After Wang Zhongji returned to the capital, he immediately entered the palace to meet Emperor Li Longji, and truthfully reported to Li Longji what happened in the northern grasslands. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Turkic Empire fell apart, the nascent Hui Empire took the initiative to show goodwill to the Tang Dynasty, and stability was restored in the steppe region, which made Li Longji very happy, although the rapid strength of the Hui Dynasty was, in a sense, a potential threat to the Tang Dynasty, but Li Longji was not willing to think about it so far, it seemed that it was enough to be friendly with the Tang Dynasty.

In order to deter the Hui and prevent the Hui from taking the old Turkic road, Wang Zhongsi proposed to send an artillery brigade to Shuofang, Li Longji pondered for a long time, and did not agree, of course, there was no objection, he had to think about it carefully, it is not impossible to send artillery to the border army, but only to equip the Shuofang army with artillery, and the envoys of other towns will definitely have opinions, so that a few more artillery brigades must be allocated, which will cause the weakness of the imperial court's strength.

Wang Zhonghe, who originally thought that it would be smooth sailing for the artillery unit, left the Daming Palace in a worried mood, and after meeting Guo Ziyi, he went to the R&D center outside the city.

In a large factory in the R&D center, Li Anzheng is directing the craftsmen to carry out the final installation and debugging of the newly developed ironclad command vehicle.

The so-called ironclad command car is a transport vehicle wrapped around the ironclad car, which is similar to the minibus of later generations, but the area of the medicinal jade glass is smaller, the iron armor is slightly thicker, there are eight large iron wheels, and the shape is wider and larger, which looks much more majestic than the minibus of later generations.

The interior space of this ironclad command vehicle is large, enough to accommodate more than fifteen people, however, as a command vehicle, of course, there is no need for so many people, five or six people are enough.

At the top of the vehicle, there are multiple lift-up exits, and there is also a small side iron door on the back, which can facilitate multiple people to enter the vehicle at the same time, and it is more convenient for food and fuel replenishment.

In order to make it more comfortable for the commander to sit inside, the body and seats of the ironclad command vehicle are all equipped with a spring shock absorption system, and the seats are covered with thick cotton cloth, so that even if driving on a very bumpy road, the commander inside will not feel hard.

There are two rotating protrusions on the top of the car body, each equipped with two large-aperture telescopes, one is ten times, the other is fifty times, when the vehicle is moving, you can use a telescope of ten times to observe the enemy's situation, if you want to use a telescope of fifty times, you must stop the vehicle, the equipment of these four telescopes, so that the battlefield perception ability of the ironclad command vehicle is multiplied, and the enemy can be found in a more timely manner, and the most timely battlefield decisions can be made.

And this battlefield perception ability allows the ironclad command vehicle not only to have the ability to command the vehicle, but also to have the attributes of the reconnaissance vehicle, and it is completely feasible to use the ironclad command vehicle as a reconnaissance vehicle.

Of course, Li An has long had plans to develop a reconnaissance vehicle, and the ironclad reconnaissance vehicle will be similar to the ironclad command vehicle, the biggest difference is that it is slightly smaller, the internal facilities are relatively simple, and the comfort is slightly worse.

According to Ang Lee's design, the establishment of the ironclad artillery vehicle is the same as that of the artillery unit, and it is also a vehicle for five people, a team of ten ironclad artillery vehicles, and a brigade of fifty ironclad artillery vehicles. One command vehicle for each team and one for the brigade headquarters, a total of six ironclad command vehicles are sufficient.

In actual combat, the brigade commander of the ironclad artillery brigade can completely order the squadron of several of these teams to drive the ironclad command vehicle to reconnoiter the surrounding area in order to obtain the battlefield situation, and when the follow-up reconnaissance vehicle is equipped with troops, a special reconnaissance team can be set up to be specially responsible for reconnoitering the enemy's situation.

