Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 624 Evolution of 624 Equipment

Beiyuan City, the outer front line.

 After defending for so many days, the troops of the Mirage Kingdom naturally suffered heavy losses. The troops stationed on the position have been changed several times, and new soldiers transported from the Mirage Kingdom are being unloaded from the port of Beiyuan City in a steady stream every day.

Mirage Kingdom originally expected to invest around 200,000 troops in Beiyuan City, but now it has sent at least 300,000 troops to Beiyuan City.

There is still no sign of the end of the war. The Tang army did not care about the mirage's call for negotiations, and even refused to receive the envoys holding white flags.

Moreover, the new weapons that the Tang Army invested on the battlefield are becoming more and more fearful to the Mirage defenders. Even airplanes and tanks are considered polite. Those random things that suddenly appear and have never been seen before will always give the Mirage soldiers a headache. Incessantly.

In the southern part of the front, the Tang Army invested in rocket launchers and assault guns, as well as a Stuka dive bomber without a howling device.

The sound of the new bomber's dive is slightly louder than that of the Butcher fighter, which in turn increases its concealment, making people often overlook the terror of this aircraft.

What's more, the Stuka dive bomber without the howling device is faster, more fuel-efficient when flying, and is obviously more in line with actual combat needs.

Even conversely, Tang Jun has begun to dismantle the devices that would affect the speed of the aircraft, making the early-production Stuka more fuel-efficient.

In fact, the tanks of the Tang Army also appeared in different models. The 3rd Armored Division stationed on the old border between Qi and the Dahua Empire was replacing new tanks and sending its eliminated tanks to the front line to replenish them. 1 Armored Division.

When the new tanks replaced by the 3rd Armored Division left the factory, the armor thickness of the hull and the front of the turret was increased, the shape of the turret was modified, some internal space was added, and an additional smoke extractor was installed to extract the tank. Internal gun exhaust.

At the same time, the brand-new tank is also equipped with smoke-releasing devices on both sides of the turret, giving the tank more means of self-protection.

 In order to simplify the model, the Tang Army still tinkered with the chassis of the No. 4 tank, because after all, other countries have not yet come up with a decent tank, which in turn forced the Tang Army's armored forces to upgrade.

The original two battalions of paratroopers have been expanded into regiments and battalions, their number has been doubled and they have been equipped with brand-new weapons and equipment.

The uniformly equipped Type 56 assault rifles have greatly improved the firepower of this unit compared to the past: in terms of power, assault rifles that use rifle bullets are obviously better than Thompson submachine guns that use pistol bullets.

 As for the less powerful pistol—who cares? With the popularity of assault rifles, the presence of pistols is infinitely reduced.

From this time on, there was a power gap between the secondary weapon and the main weapon, making soldiers more willing to use the main weapon instead of showing off the secondary weapon.

The newly formed troops also began to equip assault rifles, and began to use this weapon in training. The easy-to-produce characteristics of AK series rifles were highlighted. Tang Mo was able to mass-produce this rifle without much effort. At the same time, this kind of rifle The weapon's durability and reliability also reduce the cost of use for the troops.

Unconsciously, as the war between Tang and Qi continued, the total strength of the Tang army approached 600,000, which was obviously much more than at the beginning of the war.

 Although there was no real nationwide mobilization, Tang Mo still mobilized the factory thoroughly. At the same time, he continued to expand his troops and equip more weapons.

Every car driven out of the factory has already found its way, and the newly formed troops are not just the most primitive infantry, but are gradually equipped with more heavy weapons.

 At the beginning, there were some cars. Although most of these cars were essentially modified civilian cars, except for the Tang State, soldiers from other countries did not even have such cars that could not be considered military equipment to use.

 With cars, you can equip more towed artillery, and with artillery, you need more cars to transport ammunition.

By the time these troops began to possess assault guns, they found that they were already more powerful than the main front-line troops of many countries.

 At least the Tang Army has had the tradition of distributing steel helmets to soldiers since its establishment, but now various countries have begun to study and discuss equipping them with steel helmets...

The increasingly cruel war has also made the weapons and equipment of the mirage troops more interesting. In addition to anti-aircraft guns that can turn the muzzle faster, the mirage army has also begun to put landmines and grenades into actual combat.

The natives of this world are not fools, they just don't have Tang Mo's experience and vision. Once they started thinking along Tang Mo's train of thought, some simple but extremely lethal weapons were immediately developed.

 In order to make up for the size disadvantage of the goblins, Mirage developed a four-man clamp for loading cannonballs. And was issued to heavy artillery units using 200 mm caliber artillery.

