Chapter 306: Generous Contributions From the Allies

The battlefield in January 915 was quite peaceful - meaning daily casualties dropped to about 10,000.

At noon on January 15, Wang Zhonggang finished approving the documents at the Equipment Review Committee at No. 10 Heping Road, showed up at the Urban Defense Headquarters in the city, and was about to go to school to continue compiling his teaching materials, when the call came directly.

"My General Rokossov," said John Wick, a United States officer on the other side of the phone. His Antese accent was somewhat easy to recognize, "In one hour, a military column full of heavy equipment for aid will be leaving. We’ve entered the station, don’t you go take a look?”

Wang Zhong knew that his troops would definitely be replenished first, but he didn't know exactly what they would be replenished. In fact, no one knew what they would be replenished. After all, they didn't know which transport ship would be able to dock.

Now is the time when Prosen's submarine strangulation war is at its most rampant. Prosen's propaganda minister brags on the radio every day about the results of how many thousands of tons he has sunk.

The Allies' own statistics were not optimistic, and Prossen only exaggerated them three times. Even if they were not exaggerating, Allied losses were staggering.

The previous batches of fleets and cargo ships transporting heavy equipment did not break through the blockade, so they only sent trucks, radios, and the like, but not a single tank.

This time it seemed that a tank had finally arrived successfully, so Lieutenant Colonel John Wick called urgently.

Wang Zhong: "Okay, I'll go to the station right away to see the excitement."

In fact, just by making a phone call and asking Lieutenant General Chekhov, Wang Zhong could know what aid tanks were sent before the train arrived. But this thing is like opening a blind box. What matters is the ritual of the moment of opening.

So Wang Zhong asked the staff officer who came to greet him at the headquarters: "How is the situation in the city?"

The staff officer immediately replied: "The Air Force shot down a Prosen plane that came for reconnaissance. The wreckage fell into a park three kilometers away from the Summer Palace. There was no body of the pilot on it. We are organizing efforts to search for the pilot who parachuted.

"Other than that, it's no big deal."

Wang Zhong: "What about the surrender faction?"

"Someone found that the banknotes had surrender slogans on them, and the banknotes have been recovered."

Wang Zhong raised his eyebrows. He had actually seen writing slogans on banknotes before traveling through time. He even took the money to the bank in person, and the bank immediately changed it for him with new banknotes of the same face value.

The sudden behavior reminded Wang Zhong of his hometown.

"General?" the staff officer asked.

Wang Zhong: "Assist the Tribunal in tracing the origin of the banknotes. If I have nothing else to do, I will go to the train station."

The staff officer nodded: "There is nothing else. After all, you have driven the enemy away from the edge of the city, and we are free. But everyone is worried about whether it will happen again in the future..."

Wang Zhong: "No, I think next year - I mean this year, the Prossen people will not try to attack Yebao again. For our capital, the most dangerous time has passed. But we may still lose. war.

"That's why I'm spinning every day now."

After speaking, he moved his shoulders. In fact, he was much busier when he was in the rear than when he was fighting on the front line: there were always endless textbooks to write, endless documents to approve, and endless classes to attend.

He was very happy to do this. He wished he could write down as much as possible the experience he had learned from the Soviet Union after the war and the experience summed up by our army in his memory, and feed it to Ante's army as life tips.

Wang Zhong: "Then I'll leave first. I'll be at the station later."

Telling the staff where you are going is so that the staff can find you in the event of an emergency.

In case the capitulation faction launched a coup, Wang Zhong, the city defense commander, would be responsible for countering the rebellion. This was the reason why he placed his direct troops in Kubinka.

After the arrangements were made, Wang Zhong went straight to the train station.

When he boarded the platform, a train happened to be arriving at the station. Wang Zhong asked the railway dispatcher who picked him up directly: "Is this a train from Freezing Port?"

"Yes."

When the dispatcher answered, Wang Zhong had already seen the Sherman tank fixed on the train.

coming!

However, the enemy's long-barreled Panzer IV tank appeared on the battlefield earlier than expected. The Sherman in this time and space should not be able to function like it does on Earth.

Wang Zhong thought for a while and then rejected the idea. Chang Guan No. 4 has only had a few sighting reports on the front line so far. The Tribunal Intelligence Department and the Ant Army Intelligence Department both speculated that it might be a small number of pilots brought to the front line for testing. Production.

In other words, Sherman still faces two tanks, the No. 3 with a short length of 50 cm and the No. 4 with a short length of 75 cm on most occasions.

The Sherman basically crushed these two tanks.

On the other side of the world, it was too late for Sherman to join the war on a large scale. All he encountered in Italy were tigers and leopards, so he was nicknamed a lighter.

The Sherman is actually a pretty good tank, and it was pretty good when it first entered service.

This thing is like playing a real-time strategy game. It has to pay attention to a time point. How many soldiers will be pressed at your door in a few minutes of fast attack with two barracks? It just happens that the stimulant upgrade is completed. It is all set. As long as it is a little late, the strong period will be over. .

