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The military train from the Soviet Union was traveling very fast, and there was an urgent need to deliver the first batch of 64 tanks to Ding Wei.

This batch is genuine, all of them are brand new T34/85 models. The tanks look majestic and the turrets are particularly prominent.

The train arrived at Zhou Weiguo's defense zone and was stopped according to standard inspection procedures. This first batch of tanks was also used in his armored corps.

Ding Wei originally gave him 300 T34s. Although they did not participate in the offensive battle, dozens of them were scrapped during daily training.

This batch of tanks can be used as substitutes to supplement its armor capabilities and provide a few heavy tanks as the finale.

Zhou Weiguo is still quite cautious and doesn't trust the Russians.

At that time, I asked my brothers to take crowbars and hit the armor hard twice.

After scratching the paint on the outside, check if there is rust inside.

"Everything, wipe it all off and see if it's a refurbished tank."

Lieutenant Colonel Alamovich, the bear in charge of rhyming, was very disdainful and said in his stilted Chinese: "General, you are questioning our friendship. You can't treat your friends with inferior goods."

Zhou Weiguo chuckled and expressed his views in fluent Russian.

"It's not that I don't trust my friends, but I've been hurt by them."

"Many of the tanks we received last time were second-hand and refurbished. I'm afraid Lieutenant Colonel Aramovich is not aware of this. Do you want me to take them out so that we can have a look?"

Hearing this, the other party became obedient.

What is it that has to pull out your face and slap it hard twice before it feels better?

"Why are you still standing there? Paint the engine, armor, and upper front for me. Let's see how they look."

“It’s fair and square to spend money to inspect the goods.”

The last sentence was deliberately said in Russian. Zhou Weiguo is also good at disgusting people, and his level of sarcasm is improving very quickly.

There is no other way. If you guard the border area every day, you will always suffer losses if you don't know how to be weird.

Commander Ding has clearly issued an order: no matter what method you use, you are not allowed to suffer any loss, and soldiers are supposed to take advantage.

Gain the advantage on the battlefield and in any dispute.

Killing one is no loss, killing two is a profit.

After quickly receiving the first batch of brand new medium tanks, Zhou Weiguo kept Lieutenant Colonel Aramovich in the army on the grounds of following procedures.

A very rich reception with wine and meat was prepared, and someone even made chicken stewed with mushrooms.

"Good friends, come on, come on, try our local specialties."

At first, the lieutenant colonel was still holding his mouth shut, but after taking a few bites, he just wanted to say one thing: it’s so delicious.

Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but leave confusion on the head.

I was so drunk that I fell asleep that day.

After a delay of three or five days, Ding Wei finally took the order seriously and considered paying the deposit.

After confirming the transportation plan for the next 200-plus tanks, we readily paid a 10% deposit.

According to the conversion ratio, 2500 million rubles is equivalent to 625 million US dollars.

Mr. Ding did not hesitate at all.

Tanks are still good things even if they are outdated and can no longer be used as main battle tanks.

Still has an advantage against light infantry.

What is the situation in the country? The Japanese treat their tanks as treasures, let alone the T34.

In the plains, in areas with good visibility.

One T34 is enough to pose a threat to infantry regiments without heavy firepower.

If this regiment only has rocket launchers, mortars, light and heavy machine guns.

I believe there is no good way to deal with armored medium tanks.

It can fire from a distance of 1000 meters, and bombard from a long distance, while the regimental-level firepower, mostly artillery below 100 mm, is unlikely to pose much of a threat to it.

Weapons such as large-caliber rocket launchers and recoilless guns also require a close distance to be effective.

Of course, the prerequisite is to fight on a plain with a wide view.

If you are in mountainous areas and in complex terrain, there is always a way to deal with a slowly advancing tank.

What Ding Wei wanted to express was that it was very worthwhile to spend more than 600 million US dollars to buy 500 tanks. On average, one tank cost just over US dollars.

After all, its cost is more than 10 rubles.

The most expensive time was around 2.6 US dollars. After the cost dropped in the late World War II, it was still 1.25 US dollars.

When new tanks are available, they can be equipped to the second-line troops to form a tank regiment. When more new tanks are available, they can be transferred to the border defense forces to increase their armored strength.

A tank, as long as it is properly maintained, can be useful for ten or twenty years.

Of course, the main reason is poverty.

I remember a story from my childhood. A piece of clothing was worn by the eldest child, then by the second child, then by the third child, then by the third child, after mending it up, it was given to the fourth child.

When things were not so affluent, weapons and equipment were also played in this way.

When the main combat forces are used up, they will be given to the second-line forces, and when the second-line forces are used up, they will be given to the border defense forces and even the security forces.

A weapon must always be used to its greatest value.

Ding Wei was considering whether to get a copy of Russia's T34 production line and make some optimization adjustments based on the T34/85, or just skip it and wait for the T54 imitation tank to come out.

The former can be quickly pulled out as a tank for combat, while the latter is more in line with the pace of independent research and development.

Considering that he gets rewards for blocking and blowing up bridges, there is no need to build a T34 production line.

The BT series of fast tanks are pretty good, and their derivative models are produced with enhanced armor, power, and firepower to move closer to medium tanks.

It can be used as half a T34, which is enough to cope with the current situation.

At the same time, we carried out the imitation and development of the T54 tank, and referred to the advantages of the Soviet Union to design the first main battle tank in Manchuria.

The 500 tanks currently purchased, combined with the BT fast tanks produced, can completely realize the equipment innovation of the army at hand. It is possible to establish an armored regiment in the main force, and use medium and light tanks together, which is enough to complete the replacement of 70 troops.

The deposit was paid together with the second batch of 200 tanks, and the goods were delivered at the same time.

Ding Wei was very happy, and Arnov was also very happy. He urged the train behind to hurry up and transport the tanks to my brother Ding.

Several trains were requisitioned on the railway line to transport T34 tanks.

Those who didn't know would think a large-scale war was about to break out.

The Eagle Sauce's high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft discovered something unusual and really thought that the Russians were going to get involved in the war on the peninsula. They even set up a special intelligence team to keep a close eye on the direction of this batch of tanks.

It was later discovered that the alarm was a false alarm, and all of these tanks poured into Manchuria.

Zhou Weiguo frowned, very dissatisfied with the tank that was about 80% new.

It was clearly written in the contract agreement that 500 brand new T34 tanks were for sale. How could you fool people with second-hand, painted ones?

You are the big brother.

Zhou Weiguo was the first to make a fuss, refusing to accept the repainting and refurbishment of the second-hand tanks.

The reaction was huge.

Of course, this was a question instructed by Ding Wei. Seize the tanks first and wait for the Russians to give a reply.

Anyway, since various conditions are not met, we must replace the tanks with new ones and try to postpone this matter to next year or even the year after.

It will take until the Russian bear replaces the person at the helm, and the debt will be settled when the person dies. This is the rule set by God.