Chapter 16: Glacier and Snow Fields—Transformed Again

The military contrast on the main road is mainly divided into four levels:

The first is a first-class military power.

The Gultoka Empire, the GLP Alliance, the Havels Empire, and the Far East Realm are the strongest first-class military powers in the four directions of the continent, respectively.

If you have to give a scoring criterion, 10 as the criterion, it can be divided into:

The Gultoka Empire's army is only 7.8 points, but the navy is the strongest in the world, with a score of 9.4, a comprehensive national strength of 8.7 points, and the lowest domestic regional defense score of only 6.5 points. This is related to the fact that the Gultoka Empire does not pay attention to the construction of defensive measures and the fact that the country has many plains in the terrain.

But this could not be an obstacle for the Gultoka Empire to become the strongest country in the Western Continent.

The GLP Alliance is a country that spends more than half of the year in ice and snow.

The military strength, whether it is the navy or the army, is not very strong, with a score of only 7.5 and 6.7 respectively, and the comprehensive national strength is not too strong, mainly because the geographical location is too far north, and many agricultural production are restricted by geographical factors, with a score of only 6.5 points.

However, the defense capability evaluation is the strongest on the mainland with a score of 9.8, which is mainly due to the vast terrain and the extreme weather that hinders the GLP Alliance.

No country has ever paid a good war dividend in this country, it is not that it is invincible, but that no country has been able to completely defeat it.

Some speculate that perhaps the Gultoka Empire and the mysterious kingdom of the East may unite to flank the GLP Alliance, and perhaps destroy the country......

This is a conjecture that has never been valid.

But it is also enough to cite the strength of the country's defense from the side.

As for the other two first-class powers, because they are in a state of seclusion, many people do not have a deep understanding of him, and more people know about the existence of these two countries.

Zhang Shixin mastered the intelligence sharing of an intelligence organization affiliated with Zhang Shiyun, and conveyed the situation of the intelligence Liu Hu and Zhao Feilin.

His perception of these two countries is:

The Havels Empire is as difficult as the GLP Alliance, and unlike the icy polar climate, the Havels Empire relies on hot and vast desert terrain.

In many cases, the desert is more troublesome and more dangerous than the snow.

It is difficult to replenish the desert, especially the water resources that other countries can easily find, and it will also be a serious burden on the logistical supply system of attacking the country.

The capacity of a transport force is limited, and for the army, there is not enough ammunition to carry out operations, there is no follow-up support, it can only sit back and watch the loss of fighters, and without enough water, it is impossible to get even the most basic guarantee of life......

And this situation will become more and more obvious the deeper into the country's borders.

Of course, this is not a problem for the country that attacked the Havels Empire, and for Zhang Shixin, the problem of logistics and supply is simply not a problem. Unless his troops run out of ammunition in battle......

But Zhang Shixin has no idea of making trouble with this country.

As normal......

The desert is home to large and even giant oil fields.

But Zhang Shixin did not expect this, because the Havels Empire was also the mainland's No. 1 exporter of energy stone.

Well, based on this alone, Zhang Shixin can guess that under those deserts, there are abundant energy stone veins, not oil fields......

Therefore, under non-essential circumstances, Zhang Shixin objected to his troops going to the desert to embody different combat styles, first, because the troops might make the desert terrain half dead, and second, ...... Things that are not beneficial, according to Zhang Shixin's style, basically will not be done.

Under this premise, Zhang Shixin ignored a mission related to the Havels Empire, and instead headed for the battle zone between the Glenshire Empire and the GLP Alliance.

Another reason is, of course, that the distance of the Havels Empire is too far, and after running through the north and south of Hilton, it still needs to pass through several countries, and Zhang Shixin is of course even less interested in this situation.

As for where Zhang Shixin's troops are now?

He couldn't say exactly where it was, but he looked at the scenery outside the periscope and said lightly: "It's snowing." ”

Snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, and Zhang Shixin knew that this was the first time he had seen real snow......

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The war between the Grunshire Empire and the GLP Alliance, even the Grunshire Empire is very inexplicable, and the Grunshire Emperor, who likes to cause trouble, also said that he was really innocent this time, but the war has broken out, and the matter can't help but end when he says it's over.

He also knew that not to mention his quasi-first-class military power, against the GLP Alliance Army, which only had a quasi-first-class military quality, would maintain an invincible stalemate at most in the winter battle.

Well, it's been a few days of low temperatures and blizzards.

Although this will also bring certain obstacles to the battle of the GLP Alliance army, it will allow the GLP Alliance Army, which is accustomed to low temperature and is well prepared, to perform at an extraordinary level in battle......

