On April 18, 1941, Hitler tore up the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty, and with a pre-developed plan code-named "Barbarosa", dispatched 190 divisions, 3,700 tanks, 4,900 aircraft, 47,000 cannons and 190 warships, and divided into three groups to raid the Soviet Union in a blitzkrieg manner.

On April 29, 1941, Stalin delivered a radio speech to the Soviet people, calling on all the Soviet people to unite and do his best to fight Hitler's fascism for a desperate struggle, and the Soviet-German war broke out in full swing.

Because of Zhong Yang's intervention, the war was ahead of schedule two months, and Germany's military preparations were more sufficient, while the Soviet Union was weaker than expected. At this critical moment, facing military invasion from both the East and West departments, the Soviet Union regime was in danger.

The Mongolian grassland, Nomenkan, the Japanese army was defeated here two years ago. Today, the fully prepared Chinese army Northern Army has gathered several newly formed elite divisions in the country, all gathered on this land.

On the position that was beaten into a vegetable field, the two Soviet cavalry corpses were useless for heroes. Armored cars could not defeat the elusive anti-tank guns and war defense artillery. On the flat terrain, infantry cluster charge was similar to suicide!

After finally rushing into the trench, he didn't even have the chance to fight for bayonets. Almost all the soldiers in Hualian were equipped with pistols, and the assault rifle could exert its rapid-fire power at close range.

In order to let all the main forces see what the real powers are, the Chinese army launched an unprecedented rotation battle, with a total of 10,000 people from the 501st Division and the 317th Division as nails in Jiao County as the core, and each of the other three aspects produced 5,000 to 10,000 people.

We attacked and counterattacked the Soviet army from our own directions to train the combat effectiveness and morale of those troops who had never seen a strong army, and carried out practical exercises to remove the drought and retain the essence and refine the team.

In order to ensure that such a battle was carried out safely and safely. After the Soviet artillery fire completely stopped, the artillery fire of each division finally came up in the rear for a long time. They set up artillery positions from afar and carried out continuous harassment and bombardment of the Soviet position with Jiaoxian Station as the core, so that the enemy could not live a leisurely life.

On April 20, on the railway from Ulanqab, the other hidden weapon of the Shandong Army - the train track cannon, finally emerged!

The Chinese army had already fully understood the artillery making technology below 300 mm caliber. It was still a problem for these heavy guys to manufacture them during World War I. The arsenal that had just been built in the Jinan Steel Factory, the light artillery fire that was inclined to be installed was followed by the train artillery specially requested by Li Zongren!

If it is a German fan, it is naturally familiar with this giant cannon that is famous in time and space. Of course, the Chinese army does not have the ability or mind to do such unpractical things.

But in terms of defense and offense, train guns have incomparable advantages.

Try to imagine. The huge muzzle like a naval gun is transported around the railway, and from time to time, a bombshell spanning dozens of kilometers is released on the enemy's ground. The result of the morale is not ordinary!

Manufacture of train cannons. The first German "Paris Cannon" was recommended. The monster with a range of 130 kilometers has achieved remarkable achievements in World War I and has also brought new delusions to the world. After the failure of World War I, Germany was also banned from creating such a killer weapon, but this did not stop the Germans from pursuing large-caliber train cannons.

As early as ten years ago, the French equipped their Maginot Line with 320mm train cannons to patrol the guards, while the Japanese commissioned the French to manufacture 240mm train cannons in 1926, claiming to be used to protect Tokyo Bay.

Of course, the senior military leaders of Hualian would not waste a lot of resources to create 800mm-caliber monsters like "Gustav". They can't afford to play! With that money enough for him to equip a heavy artillery regiment!

Why do you use something so luxurious when fighting local wars!?

However, the new officer class led by Li Zongren is very interested in the "k5", which was proven to be an extremely effective weapon for war in World War II. His coastal defense and local anti-Japanese war strategies also require such a big guy to guard it.

