Chapter 435 Night Sparrow and Owl
Historically, the failure of the Battle of Nomenkan was related to many factors, among which equipment was an important aspect. At that time, the Soviet Union had various advanced tanks, while Japan still had only ten-ton tanks. Although they also called these tanks medium tanks, they were actually just Western light tanks.
Of course, this kind of tank will suffer a lot if you want to fight against Soviet tanks.
In this era in history, Japan's main equipment was Type 89 and Type 97 tanks. Even Type 97 tanks were only 15 tons, and it was impossible to fight against Soviet tanks.
However, in this time and space, the situation has changed a lot.
A few years ago, Lieutenant General Komatsuhara Dotaro of the 23rd Division visited German tanks. They were amazed at this advanced tank, so they started ordering from Germany.
They originally planned to order only one sample car, and with the design drawings, Germany offered 1 million marks, which is already a very amazing number.
However, the islanders still obediently paid for it, and the islanders needed the Black Panther tank.
However, when they brought all the design drawings and prototypes of the Black Panther tank to the island country, they found that their craftsmanship was not up to standard, resulting in low output.
So, they had to continue asking Germany for help, and as a result, they continued to purchase 100 Black Panther tanks for the price of 800,000 Imperial Marks, and all equipped to the Kwantung Army.
At the same time, just this year, their tank manufacturing process finally passed. Based on the German Black Panther 2 tank, they developed their own tanks, and adopted a new naming rule called the Type One tank.
This kind of tank is actually very similar to the later four-type tanks. Overall, it has the shadow of the Black Panther tank everywhere, which is like directly using the design of the Black Panther tank.
Of course, there are also differences among them. For example, in terms of engines, they have improved their existing engines and developed a V-type 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine with a maximum power of 412 horsepower, which is enough.
In terms of tank guns, it is believed that the power of Germany's existing 50mm tank gun is not strong enough, so it directly purchased the 75mm anti-aircraft gun from Bofos and stuffed it into its own turret.
This new tank is definitely more capable than the Soviet tanks in terms of performance. With these advanced weapons, they are full of confidence!
How the islanders fight, Cialek doesn't care. In short, Cialek knows that the weapons of the islanders are already more advanced than in history, so they will definitely fight longer than in history!
Hold the Soviets! When the Soviets discovered the threat in the Far East, did the Soviets dare to start the war in the West and rob Germany of the territory?
As long as Stalin is not crazy, he should know that he must not seek provocation from Germany anymore.
In this way, Germany can move west with confidence and boldness! As long as it quickly defeats France, the Soviet Union should know that provoking Germany is absolutely wrong.
Only Germany takes the initiative to attack, but the Soviet Union dares not take the initiative to attack Germany! If there are any plans for a big thunderstorm, just eat shit.
Moreover, not only in the east, Cirick was also in the West, and he found something for the Soviet Union. Finland, the friction with the Soviet Union is getting bigger and bigger. In the east, the island countries and the west, can the Soviet Union free up his hands to find trouble for Germany?
As long as the Far East is in war, the empire will never have any worries!
Cialick finally had no worries and signed the official order, swinging the sickle, starting from tonight!
The order was quickly transmitted to the front line. After receiving the order, the powerful SS armored division was dispatched again.
The Ardennes Heights are located in the forest terraces in southeast Belgium, northern Luxembourg and northeast France. The area is about 10,000 square kilometers. From the map, we can see that this place has been a strategic location in Central Europe since ancient times. Because there are many forests here, it is also called the Ardennes Forest.
In the forest, the advancement of large troops is quite difficult, and infantry is already very difficult, let alone armored troops!
No one would have thought that using armored troops to cross the Arden forest would be a whimsical idea.
At the same time, it is also the closest solution to success!
The plan was proposed by Manstein, and it was also formulated by some radical staff members of Manstein. However, the one who really took on this task was still Guderian, the SS armored division!
The most difficult battles must be left to the SS!
Historically, Guderian was responsible for traveling through the Arden Forest area. However, at that time, he led the 19th Armored Army. Now, he led the SS Armored Division, and his combat effectiveness was extremely amazing.
The First Armored Division is still at the forefront of the marching queue, and ahead of them is the small country Luxembourg. This country in a small land has almost no resistance.
The division commander Joseph Dietrich was sitting on a tank. At this time, his tank troops had completed a new round of dress-up changes.
The tank is actually the original tank, the Black Panther 3, which has only been partially improved. For example, on the top of the tank turret, there is a large circular searchlight-like thing.
This thing consumes a lot of power. For this reason, the engine of the Black Panther 3 tank has also been improved and a generator with a larger power is replaced to drive the large "searchlight" above.
Although it is called a searchlight, this thing does not emit light itself, or the light it emits is invisible to the naked eye because it emits infrared rays!
Only by using a special receiving device can infrared light be received. This is the image converter installed in front of the vehicle captain. Using this device, you can see everything in front clearly at night.
These devices are the most secrets. So far, due to limited production, they have only been equipped with the armed divisions of the SS.
Codenamed Night Sparrow is a cross-era system developed by Germany in this era to win the war!
In this era, tank targeting is visual, and tank combat at night is impossible, and the appearance of the night sparrow has completely changed all this, which will bring a brand new advantage to Germany!
In the dark night, using this system, you can also see the distance of 600 meters in front. However, if you fight at night, the distance is still too close, so, along with the Night Sparrow System, there is also an owl system.
This is equivalent to a larger searchlight. If you want to see far, you have to use a larger flashlight! This owl system is a large searchlight installed on the chassis of a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. It has a power of ten times that of a bicycle and can reach a distance of 1,500 meters in front.
Therefore, in actual use, several tanks equipped with Night Sparrows and accompanied by an owl system can make them easier in combat.
And now, with this system, they can also advance quickly at night, such as now!
"All the teacher is careful and move forward according to the original plan!" After receiving the news from Guderian, Dietrich's voice rang out in the radio, move forward!
Tanks rumbled, and the diesel engine was roaring. After simply preheating, the infrared headlights on the top turned on.
Chapter completed!