Battle of the Third Reich

This time Xu Jun did not arrange the mechanized troops from light to heavy like the previous military parade. This is not a carnival parade. The most important role is to stay until the finale.

The head of state wanted to show a kind of impact power this time. Just like the military parades of later generations, the main battle tank should be put on the first sequence.

The concept of main battle tanks has not appeared in these years. In the usual sense, most medium-sized tanks are more than 20 tons. The protective power can only barely cope with the attacks of conventional infantry weapons. Even if this is divided into two schools of infantry and cavalry, It should be said that the British Army successfully introduced the world trend into the pit.

If the Germans were not tight in funding and resources in the early stages of development, otherwise they would certainly follow the British way of playing. We can still see the shadow of this division of labor thinking from the weapons configuration plan of tanks 3 and 4.

Hitler looked at the British Empire as a benchmark in the past, which probably means that all the British people must have Germany, and the British don't have it. But if the French have it, so do the Germans... Looks like.

The Nazis were anxious to catch up with the development of Britain and France, and the only way was to take short cuts and short cuts, so Germany boldly absorbed a lot of untested new concepts and new technologies in the process of re-arming the National Defense Forces. Instead, it came to the front of all countries.

Many of Germany’s military technologies can’t be followed without precedent. They can only rely on their own efforts on the training ground and sand table, and then check the results in actual combat. The failed products are naturally eliminated on the battlefield, and the successful products are retained and put into production. In the history of German wartime equipment development, this process was often repeated, and this situation did not stop until the final defeat of the empire.

Germany's new heavy tank entered the experimental stage. On this project, Rheinland Steel and Krupp cooperated closely. In the face of the supreme authority of the imperial government, the future European military-industrial complex has gradually taken shape.

The 45-ton heavy-duty chassis prototype has passed the acceptance of the equipment department. Now it is carrying a turret model of equal weight to the real thing. Various driving experiments are being carried out in Kummersdorf. It is said that the experimental results are very optimistic and new. Although the tanks were finalized a few weeks later than the timetable set by the heads of state, the experts of the design team swear that they promise to complete the final final inspection before the end of January.

The improvement work of the tank turret is still underway. The engineers are racking their brains to reduce the weight of the turret. As far as possible, the front projection of this turret is reduced while the three crew members are stuffed. The new tank will have a pig-shaped gun shield in the style of a tiger king.

Since the new toys of the head of state have not been made, of course it is impossible to show them to the guests, especially if there are Soviets on the scene. The Soviet ambassador was determined not to be ashamed. They even carried two movie cameras. In the past half an hour, they had murdered more than a dozen color films. Moscow's activities seemed to be well funded.

Chinese Ambassador Chen Jie could not conceal his excitement at this moment. In his impression, the State House has not been invited to participate in such large-scale foreign affairs activities for a long time. Since Hitler leaned on Japan, Sino-German relations have rapidly cooled down, and the State House Ambassador has become It is a little transparent that both parties are not waiting to see. Therefore, Chen Jie regarded this participation in the military parade as a diplomatic victory and a proof of the recognition of the status of the national government by the international community.

The Germans deliberately placed the seats of the national ambassador and the Japanese mission separately, and a large number of Balkan national missions separated the two to prevent the two sides from conflicting in the stands.

This is not impossible, because no one knows whether the Japanese will suddenly provoke and cheat, no one dares to test the bottom line of this group of guys, because it turns out that the thing does not exist at all.

The German receptionist maintained a superficial politeness to the Japanese, and everything was in line with diplomatic etiquette, but the sense of alienation was also expressed clearly. If Ribbentrop had come together and heated up, the Japanese might have been The surrounding eyes froze to death in the auditorium.

However, in the words of Oshima, the cold eyes can't freeze the hot heart of the Japanese Empire's scorching Chicheng to return to the country. The Japanese ambassador remembered everything in his eyes today and secretly vowed that one day soon The original class was returned to the barbarians.

Especially the Romanian fat pig sitting on the left who likes to see people through his nostrils, and the Hungarian mongrel sitting behind him. This **** is constantly kicking the back of his chair with his feet. It is a brute.

The Japanese ambassador glanced over and glanced at the Chinese embassy sitting ten meters away, but the other side was also staring right here. The eyes of the two sides collided in the air for a few seconds, and then both pretended that nothing happened as naturally. Move away.

