Chapter 142: Dunkirk 5.28 A
On the morning of 28 May, Li Guang landed in France for the first time.
Li Guang's arrival was received with the highest courtesy from the British [***] side. Navy Lieutenant Smith, who was once rescued by Li Guang, originally had some inner resistance to the Naval Resistance Army, after all, the officers and men of the British Empire were detained by Li Guang on the PC for several days. But now Major Smith is grateful for the 'selfless' rescue of the Navy.
Smith introduced Colonel William Tennant, who was in charge of the beach retreat, to Li Guang, who was quite good, and saluted Li Guang, who did not even have a military rank mark on his uniform, and even invited Li Guang to drink coffee in his busy schedule.
This William. Colonel Tennant is famous for the Dunkirk retreat, because the colonel had made plans for the retreat a few weeks earlier, and was in charge of directing the specific retreat from Dunkirk Beach.
But these are all false for Li Guang, and he is most concerned about arms.
During the transportation of weapons last night, the armored company led by Qin Zhan found something good - a French B1 heavy tank. Qin Zhan and Yuan Yin, both of whom were restless boys themselves, had been expanding their range of picking up garbage in the past three days.
After discovering the French tanks, I immediately used these heavy tanks as trailers after a little familiarity, otherwise it would be really difficult to tow heavy artillery with just a small Polish tank, especially on soft sand.
On this day, several heavy tanks joined the transport team, and the results were remarkable, and the number of heavy artillery guns collected by the Naval Resistance Army increased to fifteen.
In World War II, the Germans were the most powerful in army weapons, especially armored weapons. But is it true that the technology of the French is not worth mentioning? In fact, France claims to be the first army in Europe, and it is not exactly boasting. It was only rigid strategic thinking and conservative tactics that caused the defeat of the French army. And the tanks designed by the French, in terms of technology, are quite advanced. The firepower and protection of this B1 heavy tank far surpassed that of Germany's main tanks, tanks No. 3 and No. 4.
But the French only used the tank as an infantry support weapon, and since it was to support the infantry, then speed was not important, and as a result, the maximum speed of this powerful twin-turret tank was only twenty kilometers. In this way, it is a tragedy. The German tanks can't beat you head-on in battle, but I can get around you. The sides and backs of the tanks could not always be all thick armor, the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks were still threatening, and the French army's rear road was cut off, no matter how powerful the French tank was, it was useless.
But don't underestimate the technology of the French, this tank has a fairly advanced surname in terms of transmission and suspension, and firepower. Advanced technology was a waste in the hands of the French, and the conservative tactics made the French weapon design full of conservative traces. The three important indicators of a tank are firepower, armor, speed. However, the firepower and armor of the tanks designed by the romantic French were excellent, even far exceeding those of the Germans, but the speed was simply too suffocating.
So far, the tanks of the Naval Resistance Army have not been able to build one, and Li Guang naturally laughs at this kind of good thing.
As for the British-made Matilda tank, the Naval Resistance Army also collected a few. But this tank, Li Guang simply didn't know how to evaluate it. If the small Polish-made tank is extremely poor in terms of armored firepower and mobility, this tank of the British is even more eccentric. As the first country to invent tanks, the British Empire designed very strange weapons. Look at the basic parameters to know where to lag, the weight is around ten tons, the front armor is sixty millimeters, and the other parts are mostly six millimeters to twelve millimeters. The firepower was even weaker, with only two 12.7mm water-cooled machine guns. Even more suffocating, the speed is less than twenty kilometers.
Compared with the army's 96 tank and the 8-9 tank, the combat effectiveness of such a tank is not at all on the same level, let alone the army's cutting-edge tank Type 97. Judging from this aspect alone, the level of weapons and equipment of the British army is a grade worse than that of the army.
Although Li Guang doesn't look at such tanks very much, the Navy's own tanks have not yet been perfected, and Li Guang is also happy to accept these things.
For a long time, the scale of the naval resistance army's operations was very small, and the casualties were not large. The demand for drugs is not large. Therefore, Li Guang's plan to pick up rags does not include drugs and medical devices. However, on the night of the 27th, due to the large number of wounded transported by the British and French forces, the young men of the Naval Resistance Army knew the location of the medical reserve warehouse.
The fighters understood the value of ammunition, but the value of medicines was not very clear. After Li Guang learned the news, he was overjoyed. Drugs are more valuable than weapons and ammunition, and if measured in tons, their price is definitely more than ten times that of weapons and ammunition.
Li Guangxi's results, you know. The soldiers moved quickly to clear a field hospital abandoned by the Anglo-French forces. The Anglo-French army was really a loser, a whole truck of sulfonamides, a whole truck of quinine, and piles of medical equipment were discarded.
This night, the harvest of the Naval Resistance Army was disorganized, but when it comes to value, it is probably the highest since the operation to pick up the rags. More than 300 tons of medicines and medical equipment alone were obtained. Once the drug is a ton, it is simply invaluable.
On the 27th, during the day, the seaport of Dunkirk was bombed, but there were not a few German fighters on the beach.
After the Germans bombed the port, they would never stop.
During the day on the 28th, the three guano boats did not participate in the rescue, but stayed in the British harbor to refuel coal and water again and rest a little.
The Liberty was still hiding in the sea, and the destroyer USS Pickup was responsible for the close defense. Three submarines were responsible for perimeter vigilance.
Now the Pickup can be said to be the world's number one air defense destroyer. Never before in history has a destroyer been equipped with such a wide range of anti-aircraft weapons. From a distance, the muzzle of the cannon is pointed at the sky, and it is simply dense.
Britain and the United States are strong enough, but few countries are willing to use expensive anti-aircraft guns in such a wasteful way. The British air defense cruisers in service are of the Dedo class, and in terms of ammunition delivery, of course, they are much more powerful than the pickup destroyers. But the large volume of ammunition is not an indication of the strength of its air defense means.
In the design of ships in this era, no country would abandon the main gun. The Dedo-class air defense cruisers were armed with eight to ten 134mm flat-height dual-purpose guns. Not only anti-air defense was considered, but also anti-ship operations. The design of the pickup did not take into account the combat of the ship at all, and the maximum caliber of the anti-aircraft gun was three inches (seventy-six millimeters), and the combat of the ship was not considered at all.
In Li Guang's plan, the pickup was the air bodyguard of an aircraft carrier or battleship. Comparatively, the functions of the pickup destroyer are more professional, after all, there are a large number of small and medium-caliber guns, which are more effective for short- and medium-range air defense of fighters.
Li Guang was cheap and very generous, and a lot of anti-aircraft guns had been equipped on the merchant ships during the transportation interval, and the destroyers had also changed their surnames to better anti-aircraft guns. Based on the number of anti-aircraft guns obtained so far, it is almost capable of equipping three pickup destroyers. However, this is still quite far from Li Guang's goal, and he hopes to get more anti-aircraft guns, and even the battleships and the stone statue island can be well protected.
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