It should be said that the ZT-41 tank is the same as the German King Tiger tank in history.

This is true both in form and in other ways.

This is entirely because of Yan Guang's own suggestion.

Of course, it is impossible to be like this everywhere, as a half-military fan, Yan Guang still has a good understanding of some of the shortcomings of the King Tiger tank.

The King Tiger tank, also known as the Tiger II Tank VI, of course, was called the 'Royal Tiger' by the British―――――― completely confused why the British called it that.

The King Tiger tank was a heavy tank produced in Germany during World War II. The Tiger II is largely derived from the Leopard tank, but the design concept is similar to that of the Tiger I, designed to dominate the battlefield. Although its heavy armor and powerful artillery were beyond the reach of the Allies, due to its insufficient numbers and inadequate application, it did not have much impact on the overall front.

The King Tiger tank and the Tiger I had the same armor as welded, but the King Tiger had the armor tilted like the T-34. The exterior is similar to that of a Leopard tank, with a large turret that is spacious even though the main gun is cut in half along the centerline. The 80-round shells are arranged in a circular pattern around the turret and on the floor, and there are also many shelves for small items in the turret. The top tower of the car commander has a good view, but most of the car commanders still choose to stick their heads out of the car.

In addition, the King Tiger tank is equipped with a long body 88/L71 mm gun with a powerful body, which can penetrate 180 mm thick armor at 1000 meters, and can penetrate 132 mm steel plates with a vertical inclination angle of 30 degrees at 2 kilometers, even IS series tanks and M26 Pershing cannot resist, and can fire from outside the engagement distance of Allied combat vehicles. However, due to the high muzzle velocity of the shell, the barrel wore out rapidly, and the main gun was later changed to a two-stage version to facilitate replacement.

The King Tiger tank was probably the most powerful single tank during World War II―――――― not to mention those tanks that appeared after the end of the war.

Despite this, the King Tiger tank still has many technical problems, the most significant of which is that the steering control system is often scrapped suddenly due to the pressure caused by the excessive weight of the vehicle; And the liner is prone to oil leakage.

Other than that. The engine of the tank not only has an amazing fuel consumption, but it is also prone to overheating or even stalling. This is because the King Tiger does not use a specially developed engine, but instead uses the ready-made 700 hp Maybach HL230/P45, which was originally intended for the lighter Leopard (45 tons) and Tiger I (60 tons), allowing it to power the King Tiger tank, which weighs nearly 70 tons. It is a kind of "horse-drawn cart" behavior, and the engine must be kept running at full speed at all times to drive the tank, which will inevitably greatly reduce the life of the engine and reduce its reliability. An employee of the design plant Henschel, the chief engineer of King Tiger, Erwin? Adler explained after the war: "The frequent failures of the King Tiger tank are mainly due to the hasty production of the tank without testing and verification. "Overloading the powertrain is a common problem with heavy tanks, and this is especially true on the King Tiger tank.

Originally, a HL234 engine was designed specifically for the King Tiger tank. Prepare to redress the King Tiger tank. The P45 carburetor structure is replaced by mechanical injection technology (direct fuel injection), which improves combustion efficiency, and the new engine is expected to be rated at around 1,000 hp (736 kW), and even a supercharged option allows the engine to output more power. However, at the end of the Third Reich, the war in Germany was tight. Due to the lack of resources, and the constant threat of air strikes on factories and research institutes, these power upgrades remained at the drawing stage until the end of the war, and not even a single engineering sample could be manufactured―――――― of course, whether it could be made. How many years it will take to build is also a question in itself.

In addition, the weight of the King Tiger tank of nearly 70 tons has also become its fatal injury, because most bridges and roads cannot withstand its huge pressure, if something goes wrong. It had to be scrapped. Overly complex machinery is also a problem. …,

Although Yan Guang is only a half-baked military fan, he has some understanding of the King Tiger tank in later generations of a Russian online game called WOT, that is, the blessing of the World of Tanks―――――― so Yan Guang was playing the D series at that time, that is, the German tank, and he naturally would not let go of the famous tank of the Tiger King.

And because of this. Yan Guang has to endure the Tiger King's slow death speed in the game.

