"It's amazing! I feel like I was born knowing this...... How it works, how it acts, how it fights. Closing his eyes, Recruit Ryan felt everything in his head and muttered to himself excitedly.

When he opened his eyes, he found that everything he knew was still there, just before his eyes. He reached out and touched the cold iron plate he was familiar with, and gave the order: "Alright! Gentlemen! Start the engines and let's try to move forward! ”

The sound of metal rubbing ...... "Bang Bang, Bang Bang" sounded very noisy on the outside, but the personnel inside were wearing communication headsets, so they didn't feel anything wrong.

On the contrary, they felt very excited, because the weapon they were driving could be said to have completely changed the face of the Army.

True, they are driving a tank, a tank that looks very powerful. Inside the small tank hull, there are five tank crews who have been studying for a long time, and they are driving the first tank in human history and conducting various test experiments.

"Turn! Turn right! Test the sensitivity of the tank! Slow down! Slow down! Ryan steered his driver as he looked around through a narrow periscope.

This is not an easy task for him, because the field of view inside the tank is very narrow, and he has to endure this limitation of vision and try to figure out everything that is happening around him.

Soon, his tank was turning under the watchful eyes of many, and it was a slightly awkward tank, armed with a 75-millimeter short-barreled cannon, which was basically an army version of the flat-fire gun used by the Navy.

It can fire grenades from the Army's 75mm infantry guns, as well as specialized armor-piercing shells, which are actually shells with solid warheads and are used against large targets.

"Gun Commander! Turn the turret! I need to aim at the target we just went in the direction we just had! This is the test project! As he turned, Commander Ryan looked at the test record sheet and instructed his gunner.

The gun commander stepped on the pedal of the rotating gun, and the turret of the tank spun with it, and the motor made a nice sound, and the whole turret spun rapidly. The tank was still on the move when the turret was turned, so the gunner finally found that he couldn't find the target he was looking for.

"Damn it! Stop the car! I'm going to aim for the goal! The gun commander shouted in a depressed voice from the telecommodator inside the car, and his shout quickly took effect, and the tank stopped, and then after a while, the gun commander finally found the direction his gun was pointing and aimed at a distant target.

"Loader! Reload armor-piercing bullets! Commander Ryan gave the battle order loudly, and the loader next to him pulled out a shell from the shell storage rack and stuffed it into the barrel in front of him: "Loaded!" ”

"Boom!" The barrel of this tank spewed a ball of flames, and a shell hit a stationary target about 400 meters away - it was not easy to miss, after all, the target was about the size of a dragon.

The huge penetration force directly penetrated the stacked sandbags, and the target was directly pierced by the shell, showing the good penetration performance of this artillery. After all, it is also an improved artillery of the Navy's 75-mm flat-firing guns, and the power is naturally beyond words.

Through the periscope in front of him, Ryan carefully observed the target that was hit, and then said loudly: "Keep going!" We're going to the next test area! There are two more test tanks waiting for us! ”

Chris searched for a long time in army weapons that met the industrial level of Iran Hill, and finally decided to go directly to the M4 Sherman, the tank with the best overall performance. This tank is not really good to be honest, but it is better than its own mediocrity to the bone.

The first to be eliminated were Germany's famous tanks of World War II: the Tiger and Leopard tanks were completely eliminated due to the complexity of their manufacturing, and the slightly mediocre No. 3 and No. 4 tanks were rejected because of similar alternatives.

At least in Chris's opinion, German tanks are basically not suitable for the current needs of Iran Hill, on the one hand, they are too steel-intensive and capacity-consuming, and on the other hand, they are a headache because of reliability and fuel consumption.

Add to that the fact that it's incredibly expensive but heavily overflowing firepower, and its overwhelming defenses that have little to no opponent – none of which will satisfy Chris.

Therefore, among the Irlanhill Army, which uses German weapons for rifles and machine guns, the armored forces are the first to exclude German tanks. When deciding to abandon the German tank, Chris also remembered the famous conclusion: the tank that soldiers want most is indeed the tank that generals hate the most......

