The country is poor, so it has always been a sewing to make up for life, three years of the new, three years of the old, another three years of sewing and mending, the main battle weapon of the tank, then it is even more necessary to save to use, as long as you can find a way to prolong the life, then you must try to prolong it.

The existing tank guns can't fire a few shells a year, and the life of the barrel is still long, if there is a new type of ammunition that can be used on the existing barrel and can greatly increase the power, the army will of course be happy to see this result.

Now, this future is unfolding in front of everyone's eyes, and our main 59 tanks are still able to adapt to modern warfare!

"It's a 79 tank that's being tested over there, right?" After talking about the armor-piercing bullets here, Huang Lao's words changed and pointed to the tank that was moving over there.

"Yes, the 79 tank, and now, this tank is about to complete all the test tasks in the tank factory, and at the next stage, tests on various terrains will begin." Qin Zhenhua said.

The research and development of a new tank is not so easy, even if it is only the 79 tank with a new artillery system, strictly speaking, it must be tested in various different terrain and climatic conditions in the country, deserts, hills, swamps, severe cold, and various situations, before it can be regarded as a finalized tank.

Huang Lao nodded: "It seems that it can catch up, by the way, can you produce a batch of prototypes first?" Transported to the Yanbei Plateau. ”

The Yanbei Plateau, just to the west of the capital, north of Wucheng, known as the western gate of the capital, is a grassland area, which is also suitable for the march of tank troops.

And now, hearing what Huang Laoyi said, Qin Zhenhua suddenly thought of something.

Why produce a prototype first? Why should it be shipped to Yanbei for testing? One only has to think about the current situation in the world to guess.

"Are we going to have a military exercise too?" Qin Zhenhua asked.

This year, the Soviets have already sent out the news that they are going to conduct a massive Western 81 military exercise, which is expected to take place in September, and the nature of this exercise, the demonstration, is obvious.

Now, the Soviet army has reached a peak of strength, they have a large tank force, and they can bulldoze the rolling torrent of armor to the whole of Europe at any time.

However, if you really fight a war, you have to think carefully, and just conduct a military exercise to show your strength, and that is the usual practice.

Although the main purpose of the Soviets' exercises is to deter Europe, of course, the big countries in the East will also feel the heavy pressure, after all, the Soviets' armored torrent is also ready to be pushed over at any time.

In this case, of course, the motherland should symbolically roll up its sleeves and show off its muscles.

"Yes, the specific plan has not yet come out, but our country has not held military exercises for many years. If you are accustomed to using it, one can be used as a hundred. It's time for a military exercise, and although the scale of the exercise has not yet been concretely determined, it is a must-do this fall. ”

Now, it is no problem to produce a few prototypes of the 79 tank, and then, drive over and participate in the exercise, and Huang Lao attaches great importance to this matter.

After all, this military exercise was conducted on the grassland of the Yanbei Plateau, and the main way of the exercise was definitely the ground troops, and among the ground forces, tanks, of course, were the most important.

"That's the case, then since you want to participate, only 79 tanks are not enough." Qin Zhenhua said: "After all, the 79 tank is still the chassis of a generation of tanks, so why don't we send more advanced tanks to make a debut?" It's sure to be the center of attention. ”

"You kid, you know that you will say that, 80 tanks, are you sure?" Huang Lao asked Qin Zhenhua.

In the chassis of the second-generation tank, the research and development progress of the 1223 tank is the fastest, and now it has been named 80 tank, the army is obviously already in the middle, although the power system is still lacking, but after all, all the equipment is their own, can quickly enter the production state, as for other models, due to the domestic surveying and mapping imitation is facing problems, once it is to be produced, it has to import engines from abroad, which the army can not afford.

"Be sure, our side of the grassland area test, the terrain of the Yanbei Plateau is similar, will not drop the chain at a critical time, we also produce a batch of 80 tank prototypes, all sent over, this kind of tank can be incorporated into the sharp knife troops, show to the old leaders, in this way, the tank unit equipment update, it is still beneficial."

The old leader came from the civil war, and he also attached great importance to the army's equipment, so as long as he saw the vigorous appearance of this tank, he might wave his hand and allocate special funds for equipment.

Huang Lao nodded, this is also his idea, it's just that the progress of this kind of tank is a little behind, and there is no perfect test, so it goes to the training ground, what if it breaks down?

"Also, our 1224 sample car is also certain." Qin Zhenhua said: "I hope to give these sample cars a chance to emerge." ”

There are many models of tanks developed by a machine factory, in addition to the 79 tanks and 80 tanks that have entered the mature period, there are also advanced models, the appearance of the 1224 tank prototype is still very modern, its engine, full of 1,000 horsepower, its 120 mm gun, its welded turret, it looks particularly refreshing.

This kind of tank is now also being tested in the test site, since it is going to be on the training ground, what Qin Zhenhua is looking forward to the most is actually to pull this kind of tank over and show it to the old leaders.

"This, this, I still need to ask for instructions." Huang Lao said: "After all, in our plan, 79 tanks and 80 tanks must be equipped with troops, but the several models represented by this 1224 tank prototype can only be experimental models, and there are still many problems in application." ”

The biggest problem, the biggest concern, is, of course, its engine, without a domestic engine, this kind of tank cannot really be purchased by the troops.

"Huang Lao, 79 tanks and 80 tanks are only based on the previous tanks, and our 1224 sample car, there is no shadow of the past tank, it is a new modern tank, so this tank is of great significance to our tank crews, if you can show up in this exercise, it is a milestone, and please operate more." Qin Zhenhua said.