. "Hongying No. 2, Redying No. 2, have you found anything?"

"Not yet! Everything is normal here on my side, where are you?"

"Same!"

"Fly for another 10 minutes to return! Fly for another 10 minutes to return!"

"clear!"

Two silver-gray war eagles whizzed by at a low altitude, and the dark and round bombs under the belly of the machine could be seen on the ground.

Just in the woods they had just flew past, a pair of alert eyes finally moved their eyes to another place.

"Sleep during the day and move at night. Are we mice? Oh, poor mice!"

The Russian soldiers sitting under the tree were filled with disappointment and helplessness. They were wearing yellow military uniforms, but they had no backpacks, and guns next to them. They had a very strange leather felt hat in their hands, without brims and edges, which seemed to be more like to protect their heads from impact.

At this moment, a low voice came from behind a big tree not far from the Russian soldier. After listening carefully, it was the two of them talking in Japanese:

"Aoyama-kun, what are they talking about?"

"He felt very depressed. He could not march openly and wanted to hide like a mouse!"

"Idiot, isn't marching under the noses of German fighters and bombers seeking death?"

"What the Grandpa said is that there seems to be no suspense in this battlefield, the terrible Germans!"

"No, the war cannot end like this. The Germans must pay the price in Russia, preferably with great damage to their vitality, so that they will not have the time to interfere with the Great East Asian strategy of our Great Japanese Empire!"

"How long does it take for the Grandpa to defeat the Chinese army? Half a year or a year?"

"Oh no no no no, three months, up to three months!"

"But our army and navy fought in Australia for more than a year..."

"Aoyama, please don't confuse the Australians and the Chinese! Most of the Australians are descendants of the British, and they received strong assistance from the British in the war. The war lasted for so long, but it was just a stubborn resistance! With the strong strength of our Great Japanese Empire's Army and Navy, that war was destined to be the result from the beginning!"

"The Grandpa thinks the same is true for the Chinese War?"

"Of course, as long as the damn Germans don't interfere. Aoyama-kun, believe me, three months of the Imperial Army is enough to occupy the entire Chinana!"

When a low buzzing sound came from the air, the sound of Japanese conversation stopped abruptly. Not only this sound, but only the sound of the wind could be heard in the whole forest. After a while, two silver-gray fighter jets flew past the woods again. Then they flew farther and farther and completely disappeared.

Two people came out from behind the big tree, two people who were very shorter than the Russians, one had two pieces of horizontal flesh on his face and looked very unkind, the other was a little taller than him, with a long and thin face, and wearing round-frame glasses that were very incompatible with his face.

"Qingshanjun, the fierce battle is coming soon, I wish you good luck!" The guy with a slim face was speaking.

"Master Akishi..." He stood attentively and bowed with emotion. "Zhu Jun brings glory to the empire in this European land!"

The man with a straight flesh was Major Akashi in his mouth. He also bowed back with a sword holding the waist.

Not far behind the two, there was a big guy covering the upper half with branches and leaves. From here, you could see the dark tracks in the lower half. Looking around, there were many such things in the air, which were painted with the Russian Army logo, but this did not prevent them from having a "heart" of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

All the tanks in the so-called 4th Russian Independent Tank Brigade were assembled at the Far East Sea Cucumber Heavy Machinery Factory. The machinery factory, established in 1927, was actually a secret cooperation project between Russia and Japan, that is, Russia and Japan jointly funded. The Japanese side provided technicians, drawings, engines, artillery and armored steel plates. The main materials were transported from Japan and then assembled by Russian workers. The tank ownership belonged to Russia. However, the production technology belonged to Japan. In addition, the Japanese Army also sent a group of "volunteers" to drive some of the tanks. After the outbreak of the German-Russian War, these people were transferred to the front line with the Russian army. Major Akashi was the commander of these Japanese "volunteers".

