Chapter 197: The base camp of dying to save face

As the first commander of the armored forces of the Anti-Japanese Federation, he is also the only commander of the armored forces. γ€Žγ€γ€Žγ€One? Novel w?w?w?.? 1. XiaoshuoThe current Chen Hanzhang is extremely proficient in the centripetal assault tactics of the tank and the interspersed tactics of great depth. The use of various tactics by tank units has reached the point of perfection.

As for the Fourth Brigade of Independent Tanks, which is currently being dispersed by Uchiyama Eitaro to use the Japanese army, although it is equipped with the new tanks of the Japanese army, he really doesn't take it too seriously. He was not afraid of the Japanese army's attack on tank clusters, and now that Lieutenant Uchiyama Eitaro has dispersed this tank brigade and used it, he has not paid attention to it.

In Chen Hanzhang's view, the number of tanks he has invested is nearly twice that of the Japanese army. And in terms of performance, it is far superior to the performance of Japanese tanks. Even a light tank may not be without the strength of World War I in the face of the new tanks of the Japanese army. In addition, they are concentrated against dispersed, and the troops have formed quite tacit infantry tactics. In the face of the Fourth Brigade of Independent Combat Vehicles, Chen Hanzhang and the participating troops can be said to be quite confident.

It's just that he didn't expect that this time, the two wings led by tanks would be outflanked quickly, but the progress was far from as fast as imagined. The key problem was not in the infantry, but in the tank troops, which Chen Hanzhang had pinned great hopes on, which Chen Hanzhang undoubtedly did not expect at the beginning.

For the anti-United Nations tanks interspersed in great depth and the centripetal attack tactics with tanks as the guide, the Japanese army, which suffered countless heavy losses, can be said to have made full efforts to deal with the tank clusters of the anti-United Nations this time. Not only between the right flank and the Texas battlefield, a large number of anti-tank guns and infantry anti-tank weapons were deployed, forming a large-depth defensive position.

The 4th Separate Brigade of Tanks, the only units that were not dispersed, were concentrated on the right flank. On the right flank, with part of the tank forces as the core, an extremely strong anti-tank defense system was formed. In the face of the anti-tank artillery positions equipped with trapezoidal equipment, as well as the anti-tank fire level of light and heavy, the infantry attack was guided by tanks after failure.

The Japanese army is learning and selling, and they have built similar positions on their flanks. It's just that the Japanese army lacked the kind of cannon with excellent performance that could only be replaced by the Type 88 anti-aircraft gun. Moreover, for the first time in this operation, the Japanese army also put its own anti-tank rocket launcher on the battlefield.

Since last year, the Japanese army, which has suffered heavy losses in anti-United Nations tanks many times, whether in the northeast or on the battlefield in Kannai, has made great efforts to develop anti-tank weapons. It's just that in the case of insufficient technical reserves, he can only ask for help from his allies, the Germans.

Not only did the German 50-mm anti-tank gun be introduced, so that the Japanese army finally had an anti-tank gun whose performance basically met the requirements, and it can be said that it can finally pose a threat to the anti-coalition tanks. A number of Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launchers that the German army had just opened and began to be equipped on a large scale only last year were also introduced.

It's just that after the drawings of this bazooka arrived, the Japanese military top brass has always been worried about whether this infantry anti-tank weapon is equipped. Some radical officers feared that this kind of weaponry would make them lose the upper hand in the war with the navy for resources and affect the production of tanks.

As a result, after several months of verbal warfare, at the strong request of the Kwantung Army and the Chinese Dispatch Army, mass production at the Mukden Arsenal and the Ogura Arsenal began at the end of 43. The first stage of this battle was not able to catch up. Among the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army that participated in the battle this time, only 100 divisions were equipped with the 9th Division, which was scheduled to carry out the 6th Deng.

Originally, the 72nd Division was also in the sequence of the first batch of equipment. However, the base camp is worried that this new weapon will fall into the hands of the Chinese, which will affect the input of subsequent tank units. Therefore, only 100 divisions and the two divisions scheduled to carry out the Deng-6 operation, each division was equipped with 90 guns to be used as infantry anti-tank weapons.

This 100-hundred-division regiment was not only equipped with 90 anti-tank rocket launchers, but also equipped with another infantry anti-tank weapon fired by the Japanese army, a relatively retro anti-tank gun grenade. The 100th Division used these anti-tank weapons to set up a defensive position on the most critical right flank in the face of insufficient anti-tank guns.

In fact, for the decision of the Japanese army's base camp, whether it was the Kwantung Army or the Chinese Dispatch Army, they all thought that the base camp was convulsive. The so-called anti-coalition forces in China have long been equipped with similar weapons and have long been put into use on the battlefield, and the Japanese army has also captured a certain amount. I don't need to put the booty with quite good power, and I have to go to the Germans with the near and far.

It also limited the allocation in the troops, and only gave the number of divisions and regiments to be equipped, what else could this be if this was not a convulsion? Everyone has a lot of equipment and has long used it in actual combat, but they are deceiving themselves behind closed doors here. Are you still afraid of falling into the hands of the squadron? People have been equipped with similar equipment for a long time, okay?

In fact, no matter what the reason for the Japanese army base camp to do this, the people below generally understand the real reason in their hearts. In a word, this weapon used by the Anti-Japanese Federation was developed and developed by the most despicable people in the eyes of the empire. Let the advanced empire imitate a weapon developed by the backward and ignorant Chinese people, and the base camp really can't let go of this face.

