Chapter 14 Preparation for the Establishment of Armored Corps The artillery truck first appeared

For the three brothers Liu Yun, Li Wei, and Li Jing, Zhang Zhimu likes it too much. They were all the first to follow him, and now they can all be of great use. Their status in the Yaogang People's Army is very special, and they dare to joke when they see Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu reminded Li Wei: "You must master the technology of large-scale blasting and tunnel blasting as soon as possible. Soon there will be a lot to do. ”

"Well, that's what I've been following them for now." Li Wei said, "This time, we engaged in directional blasting, and I made adjustments with reference to the charge of the previous blasting. Accurate calculations are not yet attainable, but some parameters can be summarized. Both of these were chances. This charge, we are all playing tunnels. Use a pickaxe to punch the spray hole, and then blast it, which also has a lot of attention, and if there is less charge, it will not work, and if there is more, the tunnel will collapse. There is also a lot of attention to the way of charging. I asked those newly graduated students to draw pictures and record them every day, and then summarize their experience and write them into textbooks to teach everyone. ”

"Good!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Next, you have another important task, you send some highly educated and young soldiers to come over to learn to drive a tractor, and go to the construction site to work for a period of time." I also have to learn tractor maintenance. In the future, Lu Wenchen and their technical school have tractor driving and maintenance students, and I will ask you for some more. ”

"What? You mean, you want my soldiers to come and drive the tractor? After Li Wei asked, he understood that things would not be so simple, and asked, "Mr. Zhang, you should tell me first, what are you going to let me do?" ”

"On the construction site, you see the power of the tractor, right?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Every day, crawler tractors and four-wheel tractors are very powerful." Li Wei replied that at this time, he already roughly understood what Zhang Zhimu meant.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I have asked Li Yunhe and them to develop a tractor that can tow your heavy artillery. Not only can you drag the cannon, but you can also pull all your gunners up. Of course, a cannon-pulling car doesn't have to be as heavy as a tractor. Otherwise, when you get to the south, you can't cross the bridge. There is also Li Yunhe, who is developing an artillery truck, that is, the cannon is mounted on a tracked vehicle, and the cannon can be fired while driving. The car was armored with steel plates. You say, do you need to train a group of people who understand technology and can operate and maintain? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Wei was very happy to understand this, and said, "If there is such an army in the future, there will be no suspense in fighting." It would be interesting if there was a row of such artillery carriages, on which heavy machine guns were loaded, and a row was drawn up against the Mongol cavalry. Besides, our heavy artillery is good, and it is really inconvenient to transport, and with tracked trailers, there is no such problem. ”

Chen Yufeng, who was next to him, said: "Don't be complacent, you kid, such an army also needs to be equipped with a team that specializes in building bridges." In many places, we have bridges and horses, but these tractors and chariots can't be crossed. ”

"What Uncle Shi said is that we not only have to prepare a team to build a bridge, but also weld some steel frames with angle steel, and in some places, the bridge is paved with steel frames." Li Wei said.

"That's right! Li Wei," Zhang Zhimu said, "you form a Zhouqiao force. Because you can cross a small bridge with a steel frame, and you must build a boat bridge when you encounter a big river. Otherwise, you can take a boat, but your equipment won't. You have to set up a special boat and bridge unit, and at the same time, you must study special equipment and methods for building bridges quickly. ”

"Good! I'll go back to this. Li Wei was very happy.

On the way back to Yaogang, Li Yan sat in Zhang Zhimu's car, and Zhang Zhimu knew that Li Yan must have something to say.

After chatting for a while about some anecdotes about going down to the local area to participate in the task force, Li Yan turned the conversation to the main topic, "Mr. Zhang, there are many people from Beijing during this time, and many people from all over the country have also come. To be honest, it seems to me that there are not many people who can do things right away, and I don't have a good impression of them. In addition to a returning imperial doctor, I introduced to Mr. Zhang Bengui, and another who worked in the Ministry of Industry, and I introduced them to Li Dong. The others were officials. ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't answer Li Yan's words, and asked, "Li Gongzi, do you say that if we govern the entire Ming Dynasty, how many cadres will be needed to manage it?" ”

"Oops! It's hard to say. Li Yan replied.

"I don't know," Zhang Zhimu said, "but I know that it will take a lot!" Our current officials are far from adequate. However, the training of officials does not happen overnight. If we want to train officials as soon as possible, we must make good use of the people we can find now. This is the main reason that limits our development. ”

"But there are too many of these former officials, and they will bring their old bad habits with them. Seriously, it will affect our development. Li Yan said.

