Therefore, in the formation of the new guards, Lian Zining is also extremely strict, all the new guards, said to be the new guards, in fact, all the establishment and equipment, are on par with the first guard and the second guard, the most powerful main combat forces.

One guard is still four thousand households, each thousand households have three fire guns and one hundred households, two iron cannon hundred households, seven spear hundred households, and two halberd hundred households, a total of more than 1,700 people, and one guard is 6,800 people.

This is the same as the first guard and the second guard, and in terms of equipment, Lian Zining is also unambiguous, each new guard needs 1,344 flintlock pistols, 3,136 spears 2 zhang 5 feet 3 inches long, 896 Swiss halberds 1 zhang 5 feet long, and hundreds of tiger squat cannons and Franc machine guns.

Lian Zining didn't look at these things carefully, in fact, now Lian Zining doesn't need to be like this, with his status and status, with an order, there are naturally countless people to do this kind of thing.

Xinbingwei's kiln has just been questioned, and naturally there are functional departments such as the logistics department to check and distribute, but Lian Zining also has a number in his heart. The new guards also need a large number of heavy weapons such as muskets, flintlock guns, and artillery, and with their status in the Wuyi Army and the current situation of the Wuyi Army, it is naturally impossible to equip them with the latest weapons. Even the small Franc cannon has been eliminated, and the only thing left in the team is the medium Franc cannon and a considerable part of the Tiger Squat cannon. 、

There are more than 20 guards, each with 1,344 guns, Lian Zining calculated, so there is still a lot of surplus.

He asked, "The flintlock pistols." But there is still a balance? ”

"Naturally, there is." Gonzalez nodded: "The weapons such as muskets and flintlock pistols produced over the years have not been used all, except for the supply of various guards and the training of recruits and to fill the vacancies caused by attrition, there are now 5,000 flintlock pistols in the logistics department. There were still 10,000 flintlock pistols in the Ordnance Bureau. It's just that the artillery is produced as much as it wants, but there is not a single one left. ”

Lian Zining smiled: "After such a long battle, the power of artillery is obvious to all, it is very popular, and the artillery produced is also very small, and it has not been fully equipped. It's weird to be able to give you the rest. ”

Gonzalez hurriedly pleaded: "This is not under the mark, and it has not kept up with the progress." ”

Lian Zining waved his hand: "I don't want to blame you, it's already very good to be able to do this." It's just that there has to be an emphatic point, I see, the flintlock pistol will stop for a while, as for the small sample Franc cannon. Then don't build it, this kind of cannon is too powerful. It's just a lot of energy, how about building a medium-sized Franc cannon? ”

Gonzalez replied: "Wake up, if you concentrate on making a medium sample of Franc cannons, you can make eleven or twelve guns a day!" ”

Lian Zining nodded.

"Oh, yes!" He suddenly turned around again, searched carefully in the greeting procession, and asked Gonzalez, "What about Lord Dai Zidai?" ”

"Huh?" Speaking of Dai Zilai, Gonzalez was a little embarrassed, and Lian Zining had won the Lianzhu Gong presented by Dai Zi. If you find a treasure, you are very interested in this weapon, which is claimed to be the earliest machine gun in history. And after watching the test of Dai Zi's Lianzhu Gong, he was also very surprised and agreed with its power, so he directly drew Dai Zi out of the establishment of the Zhubang City. Moved to Zhenyuan Mansion. And specially set up a Lianzhu Gun Research Department for him under the Ordnance Bureau, asking people to give people, asking for money to give money, and doing his best to study Lianzhu Gong. …,

Regarding Dai Zi's arrival, Gonzalez was also quite wary in his heart at the beginning, not to mention anything else, just this official title - Gonzalez, the superintendent of the Ordnance Bureau, is a deputy thousand households of the fifth grade, and Dai Zi, the manager of the Lianzhu Gong Research Division, is also a deputy thousand households, and the two have the same official rank, who do you say is in charge of whom?

In fact, this is Lian Zining's, he was excited and gave Dai Zi this title, but he didn't take into account the joints, of course, the main reason is that for him now, the official position of deputy Qianhu is like a handful of earth and rubble, and it is very worthless.

It's just that Gonzalez also knows that Lian Zining values Dai Zi and Lian Zhuquan, so he is a little wary in his heart, but he also cooperates with his best. Dai Zi was not polite, after coming here, he first asked for the best blacksmiths in the bureau, and then the best craftsmen who made gun barrels were also assigned to the name of the Lianzhu Research Division, and several of these craftsmen were Sicilians.

But after a long time, everyone also knew what kind of character Dai Zi was, this Lord Dai was really an idiot, he didn't care about the world, and he was soaked in his compound of the Lianzhu Research Division of the Ordnance Bureau all day long. As for this Lord Dai who wants to leave the best craftsmen, it is really just for Lianzhu, and there is absolutely no intention of getting along with everyone.