Therefore, when designing the new heavy tank, Yan Guang did not emphasize the weight of the tank. Rather, it emphasizes the importance of reliability and mobility.

Therefore, the ZT-41 tank finally designed, although it is quite similar to the King Tiger in appearance, but the weight is only 60 tons, and at this time, a new high-power diesel engine was specially developed for the ZT-40 tank.

A high-power diesel engine with a power of 750 horsepower, combined with a weight of 60 tons, allowed the ZT-41 tank to travel at a speed of 35 kilometers per hour.

Such a speed, of course, cannot be compared with the ZT-40, which weighs only 45 tons, but it is quite remarkable among heavy tanks.

On the other hand, the thickness of the ZT-40's frontal armor has also reached the level equivalent to 200 mm of homogeneous armor, and the sides and rear have reached 100 mm, which is significantly stronger than the King Tiger tank.

In addition, in terms of main guns, it is also equipped with 105mm L/68 tank guns.

At a range of 2000 meters, with the use of tungsten core shells, it is possible to penetrate all tanks in service, both from the side and from the front.

One of the main reasons why the total weight of 60 tons can surpass the King Tiger tank is that the Chinese engineers have different concepts from the German ones.

One of the characteristics of German weapons is its sophistication and sophistication. Although the reliability of these German equipment is generally good, if the equipment is too sophisticated and complex, it will undoubtedly bring a lot of trouble.

For example, the man-hours and costs required for production, for example, the inconvenience of logistics, for example, the reliability problems caused by over-complexity, etc.

The ZT-41 was able to reach this extent primarily because of the fact that they paid great attention to the problem of simplification of equipment. Therefore, although it is indeed very similar to the Tiger King in appearance, the internal structure is almost completely different.

Because of the simplified relationship, it is also much more convenient for production.

Although it is unlikely that the Russian T-34 will be able to form a sea of tanks with its strong production capacity, the ZT-40 and ZT-41 are still much easier to produce than the Panther and King Tiger.

On the other hand. Unlike Germany, which is relatively barren, it is an exaggeration to say this after entering the new era. However, compared with the vast majority of countries, China is still the kind of land and resources, and there are a considerable number of rare metals on China's soil.

Therefore, when designing new tanks, the armor of these new tanks contains a considerable degree of rare metals. This also allowed the tank to reduce weight at the same time. It also makes the armor as protective as steel armor 200 mm thick.

However, although it has armor equivalent to 200 mm thick, when entering a distance of 1000 meters, the frontal armor of the ZT-41 is still quite fragile in the face of German 88 mm anti-aircraft guns.

This was not the case with the ZT-41, not to mention the ZT-40 tank, which had frontal armor only 120 mm thick. Although the ZT-40 is similar to the Panther II, it is clear that even the Panther II will not be able to withstand the shells fired by the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun at a distance of 1,000 meters.

And since it's on the battlefield, it's not like in the game. The possibility of being hit by anti-aircraft guns was reduced through various maneuvers―――――― and although it was much more difficult for the Germans to hit a tank if they were in a maneuvering state, the possibility of a tank hitting a friendly vehicle was also much higher.

As a result, while performing limited maneuvers, the driver of the tank can only increase the speed of the tank as much as possible. Strive to rush to the German positions as quickly as possible. …,

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Seeing that the extremely fast ZT-41s were about to rush into position, the anti-aircraft gunners on the defensive line also turned their attention to these medium tanks, which posed the greatest threat.

"Boom !!"

There was a cannon shot, and then the loader, who covered his ears, saw that a ZT-40 was hit directly by a shell from an 88-mm anti-aircraft gun. The hit shell penetrated the frontal armor of the tank and directly detonated the ammunition inside the turret.

The detonated ammunition produced a huge explosion that sent the entire turret into the air.

The rate of fire of the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun was quite fast. At 15 to 25 rounds per minute, it would not have been the most successful artillery of World War II.

So after destroying one tank, the gunner quickly aimed his gun at the next tank. And wait for the reloading of the dressed bombardier.

"That's it!"

After loading the ammunition into the gun, the loader shouted loudly to the gunner.

