Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1842 1843 Outdated and Broken

No one knew how much scrap the Tang Empire had seized on the East Continent: there were so many that it was impossible to count them.

Many of the so-called military trucks seized by the Tang army were actually just civilian standards. And these so-called civilian standards on the East Continent were actually just truck standards from the World War II era.

Those so-called trucks with engines of dozens of horsepower and wheels not much wider than bicycle tires were not considered vehicles at all in the Tang Empire.

Not to mention the tanks equipped by the coalition forces...these scraps of copper and iron had already begun to be eliminated by the Tang army during the Tang Dynasty Group era.

Twenty years have passed, and the tanks on the East Continent are still at the technical level of the Type 4 tank and the Leopard tank of World War II. The officers of the Tang Army who are responsible for inspecting and receiving these weapons and equipment could not believe their eyes.

"No radio? This thing has no radio? It's been dismantled?" After lifting the hatch of an intact Yangmu Empire Type 4 tank, the technical officer of the Tang Dynasty who came to receive these weapons widened his eyes and asked in disbelief.

The adjutant who climbed onto the tank with him looked at the registration form, shook his head and explained: "Indeed, no. The drawing we gave shows that the place to install the radio is empty. This is not an isolated case. Many captured tanks are in this state."

It was fine before the war broke out, because the tanks equipped by the Yangmu Empire were actually qualified products produced strictly in accordance with the technical drawings provided by the Tang Empire.

However, as the war progressed, the production capacity of the Yangmu Empire began to fall behind. In order to save costs, many tanks were simplified in the production process.

Many things were discarded because according to records reported from the front line, tanks would often explode directly after being penetrated, so many arrangements inside the tanks were completely redundant.

For example, the weapons issued to the members were completely omitted. Anyway, the members would not get out of the vehicle to fight, and there was no chance to abandon the vehicle and escape after being hit, so they simply did not equip themselves with submachine guns, grenades, helmets and other things.

At the same time, the hooks for hanging these things and the storage boxes for these things can all be cancelled... Even in the mid-to-late period, the observation windows on the tanks no longer had bulletproof glass and were directly hollowed out.

Naturally, the expensive radio equipment became a superfluous design that was cancelled: you won't use it anyway, so why not just not install it? What if you need to communicate? Don't be ridiculous, more than half of the tanks were destroyed by Tang army planes during transportation and deployment, so there is no need for communication...

"What a genius! How did they command and communicate with this tank without a radio?" The technical officer of the Tang army was very puzzled, because in his opinion, two-thirds of the tank's combat effectiveness was actually supported by radio and computer equipment. Without these, this tank would be no different from scrap metal.

The adjutant looked down at the interrogation statement written on the back, then looked up and said to his superior, "According to the enemy's armored commander, these tanks are mixed into the tank unit. Generally speaking, you just need to follow them. Arrange the tasks in advance before the battle and do miscellaneous tasks."

In fact, this type of tank is really a disaster for its crew members: they communicate inside the vehicle entirely by kicking and patting each other on the shoulders... External communication depends on the commander's experience and observing the direction of action of friendly forces to determine whether they should attack or retreat.

The truth is that these crew members had not received any proper tank operation training. They only had two or three weeks of training, and it was already very difficult for them to drive a tank. Because of this, these tank crews immediately chose to surrender when they encountered the Tang army, and most of these semi-finished tanks became spoils of war for the Tang army.

Of course, some of these tanks also played a role in urban street fighting. They hid in the ruins as lone wolves and attacked the Tang army's tanks or armored vehicles in a one-for-one manner.

However, these lone wolves will be destroyed by the Tang army without exception... and as members of the lone wolf tanks, their fate is generally not very good. They will turn into charcoal and dry in the closed body of the car.

After hearing the adjutant's explanation, the officer snorted and said disdainfully: "Ha! No wonder..."

The adjutant added, "In addition, these tanks will also be distributed to infantry units to support them in combat. Anyway, anyway... they'll just be used as a makeshift weapon."

"No progress at all! Apart from welding thicker steel plates on the front of the tank, their technology has not improved at all compared to 20 years ago!" After closing the tank's hatch, the officer thought that this thing was not worth studying at all: "Call me next time if you have something new and interesting. This is a waste of time."

The adjutant continued nodding and said, "Indeed. You haven't even looked at the Air Force yet. They're almost crying."

"Oh? I roughly guessed what the situation is." The officer was stunned for a moment, then immediately showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

There was no way. The technology intensity of the air force was only higher than that of tanks, so the thousands of planes captured by the Tang army were even more of a headache.

Unlike ground targets, which would be destroyed in large numbers and scattered across the battlefield, making them difficult to clean up, the air force's aircraft were completely different. Because they dared not take off to fight, a large number of these aircraft were well preserved near the airport, and even if they were destroyed, a large number of concentrated wreckage would be left.

The Tang Empire seized at least 2000 combat aircraft of various types from the Ice Empire, but these aircraft were basically antiques.

The most numerous ones are the Saab bombers, which are of the early technological level of World War II. Due to the harsh battlefield environment and lack of support and maintenance, there are not many that can fly.

Another type of transport aircraft with a relatively large number is the C-47 transport aircraft. There are really too many of them, and the Tang army can easily seize dozens or even hundreds of them at an airport.

Including I-16 fighter jets and other aircraft, due to their backward performance, the dwarves themselves did not regard these aircraft as treasures and often abandoned them, so the Tang army seized a large number of them.

Similar situations continued to occur in the Yangmu Empire: the Yangmu Empire had many HE-111 bombers and Butcher attack fighters, but because they did not dare to take off, they all stayed on the ground and became the trophies of the Tang army.

In addition to these, the elves also have a large number of C-47 transport aircraft, which are no different from those used by the dwarves. Including the same type of equipment in the Susas Empire, the Tang army has seized more than 47 C-2500 transport aircraft alone.