Secret.

The latest data on the German tank No. 5.

General statistics on German logistical supplies.

These words made the Allied intelligence services, who were in Europe trembling and trembling by the combined attack of the Gestapo and well-fed and clothed local residents, take great pains to transmit this information back quickly.

Even at the expense of exposure.

Only an hour later, this information was placed on Qiu Fatzi's desk.

Meantime.

It also appeared in the president's office at the White House in the United States.

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"Up to 250 vehicles per month."

"At the moment only 1,100 vehicles are equipped."

Looking at the information in his hand, Qiu Fatzi breathed a sigh of relief.

The performance of the new No. 5 tank has already been seen at the front.

The process is terrifying.

That was half a month ago, when an elite reconnaissance detachment of twelve Sherman tanks ran into two German tanks in a rural village as they weaved along a low valley.

One is the new No. 4 tank, which entered service last June.

One is the new No. 5 tank, which entered service in June of this year.

The Germans were suspected to have also been a reconnaissance detachment, but their forces were scattered.

The distance between the two sides is five hundred meters.

The German Qiu Fatzi did not know, but the reconnaissance detachments of the Allied forces were all composed of elite troops, who had been on the front line for a long time and had rich combat experience, and a large part of them survived the battlefield of Cherbourg.

As soon as they made contact, the German tank No. 4 was destroyed without even reacting.

And it's a frontal wreck.

The M176 tank gun of the new Sherman tank can penetrate 130 mm of armor at a distance of 500 meters, while the front of the new German No. 4 is only equivalent to 100 mm, and even if sandbags and other coverings are added, there is no resistance.

But the No. 5 tank was also caught off guard and hit the front, but unlike the No. 4 tank, the No. 5 was unscathed and retreated out of the encirclement at high speed, demonstrating super high mobility.

Then, to everyone's surprise, the No. 5 tank did not retreat, but took advantage of the terrain to engage the reconnaissance detachment.

One against twelve.

The battle lasted for an hour, and the detailed description was extremely complicated, as many as one hundred or dozens of pages, Qiu Fatzi didn't read it carefully, the main thing was trouble, but he remembered the result very clearly.

When Allied reinforcements arrived, the Germans were forced to retreat, leaving only one moving Sherman tank on the battlefield.

The No. 5 tank withdrew from the battlefield with a full body of potholes left by shells.

According to the final summary report, compared with the previous No. 5 tank, the new No. 5 tank has a comprehensive and qualitative absolute improvement.

It is more mobile, the cross-country speed is much faster than that of the Sherman, the armor is thicker, the M1 Type 76 gun cannot penetrate the frontal armor within a hundred meters, although the gun has not changed, but the power is completely overflowing, and the distance of two thousand meters can pass through the Sherman from all angles.

This contact battle directly caused the Americans to stop all the old Sherman orders and switch all to the Firefly, but it is also unknown whether the Firefly can penetrate the new No. 5 tank.

Therefore, it has also accelerated the development and service process of new tanks.

If the Germans all replaced with such tanks, it would be a disaster for the European war.

Although there are 1,100 vehicles, the monthly production capacity of 250 vehicles, although it is still a lot, can greatly affect the war.

However, in a big war involving tens of millions of troops and more than 30,000 tanks, the impact is not decisive, and with the current strength advantage of the Allied forces, it can be dealt with.

It's nothing more than paying a little more.

A few casualties among soldiers, some losses in equipment.

The United States of America, as a populous country and the world's largest industrial power, has lost a lot of troops, although the British Empire has a small population, but it has many colonies and federal dominions, and it can afford to lose troops.

As for the money, there is a selling point island.

"Give me contact the people of the Republic of China."

Thinking of the Germans' new No. 5 tank, Qiu Fatzi suddenly thought of a problem, although it was cheap to buy tanks from the Republic of China, but the kind of Sherman territory, the performance of the stitched tanks of the Germans No. 4 tank was somewhat insufficient.

