough to accommodate all the necessary radar equipment. On the other hand, the XB-1's rustic aerodynamic layout has been adopted by a large number of models, and there is nothing to worry about.

At the end of Guanghua 38, the Imperial Aviation Committee announced the mass production of the XB-1, and on January 20, Guanghua 39, signed a contract for the production of the B-2. The B-2 was a tactical bomber designation given by the Imperial Air Force. The first XB-1 prototype made its maiden flight at Beiyuan Air Base on March 17. The flight also became the first flight of a 4-engine jet bomber from the Chinese Empire.

The Imperial Air Force of China produced a total of 3 XB-1 prototypes, and divided the labor to implement different flight test projects. Before the test flight began, an XB-1 crashed, killing two pilots from Beizhili, which was also the largest air crash in the Chinese Imperial Air Force's test flight plan in decades. The Imperial Air Force was in trouble after two Air Force family members sued, but Air Minister Liu Xiang persuaded Congress to allow the jet bomber project to continue.

In the next intensive test flight work, in view of the previous air crash incidents. ╔╗The Imperial Air Force Committee strengthened the safety and security of test pilots, so that the remaining two XB-1s safely flew 171 times. It was subsequently delivered to the Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire.

The Imperial Air Force received the first B-2 tactical bomber on June 30 and the second on August 31. The two B2 bombers were first assigned to the Royal Praetorian Guard Air Force. It is under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial Strategic Air Command.

Since the development of the jet tactical bomber in the Chinese Empire was the first time, the B2 tactical bomber included many upgrades and improvements from the day of development to its retirement, and basically every B2 had more or less changes.

However, all changes are based on the base B-2, which has a wingspan of 27.145 meters, a length of 22.98 meters, and a height of 7.68 meters. The total weight of the base version is 49963 kg, the bomb load is 9988 kg. With 4540 kg of ammunition, the combat radius is 1622 km, the transfer range is 3930 km, the practical ceiling is 11452 m, the maximum speed is 917 km h, and the cruising speed is 804 km.

The basic version of the B-2 bomber adopted a trapezoidal vertical tail, and then there were a variety of subsequent improvements, but the overall did not change much. Its biggest feature is that the flat tail has a large upper reverse angle to avoid the exhaust gases of the engine. The front three-point retractable landing gear, the front landing gear is two-wheeled, and the main underwing main landing gear is a large single wheel, which is retracted inward into the wheel nacelles at the root of the wing. Four Beiyang PD47 turbojet engines, each of two in a group, are installed side-by-side in the engine compartment in the middle of the wing, with a thrust of 2,724 kg. There is a bomb magazine in the belly of the aircraft, and the crew includes two pilots, a bombardier and navigator, and a tail rusher, which are placed in the tandem double-seat bubble transparent cockpit cover above the front of the fuselage, the nose transparent bomb delivery bay, and the tail power rotating turret.

Due to the very high speed of the B2 tactical bomber, it was easy to break through the enemy's anti-aircraft fire network, and only tail defensive fire was required to fire backwards, so only the tail machine gun was required. The three crew members at the front of the fuselage entered the aircraft through the large hatch on the left side of the nose, and the tail engine had its own door on the right side of the fuselage under the flat tail. The electronic systems of the B-2 include bombing navigation radar and fire control systems, radio communication equipment, emergency flight control equipment, etc. There are two 50-mm cannons in the tail with 2,000 rounds in reserve. It can carry up to 12,485 kg of ammunition or a "full house" low-altitude strategic bomb weighing 9,988 kg in two bomb bays.

It can be said that the Chinese Empire introduced jet engines to fighter aircraft. Revolutionized the way humans fought in the air. The main shock was speed, as early jet engines were three times more efficient than conventional rotary engines. The increase in speed was of course popular with pilots (there was a legend in the Imperial Air Force that those who had the advantage of speed would be able to maneuver more and have more room to live in the air), but it took a long time for this change to be adapted. In the past, Imperial Air Force pilots flying propeller fighters could slowly experience the gradual increase in speed from low to high, but now the speed reached hundreds of kilometers per hour at the beginning. The Imperial Air Force pilots were a little unaccustomed to it. At the same time, during the exercise, the aerial dogfight of jet fighters became a more difficult task, because the best time to fire became only a split second.