There are two advantages to using the ironclad car to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, one is that you can use the fixed telescope above to see the situation in a farther position, and the other is that the ironclad car has strong defense, in case you encounter an ambush enemy cavalry during the reconnaissance, you can be fearless of attack, and use the huge body of the ironclad car to crush all the enemy cavalry that sneaks in, so as to evacuate the dangerous area.

"Li Shilang, it should be okay, let's start experimenting now!"

A craftsman knocked on the sturdy iron armor and confidently said to the end.

Li An nodded and ordered, "Okay, let's get in the car and get ready to start the test." ”

After speaking, he entered the ironclad artillery carriage through the small door in the back and tested it with five craftsmen.

A craftsman is in charge of driving the ironclad command car, while Ang Lee sits on the seat inside the ironclad command car and feels what it feels like to sit in the car.

"Buzz ......"

In the test area, they will first test the anti-bump performance of the vehicle to see if the newly developed large spring damping system is reliable, and secondly, they will also test the installed fixed large-aperture telescope to see what is the difference in the use of the telescope when moving and stopping, and whether the telescope of the ten-magnification can see the target clearly in the process of the ironclad command vehicle, of course, there are turns, climbs, speeds, Reliability and many other test items, each of which is crucial to improving the performance of the ironclad command vehicle.

The road at the test site is rugged, among them, there are many large and small potholes, which were blown up by artillery fire, and a large number of small mounds of earth, which are the remnants left after the earthen wall was broken, these are good obstacles, which can be used to test the comfort of the ironclad command vehicle.

The ironclad command vehicle galloped back and forth at the test site, turning and crossing small mounds from time to time, and even, crossing a three-foot-wide trench, which could test the reliability of the ironclad command vehicle very well, and at the same time, it also made Li An and others sitting inside feel the violent ups and downs of the vehicle.

"Yes, it's really good, it's much more comfortable than the last time I sat in the ironclad gun car, and the spring shock absorption system was really not done in vain."

Although the vehicle will still be bumpy, the degree of bumps has been reduced a lot, at least, it is much more comfortable than the last time it was done in the ironclad gun car, which made Li An determined that the next batch of manufactured ironclad gun cars should also be equipped with this reliable spring shock absorption system, so that the soldiers will not feel too hard in the car, and the physical consumption will be greatly reduced, which is very important for improving combat effectiveness.

After the bump test, Ang Lee began to use a fixed telescope to observe various facilities inside the R&D center, first let the vehicle stand still for observation, and then let the vehicle start to observe again to see how the effect was.

The test results show that when the vehicle is stationary, the two types of telescopes can work very well, and in the carriage movement, the telescope with a 50 magnification rate cannot be used normally at all, and the telescope with a 10 magnification can be used, but if the vehicle is too bumpy, the 10 magnification telescope is not very easy to use, and the overall performance is not bad, which is within the range expected by Li An, which makes Li An quite satisfied.

In order to verify the performance of the ironclad command vehicle, Li An and five craftsmen sat in the car for half an hour, during which Li An also put down the folding table on one side and put the map on the table to watch, the effect is much more convenient and comfortable than sitting on horseback to read the map.

Just when Li An just entered the ironclad command vehicle and tested the performance of the vehicle, Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi entered the R&D center, however, they did not see Li An inside the ironclad command vehicle, Li An focused on the test, and did not notice Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi.

Although Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi didn't see Li An, as soon as they came in, they saw a majestic ironclad car galloping rapidly, and the ground was buzzing, which made the two of them very interested, and they kept standing on the periphery to observe, and half an hour had passed, and they didn't feel sore.

"Jieshuai, it's Li Shilang, it turns out that he has always been in this iron lump."

As soon as Li An got out of the car, he was seen by Guo Ziyi, and together with Wang Zhonghei, he greeted him.

"Uncle, General Guo, why are you here?"

Li An was stunned for a moment, and stepped forward to respond.

"Li Shilang, this is the ironclad artillery carriage on display on the day of the artillery exercise?"

Guo Ziyi saw the four binoculars stretched out on the roof of the car, thought it was four artillery, and asked in surprise.

