Chapter 83: Tank four

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"The British Empire supports the German people's desire for national security in principle and understands the efforts made by the Germans to protect the motherland!"
"The British government once again reiterates its support for the German people's actions out of the shadow of war! ..."
"Sceptical of the so-called" Pluto Project "! I firmly believe that this is a scam laid by conspirators who undermine peace and affect regional stability! ..."
"The British government will continue to trust Germany and cooperate with Germany in various fields! The Royal Navy will strive to ensure the safety of German merchant ships on the high seas ..."
"God bless the people of Britain and Germany! ..."
On the afternoon of the same day, Colonel Smith, the military attaché of the British Embassy, ​​on behalf of the British government, the British Foreign Office and the Royal Navy, held a grand press conference and issued the above statement to the reporter ’s flashlight.
The Great German Party endured the burden of humiliation and finally ushered in a successful resolution of the "exposure of the" Hades Project "incident". The diplomatic barriers to isolating Germany internationally were broken by Britain, and Germany became an ally recognized by Britain.
The politicians who tried to use external forces to force the National Defense Forces to hand over their command were dumbfounded. They died a dozen leaders on the night when they were called "Bloody Night", but they got nothing, even the most basic. There is no sympathy at all. People call these politicians who betrayed themselves as traitors, insulting and spitting heartily.
"Now you have won the advantage." Tukhachevsky looked at the side of Akado pouring wine for him and said with a smile: "It is not very cheap to drink your wine. Who will make up for the loss of our Soviet Union?"
"Okay! General Tukhachevsky, you don't have to get cheap and sell well! Close to the technical support of 200 submarines, this is not a small project." Akado also smiled: "Throw one Plan, to cover another plan, to cover up the truth with reality, this is the most intelligent intelligence war. "
"Don't shoot my bullshit!" Tukhachevsky laughed more happily: "You are the most intelligent master of intelligence warfare! You sell an intelligence, but make the two countries more dependent on your Germany at the same time. . "
"Let's not tout each other!" Akado waved his hand and said with a smile: "You come here, in addition to saying goodbye, there must be very important questions to ask me."
"How do you know?" Tukhachevsky froze.
Pointing to his temple, Akado smiled: "consciously."
"I would love to know that you secretly formed an alliance with us and assisted the Soviet Union in infrastructure construction. Why did you always frown with the British and sell them ?" Tukhachevsky looked at Akado doubtfully. I know that in many cases, the final result is to be isolated by both sides. "
He drank his last bite of wine and stood up and said: "Someday you will suffer because of this kind of circumstance today! I personally suggest that you choose one side and pour it over in order to get a true ally."
When he was finished, he walked out of Akado's office.
"You're wrong! My friend!" Akado took the last bite of wine and swallowed it with endless aftertaste, and then murmured in a voice that only he could hear: "Yongyou Fengyuan will never have real friends." , But it also has an ending, which is to kill all the fake friends together. "
Akado originally thought that he had to "expose the" Pluto Project "incident", and sent away Tukhachevsky and other members of the Soviet delegation to rest for a while. But this upcoming 1929 is destined to be a troublesome year.
The spring of the year, April 11, 1929. Ibn ’s actual ruler, Saudi Arabia, whose ambition has expanded and is increasingly dissatisfied with his country ’s resource allocation, launched a
war of reunification
against several small tribes around him. With the tacit approval and even support from Germany, Britain, France, and other countries, this war has continued to expand in scale, and in exchange for more oil, German rifles, British tanks, and French helmets ... Countless arms were leased by German The "Shen" transport ship was shipped to the Middle East, and it was replaced by countless oil and dollars shipped to European countries.
Britain commissioned Germany to build two battleships "Handsome" and "Perfect" began to lay the keel in Kiel, the British paid 16 million pounds for this, and the two new battleships will use new double-unit turrets, equipped with Germany Sophisticated shooting sight, used to fight the Soviet-class battleship of the red regime.
The money was very depressing for the British, because the cost of the battleship "George George V" was only 7.4 million pounds, but there was a piece of information from the Baltic shipyard in Leningrad, Soviet Union. Britain had to pay for the two battleships that were supposed to be the German "Bismarck" and "Tirpitz".