But despite all the difficulties, the Chinese Empire began mass production of jet fighters for the first time and equipped the air force on a large scale, replacing the existing propeller combat aircraft, thus opening a new era in the history of world aviation, and the aircraft entered the second generation. The Chinese Empire became a country that continued to lead the future direction of the world's air forces. And after the outbreak of World War II, it was able to quickly maintain its hegemony in the field of world aviation.

However, compared with traditional propeller fighters, jet fighters have extremely strong combat performance, but this is also directly proportional to their cost.

At this time. ╔╗The Chinese Empire's aviation industry manufacturing capacity is the world's first, and the cost of advanced propeller fighters like the J-10 has dropped to 54,000 dragon coins, while abroad, with the capabilities of the German aviation industry, the cost of manufacturing the J-10 fighter will not exceed 62,000 dragon coins.

Thus. The development of the world aviation industry in the treaty era can be described as rapid, as evidenced by the sharp decline in the cost of manufacturing the main fighter.

However, for jet fighters, the biggest difference is the cost of manufacturing jet aero engines. Take the J-11 fighter fighter of the Chinese Empire. Its cost is as high as 85,000 dragon coins, and the A-5 strong strike fighter is slightly higher. Reach 105,000 Dragon Coins. The F-6 (Wildcat) ship battle cost 90,000 dragon coins, and the two-seater cost 92,000. The F-8 (Osprey) torpedo bomber costs about 84,000 dragon coins, while the B-2 (Mustang) tactical bomber costs up to 336,000 dragon dollars.

For the most expensive H-7 (Flying Fortress) strategic bomber, although it was upgraded, the cost dropped and remained at about 520,000 dragon coins.

For the Chinese Empire, although the cost of these jet fighters was still a bit high, with the strong financial resources of the Chinese Empire, this cost was within the affordable range. In particular, the Chinese empire will take advantage of the fact that the J-10, H-5 and other propeller fighters are still in the leading position in the world to export, but can earn a large amount of foreign exchange, offsetting the additional cost of the new generation of jet fighters.

Of course, this is also the strategy of the Chinese emperor, that is, it will always use the best and latest to export the obsolete equipment to the outside world.

However, for the procurement requirements of the Greek military, the Chinese empire only exported to them the foreign trade versions of the Jian-10 and H-5, that is, the performance was appropriately reduced. Only after the Chinese Emperor has completed the replacement and update of the equipment will the full version of the local country be exported.

With the strong industrial manufacturing capacity of the Chinese Empire, the Imperial Empire felt the military pressure of World War II and would complete a comprehensive replacement within two to three years.

This is true of the J-10 fighters and H-5 bombers exported to the Greek military, as well as the M28A1 Leopard main battle tank, which is known as the king of land warfare, because the Imperial Chinese Army has completed the development of a new generation of main battle tanks and has begun mass production, which is rapidly replacing the position of the M28 series of main battle tanks.

Since the advent of the M28 series of main battle tanks for more than a decade, the Imperial Chinese Army has been leading the world in this regard. However, with the development of the No. 3 and No. 4 main battle tanks by the German Army, the M28 encountered a formidable competitor. The Germans' No. 3 tank has reached 25 tons, and the No. 4 tank is close to 30 tons, and the firepower and armor are constantly increasing, and the gap with the M28 series main battle tanks of the Chinese Empire has been greatly reduced. In order to prevent the Germans from taking away the title of the king of land warfare of the Chinese Empire, the Imperial Army Committee officially established a project to develop the next generation of main battle tanks in the 31st year of Guanghua. And the main battle tanks are officially divided into three categories, namely light tanks, medium tanks and heavy tanks.

Among them, the M28A3 continued to serve as a medium main battle tank. The A1 series is used for export. The Army Committee issued a plan to develop light main battle tanks and heavy main battle tanks, which are the M36 King Tiger heavy main battle tank and the M35 Hound light main battle tank.

