"I'll go, the Germans are so violent? This combat power has a fight with the tiger kings of later generations! As a reserve player who is ready to participate in the second village-wide PK conference of the global village at any time, Huaxia is also very concerned about the situation on the battlefield, and the Entente countries are willing to share these materials with Huaxia, so Huaxia naturally received the news about the new German tank very quickly. And the strong performance of the Tiger tank also scared Xu Jie! He really didn't expect the Germans to make such a perverted thing at the beginning of the war.

"To be honest, I always thought that the Type 29 tank destroyer was enough at the beginning of the war. I didn't expect to be outdated now. It seems that my plan to order the Type 29 family to gradually stop production and start developing new tanks was correct. Xu Jie said to himself while reading the documents. That, by the way, is the intelligence sent by the Americans mistaken? In order to destroy a Tiger, it is necessary to take 15 to 20 Sherman or Type 29 tanks. It's only been a few years, and the fist products exported by our military industry are so useless? ”

"Who knows how the Americans counted the war damage." Peng Yi on the side said. In fact, most of the exchange ratios counted on the battlefield are problematic, and there are very few exchange ratios without problems. It is easier to figure out the loss on your own side, but it is difficult to say the loss of the other party, in addition to directly hitting through the cannon and then causing the ammunition to detonate, in this case you can presume a total loss, so if the turret is hit in the eye, or the suspension is destroyed, do you presume a total loss or can be repaired after the presumption of loss? This in itself is a muddled account. It is impossible to say whether it will be repaired or eventually discarded after being towed back. And after playing for a long time, it is inevitable that the numbers will be double-counted or omitted. So the specific exchange ratio is just to see. It doesn't make much sense to be more realistic. For an old bird like Peng Yi who has participated in many battles, the most battle loss ratio data sent by the Americans tells him that this Tiger tank is terrible. Don't touch it if you don't have several times the force!

"Do you have any specific data on the Tiger tank?" Xu Jie then asked.

"Well, the Germans have a very high level of secrecy about the Tiger tank. SO THERE IS NO VERY RELIABLE DATA, BUT ACCORDING TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT, THE FRONTAL DEFENSE OF THE TIGER TANK SHOULD BE AT THE LEVEL OF ABOUT 50 DEGREES OF INCLINATION OF 110MM, AND THE THICKNESS OF THE TURRET DEFENSE IS UP TO MORE THAN 200. IF YOU WANT TO GET FIRST-HAND INFORMATION, THEN WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE AMERICANS WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT AND CAPTURE A TIGER TANK FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AND MEASURE IT FOR YOURSELF! Peng Yi said.

"Well, how fast is our Dragon tank reloading?" People love contrasts. Especially when he saw that the opponent had a good thing, Xu Jie would subconsciously use Huaxia's most advanced tank to compare with the other party. Huaxia knew a few years ago that the Germans were developing a heavy tank, and Xu Jie, as a traverser, knew very well about the Germans' obsession with heavy tanks, so Huaxia's armored forces also began the research work on the next generation of main battle tanks very early, and now, this heavy tank named Dragon has also been designed, and has passed the test and military recognition, and has begun to enter mass production, Xu Jie is from the navy. I don't know much about the army, or I am not so interested, and now, the crisis brought by the Tiger tank makes Xu Jie have to face up to the problem of upgrading the army's equipment!

The new tanks of the Chinese Army are divided into two types. One is the Type 35 medium tank, which weighs 40 tons, while the other is a 60-ton heavy tank known as the Dragon. It stands to reason that medium tanks should be easier to handle, and heavy tanks should come out earlier. But in reality it's the opposite, for a simple reason. Comparatively speaking, the weight and hull of a 40-ton medium tank were too tight for its performance. And heavy tanks, albeit heavier. However, the margin left for the equipment is even higher. In addition, the Equipment Department of the Huaxia Army tends to develop heavy tanks first, because the Huaxia Army itself is not sure whether it can use Type 35 tanks to deal with Tiger tanks. So in the end, the Dragon tank progressed faster than the Type 35 medium tank!

