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    After the Polish-made 7TP tanks equipped with the same tank gun have all withdrawn from front-line combat units, the All-Resistance Alliance may only use the 37 tank gun, such as the 38T type tank, let alone dozens of them.  , even if the quantity is larger, without follow-up sources, it is not feasible to open a separate ammunition production line for such a small number of tanks.

    However, if the number is large and all are replaced with 45mm tank guns, the Anti-Japanese Alliance will not only disassemble the artillery on the Soviet-made T-26 tanks, but its own production will not be able to meet the large number of replacements, then  It was impossible for him not to be criticized. There were only more than 30 38T tanks and more than 20 No. 2 tanks handed over by the Soviet army. It could be regarded as an unintentional encirclement against him.

    In fact, the biggest headache for Xiong Dazhen is not to solve the artillery problem of the German Panzer III tank, but precisely the problem of the shells needed for the short 75mm tank gun of the Panzer IV tank. The grenade is easy to say, and the Anti-Japanese Alliance has no production at all.  Problem, he could even use the stock Japanese field artillery shells to modify it, but the armor-piercing shells used by this tank gun gave him a headache.

    When the Soviets handed over this batch of German tanks, most of them were in good condition. Even some of them had battle damage and had been repaired. However, all the artillery shells that came with the vehicles totaled less than 400 rounds.  The number of 75mm armor-piercing bullets used by the No. 4 tank was only forty-five. Even if high-explosive grenades were included, the number was less than two hundred.

    Now that all the energy has been invested in the production of several other armor-piercing projectiles, the military industry department really does not have the time, energy, and more importantly, there are not enough skilled workers to produce the ammunition used by this tank.  75mm armor-piercing projectile.

    Before the campaign was launched, the Anti-Union armored forces and anti-aircraft artillery units were in urgent need of a large number of armor-piercing projectiles. The Anti-Union tank units alone currently had tank guns with three calibers of 40 mm, 45 mm and 76 mm. They needed  Equipped with enough armor-piercing ammunition.

    In addition, due to the lack of armor-piercing ammunition, in anti-air combat, the 23mm and 57mm anti-aircraft guns could only use grenades. Now there is an urgent need to equip anti-aircraft armor-piercing ammunition that should have been equipped long ago to solve the problem.  The anti-air firepower is insufficient and the types of artillery shells are too single.

    Even the 37 and 85 anti-aircraft guns that had been using original Soviet-made imported artillery shells also need a lot of supplements when the original number of imported armor-piercing shells has bottomed out. That is to say, before the next phase of the campaign is launched,  , in addition to the sufficient number of 40mm British-caliber tank gun armor-piercing ammunition, there are seven calibers of armor-piercing ammunition that need to be replenished in large quantities just before the arrival of this batch of German tanks.

    The military armor-piercing projectile production department, which was originally the weakest in ammunition production technology, is no longer able to bear the heavy load. Although the principles of manufacturing armor-piercing projectiles are actually similar, after all, the gap in caliber is there, and with all the German  The tanks have arrived at the end of January. Even if two production lines are opened, it is already too late for mass production.

    Not to mention the lack of time, even the current military production capacity of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, as well as the corresponding technical and equipment capabilities, are simply unable to increase the production of the two types of artillery shells under the already overloaded situation. After all, there are still a large number of  Artillery shells for suppressed artillery and rocket launchers, as well as aerial bombs need to be produced.

    Unless these German tanks are parked in the rear and not used on the battlefield, the production capacity of the equipment department and military industry department will simply not be able to meet the shells required for the two new caliber artillery at the same time. He estimates that despite his best efforts, he can only  Satisfying one of the two shells is already the limit.

    Faced with heavy pressure, Xiong Dazhen finally understood why No. 1 already knew that the power of the German 50mm tank gun was greater than the Soviet 45mm tank gun, but still preferred to drive in reverse and use the Soviet 45mm tank gun.  millimeter tank gun to replace the German tank gun, and let the military industry department first imitate the T-34 tank gun, and strive to replace the short-barreled 75-gun on the Panzer IV tank within a short time.

    Not to mention making ammunition for artillery of so many calibers, just looking at it gives me a headache. Not to mention on the battlefield, will the busy logistics personnel confuse these types of tank shells even though they appear to be about the same size?  Well, the production issues alone are enough to cause a headache.

    As long as he thinks that the troops using the Soviet-made 45mm tank guns received 50mm shells, and the troops using the 50mm tank guns received 40mm British shells, Xiong Dazhen felt a little confused.  It's shuddering, even though the calibers of these shells are not very different, they are absolutely impossible to be universal.

    Especially the shells of the three calibers of 40, 45 and 50 mm are almost the same in size and cannot be used universally. Even if the shells of the 40 mm tank gun are currently sufficient and there is no need to produce them for the time being, butThe latter two shells, which were of closer caliber, were the ones that made him scratch his head the most.

    In the end, it was the Americans who helped him get out of this predicament. After learning about the lack of artillery shells for the Anti-Union tanks, Pearson asked the U.S. delegation to the Soviet Union to directly obtain several rounds of 75mm armor-piercing projectiles used by the Panzer IV tanks from the Soviet army.  and high-explosive grenades were sent home by plane as samples.

    Compared with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the industrial manufacturing capabilities of the Americans are naturally superior to those in the sky and underground. In just one month, before the Anti-Japanese Alliance launched the campaign, 130,000 German-made 75mm guns were directly transported to the Anti-Japanese Alliance by plane.  Tank shells, and the most powerful armor-piercing capped shells, accounted for one-third of the total.