According to the requirements of the Army Commission of the Chinese Empire, the M36 King Tiger main battle tank, as a heavy combat vehicle, should be equipped with an 80 mm main gun and fully protected by heavy armor. combat speed at 50 km/h and other performance indicators. As a light combat vehicle, the M35 Hound main battle tank should be equipped with a 47 mm main gun, light armor protection, and a combat speed of more than 70 kilometers per hour. ╔

The King Tiger heavy main battle tank is developed and manufactured by Royal (Beiyang) Ordnance Heavy Industry, while the Hound light main battle tank is handed over to Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing for R&D and production.

The combat speed required 50 km/h, which was a huge challenge for heavy tanks. But in the 36th year of Guanghua, after years of hard work, Royal Ordnance Heavy Industry still achieved this. Make the King Tiger the most mobile heavy tank in the world.

The design concept of the M36 Tiger heavy main battle tank was different from most tanks in the early years of the Chinese Empire. Prior to this, tank designs emphasized a balance of mobility, protection, and firepower, while the King Tiger main battle tank was designed with a focus on firepower and armor at the expense of mobility. But in fact, the mobility of the King Tiger tank is only relatively reduced, compared to the previous M28A3 series of 62 km/h. The King Tiger tank, which was eventually assigned to the Imperial Chinese Army, reached a maximum speed of 55 km/h, a reduction of only 7 km/h. Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the Tiger uses a larger and more advanced engine and transmission system, which means that the King Tiger Heavy still has the mobility of the Imperial Chinese Army's medium tank. Although it is not as good as the German light tank Mark II and the Soviet T-34, it has an absolute mobility advantage over the medium and heavy tanks of the European and American armies, so it is not an exaggeration to call the King Tiger tank of the Chinese Empire the most mobile heavy tank in history.

For the M36 King Tiger heavy tank, what really stimulated the emergence of the King Tiger main battle tank was the German Army's wars in Western Europe and North Africa. Its 75 mm 45 times diameter tank gun had an almost overwhelming advantage over the British and French main battle tanks, including the armor of the Imperial Chinese M28A3 main battle tank in front of the German tanks. It is also facing a great threat.

Although the King Tiger main battle tank is similar in design and appearance to the M28A3 Leopard tank, the King Tiger tank weighs more than a dozen tons than the Leopard tank. The increase in weight comes from thicker armor and large-caliber guns, as well as the inevitable large storage space for fuel and ammunition, larger engines, and more robust transmission and suspension systems.

The thickness is capable of withstanding most shells at normal engagement distances, which is the definition of the King Tiger main battle tank given by the Imperial Army Council. The armor in front of the hull of the King Tiger Tank designed by Royal Ordnance Heavy Industry is 100 mm thick, and it is made of inclined Chinese special steel, which can withstand the deadly attack of 80 mm tank guns within 600 meters. The gun shield directly in front of the turret is 120 mm thick on the front and 100 mm on the sides, and is also a rectangular structure with 45-degree inclined edges. In comparison, the German IV tank of the same period had only 50 mm of armor in front of the body and 40 mm thick in front of the turret.

And the M36 King Tiger main battle tank also has armor up to 82 mm thick on the sides and back. Such a thickness is capable of withstanding most shells at normal engagement distances, especially anti-tank shells from the front, and the Tiger is capable of withstanding large-caliber heavy howitzer shells falling from long distances. Most of the armor of the King Tiger main battle tank is inclined armor, which is connected to other structures and adopts the form of occlusal joint, so that it can obtain good comprehensive structural performance. At the same time, the welds are welded (instead of riveted) between the biting armor blocks, and the quality of the welds is extremely high, far exceeding the international advanced level, but also because the welded body and turret also greatly increase the structural weight of the King Tiger main battle tank itself.

