Yingjiang is very active in this regard. They first supplied the wires to the Eighth Route Army before they even equipped their own troops.
On the one hand, Yingjiang hopes to use the Eighth Route Army as a guinea pig...
Equipment, especially equipment used on the battlefield for the first time, will have its flaws gradually exposed in future actual combat.
Using such immature equipment in combat often involves many risks. In addition, the financial losses caused by upgrading are also huge.
Therefore, Yingjiang is always accustomed to "selflessly" prioritizing new equipment for use by the troops of other countries. After it has been improved to a certain extent and the safety and reliability have been greatly increased, it will then be mass-produced and equipped for the troops of its own country.
On the other hand, the admiral considered that Eagle Sauce did not have much anti-tank needs at this time.
At this time, Yingjiang was still competing with the Japanese for air and sea supremacy in the Pacific. It was not yet time to attack the islands, and even enemy tanks were rarely seen... except for the tanks when the colonial army was driven away by the Japanese.
In this case, the development of anti-tank rockets is of little use.
When needed, with Yingjiang's strong industrial capabilities, it is fully capable of producing a large number of rockets to equip troops in a short period of time.
Therefore, there is no rush for Eagle Sauce.
The admiral was instead worried that the Eighth Route Army would lose Yuncheng because it did not have enough anti-tank equipment, which would cause more trouble and harm Yingjiang's interests.
The admiral even reminded Wang Xuexin thoughtfully: "You should indeed upgrade your anti-tank equipment as soon as possible, because according to the information we have received, the Japanese are likely to cooperate with Hans and obtain certain aspects of Hans's tank technology, thus
Upgraded their tanks!”
Wang Xuexin couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.
This is entirely possible.
Because in history, the Japanese purchased "Tiger" tanks from Hans and hoped to imitate them.
Although it was not realized in the end due to various reasons, it was "history".
In history, the Japanese tanks are still running sideways in China without any rivals?
Is it possible to make the following assumption:
Because the Japanese tanks have no rivals in China or even the entire Southeast Asian battlefield, the Japanese have no such urgent need to improve their own tanks. Instead, they invest most of their funds and resources into the combined fleet to deal with Eagle Sauce?
But it's different now.
The Eighth Route Army introduced T34 from Mao Xiong and equipped it with rocket launchers.
All these tanks caused the Japs to suffer losses many times among the novices of Wang Xue.
In the past, it would not have mattered that the Japanese were weak in tanks, because the Japanese were much stronger than the Eighth Route Army in aviation and infantry, and these could make up for the shortcomings of tanks.
But now the Eighth Route Army is at odds with the Japanese in aviation, and even seems to be overpowering them due to the emergence of the x1?
Does this mean that the Japs will try to upgrade their equipment to find a breakthrough in this situation?
Will this breakthrough be a tank?
Wang Xuexin didn't take it seriously at first, because according to normal thinking, tanks can only play a role when they have air superiority, otherwise they will be targets for enemy fighters and bombers.
However, when Wang Xuexin thought more carefully, he found that this was not the case.
First of all, the Eighth Route Army is seriously short of fighter planes.
The Eighth Route Army has only about fifty fighter planes... The fighters in Major Doug's hands are only used for training and do not normally participate in combat.
Can these fifty-odd fighter planes be able to attack both the air and the ground?
If Japanese fighter planes and tanks are dispatched at the same time, how should the Eighth Route Army distribute the more than 50 fighter planes?
Secondly, the Eighth Route Army seriously lacked bombers and attack aircraft for ground operations.
Although the Eighth Route Army can attach fighter jets to rocket pylons and use them as ground attack aircraft, it cannot fight in the air with rocket pylons attached. At the same time, they also need fighter jets to cover... How will they deal with the ever-changing battles?
Again, the most dangerous thing is actually the air combat.
Fighters can actually attack the ground. For example, the thin-skinned Japanese tanks have top equipment that is only about 6mm to 10mm thick.
The nose of the "Hawker 81" carries two 12.7mm heavy machine guns that can easily penetrate it.
The problem is...
If a fighter jet is to attack the ground, it must fly at ultra-low altitude.
The battle between "Hawk 81" and "Zero War" requires maintaining altitude at all times... "Hawk 81" does not have an obvious speed advantage over "Zero War". It needs to dive at high speed to use its better dive performance to get rid of the enemy when leaving the battlefield.
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It is conceivable that if the "Hawker 81" flies at ultra-low altitude to attack enemy tanks, then in the absence of altitude, if the Japanese "zero battle" suddenly appears, then the Eighth Route Army's aviation fleet may have no choice but to fight to the end.
Therefore, although the Eighth Route Army Air Force has won air battles time and time again, it can still only guarantee limited air supremacy.
To put it simply, there is basically no threat to the Japanese tanks...Don't dare to lower your height easily to attack enemy tanks.
On the contrary, the Japanese's "Zero War" had no such concerns. Their fighter planes could fly at ultra-low altitudes to attack the Eighth Route Army's T34 without any scruples.
As a result, tanks became a breakthrough point for the Japanese.
The only thing the Japanese had to worry about was the rocket launchers in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
If there are any tanks that can withstand the attack of the rocket launcher, or reduce the lethality of the rocket launcher, coupled with the Japanese infantry... the Yuncheng defense line may still be unable to withstand the Japanese attack.
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin couldn't help but be surprised.
He always thought that the Eighth Route Army's Yuncheng defense line was invincible as the war situation developed, but he didn't expect that there was such a big loophole.
Wang Xuexin was right. It was only after several days and nights of sleepless thinking that Okamura Neji found the flaw in the Eighth Route Army.
In the past, Okamura Neiji never understood that although the Eighth Route Army's equipment had made great progress, such as having the T34 and the aviation fleet, these equipment were either too little or incomplete.
For example, the air force only has fighters but no bombers, and only the dozens of T34 tanks in Yuncheng can be called a threat.
So, why can these disorganized equipment defeat the empire's organized army?
Of course Okamura Neji couldn't figure out the reason.
The reason is that Wang Xuexin is a modern man and he has a considerable understanding of the Japanese equipment.
Therefore, although Wang Xuexin's equipment has not yet had time to form a system, it is aimed at the enemy's weaknesses and can suppress them.
However, although Okamura Neiji did not want to understand this, he did understand one thing: if the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is not systematic, then it must have its weaknesses.
Therefore, he should not always think about fighting for air superiority as before, but should think about the weaknesses in other directions.
After thinking about it this way, he found the weakness of the chariot.
This is also the main reason why Okamura Neiji asked Hans for tank technology.