Knowing this, Gonzalez's heart settled down.

With these days, they still get along very well, and the Lianzhu Research Division that Dai Zi controls is basically isolated from the world, completely out of touch with the progress of other divisions of the Ordnance Bureau, and Gonzalez doesn't care about him.

When Lian Zining saw Gonzalez's expression, his face became a little cold, and he said lightly: "Why, you didn't inform him?" ”

He thought that the two didn't get along well, and Gonzalez gave Dai Zi small shoes to wear.

"Where can I be?" Gonzalez called out and said, "The Biao sent someone to inform him, but Lord Dai is with Quan Yang Quan at the Mining Supervision Bureau next door, and he just said that he knew, and the Biao thought he was coming back, who would have thought?" ”

"The Mining Authority?" Lian Zining was surprised: "What is he doing there?" ”

I don't know much about the mark, but I heard him mention it again, as if it was related to seventy-two forged steel, and that a new method would be developed soon. But it can make such seventy-two forged steels. Gonzalez said.

"Hmm!" Lian Zining nodded, understanding that Dai Zi was solving the problem of how to make a wheel at this time, and he saw that Gonzalez was going to recruit someone to come over and call Dai Zi back, so he said, "Forget it." You don't have to call him to go. This time, I didn't expect to see the large-scale production of Lianzhu. Lao Gang, what I told you to do, have you done it? ”

Gonzalez nodded, "It's done, please come with me, my lord." ”

Lian Zining followed Gonzalez to the test site, and saw ten behemoths parked in the clearing.

Ten extremely large chariots.

Each car is more than two feet tall and three feet long. It is about two feet wide, and looks like a huge rectangular box, with sixteen or seventeen huge wheels at the bottom, each wheel is as high as a human neck, the wheels and spokes are very heavy, and the axles have a metallic glow, which is very strong at first glance.

The whole cart looked swarthy from the outside. It has a unique texture of metal, and at first glance, it looks as if the whole body is made of metal......

The cart is divided into three layers, and on the lower floor, there are many small windows the size of bowls, and there are dozens of them. On the upper two floors, there are also open windows, but each window is a foot and a half square, which is much more marked than the lower one, and correspondingly, the number of windows is also less. …,

The whole cart looks. It stands like a small fortress.

It's a tank!

It is made of fine red pine and iron birch, and the four walls are covered with a layer of iron sheets, and in some parts, there are also iron plates. It is divided into three floors, separated by panels, and stairs to go up and down. The total weight is 4,300 catties.

There are six openings in the front and back walls of the first floor, ten openings in the left and right walls, and two openings in the upper two layers, two openings in the front and back, and three openings on the left and right.

Each tank is equipped with 10 Franc cannons, 10 Tiger squat guns, and 32 iron spears. Each Franc cannon has six gametes, each tiger squat cannon is equipped with ten ammunition packs, and each iron spear is one zhang and two feet long, made of iron, extremely sharp, and not easy to break. And on the inner wall of the first layer there were iron chains, to which each spear was tied.

So powerful, so suffocating.

It's still as majestic as when Lian Zining first saw it, but it's changed from one to ten!

Ten tanks were placed side by side, looking black and oppressive, like mountains, in the sun, the walls of the car wrapped in iron plates, the cold spear edge, the black hole of the cannon mouth, all glowing with a cold and faint light, making people feel an inexplicable coolness in their hearts.

How powerful?

Gonzalez said to Lian Zining: "My lord, after listening to your instructions that time, we began to reduce the burden on this car, and reduced some unnecessary places to a little thinner, and even some unnecessary things were also cut, and the general was reduced to four thousand catties!" It's just that at this point, there is really no way to reduce it, this weapon can't be reduced, so you can only find a way on the body, but if it's lighter, the defense has decreased. However, the mark has already been tested, and there are people on this tank, fifteen well-trained war horses, which can definitely be pulled, and the speed is not slow! My lord, would you like to take a look? ”

Lian Zining said: "This must be seen!" ”

Gonzalez nodded, and commanded behind him.

The order was passed on, and after a while, a few people came over with ten military horses, these military horses were obviously well-trained, and did not make a fuss, and honestly put them in front of the cart, and a royal man also stood on the wheels of the hardwood-clad iron. At this time, Lian Zining discovered that there was another thing in front of the tank, but it was a wooden board similar to a shield in front of the emperor, about as high as the emperor's chest, so that if an arrow was fired, the emperor squatted down, and the boards on both sides of the emperor could also provide effective protection.

Lian Zining nodded to Gonzalez: "You have a heart." ”

Gonzalez naturally hurried to humility.

The war horse was set, and the emperor was also in place, and then, behind Gonzalez, dozens of people stood up, and Lian Zining took a look, and it was exactly seventy-two.

