Chapter 437 Night Sparrow and Owl

Historically, the failure of the Battle of Nomenkan was related to many factors. Among them, equipment was an important aspect. At that time, the Soviet Union already had various advanced tanks, while Japan still only had ten-ton tanks. These tanks are called medium tanks, but they are actually Western light tanks.

This kind of tank, of course, is very disadvantaged if it wants to fight against the 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 could not compete with Soviet tanks at all.

However, in this time and space, the situation has changed a lot.

A few years ago, Lieutenant General Komatsuhara Dotaro of the 23rd Division led the team to visit German tanks. They were amazed at this advanced tank, so they started ordering from Germany.

They originally planned to order only one prototype car, and with the design drawings, the German side asked for 1 million marks, which is already quite an unbelievable figure.

However, the islanders still paid for it obediently, and the islanders needed Panther tanks.

However, when they brought the design drawings and prototypes of the Panther tank to the island country, they found that their own craftsmanship was not up to standard, resulting in low production.

As a result, they had to continue to ask Germany for help. As a result, they continued to purchase 100 Panther tanks at the price of 800,000 Imperial Marks, all of which were equipped to the Kwantung Army.

At the same time, just this year, their tank manufacturing process finally passed the test. Based on the German Panther 2 tank as the prototype, they developed their own tank, and adopted a new naming rule, called a tank.

This kind of tank is actually very similar to the Type 4 tank of later generations. On the whole, with the shadow of the Black Panther tank everywhere, it is simply a direct use of the design of the Black Panther tank.

Of course, there are also differences. For example, in terms of engines, they improved their existing engines and came up with a V-type 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine with a maximum power of 412 horsepower, which is enough.

In terms of tank guns, Germany's existing 50mm tank guns were not considered powerful enough, so they directly purchased 75mm anti-aircraft guns from Bofors and stuffed them into their turrets.

This new tank, in terms of performance, absolutely surpasses the Soviet tanks. With these advanced weapons, they are full of confidence!

Cyric doesn’t care how the islanders fight. In short, Cyric knows that the weapons of the islanders are more advanced than in history, so they will definitely fight longer than in history!

Stop the Soviets! When the Soviets discovered the threat in the Far East, did the Soviets dare to start the war in the West again to seize German territory?

As long as Stalin is not crazy, he should know that Germany must never be challenged again.

In this way, Germany can confidently and boldly move westward! As long as France was brought down quickly, the Soviet Union should have known that it was absolutely wrong to provoke Germany.

Only Germany took the initiative to attack, the Soviet Union did not dare to take the initiative to attack Germany! What big thunderstorm plan, eat all shit.

Moreover, not only in the east, but also in the west, Cyric is also looking for something for the Soviet Union. Finland, now the friction with the Soviet Union is getting bigger and bigger. The island country in the east and Finland in the west, the Soviet Union can still spare Looking for something for Germany?

As long as the war in the Far East is together, the empire will no longer have to worry about it!

Cyric finally didn't have any worries, signed a formal order, and swung the sickle, starting tonight!

The order was quickly conveyed to the front line, and after receiving the order, the powerful SS Panzer Division was dispatched again.

The Ardennes are located in a forested plateau in southeastern Belgium, northern Luxembourg and northeastern France. The area is about 10,000 square kilometers. It can be seen from the map that this place has been a strategic location in Central Europe since ancient times. Because of the many forests here, it is also called the Ardennes Forest.

In the forest, it is quite difficult for a large army to advance, and the infantry is already very difficult, not to mention the armored force!

No one would have imagined that the use of armored forces to travel through the Ardennes 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 of Manstein's radical staff officers. However, it was Guderian who really took on this task, the SS Panzer Division!

The toughest battles must be handed over to the SS!

Historically, it was Guderian who was responsible for crossing the Ardennes Forest, but at that time the main force he led was the 19th Panzer Army, but now, he is leading the SS Panzer Division, and the combat effectiveness is even more incomparable.

The first armored division was still at the forefront of the marching queue, and in front of them was the small country of Luxembourg. This small country has almost no resistance.

Division commander Joseph Dietrich was sitting on a tank. At this time, his tank unit had completed a new round of reloading.

The tank is actually the original tank, the Panther 3 of Yishui, but it has been improved locally. 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 Panther 3 tank has also been improved, and a more powerful generator has been installed to drive the big "searchlight" above.

Although it is called a searchlight, this thing itself does not emit light, or the light it emits is invisible to the naked eye because it emits infrared rays!

Infrared rays can only be received with a special receiving device. This is the image converter installed in front of the captain. Using this device, you can see everything in front of you at night.

These devices are the most secretive, so far, due to limited production, only equipped with the Waffen SS Panzer Division.

The code-named Night Sparrow is an inter-era system developed by Germany in this era in order to win the war!

In this era, the aiming of tanks is all visual, and it is impossible to fight tanks at night. The emergence of the night sparrow has completely changed all this, which will bring new advantages 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, this 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 mounted on the chassis of a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. Its power is ten times that of a bicycle, and it can illuminate a distance of 1,500 meters in front.

Therefore, in actual use, several tanks equipped with night sparrows, accompanied by an owl system, can make it easier for them to fight in battle.

And now, with this system, they can also move fast at night, like now!

"Attention all divisions, according to the original plan, move forward!" After receiving the news from Guderian, Dietrich's voice sounded in the radio, move forward!

The tanks rumbled, the diesel engines roared, and after a brief warm-up, the infrared headlights on the top turned on.