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"Yoshi."

"Hahaha···"

When Old Japanese Yamazaki stepped onto the position south of Ze County, he could no longer hold back the corner of his mouth and raised it wildly. The unsheathed samurai sword in his hand was stuck on the ground, his bow legs were straightened, and he looked at the retreating people in the distance with a proud expression. Tubalu burst out laughing.

This position blocked him for a month.

For a whole month.

For thirty consecutive days, he led his troops to continuously launch attacks on the position. After paying more than a thousand casualties, he still failed to capture the position.

The soldiers in his hands have almost all changed.

And now,
Under the cover of three of the Empire's newest tanks, he finally captured the position.

"Sure enough, tanks are the king of land warfare."

Old devil Yamazaki remembered this sentence.

Although the source is unknown, at this moment, Old Devil Yamazaki strongly agrees with this sentence.

Tanks are the king of land warfare!
Especially the tanks of the Locust Army are the kings among kings.

It will definitely help the Locust Army and help the Heavenly Locust complete the great cause of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia, thereby creating an Asia for Asians, an Asia that belongs to the Empire, and help the Empire stand on top of the world.

Yamazaki looked at his three tanks on one side with satisfaction.

Sudden··
Creak~
There was a sharp and harsh metal sound, and then, a tank stopped in front of him, black smoke came out from the back, and the gun barrel was unable to hang down.

"Baga, what's going on?"

Yamazaki's inner imagination was suddenly poured out of water.

"Report to the captain."

A Japanese soldier climbed out of the tank and reported to Yamazaki:

"The tank gearbox is damaged."

Guizibing quickly explained the reason.

Due to strenuous hill climbing and high-intensity high-speed off-roading, the load on the tank engine is huge. Although the empire has improved engine technology with the help of foreign technology, improving reliability without increasing horsepower.

However, the gearbox could not withstand the huge high-speed off-road conditions, and the internal gears broke, causing the tank to lose power.

"idiot!"

Yamazaki wanted to fly over and slap the soldier hard on the face.

How could something go wrong with the Empire's tanks? How could something go wrong? It must be the driver's problem. It was your lack of technology that led to the damage to the Empire's tanks.

But the tank troops were not his unit, and he had to rely on these tank troops to continue advancing, so he endured it.

"Hi!"

The Japanese tank soldiers were obviously used to being beaten, and they quickly bowed their heads in response.

However, the expected slap did not come, and the Japanese soldier felt a rare fondness for Yamazaki - the captain was quite good, and he treated his subordinates well.

"Repair immediately, and the rest of the troops will continue the attack."

Yamazaki raised his katana, waved it, and ordered the troops to continue the attack.

He wanted to take all the peripheral positions of Zexian in one go, or even take Zexian directly.

"Hi."

The soldiers of Yamazaki Battalion formed their formations one after another, and then followed the tanks to continue the attack.

···
"There is a gearbox failure in Tank No. 19?"

rear.

Shibata Shou quickly received the report from the front line.

One tank suffered a gearbox failure after half an hour of fighting, rendering it unable to maneuver.

"idiot!"

"Why··"

He cursed, then sighed deeply.

Due to the interference and influence of the Imperial General Staff Headquarters, many people in the Imperial Technical Department only paid attention to engines, mindlessly pursuing high horsepower, small size engines, and high reliability engines. As a result, the gearbox, which is also an important power system, Few people pay attention.

Technical investment is seriously insufficient.

But the gearbox is also a very important component of the power system. It can even be said that it is no less important than the engine, because without the gearbox, the power of the engine cannot be transmitted to the wheels and tracks at all.

Thinking of this, Shibata thought of the Taihang truck of the Eighth Route Army.

On hardened and flat roads, the maximum load capacity reaches one hundred tons. On unpaved roads, the Taihang truck can also reach a load of 65 tons. It is not just the 750-horsepower diesel engine that is powerful.

There are also gearboxes, transmission systems, and chassis...
As a technical supervisor, Shibata is well aware of the huge gap in technology.

"The empire still has a long way to go!"

He sighed.

The empire's goal is to catch up with the Eighth Route Army, but... He doesn't know about other weapons, but the Taihang heavy truck alone will allow Japan to catch up for ten years, or even longer.

Not to mention, there is a radio...

The frequency hopping fifty times per second still makes Shibata feel desperate.

"Nani?"

"Can you say that again?"

"How can this be!"

Just when Shibata was in a trance and desperate, suddenly, a staff officer on the phone suddenly exclaimed, his tone full of disbelief, and then he reported to Shibata in a panicked tone:

"Your Majesty Colonel."

