Since the air force of the ** team in the 10th War Zone controlled almost half of the air supremacy of North China, Umezu Mijiro's appointment became very low-key. He hung a special train car between civilian trains. Such shabby was forced out. If an armored train was used, he would probably be bombed into pieces before he arrived at Shanhaiguan, and there was no need to think about taking a plane, unless he flew secretly at night, because the sky had become a Chinese. Umezu Mijiro thought about why the battle situation would become what he is today? In Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan, there was an entity that could compete with the empire on land. This entity's ability even exceeded that of China's only legal government, the National Government of the Chinese People's Government? Isn't this a bit incredible?

Meizu Mijiro believes that there must be a mafia behind Zhang Xuewu. The Soviet volunteer pilots appearing over Wuhan and Xuzhou, as well as a large number of Soviet experts and technical troops from Zhang Xuewu's headquarters in the 10th War Zone all illustrate this problem. It is not that Zhang Xuewu is powerful, but that the Soviet Union and Russia behind it are powerful. It may be easy to defeat Zhang Xuewu, but the prerequisite is that his continuous support must be eliminated first, either defeat the Soviet Union or concluded a secret agreement with the Soviet Union.

Moreover, Mijiro Umezu was not without conditions for taking office. That is, to transfer Anan Weiji as commander of the First Front Army, reduce the existing three front troops of the Kanto Army into two front troops, Yamashita Fengfu stayed, and Isotani Ryosuke left, and to fully support the country, form at least one Japanese mecha army with the goal of owning 1,100 tanks, and form a Second Air Force, re-establish the 23rd Mechanized Division, put the latest medium-sized tanks into production immediately, and equip the Kanto Army on a large scale within one year. It makes its mechanization and modernization the highest level of the Japanese Army, and requires Emperor Hirohito to give power to deal with the stay and leave of the first-class officer of the lieutenant general, so as to correct the unhealthy trends and evil spirits in the Kanto Army, which has been unscrupulous since its establishment, has been against the command and acted on its own initiative, and has been defeated by the lower side.

Umetsu Mijiro gave Emperor Hirohito a difficult problem, but this is exactly what Emperor Hirohito and the Ministry of Army and the General Staff are most worried about. They do not admit that they were defeated by Zhang Xuewu. They think that they were actually defeated by the Soviet Union, the underworld, to teach the Soviet Union a lesson, or to conclude a secret agreement with them? Obviously, the Japanese have two choices, and this is difficult to destroy the Japanese who have always been too simple. Because they are used to the fact that the Japanese who always compete with their national destiny at all times have only one choice. Suddenly there is one more one, and the Japanese are not suitable, and they are not used to it.

And not only that, the so-called new medium-sized tanks that Mijiro Umezu asked for were secretly developed, in addition to the Type 97, one, three, and four medium-sized tanks. Because the counterattack of the jackal light tank equipped by the Atako Army in the Battle of Nanjing caused the Imperial Army to lose its armor. There was a case of all first-level troops being destroyed in the brigade, so the Ministry of Army was ruthless and ordered Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Fuji, Toshiba and other companies to come up with a tank that could fight against more than 20 tons of jackal, which was called light tanks, which were undoubtedly in Japan.

People think that the Chinese are extremely shameless. Because the most advanced Type 97 medium-sized combat vehicle in the empire weighs only 15.3 tons, carrying four crew members, the captain and gunner are located in the turret, the driver is located on the right side of the front of the vehicle body, the machine gunner is located on the left side of the driver, and the turret is located on the right side of the longitudinal center of the vehicle body. The main weapon is a Type 97 57mm short-body tube cannon, which can fire grenades and armor-piercing shells, carrying 120 rounds. Its armor-piercing shells can penetrate 50mm thick steel armor at a distance of 1,200 meters.

The auxiliary weapon is a two-type 97-7-7-mm heavy machine gun with a capacity of more than 4,000 ammunition. One of them is a front-mounted machine gun, and the other is installed at the right-hand position of the rear of the turret. The body of the 97-type car is a welded structure, the turret is cast, and the welded and screwed mixed structure is cast in three parts, and then welded, and the anti-shield part adopts a screw connection method. This hybrid turret processing method is a big step compared to the original riveting method of the Japanese tanks of the 95-type and ** type.

Step, but it is relatively easy to technically than an overall cast turret or a fully welded turret. However, actual combat proves that the 97 Type is not the opponent of the Jackal light tank. At the same distance of 500 meters, the 97 Type can only penetrate the tail of the Jackal, and the Jackal can penetrate any point of the 97 Type. In terms of shooting accuracy, armor-piercing thickness, power, and rate of fire, the 97 Type 57mm short-body tube cannon produced by Japan is far inferior to the 50mm D-made tank gun with a diameter of 60 times.