As the sunset approached, the hot summer craze finally faded away. Standing under the shade of the trees, the wind blowing by the side gradually returned to the coolness of the morning. After a comfortable afternoon, more people walked in the woods. After dinner time, people took out the dry food from their backpacks and ate it in cold water. The two Japanese were no exception. They sat around with other similar people who were as short as each other, and the number was as large as fifty. These people ate not only bread, dry buns and other Russian military foods, but also some canned meat brought from their own country. Although it was not heated, the faint smell of oil still attracted many Russian soldiers.

But the Japanese didn't care about so much, they ate each one with a delicious meal. A low-level soldier looked like a big kettle and poured "water" to the officers one by one. The fragrance of sake drifted away with the wind, and the Russian soldiers couldn't help but salivate.

However, a galloping sound of horse hooves disturbed the delicious meals of these people. A Cossack, a white horse, ran from outside the woods with a nervous expression, and finally turned over and dismounted, causing everyone around to gather there.

Half a minute later, a Russian bearded man in a major general's uniform walked out of the camp, looked around and whispered to the adjutant who was waiting for his job. The adjutant nodded and shouted:

"Get together and prepare for the battle!"

After learning from his companions about the Russians' meaning, the Akashi Akashi, who had two pieces of horizontal meat, threw down the bread in his hand and stood up, pulled out the battle knife, and said a long time ago, then rushed to a "big haystack" not far away, climbed up like a monkey, lifted the branches covered on it, opened an iron lid, and stumbled in. After a while, a burst of clear smoke was sprayed out from the "haystack", and then began to move. After the branches and leaves fell, what was displayed in front of people was a tracked war chariot about the size of an ordinary truck. Although the details were very different from German tanks, it was obvious that it was obvious that it was a tracked tank that was about the size of an ordinary truck.

The designer's ideas were largely influenced by the German Stone Series tanks and the American Christie Series tanks. The small and round and high double-person turret has a moderate barrel diameter and a moderate length, but the distance from the bottom to the ground is significantly higher. This design is conducive to off-road marching, but the biggest disadvantage is that it increases the overall height of the tank. The height of 2.6 meters is almost the same as that of the German IV tank. However, this medium-sized tank named "Type 86" is only 15 tons, which is 8 tons less than the German IV tank and nearly 3 tons less than the German IV tank currently used.

Seeing that his leader was moving quickly, the Japanese soldiers who had just surrounded him were not willing to fall behind. They rushed towards their tanks one by one. There was no need to say that they could clean up the remaining food on the ground, and the cans in Japanese were discarded under the big tree.

Not long after, the 4th Russian Independent Tank Brigade, commanded by General Nikita, was ready to set off. At this time, the sun had just set and the light was gradually weakening, the Russians who suffered from the Luftwaffe still patiently waited for it to get completely dark before driving the tanks out of the woods one by one.

About 10 kilometers south of this woods, an armored advance force affiliated to the German Central Cluster was planning to quickly intersperse from the west to the rear of Smolensk to cut off the rear of the Russian 5th Army. In Riga, Brest, Kirchnau and Kiev, the German troops used this kind of rapid interspersion tactic with armored troops as the vanguard. They also won one encirclement and annihilation battle after another. Only the Russian defenders in Minsk slipped faster, causing the German northern cluster to pounce there.

After dark, the Luftwaffe's aerial reconnaissance and cover were greatly weakened. In this case, Colonel Waltermodel cautiously ordered his troops to slow down slightly and advance in combat formations - a tank battalion with 25 tanks and 15 assault guns was located at the forefront of the troops, two armored combat battalions and four tank companies were mixed in the middle, followed by a motorized infantry regiment, a mechanized infantry regiment with trucks and a logistics truck loading, and at the end was still a standard tank battalion.

Born in 1891 in Waltermodel, Kenthindi, East Prussia, there was a father who served as the commander of the Royal Prussian band. In 1909, after graduating from high school, Mödel joined the army and was assigned to the famous East Prussian Army. He participated in the 1914 World War with the rank of lieutenant. He was injured twice during the war and was promoted to an army captain by the end of the war. He then continued to serve in the 8th German Army, successively serving as infantry battalion commander and mechanized infantry regiment commander. In 1923, he was transferred to the 2nd Armored Army of the German Armored Cluster as chief of staff. In 1924, he was promoted to the colonel of the armored troops and served as a brigade commander of the 2nd Armored Division of the Armored Army.