At a minimum, a more powerful gun is required.

For example, their own 17-pounder guns.

Just as Qiu Fatzi's secretary went to contact and make a request, a high-level government official rushed in in a hurry:

"Prime Minister, something urgent has happened in Oshu."

"Urgent?"

Qiu Fatzi was stunned.

Calculating the time, the Grand Fleet of the United States has not yet arrived, it is still far away, the second batch has just arrived on the east coast, and it will take at least twenty days to reach the western Pacific.

In addition, Ozhou is still a big deal, only the 10,000 army units concentrated to encircle and suppress the battle of the miners' self-defense force, if this force is defeated, it is also a big deal, there is support from the other side, even if the troops are not sent to directly participate in the battle, Qiu Fatzi estimates in his heart that defeat is inevitable.

can defeat the little devils in an all-round way, and even split and dissolve the so-called locusts army,

But it's still far from the time.

Could it be that some kind of protests have broken out in the country? Or a change in the situation at the top of the country? Or is it a mass rally of miners?

"What's the matter?"

Qiu Fatzi asked.

"They... Bombed Shiri... A plane was sent. ”

The tone of the top government is a bit stuck, and the organizational language has lost its logic.

"Bombing Shiri?!"

Hearing the previous sentence, Qiu Fatzi's fat body trembled.

Although it is not the capital of Austria, it is also the most important city in Austria, with the largest population, the most developed economy, and the most famous in the world, and Austria is one of the members of the Allied Forces, a direct ally of Britain and the United States, with nearly 900,000 troops fighting in Europe.

This is almost equivalent to a direct declaration of war on Austria,

It is also tantamount to a direct declaration of war with Britain and the United States.

Ruthless enough.

It has the style of the British Empire at its peak.

But Qiu Fatzi was shocked and emotional, and while he was nostalgic, it also made him more worried about the situation, and this kind of direct declaration of war would make the situation in the southwest and Pacific completely out of control.

With nine million tons of bombs down, the British Empire has already recognized the reality.

In his view, although this act is a declaration of war, it is just a bombing of allies, and it is not his own airspace, Austria's strength is just like that, its industrial capacity is not good, and the 900,000 troops are a trouble, but it is not big, as long as the two sides of China and Austria mediate well, find a scapegoat, cover up the truth, give each other a step, and appease their own people and army, there will be no big problem.

A handshake is fine.

Even if an uncontrollable conflict breaks out between the two sides, the British Empire will honestly watch the show, only with any ally, sorry, the Republic of China is also an ally, and the military alliance is only against Germany.

But the Americans will not agree, they will definitely arch the fire.

Now that the new intelligence shows that the Germans are not as strong as expected, the situation in Europe is far less serious, and the pressure on the cripple has decreased a lot, and without the pressure from Europe, the United States will definitely not retreat honestly.

The people of the Republic of China dare to bomb directly, and they are obviously not a master who can be cowardly.

Conflict between the two sides is inevitable.

"There's only one..."

Hearing that there was only one bomber in the back, Qiu Fatzi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

A bomber, even if it is a ten-round bomber like theirs, carries a maximum of thirteen or fourteen tons of bombs at a distance of a few miles, the scale is very small, the damage is not great, and if you really want to do it, it is impossible to use only one plane.

It seems that the people of the Republic of China don't seem to want to make a big deal out of it.

Thinking about it carefully, Qiu Fatzi suddenly felt normal.

With a population of more than 400 million, the Republic of China has the largest population in the world, plus weapons and equipment from unknown sources, industrial products, various basic resources, fuels, etc., it is really a top industrial power.

However, human resources are not abundant, and now the army needs a large number of knowledgeable personnel, which is exactly what the people of the Republic of China seriously lack. Otherwise, it would not have asked the British Empire for skilled workers.

Its domestic production and construction are also mainly engaged in production, and it will not really have a large-scale conflict with the Americans at this time.

"Next time, I'll finish it all at once."

