Each veteran has a residence in Qingdao, but Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang have not yet started a family, so they live in apartment buildings, both have a suite, with a separate kitchen and bathroom, although the kitchen is basically not used much, as a grocery room. And before the two of them came back, they had been cleaned and cleaned by the staff, and they could live directly after they got home, which was also very convenient.

After a day's rest, the two went to the Central Military Commission to report and submit the report, and the staff of the Military Commission told the two that they were waiting for news at home, and the Military Commission would organize a discussion meeting, and both of them would attend.

And the next day, someone came to inform the two of them to go to the Gaoliu Automobile Company to attend a technical seminar on tank armored vehicles.

Generally speaking, after the use of new weapons and equipment, the troops will hold technical discussions with the manufacturers of R&D and manufacturing, and inform the manufacturers of the problems encountered in the use of the battlefield and the opinions on improvements, so as to make improvements. Tank armored vehicles belong to a kind of revolutionary weapons, in addition to new tactics, the technical improvement of tank armored vehicles is also a focus, so the technical discussion of tank armored vehicles is also an important task for Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang to return to Qingdao this time, and there is also a special part of the report on the technical issues of tank armored vehicles.

The Type 08 tanks, Type 08 infantry fighting vehicles and trucks used in this war are all manufactured by Gao Liu Automobile Company, and for this purpose, they have become a special production workshop and professional workers, and the Military Commission also pays a certain fee, as well as provides technology, and borrows the production workshop and equipment of Gao Liu Automobile Company, which is equivalent to the military ** This is due to the fact that the technology of tank armored combat vehicles is not yet mature, and it is in the early stage, with a strong experimental nature, so a large amount of resources will be wasted if it is put into production rashly, and joint production with private enterprises can effectively save resources.

So Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang came to Gaoliu Automobile Company together, of course, there are other military technicians, a total of more than 10 people, but Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang are the main ones, after all, they have experienced the battlefield and obtained first-hand information. In fact, he is only 4 or 5 years older than Gao Jin, that is, he is just in his early 40s, and his age is close to the two, and he is now the technical director of Gao Liu Automobile Company.

Due to the close age, and there is a relationship with Gao Jin, plus Gao Shixuan also deliberately narrowed the relationship with them, after all, this is a big customer, the military has placed more than 200 orders for various tanks and armored vehicles, even if the military separates the tank manufacturing business in the future, but it can also strive for the manufacture of armored vehicles, as well as trucks, engines and other order business, it is natural to have a good relationship with the military personnel, so the two sides quickly eliminated the strange separation, and the conversation was very harmonious.

In this war, although the tank armored vehicle did not encounter a threatening opponent, but also exposed a large number of problems, a large part of which is technical, such as the failure rate, the convenience of operation, stability, etc., due to the lack of material technology and processing technology in this era, it is impossible to reach the standard of crossing, in fact, in the same era, the failure rate of the Type 08 tank, the Type 08 infantry fighting vehicle used this time, the convenience of operation, The stability is much higher than the level of the First World War in the old time and space, but by the standards of the veterans, it is still far from enough.

In fact, Gao Liu Automobile Company has also been improving the performance and quality of tank armored vehicles, but the data obtained at the test site is not as good as the data obtained on the battlefield, so it is difficult to determine the direction of improvement. In the end, it is possible to slowly improve the performance and stability of tank armored vehicles.

Another direction of improvement is the design, which is also the most direct direction of improvement, the weapon configuration of the Type 08 tank design is a 60 mm main gun, equipped with 50 shells, a 12.7 mm roof machine gun, and a 7.62 mm front machine gun.

At that time, some people asked to change to a 75 mm main gun, but there was no opinion on the configuration of the machine gun, but in actual combat, it was found that the main gun was not used much, because the opponent was too weak, and there was not much solid defense, so the power of the main gun was actually completely sufficient, but it was more when the machine gun was used.

And this has caused two problems, one is that the 12.7 mm machine gun on the roof of the car is powerful, but it needs people to drill out of the top cover to operate, which will have a certain risk, and it has also caused a small number of casualties in actual combat, and the machine gun in front of the car can ensure safety, but the firing range is too small, and it can only shoot forward; the second is that the tank is equipped with too many shells, and the machine gun bullets equipped with it are too few, in actual combat, in the later stage, each tank is generally only equipped with 30 shells, and carries a few more boxes of machine gun shells, but the location of the shells and the location of the bullets are different after all, so the army put forward the hope that the direction of improvement is to appropriately reduce the stock of shells in the car, and to increase the storage space for machine gun bullets, and also hope to add another coaxial machine gun.