In accordance with the requirements of the Imperial Army Committee, maneuverability of at least 50 km/h was guaranteed. To this end, Royal Ordnance has developed a state-of-the-art engine system. Two convection compartments are placed on either side, each with a fuel tank, heat fins, and cooling fans. The engine was originally designed to use a 21-liter 12-cylinder Diesel DBX-210-P45 diesel engine with 650 kW. Although it is a good engine, it does not provide enough power. This was quickly upgraded to the Diesel DBX-230-P77, a 30-liter 850-kilowatt engine that drove the 55-ton King Tiger main battle tank to a top speed of 55 km/h. ╔╗ In-line cylinder is adopted, and the angle between the cylinders is about 60 degrees. An inertial starter device was installed, located on the right side, and was driven by a chain through a hole in the rear of the tank, and the engine could be lifted through a hatch in the roof for easy maintenance. The engine is connected to a gearbox in front of it under the rear, and the 11-ton turret is propelled by a hydraulic drive system powered by the engine, and it takes 25 seconds to make one revolution. The suspension system uses 10-8 sets of torsion bars to save space. The weight wheel swing arm is forward on one side and backward on the other, and each load wheel swing arm is equipped with three load wheels for a better ride.

Since the King Tiger tank reached 55 tons, in order to reduce the pressure on the ground. Royal Ordnance Heavy Industries has developed a track with a width of 700 mm, although its track life has not improved much, but at least it is maintained at the same level as the M28 series track, for heavy tanks, 1500 kilometers of track life is a guarantee of strong vitality.

Of course. The biggest deterrent for the King Tiger main battle tank is that it is loaded with the most powerful tank gun in the world to date. Royal Ordnance Industries designed the MKPDX38 80 mm caliber 70 times diameter high-pressure electric firing smoothbore gun, the whole turret is flat and slender, very close to the turret design of modern main battle tanks. It looks like a huge fly swatter on a gun carriage.

The support and firing mechanism of the main gun was developed from the famous 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of the Chinese Empire, and was equipped with extremely accurate Beiyang Technology TDM39 optical and mechanical radar reflex sights. Impressively accurate, the gun can be loaded with three types of ammunition. They are CK33 ballistic armor-piercing blasting projectiles, CK36 sub-caliber tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles and CM39 high-explosive projectiles.

The King Tiger main battle tank's powerful main gun caliber and double diameter, its shells can fly at high speed along a very straight trajectory. During a test launch at the Beiyuan range, the M36 main battle tank opened fire at a distance of 1,500 meters, while five consecutive rounds landed on a 2m x 3m target. At 1600 meters, it can easily penetrate the German No. 3 light tank, and within 1000 meters, it can directly penetrate the German No. 4 medium main battle

The armor of the tank, the power is amazing.

In addition, the King Tiger main battle tank uses a hydraulically controlled variable speed gearbox and a semi-automatic transmission system. The increased weight of the tank meant a new handling system with a high-performance clutch and brake design. The control system of the King Tiger Tank is a double-helical type with two different and fixed shafts twisted by different helical gears, and it is equipped with an eight-speed gearbox with sixteen helical gears. If necessary, the minimum radius rotation is to be rotated by means of a unilateral brake. The control system of the M36 tank was the easiest to use throughout the forties.

By the end of the thirties, the cost of the Chinese Empire's M28A3 Leopard medium main battle tank had dropped to 90,000 dragon coins, while the cost of the new M36 King Tiger heavy main battle tank was more than double it, at around 190,000 dragon dollars. Although the cost is high, the combat effectiveness of the King Tiger main battle tank is unquestionable, and throughout World War II, it was essentially invincible, in line with its expensive status.

For the M35 Hound light main battle tank, its cost of less than 50,000 dragon coins makes it extremely cost-effective, throughout World War II, the Chinese Empire produced a large number of equipment, until after the war, this type of tank is still a sought-after item in the world.

The M35 Bloodhound, from the day it was designed until its retirement, has been the king of speed in World of Tanks.

With a total combat weight of only 12 tons, the M35 is a reduced version of the reduced armor and main gun caliber of the M28A3 medium tank. The chariot is only 4.61 meters long, about 2.14 meters wide, 2.4 meters high, using Diesel DPC 400 horsepower engine, the maximum speed road speed is 70 kilometers per hour, the off-road speed is 40 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 400 kilometers, and it is equipped with a crew of 4 people. ╔╗

In terms of firepower, the M35 is armed with a 47-mm 55-diameter gun with 40 rounds in reserve. Equipped with two 12.7mm M2 heavy machine guns with 2,400 rounds of ammunition. In order to achieve maximum speed, the M35 tank had to sacrifice armor protection, with 25 mm inclined armor on the front and 10 mm inclined armor on the sides, which could withstand the attack of guns of caliber below 600 mm from a distance of 47 meters. Due to its high speed and maneuverability, it was difficult for the enemy's large-caliber artillery to lock onto it, which created an excellent chance of survival for the M36 light tank.

