Chapter 497: 497 across

Chapter 497: 497 across

 Chapter 497497 across

Sometimes things are so bizarre: Tang Mo's troops are equipped with M35 steel helmets, but they use improved vest-type equipment.

 Because no one in this world has ever used poison gas, the German army’s unique gas mask tube full of vertical stripes did not appear.

The tactical shovels used by these soldiers from the Tang Kingdom were Chinese engineer shovels, and their gaiters were American versions made of leather.

 Their assaulters used Thompson submachine guns and M1911 self-defense pistols, but the rifles were G43 semi-automatic and Mauser Kar98K!

When it comes to the choice of grenades, Tang Mo finally eliminated the German black technology with wooden handles and chose American grenades that were easier to carry. However, when he changed hands, he equipped his soldiers with MG42 machine guns - a mixture of German and American grenades. Didn't take advantage.

All soldiers are equipped with the German standard colorful camouflage raincoats, and are also equipped with the most classic reversible camouflage smock of the German army in World War II. However, in winter, the standard long coat style of these soldiers comes from the Soviet Red Army.

 Because of Tang Mo's "hobby", this army is now completely different. Five points resemble the German army, three points resemble the American army, and two points resemble the Soviet army.

　　Even though Tang Mo favored the Germans in the choice of tanks and aircraft, he directly favored the United States in the choice of cars.

Most of the various types of cars equipped by the Tang Kingdom are American models, except for the cars used by high-ranking officers.

In addition, Tang Jun’s future air force will also have a large number of American aircraft, such as the B-17 strategic bombers he is currently working on, and the C47 transport aircraft responsible for transportation.

As a more practical model, the C47 transport aircraft has been in operation since the mass production of Camel fighters. Nowadays, there are actually a lot of C47 transport aircraft on Longdao.

Tang Mo is also a fan of artillery selection. The artillery calibers he equips his troops are Western-style 105 and 155.

The main reason for this choice is that Tang Mo plans to return to the Chinese route in the later stage. After all, the further it develops, the more powerful the Chinese artillery, which adheres to the theory of large artillery, will be, and the more advanced its technology will be.

As for the selection of anti-aircraft artillery, the anti-aircraft artillery of the US military in World War II can only be said to be very average (the navy does not count). Because it has air superiority as soon as it enters the war, the U.S. Army's anti-aircraft firepower is actually not very strong.

In comparison, the German ground forces, which have been ravaged by the U.S. Air Force for several years and have been tempered for many years, seem to have a lot of say.

  The German army's famous 88 mm caliber anti-all gun has very good performance, the only drawback is that it is a bit bulky.

In addition, Santoku's various self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are also available in a wide variety of models, so it's no problem to just pick out a few.

 With the experience and lessons of World War II, Tang Mo naturally cannot waste resources on half-track armored vehicles. He is more inclined to build tracked armored vehicles.

 So the half-track armored vehicles that were active on various battlefields in World War II will most likely not appear in this different world.

Their replacement is likely to be a lightweight armored personnel carrier similar to the M3 or BMP - which will work with tanks on the battlefield, protecting infantry and allowing them to keep up with the tank's assault speed.

 In addition, we also include the self-propelled artillery that accompanies tanks in combat, the assault guns that cover infantry in fortified operations, and the tank destroyers distributed to infantry units...

The army Tang Mo envisaged to form had too many armored vehicles and the required production capacity was also staggering. It will take more time to fully realize it.

Now, this is all an idea, and it is far from being realized: Tang Mo currently does not have any spare production capacity to produce infantry fighting vehicles, which seriously takes up the production capacity of tanks.

So Tang Mo can only build a motorized army honestly now, and try to increase the popularity of trucks in the army as much as possible.

This is actually a huge project, because if you want to equip more than a dozen divisions with trucks and realize the motorization of the troops, the number of trucks required is really staggering.

According to the establishment, the number of vehicles in a division is as many as hundreds. Including the artillery regiment's tractors, personnel carriers, logistics supply trucks, ammunition trucks... With so many vehicles accumulated, an infantry division is equipped with thousands of vehicles. A truck isn't much.

By analogy, Tang Mo's main force would need at least 20,000 vehicles to be motorized. Just the parts needed for the maintenance of these vehicles could fill several warehouses.

This combination finally produced such a classic scene that made Tang Mo dumbfounded: During an exercise on Dragon Island, he saw with his own eyes soldiers holding Thomson submachine guns and M35 helmets, covering the slow movement of a No. 4 tank. go ahead.

This kind of picture full of postmodern irony style is really unbearable for Tang Mo to look at. Once some things have been understood for a long time, it becomes really unbearable to look at them when they are mixed and matched.

 Fortunately, Tang Mo is still on Long Island now, and he can't see the lively scene of the 2nd Armored Division changing gear near Tongcheng.

The American truck staggered to a stop, and the soldiers were busy moving boxes of German oil drums out of the truck. Parked next to it is an early short-barreled Type 4 tank painted in late World War II camouflage. Wearing black jackets with small lapels, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Armored Forces are heavily cosplayed as German armored soldiers in World War II. The color of the troops is white, which makes people have no sense of substitution...

This unit is simply an offline gathering of an amateur war re-enactment club without any research, and is full of weird dissonances everywhere.

It's just that no one except Tang Mo can see it - in the eyes of other countries, the strangeness of the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom comes from something else.

For example, when the armies of various countries generally used uniforms of a single color, the troops of the Tang Kingdom wore the same uniforms as the Beggar Gang Leaders.

For example, when the armies of various countries were stingy and did not equip large-scale metal-consuming steel helmets, the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty actually equipped the entire army with good-looking steel helmets.

 For example, most of the soldiers in the Tang Kingdom had individual self-defense weapons, that is, pistols. No other country has equipped ordinary soldiers with similar weapons on a large scale.

Of course, some countries have purchased Mauser pistols from Cyric to equip their troops, but these countries are obviously using this semi-automatic pistol as a substitute for submachine guns.

 In the eyes of other countries, the Tang Army is mysterious and powerful, with everything being weird. Everyone subconsciously avoided the idea of ​​fighting against the Tang army, as if there was an invisible chain that imprisoned everyone's hands and feet.

From this point of view, the dandelions scattered by Tang Mo have begun to have an effect. They have subtly influenced the judgments of high-level decision-makers in various countries.

It has become a subconscious consensus among everyone not to provoke Tang Mo as much as possible. In many cases, this consensus is more effective than an army of 200,000.

On the fourth day after the Gobel Kingdom launched tanks into the war, many residents of Dongwan Island saw another sight they would never forget in their lives.

With a continuous, oppressive buzzing sound, they saw swarms of things flying overhead.

These things are significantly smaller than airships, and they are also faster than airships. In the blink of an eye, these black spots had turned into the shape of a cross, and then gradually lowered their height, and it seemed that they were about to fall on the other side of the mountain.

 The locals all knew that their new governor had earlier ordered the construction of a strange facility on the outskirts of East Bay City. A huge flat land was built there, with tall buildings and warehouses of various shapes next to it...

Now, these flying monsters that make ominous sounds are gathering over there, and there are more than a dozen of them at random.

“Is that a dragon?” A farmer on Dongwan Island raised his head and looked at the plane landing in the military restricted area not far away, and asked the village chief who was standing on the field ridge in surprise.

“I heard that your majesty is from Dragon Island...Dragon Island, there must be dragons, right?” Another farmer straightened up and looked at another plane that was landing staggeringly, and asked anxiously, not daring to confirm.

The old village chief looked at the C47 transport planes landing on Dongwan Island one after another from a distance, and could not explain why they came. After all, he didn't know what these flying things were called.

"I don't know either, but... that's something that belongs to His Majesty... so we have nothing to worry about, right? We know this, that's enough." After a while, the old village chief came back to his senses and thought for a while. said.

On this day, the C47 fleet carrying newly graduated Longcheng University students arrived in East Bay, where they will board the ship to Linshui to replenish the teaching staff of Linshui University.

Compared to the earth-shattering scene of Gobel launching a big killer weapon like a tank on the battlefield, the landing of the fleet in front of him seemed a bit quiet.

 Those who know what all this means know who is really changing the world. This is the first time in this world that someone has crossed the ocean. This is a feat that only dragons can accomplish according to legend.

 These aircraft, which can fly over 2,500 kilometers in one breath, are already two eras ahead of the world before they are even known to the public.

 In the past, it would take about half a year to transport people from Long Island to Dongwan Island, and you had to choose the time of the month to achieve it.

Not long ago, it took a month to sail from Long Island to Dongwan Island by ship.

 Now, after transferring at airports on several small islands, it only takes 4 days to arrive! This is the power of technology!

No one knew that these planes actually took off from Long Island, crossed half of the endless sea, and arrived at Dongwan, so everyone was just shocked and not frightened.

If they knew the truth, no one would question the technical strength of Datang Group, and no one would care about those clumsy steel bodies twisting next to the bomb craters on the northern battlefield of Gobol.

 (End of this chapter)