bookmarkrole #285 - The turret looks scary from a distance, but the five pairs of road wheels are impressive when
#285 - The turret looks scary from a distance, but the five pairs of road wheels are impressive when
"The Northeast People's Autonomous Army Vanguard Regiment?" Yu Zhenze looked at his new appointment with some surprise, his face full of question marks.
"Yes, Regiment Commander Yu. After deliberation by our higher-ups, we have decided to grant you the Vanguard Regiment designation and related equipment. However, there is one matter that needs to be discussed with Regiment Commander Yu. Retaking the Northeast is not something that your regiment alone can accomplish. In this regard, we request that Regiment Commander Yu work with us to select a portion of the brothers in the Vanguard Regiment who are familiar with the geography and customs of the Northeast to become guides and liaison officers for other units of our People's Autonomous Army, so that we can eliminate the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Northeast together!" Chief of Staff Zuo explained with a smile.
Yu Zhenze was silent for a while.
Although he had some mental preparation for this disguised reorganization, Yu Zhenze still hesitated when the day really came.
After all, if they really wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, they would have joined long ago.
There were already many people from the Northeast Army in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army.
However, if he didn't agree, this matter would probably fall through.
Yu Zhenze was not a naive student. He had been in the army for more than ten years and had seen many things.
"Sir, can you allow this humble subordinate to go back and discuss this matter with my brothers?" Yu Zhenze could not guarantee that his brothers would be as accepting of this matter as he was.
The Eighth Route Army's momentum is now so strong that even a blind person can see it. Jin Province alone can no longer stop them. In the four provinces of Jin, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and the four provinces north of the Great Wall, although there are still many Japanese devils in places other than Jin Sui, discerning people can see at a glance that a change of ownership is imminent. With the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army, North China cannot be defended at all.
In this case, the brothers' joining would not disgrace their talents for serving the country.
Ren Zhong underestimated the sudden arrival of the opportunity.
But it doesn't matter, there is still time to catch up.
Traveling between two worlds, Ren Zhong was not worried that his vision was lower than anyone else in this era.
After all, this is a cognitive gap of an era. Even the most talented politician, the strongest now, cannot compare with Ren Zhong, who has a cheat.
If it were a general high-level leader, they would not dare to have such an independent autonomous consciousness about his set of strategies.
But Ren Zhong knew that the high-level leaders in this time and space would also choose to independently decide our destiny!
Taiyuan Heavy Industry.
A tank slowly drove out of the workshop.
If a military enthusiast from the main world saw this tank, they would definitely be very familiar with it.
From a distance, the turret is scary, but up close, it has five pairs of road wheels!
That's right, this is the classic T-59 that Ren Zhong chose for the next generation of tanks.
Of course, it is not the original version, but a fancy, modified version after iteration.
It introduces the concept of composite armor and an 88mm tank gun!
Of course, the current power is still that legendary GAA V8 engine core, as a powerful power outputting 525 horsepower and a strong torque of 1400 Nm. The legendary GAA V8 can still become the powerful core of the counterfeit T-59, after all, the output of the original B2 engine is not as good as the GAA V8 engine.
As for the main gun, based directly on the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, the improvement mode of the KwK36L/56 type 88mm tank gun was used for reference, the barrel was cut off and became a barrel length of 4960mm, and the armor-piercing projectile had an initial velocity of 600m/s, and the armor penetration thickness at a kilometer distance was 90mm.
In this era, only the Tiger King can be compared with this new T-59.
The combat weight of this new tank reached 35 tons, with a crew of 4, a maximum road speed of 55 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 560 kilometers. In addition to the 88mm tank gun, it was equipped with a 20mm anti-aircraft gun and a 7.62mm MG3 improved machine gun to enhance its defense and strike capabilities against air and lightly armored targets.
In terms of ammunition, the main gun has 60 rounds, the anti-aircraft gun has 500 rounds, and the 7.62mm machine gun has 3000 rounds.
The front armor and turret armor together with the composite armor have a protection capacity equivalent to 120mm of homogeneous armor. The side armor is equivalent to 80mm of homogeneous armor.
It can fight and resist, and has the world's top attack and protection capabilities.
Compared with the T-59 in the main world, it is only a little worse in the power of the main gun, and all other parts are not weak at all. Moreover, due to the more mature engine, the power subsystem is more reliable and powerful than the original version of the T-59.
After watching the simple demonstration of this tank, Ren Zhong happily named the tank the Dragon Tank. The naming of the Type 56 series of guns has already made people confused.
So Ren Zhong has begun to use his brains to come up with something unique for the naming of new products.
Ren Zhong thinks the name Dragon Tank is good, because he thinks that the monster he assembled has no problem surpassing the Tiger King.
Although the armor protection of the Tiger King heavy tank seems to be very strong.
The front upper armor plate of the hull is 150mm thick, the front lower armor plate is 100mm thick, the side upper and lower armor plates are 80mm thick, the rear armor plate is 80mm thick, the top armor plate is 40mm thick, and the bottom armor plate is 25~40mm thick; the front armor of the turret is 130mm thick, the side and rear armor plates are 80mm thick, and the top armor plate is 40mm thick.