Therefore, the research work was sent very early, and now it is time to show results! Before this battle to recover Outer Mongolia, the Northern Army of the Chinese Army first put the mature 203mm cannon technology on the train!

In this era, the 203mm howitzer technology has been relatively mature in Britain and the United States. The m1 howitzer claims to be able to hit gasoline barrels 10 kilometers away. Although it is a bit bragging, it also demonstrates its accuracy. This kind of howitzer has been secretly copied by the Chinese army and was taken out for experiments in this battle.

The 203mm cannon is relatively unpopular because it is generally used as a naval gun or shore defense gun. The army's equipment is a bit unrealistic. The chassis of this thing is too heavy and the operation is very inflexible, but it is very consistent with the concept of "small-caliber train cannon" in the minds of front-line officers such as Li Zongren.

On a specially designed train, it is equipped with four 203mm 50-diameter cannons with a range of more than 20 kilometers. It has first-class armor-piercing effect and can effectively attack the enemy's defensive fronts and strong fortresses, which will cause fatal damage to all warships of this era.

Even before the King Kong-class battle cruiser was modified, the thin horizontal armor could not withstand the 203 armor-piercing bombs. He would have to look good after a few shots!

Currently, only one such train cannon has been built, and the number is only in the time being due to various reasons, but the future plans are very large!

This big thing that has been hidden in the Jinan Steel Factory for construction and maintenance has never been seen before. It appears even more rare than his armored train. This time, it is suspected of showing off the experiment. The target is the Soviet army, which has consumed almost the heavy artillery of the fleet!

In order to prepare for this battle, Shandong has become a large comprehensive heavy industry base after Guiliu Industrial Zone. A large number of equipment arrived. Instead, the technical workers only brought a small number of senior technicians. Thanks to Japan's training of a certain team of workers here, saving a lot of trouble in Hualian.

The chassis of the 203mm cannon and the total weight of the cannon body shall not exceed 30 tons, so the train is very light and easy to pull. It is equipped with the artillery force of the previous battalion and a small number of air defense weapons to support the current level of war.

They secretly transported them from the Jiaoji Fluor Line to the Mongolian front line overnight, and moved to a place less than 20 kilometers away from Ulanqab City in the early morning of the next day. After calibration, the fire suddenly fired!

The 203mm shell is not big, but it explodes on the flat ground. The lethality is very life-threatening! People and things within a diameter of 100 meters cannot escape its killing! Even if there are armored vehicles, they can only be ravaged!

The 57th Special Army of the Soviet Army, which has been struggling against the Chinese defenders for several days, never thought that it would be bombed like this violently! The continuous explosions caused by four train guns were mixed up with their fronts in a mess!

The Chinese defenders have authentic tunnels to drill, and they can avoid even if the shells come, but the more than 10,000 of them cannot stop the trenches in the ground!

The Soviet army, who had always thought that China** would not dare to emerge under the threat of their artillery and the dealer cluster, was stunned! Shocked! Fighting miserable! The train cannon was swaying beyond the range of their battleships, and there were fighters in the air to provide Soviet dynamics at any time to calibrate and shoot the generals. The Soviet army was not very active in advancing and retreating, and was waiting there to bombard the continuous shells and crying for the father and mother!

A group of Chinese defenders lay among the ruins and saw this scene, and shouted excitedly: "Warm greetings to your grandmother! These stinky red hairs! You have today too!"

Although there are only four train cannons to help, their role is huge! With the assistance of the Air Force and this cannon, the Chinese defenders' defensive counterattacks against the Soviet army were easier, and this battle seemed to be no suspense.

Just after the Chinese army defeated Japan and declared war on the Soviet Union, the German affairs delegation once again set foot on a large scale on this familiar land. Just as they did more than ten years ago, they started war with China and further exchanges and cooperation.