Gonzalez waved his hand, and the men swarmed up the ladder and climbed onto the cart. At the back of the cart, there is a hanging ladder that is seven or eight feet long. One by one, they climbed up the ladder and then at a height of seven or eight feet. There was a small five-foot-high door, through which it was entered, and the last person had entered. So he pulled the ladder in, and closed the door, which was obviously a latch or something, and when it was closed, it was seamless.

The entrance is directly opened on the second floor, this setting is very clever, if the entrance is opened low, it may be smashed open by the enemy when it is besieged. In this way, the wheels were originally five feet high, and it was not easy to climb up, and the doors were seven or eight feet high, so it was impossible to enter, and the later tank opening was also similar. …,

Then I heard the sound of kicking inside, the sound of cowhide boots trampling on the wooden staircase.

Lian Zining asked: "There are only seventy-two people who enter, isn't there only two people who operate the cannon?" Are you busy? ”

Gonzalez said with a bitter face: "My lord, there is really no way to mark it." If according to the regulations of the army, there are four people in one cannon, then the car will not be able to pull at all. Other than that. According to the test under the mark, if it is a skilled gunner, two people are enough. ”

Lian Zining nodded and stopped talking.

Gonzalez shouted, "Go! ”

Then the long whip in the master's hand was whipped, and a loud whip exploded in the air, and the horses all ran slowly, and soon, the speed was added.

Lian Zining looked at it and shook his head secretly, the speed of travel was not very fast, about the same as a person's medium-speed running. It can be seen that with the weight of this chariot and tank, fifteen horses are still very laborious to pull up.

When the tank is moving, it gives people a sense of oppression like a mountain.

After the tank drove out for about 100 meters, I heard a jingle bell inside, and I saw dozens of spears sticking out of those small holes on the first floor. The spear was pitch black, and its tip was extremely sharp, shimmering with a chilling light.

I only heard a dull roar, and then the thirty-two spears that stretched out from the first layer stabbed forward in unison, neatly aligned, obviously commanded by someone inside.

The holes in these spears were about six feet above the ground, and the spears stabbed diagonally downward, hitting the chest of the enemy standing on the ground, and their design could be described as vicious. It can be seen that the enemy has nothing to do in the face of this monster covered in iron sheets and heavy pine wood, and the soldiers in the car can continue to stab outward and harvest lives.

Then I saw that in the hole of the second layer, there were ten stubby cannon muzzles, two in the front and back, and three on the left and right, which were the tiger squat cannons. Then on the top layer, the barrels of ten slender Franco cannons protruded.

In an instant, the entire tank turned into a huge monster with a cannon barrel inserted.

Full of evil and powerful deterrents.

Then, there was a neat explosion in the second layer, as if the ground trembled, and countless small lead particles were sprayed from the second layer of the cart in all directions, and a fierce and dense storm of hot steel enveloped the cart as the center, with a radius of twenty meters.

Wait until you drive forward a grain to ensure that it will not affect Lian Zining and others, at this time, there was a sound of metal crashing on the top layer, with a sharp whistle sounding, a faint smell of gunpowder came, ten Franc machine guns fired together, and a puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle, and then I saw a puff of dust coming out of five or six hundred meters away in four directions, and several large craters were smashed out of the ground.

The sound of the cannon was incessant, and it rang out over and over again, and sure enough, two skilled gunners were enough, and the firing speed of these Franc cannons was not slow.

The muzzle angle of the tiger squat cannon is slightly downward, and when the smoke clears, you can see the position of the tank just now, and on the ground twenty meters away, a small piece of lead, iron, and gravel is neatly and densely nailed. It forms a ring with a radius of 20 meters in the inner ring and about 25 meters in the outer circle.

It's so powerful, it's really appalling.

It's just that it's not the first time Lian Zining has seen it, but this time, he has seen some ways.

The tank still has some flaws.

First, the speed is too slow and the dead weight is too large; Second, those horses have no protection, if they die, the tank will be dead, and they can only stay in place, which is prone to problems; Third, he thinks. There seems to be something that is more redundant. …,

When the tank came back, all the people inside came down, but Lian Zining frowned and was silent, and Gonzalez on the side couldn't help but hang his heart. I'm afraid that adults will be dissatisfied.