"What you said, I understand, there are many places now, and these problems are also being exposed." Zhang Zhimu said, "The issue of the rule of officials is an issue that determines the rise and fall of the world in all dynasties. However, our goal should be divided into several steps. First, it is necessary to take political power throughout the country, and at this stage it is necessary to unite some forces that can be united. There are some people we have to wait until we take power before we bring them down. This is called the united front. At different stages of our development, we must have different targets for united front. In the future, the problem of government governance must be solved by **** and the legal system. ”

Zhang Zhimu introduced the magic weapon of the united front that he learned in his previous life to Li Yan, and for the current Li Yan, no matter how smart you are, you are so shocked that you have nothing to say when you listen to the magic weapon of your previous life. It took a long time for Li Yan to speak: "Mr. Zhang, I really obeyed you." ”

"Huh! Don't convince me," Zhang Zhimu wanted to say, I also learned from a master, but I couldn't help it, "We don't care what they did in the past, just treat them as literate and literate people." We will be trained according to our requirements, and we can use those who can accept our philosophy. However, before they take office, they must go to our current officials to serve as deputies for a while, and only when our officials think they are qualified, can they go out to take up their main posts. ”

"Good! I put them all in our business law school. Li Yan was in a relaxed mood at this time.

Seeing Li Yan like this, Zhang Zhimu also smiled and said, "Hehe! What Li Gongzi did that I admired was jealousy and hatred. But what we do, we often have to choose the lesser of two evils! ”

"Mr. Zhang, see me!" Li Yan said admiringly.

Back at Yaogang, Yang Yulin saw Zhang Zhimu walking in and said, "Hurry up and call Li Zhi!" He seems to be in a hurry. ”

"You call him and tell him I'm back."

After Yang Yulin finished the call, she said to Zhang Zhimu: "Li Zhi will come over immediately and let you wait for him." ”

Li Zhi came to Zhang Zhimu's office, and when he saw Zhang Zhimu, he said, "Good news! **Finally a telegram came. ”

"Don't worry, sit down and have some tea!" Zhang Zhimu motioned for Li Zhi to sit down.

Li Zhi should be regarded as Zhang Zhimu's confidant, but Li Zhi has never been nervous in front of Zhang Zhimu, he is not as casual as Li Wei, Li Jing, and Li Yunhe when they see Zhang Zhimu. Ouyang He, Li Yan and Li Zhi are somewhat similar in this regard, perhaps because of their personalities.

After Li Zhi sat down, he also straightened up, drank some tea, and said: "**The telegram said that the Dashun army is now stepping up shipbuilding, and they want to wait for the naval army to replenish before attacking. The Dashun army is very eager to fight. ”

Zhang Zhimu let out a sigh of relief and said, "That's how good it is. It seems that the Dashun army still has sober-minded people, and they will be very passive if they do not have the support of the naval army to fight along the Yangtze River. The Dashun army was beaten a little badly by us. We didn't expect this, so we didn't know what Li Zicheng meant. You can report this news to the command center in a moment. ”

"Okay," Li Zhi said, "Meng Si'er came back and left again. He said that before it was done, he would not see you first. However, I heard him say that things were a bit eyebrow-raising, and he transferred another company of soldiers over in Shaanxi, which is estimated to be a bit of progress. ”

"This stinky boy won't show his face when he comes back. There has been no news of him for this time, and it is estimated that they are also sad. Zhang Zhimu said, "Is there any new news from the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Without the most direct information, our intelligence agents have no contact with the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Their messages are heard. It is said that Dorgon is now in power and has been training his army in a military formation, and it is likely that he will do something. I told them to keep an eye on the movements of the flag bearers, and if there was a situation they would report it. Li Zhi said.

"Is there any situation in Sichuan?" Zhang Zhimu was concerned about whether Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan and began to slaughter Sichuan.

"Nothing? However, the Sichuan gentry and the common people did not welcome Zhang Xianzhong too much, and I am afraid that they would not be able to do it if they did not take measures. But there is no movement yet. Li Zhi said.