"I'll go! The red beast still appeared, this is really the fate of history! Xu Jie still remembers how he felt after seeing the design of the Dragon tank for the first time, and Xu Jie found out how this thing looked and thought about the historical IS3! LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE, FIRST OF ALL, THE TURRET IS A CAST CIRCULAR TURRET, THE THICKNESS OF THE LOWER PART OF THE TURRET IS THE LARGEST, THE PHYSICAL THICKNESS IS ABOUT 180MM, AND THEN AS IT SLOPES UPWARD, THE ANGLE BECOMES LARGER AND LARGER, AND AT THE SAME TIME IT BEGINS TO WEAKEN THE THICKNESS OF THE ARMOR. On the one hand, the cast turret designed in this way will have a shorter man-hours, and on the other hand, it will obtain better omnidirectional defense capabilities. IT IS SAID THAT THE EQUIVALENT THICKNESS OF THE SIDE DEFENSE OF THE IS3 TURRET CAN ALSO REACH MORE THAN 200MM, WHICH IS DUE TO THIS BETTER SHAPE. The Dragon tank has a similar bulletproof shape, and the armor thickness is slightly thicker than that of the IS3, and the comprehensive angle and thickness, as well as the casting level, the frontal defense of the turret of the Huaxia Dragon tank is stronger than that of the IS3. And if there are no bubbles in the casting.

Then there is the front of the body, although Xu Jie has long expressed dissatisfaction and suspicion about the three spliced steel plates, but the Chinese designers after comparing the simple inclined armor and the IS3-like three-piece armor splicing defense mode, the latter has a better defensive effect than the former. Although cracking occurs when the weld is hit, this is also a small probability event. WITH 110MM THICK ARMOR AND A COMPREHENSIVE ANGLE OF MORE THAN 65 DEGREES, SUCH A DEFENSE IS NO PROBLEM IN THE FACE OF THE HISTORICAL KING TIGER'S 88MM HEAVY ARTILLERY, LET ALONE THE CURRENT TIGER TANK. After some consideration, from the comprehensive consideration of defensive performance and the interior space of the vehicle, the historical IS3's frontal defense appeared on the Dragon tank. THREE ARMOR PLATES WITH A THICKNESS OF 130MM ARE SPLICED TOGETHER TO FORM A FRONTAL DEFENSE, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ANGLE REACHES ABOUT 65 DEGREES. This defense standard is basically enough even for the 90MML70 gun used to resist the Americans, you must know that this is the first main gun used in the Patton tank after the war! The strength of the defense completely surpassed the current Tiger tank!

Then there is the side defense, making the front of the tank very thick is not really a skill, and making the side is also very thick is the real effort. In this regard. Once again, the IS3 carried out the first-of-its-kind flank defensive layout, with the sides of the IS3 tank divided into two parts. THE UPPER PART HAS A HIGH BULLET RATE, AND IT ADOPTS A LAYOUT WITH A 90MM TILT 60 DEGREES. WHILE THE LOWER HALF IS THE NORMAL 80MM VERTICAL ARMOR. THE LEVEL OF DEFENSE WITH A 90MM INCLINATION OF 60 DEGREES IS A NOTCH HIGHER THAN THE 80 MM INCLINATION OF 55 DEGREES OF THE HISTORICAL LEOPARD TANK! Although the lower vertical part is still relatively fragile, it has to be said that the layout of the side defense of the IS3 tank has achieved a breakthrough. The standard of flank defense of the Dragon tank in this plane is almost the same as that of the IS3.

THE LAST IS THE DEFENSE OF THE REAR, THE REAR DEFENSE OF THE IS3 TANK IS ALSO MADE OF TWO INCLINED ARMOR PLATES, THE ARMOR AT THE REAR OF THE HISTORICAL IS3 HULL IS 48 DEGREES INCLINED TO THE UPPER ARMOR, THE THICKNESS IS 60MM, AND THE LOWER PART IS 50MM AND THE INCLINATION IS 41 DEGREES. THE STANDARD OF DEFENSE AT THE REAR OF THE IS3 DRAGON TANK IN THIS PLANE IS 60MM OF ARMOR THICKNESS AND 50 DEGREES OF INCLINATION IN THE LOWER PART OF 50 MM. Basically, it is the same as the rear hull defense of the IS3. This defense standard is also the first in this era of this plane.

Compared to the historical IS3, the Huaxia Dragon tank has a stronger defense. But at the same time, the tonnage of the body is also much higher than that of the IS3. On the one hand, this is because of the improvement of the hard indicators of the tank, and on the other hand, it is to improve the ammunition reserve and the personnel operating environment. The man-machine operation of historical Soviet-series tanks was very discordant. Therefore, after Huaxia appropriately improved the performance of these two aspects, the weight of the tank was increased to 60 tons. In order to give this heavy tank a decent mobility, Huaxia directly used the Morin aero engine as the basis, and replaced a 620-horsepower V8 liquid-cooled engine with aluminum as the main material.

