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Chapter 847 847 Backward Chassis

This kind of cheering continued until an orc 130mm caliber howitzer shell fell, stirring up a piece of gravel, and then stopped.

The short-lived excitement made the soldiers of the Qin army forget that they were still on the battlefield—well now, the orc fire reminded them and made them aware of the danger that was close at hand.

Both the Qin army and the orcs have replaced a lot of good things recently, and the combat power of the two sides is also rising alternately, which makes people frightened.

Cyric sold a lot of 130mm caliber howitzers to the orcs: these artillery are old models that are not needed in other countries, and the production line was used for waste and sold directly to the orcs.

At the same time, the Maxim heavy machine guns eliminated by various countries, as well as a large number of Cyric 1 bolt-action rifles and 70mm caliber mountain guns, all of which appeared in the orc army.

As long as you are willing to investigate this matter, you can easily know that there are countless rifles, bullets, shells, artillery, and even tents, gauze, underwear and socks, all landed at Nanshan Port in the south of Chu State, across Chu State and Shu State , transported to the hands of the orcs.

It's a pity that Qin State's intelligence department, which is still relatively conscientious, has been keeping secret about this matter.They never investigated Nanshan Port in Chu State, as if nothing happened there.

From this smuggling line, the orcs obtained all kinds of weapons and equipment they desperately needed: if it weren't for the full support of the Cyric Consortium, they might still be using flintlocks and muzzle-loading guns.

In just one year, the orcs acquired bolt-action rifles and new artillery that they never dared to think of before, and even bought the astonishingly powerful Maxim heavy machine gun.

At least the orc troops on the front line have been strengthened with new weapons, and they have also begun to learn to dig trenches to repair the line of defense, rapidly improving their combat effectiveness.

Even the orcs formed their own air force and invited some human pilots to serve as instructors to learn how to fly planes.

Cyric sold all the unsalable biplanes he made to the orcs, and this business made Cyric another amazing fortune.

That's why, the orc planes appeared near the western wall defense line, and started an air battle with Qin's air force.

After having their own plane, the orc clan also began to learn aerial reconnaissance, which made it no longer so easy for Qin to launch a surprise attack.

The orcs who have tasted the sweetness are actively looking for sellers to sell the bombers. Once they successfully buy the bombers, the air battle near the Western Wall defense line will become more bloody and tragic.

Of course, the soldiers of Qin State also got what they wanted: Tang State's Thomson submachine gun, sufficient ammunition, and various Tang Army standard weapons and equipment.

For example, 75mm infantry guns, 105mm howitzers, and even 155mm towed howitzers.

What is even more exaggerated is that in order to recover some costs, Tang Guo also sold the self-propelled howitzer modified from the chassis of the No. 2 tank to Qin Guo.These outdated weapons and equipment are no longer useful in the hands of Tang Jun, and keeping them will only cause trouble for the logistics troops.

The chassis of the No. 2 tank is actually completely outdated. Tang Jun now has a better and more comprehensive 113 armored vehicle chassis, and the No. 4 tank chassis is also outdated. There is no need for small beans like the No. 2 tank.

But these modified self-propelled artillery are completely different in the hands of the Qin army. They are in urgent need of such weapons and equipment, which will allow them to find out their own experience in using self-propelled artillery.

The new concept provided by the new weapon, if you don't try it yourself and accumulate experience in using it, then you don't know the key to it, and you can't accurately grasp the tricks.

Tang Jun had Tang Mo as a guiding light, but Qin Jun didn't—they could only experiment on their own or learn from Tang's military advisers.

It costs money to invite Tang Jun's military adviser, and the other party may not be able to teach you all the tactics of pressing the bottom of the box, so Qin Jun feels that it is more appropriate to explore by himself.

Of course, in addition to dumping these outdated junk, Tang Jun also provided Qin Jun with some real good things.

For example, the Type 113 armored vehicle: before the orcs bought tanks, this armored vehicle was sufficient to provide armor protection for the Qin army and establish a sufficient armor advantage.

If the Qin Army needs it, Tang Mo can also provide Tang Army's second-hand No. 4 tanks—these tanks are equipped with short-barreled 75mm guns, which are still very useful sometimes.

Although they are actually outdated, many people are still willing to pay for them because of the aura of Tang Jun's invincibility.

Tang Jun is gradually phasing out the No. 4 tanks in his hands, and they really have no way to continue to use them.

In terms of protection, these early World War II tanks with openings on all sides and hatches everywhere, and the thickness of the armor was not enough, could no longer meet the needs of the Tang Army's armored forces.They have no means of attacking cities, and they are almost incapable of fighting enemy tanks.

