Just like the maximum height standard for pilots is 1.8 meters, tank soldiers are actually not very tall. After all, the space inside the tank is limited. The smaller the body, the more space there is.
Zhang Yuze is the tallest among his crew, only 1.78 meters tall. The other two Persian soldiers are even shorter, only about 1.75 meters tall.
In this way, you can make a fuss about your height.
In the morning training, Zhang Yuze always ran at the front in order to lead by example, but the results were not ideal. Then Zhang Yuze changed his tactics. In the last training of carrying logs, Zhang Yuze stood at the end. This effect was actually good.
Finally no longer the last one.
With this experience as a foundation, Zhang Yuze is confident to achieve a good result in the afternoon training.
In fact, no matter what his grades are, Zhang Yuze will not be on the death list because he is Chinese. At most, he will be regarded as acclimatized and sent back to Lanfang. But for a soldier with a sense of honor, this is even more uncomfortable than being on the death list.
Throughout the afternoon, Rommel never took his eyes off Zhang Yuze's train crew.
Zhang Yuze's spending at noon still had an effect. In the entire afternoon training, except for the unsatisfactory results in the first training, the other trainings performed at a good level, and even ranked among the best in the last training, armed cross-country. This made
Zhang Yuze stole the show and won the first outstanding commander's medal among all crew members.
In fact, the obedience of the Persians is relatively good. After all, before joining the Brotherhood, these Persians lived in a semi-feudal and semi-slavery society, and obedience to superiors has penetrated into their blood. In addition, Rommel has the ability to
The entire force has the power of life and death. Under this premise, Rommel's will can be fully implemented. He has even more authority than Yang Deshan in the armored force, and the training progress is also rapid.
In late March, the British troops who embarked from Liverpool finally arrived at Liaby. The following British troops were not two divisions, but four, one of which was a newly formed armored division. The five divisions of British troops totaled
The number of people exceeded 70,000, which made the situation in Lyabi suddenly tense.
The current Lyabi can be roughly divided into three parties. One side is the colonial government. The British established four colonial divisions in Lyabi, with a force of about 80,000 people. The other side is Yang Deshan's brotherly alliance, a reorganized
The division has 15,000 people, plus a supplementary division of 19,000 people. If mobilized, three divisions and about 48,000 people can be mobilized; the last party is United Oil. United Oil's oil fields in Liabi began during the God-making Movement of Angel Jack.
Oil has about a regiment of 1,300 troops in Libya, but because of United Oil's huge power in Algeria and Tunisia, United Oil can mobilize more than two divisions of troops at any time, so no one dares to underestimate United Oil.
Under the three-legged confrontation, the situation in Lyabi is actually quite stable. No one party dares to deliberately provoke a war. However, with the landing of the British local troops, this balance of power was broken.
At the end of March, the first phase of the Galyan Oilfield project is about to be completed. By the beginning of April, more than ten oil wells will begin to produce oil. This indicates that the Galyan Oilfield has a certain production capacity, and the value of the Galyan Oilfield has also begun to slow down.
Show it slowly.
At the end of March, the British crown oil company established by the British to develop the Gharyan oil field held a shareholders' meeting. As a member of the shareholders, Yang Deshan was invited by the British to attend the meeting in Tripoli.
Also invited were the number two figure in the Brotherhood, Lieutenant Colonel Yang Dehai, and the number three figure, Major Jack.
We can't go. The British are obviously harboring evil intentions. If we go to Tripoli, they will definitely catch us all. Yang Dehai made a clear statement at the internal meeting.
We can't go, we don't have a suitable reason, and the British are looking for trouble with us. If we don't go, the British will use the problem to their advantage, and we will still be in trouble. Jack is still thoughtful.
Trouble is trouble. We are not afraid of them anymore if we fight with real swords and guns. If we have to break up with the British sooner or later, then we should be prepared from now on. Yang Dehai is resolute and would rather break up with the British than
Be willing to put your own people at risk.
In fact, it is more than just making preparations from now on. As early as when the Brotherhood entered Liabi, Yang Deshan was ready to fall out with the British. It can be said that he has been preparing for more than a year now, and the Brotherhood will face the British.
It's not like he has no resistance.
Regardless of whether you go or not, our armored forces are about to become an army. In another month at most, the armored forces will have combat effectiveness. By then, we will not be afraid of breaking up with the British. Rommel, who was present, was confident that this was based on
On the basis of strength.
The training of the armored forces has only been carried out for more than a month. Now that the physical training stage has passed, the study of theoretical knowledge has also ended. The armored forces have begun to conduct tactical training combined with tanks. It is said that this stage is quite long, sometimes not even one or two years.