It's no wonder that he is like this, after all, he often works near artillery, and he has to listen to the loud sound of artillery firing every day, and their ears are not quite useful when they are serious, not to mention that they are still on the battlefield with constant gunfire sounds?

And hear the words of the loader. The gunner, after nodding his head, also fired the shell at a new target again.

Merely...

"Huh?"

What makes the gunner a little strange is. This time, the shell hit the target, but in the end, the shell actually slipped away...

Although he had just aimed at a ZT-41, now that the tank had entered within 1,000 meters, it stands to reason that this should not have happened.

That is, while he was still there in surprise, a tank finally rushed to the line ...

"Fire !!"

While rushing to the German lines, the commander shouted at the gunners.

The gunner didn't say anything, but with a 105mm tank gun in his hand, he sent an 88-mm anti-aircraft gun into the sky along with the soldiers in the bunker.

Due to the fact that there were still a considerable number of 88-mm shells in the vicinity of the anti-aircraft guns, after being killed by the fragments of the explosion, the entire bunker exploded violently. The wreckage of the 88-mm gun, which had been sent to the sky, even smashed into a trench after falling to the ground.

According to the observers' sights, there must have been a few German soldiers there, but strangely enough, there was not even a sound there.

But none of this has anything to do with them. Under the protection of thick armor, not to mention the general explosion fragments, even a small caliber artillery can't hurt them, so they don't have to worry about anything at all ...

While the loader was still there to reload, the gunner was using a 12.7mm machine gun alongside the tank gun. Shooting at the German soldiers who were outcropping on the position.

Although the rate of fire of the 12.7mm machine gun is certainly not comparable to the 1500 rate of fire of the 8mm machine gun, it is still an amazing weapon with a caliber of 12.7mm.

So in just about half a minute, at least four or five soldiers died under the machine guns―――――― the reason why they were killed, not casualties. Because as long as a person is shot by a 12.7mm caliber machine gun, unless the shot is in the limbs, no matter where they are hit, they will only end up dead, and it is a pity that none of the four or five soldiers were hit in the limbs.

Although the 12.7mm machine gun was very useful, the gunner was only strafing with the machine gun alongside the tank gun, but no one in the car thought of using the machine gun on the roof of the car to help the battle―――――― after all, it was still in the enemy's position. No one knows where there will be any fish that slip through the net, although the machine gun itself also carries a shield, but if someone wants to shoot a black gun at the machine gun position, it is estimated that this shield will never be able to save the life of the machine gunner......

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As tanks rushed into the German positions, the German defenses gradually collapsed. Gradually, all the tanks rushed up. And the mechanized infantrymen loaded in armored vehicles who followed behind also began to rush up with the pace of the tanks.

"Quick, quick, fast!!"

When the armored vehicle stopped in front of the position. The squad leader in the car opened the door and shouted loudly to his subordinates.

Hearing the voice of the squad leader, the soldiers rushed out of the hatch one by one. Then use an automatic or semi-automatic rifle in your hand to aim at those enemies who appear in sight.

"Bang Bang !!"

Three gunshots rang out, and a soldier knocked out a German soldier with a Mauser 98K rifle.

At this time, a machine gunner also ran to a better position, set up his 8mm machine gun, and then fired at his own side.

No one carried flamethrowers, let alone flamethrowers.

To not for humanitarianism. It's not for the sake of friendship with the Germans, after all, if you really want to think about that. It was also impossible to declare war on Germany.

The real reason for this is that almost all of the troops in this operation are mechanized or motorized, and the soldiers are also on motor vehicles. If you really carry a flamethrower or something, as long as a car or armored car is destroyed, it will be very lively.

Not to mention anything else, at least none of the soldiers in the car will survive, even those around the vehicle are estimated to suffer.

And unlike ordinary flames, the flames in the flamethrower, as long as they are burning, are very difficult to extinguish...

Therefore, whether from the point of view of safety or the psychology of the soldiers, it is impossible to use flamethrowers in the European theater―――――― but the European theater is not an island in the Pacific Ocean or the South Sea, so there is no need to worry about the Japanese hiding in the caves, so if you try not to use it, it will not be a big problem...