And in terms of firepower, the Dragon tank is also remarkable. The new 105MML62 heavy gun is almost the longest, largest caliber and most powerful tank gun of this era. This gun also borrowed from the excellent artillery design and manufacturing technology of the Americans, as well as the excellent design of the shells. At the same time, the long body tube and large charge of the Germans were also borrowed. WHEN USING ORDINARY ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS, A WARHEAD WEIGHING 15 KG CAN BE FIRED AT A SPEED OF 850 METERS PER SECOND. And if tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets are used, this speed can be increased to 950 meters! Of course. The life of the artillery may be relatively short, but in terms of penetration, it is indeed a few streets away from the artillery of the same period! And large-caliber artillery is not very sensitive to inclination. Very suitable for dealing with large inclination armor. And the storage of shells has also reached the standard of 65 rounds, and more can be loaded if necessary.

Just when the Tiger tank was killing all sides. A new monster has also broken out of its shell in the far east! The news of the Tiger Tank roaring in Western Europe accelerated the pace of production and equipment of this tank. Almost all tank factories capable of producing Dragon tanks began to produce this tank, and the Type 35 tank in Huaxia was still some time away from mass production, before the Type 35 tank was mass-produced. The Chinese Army also had to use the Type 29 Improved Tank and the Dragon Tank to fend off the Allied forces.

At the same time that the Huaxia Army was stepping up preparations for war, US Ambassador to China Stuart Leiden, who had received a secret telegram from the President, immediately took his military attache in China to the Huaxia Foreign Ministry to meet with Foreign Minister Gu Weijun. And put forward a proposal for the purchase of new Huaxia tanks. In the face of this suggestion, Gu Weijun, who is engaged in diplomacy, naturally cannot reply easily. On the one hand, he doesn't understand these things, and the existence of the Dragon tank is still a secret within Huaxia. Naturally, he doesn't have much to do with the army. On the other hand, the export of this kind of cutting-edge equipment must be approved by the high-level, so after he euphemistically stated that it was not within his purview, he immediately reported to the high-level and let Xu Jie and the Ministry of Defense decide.

As for the idea that the Americans intend to buy Huaxia tanks, Xu Jie's opinion is half agree, which is to put it bluntly, agreeing that the US military has Huaxia heavy tank units, but at the same time reserving the design and production. It's not just a matter of secrecy, it's also about getting these tanks into battle. The Americans have never been armed with tanks of more than 50 tons. Moreover, the standards of both sides are different, and at such a critical moment, it is better to directly let the Chinese Army go up than to hand over valuable equipment to the Americans and then spend several months training and adaptation. After all, it would be good to accumulate some experience before the start of the big war in the future.

At the subsequent meeting, Peng Yi personally met with Situ Leiden and told the Americans Huaxia's opinion. "In the face of the deteriorating international situation, the Chinese government will fulfill its responsibilities and will take practical actions. We will propose a series of armament support packages to your country, including improved Type 29 tank destroyers and new heavy tanks, etc., which will be of interest to you, and the Chinese heavy tanks will fight alongside the Allies, but only on the premise that these heavy weapons will be in the hands of the Chinese army in the coming months. We do not intend to transfer these weapons in the near future. ”

"The whole world has reached a critical juncture, and the whole of France is already under the shadow of defeat. Although the armies of the United States, Britain and France tried their best to resist the invasion of the Central Powers, the gap in equipment and strength still caused us to retreat. Without the intervention of a strong external force, the situation in France will be very critical. After calming down a little excited, Stuart continued: "France will be a domino to fall, and England will be the second, and we don't even have to wait for the third!" Because by the time Britain fell, the whole world had been changed, and a strong and violent government would rule over the largest industrial region in the whole world, and his power would radiate to the whole world, and no one could stop him. In this war, no one can stay out of it. ”

"Your Excellency is a little excited, you are a professional diplomat, not a professional military personnel. Have you ever asked the military close to you how long it takes for a completely alien heavy tank to develop combat effectiveness from the time it is received. I don't know about you Americans, but it took more than half a year for our troops to accept the Dragon tanks into combat effectiveness for all combat units, auxiliary and logistical support units. You should be clear about what half a year means. And is your country's industry ready to produce tanks of the 60-ton class? Peng Yi asked calmly.

"Well, so how many heavy tanks does your country intend to send into the European theater? What price did the Entente have to pay for this? Stuart asked.

"In a maximum of half a month, our first heavy tank units will be loaded on ships to the United States, and then enter the Atlantic. As for how long you will be in France, it's up to you. The first batch of Dragon tanks will have 3 separate heavy battalions, each with 50 tanks, plus about 6 spare vehicles. These behemoths are accompanied by a variety of logistical support vehicles. As for the cost, there will be someone to discuss with you. Peng Yi said.

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