With a crisp metallic sound, the track connecting pin connecting the track fell down. The heavy track lost its restraints and was disconnected, hanging between the two supporting pulleys.
Not far away, several soldiers were laboriously loading a disassembled track onto a truck waiting to be transported.
They shouted "one two three, one two three" and worked together to pile heavy steel onto the car that was already full of tracks in the cargo box.
An M4 Sherman tank that was completely mottled and even had some paint peeling off looked like it had been dismantled and changed beyond recognition.
Its turret has been removed and stacked on the other side of the warehouse. In the remaining car body, technical workers are doing work that the tank crews cannot do.
The work of dismantling the high-value equipment inside the tank can generally only be done by logistics troops and engineering personnel.
Ordinary tank soldiers can only be responsible for dismantling tracks and helping to carry things.
These workers carefully dismantled some valuable items inside the tank, including the gearbox, the engine, and the radio station.
In short, a tank, especially a tank from the World War II era, is still worth a lot of money. After all, the tank armor at that time was not made of ceramics or composite materials, but was made of uniformly made steel. They were all of high quality and could be refurbished.
Steel used!
Some of these tanks are still very new, and they were all purchased with real money from the Elanshir Empire by Grecken before they were included.
Most of the tanks were newly produced and had only been in service in Grecken for a short time, and most of them had not participated in combat.
There are also some tanks that were gifted to Grecken by the Elanthir Empire. These donated tanks are relatively old, and many of them are old models that have not been equipped with a magic defense barrier system.
The paint on many tanks is still new, and they have not seen their enemies since they were produced. They lie quietly in the warehouse, occasionally being driven out for training, and then sent back to the warehouse.
, properly preserved.
There are dedicated personnel responsible for cleaning these tanks every day, lubricating them, and even starting them up every few days to check the working conditions of the engines and gearboxes.
Maintaining an armored force, even one that does not need to participate in combat and only maintains minimum training standards, is expensive to maintain.
Who would have thought that the lubricating oil consumed by the Airan Hill Empire army every day is calculated in tens of thousands of tons!
The tanks in front of us, which are 80% to 90% new, are already about to be destroyed. The tank production of the Airan Hill Empire is already very small. Even the advanced Type 99 tanks are now only produced in small quantities, barely maintaining their numbers.
As for the previous models of tanks, they have basically been discontinued. The front lines are now heavily equipped with heavy infantry fighting vehicles specifically serving heavy armored grenadiers. New tank divisions have not appeared for a long time.
What is even more lagging behind, the M4 Sherman medium tank, which is the first generation main battle tank of the Eiland Hill Empire, has basically been placed in the order of decommissioning and dismantling.
The crane lifted up the turret of a complete Sherman tank. Several tank soldiers with complicated expressions stepped forward and began to remove the tracks of the tank.
The tank next to them had all its wheels and shock-absorbing systems removed, leaving only a lonely body still mounted on jacks.
"You are really wasting it. If you don't want these equipment, you can give it to my army!" Looking at the dismantled tanks in front of her, Arisia said with regret.
Her army still only has backward weapons and equipment such as swords and shields, so looking at these 80 to 90% new tanks in front of her, she is really reluctant to part with them.
"These tanks are already behind the times, and using them reluctantly will cause even greater waste. In addition... it is impossible to hand over these heavy weapons and equipment to the devil before receiving orders from His Majesty the Emperor," said Ai Rui, who accompanied him.
The officer next to Xia said with a smile on his face.
"The war is not over yet, and you have already begun to demobilize so many troops. Are you really not afraid that slacking off will lead to changes in the war?" Arisia felt that the Elanthir Empire had almost completely ignored the demon's combat effectiveness.
A little dissatisfied.
After all, her army can be regarded as more capable, right? Is it true that it can't make the Elanthir Empire more or less vigilant?
Sir, times have changed. The officer accompanying Arisia was still smiling. He really wanted to say something like this to the devil in front of him, but in the end he remained silent, provoking Arisia with an expression that wanted to be beaten.
temper.
Arisia often feels very wronged. She has seen a lot of news about the beauties of the Elanthir Empire, so she is still very confident in her appearance.
However, the damn Emperor of the Airanhill Empire who deserves to be beaten does not seem to intend to give her any special treatment. He does not even have the basic gentlemanly demeanor. Arisia seriously doubts that this guy is a straight man and a man who does not understand.
The bastard who cares about beauty and beauty!
Of course, she would not say these comments aloud, because she recognized the strength of the other party, and every time she thought of that powerful man who established such a powerful empire, her body felt hot.
She likes to conquer and war, but she also longs to be conquered and to be stepped on by powerful opponents. This is a complicated mood that only she can understand.
After sorting out her mood, Arisia suddenly asked: "Yesterday you took me to see the handicrafts made by Greken's traditional handicrafts. You told me that they were exclusively for the royal family as tributes... But this morning...
He took me to see the Mansger automobile production line set up in Grecken..."
"A handicraft that we demons can also make, you are so rare that it is specially provided to the royal family as a tribute! But sophisticated and advanced cars are actually regarded by you as cheap national goods! Why is this?" She looked at her companions curiously.
The officers she visited along the way seemed to be very interested in this issue.
"I think this is the charm of industry." The officer pointed to the tanks and said: "My general understanding is that if we can only produce one vase every day, a very beautiful vase, like it and call it art,
That is backward. But if we can mass-produce hundreds of cars and hundreds of airplanes every day, then we can appreciate the vase that can be produced by hand in a day, appreciate its beauty, and call it art, that is advanced.
Come on..."
"I understand." Arisia nodded, thoughtfully: "You guys are so mean."