In fact, Hitler always had a good impression of China, and in the early days he thought about supporting the revolutionary party to achieve the ability to restrain the Soviet Union in Asia. However, he did not expect that Jiang Ruiyuan could not stand up to the wall. At the instigation of the Jewish chaebols in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United States, he started a war on market economy reform and used financial means to occupy the people's wealth, rather than learning from Germany and developing nationalist economic policies.

However, the revolutionary party is now in decline, and the alliance is rising, and there have been deep exchanges between them in the past. This visit was a natural thing.

On April 25, Alfred Krupp Jr. led his small team to Guangzhou and held a far-reaching talk with Chen Ze.

This famous figure in history and in world military history, the 35-year-old new generation of Krupp's family is really in its prime!

He sat in front of Chen Ze, who was also in his prime. He was really a hero for a while!

The great achievements made by Hualian have been accumulated by three generations of people. Krupp, who is a little curious about the great achievements made by Hualian today. Such legendary experiences are rare in this era.

You should know that in the whole world, almost all consortium giants have relied on the efforts of generations to achieve today. Even Carnegie and Rockefeller have fought hard all their lives to achieve such achievements. Chen Ze, Liu Haoran and Yi Zhongming have only been able to compete with them in just twelve years. This is really amazing!

Both sides maintained a certain sense of mystery. After some greetings, the straightforward German immediately turned the topic to the essence.

Krupp did not hide his praise for Chen Ze at all. He said: "I heard that Mr. Chen works until 12 o'clock every night and gets up before six o'clock every morning. It is a rare tenacious will to maintain such diligence for ten years! It is inevitable to achieve such achievements!"

Chen Ze also smiled at this compliment: "Everyone is the same! I heard that the Krupp family's breakfast every morning is 7:15, and they will never wait for even a minute. Such strict discipline can be passed down for generations, and it will indeed create a legendary career! Germany's rise is due to this almost strict discipline and order."

The two laughed, with the same ambition, the same domineering mind, and the same rigid life and desperate spirit similar to the Puritans, which made the two feel a sense of mutual appreciation as soon as they met, because from an ideal perspective, they are all the same type of people!

Chen Ze is a great Han chauvinist, and Krupp is a militarist. The two of them have stubborn views and hopes for their own country and their nation, and have been working hard for this. They have both experienced the painful lessons of the decline, decline and destruction of the country. The same ideals and life journey make it easy for them to find common topics.

Krupp was not seen outside the box and pointed it out directly: "Mr. Chen has a world-class R&D team. The achievements made in a few years are amazing! And you have also achieved great achievements in weapons and heavy machinery that I know. For example, our cooperation project two years ago, I think it was a masterpiece of genius!"

He pointed out that the development of 40mm and 60 times the tube anti-aircraft guns and 88mm guns was developed. After discovering the importance of air defense firepower in the First World War, the Germans' research on this area showed signs.

But time and reality do not allow them to do that. Therefore, they can only do it secretly. Some parameters brought by China have greatly accelerated the process, which surprised Krupp very much because in their concept, the Chinese people's research on advanced weapons is as incredible as gorillas can fly planes!

Of course, this definitely has no intention of belittlement.

What is China like?

In the countries in the world that claim to be civilized, most people would rather believe that this is a civilized desert. After the carjacking case came out in 1923, they even promoted it as a hell of a stranger.

Chen Ze heard what the other party meant. He laughed and said, "As two completely unfamiliar aspects, our first cooperation was very pleasant, but I think that was still not enough. I hope this cooperation is a cooperative relationship built on the common progress and support of the two great nations."

Little Krupp's eyes lit up. He knew what this meant, and Chen Ze was actively expressing his desire to seek a comprehensive cooperative relationship!

Others think that China is the politician who has the final say, but the Hualian League is completely opposite to the Revolutionary Party. The power of the state is concentrated in the hands of the Sanitary-Economic League. Most members of the parliament are either members of the Sanitary-Economic League or spokespersons of the Sanitary-Economic League!