It would be satisfactory, but after Rommel's careful training, the armored forces of the Brotherhood of Brothers are now making rapid progress. If scored according to Rommel's standards, 100 points will definitely not be achieved. 75 points is still no problem, even now.
If brought to the battlefield, they won't kill as many as Lanfang's local armored soldiers.
At least it looks similar.
The British have an armored division with more than 200 tanks, all with a tonnage of more than 30 tons. They have thicker armor and stronger firepower than ours. Whether your armored forces can withstand the British impact is not a question of Long Mei.
It depends on your ability, but Yang Deshan wants to calculate how many trump cards he has in his hand.
Yang Deshan had great hopes for Rommel. Information from Lanfang showed that the British armored division had boarded the ship and was expected to arrive at Liabi within a week. By then, the balance of victory would be more tilted towards the British side.
If it were a head-on confrontation, our stalkers would probably not be a match for the British, but war is never a one-on-one head-on confrontation. Only by finding the enemy's weaknesses and going all out can we win. Rommel was so confident that he would not attack the British at all.
Keep it in mind.
The experience of the World War proved that the British were extremely repulsive to new weapons. Rommel did not know how the British formed this armored division, but Rommel knew very well that the British armored division may not necessarily be able to exert the true power of tanks.
The combat effectiveness of the British was very problematic. According to Rommel, if they had not gone through systematic study in Lanfang, the British would not have known how to use tank troops.
Because of the existence of Qin Zhiyuan's bug, Lanfang's military's understanding of armored forces is unique in the world. Not to mention the British, even the French, who maintain a close relationship with Lanfang, do not have the understanding of armored forces that Lanfang's military has.
, perhaps the British tanks had larger tonnage, thicker armor, and stronger firepower, but Rommel was not worried at all.
When the second batch of tanks we ordered arrived, Yang Deshan didn't ask Jack. The contact with Chris was all handled by Jack.
It has been loaded in Lanfang a month ago, and it is estimated that it will not arrive in Djerba until the middle of next month, so now is not the time to fall out with the British. Jack still does not agree with a head-on confrontation with the British, although Jack has nothing to do with the British.
Fearful, but Jack wanted to be more prepared.
How many tankmen are there now? Yang Deshan asked Rommel.
More important than weapons are people. Yang Deshan absolutely agrees with this. As early as when the first batch of tanks arrived in Gudamis, Yang Deshan prepared enough tank troops, so the current tank force is nearly doubled. These non-staff personnel
, just to prepare for the rapid expansion of the army in the future.
There are more than 700 people undergoing training, which is enough to form an armored division. As long as there are enough tanks, I guarantee that there will be no problem, within two months. Rommel is confident.
Generals like Rommel are similar to Han Xin. The more the better. The number of troops does not matter. The key is to use good steel on the blade.
How many tanks does an armored division need? When Yang Deshan asked about this number, he was obviously referring to the data of British armored divisions.
Due to the shortage of manpower, the British have always won by quality when establishing their troops. For an ordinary infantry unit, the British are equipped with the largest number of machine guns in the world. The same is true for armored units. The size of an armored division in the UK is equivalent to that of a French one.
Semi-armored division.
More than that, a complete armored division, including command vehicles, communication vehicles, ambulances and logistics vehicles, has a total of 248 tanks, and about 150 other various vehicles. Rommel's eyes were burning, as a fanatical armored soldier hobby
However, Rommel was looking forward to commanding a real armored division.
The establishment Rommel was talking about was the armored division establishment in Lanfang. Although the Lanfang Military Headquarters made every effort to ensure the construction of armored forces, in the past three years, only four armored divisions had been established, one of which was in the northern Xinjiang region, and the other
The three divisions are all deployed in Lanfang itself.
It can be seen from the number of tanks that one armored division in Lanfang is approximately equal to one and a half British armored divisions, and approximately two French armored divisions.
Of course, this is not how combat effectiveness is calculated. If a fight really breaks out, one of Lanfang's armored divisions will have no problem dealing with two British armored divisions, even if the British tanks have a larger tonnage.
This is beyond what we can afford now. I can only give you two regiments. Yang Deshan calculated his financial situation and ruthlessly rejected Rommel's expectations.
If you want to form an armored division now, you can't do it just by having money in your pocket. The key is that even Lanfang doesn't have that many tanks for Yang Deshan to buy. Since Rommel gave Yang Deshan the idea last time, Yang Deshan went to Lanfang.
Fang sent several telegrams, but could not get a hundred tanks. Not all of these tanks could be left to Rommel, and other troops also had to be strengthened, so Rommel's request was destined to be unrealized.
