Chapter 714: British and French preparation one

Ruprecht has never been optimistic about the Western Front, and even after he has produced a bunch of things that surpass the era and have a German III fighting style, he still does not believe that Germany's rapid push strategy on the Western Front can be successful, except In addition to the military strength of the British and French themselves, another very important factor is that the princes are more of an integration of these things. If the British and French are willing, they can also do them. Don’t you see the British come up with the MK series of tanks? How long has it been? In the case of the fall of part of the local industrial area, the French still produced thousands of Renaults?

  Ruprecht has always concealed what he has produced, and even kept a certain degree of secrecy from Prussia. The fundamental reason is that once Germany is heavily equipped, Britain and France will quickly catch up. Advanced things have a shelf life, and after the expiration date, there is nothing great.

But unfortunately, the prince’s measures can only be postponed but cannot be eliminated. The German Army will eventually equip a large number of new weapons such as tanks, armored vehicles and aircraft. Although Britain and France are slightly behind, they are industrial powers of the same degree before the war. In more than two years, Britain and France also used this time to make final adjustments!

On an army training field on the outskirts of Bordeaux, France, things that looked like Xiali from a distance and Renault up close were racing in the wilderness at high speed. Well, the so-called high speed is not much faster, a little faster than people running. These vehicles are no more than 5 meters in length, 1.9 meters in width, 2.5 meters in height, and 8 tons in weight. The steel monsters are using the machine gun and 37MM artillery on the top of the vehicle body to easily attack the distant target, and the flames are from time to time. Erupting from the mouth, dense shells and bullets easily tore the targets into pieces. These chariots hit and walked, and after crossing a trench and a rugged terrain, they finally reached the end.

"It's a very good thing. This kind of thing reminds me of the Cuirassiers from the time of Emperor Napoleon. They are mighty and majestic. They are unstoppable when they charge and can crush all obstacles on the road." Xia Fei produced for this Renault. The tank showed great interest.

"The only downside is that the firepower of this tank is too weak. If we can install our 75MM rapid-fire gun, then everything will be perfect!" An officer next to him said unfinishedly, and the French was still right. The 75MM rapid-fire gun is very obsessed, and they believe that the war can be won by relying solely on such a gun. Even based on the 75MM rapid-fire gun, the French also developed a theory of attacking artillery.

  They require rapid-fire guns to follow the infantry forward, and provide intensive and violent shelling at all times, completely destroy the opponent's resistance at a distance of 1000 to 1500 meters, and then continue to advance! And now, when the Renault tank appeared, the French thought that they had completed the last link of the offensive, a weapon that could attract the opponent's firepower and at the same time quickly assault!

  "The 75MM artillery is too big and heavy. If we can give up defense and off-road performance, then it is possible to make an armored vehicle, but it may not work to make a crawler-type tank that can cross the trench." Schneider's technician said.

In fact, it’s not impossible. If stability and time are not considered, it is still possible to make a tortoise-speed assault gun on this plane, but just as Bavaria took about 6 years to pass through Ruprecht. With the help of the Germans, the service problem of the Vespa assault gun will be solved. Now that the time is so tight, it is absolutely impossible for the French to come up with a usable assault gun by themselves.

The French also considered the first tank to be tracked instead of wheeled. Since the emergence of the traversers, since the Boer War, the two armies have used various obstacles including trenches and barbed wire to hinder them. In the Boer War, the British suffered a lot from the opponent's offensive. Therefore, the French considered how to break through if the Germans were defending. The wheels would not work, so they could only use tracks. Tractors have become more common in this era, and you can think of it at any time.

  As the 75MM rapid-fire gun is a magical cannon, it is guided by the thought of justice. The French Renault, logo and other industrial giants began to consider how to find a suitable site for the 75MM rapid-fire gun. Eventually they found a 2.5-ton flatbed truck as a vehicle for the 75MM rapid-fire gun. After integration, this new tank was named the symbol FT10 armored vehicle.

This tank is not a simple thing that simply puts the artillery on the flat plate at the rear of the car body and it is done. First of all, this FT10 tank has made a lot of improvements to the original structure, and the engine and transmission have been moved to Behind the car body. In this case, the artillery is moved forward, the cab is slightly lowered, the artillery has a better range of fire, and the engine and other important components have better survivability. A pair of wheels is added to the front of the car. In this case, this tank has 4 pairs of wheels, which increases the contact area and improves the passability. And after using an 80-horsepower engine~www.wuxiaspot.com~ this chariot can be called a Scud, with a weight of 10 tons, the road speed is more than 45 kilometers per hour. The front armor has also been increased to 15MM. The car body is also immune to machine gun fire, even with armor-piercing bullets.

The performance of this tank is so excellent that it was used by the French from World War 1 to the inter-war period, and it was named the protector of Paris, the unyielding **** of war on the battlefield, the most powerful knight in France, and many other names. number. Although there is no lack of exaggeration, it is undeniable that this tank is considered by later generations to be the best tank in World War I except Bavarian thorough blood tanks and tank destroyers.

  In addition to the Renault tank and the FT10 wheeled tank destroyer, the French also simply came up with some wheeled machine gun armored vehicles. These things are either small in output or generally do not leave much impression on people. But it is undeniable that when these armored vehicles joined the already very large French army, the French's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved!

You know, the French had 5 armies at the beginning of the war, with 21 armies and a large number of other troops, with a total strength of more than 1.3 million people. In addition, the French Ministry of War and General Command also There are 336,000 troops, and all French forces together have 1.726 million people! Such a huge force is already on par with the seven German armies. The collision of such a regiment is really called Mars hit the earth!

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