Although it was under tremendous pressure from the front-line commanders, the base camp was still desperate to save face, and would rather go to the Germans, its allies, than put ready-made excellent weapons to imitate. For the base camp, the use of captured weapons by the troops below is the behavior of the troops below. The face of the Imperial 6th Army is very important, and this must not be lost.

Although their friendly team, the Japanese Navy, has long been using salvaged Chinese naval ships. But for the 6th Army, how to do it is a matter for the Navy. Holding a weapon developed by the Chinese people, as the standard equipment of the 6th Army of the Empire, that is something that should not be thought of, and it must not be done.

It's just that no matter how much criticism there is, but at present, the Japanese army finally has a new anti-tank weapon suitable for infantry equipment. At least 100 divisions and regiments have light weapons that can partially compensate for the lack of anti-tank guns. As for the gun-fired anti-tank grenade, all the officers of the Japanese army at all levels invariably ignored it.

Not only is this 100th division equipped with a new type of anti-tank rocket launcher, but the two squadrons of combat vehicles equipped with it on the right flank are also a model that has been improved on the basis of the original Type 3 tank. Although the protection power has not increased in any way, the firepower has surpassed the original 50 mm tank gun.

Originally, this latest Japanese tank, numbered Type 3, suffered heavy losses in front of the anti-tank forces of the Anti-United Nations. However, this is the only main battle tank that can compete with the main battle tank equipped by the Japanese army at present, and it can barely compete with it. The 50 mm tank gun it is equipped with, although it lacks high-performance cap-piercing shells as always, and can only use ordinary steel-core armor-piercing shells, but the overall range and power are still very good.

Its 50 mm thick frontal armor was also the thickest of all the Japanese tanks. This tank invested by the Japanese army is the first model that can barely compete with some tanks of the Anti-United Nations in terms of firepower and armor protection among all the tanks equipped by the Japanese army.

The armored cluster that outflanked Chen Hanzhang on the right flank, the two tank squadrons of the Japanese army that started in the first round, belonged to tanks that belonged to not only Type III tanks that could compete with the anti-coalition tanks on a certain range. Moreover, among the small tank units of the entire Japanese army, there are only two squadrons of Type 3 improved tanks equipped with 75-mm tank guns.

The Type 3 tank was opened by the Japanese army in order to cope with the threat of allied tanks and for the so-called homeland defense operation in order to deal with the increasingly unfavorable situation of the war. However, in the end, because Japan's industrial base is still quite good, the developed tank is also decent, and its armor thickness and mobility are very good.

If it is said that the Japanese army invested in the first phase of the battle, the modified tank is the main tank produced and manufactured by the Japanese army at present. Then this tank, which has just been installed in the troops, is the latest model of the Japanese army's tank. It's just that the production of this tank did not start before this war, and under the bombing interference of the Anti-United Nations, the production of this tank is not high.

Under the circumstance that the production structure is simpler and the base camp considers the efficiency and cost ratio to be higher, under the competition for resources, this tank, which is in a weaker position, has a total output of less than 300 units so far, which is far from meeting the needs.

At present, among the tank units of the entire Japanese Sixth Army, only the second and fourth brigades of independent combat vehicles that have been put into operation this time have been reequipped. The rest of the newly formed tank units, including the tank units mobilized by the Japanese army to the North China battlefield before the war, were still mainly one-type or one-type modified tanks.

Of course, the modified tank that the Anti-United Nations encountered before was also an advanced tank for the Japanese army. This type of three-type tank, in fact, is based on the first modification, with some enhanced armor protection, and a slightly larger version of the horsepower. Other things like walking structures, because of the time constraints, are basically copied from the modified tank.

It's just that although this tank is the latest tank of the Japanese army, the tank gun has not been developed in time due to the relationship of time, and can only use the 50 mm tank gun used in the first modification tank. For most of the performance of this tank, especially the good mobility and the best protection among all the tanks of the Japanese 6th Army, the Japanese 6th Army is quite satisfied.

The only dissatisfaction is that the Caliber of the guns of medium tanks, with the exception of light tanks, is more than seventy mm. The Type 3 tank was equipped with a 50-mm gun, although it was already the most powerful tank gun of the Japanese 6th Army. But compared to the enemy, it is still much inferior in power and range.

For the front-line commanders of the Japanese Sixth Army, who were ravaged by the 75-millimeter tank guns of the Anti-United Nations and felt that they were embarrassed, and at the same time, they all insisted that the power of the 50-millimeter tank guns was still a little too small.

After all, for a weapon, the front-line commander's feelings are the most direct. Therefore, the North China battlefield, which was the first deployment object of this tank, after the arrival of the two tank brigades, although it was impossible to make major changes, they still tried their best to make certain changes.

However, although the Japanese Sixth Army is still somewhat dissatisfied with its firepower, it takes time to develop a new tank gun, and the development of a weapon cannot be done by messing around with it. In the absence of pre-research earlier, it was basically impossible to come up with a tank gun in a short period of time. There is still a considerable gap between the technological power of the Japanese and their allies.

But the Japanese 6th Army, which has become a common practice, likes to do this. It doesn't matter if the powerful chariot cannon can't be developed in a short time, you can find a way to replace it. Although the Type 88 anti-aircraft gun, which is currently used by the 6th Army as the best anti-tank gun, should not be stuffed into the tank turret, isn't there any other weapon to choose from?