Chapter 384: Battle of Central China

Continuing to follow Yin Xiangzhou, the group came to a tank production workshop, and the finished and semi-finished bear tanks were neatly arranged on one side.

The huge mechanical boom in the air slowly sets on the cross beam, and you can clearly see the new tank turret components cast with composite armor technology, as well as the tank chassis of varying numbers.

A large number of engineers are still busy working, and ignore these prominent officials who have visited recently. They will only give simple answers when someone asks some basic questions. Even so, most of them do not involve technical secrets.

The arc of the welding and burning iron filings fly here, and the workshop is filled with a strong smell of heavy metals, but for most bosses engaged in metal processing, this is the most charming fragrance in the world.

They are not bureaucrats and politicians, but members of the China Economic Union who started their business by operating industrial companies

Pointing to the outer armor of the tank placed flat on a large pallet, Yin Xiangzhou was now the air-fired composite armor, which is composed of more than two layers of protective materials with different properties. Generally speaking, it is composed of one or several materials with different physical properties, and is composed of a certain level of proportion. It relies on the differences in physical properties between each level to interfere with the penetration of incoming projectiles or jets, consume their energy, and ultimately achieve the purpose of preventing penetration. The composite armor currently developed by our research institute is divided into three types: metal and metal composite armor, metal and non-metal composite armor, and spaced armor, which all have strong comprehensive protection performance.”

"Ordinary armor is made of a single material, such as steel armor, aluminum alloy armor, also known as homogeneous armor. As the penetration power of anti-tank shells and rockets continues to increase, homogeneous armor cannot withstand the attack of such weapons. Continuing to increase the thickness of the armor can certainly increase the protection of the tank, but increasing the armor level will inevitably increase the weight of the tank and affect the mobility of the tank."

"So we came up with different layers of armor, which is composite armor. Due to the different materials used, there are many composite armors. Some are made of metals with both inner and outer use, with a layer of non-metallic material in the middle; some are made of four or five layers of gold and non-metallic materials. Some are left with gaps between the layers of composite armor, which is called gap armor."

Yin Xiangzhou has worked in the research institute within the ancient Chinese literature society system for more than ten years, and almost all of them are spent on metal processing technology. The scientific and technological research and development of military armor technology is his top priority, and it is no accident that he can achieve his current achievements.

Liu Haoran is very interested in composite armor technology and has a direct personality. He immediately asked about the technical details. What is the basic theoretical basis for this composite armor?" This question shows everyone's thoughts. Although everyone understands that this technology is based on the early manufacturing process of hardened steel, it is still unclear its internal theoretical basis.

Looking at the gaze of everyone's curiosity, Yin Xiangzhou was very excited. Most of the people here started their business, or they were officials of the technical department in the military. They were not a layman in scientific and technological research and development, and they would not have a contemptuous attitude like politicians and bureaucrats.

Letting these people participate in the management core of the entire Hualian has indeed injected a steady stream of development vitality into the entire society.

He introduced the basic principles of composite armor with a steady speed. There are multiple layers of composite armor. Each layer of armor-piercing or armor-piercing bombs consumes a certain amount of energy. Due to the different hardness of each layer of material, the core of armor-piercing bombs or the metal jet of armor-piercing bombs can change direction, and even break the core of armor-piercing bombs. Therefore, the anti-penetration ability of composite armor is much higher than that of homogeneous armor. When the unit area and weight of armor-piercing bombs is the same, the ability of composite armor-piercing bombs to resist armor-piercing bombs is twice as high as that of homogeneous steel armor."

The history of the development of tanks is the history of the continuous thickening of tank armor. The bulletproof ability of a tank is not only related to the thickness of the armor, but also to the armor's bomb resistance ability.

During World War II, the armor of the British tanks of the ** Party troops was stronger than the Japanese nickel-chrome steel plates of the same thickness as Japanese tanks. Due to the lack of nickel-chrome raw materials, Nazi German tanks had to use complex processes such as surface carburization to ensure their anti-iron ability.

