Chapter 36: The Rulers of the Decadent and the Crusaders
According to Willisa, the best vehicle that can be bought than the one that St. Gloriana played in the last battle has to be the last vehicle, and the only vehicle that is more versatile and suitable for the battle lane is the Centurion tank.
What? You say more advanced infantry tanks and cruiser tanks and deformation vehicles? Those that have gone wrong because of the British tank technology tree, at most are the later models or upgrades of the Churchill, Matilda, and Crusader tanks that St. Gloriana has already fought in, so it's okay not to bring them up.
So, Willissa was very confident in her seemingly unintentional concerns.
"It's okay, in the next game, our opponent is Maple Leaf High School, and Lord Darjeeling won't lose to that kind of school." Cranberry said.
Darjeeling is also a black tea, and the cranberry refers to the captain of the St. Gloriana Battleway, who is also named after the tea.
"Yes, Lord Darjeeling is a very good captain, and he won't lose the next game." Willisa immediately chimed in.
Naturally, Willisa has followed the footage of various battle lane races, and St. Gloriana, one of the four powerhouses in her country, is no exception, and Darjeeling does have excellent chariot command ability.
"However, the semi-finals are about to face the truth, and I think they may drive all the IS-3, KV-5, and T-44." Willissa said again.
Jasmine added a sugar cube to her teacup, picked up a small spoon and stirred it slowly, and sighed: "Alas, yes, although our school is never short of money, but-"
Immediately, she lowered her voice: "The graduates of the "Black Tea Garden" can also have their opinions on the operation of the school and decide which vehicles should be used in our battle lane. Although we all know the ............"
Three of the most powerful graduate organizations were: the Matildas, the Churchills, and the Crusaders. I don't know when the necessary condition for becoming a cadre in the battle lane turned out to be invited by these three associations to participate in the tea party.
Although it was only a tea party, the unspoken rule made this academy only use three tanks: Matilda, Churchill, and Crusader.
Originally, the academy also had an A39 Earth Turtle Heavy Assault Tank, heavily armored and equipped with a 94mm QF32-pounder gun, which could be used in a suitable battlefield to exert much more powerful combat power than the Matilda, Churchill, and Crusader tanks, but now it can only lie in the warehouse like a turtle and collect dust.
"Although Lord Darjeeling is well aware of the severity of the competition, he is also trying to bypass the rules of the Three Guilds and introduce other chariots under other names...... Ah, I want to ride in a chariot other than the Crusader. Cranberry took a sip of tea and said.
"Well, are the cranberries a crusader crew?" Willissa asked.
"Yes, it's the captain."
"Now, how is your personal record? The commander of the Crusader tank never showed his head to command, and he couldn't tell who was who. Willisa looked at her curiously.
“…… I've wrecked 3 cars, and I'm ashamed that I barely survived the race to the end. "Cranberry is a little embarrassed.
The Crusader tank was in a very awkward position, as a mobile genre in the British product of separating the firepower, maneuverability, and protection of the chariot, the cruiser tank was very fast, the drag racing skills were very cool, and the transition was smooth, but when entering the battle, it also meant that it was difficult to control.
The Crusader tank as a light tank is a little too large, nearly 20t, the engine is up to 64km/h, after the limit of the combat lane allows, it can catch up with the BT fast tank, and the armor thickness is also a level with the BT tank, and it should be a reconnaissance vehicle for positioning in the battle lane, but its firepower is not bad compared to other protective tanks, the Mk.III. is equipped with a QF6-pounder gun, and the firepower is stronger than the Matilda tank as the main combat vehicle for protection, and it is the same as most Churchill tanks.
The above makes it an indispensable output combat power, but the armor is not beaten, as for the speed of constantly dodging shells, mobile shooting - when mobile shooting is so simple, this kind of thing can only be done by the Finnish Jean Devil's crew and the ace gunners of Willissa, Nona, and other school aces. That's embarrassing.
Originally, the Crusader tank was equipped with a QF2-pounder gun, and with the Crusader body, the QF2-pounder gun was quite suitable. In order to increase the chamber pressure, increase the kinetic energy of the projectile, and increase the power, the QF6-pounder gun led to the design and manufacture of the reseat of the gun was too large, and the reseat was too large is a common problem of British anti-tank guns, which limited the space - with the upgrading of the artillery, it was originally a regular five-person car group, and it was suddenly reduced to three people, and the reason why it was necessary to hard-mount this gun was mainly because of the possibility of skipping the ticket for the development of tanks equipped with more advanced QF6-pounder guns, and the QF2-pounder guns could not effectively deal with the German tanks III. and IV. tanks, so the QF6-pounder guns were hard-loaded.
Originally, the narrow space in the car was not a problem for a girl who was also petite, but it became a problem here, even if it was a group of girls, it could not fit a full group of five people into a crusader tank. So that the combat efficiency is not up to the mark.
Willisa poured out the knowledge of the Crusader tank that had been engraved in her mind, and talked about it with 10% of the momentum of Yuhana, and at the end-
"The problem is really in the tank, if the cranberry can ride the comet tank, it will definitely play better." Willissa said.
The A34 Comet tank, the last British model of cruiser tank, began to have some signs of getting closer to the general tank, the speed has been slightly weakened, the protection has increased somewhat, and it is equipped with an OQF77mm high-speed gun, which is enough to compete with the famous German Panther tank. It was a fairly good cruiser tank that appeared in the late stages of World War II.
"Impossible." Cranberry smiled and waved his hand, "The Comet tank is the last cruiser tank, and then Britain will overdo it to general-purpose tanks, and the production is not much, and the British battle lane schools in Europe are rushing to ask for it, we, unless we order it in the name of the battle lane, we can't buy it, order it directly, and the three meetings will not approve it." ”
"Is the candied fruit also in a chariot?" Cranberry asked rhetorically.
Hui Lisha shook her head slightly: "No, although I am very interested in the battle lane and have driven chariots in other places, I am just an ordinary member here, not a member of the chariot department. What about Jasmine? ”
"Me? I'm a non-combat lane car maintainer, and I drove the lord tank outside. Jasmine gestured to the Lord Mk.VII. tank parked outside next to Matilda's Mk.II. tank.
The number of chariot units in large schools tends to be huge, and now with the addition of the members of the "Black Tea Garden", the number of people is even larger, so it is not surprising that they do not know each other.
"Well, that'...... Let's continue to have refreshments, and it's not far from class time. ”
"Okay."
(To be continued)