That being said, it is actually because the combat effectiveness of the Grunshire Army, which is fighting against it, has declined too much, which is why there is an illusion that the combat effectiveness of the GLP Alliance Army is beyond the level.

After the first snowfall, the Glenshire Empire was defeated in just half a month, not only completely abandoning some important areas of the border to the GLP Alliance Army, but even some second-tier towns were completely lost in a short period of time.

The armored forces of the Glenshire Army's pride were drowned in the flood of armor when they encountered the armored clusters of the GLP Alliance, which were far outnumbered by them and of poor quality, that is, they resisted stubbornly for several days.

In this half a month, Zhang Shixin rushed to the area where the two sides were fighting, and he had to order the troops to retreat immediately, because this number was not a number he could deal with at all.

At least more than 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles of various types that do not look good in quality. Well, Zhang Shixin admitted that even if he had 200 Tiger Kings, he would have to flee.

However, before leaving, Zhang Shixin gave the other party a meeting gift:

48 Katyusha self-propelled rocket launchers fired two salvos, each round of 384 132mm high-explosive rockets.

The cluster of tanks that were charging on the other side suddenly encountered two rounds of rocket strikes that were separated by a few seconds, but they could be regarded as extremely dense rocket strikes.

The inventory of losses was not very large, only more than 70 tanks suffered irreparable blows.

In addition, more than 100 tanks were damaged to varying degrees.

Such a loss was nothing more than a small loss in the eyes of the commander of the armored cluster of the Union Army of GLP.

But what he cares about is where the other side has set up an artillery position of this scale.

The damage inflicted on them by the opponent's attacks once or twice is very small, but if there are too many times, they will not be able to bear it.

While the GLP Allied Army was searching for signs of the attacking artillery positions nearby, Zhang Shixin's troops had set up a makeshift camp in a dense forest fifteen kilometers to the west.

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Zhang Shixin knew that this place was also not very safe, because if the Glenshire army and the GLP alliance army found out about them, they would attack him as an enemy.

His Elven Dragon Security Company can be regarded as a new hatred for these two countries...... Ahem, wrong, one is a new hatred and the other is an old hatred.

The new feud is that Zhang Shixin ordered an artillery bombardment against the armored cluster of the GLP Alliance Army half an hour ago.

The old hatred refers to the reimbursement of the armored army of the Glenshire Empire in the harbor area.

For Zhang Shixin, if a country specifically asks him for trouble, he has to think about whether to lead the troops to abscond back to the Kapani Kingdom, if the two countries find trouble with him together, this is already a matter that does not need to be considered, just roll up the supplies or something, and go home to watch the show.

Therefore, the reason why Zhang Shixin held the meeting this time was that he had to confirm how many of his subordinates would approve of his operation......

The result...... Obviously, it's still him who has the final say.

According to Firay, he is the boss, and they are part-time workers, and the boss will do whatever he says......

For such an example of "employees", Zhang Shixin doesn't know whether he should be happy or helpless.

Since the meeting had become a hall of words, Zhang Shixin had to end the meeting hastily, and then discharged several VK-2802 "Shadow Leopards" to observe the situation nearby.

He was planning to run away if he found out about a large-scale military movement in this direction by one of the countries, whether the target was him or not.

After all, the troops in Zhang Shixin's hands now are mainly self-propelled artillery, and other armored forces that have the ability to directly confront the opponent's armored clusters, although they are not small, but compared to the armored forces used by the two countries to fight, I am afraid that even the corresponding proportion of the other party is not enough.

This time, Zhang Shixin only brought nine King Tiger tanks, eighteen Tiger P tanks, twenty-seven Panther G tanks, and fifty-four T-10-34-85 tanks equipped with 10mm-D85T. Fifteen VK-2802 "Shadow Leopards" that served as reconnaissance teams.

This is all the heavy armor that Zhang Shixin brought out.

Others that can be used in combat are either armored vehicles or self-propelled guns, counting on armored vehicles to fight tanks directly...... Zhang Shixin had no idea at all.

Moreover, the main task of armored vehicles is not to conduct stormy operations, but to transport infantry.

Nearly 300 armored vehicles of various types, except for armored vehicles equipped with self-propelled artillery/self-propelled rocket launchers, everything else is armored personnel carriers.

Zhang Shixin sighed helplessly, he didn't know whether he was right or wrong when he took over this task.

Especially seeing the flood of armor on the other side, Zhang Shixin found that even if the quality of his armored troops was much better than that of the other party, the gap in quantity could not be filled in a considerable period of time.