The tanks produced by the Soviet Union in the middle of the war were much worse than those produced before the war due to the simplified wartime process and armor of the same thickness. However, the Soviet-made T-54 tanks in the 1950s exhibited in the Chinese Tank Museum have traces of impact on the surface of their armor, and it is said that impact enhancement technology is used to enhance elastic resistance.

Since the birth of the armor-piercing bomb in 1936, tanks have been forced to continuously thicken the thickness of their armor.

The armor-breaking power of the armor-breaking bomb to the rolled homogeneous armor rha is about 6 to 7 times the diameter of its warhead. A 120 mm armor-breaking bomb has a thickness of 720 to 840 mm.

If the designer makes the armor around the tank reach this thickness, then the total combat weight of the tank will be greater than 100 tons and will become a real iron turtle. In the 1960s, the thickness of the front main armor of the world's front-line main battle tanks developed to around 200 mm, and the weight of the tank was close to a limit.

To maintain the ability to cross the bridge and the convenience of carrying, the weight and armor of the main battle tank cannot be greatly increased. The Soviet Union first creatively used composite armor on its 4 main battle tanks. Specifically, the front armor has three layers, the outer layer is 80mm thick steel armor, the middle layer is 104mm thick fiberglass plate, and the inner layer is 20mm thick steel armor, that is, the steel plate is entrained with fiberglass plate.

The elastic resistance of fiberglass fiberboard of the same thickness is not as that of armored steel of the same thickness, but the elastic resistance of fiberglass fiberboard of the same weight is greater than that of armored steel of the same weight.

In this way, by using composite armor, when the weight of the Soviet 4 main battle tanks increased by only 4 tons, the front main armor's resistance to armor-piercing bombs increased by almost 50, close to the protection level of 300 mm homogeneous armored steel; the resistance to armor-piercing bombs increased by almost 90, reaching the protection level of about 600 mm homogeneous armored steel.

It is June 1938, but the Chinese coalition forces have mastered this advanced armor protection technology with the help of the Guwen Association. Even if Japan can quickly master the energy-gathering and armor-piercing bomb technology, it may not be able to face the enemy head-on against the Chinese army that completed the tank external armor replacement.

The tank's battlefield survivability will be greatly improved again, which is the overwhelming advantage brought by technical strength.

After completing the basic introduction and physical observation, the next step is live ammunition test. When I walked to the design school outside, a storm bear tank was quietly docking in the center of the venue, waiting silently for the upcoming fate.

Under Yin Xiangzhou's instructions, several infantrymen carrying Fire Fist II anti-tank rocket launchers targeted the bear tank used for testing.

Driven by the launching medicine, the "fire fist" rushed towards the target a hundred meters away with a long tail flame. As everyone was watching, the fire fist was firmly printed on the outer armor of the target car, and the violent collision and even stirred up a sudden and depressing sound.

This is a second-generation energy-concentrating armor-breaking bomb product that everyone is familiar with. Many people present are familiar with this weapon with extremely high armor-breaking performance.

Because it relies on high-temperature metal heat flow, the armor-breaking ability of the Fire Fist does not rely on the kinetic energy of the bullet body and the hardness of the warhead itself. If it is any tank, it will be very weak when facing such a weapon.

Thermal energy cluster can easily penetrate the surface of the tank. The shock waves generated by the explosion can generate sharp metal fragments scattered at high speed on the inside of the tank armor, causing effective damage.

This is inconsistent, even the new generation of the main battle tank of the Chinese army, the Brutal Bear, is irresistible. Even the first generation of Fire Fist I-type anti-tank rocket launchers, it is also a huge threat to the Brutal Bear tank, and it is easy to cause irreversible damage after being hit.

The Fire Fist Ii type used for testing accurately concentrated the target vehicle, and violently exploded and rolled up thick smoke and fire. Even if you stood a hundred meters away, the aftermath of the explosion still blew everyone's clothes, indicating the terrifying power of this weapon.

Although the view was blocked by the hot black smoke, Liu Haoran and Chen Ze, the main tank manufacturer, both understood that this test launch must be a complete success.

The reason is very simple. The armor-piercing bomb exploded directly without penetrating the tank's armor. Although it was huge, it did not cause much damage to the tank. The aftermath dissipated in the air and could not effectively kill the drivers inside the tank.

