Chapter 121
Guderian, Manstein and others did not stay in Tianjin for long. They were soon taken to the Shuangkou Military Airport in Tianjin.
Shuangkou Military Airport is a first-class military airport.
This type of airport is mainly used for medium-sized aircraft.
For example, medium-sized aircraft such as bandicoot transport aircraft and peacekeeping bombers.
There are also three bandicoot transport aircraft squadrons and one peacekeeping bomber squadron stationed here, with a total of 120 fighter planes.
The level of military airports is mainly divided according to the runway.
For example, for a first-class military airport, the runway is basically two or three kilometers long.
The special military airport is the highest level of military airport, mainly for the takeoff and landing of large aircraft.
For example, the Century Strategic Bomber and the Century Strategic Transporter.
The length of the runway is basically between 3,000 and 5,000 meters.
The reason why they were taken here was that dozens of people in their group were going to Xilingol League in Rehe by military transport aircraft.
Their training ground was there.
As the first batch of officers to come to China, they were also tasked with inspection.
After the death of President Hindenburg next year, the mustache will completely control the power of Germany and become the head of the German Third Reich.
It was also from this year that Germany began to expand its armaments.
This is a huge market, how could Jiang Fan miss it.
Arms are quite profitable.
Whether now or in the future.
Jiang Fan also wants to take this opportunity to reach a deeper level of military and economic cooperation with Germany.
China's industrial development is getting bigger and bigger, and the speed is getting faster and faster.
And the industrial products produced need to be sold to be exchanged for money.
So China also needs the German market.
If 28 China's industrial products can open up the German market.
Then it can be used as a fulcrum to open up the entire Western market.
Although China now has a large population and a large land area.
But the long-term war has left the country devastated, and even the most basic stability cannot be achieved, let alone the market.
So the German market is very critical.
Germany needs economic recovery and technical cooperation.
And now Northeast China has these things, and the two sides will definitely be able to hit it off.
But before that, you also need to show your strength.
Only strength can gain the respect of others, everything else is bullshit.
And now the arrival of Guderian and his group is a good opportunity to show their strength.
Of course, he also knows clearly what to show and what not to show.
When Guderian and his party arrived at Shuangkou Military Airport in a truck and drove into the apron, they were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them.
Dozens of bandicoot transport planes and peacekeeping bombers were neatly placed on the apron. It caused a great visual impact on them.
They have not seen the world or airplanes.
But they have never seen such a big plane.
Although the bandicoot transport plane and the peacekeeping bomber are positioned as medium-sized aircraft in the Red Alert Corps.
But in this era, these two aircraft are absolutely giants.
Not to mention in 1933, even in 1945, they are the largest aircraft.
Take the bandicoot transport plane for example.
The maximum take-off weight exceeds 50 tons, and the full load can reach 18 tons.
This tactical transport aircraft has a fuselage length of 29 meters, a wingspan of 38 meters, and a height of 10.6 meters.
The largest transport aircraft in Germany is the Ju-52 transport aircraft, which was unveiled in 1930, also known as the Junkers Aunt.
This aircraft equipped with three engines has a maximum take-off weight of only 10 tons.
The fuselage length is 18.9 meters, the wingspan is 29 meters, the height is 4.5 meters, and the load capacity is 4.
It is just a small guy in front of the bandicoot transport aircraft.
That's why Guderian, Manstein and others looked like they had never seen the world before, and were shocked.
"Is this the aircraft you used to carry out airborne operations over 2,000 kilometers?"
Guderian asked a Red Alert officer next to him.
He was also a lieutenant colonel who was responsible for receiving and accommodating Guderian and his group.
"That's right, it's this bandicoot transport plane, which is also one of our most advanced transport planes.
You will also take it to Xilingol League later."
The lieutenant colonel spoke in fluent German with a proud tone.
Guderian and Manstein looked at these behemoths with anticipation.
They were even more looking forward to the next journey.
Soon they boarded the cabin of the bandicoot transport plane.
Only when you stand inside the transport plane can you really feel how big it is.
The bandicoot transport plane has a total of four rows of seats, all of which use net bags as seats.
The comfort of military aircraft is definitely not to be mentioned.
But they still feel that everything is so novel.
They are looking around everywhere.
"It seems that the Red Alert Corps is more powerful than I thought.
Such aircraft, let alone us, other countries can't build them either.
No wonder they can build such powerful tanks."
Manstein also nodded, and said in a heavy tone:"It is indeed very strong.
At first, I was actually very resistant to coming here.