On the other hand, as the mechanized infantry from behind gradually arrived, disembarked from the armored vehicles carrying them, and participated in the battle for the defensive line, the defense line gradually began to fall into the hands of the Wehrmacht.

"What about the casualties?"

Looking at the battlefield where the sound of guns and cannons was still shocking, but the situation had begun to tilt towards his side, Li Mo asked his subordinates on the side?

"It's not small..."

The subordinate shook his head.

According to Guderian's vision before World War II, the ideal armored division should have an armored brigade, each brigade has two tank regiments (armored regiments), each regiment has two tank battalions (armored battalions), and each battalion has four tank companies, including three light tank companies (equipped with tank No. 3) and one medium tank company (equipped with tank No. 4). Each company had 21 tanks, so that the German Panzer Division had a total of 336 tanks. Later, due to the shortage of tanks, each battalion of the German Panzer Division was reduced from 4 tank companies to 3 tank companies, 2 light tank companies and 1 medium tank company. In reality, however, by the time the war broke out on September 1, 1939, only 98 and 211 tanks were produced, respectively. There was simply not enough equipment in the establishment, so the tanks of the German Panzer Division were mostly replaced by light tanks No. 1 and No. 2.

At the outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939, the actual establishment of German Panzer Divisions was more complicated, with four tank battalions in the regular Panzer Division and one Panzer Training Battalion in addition to four tank battalions. A total of 391 tanks were produced, while the newly formed 10STH Panzer Division and the improvised "Kempf" Panzer Division had only 2 tank battalions. In 1939, Germany had 4 lightly armored divisions in addition to 6 panzer divisions, which should have been equipped with 1 tank battalion according to the establishment, but in fact there were 3 tank battalions in the 1st light armored division and 2 tank battalions in the 2nd light armored division.

Blitz in Western Europe in 1940. There were 10 armored divisions in Germany, and the 10th Panzer Division and the "Kempf" Panzer Division were combined. 4 light armored divisions were reorganized into 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th armored divisions. At this time, the theoretical establishment of armored divisions was 2 regiments and 4 battalions, but the 6th, 7th, and 8th armored divisions were only equipped with 3 tank battalions, while the 9th armored division had only 2 tank battalions. …,

During the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, the number of German armored divisions was expanded to 21, the number of armored brigades was abolished, and one tank regiment was drawn from the original armored divisions to form a new armored division. The 11-20 Panzer Division was newly formed, and at the same time the 5STH Light Panzer Division was formed, which was later changed to the 21STH Panzer Division. In terms of establishment, there were 2 regimental and 3 regimental armored divisions, with 150-200 tanks respectively (135 and 209 tanks respectively according to the history of World War II in the Soviet Union), but the actual situation was extremely confusing. There are 3 battalions and 4 companies (a total of 12 tank companies), 3 battalions and 3 companies (9 tank companies), 2 battalions and 4 companies (8 tank companies), and 2 battalions and 3 companies (6 tank companies).

In 1942, the number of German panzer divisions was further increased to 27, and at the same time an attempt was made to develop a unified formation, that is, the tank regiment formation in 1942. There were 2 tank battalions with a total of 162 tanks, but the actual establishment was still extremely chaotic. Still unable to unify.

On the eve of the Battle of Kursk in 1943, Germany had 28 Panzer Divisions and 16 Panzer Infantry Divisions (Panzergrenadier Divisions). In September 1943, Germany once again tried to unify the organization, and formulated the 1943 Panzer Division, which included 1 tank regiment, 2 tank battalions, and 1 battalion with a new Panther tank. The 2nd Battalion had 4 tanks, each with 4 companies. 22 tanks per company, 8 tanks each for the battalion headquarters and regimental headquarters, 96 tanks per battalion, 200 tanks per regiment.

Today's China uses this kind of 200 tanks per regiment. In other words, there should have been 200 tanks under Li Mo's hands. The tank regiment has two tank battalions, one of which is equipped with ZT-40 medium tanks, and the other is equipped with ZT-41 heavy tanks.