Oshima’s thinking is very clear. No one will cause conflict at this time and place unless the brain gets into the water to insult the host. He was once again glad that the technical officer was sitting beside him, not the **** deer of the army province or the staff headquarters.

Oshima was born as an artilleryman, but he spent most of his military career as a military officer overseas. He was promoted smoothly and peacefully to become a major general in the army. With the rank of Dazhong Zuo playing on the battlefield in China, I have to say that fate is sometimes so unfair.

It is a common practice for the Japanese Army to send military officers abroad, that is, if there is military trade between the two sides, the Ministry of Army will usually send a technical officer who has worked in the armaments department to take office, in addition to spying on the other party’s military technology. A more professional evaluation can be made when purchasing weapons. It will not be like the officials of Daqing in those years, who paid a large price but bought back a bunch of obsolete products.

Komatsu Dasuo has worked in the Japanese Army Arsenal and the Army Provincial Military Affairs Section. He has a good understanding of the Japanese Army’s equipment. He knows the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese Army and what kind of weapons Japan needs. He is also shouldering the arduous mission of Tokyo. Japan wants to obtain technical support from Germany. It would be better if it could buy a batch of newly developed equipment. For example, the type of fighter aircraft used by Germany over Chongqing. This is very interesting.

But Komatsu is more interested in tanks, which are tanks equipped by the Germans. Here, by the way, the Chinese name for the tank was quite confusing at that time, some learned to call it a tank in Japan, some used to directly use English in fashion, and there were transliteration of media newspapers in various localities as Tonk, Tangke and tankers, if not I don’t know if I look at the content, it means the same thing. The complicated situation in China can be seen from here.

The Japanese Army really wants to import tanks from Germany, which is obviously somewhat unrealistic. Japan’s domestic economy is rapidly declining, and if it is not the government’s full control, Japan’s finances have collapsed in mid-1940.

Because there was no signing of the three-nation alliance treaty as in history, of course, there was no financial and economic support from Italy and Germany. The original attempt to seize northern French Indochina also went bankrupt. The current economic situation in Japan is more severe than in history. .

Although these issues are understood by Oshima, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has concealed the real data from him, this is a strategic secret of the Japanese Empire. They worry that this guy will drink up and accidentally leak to the Germans.

If no new economic stimulus point can be found, the domestic situation in Japan will worsen, and the cabinet will not be able to restore the situation at that time. Guardian Wen Yu may not be able to withstand it even in the middle of the year, and can only blame and resign to make an explanation to the nationals.

Now unless the national treatment and social consumption are drastically reduced, then as in the Meiji and Taisho eras, the whole country tightens the belt again and again, and begins to drastically reduce government expenditures, especially the annual expenditure on military expenditures, while stopping external levies, The whole people will work together to overcome the difficulties.

But is this possible? The answer is, of course, no. Now even the Emperor cannot ignore public opinion, without the unanimous support of the Cabinet and the Army and Navy, he will never decree to stop the war.

As the so-called hard-to-thrift and hard-to-thrifty, the sweetness of the war dividend has been tasted. How can Japanese citizens who have been comfortable for a few years allow politicians and bureaucrats to end this benefit to them? war.

The citizens of Japan have not tasted the pain of war at this moment. They only know that war can make the country more prosperous. Who would know that under the heat of cooking, the Great Japanese Empire has reached the end of the crossbow.

The vitality accumulated during the Meiji Taisho era is rapidly being consumed.

When Japan began to implement wartime economic controls, Japan’s foreign trade almost stagnate, because it is difficult for manufacturers to obtain the raw materials needed to produce exported goods.

After Germany resumed overseas trade, the sources of strategic resources began to diversify. They no longer needed to import rare metals and agricultural products from Japan. They also got in touch with Chongqing to get the bristles and bristles they needed directly from the government. Tung oil, which makes the Japanese government extremely passive in diplomacy.

"The fourth tank, this is the latest model that has never been shown." Komatsu picked up the camera excitedly and began to snap photos.

Passing under the stage was a fleet of G-type tanks painted in two-color camouflage. The long 75mm barrel was raised high, with a circle of wreck marks painted on the barrel. The turret is painted with a beautiful shield-shaped pattern, and in the middle is a white unicorn with its front hoof raised. As Komatsu's finger sounded under the shutter, the picture stayed in the film forever.

PS: The situation is not good. For a few days of insomnia, the jet lag has an impact. Today, the time for boiling water code is too late. The second one can only be delayed by one day.