As for the rest of the Italian tanks, they were thrown directly into the arsenal. The turret was dismantled and converted into self-propelled guns and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. This batch totaled more than 200 Italian tanks, and the original extremely unreliable Fiat engines were to be replaced. It was converted into a self-propelled gun and an anti-aircraft gun with an engine used in the Soviet-made T-26 tank, and a French 105-mm gun or anti-aircraft weapon.

Yang Zhen always thought that the armor of the Soviets' BT fast tank and T 26 tank was thin enough for the current battlefield. It was only after the arrival of the so-called Italian-made M 11 medium tanks and the L-6 light tank that he discovered that the armor of these Italian tanks was not much different from that of the Japanese Type 94 light tank, which could only be regarded as an armored vehicle at best.

Not to mention the Japanese Army's Type 94 rapid-fire guns and the new Type 1 rapid-fire guns, even the 20mm infantry automatic guns they are equipped with, can easily destroy these tanks. Moreover, these tanks, not to mention the extremely unreliable engines, and the structural limitations of the original design made it impossible to improve these tanks.

The performance of its artillery is also quite poor, not to mention that there are very few shells handed over with the vehicle. Because the turret capacity of these two tanks was limited, the British also had no way to replace the two-pounder guns for them, as the M, XIV tanks did. What artillery was used when it was captured, and what artillery was still used when it was handed over, but there was a shortage of shells for these two tanks.

To put this tank on the battlefield is not a battle, it is simply to die. In desperation, Yang Zhen preferred that there was still a certain shortage of armored troops, waiting for the Soviet trophies, and did not dare to let these Italian tanks go to the battlefield. Instead, it was thrown into the factory, and the M-13 tank was equipped with a 100-mm howitzer and converted into a self-propelled gun, or used as a tank tractor.

The remaining large L-6 light tanks and M-11 tanks were converted into self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons with twin 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns, or twin 23 anti-aircraft guns. But even then, both tanks had to be retrofitted with engines. Otherwise, the extra weight is enough to make these tanks with weak hearts lie down.

These tanks are backward in performance, and there is hardly any room for improvement. made Yang Zhen prefer that his armored forces were temporarily short, and would rather take the risk and wait for the booty provided by the Soviets. They did not dare to put these tanks on the front line as the main tanks, but all of them were changed to support equipment.

However, the Soviets did not let Yang Zhen wait too much time for the tank troops that were missing. As the formation of the Battle of Moscow came to an end, the Soviets, who had already won the victory, began to hand over to the Anti-Japanese Union the German tanks, artillery and other weapons and equipment they had captured during the Battle of Moscow......

I don't know what kind of thoughts these guys have, or if they have already hit the United States to the ground. With the end of the Battle of Moscow, the Soviets handed over captured equipment to the Resistance League with great speed. By the time the campaign entered the final stage of preparations, the incident in which all American equipment was seized by the Soviet side and the turmoil caused by this incident was preceded. The Soviets have fulfilled all the agreements.

Even at the end of December, the final stages of the defense of Moscow were still in the process. The first batch of 150,000 German steel helmets and 160 artillery pieces, as well as some light weapons and ammunition, were already in place one after another. It's just that this batch of artillery is temporarily unusable due to the lack of ammunition.

At the end of January, the battle for Moscow came to an end, and the Soviets, who were busy preparing to continue the counterattack, provided the Anti-Japanese Union with more than 100 German guns of 100 mm caliber, as well as 340 German tanks, as well as a batch of half-track armored personnel carriers and wheeled armored vehicles.

Although this batch of tanks is mainly the No. 3 tank, and even some No. 2 tanks and No. 38T tanks, the number of No. 4 tanks is not large, only less than 100 units. However, Yang Zhen used these German-made tanks to readjust the equipment of the armored forces before the campaign was launched.

The mechanized infantry regiment of the 1st Panzer Division replaced most of the original transport trucks with German-made half-track armored vehicles provided by the Soviets. The Second Panzer Division, which was mainly equipped with British, Italian, and Soviet light tanks, was replaced with all German-made tanks in February.

After this batch of German tanks was in place, two tank regiments under the 2nd Panzer Division, together with the German tanks transferred by the British in the early stage. Each regiment was armed with thirty No. 4 tanks and sixty No. 3 tanks. The BT rapid tanks of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the division were changed to 20 German-made No. 2 tanks, and the BA armored vehicles were changed to German-made wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles. It's just that because of the half-track armored vehicles, the 1st armored division was mainly equipped. There are not many left, and the mechanized infantry regiments of the division still use American-made trucks.

The 2nd Armored Brigade, which had never been fully equipped, received the T26 tanks transferred from the 2nd Division, and realized the full strength of the four battalions. Three separate tank regiments, on the other hand, were armed with part of the 38T tanks and BT fast tanks. As for the Third Armored Brigade, because there was no mission to participate in this battle, Yang Zhen did not rush to change their clothes.

Receiving more than 300 German tanks and a large number of armored vehicles handed over by the Soviets at one time, the troops required for this operation have all been fully established. Still according to the plan, the brigade is ready to be reequipped with American-made tanks.

Although this plan was ultimately failed because the Soviets seized the first batch of tanks supplied by the Americans to the Anti-Japanese Union and diverted them for their own use. But this matter is Yang Zhen, who is still implementing his plan step by step, is far from thinking of it now. He did not expect that the Soviets would really dare to take action regardless of the fact that the two sides had already signed an agreement.

