Based on the experience of the Heng'ao War, the needs of the military, and the current technical feedback from the domestic industry, the Army has finalized the construction plans for several light tanks and medium tanks.
The R&D and design plans for two types of heavy tanks have also been finalized. One category is proposed and strongly requested by mechanized troops. Heavy tanks with anti-tank combat as the core are used to obtain stronger firepower and protection at the expense of increased tonnage and cost.
, and maintain certain maneuverability.
To put it bluntly, it is a high-end version of a medium tank.
The second type of heavy tanks was proposed by the infantry troops. It is used to accompany infantry attacks, especially heavy tanks used for offensive operations. It pays attention to protection, and its speed and firepower are acceptable.
Hence the Black Turtle tank, which weighs thirty-five tons, but has a speed of only ten kilometers per hour, and its firepower is only a 75mm short-barreled howitzer.
But it has a hundred millimeter thick frontal armor, and it also adopts a tilted layout. This armor is still made of carburized hardened armor.
There’s nothing to say about its protective capabilities!
Of course, although the design concept is very extreme, the appearance of the entire tank still maintains the traditional characteristics of the Daheng Empire tank design, that is, a single gun, a rotating turret, etc.
Unlike other countries, the path is becoming more and more crooked. Due to the stimulation of the war, all kinds of tanks have been produced. The Kingdom of Krul even produced a big one weighing hundreds of tons and equipped with four artillery.
The firepower layout of this piece of shit is particularly interesting. Like early battleships, it adopts a central axis front and rear double turret layout, which is called a battle tank...
The most important thing is that the artillery caliber of this piece of shit is only 57 millimeters, and the armor is only a little over 30 millimeters...
It is said that it was finally transported to the battlefield in the western continent to participate in the war. At first, it almost scared the people of the Kekel Empire opposite to death. After all, this thing was too huge and looked very scary.
But soon the Kekels were no longer afraid, because the Kekels only used one 38mm anti-tank gun shell to kill the big guy with one shot!
This is just one of them. Among the countries participating in the war, except for the Daheng Empire Army, which followed Lin Ziran's instructions and firmly followed the existing tank development route, the development of tanks in other countries was diversified. The Krull people were so commendable.
The same is true for your empire.
On the side of the Daheng Empire Army, even if it develops infantry tanks, it still follows the traditional tank route and does not get several artillery guns or multi-turret tanks.
The Daheng Empire Army designed and built this black turtle tank purely to carry the firepower of the enemy's positions and lead the infantry to conquer the enemy's trench positions. It never thought of using it for mobile warfare.
Because the design is very extreme and its uses are relatively limited, the output is actually very small, far inferior to other types of tanks. In addition, technology has developed rapidly in recent years, so this tank actually ceased war last year.
Until the end of production, a total of more than 300 vehicles were produced!
These more than 300 tanks were basically sent to Dongji Island for offensive operations.
After all, the battlefield on Dongji Island is mainly about offensive battles, and there is basically no room for mechanized troops to conduct mobile operations.
The Kruls on the island are basically huddled in the two main port cities on the east and west. As for other small cities, they have basically given up.
Therefore, the fight is basically a tough battle, which is just suitable for these iron turtles to perform.
The Black Turtle tanks did live up to the high expectations of the infantry. They pushed forward with thick armor. One of them was hit by several 37mm anti-tank guns in succession, but nothing happened. As for the current mainstream anti-tank tanks,
Tank weapons and anti-tank guns are even more useless.
Holding the enemy's firepower, the Black Turtle tank rushed forward, bombarded with its short-barreled howitzer, strafed with machine guns, and led the infantry forward across their trenches.
It was not until the enemy's trenches were captured that the attack in this area came to a halt.
But the fighting in other directions continues.
In this attack, the Heng army launched an attack around the coastal highlands in the southwest of Whale Harbor. The core goal was very simple, which was to seize the high ground outside the city, and then deploy artillery to bombard the city. It was also to capture the enemy's coastal defense forts on the high ground, so that
Navy warships can approach Whale Harbor for precise bombardment.
As long as this highland fort can be removed, naval warships can carry out bombardment without restraint.
Then the so-called Whale Harbor defense line of the Kruls will become vulnerable!
The intensity of the navy's bombardment is not comparable to that of the army's firepower.
The heavy artillery commonly used by the army only has a caliber of 150 mm. Artillery with a caliber exceeding this is basically included in the sequence of siege heavy artillery. It is very troublesome to transport, maneuver and even shoot.
Even so, generally we can only get short-barreled heavy artillery of more than 200 mm.
But the Navy is different!
For the navy, a 150 mm class artillery piece is considered a small thing...
The artillery equipped by the navy's battleships are all above 300 mm in caliber. The main battleships are basically equipped with 350 mm or even 400 mm caliber naval guns.
This large-caliber naval gun is very powerful!
And the rapid fire rate is even higher.
As long as the navy's warships can successfully conduct bombardment, there will be no surprises in the ensuing battle at Whale Harbor!
Of course, in the early stage, the army could first take down their two highlands on the seaside outside the city and kill the coastal defense guns inside first. Otherwise, the navy would not be able to carry out artillery fire unscrupulously and could only sneak up and fire.
In order to seize this highland, the army not only invested heavily in these two highlands, but also launched a fierce attack on the city to prevent the enemy from dividing their troops to reinforce this highland.
This kind of offensive operation is very cruel. Even if the Daheng Empire Army is fully prepared, all kinds of shelling will continue, and even tanks will be lined up to climb the mountain.
However, during the attack, casualties were still considerable.
There's nothing we can do about it. The Kruls also know the importance of this place. They built this place into a fortress a long time ago. How can you let you take it down casually?
Facing this kind of highland fortress with a large number of artillery, machine guns, concrete fortifications, and underground tunnels, there is no good way. We can only use heavy artillery to blast it, fill up our lives, and advance step by step.
The soldiers of the Daheng Army, who were pressed hard on the front line, came up with various methods!
Faced with a strong and complex tunnel, they used high-pressure water cannons to spray gasoline directly into it and then ignited it, which could burn the enemies in the entire tunnel to coke. Of course, there were also times when accidents occurred and they themselves were burned to death!
After all, the Hengjun attacked from bottom to top, so the gasoline could easily stay and burn itself.