"Your Excellency Dazuo."

"Reporting from the front line, the Type 1 tank was ambushed by enemy anti-tank artillery and was penetrated."

"Only breakdown?"

Shibata asked cunningly.

As a technical supervisor, Shibata is well aware of the gap between the advanced technological levels of the empire and the world.

Although according to battlefield intelligence, the anti-tank artillery equipped by the enemy is only 75 mm, in theory, the mm thick and highly inclined Type medium tank front armor can block the -caliber anti-tank artillery.

but!

The theory here is to use the imperial technical standards, which can block the anti-tank artillery developed by the imperial 75 technology.

The enemy's 75mm artillery is suspected to be a German model. It uses a large-charge long-barrel model, which increases the muzzle velocity and power of the shell. Its armor-piercing capability is much stronger than the Empire's 75mm artillery.

Even the artillery shells on Tubal Road are more advanced.

In other words, the materials used are better than those of the Germans, and they all use tungsten alloy.

This is the most suitable metal in the world for armor-piercing projectiles.

Even machine gun bullets have tungsten alloy warheads.

The armor-piercing ability is extremely strong.

Theoretically, even with ten millimeter tracks, it is impossible to block the enemy's tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles.

Not to mention, the Empire lacked experience in using tanks.

The long-term battle with the Republic of China troops, bullying the Republic of China troops who lacked tanks and anti-tank firepower, caused the tank tactics of the Imperial Locust Army to be very backward, far behind the major powers of other countries.

"According to the report from the frontline crew."

As Shibata Shou had expected, this time it was more than just a breakdown:
"Tank No. 18, the frontal armor belt was penetrated, and the shells continued to penetrate deep and penetrated from the rear."

Shibata Sly:·····
He knew he couldn't stop it.

This time, he took the Imperial Tank with him. In addition to testing the enemy's firepower, he also wanted to test the operation of the tank crew on civilian soil in order to make further improvements.

Accumulate research data for the three-type mid-range combat that has been approved and prototypes have been developed.

But being penetrated from beginning to end, is the gap too big?
How thick of tank armor does the empire need to be able to block enemy artillery?
···
at the same time.

South of Ze County,

On the first line of defense outside the city.

"What the hell?"

In the Pak40 anti-tank artillery ambush position,

The third battalion commander of the 772nd Regiment personally fired a tungsten alloy armor-piercing round. As a battalion commander who came out of the artillery, he did not fail in his artillery skills. He hit the target with the first shot from a distance of one thousand meters. But the result didn't make him very happy.

One thousand meters distance.

At this distance, the Japanese tank's mere 50mm artillery was completely unable to suppress the anti-tank position, and was easily blocked by the civil position bunker.

And its own 75mm anti-tank gun...

Looking at the Japanese tank that stalled and made no movement, the third battalion commander curled his lips in disdain.

It’s so frustrating!

The Japanese tanks couldn't help but fight too.

And the mobility is too poor.

Although the straight-line speed is much faster than the previous Douding and Type 95 tanks, it turns slowly, has obvious steering lag, the turret moves slowly, and aiming is very simple.

As for the armor, he didn't know if it had been strengthened.

The 75mm anti-tank gun using tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles, coupled with a precise sighting system, can penetrate mm of surface-hardened armor at a distance of one thousand meters.

Anyway, it's easy to kill him with one shot.

Bang!
Outside Ze County, there is open land and flat terrain.

Although the Japanese dispatched a total of more than a dozen tanks, they were unable to stop the anti-tank artillery guarding key positions and the main armor that was even a thousand meters away from the front.

In addition, the Japanese clearly lack experience in using tanks.

Not surprisingly, more than a dozen Type 1 tanks were completely destroyed.

None survived.

However, thanks to the fact that the Japs were the attackers, the fact that the Japs had diesel engines and rarely caught fire, and the fact that they were tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets without explosive charges, most of the Japs crews were able to evacuate alive this time.

There were also a few lying tanks, but one was repaired and drove back alive.

Others were destroyed or captured.

"fire!"

After destroying the Japanese tanks, the Japanese offensive suddenly looked like an arrow that had lost its arrowhead. There was no threat. The infiltrating troops were easily destroyed. The 120 artillery group that lost the rear immediately opened fire to suppress the Japanese's follow-up offensive troops.

Also firing at the same time were the 82 mortars from each regiment and battalion.

Although the Japanese artillery tried its best to suppress it, in the face of the more mobile and more numerous mortars, it was obviously outnumbered and unable to provide effective fire suppression.