Wang Zhong is now ready to take advantage of Sherman's strong period.

As for the tiger and leopard who may appear early, let the vortex deal with it.

Wang Zhong was looking at his dream car, the Sherman, when suddenly another stunningly ugly thing came into his field of vision.

Two British Crusader self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were parked on a flatbed.

The turret of this thing looks like a Mayan pyramid installed on the body of the car. It can be as ugly as possible, but the 40mm Bofors cannon is a good thing.

This thing is the world's best large-caliber machine gun, and its performance was not completely outdated even when Ami invaded the Gulf.

This thing shoots flatly and can destroy infantry, light armored vehicles and even tanks.

He may not be able to penetrate the tank armor, but he can destroy everything on the surface of the tank, such as hitting the root of the radio antenna and damaging the radio.

When Wang Zhong participated in the aid negotiations with the United States before, he paid special attention to asking for Bofors's production license and obtained the help of the United States to establish a production line in Ant.

However, it will probably be the spring of 2016 when this production line is fully set up and half-speed production begins. Full-speed production of 916 may begin in July or August.

Wang Zhong plans to get an anti-aircraft vehicle equipped with a double-barreled Bofors machine gun and armored to withstand enemy light firepower. He has already thought of a name, and he will call it "Apocalypse".

By then, this anti-aircraft vehicle will definitely become the wild father of the Prossen infantry.

Now, there are single-tube Bofors like the Crusader that can be used, which is better than nothing! In this way, the problem of anti-aircraft vehicles was also solved - the best self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Wang Zhong could get before was a 25mm cannon mounted on the back of a GAZ truck.

Wang Zhong turned back decisively and said to Vasily: "Did you see that ugly guy? That self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is guarding above! Our air defense battalion is worried that there is no self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that can accompany the tanks!"

Vasily: "Okay! But are you sure you want to use something so ugly? Will it affect morale?"

Wang Zhong: "What nonsense? Throw away your worries as an artist. Looks are not important, as long as it works!"

Vasily: "Are you sure it works?"

Wang Zhong: "I don't know, so we have to pull it back and give it a try!"

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The next day, eight Crusader self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were delivered to Kubinka.

Also delivered were 30 Shermans.

At this time, Tadeusz, the commander of the First Division of Melania’s People’s Army, found Wang Zhong: “General Davarisi, we have compatriots from the United Kingdom who serve in Melania’s First Armored Brigade. After passing the Sherman, he can serve as an instructor and help us quickly master this tank."

Wang Zhong: "Have you ever used Crusader anti-aircraft guns?"

Tadeusz obviously had no interest in this ugly anti-aircraft gun: "Maybe someone has used it. Is this important?"

Wang Zhong: "Of course it is important. The existence of anti-aircraft guns can interfere with the enemy's air force's aiming and force them to drop bombs at a very high altitude. According to my actual combat experience, this is quite important."

Yes, after the baptism of actual combat, Wang Zhong's understanding of battlefield air defense has undergone subversive changes. In the past, he thought that air defense had to shoot down enemy aircraft to be meaningful. So after seeing the data on the number of enemy aircraft shot down by the air defense forces of various countries in World War II, Of course, some people who don't understand are shouting about air defense and air defense.

Now Wang Zhong knows that air defense does not depend on how many aircraft are shot down. As long as it interferes with the enemy's attack, causing the attack to become inaccurate, and even makes the enemy pilots afraid and unable to attack wantonly, then the air defense operation will be successful.

In other words, Wang Zhong used to think that the roof-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun was mainly used to attack infantry. In fact, it can really defend against air defense. With this anti-aircraft machine gun, the enemy might have dropped the bomb at 500 meters, but might have dropped it at 800 meters.

This extra 300 meters is the "meaning" of this machine gun.

Wang Zhong explained the above, and Melania's major general showed an expression of admiration: "I didn't have such an idea before. I thought the roof-mounted machine gun was mainly used to attack infantry."

Wang Zhong blushed a little because he thought so before traveling through time.

But I can't say that I have to hold back and maintain my image.

Major General Tadeusz continued: "When I served in Melania's army, the higher-ups did not notice the latest military advances at all, and their understanding of the air force was very shallow. They also thought that the air force was just a low-altitude flyby. Then throw the presence of grenades.

"So our troops' air defense basically puts several machine guns together, thinking this is enough."

Wang Zhong turned his head and looked at the GAZ vehicle-mounted quad machine gun parked not far away.

Major General Tadeusz also looked over: "Yes, that's it. But according to you, this can actually play a certain role, right?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, but the protection range of the machine gun is too small, and the truck is not suitable to accompany the armored troops."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the eight Crusaders he had just obtained: "In addition, we are going to conduct a test soon to show you the anti-infantry efficiency of the 40mm Bofors machine gun."