Merely...... Ahem...... In the process of running hundreds of kilometers, although due to the airdrop assistance of the Air Force transport aircraft, Li Mo and these armored officers do not need to worry about fuel problems, but the tanks of this era still have a lot of problems, even the latest ZT-40 and ZT-41 tanks of the Wehrmacht cannot be avoided, at most they are stronger than the German Meow and Meow King, so in the process of running for hundreds of miles, there are probably more than 20 tanks that have to stay in place...

In other words, after arriving at the battlefield, the number of tanks in Li Mo's hands was only more than 170.

And now...

"The losses are relatively large, there are less than a hundred tanks left ...

"That is, more than eighty were lost ...

Hearing his subordinates say this, Li Mo frowned.

Just in this battle, I almost lost almost half of my subordinates...

However, while Li Mo was still frowning there, another voice suddenly came from the radio.

"Regiment commander, just now there is information from the Air Force that a group of armored troops is heading towards us..."

"Armored troops? German? ”

"That's right."

"How much time is left?"

"This—" The voice on the radio was silent for a moment, and then continued after a while. It's about half an hour away..."

"In other words, it's not very far..."

At this time, Li Mo really felt that there was some trouble, half an hour, although his division had already attacked the enemy's position, but there was a considerable degree of difference between attacking and capturing. If you want to capture the enemy's position and completely occupy it, I'm afraid it will take a while, and time is undoubtedly the most insufficient for Li Mo...

"Order the remaining brethren to assemble themselves and prepare for battle."

"Yes!!"

Although there are only a number of tanks left, Li Mo still has considerable confidence in his subordinates, or rather, he is confident in the mounts of his subordinates, at least the tanks that Li Mo is equipped with for his army will definitely not be inferior to anyone, including the tank powers Germany and Russia...

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After judging that half an hour was not enough time to capture the enemy's position, not even half of it, Li Mo concentrated all that was left was a number of tanks. And ordered the maintenance soldiers, to repair the tanks damaged in battle. …,

It is impossible for tanks to hide in the positions of the infantry, so when the air force received information that the enemy was only less than ten kilometers away from the position, Li Mo ordered all the tanks to attack.

However, as soon as he came out of the battle, when the two sides entered a distance of three or four kilometers, and Li Mo was about to give full play, he was attacked head-on by the enemy...

"Boom !!"

Just when it was still about three kilometers away, a ZT-40 on Limer's flank was destroyed.

Seeing this scene, Li Mo frowned, you must know that even a medium tank like the ZT-40 has 120 mm frontal armor. If it was destroyed when entering 2000 meters, Li Mo would not be surprised, but at a distance of 3000 meters...

Just as Li Mo was thinking this, another ZT-41 not far in front of him was also hit, but unlike the ZT-40 just now, this time the ZT-41 bounced off the opponent's shell relatively easily.

Seeing this scene, Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and blamed what had just happened to an accident.

After all, even in the later life, like Challenger II or something, there are times when they are pierced by rockets, right?

However, then, among Li Mo's tank troops, tanks continued to be destroyed...

And after entering a distance of 2000 meters, even a ZT-41 tank was destroyed ...

However, it was at this time that the opponent's tank entered a distance that Li Mo could see more clearly.

"I'm not mistaken!!"

Looking at a leading tank opposite, Li Mo said in surprise.

At this time, the radio inside the tank also continued to hear the sound of surprise.

Because just opposite, Li Mo saw a tank that was almost exactly the same as the ZT-41 he was riding. If Yan Guang is here, he can clearly realize that the opposite side is Germany's strongest tank in World War II, the King Tiger tank...

However, Li Mo and the others did not know, so when they saw the opposite tank, they were all surprised.

That is, when Li Mo was surprised, another ZT-41 was destroyed, and this time it was the same as the last time, also at a distance of 2,000 meters...

On the other hand, a strangely shaped vehicle was slowly moving forward with a very large caliber cannon.

If Yan Guang was present at this time, he would have been able to recognize what this strange thing on the other side was...

"Tiger Hunting!"

Seeing this thing, even Yan Guang would be surprised, because this should be the strongest self-propelled anti-tank gun that will only appear at the end of World War II...