In addition, the M35 Hound light tank can easily climb a hill of 29 degrees. A 2-meter trench is crossed by a vertical wall of one meter, and the wading depth also reaches about 0.9 meters.

In addition to formulating the research and development of the M36 heavy tank and the M35 light tank, the Imperial Army Committee of China did not consider it necessary to eliminate and replace the M30 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and the Z29 anti-tank fighting vehicle because the M30 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and the Z29 anti-tank fighting vehicle continued to maintain the leading position in the world, so the upgrading of the wheeled infantry combat vehicle and the anti-tank combat vehicle was shelved, but it did not give up the research and development, but it was not necessary in the next ten years. Unless a new tank appears internationally that can counter the W30 and Z29, it will not be replaced.

Of course. The Imperial Army made great strides in the technology of combat vehicle engines, and high-power engines were a key component in increasing speed. The upgrade of the W30 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and the Z29 anti-tank infantry fighting vehicle was allowed, and the engines and electronics of these active combat vehicles were updated so that they continued to be in service with the Imperial Chinese Army by standards twenty years ahead of the international level.

At a time when large-scale military equipment innovation was carried out on the mainland of the Chinese Empire. The fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, known internationally as the "Big Bad Wolf", which was visiting Athens, Greece, left on August 8 and entered the Mediterranean Sea to visit Italy.

Prior to this, the Chinese Empire had already delivered advanced weapons and equipment such as Jian-10 fighters, H-5 bombers, and M28A1 combat vehicles needed by the Greek military to the Greek army, and pocketed 450 million dragon coins.

And for the Greek military. Although it was very distressing that the 450 million dragon coins were earned by the Chinese Empire, it was quickly rewarded with value for money.

On August 10, the Greek army on the front line withdrew on the order of Athens. The Italian army thought that the Greek army had collapsed. So he drove straight in, preparing to capture Athens in one fell swoop. End of the Greek Wars.

In fact, this was nothing more than a delaying tactic by the Greek military and a trick to lure the enemy. Because the Greek military needed to allocate the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire to the main forces. And give the main forces time to get used to the new equipment.

In order to gain time, the Italian army lured into the enemy was met with stubborn resistance from the Greek army, and the Greek army relied on the advantage of the terrain to force the Italian army to stop, and the two sides started a stalemate battle in the mountains, on the other side, the Italian troops advancing east were also repulsed by the Greek defenders, and the attack was unfavorable.

After a month of preparation, Greek reinforcements arrived at the front, and the Greek First Army, equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire, immediately launched a counteroffensive.

On November 14, the Greek army launched the Battle of Pindus Mountain, the first army of the Greek army dispatched J-10 fighters to cover the H-5 bomber group to carry out carpet bombing of the Italian position, covering the ground of the third army and the fourth armored division of the 150 M28A1 main battle tanks launched a fierce counter-charge, defeating the Italian Sixth Panzer Division in one fell swoop, the powerful M28 tank easily destroyed the Italian version of the German No. 2 tank equipped by the Italian army, less than 30 minutes of tank battle, the Greek army destroyed 76 tanks of the Italian army, and only 6 tanks broke down on the battlefield due to improper operation. The Italians suffered the greatest defeat since the beginning of the war and were forced to retreat, and the Greek army won a decisive turning victory.

On the 22nd, Papagos commanded a large-scale counteroffensive by the Greek army, and the Italian army retreated on all fronts, and the main bases of Corcha and Poglad were lost to their opponents. The war was transferred to the territory of Albania.

On December 8, the Greek army, which had completed the resupply, launched a second major counteroffensive, relying on the advanced military equipment provided by the Chinese Empire, the Italian army was all over the place, and the battle line left the Greek mainland directly and penetrated more than 30 kilometers into Italy. Subsequently, the Greek army occupied the Albanian port of Saranda in one fell swoop, and consoled the Pelena traffic artery.

