Tongzhou camp on the outskirts of Beijing, was originally the barracks of the Qing court, after the Republic of China became the training ground of the Beiyang Army, after Chai Dongliang entered Beijing, it was encircled here, surrounded by a full brigade of soldiers, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, a huge searchlight was erected on the watchtower, and the telephone lines were dense like spider webs. Countless wooden plaques are painted with snow-white skull symbols, with four large characters on them: Military Restricted Zone. Even illiterate people understand that this place cannot be broken into, and those who strayed into it will not be killed. Moreover, in the face of three trenches and countless barbed wire fences with barbs, those who can still "stray" into it are definitely not ordinary people, even if the possible surnames of well-trained special forces want to blend in, they are very small.

Chai Dongliang stood beside Kuang Haishan, Lu Kai, Gu Nanshan, He Tianshou, Fang Qingyu and others, and almost all the high-level generals of the Jianghuai Army gathered here.

A battalion of cavalry was proudly mounted with sabers, while a regiment of infantry lay in ambush in a deep trench. The trenches are dug very carefully, the communication trenches connected to each other, the internal reinforced concrete anti-artillery pits, machine gun forts, in front of which are barbed wire, and there are layers of volcanic subway wire fences suspended 20 centimeters in the air against the ground. Behind the trenches were earthen hills where artillery positions were hidden, and sunlight filtered through the cracks in the trees, occasionally reflecting the brass muzzles.

Under the indoctrination of Chai Dongliang, the generals of the Jianghuai Army were already supporters of trench warfare, and in their minds, this kind of lack of morality and tactics of cutting off children and grandchildren was almost invincible!

With an infantry regiment plus a cavalry battalion and an artillery battalion on the Tongzhou battalion, it would be extremely difficult for the attacking side to break through this line of defense, even if there was a brigade or even a complete infantry division. In fact, the training ground of the Tongzhou battalion could hardly accommodate an infantry division to attack.

In this exercise, the attacking side will be defeated!

Everyone guessed so in their hearts, only Kuang Haishan still had an unfathomable smile on his face. With the three flares of the flare from the flare guns, the cavalry on the defending side urged the horses to hide in the mountain forest. All that remains of the battlefield is a seemingly chaotic patch of deer, horses, and barbed wire. The attacking troops were still hiding behind a seemingly low dirt hill on the opposite side.

The generals of the Jianghuai Army don't know why, I don't understand why Chai Dongliang wants them to watch such a meaningless exercise, armed to the teeth of the defenders, relying on a solid position, what other ending can the attacker have except to find death?

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound behind the dirt mountain, which seemed to be as dull as rolling thunder in a dry field. A moment later, five steel monsters flashed from behind the mountain road, their wide tracks easily scraping over the soft mud and swamps, climbing over the twenty-five degree dirt slopes, and crossing the trenches more than two meters deep, making a deafening roar, rushing towards the defending position at a speed of twenty kilometers per hour.

The monster was divided into two parts, the territory resembling a crawler tractor, and on top of it was a square iron box with a black hole in the muzzle.

These monsters, weighing more than 20 tons, flashed from the front of the dirt slope, and behind the dirt hill, ten more strange-looking machine monsters. These monsters are somewhat similar in appearance to the previous ones, only they are smaller, and the tracks do not completely cover the sides. Rather, there are three steel wheels arranged in the shape of "pin" at each of the four corners, with a diameter of 20 centimeters, and the periphery is wrapped by steel tracks, forming an equilateral triangle. The four equilateral triangular tracks were also topped by a rectangular iron box with a Maxim machine gun in the center. The whirling triangular tracks made the machine-gun-laden monster extremely nimble and fast, flanking from both wings at almost as fast as a galloping horse.

The defending side was obviously a little frightened when they saw these two monsters for the first time, and by the time the artillerymen remembered, the monsters had already reached the front of the position. The defenders' artillery poured solid training shells desperately to the front of the position, trying to stop the monsters from approaching, but it was obviously in vain, it was difficult to hit a moving target in the first place, and these steel monsters didn't take machine guns and mortars seriously at all.