Soon,
The momentum of the attack was curbed, and many Japanese troops were even surrounded because they stood out too much.

···
Tokyo.

Prime Minister's Office.

"Prime Minister, this is the information submitted by Major General Suzuki Toji."

"It also has the signatures of the North China Front Army Headquarters and the Chief of Staff."

"Commander Shunroku Hata also signed it."

The secretary handed a piece of information to Mitsumasa Yoneuchi.

It is not the battle information on the front line, but the economic data on the rear - the Japanese base camp headed by Mitsumasa Yoneuchi has no interest in the victory or defeat of the front line.

"Transporting a large amount of military supplies to enemy-occupied areas, including copper, manganese, controlled supplies, and raw materials for explosives?"

“How many tens of thousands of tons are transported per month?”

After seeing the information, Mitsumasa Yonai frowned at first.

More than ten thousand tons per month, no, tens of thousands of tons per month of controlled materials, including raw materials for military explosives. Such behavior is enough to be brought to a military court and punished by Tian Locust himself.

but··
"Onsochi?"

Looking at the names of the defendants at the back, Mitsumasa Yonai slowly relaxed his brows.

If it were anyone else, even an Imperial Lieutenant General or even an Imperial General, he would definitely investigate such behavior and would never condone it.

He is the Prime Minister.

But if the wise man...

"Is there any news about Colonel Onochi?"

Mitsumasa Mineuchi asked.

The empire's current strategy for the Republic of China is not to conquer the Republic of China in a short period of time. This is no longer realistic. Both the contract withdrawal plan and the North China sweep are considered to be complete failures.

No possibility.

Although Guo Preserved was in a mess internally, it was very determined in resisting the locust army, and even refused to cooperate with the locust army to eliminate Tubal Road in North China.

The current strategy of the empire towards the Republic of China is to gain profits.

More and better to grab profits and transfuse blood for the empire.

After all, this year's fiscal budget is expected to be 20 billion yen, an increase of another 2 billion yen, of which one billion yuan will be used for military expenditures for national mobilization, and another billion yuan will be used for industrial development.

It is expected that by the end of the year, the total fiscal budget will reach 25 billion yen.

The deficit is more than half.

To fill such a huge hole, we can only rely on the proceeds of the Republic of China.

The monthly income of more than 60 million US dollars from silver dollar trading has reached its limit. It will be difficult to continue to increase in the future, and may even decline.

According to the latest statistics from the Economics Department, as of April, it is estimated that as many as 700 million coins have flowed out of the Republic of China, equivalent to 18,000 tons of silver.

And the number is still increasing by more than 100 million per month.

It is impossible for the U.S. silver market to absorb such a huge amount of silver, and prices will inevitably fall in the future.

So the key is to look at business subjects.

According to the information from the Economics Section of the Special High School, the drug sales of the group in North China alone are as high as 200 million US dollars per month, and it is a business that is urgently needed and almost no one can stop it.

Because there is an absolute technological monopoly.

Only this company has medicines for diabetes, hypertension, mental illness, and heart disease. Even if other competitors imitate medicines, it will take at least five years or even longer before the actual products are released.

The empire is very jealous.

To seize this part of the profits, you can only look at the business department.

"Telegram from Colonel Ogami, business section operating profit this week, 10 million U.S. dollars."

"It is expected that the profit will reach 15 million U.S. dollars next week, the maximum income is expected to reach 80 million U.S. dollars per month, and the total annual profit will reach 100 million U.S. dollars per month."

the secretary replied.

"The result is death."

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi was stunned.

Total profit of $100 million per month.

The imperial finances were no more than that.

In the face of a profit of 100 million US dollars, what if it is hundreds of thousands of tons of prohibited materials, let alone tens of thousands of tons of prohibited materials, or even direct transportation of materials and ammunition?

With $100 million, how much machinery and equipment can the empire acquire, and how much military supplies can it purchase?
Starting from hundreds of thousands of tons!

A 100,000-ton steel plant can be built, and an aircraft factory with an annual output of more than a thousand aircraft can be built.

You can build a Nagato!

"Tell Suzuki Fanji, Okamura Neji, Hata Shunroku, and Ogami's actions are allowed by the base camp."

Mitsumasa Mineuchi snorted coldly.

"Hi."

The staff officer went to execute it immediately.

The staff officer thought of a sentence, there is nothing that is impossible, if there is, it is just that the price is not enough.

"besides."

Mitsumasa Mineuchi said:

"Let Neji Okamura fully cooperate with the work of the Business Department."

"Hi."

The secretary bowed his head in response. (End of chapter)