"Oh!" Zhang Zhimu nodded and asked, "You went to Jiangnan this time, and the effect was like this?" ”

"Over there in Zhejiang, Li Mao and Li Gongzi have done a lot of work. Our covert personnel have already been arranged. Li Zhi said, "I also selected a few people from the people brought by Mr. Lin Zongwei, and sent back to Fujian after the training." They are also very shrewd, and I want them to find a way to get close to the Zheng family. It's a bit difficult to estimate this. But you can go in secretly. We have sent a lot of people from Jiangxi and Huguang. Now the conditions of the people sent out are much better than before, and our training methods are better than before. There are many more sources of recruitment than before. ”

"Good! Intelligence first, you do a good job. Zhang Zhimu asked, "How are you spying on our father-in-law Li?" ”

"I have almost everything I know about him," Li Zhi said, "Gonggong Li is a natural master of intelligence, and it is estimated that he has a feeling for us to spy on him." However, despite his caution, there were a few times when he was in a hurry to use the phone, which exposed several of his outside contacts. There are even those who work in our kilns. But it's not a critical department. ”

"Good! It's good that we can grasp it. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Also, on the side of Lingshui Wharf, Li Zicheng and their point, most of the people have withdrawn, and some more people have come. I guess all of them are gone, and what they get in exchange is all business. It's just that their head hasn't left, and it seems that they still want to keep in touch with us. We never answered them about setting up a branch on their side. I wonder what they will think? ”

"Don't go to them to set up a branch first, we don't admit to having contact with them." Zhang Zhimu said.

"I understand." Li Zhi said.

After Li Zhi left, Yang Yulin came in again.

"I said, can that movie still be released, I used to say that it would be officially released in a month, but now after so long, can it still be released?" Yang Yulin asked.

"Oops! I really haven't paid attention to this, didn't you ask Xiao Hongyu what's going on? Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes," Ms. Yang said, "she said there were some revisions." ”

"That's where they don't like it." Zhang Zhimu said, "But it should be about the same, it shouldn't be so long." You call Little Ruby, and I'll ask them what's going on. ”

Waiting for Xiao Hongyu's crispy voice to come from the microphone, Zhang Zhimu asked: "Xiao Hongyu, I said if your movie can still be released, how long has it been now." It's not good to wait any longer! ”

"Oops! I thought you were thinking about me, but you were asking about it. Ruby replied, "We've made some changes in some places. Also, their projectors have been changed. Increase the brightness of the light a lot, so that the picture is much larger and the image is clearer. Don't worry, we are more anxious before the movie is released. Now the film is being processed and printed, and it will be released in two days. I've heard that a lot of people come to Yaogang and haven't left, just waiting to finish watching the movie. Hehe! ”

"Good! Hurry up and pay attention to your body. After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, he put down the phone and said to Yang Yulin, "It will be released in two days, and they will not only have to revise the film, but also the projector." The movie will be clearer in the future. ”

"I think you seem to be very good at caring about people," Yang Yulin said in Zhang Zhimu's voice, "and pay attention to your body." ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled bitterly, shook his head and didn't speak.

Before getting off work, Li Yunhe called and asked Zhang Zhimu to go to the tractor test site tomorrow.

Yang Yulin, who was waiting to go home with Zhang Zhimu from work, said: "I am most annoyed by the phone call before getting off work. ”

"Why?"

"No, you're not going back to eat again." Yang Yulin said.

"You! Really, it's not good to save food for your family? Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oops! If you don't go home for dinner, your home will be boring. Yang Yulin said.

"yes, it's nice to have someone looking forward to coming home." Zhang Zhimu said, picked up Yang Yulin and walked out of the office.

"What! Do you want to go all the way home? Yang Yulin looked at Zhang Zhimu and asked.

"Why not? That's how we're going home today. After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, he walked all the way home with Yang Yulin in his arms. Yang Yulin can really do it, and it's really like this, go home with Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu likes Yang Yulin's daring character very much. But as soon as she entered the house, Yang Yulin couldn't laugh anymore.

Huang Yukun came over and asked, "Like a madman, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Sister-in-law, how did you say we came back?" Yang Yulin said and laughed again.

"Can you fly back?" Yang Yulin said.

"He came back with my arm all the way, and everybody was watching us all the way. Hehehe! After speaking, Yang Yulin couldn't laugh anymore.

"What! You came back arm-in-arm along the way? Huang Yukun couldn't accept this, "He is holding you, so you let him hold it?" ”

"Do I dare not listen to him? Hehe! Yang Yulin still couldn't stop laughing after speaking.

Zhang Zhimu teased Erhu and said: "My own woman, what do you have, but I didn't hold others." ”

"You guys are so big, and you're not afraid of other people's jokes? Really, it's crazy! Huang Yukun counted.