The Greek army turned defeat into victory and defeated the Italian army, which is known as the fourth military power in the world, which immediately shocked the international community. There is a sad voice in Italy, even if you can't beat France, you can't even beat little Greece, it's really a shame to throw home.

Enraged, Mussolini immediately organized 50 divisions to prepare for a counteroffensive on all fronts, but failed to repel the Greek army.

Soon, Mussolini personally took command, concentrated 28 divisions and 300 aircraft to launch a large-scale counteroffensive, but was once again thwarted by the Greek army, which was equipped with the world's most advanced weapons under the command of General Papagos. The Italian army suffered more than 120,000 casualties, while the Greek army suffered less than 10,000 casualties.

Such a huge contrast. Mussolini was overwhelmed with grief. So he had to lose face and cry out for help to his good brother Hitler, who should have read in the newspapers that the leader "had taken Greece".

By the time the Italian army was defeated in Greece, the Germans had already captured the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Forced the Anglo-French forces back to the line of Sedan and Verdun, and once again threatened the French capital Paris. There was panic in France, because they knew very well that France was facing a much more severe and passive situation now than it was during the First World War. During World War I, France and Tsarist Russia were allies to contain Germany on the Eastern Front, which led to the confrontation between Germany and France on the Western Front and kept France. Now after the outbreak of World War II, Germany has no threat from the Eastern Front and is attacking the Western Front with all its might. Meantime. Italy and Spain cooperated with the Germans to encircle France on three sides, resulting in the French forces being pinned down in three directions, especially locally, unable to form an advantage over the German army, despite the help of the British expeditionary force. However, the combat effectiveness of the British Army was not complimentary, and the Anglo-French forces were very struggling.

Hitler accordingly threatened to end the war in France within a year. But it was at this time that Hitler heard the cry for help from his good brother Mussolini, which was supposed to be an Italian invasion of Greece. As a result, Greece in turn invaded the Italian mainland, which made the "mustache" quite unhappy, and scolded Mussolini for being a waste.

Mussolini cried in front of Hitler that it was the Chinese Empire's export of advanced weapons and equipment to Greece that led to the defeat of the Italian army, so Hitler was immediately shocked by the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire.

At this time. The defeat of the Italian army gave the Entente Britain and France the opportunity to open a new channel in the Balkans to contain German power. In the hope of alleviating the pressure on the Anglo-French forces on the Western Front, Britain and France increased their military aid to Greece. Even when the British and French forces were strained, they also sent troops to the Balkan theater to support Greece.

In order to prevent Britain from opening up the Balkan theater, defend the only oil fields in Romania that supplied Germany, and ensure the safety of the flank of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in the future, Hitler ordered the development of a battle plan for the invasion of Greece, and successively pulled Romania and Bulgaria into the German, Italian, and Spanish trilateral alliances.

At the beginning of March 1940, 300,000 German troops were stationed in Bulgaria. On March 25, the Yugoslav government was forced to sign an agreement to join the Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy and Spain. On the 27th, the pro-British faction of the Yugoslav army staged a coup d'état and seized power. The new Yugoslav government refused to form an alliance with Germany and signed a friendship and non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union on 5 April.

Hitler then decided to occupy Yugoslavia. The German army attempted to divide and annihilate the Yugoslav Army by carrying out a centripetal assault on Belgrade from Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria with the 2nd Army (under the jurisdiction of the 49th Mountain Army, the 51st Army and the 46th Panzer Corps, commanded by General M. von Weix) and the 1st Panzer Group (under the command of the 41st Motorized Army, the 11th Army and the 14th Panzer Corps, commanded by General Kleist). The Italian 2nd Army (in the Trieste area, commanded by General V. Ambrosio) and the Italian 4th Division (in northern Albania) advanced north and south along the Dalmatian coast; The Hungarian 3rd Army advanced in the direction of Novi Sad.

At the same time, the German 12th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 40th Panzer Corps, the 1st _8th Army and the 30th Army, commanded by Field Marshal W. Lister) broke south into Greece through Skopje and Monastir (present-day Bitola) in southern Yugoslavia, encircling the Greek and British forces in a roundabout way; The center and left flanks were attacking Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki) and Eastern Thrace, respectively.