After eliminating the German tanks, Chris wanted the famous T-34 tank produced in the Soviet Union, which could even be produced by a tractor factory, which could be said to be very suitable for the needs of Iran Hill.

However, although this tank performs very well in industrial production, its performance in other aspects is a bit laughable.

First of all, the worst thing is the poor ergonomic performance, the driving control of the T-34 tank is very average, it can be said that it is the worst tank in its class, and this tank is too narrow for the driver and the tankmen inside, which is not conducive to the long-term combat of tank members.

After some trade-offs, Chris felt that the tall hull and a slight lack of defense were not fatal problems nowadays, and the M4 tank was also very simple in production and maintenance, not much worse than the famous T-34.

As for firepower...... Chris felt that it was already a matter of bullying the enemy to push 75 mm caliber guns to the front line, and he originally wanted to directly engage in 30 mm caliber anti-aircraft self-propelled guns as tanks.

However, considering the possibility of dealing with some difficult ground targets in the future, Chris decided to put this tank, which looks more advanced in performance, into service as the main tank of the army.

In fact, Chris really hesitated for a long time, and he even held an unprecedented weapon selection meeting, solicited the opinions of the army and the production department, and finally selected the target as M4.

The key issue for him was that the radio operator was still an indispensable tank crew at this stage, as the radio equipment was still at an unstable level.

However, most of the Soviet T-34 tanks were not equipped with expensive radios, and they were not designed to leave a place for radio operators, so the T-34 tanks were always a four-man crew, one less mechanical and electrical crew than the M4.

While it is tempting to save one man, Chris is adamant that tank units must be equipped with radios for easy dispatch and command, given the importance of tank coordination.

As a result, the T-34 tank, which was slightly inferior in communications, was ultimately defeated, and Iran Hill's army chose the M4 tank as their "Imperial cavalry". Soon new tank factories were set up in the cities of Volavo and Naru, and the first tanks were put into testing and army experimentation.

Because this is already a well-known mature design in history, the so-called army test is just a formality. Watching the three tanks attack in concert inside the test site, all the army generals widened their eyes.

Since ancient times, how to solve the defense needs of soldiers has been a very important topic, whether it is heavy infantry or heavy cavalry, it is a strong class of troops born in order to let soldiers get defense as much as possible.

However, since ancient times, human beings have never stacked firepower, mobility, and defense on one weapon like today, and let these three attributes be balanced and better played.

The appearance of tanks satisfies all the illusions of mankind, or rather, the army: let the heavy steel plate run faster than the war horse, rush into the enemy's array, and destroy all the enemies around it with powerful weapons!

"That's what I want!" Wagron pointed to the tanks on the battlefield and shouted with surprise on his face. He didn't realize that his words made Chris cry and laugh, because in his memory, an acquaintance had said the same thing to Vagron.

General Mordryel also took a keen interest in this new weapon, and he felt that if such weapons were arranged to attack the opponent's defenses in the front, then these iron cavalry would only need one attack to destroy any opponent.

"From now on! Iran Hill's army is invincible! Modryel described what he had seen and heard: "If you give me twenty tanks, I can take my 4th Army to the Arantix, and if I give me a hundred of these tanks, I can sweep the whole of the Arante!" ”

General Coria, who was sitting next to him, was even more optimistic than him, he looked at Modryel who was amazed, and said with a smile: "Give me 50 cars, and I will dare to sweep the Alantes!" ”

"No kidding!" Wilkes, who was sitting there crying and laughing, shook a copy of the tank performance introduction in his hand in front of the eyes of Modryel and Coria, and said: "The gasoline in your military department's reserve is not enough for 50 of these things to drive to Arrantix!" ”

Lately, militaries in all directions have been wrestling with how to stock up on more gasoline to cope with the increasing amount of fuel consumption – many units have received quotas for cars, and the power of the cars has delighted every commander, but the ensuing fuel consumption has also broken everyone.

Nowadays, if you want to make an integrated army-level unit move, you only need food, forage, and ammunition......