Another type of armored reconnaissance vehicle that is no longer considered advanced and the Tang Army could not find a replacement for it is the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle. The design idea of this vehicle is correct, but it does not have a better successor.
The performance of Desan's "Big Eight Wheel" armored vehicles was actually quite good during World War II. However, due to the defeat in the war, this equipment did not develop and continue, and it can basically be said that its popularity was discontinued.
The Soviet wheeled armored vehicles cannot inherit the functions of the German wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles, and there are not many performance advantages in using them reluctantly.
The Tang State's armored reconnaissance battalion also fell into a dangerous situation as the performance of armored vehicles from various countries improved.
In the past, the Tang Army's armored reconnaissance battalion relied on the performance advantages of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle and could even attack enemy armored units head-on.
The short-barreled 75mm gun equipped on the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle gives it firepower comparable to that of the Panzer IV tank, and can easily destroy enemy armored targets.
But now this kind of thing can't be done: the armor protection of tanks in various countries has suddenly improved, and the artillery of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle can no longer penetrate these steel behemoths.
This is the general trend. Low-pressure artillery is destined to be replaced in the Tang Army's sequence. Tang Mo's choice is very clear: it is better to just hand over the battle to the tanks directly. Anyway, the Tang Army's tanks are sufficient in number and have excellent performance.
Since the main gun can no longer destroy the enemy's main battle tank, it is of little use to continue to equip it with this weapon.
The Tang Army was famous, and the armored reconnaissance battalion that had once frightened all the troops in the Great China Empire also made its own changes under the changes in the general environment.
Tang Mo revised the combat manual of the armored reconnaissance battalion, strictly instructing these troops who had used themselves as tank battalions in the past to avoid direct combat with the enemy.
This order is tantamount to resuming the main mission of the armored reconnaissance battalion's reconnaissance, and these units have finally returned to the main purpose for which they were originally designed: reconnaissance.
What followed was a weapon trade-off: the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle's short-barreled 75mm cannon was canceled and replaced by a 20mm cannon.
Such changes can save a lot of space for storing artillery shells, allowing the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle to carry a set of night vision devices and replace it with a better high-power radio.
The new changes allow this armored vehicle to be used at least reluctantly. There is no other way - because the Tang Army is eager to "dispose" of the No. 4 tank, it is unlikely to divert production capacity to replace the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle in the short term.
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In this almost crazy arms race, no one knew that an experimental aircraft manufactured by the Tang State had exceeded the speed of sound.
The experimental model of the J-6 fighter jet broke the sound barrier and flew at supersonic speeds - this experimental result proved that the theory that many people thought before that it was impossible to fly faster than the speed of sound was wrong.
It's a pity that the results of this experiment have not been announced to the public, so many aircraft design experts from other countries in the world still firmly believe that no matter how fast Tang's aircraft is, it can only be close to the speed of sound.
Therefore, they firmly believe that as long as they can build an aircraft with a flying speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour, the advantage of the Tang Air Force will no longer exist.
Another experiment conducted on Long Island gave the Tang Air Force a more precise strike capability: a new guidance concept made the dive bombers less effective.
With precision-guided bombs like the Fritz X, bombing will become more accurate, and long-distance attacks will also make aircraft safer during bombing missions.
This brand-new "precision bomb" was carried by a flying fortress and successfully attacked a bridge simulated with a mound of earth, achieving a very satisfactory attack effect.
The new bomb can be carried by the JU-88 or the Flying Fortress, using visual control and guidance mode.
As a result, the Air Force's Stuka dive bombers became somewhat useless: dive bombing was highly dangerous and inefficient, and was obviously not as safe and efficient as the Tang version of the Fritz X.
Therefore, the Stuka, an aircraft whose performance is completely backward and whose role has been replaced, has become another cow lady whose status is in danger.
The Air Force is preparing to phase it out. After all, part of its usefulness has been replaced by Yin Er attack aircraft and part by guided bombs. Obviously, it has not much use anymore.
Retiring these aircraft can also create profits by selling them to other countries, providing more funds for the Air Force to replace them with new aircraft and enter the jet age. After all, this kind of backward aircraft that cannot even retract its landing gear should have been swept into the garbage dump long ago.
It's gone...
But as a result, the newly formed naval aviation force became depressed: If the Stukas started to be sold, what should they do with the Stukas in their hands?
If they continue to use it themselves, there will first be problems in identifying friend or foe. What is even more worrying is that they do not want to continue fighting using equipment that has been eliminated by the army. Stukas are sold all over the world, and their performance is
There are no secrets anymore: the active aircraft used by the Navy have been thoroughly studied by opponents. Who is responsible for large-scale losses in actual combat conditions?