A strong wind blew, and the dark smoke quickly dissipated, and the target vehicle appeared safely in people's sight. Although it was far away, everyone was holding military telescopes in their hands, which easily confirmed the safety of the target vehicle. At most, it only left damaged dents on the first-in-class area.

This is not harmful at all

A sound of breathing sounded, and everyone was amazed at the powerful defense ability of the composite armor. Even the second generation of energy-gathering armor-breaking rockets could not cause damage.

At this time, Yin Xiangzhou also took the opportunity to introduce the defense mechanism of composite armor. Everyone has also seen the actual ability of this new type of armor. Multi-layer composite armor can effectively absorb the oscillation waves generated by the explosion of the broken armor bomb, and disperse the kinetic energy of the oscillation wave itself between armor plates of different textures to protect the safety of the tank itself."

Then, a group of technicians stepped forward, used ordinary tools to disassemble the composite armor on the target truck, and transported it to the attendees by a forklift for everyone to see the actual effect.

As expected, there are no obvious signs of damage on the outer armor, and the damaged area has not even reached half of the thickness of the armor. I am afraid that it can withstand an additional armor-breaking bomb of the same power in the same first-in-class area.

But on the battlefield, who can hit the same place with a bazooka three times in a row?

"Please see, we use the composite armor assembly mode, also known as module armor. It is an application form of composite armor. The main advantage of making composite armor into components is that it can reduce the production cost of turrets and car bodies. It can be fixed to the corresponding parts of the car body or turret by bolts or iron baskets. At the same time, according to the development of the armor-breaking power of enemy weapons, the number of composite armor assembly can be increased or reduced at any time. In addition, it can be removed in non-war times.

The total weight is generally 2 tons

To reduce oil consumption.”

"In this way, we can produce a large number of armored defense components tailor-made for the Brutal Bear i-type tank without having to establish a new tank production line specifically to save a lot of resources. In actual combat, armored troops can also choose whether to install this defense component according to their own needs."

In this way, the practicality of composite armor has been greatly improved and does not affect production capacity. It is still a war period, and life is victory

"Okay, everyone, today's visit will end here. The next itinerary is your bid." After saying this, Yin Xiangzhou also left the factory. He still had a research report to write, and he had no time to discuss business cooperation with everyone here.

The people present didn't care. Everyone was grinding their fists and palms, preparing to participate in this very promising armor production plan. Hualian now has a total of more than 12,000 tanks. Although the number of bears is less than 2,000, everyone is in the future, and more new tanks will inevitably be produced one after another.

At that time, the military orders alone will be enough for the factory to make a big profit.

The vigorous battle in central China ended on a pile of Japanese corpses. The final battle of the battle was completed near a school in Nanjing. Here, a group of generals and officials from the Japanese army's southern base camp were able to commit suicide by separatism while the Japanese soldiers outside fought to the death.

The Chinese army severely damaged the Japanese Central China dispatched troops in Hangzhou and Nanjing, recapturing the former capital of the ** government, namely Nanjing, to defeat the national humiliation.

From then on, from the battle in central China that began on January 9th to the end of June 21st, a total of ten Japanese divisions were annihilated, including the Fifth and Sixth Divisions, the main force of the Japanese army, and killed 21 major generals or above, more than 190 assistants, and more than 140,000 Japanese officers and soldiers, capturing 21 Japanese officers and soldiers.

Among them, there were seven second lieutenants and three lieutenants, one junior high-sect, one captain and two soldiers.

The huge casualties caused a national shock in Japan, from the emperor, government officials, military officials, and people. Since the Meiji Restoration, especially since the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Japan has not suffered such a heavy blow.

More than 140,000 officers and soldiers from ten divisions were shot dead, which was nearly one-quarter of the losses for the standing army, which had only more than 600,000 at the time.

It can be said that in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, the three eastern provinces of China, and the troops that Japan can draw north of the Yangtze River, except for the five divisions that were finally registered and then evacuated, Japan now has almost no extra army forces to carry out new offensives.

