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In the reinforced concrete room of the base, Ciric listened to the reports of the engineers present.

The person presiding over the meeting was Alfred.

"Future wars will inevitably be dominated by tanks, so we must carefully consider the design indicators of tanks." Alfred said.

Experts from various companies were gathered at the scene, and they all came here secretly in response to the call of Krupp to participate in research and development, and signed a contract, once they came here, they could not go back for five years.

This allows for maximum confidentiality.

As a future tank commander, Guderian also took part in this meeting.

Design indicators of the tank! Originally, this was not difficult for them, it had nothing to do with the individual companies, and it was entirely up to the military to put forward the indicators.

But now, they have nothing to do with the military, so this initial indicator has to be determined by themselves, so they have to be cautious.

Once the general direction is wrong, then the past few years will be in vain.

"Right now, our technology in tanks is still blank." "In order to make the project less difficult, I suggest that we start with the simplest ten-ton light tank, and now we have information that the British are working on this type of tank," said one of the engineers. ”

Now, it's not 1925! There is a blank space in each country as to what the tank of the future will look like, and among them, the British, as the inventors of the tank, have always received attention from other countries.

Now, a British design team led by John Valentine Carden and Vyvian Loyd is working on a prototype of the MK.E.

The body of this car is riveted armor, and the power source is the British Armstrong vertical four-cylinder gasoline engine, and the suspension system uses a trolley-type suspension system.

Double-track construction, four pairs on the left and right. Each pair of rails is connected to two road wheels, and two pairs of road wheels on the left and right are equipped with spring structures, and this suspension system is considered to be a very good system that can withstand long distances, which is an excellent design for this era.

This kind of tank, that is, the Weeks tank, which was later finalized, although it was not put into use in large quantities in the United Kingdom, was widely used by other countries, and the Soviet Union came up with the T-26 tank on the basis of this tank, and Germany, which was also based on this tank, made its own No. 1 tank.

The total production in the world, more than 10,000 units, has fully influenced the design of tanks all over the world!

Now, the German tank design also has to start from imitation, so it is an opportunity to aim at the tank being developed by the British.

"No, this tank, it's not what our armored forces need, it's too small." Guderian immediately retorted.

Since coming here, Guderian has been busy organizing these thousands of troops, first using cardboard for training, and he is even more looking forward to the arrival of tanks.

However, Guderian did not want his tank troops to use such a thing!

A ten-ton tank, too small, which means it can't have thick armor, a large-caliber anti-tank gun can take it out! At the same time, it can't carry more powerful artillery!

Except for the fact that it can be used by scouts, this tank is almost useless!

In later generations, the No. 1 tank participated in the Spanish Civil War, and testing the combat effectiveness of this tank was almost the same as Guderian predicted, and it was of little use!

"Guderian, what about your opinion?" Alfred asked.

"I think we should divide the tanks into two basic types, which are the main tank with a high muzzle velocity gun for anti-armor combat, and the support tank with a large-caliber gun to fire high-explosive ammunition, and we have a combination ratio of three companies of main battle tanks and one company of support tanks in combat."

Guderian was very forward-looking, and his view was not unreasonable, and it was at his suggestion that Germany carried out the development and equipment of tank No. 3 and tank No. 4 at the same time.

"These two tanks, with a dead weight of about 24 tons, can adapt to the load limits of our highway bridges, with a maximum marching speed of 35 km / h, and two tanks work together, the former is equipped with high-speed tank guns, which are mainly used to combat enemy tanks, and the latter are equipped with larger-caliber howitzers for anti-infantry operations."

Guderian was of course prepared, and these days of thinking and research, in Guderian's mind, have formed the current conclusion.

"Guderian, your idea is good, but now, we don't have much technology accumulation, I'm afraid we can't directly make a tank of more than 20 tons." An expert from Henschel said: "The technical difficulties were so difficult that we would have to terminate the project in the end." ”

Technical difficulty! In Germany, it can be said that there is no pre-research, all of them are starting from scratch, in this case, the best way is to start a primary model, and then gradually develop.

Guderian's 20-ton proposal was a bit too advanced.

At this moment, Ciric spoke: "Why two tanks? Can it be combined into one? ”

World War II can be said to be the world of tanks, all kinds of tanks galloped across the battlefield, and tank soldiers became the greatest troops.

Ciric, who is keen on the study of World War II, also discovered a strange phenomenon, the German No. 3 and No. 4 tanks are almost similar to the British cruiser tanks and infantry tanks.

Why not synthesize into one tank? Like later generations, there are not many classifications at all! It's the main battle tank!

"Because we can't make the right artillery." Guderian said: "Anti-tank, you need a high muzzle velocity of the shell, so the caliber must not be too large, otherwise the barrel will be too long, now we can choose from 37-mm anti-tank guns, and anti-infantry, you need large-caliber howitzers, my idea is to use 75-mm caliber short-barreled howitzers." Unless we look at multi-turret monster tanks, it can only be separated. ”

There are still 15 years to go before the Second World War! In the past 15 years, tank technology has developed significantly, and now, it is just in its infancy!