    At the same time, 20,000 rounds of armor-piercing projectiles and high-explosive grenades were allocated from the 76mm tank shells produced for the Soviets, which basically solved the dilemma in the production of large-caliber tank shells for the Anti-Japanese League, and urgently allocated funds for the Anti-Japanese League  A batch of high-performance steel materials for manufacturing armor-piercing projectiles solved the problem of raw materials for the Anti-Japanese League to supplement artillery shells during the battle. The first batch of German-made 105 howitzer shells put into actual combat by the Anti-Japanese League during the climax of the battle were also manufactured by the Americans.

    Moreover, not all of the German tanks handed over by the Soviets will be put into front-line combat units. In addition to being allocated to training bases to train crews, some of them are unable to manufacture their own parts in the Anti-Japanese War.  Below, act as a donor.

    Although the Soviet Union also handed over a batch of dismantled parts from the destroyed German tanks that could not be repaired, such as tracks, towing wheels, road wheels, engines, electrical equipment and other parts, but on the battlefield, who  There is no guarantee what kind of situation this batch of tanks will encounter. It is still beneficial to leave a group of spares.

    As a result, the total number of German-made tanks put into front-line combat troops was only two-thirds of what was transferred from the Soviet Union. The 50mm tank shells produced in a hurry were not very large in number, but evenly distributed.  Enough to ensure that this battle will proceed.

    Although there was some confusion, and under Yang Zhen's reluctance, the three caliber tank guns currently used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance ended up with two more types. However, considering the realistic situation they faced, Yang Zhen did not pursue the case in the end.  , just told Xiong Dazhen that the original plan to replace the artillery remained unchanged.

    In this battle, the original artillery will be used for the time being, but the plan to replace all German tanks with artillery after the war remains unchanged. Not only the German tanks captured by the Soviet army this time, all will be replaced with Soviet-made tank guns, which will be transferred to the Soviet army in the future.  All the German tanks that came over had to be replaced with Soviet tank guns. By doing this, Yang Zhen acquiesced to Xiong Dazhen's move.

    In fact, Yang Zhen knew very well that there were not enough 45mm tank guns to replace all the German tank artillery. He also had a large part of his own reasons for this. It can even be said that the main reason for this problem was because of himself.  The number one in the army.

    Among the two Soviet tank guns, except for the 76mm tank gun, because the technical drawings handed over by the Soviets were too late, even with the assistance of Soviet experts, no matter how fast and slow it was, it was basically impossible.  Achieve mass production before the launch of the campaign. Artillery is not a machete, it can be built with a little iron.

    This thing requires a lot of time and technical support from design to production. This is true for ordinary artillery, not to mention the much more complicated tank guns. Although they are all artillery, the design and manufacturing of tank guns are much better than ground guns of the same caliber.  Artillery is much more complicated, and even if there are complete drawings, it may not be possible to produce it immediately.

    However, the drawings and technical data of the Soviet-made T26S tank, as well as the Soviet experts who assisted the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the production of this tank, were already in place at the end of last year. In fact, the military industry department was able to manufacture the 45-meter tank used in this tank last year.  millimeter tank gun and ninety-horsepower engine capabilities. Let¡¯s not worry about the production capacity. First of all, the problem of availability has been solved.

    However, after receiving the report, Yang Zhen rejected the military industry department's suggestion to start the production of tank guns and engines. He only approved the small batch production of some engines as backup engines for active tanks, and made every effort to solve the urgent need for armor-piercing projectiles for modified tank guns.  As for the mass production of tank guns, even the report submitted by the military industry department for the trial production of some prototypes was directly rejected by him.

    Yang Zhen knew very well that the armor of the T-26 tank was too thin, the body was too small, and the engine power was too small, which limited their subsequent development. Faced with the rapid development of tank technology throughout World War II, this tank basically had no room for improvement.  , the living space on the battlefield can only become smaller and smaller.

    Not to mention the new tanks used against the Germans on the European battlefield, even against the Type 97 tanks that the Japanese army has begun mass production and equipped with troops on a large scale, it is obviously no match for them on the Chinese battlefield, let alone against the Japanese army that may appear at any time.  New type of tank?, its performance is barely superior to the Japanese Type 95 tank, as well as the Type 94 and Type 92 armored vehicles.

    Its narrow body and engine of only 91 horsepower also limit the possibility of its upgrade. Not to mention large-scale upgrades, even after the Anti-Japanese Alliance installs additional armor that is not too heavy, the structure and structure of this tank will be different.  The engine is somewhat unable to bear it.

    During Wang Guangyu's long-distance attack on Lin Xi, many more tanks fell behind due to technical failures than were destroyed by the Japanese on the battlefield. After adding additional armor, the armor protection capabilities of this T-26 tank were greatly improved.  It was enough to withstand the power of the Japanese Type 97 tank gun, but its reliability also dropped sharply.

    And its fragile armor, without additional armor, cannot withstand the Japanese army's wide variety of small-caliber artillery, not to mention the Japanese Type 94 infantry rapid-fire artillery and Type 1 anti-tank guns, and even the Japanese infantry's Type 97 Type 2  The ten-millimeter automatic cannon can easily penetrate its armor at a distance of 420 meters.

    Even if this kind of outdated tank is copied, it will not be of much use on the battlefield. Instead of wasting various resources that the Anti-Japanese Alliance is already in short supply, it is better to put it aside for the time being and see if we can get more.  We will talk about advanced tank manufacturing technology later.
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