The northern resistance armed forces became active because the Japanese army drew troops to launch a southern offensive. In addition, the great victory in the battle in central China led to a surge in confidence in resistance. A series of anti-Japanese actions in northern Japan and China were blooming like mushrooms after a rain. The Japanese military headquarters had to urgently mobilize three divisions from the local area to reinforce.

By the end of early July, the Chinese army completed the deployment of troops after the battle, and transferred the Fifth Legion, whose vitality was damaged in this battle, the two airborne divisions, the mechanized infantry divisions, and several second-line B units back to Guangdong for rest and reorganization.

By mid-July, the Chinese army conducted a post-war summary.

From bottom to top, from individuals, classes, grassroots non-commissioned officers to various platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, divisions and troops, command centers, as well as air force, navy, logistics units participating in the battle, all units directly involved in the battle participated in the summary.

This summary was not over until early August. Its length, number of people, and its comprehensive range of troops was the largest since the founding of the China League of China. It was also the first time that the overall military strength of the China League of China was reviewed, criticized and praised.

In the summary of grassroots soldiers at all levels, infantry soldiers pointed out that the Japanese military's combat tactics are rigid and lack of flexibility and flexibility in combat.

At the same time, superstitious about the outdated **** cold weapon tactics, it becomes a living target in the face of automatic and semi-automatic ****s that are dense and powerful but can maintain firepower continuity.

It also pointed out that although the Japanese army's weapons and equipment are very good when facing other Chinese armies, they are obviously not enough in front of the main force of the Chinese army. Just from individual ground forces to fire support machine guns, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and other auxiliary fire suppression weapons, the Japanese ground forces are not as good as the various light weapons equipped by the Chinese army.

Although the weapons equipped by the Chinese army are far superior to those of the Japanese army, the soldiers also expressed their solemnity and high vigilance against the Japanese army's desperate fighting style in combat.

Because the other party was a Japanese army involved in the Nanjing Massacre, the Chinese army did not accept prisoners of war. Except for some valuable officers, all the other ordinary soldiers were executed.

It is worth mentioning that in this battle, not only several main combat troops performed well, but also the auxiliary attack troops of the second-line troops also performed very well.

Under the spiritual armed force of patriotic ideological education, these soldiers who have turned from reserve forces to regular combat are active and brave, and have a tenacious style. They are not afraid of fighting and fighting when the enemy is strong and we are weak. Although they are far inferior to the main combat troops on the front line in terms of weapons and equipment, they have also developed the unique style of each branch.

As mechanized troops dispatched in this war, all units were amazed at the super power of these mechanized troops, with high mobility, fast assault entry, and can attack and station or defend.

With the cooperation of armored vehicles to assist the ground infantry, the battle almost became one-sided. However, the soldiers and officers at all levels also noticed.

Due to the inertia of the army's tactical thinking in this era, mechanized troops have always been small-scale auxiliary attack forces. However, in this battle, the flat terrain enhanced the mobility of tank and armored vehicles, and high-speed interweaving became another major focus in this battle.

In particular, the cluster attack power of the large group mechanical forces is even more terrifying. Although a mechanized and insurgent battalion sent by Wang Liwen and several tanks and armored vehicles of Li Weigang were not many, the terrible assault power displayed in the process of hitting the Japanese baggage troops that led the bridge was not only eye-catching, but also made many officers keenly notice the terribleness of the lightning raid tactics in future wars.

The large-depth and large-scale encirclement tactics of cluster armored troops proposed by armored cadets inside the Nansha Military Academy have become a hot research topic for new tactics brought by new weapons.

The brilliant achievements of the Air Force also made the Chinese generals taste the importance of air supremacy for the first time.

In the early stage of this battle, the Air Force first destroyed the aircraft equipped by the Japanese Air Force and the airports built by the Japanese Air Force, making the aircraft that the Japanese army had been raging on the land of China become lighters in the sky and landed on the ground. With air supremacy, the Japanese army tasted the taste of being fired and dive-bombed by aircraft for the first time in the battle.

The demise of the Third Fleet made the giant crocodiles in the era of cannon giant ships face the challenge of the eagles in the air for the first time, and their status was in danger.
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