But what really made Akado busy was that Mercedes-Benz Motors finally came up with a near-perfect design, making Akado determined to start mass production of the future main armored vehicle of the German armored force-codenamed "four The German new tank No. 4 of the Plan No. 4 was finally designed and completed.
This tank can be said to be an industrial masterpiece of this era, combined with the design experience of Akado's previous life, this tank can be described as perfect.
It has an entire body with a sloping armor plate at the front, a thickness of an astonishing 50 mm, and the wide body is held up by six pairs of large-diameter load wheels-it has a pair of weights more than the later t-34 Wheels to cope with the weight change brought by the wider car body.
This completely new design, which is completely different from the previous German tanks, adopts a wide crawler track. The cross-track structure of the mother and daughter used by the large-diameter load wheel can adapt to the more complicated muddy combat environment and harsh road standards.
According to the usage habits of German tank cars, there are 5 members in this type 4 tank, namely the driver, the mechanic, the gunner, the loader, and the captain. This is a very reasonable configuration of World War II tank members, capable of quickly processing information and long-term stable combat.
The new German tank suspension system, which was improved from the suspension system purchased from the American Christie tank, has greatly improved the mobility of this tank, and its reliability is better than various other suspension systems that Germany has been secretly developing.
In order to adapt to this suspension system, large-diameter load wheels, and inclined front armor plate, the German tanks used the rear layout of the gearbox for the first time, which made the turret of the tank slightly forward, not like the third tank. The same is arranged in the center of the tank body. Of course, according to Akado ’s proposal, a basket was welded directly behind the tank turret to hold some debris from the tank soldiers. This practical design also slightly corrected the beautiful appearance of the German tank turret.
The only thing that regrets Akado is that this tank still uses a gasoline engine instead of a diesel engine as its power. Although the diesel engine has many benefits and more powerful and reliable power, but due to a series of problems such as German resources and habits, this tank can only be temporarily propelled by a gasoline engine-this is a small regret for many people in Akka.
The main thing is that this tank has a large and angular welded turret, enough to accommodate a 75 mm short-barrel artillery-this was enough to destroy any already in service tank vehicles in 1929, and it can be changed at any time if necessary Pretend to be a more powerful tank gun.
So this can be said to be a pair of larger size pants, so that you can wear it when you are more fat. Its engine compartment has an empty spare fuel tank. Its turret is a big circle to make the inside more comfortable. Its speed is much slower because of the body of the big circle, but it is still German The most powerful super tank in your hand.
The most important thing about this tank is its low cost and simple production process. This tank is similar to the No. 3 tank in production. It takes much more time, the process is simpler, the protection level is greatly improved, and it has more powerful firepower. The most important thing is that it also has a broader room for improvement.
It is a bit depressing that the combat weight of this tank has exceeded 30 tons, reaching an astonishing 33 tons. Its weight can be regarded as the behemoth of the monsters in the tanks of this era. In comparison, its predecessor No. 3 tank only weighed more than 21 tons.
However, Akado still encourages this kind of weight breakthrough. He is very clear that in the upcoming war, the tank weight of 30 to 40 tons is completely reasonable and is the mainstream medium tank weight.
Akado is very satisfied with this design. This tank can be said to be an enlarged version of the t-34 body equipped with a leopard tank turret. It combines the advantages of the German tank sighting system and the power of artillery with the simplicity and reliability of the manufacturing technology of the Soviet tanks of previous generations. Once it appears on the battlefield, it is enough to become a model for tank design around the world.
So Akado ordered the Krupp plant and Mercedes-Benz to jointly produce this new tank, and personally named the tank "Leopard". It is expected that by the beginning of 1933, the National Defense Force will equip 700 of these new tanks, replacing the No. 3 tank as the standard equipment of the German armored forces.
Akado and Guderian are different from the commanders of armored soldiers of this era. He did not struggle with the division of tanks into "support tanks" and "fighting tanks", but focused on developing "fighting" against enemy tanks. "Tank-like"-As for the work of supporting infantry combat, Akado is ready to hand over to the new German equipment "3rd assault gun" to complete.
But while Akado was proudly planning the production and equipment of the IDF tank 4, a news shocked him. The news made Akado's prosperous business suddenly suffer immeasurable setbacks.