 In addition, camouflage nets have also begun to be put into use. They are similar to the structure of fishing nets. When used, plants are inserted on them to increase the camouflage effect.

 As a country that has already participated in the war, Mirage has also begun to actively distribute helmets to its troops. Now, the mirage steel helmet that appeared in front of Tang Mo before has been gradually equipped to many front-line troops. Even the Tang Army could tell whether it was the main force of the Mirage Kingdom based on the density of soldiers wearing helmets.

 Generally speaking, mirage troops wearing steel helmets have a higher probability of possessing grenades, so be careful to avoid unnecessary casualties.

 More concealable military uniforms also began to appear on Mirage soldiers. In order to make it harder for people to detect them, a brown military uniform that was close to the earth began to be installed in large numbers.

 There is no way, in terms of not requiring steel or occupying weapons production capacity, Mirage's improvement speed is still very fast.

Although they still use Cyric 1 rifles, their attire has actually changed a lot compared to when the war began.

  Interestingly, in order to offset the intimidating effect of the Stuka dive bombers, the Mirage also added earplugs to its military supplies!

 That’s right, earplugs! A special tool made of paper pulp for plugging ears! As soon as the Stuka bombers began to dive, the Mirage soldiers blocked their ears to alleviate the fear in their hearts.

This kind of earplugs was discovered in large numbers on the frontline Mirage soldiers, which in turn allowed the Tang Army to reduce the number of dive bombers equipped with howling devices... This may also be regarded as a kind of competitive progress.

What is even more interesting is that the troops on the border of the Great China Empire who were watching the battle seemed to have begun to install steel helmets.

This kind of experience spreads so fast that even Tang Mo didn't expect it: his opponent improved his speed faster than he imagined.

What he didn't know was that the Ice Empire and the Lions Empire had already relied on the equipment left behind by the Datang Group to mass-produce more cars and more ships to equip their troops.

Just as the Datang Air Force annihilated the invading Cyric sneak attack fleet outside Dragon Island and won a great victory, the first free ship built by Bunas that was not built by the Datang Group was launched.

Other countries are desperately trying to catch up with the Tang Dynasty. They are afraid that if they are a little slower, they will suffer cruel revenge from the Tang Dynasty.

The more they see the power and terror of Datang Group outside Beiyuan City, the more motivated they are to continue to strengthen themselves.

Mirage Saburo is secretly inspecting his core defense line, which is still more than ten kilometers away from the real front line and is the longest-operated defense line in the Mirage Kingdom.

If this line of defense is lost again, Mirage Saburo will withdraw all peripheral troops and enter Beiyuan City to start an endless street battle with the Tang army!

 Looking at the "elites" wearing steel helmets one after another, he was actually very satisfied. Such troops look much more energetic than in the past when they wore soft hats.

What made him even more pleased was that soldiers who were issued steel helmets were less likely to die from stray bullets by at least 30%, which significantly reduced the rate of troop losses.

This is simply good news for the Mirage military, which has been passively beaten recently.

In fact, after receiving this feedback, the Cyric advisors in Mirage Kingdom immediately sent the news back to their headquarters.

Then various countries began to install steel helmets. This time everyone finally knew why the Tang Army started asking its soldiers to carry an iron pot on their heads so early.

What is puzzling is that when the Tang army used steel helmets on a large scale, there were no such high density of cannons and explosive grenades on the battlefield! No one knows where Tang Jun got the experience to come up with this magical thing.

"General! News from the base camp!" A Mirage officer swung his short legs quickly and came to Mirage Saburo and handed him a telegram.

Mirage Saburo lowered his head and took the message, and immediately saw a piece of news that made him laugh or cry: The Tang army destroyed the airship force sent by Cyric and completely annihilated one of Cyric's fleets!

This news is almost equivalent to telling Mirage Musaburo that the retreat of his troops may be in danger. Once the Tang Army's fleet arrives, only God knows whether the Mirage's navy can withstand it.

“What on earth are the Chu State and the Dahua Empire doing? Are we really allowed to stand alone in the front?” Mirage Saburo complained dissatisfiedly: “We need support, we need more support!”

"Urge the base camp and ask them to replenish 100,000 rounds of artillery shells for me as soon as possible! In addition, I want all the food and other military supplies!" Turning to look at the officer who came to deliver the message, Mirage Takezaburo opened his mouth as loud as a lion.

He had a hunch that it would not be possible to count on those **** in the Navy. In the end, he would have to rely on himself!

 (End of this chapter)