In terms of power, the Type 97 installed a 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine with a power of 125 kilowatts, located at the rear of the vehicle body; the maximum speed of the vehicle is 38 kilometers per hour, with the driving wheel in front, and the power needs to pass through a long transmission shaft to transmit to the gearbox and the gearbox in the front of the vehicle body, so the steering is slow, which is not the same as the Jackal. Therefore, Mijiro Umezu asked for the production of a new tank that had been dismounted immediately to deal with the rolling iron flow in the 10th War Zone. Mijiro Umezuzu's reason is that after all, the warships cannot be bayonetized, and the battle on land will eventually rely on the army. If the entire Manchuria is lost, even if the Imperial Navy is equipped with a thousand battleships, it will be useless.

Emperor Hirohito knew that he wanted to let Mijiro Umezu take the blame with peace of mind, so he didn't think too much of a stop. Mijiro Umezuzu mentioned the chariots in three consecutive five-minute secret telegrams on the train, especially in Baotou, where there was information about a new type of chariot, so Emperor Hirohito could only hold an imperial meeting again with his exhausted body. If Mijiro Umezuzu was satisfied, the naval shipbuilding plan that had been formulated before would be postponed again. Several steel mills put into production in the Northeast were always frequently bombed, and the output was almost negligible. Therefore, Japan's biggest dependence is scrap steel imported from the United States.

The American loans, oil and rubber allowed Japan to maintain this war. Emperor Hirohito ordered the decision to produce the Type 4 chariot in large quantities, but Colonel Yamamoto Takumura, a military department of the General Staff Headquarters, told Emperor Hirohito very regretfully that whether it is Type 3 or Type 4, or even Type 5 in the design drawings, they all require strong power, otherwise they can only become soft-legged shrimps or targets. The original plan to use the Type 98 800 horsepower engine improved by BMW yb800h aerospace gasoline engine. Although the design power is 800 horsepower, it can actually reach 550 horsepower. For a tank weighing nearly 30 tons, this power is really too small.

The fourth type was prepared to use a 520 mm wide track, which was never available for Japanese tanks. The maximum design speed was 45 kilometers per hour. Many of the performances were still demonstrated in data and have not been actually tested. Moreover, the main weapon on the fourth type medium tank was the fourth type 75 mm anti-aircraft gun, which was prepared to use an automatic loader. If the progress was accelerated, the development time was tight, the automatic loader could only be removed and temporarily installed on the fourth type tank.

Moreover, the modified chariot guns of the 88mm German anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns seized on the Chinese battlefield have also entered the final test. Whether the Type 4 combat vehicle can be installed is still a question now.

Emperor Hirohito listened dizzyly for a long time, and finally realized that the so-called four-type medium-sized chariot, which was boasted to be able to sweep across the Tenth War Zone, was simply an unreliable thing. The 88-mm chariot cannon that can penetrate any chariot in the Tenth War Zone could not be installed on the chariot? The automatic loading device that was boasted so magically was simply an unprecedented idea?

Emperor Hirohito wanted to look in the mirror at this moment to see if he really looked like an idiot? An idiot who was confused by the generals of the army and the navy all day long? The frontier has been beaten to pieces, and he is still sitting firmly in Diaoyutai in Tokyo, making bold and crazy words, becoming the target of ridicule of the whole world?

Bang! Emperor Hirohito slapped the table with a heavy palm, looked at the generals with shining stars at the meeting, and said in a low voice with anger: "What I want is the result! If the latest chariot cannot be put into mass production within two months and cannot be equipped within the time required by the Kanto Army, the relevant person should commit suicide by cesarean section! Do you understand?"

After the roar, Emperor Hirohito left directly, leaving behind a bunch of generals looking at each other. Emperor Hirohito's anger naturally knew why. Regardless of the real situation on the front line, he read out all kinds of war results and good news against the radio every day, inspiring all the people to be loyal to the king and carry out the holy war to the end. As a result, he was laughed at internationally. It was natural that bragging was a shameless thing.

And the most critical thing is that it is now a fight with the tenth war zone of Zhongzhao. The trusted commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army actually proposed the so-called final solution? That is, the Soviet Union, which first solved the Soviet Union's mafia behind Zhang Xuewu. If the Soviet Union's problem is not solved, the threat of the tenth war zone cannot be completely solved. With the Soviet Union's blood transfusion empire, it will be difficult to defeat Zhang Xuewu's troops in the tenth war zone in a short period of time, and the enemy is constantly growing and growing. Every day, the price of the empire's future solution to Zhang Xuewu will be greater.

If he could have sacrificed his life and immediately sent troops to fight again after the Battle of Chengde, it would have been unlikely to be the case today. Zhang Xuewu, who has become stronger and bigger, has become almost as powerful as the Chinese government. People enter from Shanxi and northwest, and weapons and military aid enters from Mongolia. Some people have guns, bullets, and food. It is really not easy to solve Zhang Xuewu completely. And does Zhang Xuewu still have a trump card? No one knows this.
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