As a German officer who experienced the Battle of Biavistock in 1914, Model would not forget the amazing actions of the Russians to avoid the long-distance attack on Kimon by the Luftwaffe reconnaissance, nor by the tragedy of the Wolbeck division losing tens of thousands of people in one day. No one could deny the role of reconnaissance aircraft in the war, but if they rely too much on these high-tech weapons, Kimon and Wolbeck divisions were the best lessons.

Good vigilance saved this German armored force from a disaster, 15 kilometers northwest of Smolensk, the Russian tank brigade, who was ready for ambush, met its own target, the German rapid armored brigade, who was still confused about the enemy.

At almost the same time, hundreds of Russian tank guns smashed all 47mm, 57mm and 75mm armor-piercing shells at the German tank battalion at the forefront. It can be said that the lesson of the German-US war finally gave the Japanese many important tips. The demise of the US armored forces allowed them to see the strength of German tank firepower and protection. Therefore, the Japanese government commissioned Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fujita Weapon Research Institute to develop tanks and anti-tank weapons that can compete with German main tanks in firepower and defense. With limited funding, Fujita Weapon Research Institute developed 47mm guns with a diameter of 40, 57mm guns with a diameter of 38, and 35 times the diameter of 35 times the diameter of 47mm guns with a diameter of 38, and 57mm guns with a diameter of 35 times the diameter of 35 times the diameter of 40.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries also used the original aero-gasoline engine to improve it into a 200-horsepower tank engine. The main body of the tank was also designed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries designers. A turret with 30mm front armor is located on the right side of the longitudinal center of the vehicle body. It is divided into a type A equipped with 57mm guns and a type B equipped with 75mm guns. The type A can penetrate 50mm thick steel armor at a distance of 1,000 meters, and the type B can penetrate 80mm thick steel armor at the same distance. Of course, these data were obtained during the test of the steel armor of Japan, and the inferior quality of Japan's armor is a recognized fact.

Regardless of the performance of the weapons of both sides, the first collision between the main tanks of Japan and Germany happened like this! The Russian army's first round of artillery fire at a distance of 800 meters was very loud. Although the light was not very good, dense shells still landed near the highway. The German tanks and assault guns that were traveling along the highway ate some shells on the spot. At the first moment, a tank iii was penetrated through the body of the vehicle by the Russian army's 75mm armor-piercing projectiles. The chain explosion turned 70% of the new tanks into a ball of fire. The other iii, who was walking in the front, was not in good condition. After the tracks were blown up, they had to open fire on the hidden positions of the Russian tanks, but they were completely destroyed by the opponent's powerful firepower in a short while.

In contrast, the IV tanks with thick armor suffered slightly less losses in the enemy's first wave of attacks. Only two of them were broken with tracks, and the rest left the road and retreated while shooting. More than a dozen assault guns were originally low in the car body, and behind the Iiii and IV tanks, so most of them were safe in the first wave of artillery fire of the Russian army, but the commanders did not dare to neglect at all. They braked, turned left, reversed, and pushed one by one into the fields on the other side of the road.

After being hit by this sudden blow, Model's heart skipped a beat. Seeing that his vanguard troops suffered a considerable loss under the fierce artillery fire of the Russian army, he immediately ordered:

"Tank 1 Battalion, each vehicle keeps its front facing the enemy and retreats in an orderly manner in reverse gear! Tank 2 Battalion quickly leaves the highway and enters the left wilderness area. The soldiers of the armored combat regiment and the mechanized infantry regiment immediately get off the car and disperse! The 3rd Tank Battalion disperses in a combat formation, pay attention to protecting the rear of the convoy! The communications soldiers will report to the military headquarters!"
Chapter completed!