Speaking of firepower, the No. 4 tanks equipped by the Tang Army in large numbers all use short-barreled 75mm low-bore pressure guns. Not to mention that they do not have enough armor-piercing ability, and the road to upgrade is not smooth: the long-barreled 75mm Pao, Tang Jun also looked down on it a little bit.

Coupled with the not-so-excellent power, the No. 4 tank is now completely reduced to Mrs. Niu, a poor person who is loved by no one.

After the Leopard tank entered service, a large number of No. 4 tank chassis were converted into assault guns and self-propelled artillery. In fact, various armored units also used the No. 4 tank as an assault gun.

The No. 4 tanks eliminated by the tank unit were either directly thrown to the infantry to fill the vacancy of the No. 4 assault gun, or they were used as training vehicles in the newly established second-line armored units.

Although it has not been completely eliminated, the No. 4 tank does not have any need for development and upgrading.

This thing is not considered advanced in the first place. With the development of technology in various countries, its performance indicators can no longer allow Tang Jun to maintain his technological advantage.

Instead, the Type 59 main battle tank is being prepared for mass production. This new medium tank, or main battle tank, will completely replace the Leopard and Panzer IV in the future.

The only problem is that the Type 59 main battle tank does not have much room for site transformation. It can neither develop self-propelled artillery nor convert it into an assault gun.

Assault guns and self-propelled artillery are still very important to the Tang army, and they are weapons and equipment that cannot be easily eliminated.

In the sequence of Soviet weapons, the work of assault guns is divided between infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, which is one of the reasons why a low-pressure 100mm gun is forced on the weak BMP series infantry fighting vehicles .

Therefore, the firepower of the Soviet infantry fighting vehicles generally looks very fierce, and there is an illusion that they can face the tanks head-on.

The function of armored personnel carriers in Europe and the United States is to replace "half-track vehicles". They are more inclined to hand over the functions of assault guns to tank bombers and artillery.

The alternatives of the two sides are different, so the focus of the weapons produced is completely different.It's just that what they made can't replace the real assault guns at all.

With the development of technology, the assault gun will indeed be replaced by these new weapons and equipment, but its existence is still meaningful to the current Tang army.

The most critical problem is: Tang Jun is equipped with too many No. 4 assault guns and No. 4 self-propelled artillery, and it is really impossible to replace so many old equipment for a while.

Replacing No. 4 with the chassis of the Leopard tank is simply a joke, and the subsequent 59 tank chassis is also not suitable.

This has led to a very serious problem: Tang Jun lacks a chassis to develop a new type of self-propelled howitzer...

Either continue to use the outdated and backward No. 4 tank chassis, or you can only develop a new type of howitzer-specific chassis.

For the follow-up development of the army, Tang Mo could only honestly choose the second solution: the only seedling he chose was M109.

The caliber of self-propelled artillery in the Soviet era is different from the caliber of the artillery used in Tang Dynasty. If you change the artillery, you need to re-modify the car body. The modification work is really too big.

With Tang Guo's technical capabilities, he can only go directly to the M109 self-propelled howitzer after counting.At least this thing has no outstanding shortcomings, and it can be used for more than ten years.

In addition, its own technical difficulty is not too high, there are not many thresholds, and the caliber of the artillery is just right, and the subsequent development of more advanced self-propelled artillery does not need to be replaced.

The only embarrassment was that all planes and tanks used the Soviet system, and the self-propelled artillery chose the American system, which made Tang Mo a little... confused.

It's a pity that there is no other way. The final research result is: Tang Jun will be equipped with Type 59 main battle tanks, M-109 self-propelled artillery, and J-6 jet fighters in the future.

In order to speed up the elimination of the No. 4 tanks in his hand, Tang Guo began to consider sending some of the No. 4 tanks to Chu State, and selling some of the No. 4 tanks to move them out of their positions and start a large-scale replacement.

The plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and the tank version of the night vision system that has not yet been officially installed has directly become the standard configuration of the Type 59 tank.

However, the Leopard tanks that were originally going to be equipped with night vision goggles were directly abandoned: when the number of new 59 main battle tanks equipped by the Tang Army is sufficient, these Leopard tanks will be sold to the buyer with the most money.

Both Qin State and Shu State expressed their intention to purchase No. 4 tanks, which is good news for Tang State.But the bad news is that in a short period of time, Tang country can't produce so many new weapons and equipment to replace these No. 4 tanks.

The factory in Tongcheng was once again operating at full capacity in a non-war state. All the workers worked in two shifts, and each of them had to work 12 hours a day to produce the new weapons and equipment that the troops urgently needed...

(End of this chapter)