Of course, Gao Shixuan wrote down these requirements one by one, and took the two to visit the production workshop, at this time there were more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles being assembled, and introduced to the two of them a few places where Gao Liu Automobile Company had begun to improve. Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang were also very satisfied.

The technical seminar lasted for three days, and of course it was inevitable to have dinner in the past few days, all of which were invited by Gao Liu Automobile Company, and Gao Shixuan also brought Gao Jin as a companion, anyway, Gao Jin also said that he wanted to have a treat, so he took this opportunity to complete the commitment, after all, Gao Liu Automobile Company also has her share.

After the technical seminar, Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang went to Gao Jin's house to visit again with gifts. Originally, Ouyang Longxing said kind words at that time, but after eating others for three days in a row, he always had to have an expression, not to mention that Gao Jin was counted, Lu Yuehong was also an old man, although he was the same as Gao Shixuan, and Gao Shi was one of the nine elders of the Executive Yuan, so a return visit was considered a courtesy.

However, although the technical seminar was over, the two waited for another two days, but the seminar on the technology and tactics of tanks and armored vehicles, which should be organized by the Central Military Commission, was not yet convinced, and the two could not help but feel a little strange, because it was difficult that the Central Military Commission forgot about this matter.

In fact, there are too many things to deal with in the Executive Yuan in the past few days, and the discussion on the technology and tactics of tanks and armored vehicles is very important, not only Xiao Jianjun will attend, but Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng will also participate, so they can only put it on hold for a while, anyway, there is no urgency in this matter.

First of all, just six days ago, the Qing court officially replied to Huadong**, saying that it accepted Huadong**'s opinion and that on the basis of the merger of the two sides to form a coalition**, peace negotiations would be conducted with the participation of only the Qing court and Huadong**.

It turned out that after receiving the opinion of East China**, the Qing court also consulted with other countries, and all countries suggested that the Qing court accept the opinion of East China ** and carry out the negotiations. In fact, the countries do not want East China and the Qing court to merge and form a coalition, because in this way, the future China will definitely be dominated by East China, which is obviously not good for all countries.

But refusing to negotiate, the result is also clear, East China ** will definitely destroy the Qing court, and the merger of the two sides, although it is dominated by East China**, but the Qing court can more or less retain some forces, so that countries can also retain some influence in China through these forces. As for the fact that the negotiations are not subject to the participation of other countries, it does not matter, after all, although countries are not directly involved in the negotiations, they can still intervene through diplomatic channels. After discussing it again, the Qing court felt that this was right, and it should continue to talk, so it sent a formal reply to East China**.

After the consultation of East China, it is believed that two preparations should be made at this time, on the one hand, negotiations with the Qing court, if the two sides negotiate, it is also a good thing to be able to resolve it peacefully, after all, there is no need to fight, you can reduce casualties and losses, but in the negotiations you must stick to your bottom line, and you can't let the Qing court have a trace of illusion of continuing to be in power; on the other hand, you still continue to prepare for war, once the negotiations break down, you still have to use force to solve the Qing court.

However, before the negotiation, there is still a lot of work to be done, such as the time, place, rules, personnel, etiquette standards, etc., all need to be negotiated clearly before formal negotiations can be held, so East China ** once again sent a proposal to the Qing court, in the border cities of the two sides, hold a preparatory meeting for negotiations, negotiate and determine the rules of negotiation, and recommended two cities, one is Tianjin, the other is Dezhou.

After the proposal was issued, it took time for the Qing court to deliberate, so there was no response. But East China is not in a hurry, because there are still two things to deal with, and it can also take another time with the Qing court.

The first thing is that the colonial exchange between East China and Germany has entered the implementation stage, and Germany has appointed Rear Admiral Spee as Governor of the Far East to lead a fleet to Borneo to receive the exchanged land, and at this time Spee's fleet has passed the Strait of Malacca, so East China ** also needs to arrange personnel to negotiate with Spey in Borneo as soon as possible, and handle land handover and defense matters. At the same time, it is necessary to arrange for military personnel to go to Africa to receive the exchanged land.

The second thing is that the Great White Fleet of the United States sailing around the world is also about to arrive in Japan, and at Japan's request, East China will also send a fleet to visit Japan, and the fleets of the three countries will hold joint exercises and celebrations in Japan, and at the same time, according to the results of consultations between the two sides, after the US fleet has concluded its visit to Japan, Japan will also send a fleet to visit East China with the US fleet, so the Dazhi fleet is also responsible for the work of bringing the fleets of the two countries to East China, and now it is time to start forming a fleet to visit Japan.