Chapter 36 Academic Seminars
"Well, Japan also has a new generation of tank plans", Liu Yun continued his revelation plan despite the panic of Zhang Sili and Hu Youbing, as well as Qin Guodong's frequent hints.
"Japan's earliest tank units, which began in 1925, were the 1st Tank Brigade of the 14th Division, and the Chiba Infantry School Teaching Team, which were equipped with French 'Renault' FT-17 light tanks and British 'Vickers' medium tanks."
"The Japanese army's active Type 89 tank, officially established in 1927 and successfully developed in 1929, weighs 12-14 tons, has an artillery caliber of 37-47mm, and a power of 130 horsepower."
Liu Yun seems to be a little helpless, "In 1931, the Japanese army successfully developed the 91-type heavy tank weighing 18 tons, the gun caliber is 70mm, and the power is 180 horsepower, and the project was established again in 1932 to develop the improved version of the 91-type car, which has been prototyped and is expected to be finalized and mass-produced next year, pre-named 95-type heavy tank, weighing 26 tons, with an artillery caliber of 57mm and a power of 224 horsepower."
Liu Yun looked downcast, but Zhang, Hu, and Qin couldn't laugh a little, and finally it was the turn of the two German experts to watch the fun, but it was not much better, their own country was still only on the scale of 6-9 tons, how could they be qualified to laugh at the 26-ton heavy tank.
Subsequently, Liu Yun focused on the new main tank of the Japanese army, "At the beginning of this year, the Japanese army was not satisfied with the light and heavy tanks in service, and summed up the lessons of the Battle of the Great Wall in 1933."
"Began to develop a main battle tank suitable for the Chinese battlefield, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries undertaking the main development task, codenamed 'Hatch', weighing 15-18 tons, gun caliber 57mm, two 7.7mm machine guns, power 250-300 horsepower, armor 8-33mm."
Thinking of the Chinese armored forces, or the "Renault" FT-17 as the main force, and the next year after tomorrow, there may be a small number of German No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, Liu Yun is not happy, depressed, once the all-out war of resistance breaks out, what should be used to block the torrent of Japanese tanks, is it really like the movies of later generations, with human lives and grenades to blow up tanks.
As soon as Liu Yun stopped, there was a heavy breathing sound in the room, everyone was carefully digesting the content, and the more they thought about it, the more they thought about it, the heavier they became, the two German experts seemed to have something to say, and seeing that others were bowing their heads and thinking, they had to stop talking.
Liu Yun decided to break the suffocating atmosphere, and pretended to smile and said some light topics, "In fact, in addition to these plans, various major powers also have a super battle tank plan, and the template is the French Fcm-2C super heavy tank, such as Germany's Doomsday Plan, the Soviet Union's T35 Plan, Japan's O-L Plan, Britain's TOG Plan, and the United States' T1 Plan."
"Do you know, none of these big guys are less than 70 tons according to the plan, and some even reach 150 tons", Liu Yun's expression was very exaggerated.
Von Schnoder finally couldn't hold back, "Dear Liu, you are a real doctor of mechanics, we all know it, but what you say about the super tank plan is too alarmist, I am an authentic German mechanical expert, and I don't know anything."
Ignoring the whispers of others, Lee Hans was obliged to support Schnodder, "Yes, dear Dr. Liu, you may really be a tank intelligence master, but when it comes to 150-ton tanks, it is too exaggerated."
Shrugging his shoulders and pushing his gold-rimmed glasses, Hans said regretfully, "I tell you as a material expert, neither materials nor power can support such a monster, the so-called super plan is simply made up by yourself, perhaps, even the tank plans of various countries mentioned before are fake, you are a clever liar."
The words of the German experts still shook the unconfident soil experts, their eyes seemed to be a little wandering, and Liu Yun didn't bother to explain, 150 tons can't stand it, if I tell you again, the future "Land Cruiser" P1000/P1500 plan, that's not crazy, that's 1000 tons and 1500 tons of guys.
"That's right, whether it's a tank or an airplane, it's all built on new materials", Liu Yun didn't blame the two German experts, this is just an academic discussion, not a word, these two people are not really first-class experts, and it is normal that they have no opportunity to contact the super plan.
Liu Yun didn't argue much, and said indifferently, "You can pass on my words to Berlin and let them verify them for themselves, don't you understand everything."
When Qin Guodong was about to announce the end of the meeting, Liu Yun, as the chief engineer, announced the schedule for the pre-research of the new engine, and asked the German experts to complete the verification to Berlin within three days, and at the same time have to come up with a draft plan for the new engine.
In addition, Zhang Sili was responsible for the chassis plan, with a load requirement of 40 tons, Hu Youbing was responsible for the 75mm tank gun plan, and Pang Xuezhong was responsible for preparing the personnel and materials required for site selection.
Qin Guodong, who was still smiling, sweated out at once, with a bitter melon on his face, I don't know if Liu Yun's toughness will lead to a collective backlash from the German advisory group, if it is not handled properly, he will be the head of the arsenal, and he has only been in power for a few days.
Liu Yun didn't care about Major General Qin, who had a complaining face, but said to himself, "Within ten days, I will come up with a prototype of a new engine, I don't know if there is enough time, people who don't have the ability, it's better to get out early, this group doesn't raise idlers."