The deer and horses in front of the position were easily crushed into wooden slag by them, the barbed wire was hit and flattened, and the deep trenches and earth walls formed by the earth did not play any role in hindering them, and the trenches more than two meters wide could be easily crossed.

The machine guns and mortars on the defending side did not have a lethal effect, and as soon as the cavalry rushing down from the hill reached them, the horses were frightened by these monsters that made a loud roar, and they either turned around and ran back, or simply lay down and waited for death.

Large, elephant-like crawler monsters cleared the trenches, while small, wolf-like small, triangular crawler monsters burst into local positions and flanked the defenders from behind. In the face of this crisis, the well-trained defenders were unable to advance and retreat, and many soldiers turned pale with fright, and it was only out of fear of military law for many years and the sense of professional honor of the soldiers that they did not abandon their positions and fled, but they could only shoot blindly with rifles and machine guns in vain.

Behind the monsters were the following infantrymen, who slowly cleaned up the results of the battle, according to the orders of the exercise command center, cleared the remaining barbed wire with blasters, and then occupied the "enemy" positions one by one, eliminating the small groups of stubborn enemy forces.

The generals who watched the battle were also dumbfounded, Gu Nanshan and the others were even frightened, the almost perfect defense system in their minds was destroyed in less than twenty minutes, ravaged by monsters, if this is not a drill but a real war, then the defending side is almost not fighting, but being slaughtered unilaterally!

Kuang Haishan smiled and asked, "Mazi, how is this thing better than your cavalry?" ”

Gu Nanshan came back from the horror and realized that these terrifying monsters were likely to equip their own troops in the future, so he couldn't stop smiling and exclaimed: "Okay, it's fucking good!" When the cavalry encounters such a monster, how can they survive? Lao Tzu wants this, I don't want any cavalry! ”

Kuang Haishan asked Lu Kai with a smile again: "Can your air force stop the assault of this monster?" ”

Lu Kai shook his head again and again: "Enough!" This thing is not afraid of machine guns, it moves fast, it is difficult to hit directly with air-dropped bombs, and it has a strong ability to jump over obstacles, even if my air force destroys the road, it will be difficult to stop them from advancing! , this thing is awesome! ”

After judging that the speed of these steel monsters was already defensible, Lu Kai had to lament that the current air force was really difficult to deal with these monsters. A machine gun hit is just an itch, and a bomb wants to hit it directly, which is a fool's dream. The simple star-ring mechanical sights mounted on the plane are okay for striking giant warships on the move in naval battles. Looking down from the sky, these monsters on the ground feel extremely large and are just small black dots.

And this little black dot is not a vegetarian when facing air strikes, and the top of the monster is equipped with a machine gun that can shoot at the air!

Gu Nanshan asked, "What's the name of this monster?" ”

Chai Dongliang smiled again: "I call him a tank for a large one, and 'Tan' means flat, and it is easy to drive." 'Ke' means to conquer, and only by attacking can the enemy be defeated. The small ones are called assault vehicles. I named this tank 'Iron Hammer', which smashed the enemy's solid targets, and the assault tank was called 'Wolf Fang', which tore the enemy's ** and inflicted heavy damage on them! ”

"Tanks? Water tank? Lu Kai, Gu Mazi and others had all studied English, and immediately understood the meaning of this thing, and after looking at it, they felt that it was a little similar to the water tank. As for the assault tank with triangular tracks, the name is straightforward.

Strong defense, powerful firepower, coupled with a high degree of mobility and adaptability to the terrain, this is simply a perfect army weapon!

Gu Mazi especially loved the kind of small triangular crawler assault chariot, in the ice and snow of Manchuria in winter and the quagmire of summer, this kind of mobile surname is extremely strong, and the volume is not too large, it can almost be said that it is tailor-made for him. Although he could only bring one machine gun, and the firepower was still insufficient, Gu Mazi had already ignored this small flaw.

