Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1130

[Chapter 1119 Tank]

“Your Majesty, this is the empire’s first tank.”

Xiao Ming saw the tank Lin Wentao talked about on the school field in the Tuoshan ravine outside Qingzhou City.

This tank is painted in silver gray and looks somewhat similar to contemporary tanks that appeared between World War I and World War II, but the appearance is basically not much different from the tanks of World War II.

After all, they have mature information and do not need Lin Wentao to make a detour on the road to developing tanks.

“What’s the tank’s data like?” Xiao Ming asked.

Lin Wentao did not dare to hide this issue because he knew that Xiao Ming knew better than him, so he said: “This tank is 5.68 meters long, 2.43 meters wide, 2.29 meters high, weighs thirteen tons, can seat five people, and has a maximum speed of It can reach 53 kilometers per hour and can directly cross a trench of 1.8 meters wide. The weapons on the tank include a 45mm tank gun with 100 rounds of ammunition. It is equipped with two machine guns and has a reserve of 2,500 rounds of ammunition. As for the tank Armor, 22 millimeters of frontal armor, 13 millimeters of side and rear armor. “

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. This data is incredible in this era. European muskets cannot penetrate the armor of this type of tank.

If such tanks were put on the battlefield, the Europeans would no longer be able to use trenches to hold off imperial attacks.

After patting the iron guy, Xiao Ming asked, “Does it have a name?”

“In Xiaguan’s opinion, tanks will definitely be more powerful than black bears in the forest in future wars, so Xiaguan named him “

Bear King Tank.”

“Bear King Tank?” Xiao Ming said with a smile: “Even tigers are afraid of blind bears. This is a good name. It is called Bear King Tank.”

Lin Wentao couldn’t help but be happy when he heard this. The naming of equipment has been delegated to researchers, who can name their own equipment.

Cui Shangan also followed. After all, he is the chief of general staff, and he also has to deal with equipment issues.

When Xiao Ming and Lin Wentao were chatting and laughing, Cui Shangan had long been dumbfounded. In his opinion, this kind of weapon was simply the enemy’s nightmare on the battlefield.

As long as tanks are put into war, the soldiers of the empire will be invincible.

“Lin Wentao, what is the output of this tank?” Cui Shangan asked.

“Currently we only have two production lines. Twenty vehicles a month is no problem.”

“Twenty vehicles.” Cui Shangan’s eyes lit up, and he said to Xiao Ming: “Who is the emperor planning to equip this kind of equipment to first?”

“Qi Guangyi.” Xiao Ming said almost without thinking.

Cui Shangan was startled for a moment, and then said: “The emperor is kidding, doesn’t Qi Guangyi have cavalry? They also need tanks?”

“Don’t you see that the tanks are the promoted cavalry, but the cavalry’s horses are replaced by this iron guy. “Xiao Ming said.

For him, it was indeed Qi Guangyi who needed tanks at the moment. First of all, Qi Guangyi’s Northwest Military Region was directly fighting Tsarist Russia’s Cossack cavalry.

Secondly, the area under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Military Region is vast and flat, which is very suitable for large-scale tank operations.

Now he could picture the Gossart cavalry slashing at tanks with their machetes.

Therefore, once the Northwest Army is equipped with this weapon, it will completely end Tsarist Russia’s coveting of Central Asia. At the same time, the empire will be able to exert greater influence in Central Asia.

“Think about it this way, the emperor is absolutely right. Isn’t this tank a cavalry?” Cui Shangan laughed, his eyes full of envy.

Now he was thinking about leading soldiers in the army to fight.

“Don’t be surprised, the empire will have even more incredible equipment in the future.” Xiao Ming said lightly.

Next, the two watched the tank drill together. Under the control of the driver, the tracked tank shuttled freely through various terrains.

The powerful firepower of the forty-five millimeter cannon and machine gun makes the tank like a mobile fortress of firepower.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty. With this sharp weapon, Your Majesty’s grand hegemony will be one step closer.” Qian Dafu smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a thin line.

He knew that Xiao Ming still had too many ideals that he wanted to realize, and some of these ideals could not be achieved through peaceful means alone.

Xiao Ming laughed heartily. Qian Dafu’s words touched his heart. Just now he listed strategies for himself that he still wanted to implement.

With the tank as a weapon of war, the process of achieving his goal will be easier.

Seeing Xiao Ming so happy, everyone also laughed.

Cui Shangan said happily: “Your Majesty, now that the empire’s military industry has taken a step forward, the equipment that has been eliminated by the empire can be sold as much as possible. The money earned can be used to continue investing in the military industry to create more powerful weapons.” “

Tanks” Cui Shangan was completely impressed by the monster.

“There is already a buyer waiting for our weapons? Go back and transport the weapons eliminated from the army warehouse to Dengzhou. Once the Persian envoy arrives, these weapons will be ready for sale.” Xiao Ming said confidently.

Cui Shangan understood and showed a look of understanding.

…

Persia, Ctesiphon.

Gumbis threw a battle report that had just been sent to the ground.

“Lost, lost again, a bunch of losers. If they lose again, Osman will hit Ctesiphon.” Cambis said to Arsasi angrily.

Six months ago, the balance of power in the war between Persia and the Ottoman Empire was still maintained, but the balance of power was broken three months ago.

Consecutive defeats made it impossible for Gumbis to remain calm.

Arsasi picked up the battle report from the ground and said: “Your Majesty, according to the intelligence, British cast iron cannons and sophisticated muskets appeared in the Ottoman Empire, and their army seems to have received professional training. This is what we The reason for losing the war is not too bad now. We just lost some border areas in the Northeast. Now it is time to ask for help from the Eastern Empire. The West chose to support the Ottomans. I believe that the Eastern Empire will definitely support us. “

Gambi .

Si frowned. In fact, he was unwilling to speak to the Eastern Empire easily, because now he regretted allowing the Eastern Empire to exploit their oil for free.

Because in his opinion, if he sells this oil to the Eastern Empire, he will definitely earn a lot of wealth. With money and a production line of muskets, he will be able to defeat the Ottomans and further control the oil.

But now his calculations are ruined. If he continues not to ask for help from the empire, Persia will soon be defeated by the Ottomans.

“When will our production line be able to produce muskets on a large scale?” Gumbis asked reluctantly.

Alsasi said helplessly: “Your Majesty, even if the production line can be produced, the steel, gunpowder, bullets and other accessories needed for the muskets all need to be purchased from the empire. We cannot produce gunpowder of the same quality as the empire.”

Gumbis He covered his face in despair. He thought it would be enough to ask the empire to help him build a weapons production line. Unexpectedly, his thinking was too simple. Without a complete industrial system like the empire, Persia would not be able to play at all.

“It seems that we have to urgently purchase a batch of weapons from the empire.” Gumbis said sadly.

Sorry, I have to postpone the update a little longer. I spent an afternoon moving things and I am exhausted.

(End of chapter)