Qiu Fatzi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and glanced at the high-level government officials he had personally selected with dissatisfaction.

It's all about words, is this what a senior cabinet member should look like? Isn't it time for a change? Let the capable come up? This is the most difficult time for the British Empire.

"Yes."

The top government officials who reported took a hard breath and paused for a moment before continuing:

"The Austrian Prime Minister also died in this bombing, according to the detailed report, they used precision bombing, and three bombshells at the same time, accurately fell into the restaurant where the Austrian Prime Minister and a number of Austrian business elites were located."

"Everyone died on the spot, and the hotel collapsed."

"And the vast majority of these dead business elites were involved in transporting supplies to the Japanese in the subcontinent."

After saying it in one breath, this cabinet member, the top level of the government, looked at his prime minister, and then realized that

His own prime minister was already stunned, the teacup in his hand had fallen to the ground, wet his suit and tie, but he didn't hear a sound because of the carpet.

High-quality carpets have excellent shock absorption.

"Sure... Is it? ”

This news made Qiu Fatzi's tone tremble.

"Sure."

The cabinet member wiped his forehead as well.

"What to do!"

A drop of cold sweat dripped from Qiu Fatzi's forehead.

The Austrian prime minister was bombed and killed, and the top level of the domestic business and political circles was put to a damn, which is much more serious than sending 100 bombers to carry out the bombing.

This means that Ao must be fighting with them endlessly. Those Austrian generals and troops in Europe will definitely not give up, and the rest of Austria's domestic political and business circles will also fight to the death.

Luo Cripple must fully support Austria, and if they dare to directly blow up Prime Minister Austria, they must also be ready for a direct conflict, and this big war is inevitable.

Sandwiched between the two backstages, even Qiu Fatzi's old rivers and lakes were chaotic for a while.

Once a large-scale conflict breaks out between the United States and them, with the strength of both sides, the subsequent situation will inevitably be uncontrollable, and a protracted war of attrition will be inevitable, and at that time, the British Empire will inevitably be the most injured.

Whether it is the United States or the Republic of China, the resources invested in Europe will be greatly reduced.

Then, on the contrary, the British Empire suffered the most serious damage.

To make matters worse, there will be a huge push within the British Empire to express his anger and force the British Empire to participate in the conflict.

"Damn the Republic of China!"

Qiu Fatzi scolded fiercely.

Although transporting weapons and equipment to the little devils is very excessive, and it is no different from declaring war, haven't you pushed the miners' self-defense forces back with revenge? If you are really not satisfied, you can sink a few more Austrian warships, or strengthen the Miners' Self-Defense Force, and occupy a large area of territory.

How did you blow up the Austrian Prime Minister?

It's really a bit excessive.

"Are we going to join the Americans in condemning them this time?"

A cabinet member on the side chimed in.

"This time, they went too far..."

Qiu Fatzi exhaled fiercely.

Austria is a member of the British Commonwealth, and his strength is also good, and he is very hard at the British Empire, and it is too much to kill the prime minister by precision bombing. Suddenly, a secretary ran in:

"The Republic of China has called back, and the latest new tanks equipped with 17-pounder tank guns have been loaded on the ship, and the first batch has 1,200 units, as well as 200,000 tons of fuel, 200,000 tons of grain and other materials, which have been transported together."

"Three and a half million dollars in labor fees have also been paid, including 100 tons of gold."

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Qiu Fatzi's unfinished words suddenly stuck with the master, and then he pondered for a moment, and his tone changed:

"But this is a matter between Austria and the Republic of China, and Austria is also at fault first."

"Since the signing of the Westminster Law Act in '31, Austria has been an independent country, and it is not appropriate for us to participate in this matter, and it should be resolved by both sides."

"The British Empire can intervene."

$350 million, including 100 tons of gold, plus 1,200 tanks, 200,000 tons of fuel, 200,000 tons of grain... Enough to gag the mouths of everyone in the country.