"President Chai, on your orders, according to the sketches you provided, we built twenty-five tanks and forty assault fighting vehicles in half a year! At present, the miniaturization of diesel engines is still in the process of tackling key problems, if this problem can be solved in a short time, then it is not a problem to load artillery on the assault combat vehicle, the space in the tank will also be expanded, and the bomb load will also be greatly improved! Kuang Haishan said proudly.

Chai Dongliang patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work!" It's not easy to eat sand in Mongolia! In less than a year, from sketches to real weapons, you can imagine your hard work and hardships! ”

Kuang Haishan said calmly: "It's not hard. ”

A year ago, Chai Dongliang imported a tractor production line from the United States, prepared sketches of tanks and triangular tracked snow engineering vehicles, and ordered Kuang Haishan to secretly establish a military branch factory in Baotou's tractor factory, codenamed the "Volcano" plan. With the technical advantages of alloy steel and diesel engines, as well as a drawing of the Christie chassis that should have appeared more than ten years later, as well as a sketch of the outline, the prototype was quickly formed after half a year of exploration by engineers and technicians. This time, Kuang Haishan was ordered to bring tanks and assault combat vehicles into Beijing to participate in this secret exercise. The style of the tank is to imitate the former Soviet T-34 that made a name for itself in World War II, but the overall casting process is not up to scratch for the time being, and the turret is not poured all over, but welded with steel plates. The engine used a V-shaped twelve-cylinder diesel engine, and due to the appearance of the column pump plug, the volume of the diesel engine has been greatly reduced, which can fully provide strong power to the tank. Although this diesel engine is not perfect, it is more than enough to deal with the first world! What's more, in Chai Dongliang's team, there are genius engine designers like Royce.

The most prominent advantages of the T-34 are its revolutionary inclined armor, powerful engine, and most notably its very simple structure. Chai Dongliang values its simple structure, easy production and easy to indulge. As long as you can drive a car, you can drive it to war after three days of training! Another advantage of the simple structure is that it is inexpensive.

The "Iron Hammer" weighed 25 tons in battle, used a V-shaped 12-cylinder diesel engine, and was equipped with a 57-millimeter caliber gun, two 7.92-millimeter light machine guns of the Jianghuai Army's unified standard, and an air-cooled light Makqin machine gun with both anti-aircraft and flat-firing fires on the top of the turret. In order to adapt to the narrow space of the vehicle, the butt of the light machine gun was changed from fixed to telescopic, the firing device was changed, the burst fire was canceled and only burst fire was fired, and the heat sink of the barrel was canceled.

As for the triangular tracked assault fighting vehicle, it was Chai Dongliang's whimsical idea to transform this engineering vehicle, which has a strong mobile surname in snow and swampy areas, into an infantry attack fighting vehicle, equipped with a turret, and transformed into an infantry attack fighting vehicle.

In World War I, a triangular tracked chariot with a large number of cavalry and a mobile surname no less than a cavalry would become a nightmare for cavalry. No matter how bad the ground environment is, it cannot hinder this powerful weapon of mobility.

The "Wolf's Tooth" was armed with a V-8 diesel engine and a 7.92mm light machine gun. Launch the JAC Army's heavy-pointed bullets. Because the "wolf's teeth" are very maneuverable and extremely fast, and at the same time the vehicle is small, it is not equipped with anti-aircraft weapons.

Although the current tanks and assault fighting vehicles cannot be compared with the products of later generations, they are simply too extravagant to deal with those "armored tractors" with artillery that will appear in the next few years.

Most of the technicians at the Baotou tractor factory were trained in England, and under the influence of the perverted managers of Rolls-Royce, they produced the tank as a work of art, and the quality of the prototype was impeccable, and the reliability even far exceeded that of the Soviet-made T-34 in World War II, at least the failure rate was much lower. However, the cost of producing tanks and assault fighting vehicles under this guiding ideology is obviously very cheap, and weapons that should have a very high price ratio but are slightly rough have become extremely high-quality, but also quite expensive.