"Oops! This person pretends to be a man and a woman who can't kiss him, and he doesn't know what he does when he goes home? It's all too hypocritical. Zhang Zhimu said.

"You are the head of the kiln gang, you have to pay attention to the influence." Huang Yukun said with some dissatisfaction.

"I'm leading the way. It will not be unusual for everyone to be like this in the future. Zhang Zhimu said.

The next day, Zhang Zhimu went to the office to make arrangements, and was about to go to Li Yunhe to go to the test site with him. Yangchang called, and also asked Zhang Zhimu to come over, Zhang Zhimu said that he would go out immediately and go over when he came back.

Following Li Yunhe to the test site, Zhang Zhimu saw a tractor-like thing on the edge of the venue. Some of the people who were waiting here saw Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe coming over and lifted the canvas that was covered.

Zhang Zhimu saw that this was a tank car, and the tank car that Zhang Zhimu drew for them was now called an artillery car. But now there are no guns on the round turret welded from steel plates.

"Your gun truck has come out, why don't you have a gun yet?" Zhang Zhimu asked. As he spoke, he circled around the gun carriage.

"We are going to develop a 65-millimeter cannon with a 50-fold barrel for sports cars and gunboats. The barrel should be lengthened to make it suitable for direct aiming. However, it is not done yet, and the barrel has just begun to be processed. Li Yunhe said.

"How many people are in this gun carriage of yours?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Four people, a commander driving, a gunner, a 12.7mm heavy machine gunner on the roof, and a parallel machine gunner." Li Yunhe said"

Inside the car, you can use a ventilation fan to ventilate the air with the outside in the summer, and in the winter, the air can be heated by the engine and transferred into the car. The seats inside the car are shock-absorbing. It is also equipped with a high-power radio for full-duplex communication. The chassis is waterproof, so as long as it is not completely submerged in water, the gun truck can drive. The armor on the car is welded with steel plates, and it is no problem to shoot directly at the bed crossbow. ”

Zhang Zhimu saw that the car's air intake and exhaust holes were erected, and it seemed that he thought of waterproofing. Zhang Zhimu has already begun to admire these people who are engaged in gun trucks. It's not easy to think so comprehensively with the first car.

"Good! You've thought about it all. Zhang Zhimu said, "Let's try it in a circle!" ”

Hearing Zhang Zhimu's approval, the brothers of the group engaged in the artillery truck felt a sigh of relief, and they immediately climbed into the car and got into the car. With a "boom", the engine started with a puff of black smoke. Then the gun carriage began to roar. After starting, I saw them shift gears, and the speed was very fast, at least much faster than that of a tractor. After a while, they drove the tractor and turned a corner in front of Zhang Zhimu and stopped. It seems that the handling is good.

Zhang Zhimu applauded and said, "Not bad, not bad!" Then he said to them, "It will be a test when the guns are loaded, because the recoil of the muzzles is not small, and your turrets are movable and must withstand them." ”

The leader of the group said: "Mr. Zhang, I don't dare to say that I will be okay now, but we have put a lot of effort here, and we have to bear the impact of the cannons." It is also easy to use when aiming. The gun scopes are all redesigned. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There is another problem, that is, after the cannon is fired, the space in the gun carriage is small, and the smoke will be very choking. Later gun carriage guns should be equipped with an extraction device. In that case, you can smoke all the cigarettes after the fight so that they don't get into the car. Take your time, though. You are settling the problem now, and then you will study the good and bad things later. ”

"We've thought about what you said, and we're going to increase the smoke extraction effect of the fan." After the team leader finished speaking, he asked, "What are you talking about a smoking device?" ”

"Actually, the principle of the smoking device is also very simple. We can add a round gas tank in the middle of the barrel, or at the front. In the process of firing, the high pressure in the chamber is used to inflate the gas reservoir, and the chamber pressure decreases after the gun is ejected, and the gas inside the chamber is sprayed outward at high speed, resulting in negative pressure in the chamber, so as to extract the exhaust gas and drug residue. So that there won't be much smoke in the gun carriage. Zhang Zhimu explained.

"Oops! We can also add this thing to the gun of the gun carriage this time. The team leader said to Li Yunhe.

"Mr. Zhang is too, don't say it sooner. Well, I'll go back and tell the guys about it, and ask them to consider installing a smoking device. Li Yunhe said again, "Mr. Zhang, come here, let you open your eyes today!" ”

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