In my opinion, this is a backward country with barren land.
Even if they can build the Type 4 tank, it is still very backward.
And now I feel very ashamed of my previous thoughts.
I am now looking forward to the next trip more and more."
Guderian patted him on the shoulder and chuckled,"I feel the same."
The speed of the bandicoot transport plane is not slow. It only takes more than an hour to travel a distance of more than 500 kilometers. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
Xilin Gol League is located in the central and northern part of Rehe Province and belongs to the left and right wing banners of Alhana.
It is less than 100 kilometers away from the Mongolian border.
It also has a vast grassland, which is very suitable for the training of armored forces.
Therefore, Xilin Gol League has also become a large-scale training ground for the Red Alert Corps.
At present, there are three divisions of troops stationed in Xilin Gol League.[]
They are the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the 3rd Army, the 41st Division of the 41st Army, and the 53rd Division of the 19th Army.
The training of the troops here adopts a rotation system, and a group of troops will be replaced every year.
Among them, there must be a pure Red Alert Mechanized Infantry Division or Armored Division.
If they are used as a whetstone, it will be of great benefit to other troops.
The training ground of Xilin Gol League is called the Lijian Synthetic Training Base, located in Zhurihe Town, Xilin Gol League.
This Lijian training base covers a large area of more than 1,000 square kilometers.
Various training venues and facilities are being gradually built and improved.
It is enough to accommodate three divisions of troops to conduct various tactics and tactics here.
The main thing is to train their synthetic coordinated combat tactics.
Synthetic troops are the future development trend of the Red Alert Corps.
The 19th Army and the 41st Army are trained as field armies.
Naturally, they also need to master these latest military concepts and tactics.
The German armored forces will also be trained here.
This is a good opportunity to communicate with foreign troops.
You can also take this opportunity to get familiar with their combat ideas and concepts.
What's more, the leading officers this time are Guderian and Manstein.
Guderian, needless to say, is the founder of blitzkrieg.
Although blitzkrieg is useless after encountering the deep operations of the bear, the power of blitzkrieg cannot be ignored.
For some countries with small international areas, this tactic is absolutely crushing.
And Manstein is also a great man.
Especially his tactical performance can be described as amazing.
All the generals who have fought with him have a very high evaluation of him.
After the war, Manstein did not receive sanctions, but served as a senior general of the West German military.
Both of them are famous generals who performed very well in World War II.
The exchanges between the two sides may collide with different sparks.
And Jiang Fan does not have to be afraid of exposing anything.
Both the Guardian main battle tank and the multi-functional infantry fighting vehicle have appeared on the battlefield on a large scale.
There is no question of confidentiality at all. After the base is upgraded, these equipment must be updated.
What's more, even if they are exposed to these equipment, they cannot be made with their industrial technology.
Cutting-edge weapons and technologies such as MiG jet fighters and radars require absolute secrecy.
They also took a good look at the camp assigned to them that day.
The area of the camp is not small, and it can accommodate 5,000 people.
There are already 850,100 Type 4 tanks parked here.���, and more than 200 off-road vehicles and trucks of various models.
When they saw the neatly arranged Type 4 tanks, they were all shocked by the scene before their eyes.
They had seen with their own eyes how powerful the Type 4G tank was.
But at that time, there was only one.
When a hundred tanks were neatly arranged in front of them, the visual impact was still very great.
"This is our tank......."
Guderian was immediately excited when he saw this scene. He said with great excitement.
Manstein could no longer maintain his usual calmness at this time. His pupils kept flashing, revealing his excitement at the moment.
"Yes, these are our tanks."
Manstein joined the General Staff in 1927 and began to go abroad to learn about the military situation of other countries.
He visited many European countries and visited their armored forces.
In 1930, he went to Russia as an observer and watched the summer exercises held by the Soviet army in the Kharkov region, commanded by Cavalry Marshal Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny.
It was during this period that he gained a lot of experience and information about the armored forces.
It was also because of this that he met Guderian.
He had seen tanks from many countries, but they were much worse than the Type 4G tank. The tanks sold to us were so powerful and advanced. , then their own tanks may be more powerful, I wonder if I can see them.
At this time, Manstein couldn't help but think to himself.
Soon they had this opportunity.
On the second day after they arrived at the Lijian training base.
The 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division was holding a large-scale armored assault exercise.
After Guderian got the news, he hoped to visit the exercise as an observer.
After consulting his superiors, Lijian agreed to their request.
So the group joined the exercise as observers.
This exercise also had a profound impact on the two of them.