The low cost of the T-34 tank should be the advantage of the T-34 tank, but the current "Iron Fist" and "Wolf Tooth" are not cheap, and even if the price is not too large in mass production in the future, it is due to the perverted quality management personnel, who have become accustomed to the strict and almost cruel quality standards of Rolls-Royce, and the concept of producing machines as works of art in their bones.

The result of the exercise was unexpectedly good, and the soldiers, who had never seen such a steel monster, were at a loss for what to do. This is also normal, in Chai Dongliang's memory, the German army, who had experienced a hundred battles and seen the most brutal war, was also scared when he saw the tank for the first time. And those British tanks are just in the appearance of experimental goods! Even so, the British still used a tank to capture the German defense line that could not be overcome by tens of thousands of dead and wounded in the past, and captured a large number of German soldiers for the first time.

Soldiers are also human beings, and they are also full of fear of the unknown, which is not something to be ashamed of! Just imagine, if one day in the 21st century, aliens drive a galaxy warship to attack a US aircraft carrier, I believe that those awesome American GIs will jump into the vast sea in addition to raising their hands to surrender, and I am afraid that they will not even have the courage to fight back.

Chai Dongliang believes that by the end of World War I, when both sides are exhausted and the blood of Europe is about to be drained, thousands of Chinese-made tanks will appear outside Paris, what a huge shock it will cause to the warring parties!

After the exercise, the generals rushed over, touched here and there, and went inside to see what was going on, and they didn't even care about the choking smell of diesel.

"How's that, do you like it?" Chai Dongliang asked with a smile.

"I like it!" Everyone spoke in unison.

With such a powerful weapon, if you don't like it, you're definitely not a soldier!

Chai Dongliang sighed: "I can't help it if I like it, this thing burns money!" It's been a year, and only a few dozen cars have been built, who do you say I will give it to? ”

"Needless to say? It must be for us to Fengtian, Manchuria borders Russia, Lao Maozi is the most thing, sooner or later he will have to go to war with Maozi, besides, there is still a small book in Kwantung Prefecture, Manchuria is the most critical place, of course it is worthy of us! ”

"Maozi is busy fighting with the Germans now, how can he free up his hands to do it with you? Xiao Yue in Kanto Prefecture has long been scared, you kid don't move them, Xiao Yue will burn incense and chant Buddha! The southeast coast is where our China's wealth lies, once there is a loss, it will shake the country's capital, especially Shanghai is our nest, if Guanghua Group has a mistake, who can afford this responsibility? Gotta give it to us! Fang Qingyu didn't give an inch.

The generals will fight for each other, and they can't take care of the friendship of Pingshuo, who grabs it at this time is whoever!

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "Don't fight first, there is, there is!" ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears and waited for the following.

Chai Dongliang glanced at Kuang Haishan, Kuang Haishan understood, a signal flare rose into the air, and after a long time, a huge "iron box" slowly came out from behind the hillside. The wide tracks covered the entire side, and the height was level with the roof, and the body was riddled with holes, firing holes and protruding guns, which almost dazzled the eyes. The most surprising thing was that a revolver actually stuck out of one of the shooting holes.

"This thing is also called a tank?" Gu Mazi was dumbfounded.

"Yes, yes! Not bad, right? Look at how many artillery pieces and machine guns, how fierce the fire, and pistol firing holes! Chai Dongliang said with a smile.

"Is this a target? Slower than a snail! Gu Mazi said disdainfully.

Chai Dongliang smiled secretly, people are just not satisfied, if they hadn't seen the "hammer" and "wolf teeth" first, I'm afraid that this kind of "A7V" tank from Germany in the late World War I would have fought for their heads!