Yugoslavia and Greece lacked military readiness to fight Germany. The Yugoslav army attempted to organize a defense in the border area of more than 3,000 kilometers and to carry out a surprise attack on the Italian army in Albania in coordination with the Greek army. However, the Yugoslav Army was backward in equipment and lacked troops, with only about 28 infantry divisions, 3 cavalry divisions, and 32 independent regiments. The main force of the Greek army, about 15 infantry divisions, fought against the Italian army in Albania, trying to drive the Italian army out of Albania, and only 6 divisions and 2 brigades were deployed in the Bulgarian border area, and three defense lines were built along the line of the Cuastus River, the Stremon River, the Vermion Mountain, and the Aliakmon River, and it was planned to block the German army from entering the hinterland of Greece with the cooperation of the British army (2 infantry divisions and 1 armored brigade) that had arrived in Greece shortly after.

On 6 April, the Germans launched an offensive against Yugoslavia and Greece. In the Yugoslav direction, the German-Italian air forces carried out heavy bombardment of transport hubs and such important cities as Belgrade. The Yugoslav government and the Supreme High Command were paralyzed. The German 1st Panzer Group and the 1st Division of the 2nd Army crossed the borders of Baonan, Ronan and Southern Hungary and carried out a centripetal assault on Belgrade; The main forces of the German 2nd Army carried out a pincer assault from Austria and Hungary on Zagreb, the capital of Yugoslavia and Croatia.

On the 11th, the Italian army set out from the Istrian Peninsula and Shodora in Albania to carry out a centripetal assault on Dubrovnik. 10 brigades of the 3rd Hungarian Army entered Yugoslavia from the Szeged area. On the 13th, the German 1st Panzer Group and the 2nd Army met in the Belgrade area and occupied the city. The next day, the Supreme Command of the Yugoslav Army ordered the troops to stop resistance and surrender on the 17th. The Germans suffered more than 500 casualties, and the Yugoslavs were captured about 345,000.

In the Greek direction, the 40th Panzer Corps on the right flank of the German 12th Army entered the southern border in three directions, captured Skopje, and then advanced in the direction of Kozzani; The 1st_8th Army in the center occupied Strumica and advanced along the Axios River, capturing Thessaloniki on 9 April. The Greek troops stationed in Eastern Thrace were forced to surrender. In order to avoid being encircled, the Anglo-Greek troops stationed on Mount Vermion and the line of the Aliakmon River retreated to the line of Bralos and Moros, in an attempt to block the German offensive and cover the retreat of the main force from Athens by sea.

The Greek army, which was engaged in the battle with the Italian army in Albania, was forced to retreat due to the threat of flanking, but it was too late and fell into a heavy siege. Although the Greek army was equipped with the advanced weapons of the Chinese Empire, the Greek army had only a short time to master these advanced weapons and equipment, and it was naturally invincible compared with the equally well-equipped but well-trained German army.

On the 20th, the main force of the besieged Greek army was cornered and surrendered to the German and Italian forces. On the 23rd, the Greek government signed the instrument of surrender. The next day, the Germans broke through the Anglo-Greek defense line of Bralos and Moros, occupied Athens on the 27th, and occupied the entire Peloponnese on the 30th. 41,000 British troops and some Greek troops withdrew by sea to the island of Crete, which was controlled by the Chinese Empire, and were disarmed by the Chinese Empire.

At this point, the Balkan War ended, and the German army suffered about 11,500 casualties. The Greek army suffered 223,000 prisoners, and the British lost 12,000.

After this battle, the German side seized a large number of advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire from the Greek army, and the German side immediately carried out reverse engineering research, and soon the Germans copied the M28A1 combat vehicle, Jian-10 fighter, H-5 bomber and other advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire.

The Chinese Empire did not expect the Greek army to be defeated by the German army so quickly, let alone the strength of the German army's reverse engineering, so that the Chinese Empire had to speed up the innovation and replacement of a new generation of military equipment. At the same time, the Chinese Empire's fear of Germany increased, and the Imperial General Staff began to study the possibility of a military conflict or all-out war with Germany. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )