Chapter 1226: 1227The seemingly powerful Qin State

Chapter 1226: 1227The seemingly powerful Qin State

The Qin State's military construction has developed rapidly in recent years. On the one hand, they are indeed very experienced in combat and can sum up the rules in actual combat and develop weapons and equipment suitable for them; on the other hand, they have also obtained the support of the Tang Empire. A lot of technical support; another factor is that they absorbed the industrial base of Shu, and the industrial scale increased several times.

After introducing the Tang Empire’s No. 4 tanks and No. 4 assault guns, as well as the internationally widely used 113 armored vehicles, Qin itself also developed many unique weapons and equipment.

 First of all, the Qin IV tank developed and produced by Qin State itself is very distinctive. It refers to the design of the No. 4 tank. The three indicators of fire protection and power are very balanced. It can be said to be a very successful "medium tank".

Its artillery uses a long-barreled 75mm caliber gun, which is more powerful than the No. 4, which is a small improvement.

In terms of armor thickness, thanks to the new engine power increase, the weight of the Qin IV tank has increased by 7 tons, and the frontal protection level is close to 100 mm, which can be said to be very good.

 After adding protection, the speed of the entire tank has still increased a bit, with the maximum speed reaching 30 kilometers per hour, which is considered quite satisfactory.

 Coupled with the use of wide tracks and improved off-road capabilities, the overall performance of the entire tank is quite good. If this tank were placed in the World War II era, it would at least be an excellent design as famous as the M4 and T34.

It's a pity... The Tang Empire is in the process of fully replacing T-64 main battle tanks with night combat capabilities. The weapons and equipment levels of both sides are completely different from the same era.

The tank soldiers of the Great Qin Empire have not yet realized that what they will face in the future are tanks equipped with weapons such as armed helicopters, advanced main battle tanks, and anti-tank missiles...

However, the senior officials of the Qin Empire were clearly aware of the backwardness of their weapons and equipment. However, in the eyes of Ying Duo and others, although their weapons and equipment were backward, they were not unacceptably backward.

 Because of the development of communication methods such as telegraphs, the intelligence of countries around the world is not closed. Many people know that the Tang Empire invested new tanks and armored vehicles in the Battle of Mirage, which were extremely powerful.

Even so, they did not feel that their tanks had lagged behind to the point where they were no longer capable of fighting: on the contrary, they believed that the gap between the two sides was actually narrowing.

 Compared with the past, countries around the world were generally equipped with low-pressure artillery. Now they are finally using high-pressure, long-barreled artillery.

And their tank armor has generally been improved to more than 70 mm, and most are close to 100 mm. The protection is no longer comparable to that of the past.

 In addition, they have more or less mastered some of the early technology of gasoline engines and diesel engines of the Tang Empire, and have made some engines that can still be used, and the power system has also been improved a lot.

The key point is that they can all use their full power to produce their own main tanks without having to consider that the Tang Empire does not export key parts.

This made everyone feel more or less relieved: they could arm ten or even twenty divisions of armored forces at one go, a scale they had never dared to imagine before.

Let’s take Qin as an example: Qin now has 17 armored divisions, each of which is equipped with more than 200 tanks, and the total number of tanks exceeds 4,000!

 In the past, this number seemed almost impossible to achieve, but now Qin has achieved it. Yingduo does have so many tanks, and most of them seem to be of good quality.

The Qin State imported more than 800 No. 4 tanks from the Tang Empire. More than half of these tanks were long-tube models, and most of them were equipped with armor, which raised the frontal protection level to more than 80 mm. In addition, Qin State also produced more than 1,000 Qin IV main tanks, which are even better than the No. 4 tank.

Some of the remaining tanks are obsolete products produced by the Qin State in the past. They were unwilling to discard them, so they were put in the army to make up for them: these tanks have poor combat effectiveness and are old models, but they can still be used.

The State of Qin itself uses these tanks as training equipment to train more armored soldiers, and is studying the modification of these tanks.

Having so many tanks and armored forces has made the Qin generals very confident: they firmly believe that if a war breaks out with the Tang Empire, they will perform better than the last time.

On the other hand, the Qin Air Force also felt that its power had been greatly increased: they obtained jet engine technology from the Tang Empire and purchased the TA-183 fighter production line.

Although this new fighter has a short range and is almost a legendary airport defender, it does have a speed that propeller aircraft cannot match.

After possessing the world's "most advanced" fighter jets, the top brass of the Qin Air Force are very confident in their ability to maintain air supremacy.

After all, they have accumulated a lot of air combat experience in the war against Shu: Qin now has more than 100 ace pilots, and thousands of pilots have participated in the war. It can really be said that it has a strong army.

Based on the combat experience in Shu, Qin established a complete radar warning system near the border and major cities, and strengthened the air defense capabilities of its ground forces.

It is no exaggeration to say that Qin believes that its military strength is firmly at the top of the second echelon in the world, and is very close to the Tang Empire.

 They have more than 1,000 DO-17 bombers! 400 P-36 fighter jets, 1,500 P-40 fighter jets, and 115 TA-183 fighter jets! In addition, Qin State has more than 700 Type 47 transport aircraft.

Merely in terms of numbers, the Qin Air Force is really strong. In just a few years, they have built such a powerful air force, which shows that the top brass of the Qin State attach great importance to air power.

For comparison, the Lions Empire, known as the second most powerful country in the world, has more than 2,100 Spitfires and more than 1,100 Hurricane fighter jets. Although the Lions Empire does have an absolute advantage in terms of quantity, Qin still has more jet fighters in terms of quality. Better than that.

What's more, the war didn't start today. As time goes by, Qin will only have more and more jet fighters...

What made Ying Duo, the emperor of Qin, continue to wait patiently, in Ying Duo's own opinion, was the navy that Qin was holding back.

 Compared with Qin's "powerful" army and "powerful" air force, Qin's navy is really much worse. This new naval force, which inherited almost all the assets of the Shu Navy, had almost zero experience and was not large in scale.