Munitions Empire

Logically speaking, a tank more than a kilometer away would not appear large in a gunsight, and hitting a target at a distance of 1500 meters would mostly be down to luck, like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse.

But even if it's a blind cat, it still has to be a cat. The fact that Dahua's military tanks could be destroyed from such a long distance indicated firstly that Tang Army's tank guns really could hit that far and that hard, and secondly, that Tang Army's sighting equipment could see and aim that far!

"That far? No wonder our tank troops are suffering increasing losses." Therefore, when General Feng Kezhi heard what the officer had reported, he immediately furrowed his brows.

He already had a limited number of tanks, many of which had earlier been sent to support Qian Jinhang in the attack on Xicong. Now, facing a tougher opponent, he had to be even more cautious.

"General! General! The latest news! The newest intelligence!" At that moment, an officer responsible for listening to Tang Army broadcasts came in, shouting as soon as he entered the door.

"Speak!" General Feng Kezhi looked at him and commanded.

"The enemy admitted the existence of this new type of tank in their broadcast and referred to this new model as the Panther Tank!" The officer, as if having found a treasure, proudly announced the name of the Panther Tank. It seemed Tang Army did not mind showing off their new weaponry.

"Panther Tank?" After hearing this name, General Feng Kezhi seemed to think of something unpleasant, his expression grew much more somber.

"Panther Tank!" The officer nodded, certain he hadn't misheard, and the Tang Army had considerately repeated it many times over.

The broadcast claimed that this new type of tank was invincible on the battlefield, forcing Dahua's military to flee at the sight of it, and suggesting that Fengjiang was about to fall into the hands of the Tang Army.

Clearly, there was quite a bit of exaggeration in this report. At least the Dahua officers in Fengjiang were aware that there was still a distance to the front line, and Tang Army had not advanced to the outskirts of Fengjiang as they claimed in their broadcast.

Finally, as if he had remembered something upon hearing the name for the first time, General Feng Kezhi had an epiphany: No wonder the enemy's armored reconnaissance vehicles are called "Lion," the naming convention had changed.

The new armored reconnaissance vehicles were designed to support this new model of tanks, which is why they were equipped with firepower systems nearly equivalent to the No. 4 tanks.

It appeared that Tang Army planned to switch to this new type of tank en masse in the future, which also suggested that the No. 4 tanks they were previously catching up to were being phased out by Tang Army.

In fact, that was indeed the case. Tang Army was accelerating the mass production of their own Panther Tanks and was also providing more new types of ammunition for the Panther Tanks.

The long-barrel 75mm caliber guns were extremely powerful, and functionally, they were much better than the short-barrel 75mm caliber guns.

For the time being, it seemed unlikely that any nation in the world could produce a tank better than the Panther Tank anytime soon, so Tang Army could comfortably manufacture more of these tanks for their own use.

Of course, all this was unknown to General Feng Kezhi, who was currently considering how to build more anti-tank ditches, to make the defense lines in the south more secure.

Since the Tang Army's new tanks were advancing from the south to the north, they would certainly appear first in the south of Fengjiang.

The Dahua Empire was not entirely unprepared either; the Qin Army had arrived at the front lines, bringing more anti-aircraft guns and heavy artillery, which greatly strengthened the defensive forces in the direction of Fengjiang.

As long as they could hold Fengjiang, then the losses the Dahua Empire had suffered and the impact caused would be negated. The situation would stabilize, and the Dahua Empire would have a chance to catch its breath!

That was the opportunity General Feng Kezhi was striving for!

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