The field oil supply vehicles and maintenance troops of the 15th Army of the Airanshir Empire have arrived at the front line. Along with these field oil supply vehicles, there is also the puppet 2nd Armored Army that has arrived at Hope 2 Planet at the same time.
This army is entirely composed of puppet troops. The only difference is that this puppet army is equipped with a large number of heavy weapons and equipment.
Unlike the lightly armed puppet infantry that maintains law and order, this force owns tanks and armored vehicles, as well as artillery and other heavy weapons and equipment.
At the same time, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, the actual number of personnel in this unit is fifteen times that of ordinary heavy armored grenadiers. In other words, the 16th Armored Corps consists of more than 1 million puppet soldiers.
Such a large army is naturally not prepared for daily development of the planet or maintenance of law and order. Its main mission is to engage in a decisive battle with enemy troops.
Due to the number of troops, this unit is usually in a non-combat state with less than full strength. Most of the time, it only retains its own headquarters and organization.
However, this time, the Airanhill Empire began to pay attention to Planet Hope 2. Such a force that might not even be described as existing in ordinary times was immediately armed.
Although it is a heavy force, the theoretical combat effectiveness of this force is not high. Its only role is to help the Eilanhir Empire maintain a sufficient equipment scale on the front line and maintain a longer defense line.
Also because of the preciousness of the equipment, this force is equipped with a large number of weapons that have been eliminated by the main force of the Elanshir Empire. It can be regarded as a model of waste utilization.
In the noisy battlefield environment, an M4 tank filled with puppet soldiers rumbled past the road next to it on its tracks. Behind this M4 tank was a CA-10C filled with puppet infantry.
type heavy-duty truck.
This kind of truck has a resounding name in China: "The Great Liberation", and because it is strong and durable and can carry about 4 tons of cargo, it also has a resounding name in the Eilandhill Empire: "Little Mountain Moving Beast"
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The Eilandhill Empire has always been producing this kind of car, in fact, it has never stopped. In the past ten years, 400,000 such cars have been produced, which is almost the most produced by the Eilandhill Empire.
Heavy duty truck.
Until now, on remote planets and in some places with relatively backward economic conditions, this kind of truck is still the main force of transportation.
This is also the current situation of the Airanhill Empire. In many places, the shadow of 1930 or even 1910 can still be seen, while other places are already more advanced than in 2075.
Behind that Liberation Truck was another Liberation Truck. The carriage of this rustic Liberation Truck was covered with a rustic canvas, and there was a warning that fireworks were strictly prohibited on it. It was obviously a truck transporting ammunition.
truck.
Rows and rows of puppets carrying weapons walked on both sides of the roadbed. This was also the standard marching method of the heavy army of the Airanshir Empire. Because they were puppet troops, the marching sequence looked much more orderly.
The standard 105 mm caliber howitzer is also an old style. Today, this kind of howitzer is no longer seen in the main front-line troops.
However, there are still many troops equipped with this old style of artillery. For example, the security troops in Star of Doom have more than a dozen such cannons.
In the maintenance camp of the 15th Army, next to the M4 tank that had been dismantled into parts, a maintenance technician covered in oil was tightening a screw on the engine while cursing the generals of the logistics force.
"These damn corrupt elements! They all deserve to go to hell! The emperor gave them trust, and this is how they serve their country? M4! They can use it too!" He threw away the board in his hand and picked it up from the ground.
The mechanic wiped the sweat from his brow with his sleeve.
It was okay if he didn't wipe it, but once he wiped it, the black dusty lubricant remained on his face, making him look even more embarrassed.
"A younger mechanic wouldn't even be able to understand how to remove this thing!" The bearded sergeant snorted and looked at the puppet who was wiping the tank barrel with a purge not far away.
Soldier.
The puppet can complete simple maintenance work by itself, but some sophisticated and complex maintenance work can still only be completed by humans.
Because even in civilian industry, the production capacity of high-precision robots used in automated puppet production is only a fraction of the demand.
Every planet needs high-precision production robots, and the natural army will not have its turn - not to mention that war no longer exists before, and a large amount of resources are being tilted towards civilian industry, so the army can only wait obediently.
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"The tanks of the First Armored Army already use motors, the Second Armored Army still uses 99D, the Third Armored Army all uses 99C, the Fourth Armored Army uses 99B, the Fifth Armored Army still uses 99, and the Sixth Armored Army still uses 99B.
The T-72s of the Armored Corps have not been eliminated yet..."
"Then we here are endlessly repairing the M4 tanks for these ragtag armies! This thing still uses a 90mm short-barreled gun! What a joke!" He pointed to the car with no front face and a broken gearbox.
The tank standing aside complained.
"Bear it, I heard that these tanks were not produced for our own army before. They are export models... It seems that they are used by the border guards of the Eternal Empire, right?" He glanced at the production batch engraved on the engine.
Number, the bearded sergeant shook his head and said.
These tanks were originally exported to Greken, the Eternal Empire, and the Norma Empire, and were later returned to part of the New Puppet Zone as aid supplies.
Of course, when it comes to combat effectiveness, these tanks are really bad to the extreme. It would be a waste of resources to transport them to other planets, so they can only be left on Ailansiris to be used as reserve supplies.
As a result, the Second Puppet Armored Corps was cheapened and became the standard weapons and equipment of this army.
However, in the hands of puppets, these backward weapons and equipment have a good advantage, that is, they are durable and conform to the usage habits of cheap combat puppet robots.
In other words, the puppets themselves cannot handle the too complex technical and tactical actions. It is better to use some simple weapons so that the performance of the weapons themselves can be better utilized.
"What else can I do if I can't bear it? Look over there, the tank we use is just hoisting the power module and driving away immediately." The mechanic, who still had oil stains on his forehead, rubbed his hand on his clothes and then scratched it.
He picked up the water glass and took a sip, and said helplessly.