Even the Qingliu bureaucrats who rely on public opinion elections in the local area have to pay attention to the local economy, which is related to their career path! And the local industries are almost all enterprises and factories under the Industrial and Economic Union, and they are the masters of China!

Chen Ze, Liu Haoran and Yi Zhongming. The three giants' voices determine the national policy of the Hualian. The head of state Chen Jiongming had to bow down to the China Economic Union!

Therefore, for the Germans who feel very lonely in the whole world, Chen Ze's promise is like a timely help, and a long drought will bring you rain!

He might not believe it if he said this, but Hualian has shown his strength appropriately here, and some new attractive things emerged in this battle. Little Krupp has reason to believe that Chen Ze is not talking nonsense.

He smiled happily: "Being able to form a stable and lasting partnership with old friends in the Far East is very meaningful for two equally great nations! Even as two of our big companies with advanced technology, this is a rare opportunity. Our company is willing to grow and grow with capable allies! For this reason, we can even bring out the best things to entertain guests!"

He is not the head of Germany, and Chen Ze is not the head of the Hualian. The cooperation to the national level is a bit high-profile, but neither of them thinks there is anything inappropriate. However, out of humility, everyone should talk from a business perspective. There is nothing wrong with this. In the end, the core of the fact remains unchanged.

The Krupp family has too many things Chen Ze wants, so it goes without saying that the cannon manufacturing technology is the manufacturing of special steel, especially the hardening heat treatment technology of ship armored steel, tungsten carbide technology, and many mechanical power that can be obtained through Krupp's needle threading, coal chemical industry, ship manufacturing and aircraft manufacturing technology, etc.

The Germans had too many advanced things waiting for someone to dig. In another time and space, Germany's defeat in time and space directly led to the strong rise of the Soviet Union and the United States. So many technological achievements were the efforts of the Germans!

Chen Ze laughed and said, "We also welcome German friends who are in the leading position in scientific and technological research to give good suggestions and help in our work. I wonder if you are interested in visiting some of our research results with me? We really want to hear the pertinent opinions of experts!"

How could Krupp refuse such an invitation?

Being able to truly see the hidden power of this mysterious force with your own eyes is very important for some of their future decisions! It is a rare good thing for the other party to take the initiative to invite him!

The first stop they visited was part of the Erlianhaote Fort, which caused major casualties to the Soviet army. They were not interested in taking a look at the cannon Krupp below 105 mm, because these were all imitations of their products. Although they were well done and had some improvements, they were all due to their intentions and had nothing outstanding.

The 203mm howitzer is also a counterfeit version of British and American goods. Although it does not provide patent fees, it is concise and even a little bit out of the blue. In the United States, with the convenience of building tanks, their weapons company has obtained a lot of US military equipment parameter information, and the piracy quality is very good.

Krupp's attention was first attracted by the 155mm howitzer and 122mm howitzer.

These are two rare army equipment calibers at this time. At this time, the 155 caliber is mostly used as a secondary gun on warships, or as a main gun on cruisers, just like the Japanese, but the army equipment is indeed a bit unpaid because it is too small and too heavy.

Putting aside the 122mm howitzer, the explosion power of the 155 gun is only half that of the 203mm gun, but the firing speed is not much faster. It weighs more than ten tons, which seems to be less than worth the cost when applied.

The 155mm howitzer studied by the Hualian Army comes from some simple data provided by Zhong Yang on the famous Pla-45 export howitzer, such as caliber, tube multiples, rifle lines and pharmacy volume, etc. The rest of the key technologies are required to be done by the research department.

From basic structure to steel to launching drugs and shells, that was a pretty big project. It took me four or five years to find the sample like today, and the performance indicators are still far from that.

Of course, Zhong Yang also knew the disadvantages of 45 times the caliber, but if they had to use 52 times and 54 times the caliber, their technical strength was far from reaching, and it took time to do it slowly. After all, the world's powerful countries have been struggling for so many years in the future.

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