He felt that he had become the Germany of World War II, and that deep helplessness in the face of the overwhelming torrent of Soviet and Russian armor.

Maybe...... The No. 3 assault gun, as well as the No. 4 "Leopard G" armament type, have not yet completely outdated.

Although they are not able to fight many new tanks, they can still play a corresponding role against these tanks that can be destroyed and damaged by two salvos of rockets.

Zhang Shixin couldn't help but think of the No. 3 assault gun and the No. 4 anti-tank destroyer equipped with a conical gun.

He finally realized that the best is not necessarily the most suitable, but the most suitable is not necessarily the best.

The best tank he can get his hands on now is the King Tiger tank without the Lion's 105mm-KWK44-L70 tank gun, but in this case, he is completely unable to fight against this number of enemies.

Even if the ratio reaches 1 to 20, the opponent's tank gun seems to have no pressure to penetrate the side of the Tiger King, so the 9 Tiger Kings will not be able to survive long in the face of the opponent's 180 tanks.

However, if it is a cheaper tank and tank destroyer, the cost and time of 9 King Tiger tanks is enough to arm 60 to 70 anti-tank destroyers No. 4.

In a compromise calculation, 65 No. 4 anti-tank destroyers can destroy their own equal number no matter how bad they are, which is incomparable to the King Tiger tank.

How many tanks can 9 King Tiger tanks be destroyed before they are wiped out?

Zhang Shixin was not interested in doing actual tests, but it was estimated that about 70 to 80 vehicles were already the top of the sky, which was indeed incomparable with the total combat efficiency of the No. 4 anti-tank destroyer.

He couldn't help but think of a famous quote.

Elites and heroes cannot recover from defeat.

Obviously, the King Tiger tank is such a "hero".

Zhang Shixin had to overturn his troop formation plan again, because reality ruthlessly told him that in the face of absolute quantity, absolute quality superiority was easily neutralized.

Strall, Leni and others, who stayed at headquarters to train recruits, received a telegram that recruits must be trained in tanks and combat vehicles sealed in warehouses.

This batch of tanks and combat vehicles consisted of a considerable amount of equipment that Zhang Shixin prepared to send to the alliance between the two countries, such as the VK-3601 (H) medium tank, the "Rhino" tank destroyer equipped with an 88mm anti-tank gun, and the Grizzly self-propelled assault gun.

The No. 4 "Leopard G" equipment type had already been given to the Kapani Kingdom, and Zhang Shixin felt satisfied after recovering a little money at that time.

But now, he regretted it to death.

Zhang Shixin knew that he had made a terrible mistake, but he was able to correct it in time.

That is, even if a country is richer and has strong industrial capacity, their armored forces are often equipped with trapezoidal schemes.

That is, there are a lot of low-end, but it must work, the number of mid-end is appropriate, which can cause a blow to the other party's high-end, and the high-end is relatively small, and the surname can be the best.

Zhang Shixin found that his current configuration scheme has almost no low-end existence, which is easy to mess up in actual combat, so he had to make corresponding changes.

The most obvious is that the system tank factory, which is in a state of shutdown, has received an order for Zhang Shixin's 60 No. 4 "Leopard G" equipment type.

Zhang Shixin knew that the combat surname of the No. 4 "Leopard G" equipment type was no better than that of the No. 4 anti-tank destroyer, but Zhang Shixin valued the advantages of the No. 4 tank in terms of easy transformation and low transformation cost.

If the No. 4 "Leopard G" equipment type is really outdated and difficult to play a role, then it will be transformed by Zhang Shixin into the No. 4 self-propelled gun equipped with a 128mm howitzer.

Moreover, for the recent mid-end configuration of TD troops, Zhang Shixin put the cheetah, which has always been unsightly, on the schedule.

Part of the Panther G will be converted into a Cheetah tank destroyer and a Panther self-propelled gun, strengthening the unit's mid-range combat capabilities.

Zhang Shixin knew that after this matter was over, the tank factory of the system would receive a large number of modification and production orders.

But......

Before that, Zhang Shixin had to complete this task that made him more frightening than fighting zombies:

Look for fighters to massively wipe out the military forces of the Glenshire Empire and the GLP Alliance.

Zhang Shixin knew that this task was not so easy to complete...... Or to put it bluntly, he could put his life on the line.

However, he knew that there must be something unknown about this mission to appear at the top of the mission list.

"......" gently flicked the snowflakes on the military coat, Zhang Shixin looked at this vast ice and snow world, and his thoughts flew in his heart......

PS: The following chapters enter the snow battle, I hope you will continue to support it.

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