Yang Zhen didn't expect the rest of the thing, but with the arrival of the first batch of tanks provided by the British, as well as the German-style tanks handed over by the Soviets. After his careful adjustment, by the time the campaign was launched, the two armored divisions, two independent armored brigades, and several independent tank battalions and regiments that the Anti-Japanese Union was scheduled to participate in the battle had all reached full capacity. The oil arrives with the replenishment provided by the Americans, which is also enough to support half a year.

Before the campaign was launched, not counting the two tank regiments provided to the advancing army, the number of tanks owned by the entire Anti-Japanese Union had reached thousands, ensuring the speed of the campaign breakthrough in this battle. Although the best medium tank among them was only 200 Soviet-made T-34 tanks and 4-4 tanks, they guaranteed sufficient means of assault.

Not only did the Anti-Japanese Federation rely on the German goods provided by the Soviets to make up for the gap in heavy equipment and replace the old-fashioned equipment that no longer meets the actual needs of the battlefield. Even the advance army in the northeast that was redressed and reorganized was obviously stained. By the time the campaign was launched, all French steel helmets were already used, and the Japanese-style equipment in their hands had also been replaced with German-style equipment.

It's just that the most regrettable thing is that the German artillery supplied by the Soviets could not be put into service in a short time because of the lack of shells. The German-made 105 and 150 howitzers, as well as 75-mm infantry guns and 150-mm heavy infantry guns, were transferred by the Soviets with less than 10,000 shells. Before the Anti-Union itself did not form production, this batch of artillery could not be put into service.

Compared with the rapid replenishment of the army, the adjustment of the combat effectiveness of the air force is unusually slow. The tactical bombers promised by the British had already been transported to Vladivostok, but they were ordered to be transferred to Australia and India. The Anti-United Nations got all the planes, and there were only a few dozen Tiger Moth trainer planes.

And the fighters that the Americans and the British promised to supply, simply released the pigeons. The combat planes promised by the Americans were transferred to the British on the battlefield in North Africa, and the Hurricane fighters promised by the British last year were transferred to the Soviets. At the most critical moment of campaign preparations, the most urgently needed tactical aircraft of the Anti-Japanese Union were not obtained.

Not only did they not get the tactical support planes promised by the United States and Britain, but even their only remaining Su-2 light tactical bomber was forcibly replaced by the Soviets. In other words, in the current battle of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in addition to some American-made A20 attack planes, the only aircraft that could provide tactical support were the more than 100 attack planes converted from French fighters that were captured.

From the arrival of these tanks in the Anti-Japanese Federation, which represented the formal inclusion of the Anti-United Nations in the US "Lend-Lease Act," to the launch of the entire offensive in February '42, all the American and British planes obtained by the Anti-United Nations were only 30 Tiger Moth trainer planes, as well as more than 30 B17 bombers and six B10 bombers from the Philippines after the Pearl Harbor incident.

But isn't it a joke that these two types of aircraft used for strategic bombing are used as tactical support? As for the Tiger Moth training aircraft, it is indeed a primary training aircraft with excellent performance. 100% British pilots grew up on such aircraft. But this is a training aircraft, can it be used as an attack aircraft?

Yang Zhen finally understood why the greedy Soviets did not deduct part of the planes from this batch of planes in accordance with their agreement with the Anti-Japanese Union. Thirty Tiger Moth training planes, if the Soviets also attacked, it would not even be counted as hungry. And for the Soviets, these junior trainers were of no use to them.

As for the American bombers, they flew directly from Southeast Asia through Chongqing to resist the United Nations. There was no way through the USSR at all, and the Soviets did not have this opportunity to do so if they wanted to. Although these B-17 bombers arrived in the northeast intact and carried a large number of spare parts randomly, Yang Zhen was not so bold in using this kind of aircraft for tactical support operations.

For this kind of thing that the United States and Britain have unilaterally breached the contract after the agreement has just been signed, and the handwriting has not been done, Yang Zhen is extremely unhappy. He repeatedly warned Pearson and Brigadier General Ross that he would have to terminate the battle if the tactical planes promised by the United States and Britain could not arrive.

The two disgraced people who were trained by Yang Zhen, although they found countless excuses, Yang Zhen still couldn't accept this kind of tripartite partnership to calculate his own affairs. The British got the equipment they wanted, and the Soviets got the equipment they didn't like, but it was better than nothing. It was the turn of the Anti-Union here, but it was empty-handed.

This kind of bow has been fully drawn on your side, but the other side tells you that you are embarrassed, and the arrows I promised to give you were temporarily transferred to others because of the needs of others, and it is not good for anyone to return them. Pearson and Rose were also embarrassed by this situation. It's just that they can't do this kind of thing.

For these two people, they only have the right to supervise and not to decide. All the rights are on top, and whether the above all abide by the agreement or not, this is something they can't decide. And for both of them, their respective superiors have reasons to release pigeons, and both have good reasons. At least in the eyes of their superiors, quite adequate.

It's just that they can't decide who exactly to give the aid to, and in which direction. But this scapegoat can only be borne by them. In desperation, these two unlucky guys could only be cheeky, sitting in Yang Zhen's headquarters urging the Anti-Japanese Federation to take action, while facing Yang Zhen's white eyes.