Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 884 885 Danger Signs

At the western border of the Tang Empire, close to the Dahua Empire section, the armored troops of the Tang Army were unloading their vehicles, and the train station was crowded with vehicles and personnel of the logistics support troops.

There was a lively scene everywhere. Officers were checking the weapons and equipment arriving from their troops, accepting some ammunition, and messy parts.

“Be careful! Be careful! Pay attention! Don’t fall!” Next to the flatbed truck, an officer was holding a horn and yelling at the operator on the train.

His soldiers are working hard to unload a No. 4 tank from the train. As a newly established armored force, the 19th Armored Division is not actually the main force of the Tang Army.

Many countries are aware of the fact that the Tang Empire is expanding its armored forces, but they are a little unable to understand the way the Tang Empire is expanding its armored forces.

Most of these expanded and new armored units are not fully equipped, and they also use old second-hand No. 4 tanks. These tanks were all eliminated by the main force, and some even had bullet marks on them.

 This type of armored division is generally equipped with only one armored regiment, equipped with No. 4 tanks and obsolete maintenance vehicles and oil supply vehicles, which looks quite shabby.

The organization of the Tang Army is generally as follows: the 1st Armored Division and the 11th Armored Division are combined with other units to form the 1st Armored Corps, and the 2nd Armored Division and the 12th Armored Division are also matched in the same way.

 The newly formed armored units starting with the tenth are basically picking up the "leftovers" of the main force, and all they receive are equipment such as No. 4 tanks.

 Because the number of eliminated tanks is not sufficient, and there is no new supply, similar armored divisions with more than ten numbers are all training units without much actual combat capability.

 All countries speculated that the Tang Empire was replacing Panther tanks and did not want to waste these eliminated No. 4 tanks, so they threw them to the second-line troops for continued use.

 In addition to the No. 4 tank, the infantry equipment of the Tang Empire is also being improved: there are many equipment modified from the chassis of the No. 4 tank, and the variety is very lively.

For example, anti-tank guns that are strengthened for infantry are generally turret-less tank destroyers that are improved from the main gun of the Panther tank.

This kind of tank destroyer equipped with a long-barreled 75mm caliber tank gun was jokingly called a long nose by the Tang Army himself. It is the kind of temporary waste equipment.

Of the same nature, there is the No. 4 assault gun equipped with a 105 mm caliber low-pressure short-barreled gun - this thing is an enhanced version of the No. 4 assault gun that originally only installed a 75 mm caliber short-barreled gun.

 Abandoned the ammunition load and continuous combat capability, slightly expanded the combat room, and provided the infantry with an "assault gun" that can temporarily serve as a self-propelled artillery.

Coupled with the fact that a large number of No. 4 tank chassis were modified into 155 mm caliber Wild Bee self-propelled howitzers, this tank chassis became a real "war horse" of the Tang Empire.

The main reason is that the chassis of the Leopard tank is too complicated, and Tang Mo has no intention of continuing to use it.

So far, the whole world is studying why the Leopard tanks of the Datang Empire use double-row road wheels, but no one has thought that... the Datang Empire itself is almost no longer using them.

 In short, the weapons and equipment of the Tang Dynasty Army at this stage can be said to be really diverse and dazzling. However, the guesses from various countries were only half correct: the main force of the Tang Empire was indeed changing its equipment, but it was the Divine Vehicle 59 instead of the legendary Panther tank.

 The old Panther tanks are already being phased out as second-tier tanks. It’s too late to stop production. How can it be mass-produced?

This time the Tang army gathered towards the border area. In order not to be too scary, they did not move any main troops at all.

No Leopard tanks were mobilized, and all those arriving at the front line were newly expanded armored units. It felt like the various units were collectively competing against each other during the Chinese Spring Festival.

The Army brought out the No. 4 tanks. Naturally, they were afraid that showing off a large number of Leopard tanks would frighten the Chinese Empire too much.

But even the No. 4 tanks have already made the Dahua Empire feel like they are facing a formidable enemy: what they fear is not these No. 4 tanks, but the Panther tanks behind the No. 4 tanks that have not yet appeared...

The picture in front of me is actually quite wonderful. It is actually a miracle to see the No. 4 tank equipped only with a short-barreled gun in this era.

You must know that the Air Force of the Tang Empire is replacing J-6 fighter jets and is also frantically mass-producing Type 59 main battle tanks. But the frontline troops are actually equipped with a large number of No. 4 crispy cars, which is really too fantasy.

These troops equipped with No. 4 tanks actually knew what they were here to do. They performed very hard and showed that the Tang Empire had no strong will to intervene.

“Watch out for those tanks!” the officer once again shouted to the soldiers unloading the tanks on the train. These tanks are treasures. Before they receive new tanks, this is the most effective equipment in their hands.

"You can't let others take photos casually, and you can't keep it too secret... Sigh..." The soldiers on one side were helping to unload the No. 4 tank. After hearing the shouts of the officers behind them, they couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Their army is put out in a big way for reporters to see, but they can't let reporters make a big deal about it...

In the sky, the air force patrols of the Tang Empire were also very cautious. Although the number of patrols increased, they actually maintained a restrained two-plane formation.

 The fighter jet used is the same one used in the poor days. It has been used for many years and has not been replaced with a new one until now.

Other countries have evolved from bi-wing fighters to advanced low-wing fighters, and their speed has also increased a lot. Only the Tang Empire's Butcher fighter aircraft still has no intention of replacing them.

Looking at the Butcher flying in the sky in the distance, the soldiers on the ground sighed involuntarily - is it really okay to hide it like this?

 In fact, the Tang Empire has been equipped with many Liuye fighter jets, but these aircraft are all deployed on Longdao, and are not even deployed in Chang'an's air force.

This level of secrecy is also unavoidable. After all, Liu Ye is still too advanced for this world. If it were suddenly taken out in a state other than a full-scale war, it would seem a bit wasteful.

On the periphery of the station, looking at the officers and soldiers of Datang's 19th Armored Division working in full swing, a man who looked like a businessman calmly turned and left - he wanted to report to his superiors, and another new number appeared on the border. This is a very dangerous signal!

 (End of this chapter)