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Wei Chigong likes cannons too much, after entering the courtyard, he was like seeing his beloved lover, staring at the cannon for a stick of incense without saying a word, and finally Gao Ming was a little unbearable, so he had to persuade him.

"That...... Eguogong, don't you want to see this cannon for a while, why don't we go to the Steam Bureau first and come back later? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wei Chigong reluctantly left the Thunder Fire Bureau, seeing his reluctant gaze, Gao Ming couldn't help but cry and laugh.

"I've heard of chess idiots, drunkards, and painting idiots, but this cannon idiot is the first time I've seen him, forget it, I'll take him to the Ministry of Military Industry quickly, and then go home early for dinner!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's walking pace couldn't help but speed up a little.

Gao Ming walked fast, and Wei Chigong didn't walk slowly, because his plan was similar to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really troublesome, the old man still hurriedly followed him around, turned around and sent him away, and the old man went back to see the cannon!"

Although Wei Chigong had already planned it, when he followed Gao Ming into the courtyard of the steam development supervisor, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

At this time, there was a behemoth made of wood in the courtyard, it was about five meters high and more than ten meters long, and its shape was half oval, like a boiled egg that had been cut off in half.

On either side of it, there are two rows of huge wheels, and at this time several craftsmen are attaching tracks to the wheels, while others are holding hammers and nails to reinforce the perimeter.

Seeing this scene, Wei Chigong immediately frowned.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, is this a car? But why such a strange shape? ”

Hearing Wei Chigong's words, Gao Ming suddenly smiled.

"Hehe, Eguo Gong, you guessed wrong, this is not an ordinary car, this is a super weapon designed by me - the God of War Beetle Steam Tank!"

“……”

Looking at Wei Chigong's dumbfounded appearance, Gao Ming's heart suddenly felt satisfied like never before.

He smiled slightly, then walked to the side of the Beetle tank, stretched out and patted its hull, and then began to introduce Wei Chigong.

"Tank, which means tracked armored combat vehicle, my Ares Beetle steam tank is driven by steam and does not need to be dragged by horses, except for walking slower, everything else is not a problem."

"The wooden thickness of the body of the car is one size, and I also plan to wrap a layer of one-inch thick iron armor outside, so that it can not only effectively defend against long-range weapons including bed crossbows, but also as long as it is not continuously smashed by stone throwings, ordinary slashing and sword pokes, it is even more helpless, that is, sitting inside, I can beat others, and others can't beat me."

"The tank is also equipped with ten cannons that can fire shotguns, the muzzle diameter is one meter, and it is equipped with iron balls, within ten paces, even if the heavy cavalry is beaten, they have to lie down, even if they fall into a melee, through more than twenty small round holes around, they can fire crossbow arrows outward!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised his chin towards the stunned Wei Chi.

"It is no exaggeration to say that this is a small mobile fortress, which can be attacked and defended, and with it, it is a pipe dream for the enemy to take the head of the general!"

Yu Chigong: "(⊙⊙)..."

At this time, after listening to Gao Ming's introduction, Wei Chigong had fallen into a complete stupor, and his eyes were full of incredulity when he looked at the Beetle Steam Tank.

That expression, it's like seeing God.

In fact, at this time, Wei Chigong was thinking about how to deal with such a thing if he encountered such a thing on the battlefield.

But after careful consideration, he reluctantly found that if what Gao Ming said was true, then unless he killed all the soldiers guarding outside the tank, it was destined to be a joke to capture the thief and capture the king first.

Wei Chigong couldn't think of a way, but he was also expected by Gao Ming, after all, this was the "life-saving magic weapon" that he had thought about for a long time!

Li Shimin had previously given an order to let Gao Ming, the general of Tiance, lead the Tang army to conquer Goguryeo, one is to let Bang Zimian know who his father is, and on the other hand, to let Gao Ming get a certain amount of merit, and he can also serve the public when he ascends the throne in the future.

These masters know everything, but he is worried that after he goes to Goguryeo, what will he do if he doesn't come back?

Gao Ming felt that as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he could be said to have a great future, and there were still a few wives in the family who were like flowers, and it would be a loss if he died like this.

In order to ensure his own safety, Gao Ming could only desperately use his brain and think hard about ways to save his life on the battlefield.

After several days of thinking, Gao Ming finally came up with a practical solution, that is, armored vehicles!

Gao Ming remembered that those leaders of later generations traveled in bulletproof cars, and Datang did not have guns, but they did have arrows!

As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, for the safety of his own life, Gao Ming decided to get a Datang "bulletproof car" out.

However, defense alone is not enough, in case someone says that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, not to mention the problem of damage to his prestige, he will feel that he can't get over it just because he is smart in face.

Considering the need for both defense and attack, Gao Ming finally made the decision - build a tank!

In fact, as early as 1855, the British invented the Beetle steam tank, and even the design drawings were drawn, and it was almost manufactured.

Unfortunately, later this plan was rejected, otherwise the creation of the tank would have been decades earlier.

The British didn't like the Beetle tank, but Gao Ming loved it.

"Although ugly is ugly, it's important to save your life!"

The most important thing is that now that the steam has been made, after testing, it was found that it was no problem to use it as a power to propel the tank, so Gao Ming let people start building this tank.

The reason why it was made into the style of a Beetle was that the tank of this shape had a large capacity, which could easily hold a huge amount of steam and the required coal, as well as personnel, weapons, ammunition, and so on.

Secondly, about the steam tank, Gao Ming only remembered this one style, and then it took Gao Ming a lot of effort to improve and experiment with this tank, and he didn't have the energy to make another one.

However, judging from Wei Chigong's reaction now, Gao Ming found that his decision was very correct.

Looking at Wei Chi Gong, who was looking at the tank blankly, Gao Ming suddenly coughed dryly twice, and only after Wei Chi Gong came back to his senses did he arch towards him.

"Eguogong, this military industry department has this department in total, and now I have taken you to visit, if there is nothing wrong, let's go back!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wei Chigong immediately shook his head, and then bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is tired of accompanying the old minister, but the old minister plans to take another look, I don't know if it's okay?"

Wei Chigong's reaction had long been expected by Gao Ming, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, then you see, I'll go first!"

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"