Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1018 Armored Vehicles

Kono looked at Ningji Okamura in astonishment: "Your Excellency, you mean that the 'special bomb' was also developed by the Eighth Route Army within a year? This...it's impossible!"

It’s no wonder that Kono Shinta reacted this way. Hans’ V1 missile was developed by the whole country and gathered elite scientists. It took several years and kept running into obstacles. The Eighth Route Army was able to produce it within a year. Develop it from scratch...

Okamura Ningji replied: "I can't believe it either, but this is the truth, Kono-kun! You should re-acquaint yourself with the Eighth Route Army, a military expert nicknamed Little Northeast. During this year, he has already Gave us too many surprises!"

Speaking of this, Neiji Okamura frowned. He felt that what stood in front of him was not a wall, but a mountain, and it was still a mountain with a cliff, no matter how hard he tried, he could not cross it.

This made him faintly feel that he would still fail in this battle, again and again, and never turn over.

Hope it's not true!

Neiji Okamura could only comfort himself in this way.

Because Neiji Okamura could not accept allowing the Eighth Route Army to develop for another year, he could only seek a quick solution.

If you want a quick victory, of course you can only rely on mechanized troops with a short training period.

Ningji Okamura also worked hard in the mechanical army:

First of all, it is to increase the number of Type 95 tanks.

Among the tanks that the empire put on the battlefield last time, it proved that the 95 tank is indeed a logistically reliable tank, and when it hits the enemy's position, it often faces enemy infantry instead of the daunting T34...

T34 is deployed in Yuncheng to defend the Yuncheng defense line, which almost means that it cannot be used to defend the hinterland.

Therefore, the Type 95 tank can play a much greater role in combat than Neji Okamura imagined... The Type 95 cannot be said to be invincible, and the rocket launcher in the hands of the Eighth Route Army can effectively penetrate it.

However, the bazooka of the Eighth Route Army can penetrate armor with a thickness of 50mm. There is no difference between Type 95 and Type [-] in front of it.

Secondly, Neiji Okamura also added armored vehicles to the mechanized troops.

This is also the experience summed up from the last mechanized battle... Although the bag has speed and flexibility, its defense is too low.

The Type 95 chariot is a chariot after all, and its poor external perception makes it difficult to form efficient coordination with infantry.

Therefore, there is a gap in defense and firepower in the mechanized unit composed of the combination of the bag and the 95 chariot.

Hans filled the void with half-tracks, so what's the Imperial Army going to do?

It is absolutely impossible to introduce half-track vehicles. Hans’s stuff has to be transported to the empire by submarine. If it is reasonable to transport high-value items such as tank engines, it is reasonable to transport half-track vehicles... I am afraid that the shipping cost will be the cost of half-track vehicles. several times.

Self-production is also unrealistic.

This is not a problem of R&D speed not keeping up.

In fact, it might be fast enough to catch up, if it were to be developed at all.

Because the empire can produce armored vehicles, cars, and chariots... It is not difficult to develop half-track armored vehicles on this basis. At worst, it is a simple "combination" of cars and chariot tracks like a bear.

It is unrealistic because the empire has invested a lot of money and steel in the research and development of naval warships and equipment, so that the empire's tanks are a generation behind the developed countries.

In this case, develop half-track armored vehicles?And it's still in Huaxia?
This will definitely be scolded by Tokyo:
"What's the matter with you? Do you think the empire has endless funds and resources? You actually want to produce such useless equipment!"

"Can't our infantry walk? Even if we want to move forward quickly, can't we use a car? Do we need this kind of half-track armored vehicle?"

"My soldiers are fighting on the battlefield, not shivering behind shields! Therefore, they don't need the protection of this armored vehicle. This is an act of cowards!"

……

Neiji Okamura could not help but sigh in his heart, he could think of how Tokyo would refute him.

Those high-ranking officials don't understand what stage the current war has developed at all. They don't understand that half-track armored vehicles are an important piece of equipment in modern warfare, especially mechanized warfare, and even indispensable.

It's not a treat, it's not a coward, and it means two completely different tactics:
Should the chariot slow down to match the speed of the infantry, or should the infantry speed up to match the speed of the chariot.

Neiji Okamura knew very well that Gaul, the sun never sets and other countries chose the former, so they have the so-called "infantry tanks".

Hans was one of the few who quickened his infantry to adapt to the speed of the chariot, and achieved great success on the battlefield.

And to make the infantry speed up and adapt to the tank... there is only one way, and that is the half-track armored vehicle, and nothing else can replace it.

(Note: This statement is not entirely true. Modern warfare generally replaces half-track armored vehicles with fully armored, more powerful personnel carriers.)
This is Okamura Ningji's helplessness.

However, Neiji Okamura is not a person who complains about himself. Since the reality cannot be changed, he can only try to do his best under this situation.

It is the armored vehicles of the Empire that can fill the gaps in the firepower and defense of mechanized troops.

Its flaws are high cost, and the inability to transport troops, that is, it can only be used for combat, and even needs a satchel to carry fuel and ammunition for it.

Therefore, Okamura Ningji did not dare to deploy too many armored vehicles in the mechanized units to improve firepower and defense, ten vehicles in each brigade.

In the end, it was Ningji Okamura who transferred Hans' adviser as an instructor.

This Hans consultant originally worked in China, but Neiji Okamura used his relationship to transfer him to China.

Because Okamura Neiji believes that to fight a beautiful "blitzkrieg" like Hans, it is not enough to have its speed and tactical thinking, and grassroots command is also required.

The failure of the "blitzkrieg" against the Eighth Route Army last time was partly due to the disconnect between the frontline commanders and Kono Shinta's command...

In fact, Shinta Kono's command also made mistakes. For example, the understanding of the frontline situation should be multifaceted, and the frontline commanders should not listen to one-sided words. Especially at that time, the imperial army had mastery of the air. It is not enough to know the advancing position of the troops from the air force and verify difficulty.

But Neiji Okamura's deep-rooted "leaving Asia and entering Europe" admiration for the West made him take it for granted that it was not Shinta Kono's fault, but that the grassroots commanders did not command well.

This time, both the rear and the front line use Hans' advisors, so there will be no problems!

(End of this chapter)