However, this was solid steel plating. Compared to the composite armor Ren Zhong chose for the Dragon-type tank, the weight increased significantly, reaching an astonishing 69.8 tons in combat-ready condition. The protection capability was only comparable, basically on par.
With such weight, even equipped with a Maybach 690 horsepower engine, the Tiger King tank's maximum road speed was only 41.5 kilometers per hour, and the maximum off-road speed was only 10-20 kilometers per hour.
In terms of maneuverability, the difference compared to the first generation Dragon-type tank was too great.
Ren Zhong believed that if the two were to meet, the Dragon-type tank would definitely be the one to survive!
During the research and development phase, Ren Zhong had already requested Taiyuan Heavy Industries to start building two production lines for this future true main battle tank, with a monthly production capacity of 100 vehicles!
Now, the first batch of 10 prototype vehicles was directly trial-produced. After intense testing, including a 500-meter stationary bombardment test with a T-34 tank, it was proven that it was almost immune to the bombardment of a 76mm main gun beyond 500 meters!
As for the 37mm anti-tank gun, it could be completely immune even at an extreme close range of 100 meters!
Even when encountering a 57mm anti-tank gun, it could not penetrate the side armor beyond 300 meters.
Frankly speaking, placing this tank on the Asian battlefield was somewhat wasteful, as the Japanese didn't have such opponents at all.
Therefore, after building two production lines, Ren Zhong temporarily did not increase the production capacity of this tank, but continued to mass-produce M3 and T-34 tanks, after all, relatively speaking, these two tanks were easier to produce than the new Dragon-type tank.
Although the T-34 and Dragon-type tanks now basically shared the same chassis, the power, communication systems, and optical sighting systems were all the same.
However, in terms of the vehicle body, the new tank's production and manufacturing required higher craftsmanship, and the composite armor was also more complex.
However, the emergence of composite armor provided a new opportunity for the M3 thin-skinned tank. After installing composite armor, although the total weight of the M3 tank increased by more than one ton, the armor capability was generally increased by more than 60mm, directly immunizing it against the killing output of the Japanese bean-ding tanks.
The emergence of the Dragon-type tank truly propelled the border region's tank technology a big step forward, allowing the border region's tank level to catch up with the most advanced level in the world today.
This gave Ren Zhong more confidence in advancing into the Northeast.
Jizhou Frontline.
The majority of the 300,000 elite Kwantung Army troops were turned into ashes in the carpet bombing of cloud bombs, fertilizing the land.
After solving the main force of the Japanese, this time the brigade commander let go and did a big job, without worrying about the possibility of the Japanese Kwantung Army making a comeback. He launched attacks simultaneously along the Pinghan Line and the transportation lines connecting Qilu, preparing to eat up all the Japanese north of the Yellow River.
The North China Front Army, which had lost the elite of the Kwantung Army, no longer had the capital to confront the Taihang and Taiyue Mountains in Jin Province. Now, with the addition of cloud bombs, there were even more methods for attacking the Japanese behind the fortifications.
Without needing to destroy the city, the Japanese in the city towers and bunkers would be completely evaporated by a single cloud bomb!
This amazing weapon had turned attacking strong cities into a simple sweep!
If it weren't for the fact that street fighting required a bit-by-bit approach, the brigade commander and the others could have captured a city in a day!
Even so, the time to attack a county town did not exceed 1 day, and the time to attack a municipal city was at most two or three days!
The Japanese in central Hebei, who had been besieged for a long time, actually saw the big news of the entire county town surrendering!
Before the Japanese base camp and the Kwantung Army had time to react, the main cities of central Hebei had completely fallen into the control of the Eighth Route Army, and Jinan in Qilu had also been taken down by the main force of the Qilu base area in 10 days.
Basically, it did not delay the people of central Hebei from returning to their hometowns to plant winter wheat!
According to the effective experience in the early stage, the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu base area established a new political organization. According to the three-thirds system, it quickly gathered the local forces under the new organization, completely without giving the landlords a chance to return to their hometowns.
The localized five-small factories began to flourish in an all-round way, releasing primary industrial production capacity.
The border area and Taiyuan and Lu'an, as the three industrial centers, have now become the source of industrialization for the new base area. Countless mechanical equipment is manufactured from these three places, building one factory after another and power plants in the new base area!
This time, Ren Zhong knew that the Japanese would definitely not have the chance to fight back, so he began to truly build for the long term according to his industrial blueprint!
The first priority is kilometers and railways, followed by the construction of thermal power plants and power grids.
Only with roads can the continuous flow of products and equipment be interconnected.
And only with electricity can industrialization truly have the blood to start.
At the same time, in addition to accelerating the development of the Yanchang Oilfield, Ren Zhong has now also started the development of the Shengli Oilfield.
The unprecedented expansion of the base area also means a substantial increase in fuel, and relying solely on the extended oil is no longer enough to cope with the situation ahead.
Fortunately, with the capture of Qilu, we can now boldly exploit the oil of Qilu.
A decisive battle that was originally not favored by the outside world ended hastily in an unexpected process. The Japanese not only lost the elite of the Kwantung Army, but even lost North China!
Now, except for Tianjin and Beijing, the Japanese have no foothold in North China!
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