Chapter 1122: tank

"Emperor, this is the first tank in the empire."
Xiao Ming saw the tank in Lin Wentao's mouth on the school field in the Tuoshan ravine outside Qingzhou city.
This tank has a silver-gray finish, and looks a bit similar to contemporary tanks that appeared between World War I and World War II, but basically there is not much difference in appearance of World War II tanks.
After all, they have mature information and do not need Lin Wentao to make detours on the road to develop the tank.
"How about the tank's data?" Xiao Ming asked.
Lin Wentao did not dare to conceal this issue, because he knew Xiao Ming was more knowledgeable than him, so he said: "This tank is 5.68 meters long, 2.43 meters wide, 2.29 meters high, and weighs 13 tons. It can carry five people and has a top speed. It can reach 53 kilometers per hour and can directly cross a 1.8-meter wide trench. The weapon on the tank has a 45mm tank gun, 100 rounds of ammunition, two machine guns, and 2,500 rounds of ammunition. As for the tank Armor, 22 mm frontal armor, 13 mm side and rear."
Xiao Ming nodded lightly. This data is already against the sky in this era. European muskets cannot penetrate the armor of such tanks.
If such tanks were put on the battlefield, the Europeans would no longer be able to use the trenches to block the imperial attack.
After patted this iron guy, Xiao Ming asked, "Does it have a name?"
"In the eyes of the lower officials, the tank is bound to be more powerful than the black bear in the forest in the future war, so the lower official named him the King Bear Tank."
"Bear King Tank?" Xiao Ming said with a smile: "Even tigers in the forest are afraid of bear blindness. The name is good. It's called Bear King Tank."
Lin Wentao was overjoyed when he heard this. Now the naming of the equipment has been delegated to the hands of the researchers, who can name their equipment.
Cui Shangan also followed, after all, he is the chief of the general staff, and he has to deal with the issue of equipment.
When Xiao Ming and Lin Wentao were talking and laughing, Cui Shangan had long been dumbfounded. In his opinion, this weapon was simply an enemy's nightmare on the battlefield.
As long as the tank is thrown into the 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 are still no problem." Twenty vehicles. "Cui Shangan's eyes are bright, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Who is the emperor going to equip with such equipment first?
"Qi Guangyi." Xiao Ming said almost without thinking.
Cui Shangan was taken aback. He said, "The emperor is joking, doesn't Qi Guangyi have cavalry? They still need tanks?"
"Don't you see that the tank is the cavalry that advances, but the horse that the cavalry sits on is replaced by this iron guy." Xiao Ming said.
For him, it is indeed Qi Guangyi who needs tanks at the moment. Qi Guangyi's Northwest Military District directly fought against the Russian Cossack cavalry.
Secondly, the jurisdiction of the Northwest Military Region is Mapingchuan, which is very suitable for large-scale tank operations.
Now he could imagine the Cossatt cavalry wielding a machete to chop the tank.
Therefore, once the Northwest Army is equipped with this weapon, it will completely end Tsarist Russia's coveting of Central Asia, and at the same time, the empire will be able to exert greater influence in Central Asia.
"Think about it this way, what the emperor said is, isn't this tank a cavalry?" Cui Shangan laughed, his eyes full of envy.
Now he has some thoughts of 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 in various terrains.
The powerful firepower of the forty-five millimeter artillery and machine gun makes the tank a mobile fortress of firepower.
"Congratulations to the emperor, with this weapon, the emperor's ambition and hegemony are one step closer." Qian Dafu's eyes narrowed with a smile.
He knew that Xiao Ming still had too many ideals he wanted to achieve, and some of these ideals could not be obtained by peaceful means.
Xiao Mingchang laughed, Qian Dafu said that he was in his heart, and just now he set out for himself the strategies to be realized.
With the tank as a weapon of war, his process of achieving his goals will be easier.
Seeing Xiao Ming so happy, everyone also laughed.
Cui Shangan happily said: "The emperor, now the empire's military industry is going further, and the equipment that the empire has eliminated can be sold as much as you want. The money earned is to continue to invest in the military industry to make more powerful weapons."
Cui Shangan was completely impressed by the monster like tank.
"There is already a buyer waiting for our weapons? Go back and you will collect the weapons eliminated from the military warehouse and transport them to Dengzhou. Once the Persian envoy arrives, these weapons can be sold." Xiao Ming said confidently.
Cui Shangan understood, showing a clear look.
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Persia, Thai West Seal.
Gambis threw a copy of the battle report he had just sent on the ground. "Lose, lose again, a bunch of rubbish, if we lose again, Osman will hit Tessie." Gambis said angrily to Althashi.
Six months ago, the balance of power between Persia and the Ottoman Empire was still maintained, but the balance of power was broken three months ago.
Successive failures made Gambiz no longer able to remain calm.
Althahi picked up the battle report from the ground and said: "Your Majesty, according to intelligence, British cast iron cannons and sophisticated muskets appeared in the Ottoman Empire, and their army seems to have received professional training. This is ours. The reason for losing the war, but it’s not too bad now. We just lost some border areas in the Northeast. It’s time to ask the Eastern Empire for help. The West chose to support the Ottomans. I believe the Eastern Empire will support us."
Gambis frowned ~EbookFREE.me~ In fact, he was reluctant to speak to the Eastern Empire easily, because now he regrets allowing the Eastern Empire to extract their oil for free.
Because in his opinion, if he sells these oil to the Eastern Empire, he will definitely earn a lot of wealth. With the money and the production line of the musket, he can defeat the Ottomans and further control the oil.
But now his calculations are bankrupt. If he continues to insist on not asking for help from the Empire, Persia will soon be defeated by Ottomans.
"When will our production line be able to manufacture muskets on a large scale?" Cambis asked unwillingly.
Althace said helplessly: "Your Majesty, even if the production line can produce, the steel, gunpowder, bullets and other accessories needed for the gun must be purchased from the Empire. We cannot produce the same high-quality gunpowder as the Empire."
Gambis covered his face in despair. He thought it would be enough to let the Empire help him build a weapon production line. He didn't expect it to be too simple. Without the perfect industrial system like the Empire, Persia would not be able to play it.
"It seems that we only have to urgently purchase a batch of weapons from the Empire." Gambis said sadly.