flstandardbreds Chapter 118 Assemble! Brittany!
Chapter 118 Assemble! Brittany!
Brittany's border with the south doesn't actually have any ideal terrain; apart from the vast forests of the Aiden Forest, there's nothing else. It was only after Brittany became a republic and accepted the conditions from the north that Ekevich moved his troops to the Brittany front.
But when the legions from the capital arrived in Aiden Forest in a sparse manner, they found that the Britannian Republican Army and the Amerlanse Army had already built up complete field fortifications in the forest. Neither side had any desire to attack, so they simply remained in a stalemate in the Aiden Forest area.
In Brittany, the majority of the Breton Republican Army was equipped with flintlock rifles and had not received modern training. Meanwhile, the Emeransi naval infantry, which were equipped with breech-loading rifles, consisted of only three battalions and were not equipped with Carcano rifles. A large number of Sharps breech-loading rifles were still in service on the front lines.
However, starting in late 655, both sides began preparing for war. Three Amerlane Army field infantry divisions, transported by sea, brought a large number of soldiers equipped with Carcano rifles, M65 field uniforms, and M35 steel helmets, as well as Maxim guns, 75mm rapid-fire artillery, trucks, and 81mm mortars.
They also brought replacement equipment for the Marines, including corresponding uniforms, gear, and rifles. The old equipment that was replaced was transferred to the Brittany Republican Army, including 12-pound Napoleon cannons.
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Farouk held the "camel" in his mouth, watching the rows upon rows of soldiers in olive-green uniforms. The uniformity and the forest-like ranks greatly impressed him. Although the new uniforms were not flashy, they still had a unique beauty. The subsequent roar drew his attention away from the soldiers. On the main road, a line of trucks painted olive-green with white stripes sped past, some carrying artillery, others carrying people. These trucks were different from the old ones; their rims were wider, and they were faster.
A tricolor flag fluttered on the truck. The military reorganization of Amelia in late 655 stipulated a theater system for the Amelia National Armed Forces: the North and Red Collar were designated the Northern Theater; Trian, Hesse, Hiratte, and the Ruhr were designated the Central Theater; Lorraine, Savoy (controlled in the south), and the semi-independent Kingdom of Burgundy were designated the Eastern Theater; Brittany, Calamundi, and Roivatu were designated the Western Theater; and the Imperial City, Vichy, Provence, and Auvers-sur-Oise were designated the Southern Theater.
The official names of the armed forces in Amelia are the Amelia Army, Amelia Aerospace Force, Amelia Navy, Amelia General Logistics Support Force, Amelia Mobilized Militia, and Amelia Coast Guard.
The standard military flags of each unit have been changed from the original red flags to tricolor flags. The unit number is indicated in gold lettering on the tricolor flag. Each service branch has its own military emblem. Each theater command and each unit can design its own unique logo, but the logo must include the military emblem of the respective service branch.
Against this backdrop, the Western Theater Command of the Amelan Front, based in the port city of Caro, Brittany, received a large amount of resources. Due to the unique naval port of Caro Bay, the Western Theater Command naturally also housed the navy. In the entire defense system, it is currently the second most important theater command, so it was given priority in equipment replacement. The various units were also reorganized into army groups, and the Western Theater Command now has the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Armies, as well as the planned 3rd Tactical Air Wing and 5th Strategic Air Wing. However, the I-153 fighter jets can only be prioritized for the Central Theater Command, so the air force is still only on paper.
Troops disembarked from the Gulf of Caro. Britannia's infrastructure was not as good as that of the mainland territory ruled by Amerinsia. There were no cement or asphalt roads, let alone railway transportation. Trucks kicked up dust on the dirt roads. After the rainy season, Britannia entered a relatively dry autumn. Soldiers took out their matching towels or scarves and covered their faces to keep the dust from getting into their mouths and noses.
Gathering forces in the Brittany region is a priority strategy, since Brittany is like a dagger piercing deep into the southern rebels. Heading north, once they break through Calais, they can join forces with allies in Hesse. Heading east, if they break through the Roivatu province, they can reach the imperial capital directly.
Everyone knows that Brittany is the key to the entire battle, as is Ekevich. For this reason, he spared no effort to transfer several regiments from the Church's front lines, a total of 600,000 men, to the Brittany side, while Amelansi, even with three army groups, only had about 400,000 men in total.
But these 400,000 men were equivalent to a million. Farouk, as the commander-in-chief and marshal of the Britannian Republican Army, saw the steel monsters rolling behind the trucks. These monsters had four large wheels and two smaller wheels with iron bands around them. The riveted body indicated that its exterior was made entirely of steel. On the tank, there was also a small square turret with a 75mm cannon protruding.
As the king of land warfare, the tank has always been something Alice dreams of. Day and night, she fantasizes about driving a tank and personally destroying the church's sacred image. But Amelia's tank industry first developed tractors, and the three pillars of the automobile industry not only produced cars but also continued to produce tractors.
By 655, when the national industrial development plan was underway, Alice found herself able to focus on developing tanks for the army. As a time traveler from the 21st century, she rejected the so-called "infantry tank" and "cruiser tank," and her proposed solutions were "lightweight universal chassis," "main battle vehicle universal chassis," and "self-propelled firepower universal chassis."
This means developing combat vehicles based on the chassis platform, rather than directly designing the original vehicle.
The first tank was neither the British Big Mark, nor the T-34 or Panzer IV; Alice chose a better design—the LTvz-38, which had a more familiar name—the 38T light tank.
This tank weighs nine tons, has a four-man crew, and is 4.61m long, 2.14m wide, and 2.25m high. In the eyes of the entire Amerlane Industrial Group, the biggest obstacle comes from the 125hp six-cylinder liquid-cooled gasoline engine. The version produced by Amerlane has a 10% power loss compared to the original, which reduces its range to 220 kilometers and its maximum speed to only 38 km/h.
而原版采用的37毫米坦克炮也在爱丽丝的干预下换成了以75毫米速射榴弹炮改造的M1式75毫米L31，也就是31倍径（2,325毫米）的坦克炮，而同轴机枪也被换成了7.62口径的，由特里安兵工厂制造的M1919型气冷式机枪。
To accommodate the M1 tank gun, the turret of the 38T manufactured by Amerlane was lengthened by 100cm, and the number of shells it could hold was also greatly reduced. However, these issues were completely unimportant in the current situation, since the opponent, the Southern rebels, was an agricultural country.