"No, this is the ironclad command vehicle, and the guy on it is a telescope, hasn't General Guo seen it? There is a cannon on top of the ironclad artillery carriage, which is much more powerful than this one. ”

Li An felt that Guo Ziyi's head must be stuck, and he could actually see the telescope as a cannon.

"Ironclad command vehicle? Harmless, what is this ironclad command vehicle for? ”

Wang Zhongsi curiously walked towards the ironclad command vehicle and arched in.

Li An had no choice but to enter the ironclad command car with Guo Ziyi, and asked a craftsman to come in and drive.

"Uncle came at the right time, this ironclad command vehicle has just been successfully developed, I tested it just now, and the performance is still good, since my uncle and General Guo are so interested, then we will test it again, let you feel for yourself, the powerful performance of this ironclad command vehicle."

Li An once again tested the ironclad command vehicle, and explained while testing, explaining all the performance of the ironclad command vehicle.

After the vehicle stopped, Li An got out of the car first, while Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi were stuck in the ironclad command car and were reluctant to leave.

"Uncle, General Guo, you are planning to rely on it and not leave!"

Of course, Ang Lee was not afraid of them, and joked with a smile.

"That's right! We just can't leave, who let you kid invent such a good ironclad command vehicle, I like it, give me one! ”

Wang Zhongsi said with a serious expression.

"Uncle, this ironclad command car is not a gadget, without His Majesty's will, I can't give you one! Besides, there is only this one now, and after building more in the future, my uncle can ask His Majesty directly, as long as His Majesty gives an order, he can give as much as he wants. ”

Ang Lee replied with a smile.

"Okay, it's not difficult for you, such a good ironclad command vehicle, I really can't afford to let it go."

With reluctance, Wang Zhongsi stepped off the ironclad command car, and demanded: "It's okay, your R&D center, as well as those good things, all pull them over to show me, it's rare to go back to Beijing, I must feast my eyes this time and see all the good things." ”

"This is no problem, my uncle can watch whatever he wants, and my nephew will accompany me all the way, please ......"

Li An readily agreed, and took Wang Zhongsi to various departments of the R&D center.

The entire R&D center, the projects being developed are very huge, Li An took Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi, in the entire R&D center for more than two hours, and only looked at a part of the R&D projects, if you want to read all the projects in the R&D center, it is impossible to do without three or five days, in addition, there are many projects that are being manufactured are not in the R&D center, such as the steamship shipyard in Luoyang City, etc.

After two hours of inspection and explanation, Li An's mouth was dry, but Wang Zhongsi did not seem to be affected at all, and still asked to continue the inspection with great interest.

"Uncle, I've seen a lot today, let's take a break! There is good wine and food in my nephew's courtyard, so let's go back and have a good meal first, and then continue to come back tomorrow. ”

Li An really didn't want to continue to work so hard with Wang Zhonghei to run back and forth in the R&D center, even if it was a few days after tomorrow, Li An planned to let the craftsman with good eloquence do it for him, otherwise, he really felt that his voice was not enough.

"Okay, let's go back first, I still have something to discuss with you?"

Wang Zhongsi was not embarrassed by Ang Lee, readily agreed, and left the R&D center with Ang Lee and went to Ang Lee's other hospital.

On the way back, Li An asked his subordinates to go to the vegetable greenhouse area to pick more fruits and vegetables, especially cucumbers, which is the best appetizer!

"Okay, I heard that cucumbers can grow in your greenhouse all year round?"

Wang Zhongsi asked curiously.

"Yes! The vegetable greenhouse can be artificially heated, and cucumbers can grow even in winter, and not only cucumbers, but also various other vegetables can be supplied all year round. ”

Li An said proudly.

"It's so funny, you can actually serve cucumbers all year round, let's go check it out!"

Wang Zhongsi suddenly became interested and wanted to go to Li An's greenhouse to have a look.

"Uncle, General Guo, please here, over there."

Ang Lee likes greenery, and if he has enough free time, he is willing to lie in the vegetable greenhouse for half an hour every day.