Supposedly, the "A7V" was already a good tank in World War I, much stronger than the early British "Mark I", the engine was located in the middle of the body, the commander and the driver's seat were arranged above the engine, and there was a fixed conning tower, which increased the height of the A7V. The power of the engine was transmitted through the propeller shaft to the gearbox at the rear of the hull, which rotated the driving wheels, and the 7V tank was driven by only one driver, while the British Mark I tank had four crew members. In this respect, the A7V was much more advanced than the Type I, and it was also significantly more powerful than the Mark I.

Chai Dongliang asked loudly, "Who wants this?" ”

Everyone shook their heads together, how can this kind of "iron tractor" with a maximum speed of no more than 10 kilometers per hour be compared with the "iron fist" with strong firepower and strong protection? With this snail-like speed, I am afraid that after encountering the "hammer", before I can see where the other party came from, it has been blasted into scum.

Chai Dongliang looked at Kuang Haishan: "How many cars have been built for this kind of thing?" ”

"Twenty cars, with an in-line six-cylinder gasoline engine, a combat crew of eighteen people, and a total combat weight of twenty tons!" Kuang Haishan said without thinking.

Chai Dongliang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, it's up to you this time!" I gave him a name, a land battleship, how? The Brits would love the name, right? Battleships, the favorite of the British! The Russians also certainly liked, didn't Nicholas II dream of rebuilding the Baltic Fleet? Buy a few land battleships first, and let him go home and have a good time! ”

Everyone was dumbfounded and didn't understand what Chai Dongliang meant.

Chai Dongliang pointed to the bulky "land battleship" and said to everyone with a smile: "If you want 'iron hammer' and 'wolf teeth', you must fight for this thing in the battle of Qingdao, and let the whole world know its benefits, crying and shouting to come to us!"

"Why?" Gu Mazi was confused.

Chai Dongliang hated that iron could not become steel, and said bitterly: "Stupid to you, this is an export type!" ”

Hearing the word "export-type", Lu Kai couldn't help but cover his mouth and snicker, he remembered those wooden biplanes exported abroad.

Those old wooden biplanes with gasoline engines are likely to catch fire if they are hit by a single bullet, so the Air Force has given them the nickname "Lighters", as long as they hit, they will catch fire!

This kind of tank, which is intended for export, is still used with a gasoline engine??? Our president, too insidious!

The slow "Land Battleship" crawled on the sand, a "hammer" circled around it, the rotating turret pointed at it at any time, and the gunner of the "Land Battleship" kept adjusting the angle of the guns in the car. If it had been a real war, it would have been blown to parts long ago.

"Don't think this thing is not good, you have seen the phoenix, and you think that the golden pheasant is not beautiful! If you have only seen Sister Feng, you will feel that she is a fairy when you meet Sister Furong! Chai Dongliang said bitterly.

"Sister Feng, Sister Furong? Who is it? ”

"It's just two dinosaurs, you don't understand it, in short, I saw a woman who has nightmares at night! This land battleship is more than enough to deal with infantry and cavalry, this battle of Qingdao, said that it will touch 60,000 troops, and it is possible that Britain will also transfer 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers from Weihaiwei??? You must remember one thing, this battle must be fought fiercely, and what you get on the battlefield will always be more stable than what you get at the negotiation table! If you can't get it on the battlefield, there will be no play at the negotiation table! Chai Dongliang is serious.

"Sixty thousand?" Everyone gasped: "Xiao Yue has made a capital!" ”

He Tianshou patted his chest with one arm and said: "Don't worry, the president promises to let Xiao Yueben go back obediently, our commercial police corps in Shanghai has been secretly transferred to the vicinity of Qingdao and Yantai, as well as 50,000 people stationed in Jiangsu and Anhui, and they can enter Shandong in two days at most!" ”

Chai Dongliang sneered: "Let them go back? When China is their vegetable garden, they can come and go when they want? It's not that cheap, and this time I let them come and go! If it's just to repel me, do I need to get you all here? ”

(To be continued)