But if the Navy also eliminates the Stuka, the aircraft carrier-based aircraft pilots who have finally been trained with great difficulty will have to start training again, and all the previous efforts will be in vain.
Another question: Where are the replacements for the Navy's torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers?
The Army does not need torpedo attack aircraft. Ordinary bombing missions can be performed by the JU-88 and Yin Er-2. Precision bombing missions can be handed over to the JU-88, which can also dive bomb, or the JU-88 can carry the Tang version of the Fritz X.
, it doesn’t seem to matter if Stuka is eliminated.
But the Navy only has the Stuka. If it is eliminated, it will have to find an all-round carrier-based attack aircraft for the Navy...
Is it really necessary to use Japanese carrier-based attack aircraft? Tang Mo is psychologically very resistant to this idea. He would rather put the Dauntless and Avengers on the aircraft carrier at the same time than let his navy use Japanese carrier-based aircraft.
This is the stubbornness of a Chinese soul, a personal grudge, and has nothing to do with any performance or other reasons!
So in the end Tang Mo took out the A-1 attack aircraft, nicknamed "Sky Raider". This is a general-purpose attack aircraft that was heavily equipped by the U.S. Navy after the end of World War II. Needless to say its performance.
No matter from any aspect, it can be used as a replacement for the Stuka dive bomber. After all, the two are not products of the same era at all.
The only problem is that, like the Type 59 main battle tank and the J-6 fighter jet, the Skyraider attack aircraft needs to be reorganized for production, and it will take time to completely replace the naval Stuka.
In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, the Tang Air Force and the Naval Aviation reached a compromise: the Stuka dive bombers would continue to serve in the Air Force until the Naval Aviation had a Stuka replacement, and then be sold together.
As for the money lost due to the delayed sale, whoever insisted on letting the Navy use Stukas in the first place is responsible.
Well...it was Tang Mo who was in charge, and no one dared to question His Majesty's taking the blame, so everyone was happy - His Majesty was rich anyway, and he didn't care if he lost hundreds of thousands or millions!
As for what Tang Guo plans to use to replace Yin'er-2, which is specially used for licking the ground... then we have to mention Liu Ye's relative, Fifth Brother.
A professional rocket shooter can also throw ordinary bombs and even nuclear bombs. It is definitely more than enough to replace the Yin Er-2. The only disadvantage of the Qiang 5 for Datang is that it cannot be put on ships and cannot replace the Stuka.
.So it is a pity that it cannot become the Navy's first carrier-based jet attack aircraft.
No way, after all, the history of the development of China's carrier-based aircraft is too short, as short as the history of the lighthouse country - people with high EQ are said to have a "high starting point", while people with low EQ are said to have "started late".
So if you want to use the Chinese carrier-based aircraft that Tang Mo has longed for, you have to wait at least until the era when mobile phones became popular in the Tang Dynasty. The sixth master, seventh master and eighth master can't catch up, so they can only wait for the old fifteen...
Who would have thought that the naval Stuka carrier-based aircraft produced in secret by Tang Guoshen and equipped with a large number of weapons would be included in the list of weapons to be eliminated without even participating in a single actual combat.
Of course, no one would have thought that while other countries did not have carrier-based aircraft as a category, Tang was already making plans to produce second-generation carrier-based aircraft.
Regarding the upgrading of naval carrier-based aircraft, Tang Mo also paid the price for his lack of planning in weapons and equipment arrangements: a carrier-based aircraft was replaced without even a chance to participate in actual combat - then
But they were all purchased with real money!
What is even more depressing is another piece of equipment of the Navy: submarines.
This thing also needs to be updated now: a large number of U-boats are actually not powerful in performance, their submarine speed cannot keep up with the surface speed, they often miss fighter jets, and they are in urgent need of replacement with more mature post-war submarines.
But this also requires a lot of time, and what to do with the eliminated submarines is a very difficult decision.
You know, the submarines of other countries are still in their infancy. If Tang State sells its eliminated submarines, it will greatly improve the technical level of other countries' submarines. In turn, in order to deal with these U-type submarines for sale, then
The Tang State needs to increase anti-submarine investment, but it seems that the gains outweigh the losses.
But from another perspective, all countries are studying submarine technology, and the general principles of submarines are not difficult to understand. It is only a matter of time for all countries to master submarine technology, so whether Tang Mo sells submarines, Tang's anti-submarine investment will increase.
The difference is just how much it is increased and when it is increased.
Moreover, without Dragon Island as a submarine supply base, submarines sailing from the edge of the Endless Sea would not be able to threaten the route between Dragon Island and the Tang mainland - at least they would have to be paired with supply ships.
Having said this, Tang Mo had to continue to be troubled by the same question: How long will it take to replace these navy's U-boats?
