The curtain finally came to an end on the large-scale military exercise in the Yanbei area, and during this period of time, it began to rain continuously, but at the time of this military parade, there happened to be a sunny day in the gap period, and with the help of this short opportunity, the troops participating in the exercise held a grand military parade and a separate parade.

Fifty-three ground teams and six air echelons slowly walked past the exercise ground, one after another tanks crushed the ground, and the tank crews were in an excited mood and saluted to the rostrum.

For some reason, the 79 tank and the 80 tank were only used as a temporary test object, and did not really form and equip the troops, so these two tanks did not participate in the exercise, after all, these two tanks are still in a state of secrecy for the time being.

Therefore, the first tank phalanx of the exercise was still the 59-2 tank phalanx, and Liu Dajun's sharp knife platoon was at the forefront, and at this moment, his eyes were full of excitement and pride.

At the grand parade, the sound of speech spread throughout the parade ground.

"Our army is a strong pillar of the people's democratic dictatorship, shouldering the glorious mission of defending the socialist motherland and defending the construction of the four modernizations. Therefore, it is necessary to build our army into a powerful, modernized, and regularized revolutionary army."

This speech is of great significance, and it can be said that it is an important marker point, which marks the formal beginning of the reform of the armed forces and the beginning of a new period of historical development in the building of the armed forces.

In the drizzle, Qin Zhenhua and others participated in the summary meeting of this exercise, and as the main combat weapon of the ground forces, tanks have almost always played a leading role in this exercise.

"In the modern battlefield, the tank must not only have strong firepower, strong protection, and the mobility of the tank, but also crucial." After carefully analyzing this confrontation, people can be deeply touched, and at this time, Huang Lao spoke there.

"The 1224 tank, using a 1,000-horsepower diesel engine, gives the tank a high degree of mobility, and it is precisely because of high mobility that it can make various tactical confrontation actions, so we very much hope to quickly enter the 1,000-horsepower mark of our tank's power system."

On the exercise ground this time, seeing the benefits brought by advanced power, the commanders of the tank units were all eye-opener, and they were eager to immediately raise the power of their tanks.

Now, after Huang Lao finished speaking, he looked at Qin Zhenhua: "Zhenhua, can you take on this glorious and great mission with a machine factory?" ”

I knew that the troops would make this request! The expression on Qin Zhenhua's face was very serious, and he said to Huang Lao: "At present, our country has developed maturely, only the 12150ZL engine of the Coal Province Diesel Engine Factory, this engine is currently stable at 730 horsepower, if you continue to improve, the power will be increased to 800 horsepower, which is already its limit." ”

Of course, this engine is improving, but according to Qin Zhenhua's judgment all along, increasing to 800 horsepower is its limit, and it is impossible to continue to improve.

"Therefore, if we want a 1,000-horsepower diesel engine, we must use a new scheme, as long as our Panther diesel engine is successfully developed, the initial power will probably have 1,200 horsepower, but this diesel engine still needs time, so if the army urgently needs this power, then there is only one thing left to purchase from the outside world." Qin Zhenhua said: "Now we use this, is a good choice, although the volume is slightly larger, but, as a civilian diesel engine, its life, full of tens of thousands of hours, so, we can use it until the tank is scrapped, instead of as now, hundreds of hours on overhaul." ”

This tank engine, originally the engine of the 1,500-horsepower Leopard-2 tank, came by reducing the speed, and after the speed was reduced, the life was also improved, which is the essential feature of the civilian diesel engine, not blindly pursuing the maximum power, but the pursuit of life and fuel consumption.

This engine is indeed really fuel-efficient, although it is a thousand horsepower power, it is more fuel-efficient than the 730-horsepower diesel engine of the 80 tank.

Hearing this, Huang Lao could only shake his head helplessly, pinning the engines of the tanks that need hundreds of equipped tanks in China on foreign purchases, which is obviously impossible.

"Isn't our engine institute actively working hard recently to continue to promote the mapping and imitation of this engine?" Huang Lao asked.

"I'm sorry, I don't comment on this." Qin Zhenhua said that since he said that he would not comment, it showed his attitude, and he was not optimistic about the mapping and imitation of this engine.

In fact, after a few years of the engine, it was necessary to give money to money, and to give people, but the results of the final report were frustrating, and now, it has been reported that they want to buy the 396 diesel engine of the Germans, and through the purchase of this diesel engine technology, the technical improvement of the domestic tank engine will be realized.

The engine institute has also pinned its hopes on outsourcing. And the Germans, who have always been shrewd, will agree so easily? At the beginning, the big guy originally wanted to buy a few Leopard-2 and come back to study it, but as soon as people opened their mouths, they wanted to buy hundreds of them, and then they would consider the issue of technology.

If you want to buy a German 396 diesel engine, it is estimated that the Germans will also ask for a few hundred units first, right?

The big guys are all interested in the engine now, the tank engine, that is the heart of the tank, is the most test of a country's industrial base, now, when the big guys are discussing the engine, Qin Zhenhua has already led the topic away.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I also saw another problem in this exercise." Qin Zhenhua said: "The main force of our tank force is still the 59 tank, the improvement of this tank will support the future of our country for a long time, now, its main improvement is in the firepower, I think, it should be in the protection force, continue to improve." ”

During this time, Qin Zhenhua has been thinking about how to improve the protection of the 59 tank, and at this meeting, his idea was finally put forward.

Protection? Everyone looked at him with puzzled eyes: "The armor of the 59 tank is already finalized, how can we improve it?" ”

"Yes, the armor has been finalized, so if you want to improve it, there is only one way left." Qin Zhenhua said: "If we add explosive reactive armor to it, we can greatly improve its protective power on the limited weight increase." ”

Explosive Reactive Armor!