Chapter 435： Night sparrow and owl

In history, the failure of the Battle of Nominkan was related to many factors. Among them, equipment was an important aspect. At that time, the Soviet Union had various advanced tanks, while Japan still had only ten-ton tanks. These tanks are called medium tanks, but they are actually Western light tanks.

Of course, this kind of tank will suffer a lot from fighting against Soviet tanks.

In this era in history, Japan’s main equipment was the Type 89 and Type 97 tanks. Even the Type 97 tanks were only 15 tons. They could not compete with Soviet tanks.

However, in this time and space, the situation has changed a lot.

A few years ago, Lieutenant General Komatsuhara Michitaro of the 23rd Division visited the German tanks. They were amazed by this advanced tank, so they began to order from Germany.

They originally planned to order only one prototype car, plus the design drawings, and the German side offered a price of 1 million marks, which is already a pretty bad figure.

However, the islanders still obediently took care of it. The islanders needed the Panther Tank.

However, when they brought all the design drawings and prototypes of the Panther tank to the island country, they found that their own craftsmanship did not pass, resulting in low output.

As a result, they had to continue to ask Germany for help. As a result, they continued to purchase 100 Panther tanks for a price of 800,000 Reichmarks, all equipped to the Kwantung Army.

At the same time, just this year, their tank manufacturing process finally passed the barrier. Using the German Panther 2 tank as a prototype, they developed their own tank, and adopted a new naming rule called a one-type tank.

This type of tank is actually very similar to the later four-type tanks. On the whole, the shadow of the Panther tank is everywhere, and it is simply a direct use of the design of the Panther tank.

Of course, there are also differences. For example, in terms of engine, they improved their existing engine and developed a V-shaped 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine with a maximum power of 412 horsepower, which is considered sufficient.

In terms of tank guns, the existing 50mm tank guns in Germany were not powerful enough, so they directly purchased the 75mm anti-aircraft guns from Bofors and stuffed them into their own turrets.

This new tank absolutely surpasses Soviet tanks in performance. With these advanced weapons, they are full of confidence!

Cyric does not care how the islanders fight. In short, Cyric knows that the islanders’ weapons are more advanced than in history, so they will definitely fight longer than in history!

Hold the Soviets! After the Soviets discovered the threat in the Far East, did the Soviets dare to start the war again in the West to grab German territory?

As long as Stalin is not mad, he should know that he must not ask Germany to provoke him.

In this case, Germany can confidently move westward! As long as France is brought down quickly, the Soviet Union should know that it is absolutely wrong to provoke Germany.

Only Germany takes the initiative to attack, the Soviet Union dare not take the initiative to attack Germany! What a big thunderstorm plan, just eat shit.

Moreover, not only in the east, but Cyric is still in the west. He has found something for the Soviet Union. Finland, now the friction with the Soviet Union is becoming more and more serious. The island country in the east and Finland in the west will make the Soviet Union free. Looking for something for Germany?

As long as the war in the Far East is together, the empire will never have any worries!

Cyric finally didn't have any worries, and signed a formal order to swing the sickle, starting tonight!

The order was quickly communicated to the front line. After receiving the order, the powerful SS armored division was dispatched again.

The Ardennes is located in the forest terraces of southeastern Belgium, northern Luxembourg and northeastern France. The area is about 10,000 square kilometers. It can be seen from the map that this place has been a strategic location in Central Europe since ancient times. Because of its many forests, it is also called the Ardennes Forest.

In the forest, it is quite difficult for large troops to advance, infantry is already very difficult, not to mention armored troops!

No one would have thought that using armored forces to cross the Ardennes Forest is definitely a whimsical idea.

At the same time, it is also the closest to success!

The plan was proposed by Manstein, and it was also formulated by some radical staff at the head of Manstein. However, it is Guderian who really undertakes this task, the SS Panzer Division!

The most difficult battles must be handed over to the SS!

In history, Guderian was responsible for crossing the Ardennes Forest, but at that time the main force he led was the 19th Panzer Corps, and now, he leads the SS Panzer Division, whose combat effectiveness is even more against the sky.

The First Armored Division is still at the forefront of the marching queue, and in front of them is the small country Luxembourg. The country in this small place has almost no resistance.

The division commander Joseph Dietrich was sitting on a tank. At this time, his tank unit had completed a new round of replacement.

The tank is actually the original tank, the one-water Panther 3, but it has been partially improved. For example, on the top of the tank turret, there is something like a large circular searchlight.

This thing consumes a lot of power. For this reason, the engine of the Panther 3 tank has also been improved and replaced with a more powerful generator to drive the big "searchlight" above.

Although it is called a searchlight , this thing does not emit light, or the light it emits is invisible to the naked eye because it emits infrared rays!

Only with a special receiving device can infrared rays be received. This is the image converter installed in front of the captain. With this device, you can see everything ahead at night.

These devices are the most secret. So far, due to limited production, they have only been equipped with armored divisions of the Waffen-SS.

Codenamed Night Sparrow, it is a cross-age system developed by Germany in this era to win the war!

In this era, the sighting of tanks is all visual. Tank operations at night are impossible. The emergence of night sparrows has completely changed all of this, which will bring new advantages to Germany!

In the dark night, using this system, you can also see the distance of 600 meters ahead, but for night operations, this distance is still too close, so along with the night sparrow system, there is also an owl system.

This is equivalent to a bigger searchlight. If you want to see far, you have to use a bigger flashlight! This owl system is a large searchlight mounted on the chassis of a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. The power is ten times that of a bicycle, and it can shine a distance of 1,500 meters in front.

Therefore, in actual use, several tanks equipped with night sparrows, accompanied by an owl system, can make them easier in combat.

And now, with this system, they can also advance quickly at night, such as now!

"Attention all teachers, according to the original plan, go forward!" After receiving Guderian's news, Dietrich's voice sounded on the radio and go forward!

The tanks made a rumble sound, and the diesel engine roared. After briefly warming up, the infrared headlights on the top were turned on.