Such a domineering remark, both German experts and local experts, are a little confused, for some reason, they just feel that the weather is a little hot, and their heads are constantly sweating.
When Liu Yun looked at these experts, he felt angry, and in the end, he didn't be polite to everyone, completely ignoring Major General Qin's stunnedness, and directly announced the dismissal of the meeting on behalf of Team Leader Qin.
Immediately, the team members left the conference room one by one, and Pang Taishi, who had reached the end, looked at Liu Yuan, seemed to want to say something, and finally shook his head and left, with a sigh, which seemed to release endless regrets.
As soon as the people left, Chief Engineer Liu greeted Major General Qin with a smile, and Director Qin seemed to have just come back to his senses, his stiff smile immediately turned into a black face, and he ignored him with a tiger face, drank water by himself, sulking, Liu Yun didn't say anything, and directly took out Lao Jiang's instructions.
The handwritten oracle is the handwritten oracle, no matter how unhappy Major General Qin is, he has to continue, after reading it carefully, he has to return it respectfully, and blamed him with a smile, "Yicheng, I didn't say you, how did you take it out, if you take it out earlier, you say that I am a big boss, what kind of joint R&D team leader, isn't it cold to infiltrate people, you are a doctor in the United States, you are not appropriate, no one should be suitable."
Liu Yun is not a fool, I don't know if this is a clear praise and a secret disparagement, and he is helpless about Major General Qin's yin and yang weirdness, so he had to say with a wry smile, "Sir, it's not that Yicheng wants to make his own opinions, you look at Zhang Hu and the others, two big experts, from beginning to end, they don't even dare to talk nonsense, they are simply deaf ears, and they are decorations."
For this, Major General Qin felt the same way, nodded incessantly, and knew Zhang Hu and the others very well, and said very neutrally, "Soil experts are soil experts, and when they see foreign experts, their legs are weak, and they always feel that they have no bottom in their hearts, and it is not strange."
Liu Yun couldn't help pouring bitter water, "You also saw it, those two Germans, those noses are almost on their foreheads, no matter what I say, their mouths are full of protests, opposition, and suspicions, his grandmother's doesn't take us Chinese people in his eyes at all, and everything they haven't seen or heard is impossible, even liars have said it."
Even Major General Qin agreed with this, patted Liu Yun's shoulder vigorously, and said with some emotion, "Yicheng, in fact, you don't have to care too much, big nose, used to the first class of high Huaxia people, this time although the Germans themselves agreed, the joint development of a new generation of tanks with us may be a cause of self-esteem, and we can never let go of their prejudice and arrogance, but we will use facts to tell them that Huaxia is not weaker than others."
"As for the liars," Major General Qin seemed to have thought for a while, "Even I, a person who doesn't know how to be mechanical, know that what you say is justified and well-founded, and where is something made up by yourself, what they say is just to confuse the public and try to cover up their ignorance."
Looking at Liu Yun, who was smiling slightly, Director Qin suddenly understood, why did this guy suppress the arrogance of the experts in a tough way, and suddenly remembered something again, and asked with some distress, "Yicheng, you speak wildly, take out the draft in three days, and take out the prototype in ten days, is it reliable, don't be at that time, stealing chickens will not make rice."
Liu Yun also groaned a little, took a sip of tea, thought for a while, and then told Qin Guodong about Nanjing's intentions, Nanjing has formed a tacit understanding with the Germans, and everyone doesn't want the bamboo basket to be empty, so they are waiting for the results of the Hanyang Arsenal.
Only if there is something real, Germany will give Nanjing what it wants, and at the same time, Nanjing will also have the next step of arrangement, so it is the first priority to come up with the real thing as soon as possible.
Qin Guodong was frightened at this time, and turned around a few times with his hands behind his back, Liu Yun's words just explained, he didn't understand the question after thinking about it for a long time, why did Lao Jiang parachute him to Hanyang Arsenal as a factory director, so it sees, it seems that some things are still simple.
At this time, Major General Qin really understood Liu Yun's overstepping of his authority, and also understood why he wanted to suppress German experts, as long as he could show real merits, everything would not be a problem, and if he drove out two German experts, Berlin would send another twenty or two hundred.
At the same time, this guy also knows another thing, he and Liu Yun will be a pair of difficult brothers in the future, a grasshopper on a hemp rope, if there are results, his share is indispensable, if something happens, he can't run away, well, the sooner the results are out, he should go to the field army early.
Major General Qin did it when he thought of it, the lines on his face suddenly softened, and his tone of voice was also very kind, "Yicheng, since you are the principal's protégé, and my brother and I are the same disciples, if you don't dislike it, how about we be called brothers in the future."
Liu Yun touched his head and said with some embarrassment, "Sir-".
"Well, it's still called sir", Qin Guodong looked anxious with him when he shouted sir.
"Eh, Brother Qin", Liu Yun had no choice but to be respectful rather than obey.
Major General Qin suddenly turned from anger to joy, with a happy smile, and said yes in a row, and after a while of politeness, he still returned to business, "Yicheng, brother, I, I am a rough person, where do you know what engine, you will be the real team leader in the future, and if you have any hard work in the future, just give orders", as he spoke, he patted his solid chest with his bear paws.