Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1464 Anti-Tank Missile

Wang Xuexin sent a detailed report to the headquarters, and the reply from the headquarters was "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. There is a reason for this incident. Although our army is defeated, it is an honor!".

What Wang Xuexin thinks about is not the issue of defeat or invincibility, what lingers in his mind is the sacrifice of more than [-] soldiers, as well as their families and children.

Although no one can guarantee his invincibility without a victorious general on the battlefield, but when it comes to each soldier, it cannot be said so easily.

However, Wang Xuexin also knew that he couldn't get caught up in it, and the commander was afraid to act emotionally, otherwise there might be bigger mistakes and more casualties.

Wang Xuexin analyzed this battle objectively from the perspective of a third party. He believes that the key to this battle lies in the "tiger style".

Although the "Flying Swallow" fighter is temporarily equal to the "La 5" of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army can still gain the upper hand with the support of the air defense system.

"Tiger" is different, all the equipment of the Eighth Route Army can't do anything about it.

Bazooka?
It is almost impossible to hit the side or the rear, and it is almost impossible to penetrate the front.

But how could the devil let the Eighth Route Army bazooka shooters launch at these two positions?
"Sherman" tank?
The "Sherman" equipped by the Eighth Route Army is an initial type, equipped with a 75MM short-barreled cannon with insufficient armor-piercing capability.

This is also due to the lack of combat experience of Ying Jiang... Ying Jiang did not have much combat experience in World War I, let alone World War II, so they are not sure about tanks from top to bottom, including the scientific research personnel of the Ordnance Bureau positioning.

In the end, a lieutenant general named Leslie McNair in Eagle Sauce came up with a plan. He believed that the purpose of tanks was not to fight enemy tanks, but to cover infantry to break through enemy lines, such as destroying enemy fortifications and firepower points , Bunkers, etc. As for destroying enemy tanks, that should be the job of the artillery.

It would be extremely stupid to put this idea in modern times. As a mobile combat unit, tanks should run as fast as they can, and use their mobility to fight flexibly on the battlefield.

That is to let the infantry speed up to cover the tank and let the tank play the leading role instead of letting the tank slow down to adapt to the infantry as a supporting role.

If tanks are the main combat unit on the battlefield, they will inevitably encounter enemy tanks, so the first thing to consider is to fight against enemy tanks.

However, according to the report of the lieutenant general, the inexperienced Yingjiang military finally abandoned the 76MM tank gun and chose the 75MM short-barreled cannon.

Although the difference between the two is only one millimeter, the armor-piercing ability is one in the sky and the other in the ground.

The former can penetrate 500MM armor at a distance of 116 meters... If it is this kind of gun, it will have the ability to fight the "Tiger".

The latter can only penetrate 100MM thick armor even at a distance of 60 meters.

That's why the scene at the Duolun County Railway Station appeared: the distance between the enemy and us is only a few tens of meters, and the gunner can aim by feeling, but the armor-piercing projectiles fired cannot penetrate the target.

Use rocket fighters to fight "Tiger"?
If even the M30 howitzer can't cause too much damage to the "Tiger", the rockets will be helpless!

military helicopter?
Modern armed helicopters are indeed the natural enemy of tanks, but that is based on the maturity of armed helicopters and anti-tank missiles.

Now if an armed helicopter is sent to deal with the "Tiger", its rockets cannot threaten the "Tiger", but the devil's heavy machine gun can shoot down the helicopter.

Wang Xuexin was a little puzzled. Historically, the Devils Army had never had enough resources to develop tanks. Why would they copy such an expensive "Tiger Type" now?

But Wang Xuexin understood after a little thought: this may be related to the change of the devil's strategic direction.

Devils are an island country. Of course, as an island country, we must vigorously develop the navy and air force. In principle, as long as the navy and air force are strong enough, no enemy can threaten its homeland security. This makes the devils seal a lot of funds, talents and resources on the navy and its aviation. , Building warships, aircraft carriers, and carrier-based aircraft so much that the Army doesn't even have enough steel to build tanks.

It's different now...

Under the guidance of Wang Xuexin, the Yingjiang Navy gained an advantage ahead of time and was still unable to face the advantage that frightened the devils. The devils decided to shift their strategic direction to the Chinese mainland to prepare for a decisive battle with Yingjiang.

That being the case, the strategic focus and resources must of course be tilted towards the army, so the Devils Kwantung Army was not only equipped with the latest "Flying Swallow" fighters, but also imitated and equipped with the "Tiger".

Only...Wang Xuexin thought of Skinner in Yuncheng.

Skinner has been working on an improvement project for anti-tank missiles in Yuncheng.

The improvement of anti-tank missiles is not simple. The reason is that the gyroscope of this era is as big as a blue ball. People are satisfied... There is a big gyroscope in the middle that blocks the line of sight. It is difficult for the shooter to aim at the target and the flight trajectory is unstable.

Wang Xuexin sent a telegram to Skinner: "Major, how is your project going? We may need something you are developing!"

"Really?" Skinner replied happily: "Great, Comrade Commander, we are worrying about its actual combat test, where do you need us to go?"

It turns out that Skinner has been miniaturizing the gyroscope for some time, but the things he developed have never been taken seriously. Several times he asked Eagle Sauce to be put into the battlefield test but was rejected... This may be the fate of Skinner. The bazooka he developed was ignored again and again, and this is still the case now that he has developed anti-tank missiles.

But that doesn't seem so surprising.

Because at this time the eagle sauce does not have much anti-tank demand:
The North African campaign is over. The eagle sauce and the army that never sets are fighting with Hans in the mountains. In the future, even if Normandy lands, they will use fighter planes to bomb enemy tanks. Why use such soldiers to bomb enemy tanks at close range? equipment?

As for the battle against devils on the Pacific battlefield, there is no need for anti-tank missiles. The "Sherman" tank is king there.

And not only Eagle Sauce, but even the Eighth Route Army has no need for anti-tank missiles... The Eighth Route Army has T34 and "Sherman" and has a slight advantage in tank battles. In addition, there are cheap rocket launchers that can be equipped in batches to deal with the devil's thin skin There are more than enough tanks, why anti-tank missiles?
The result is that Skinny's anti-tank missiles cannot be "sold" alive, and a group of R&D personnel are worried about "demand"... If there is no demand, there seems to be no need for research and development of this equipment, and the research and development will come to an end.

Now when Wang Xuexin said that this kind of equipment was needed, the R&D personnel who looked like wilted cabbages immediately cheered as if they had won a battle.

(End of this chapter)