Lian Zining groaned for a while, and said: "Lao Gang, I look at the tank, there is still some room for improvement, I will say a few points, you can listen well." ”

He said slowly: "First, the weight of this chariot is too great. You write don't rush to say. Listen to me first! I know that the weight of this vehicle cannot be reduced, but the weight of the vehicle does not decrease, and it does not mean that the things on the vehicle cannot be reduced! The iron spear on the first layer is used in close combat, and this must not be reduced, I know this. The tiger squat cannon on the second layer can't go far. The focus is on mass destruction in close combat, and its range is only five or six feet away, this. I can't cut it either! Gonzalez, you are also a person who understands, let me ask you, what is the use of this tank? ”

"This? If it was only for the purpose of a fort, it would have been possible to shoot from a distance with the wheelbarrow pulling the Franc cannon, but there was no need for such a great deal of trouble. Gonzalez pondered for a moment and said, "I thought that this tank was like the heavy cavalry, charging into battle." Tear through your opponent's defenses! ”

"That's right!" Lian Zining high-fived and said: "Lao Gang, you can understand this, our tank, the good thing is in a few points: first, this tank has speed, and the impact is not much slower than that of the heavy cavalry, and the impact speed is fast; Second. Its strength is also extremely powerful, even people with cars and war horses, tens of thousands of catties of weight impact, who can resist? Third, it is very strong, the outside of the car wall is also wrapped with iron plates, knives and guns are difficult to enter, placed on the battlefield, like a walled city, and you can't take it down! But you still missed a point. ”

Lian Zining paused and said, "Our tank, the most important point, is a weapon for killing!" If you put it on the battlefield, you want to kill! ”

When he said this, Lian Zining's expression suddenly became a little faint, and at this moment, his thoughts seemed to return to his own time and space - T34, KV, and Tiger King, which had galloped on the battlefield and made countless outstanding achievements, powerful and immortal war weapons!

Of course, it is indispensable that, although it has been put into theory on the drawings, it has never been born, with a length of 35 meters, a width of 14 meters, a height of 11 meters, a 3.6 meter wide track composed of three 1.2 meter wide tracks connected on each side, two MANV12Z32/4424 cylinder naval diesel engines, with a total power of 17,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour, a turret frontal armor thickness of up to 360 mm, and a turret frontal armor thickness of up to 220 mm. The turret was armored up to 150 mm thick and equipped with two 280mm guns of the main battle gun class that can only be seen on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau battleships, one 128mm gun, eight 20mm Flak38 anti-aircraft guns and two 15mm Mauser MG151/15 guns, which claimed to be a real Land Cruiser, and a superweapon that could shock the whole world by parameters alone - the P1000 giant rat tank!

That's the real thing!

What a great term, what a super weapon of great power and shock!

And when Lian Zining compared the tank in front of him with the one in his memory, he suddenly found the problem.

"Killing, you also know, before the flowering bomb was studied, relying on the Franco cannon, you can't kill many people! If an iron egg is smashed out, it can kill a group of people! The role of the Franc cannon is more to siege the city and create chaos, and to kill, it is still the tiger squat cannon and the spear of the first layer! Lian Zining said in a deep voice: "Moreover, this tank is the function of charging, the purpose is to rush to the closer, tear the defense line, and then kill and injure the opponent. So, I see, remove the Franc cannons on the left and right sides and behind them! Expanded the forward-facing cannon from two to four. In this way, there are six guns, twelve gunners, thirty-six guns, how much weight is lost? I'm afraid there are three or five thousand catties! Without all this weight, how much faster can the speed be? Moreover, the vacated territory can be increased a lot by putting more point guns, cold water, and the continuous design ability of this Franc cannon. ”…,

Lian Zining's words were extremely thorough, and he explained the definition of a tank vividly - to put it bluntly, it was to fire the cannon all the way, create chaos, and then tear the defense line with heavy armor and defeat the enemy, which also included shortening the distance, relying on the enemy's helplessness, and killing and injuring the enemy in large numbers with tiger squat cannons and spears.

It's simple and clear.

Gonzalez suddenly realized when he heard this, and then he realized that his previous understanding of tanks had always been wrong.

He did the math and said, "My lord, if that's the case, this weight reduction is enough to increase the speed by more than two percent!" ”

"Well, however, I didn't plan to ask for these two speeds!" Lian Zining smiled slightly and said so.

Gonzalez was stunned: "My lord, but what do you mean?" ”

"That's the second improvement I'm talking about!" Lian Zining pointed to the war horse pulling the cart and said: "Look at it, these war horses have no protection, if the enemy shoots arrows, won't they all be killed, then what is the use of this tank?" ”

Gonzalez said, "This subordinate has also thought about it, but if they are clothed in iron armor, won't their speed be greatly slowed down?" ”

Lian Zining said: "So I said just now, let's not want that two-percent speed!" ”

"Go back to Wang Dachun, go to him and ask for some cotton armor for war horses, just say I want it, be polite to him, how much you need, this tank is the top priority, you need special care, I remember that Wang Dachun has a lot of them, it must be enough."

Gonzalez hastened to respond.

Lian Zining said again: "In addition, between this war horse and the war horse, it is fixed with iron chains and keeps a certain distance, so that they will not run the wrong way, and they can always run forward with their heads bored!" Avoid a fork. ”

His method is an imitation of the Jin Dynasty's abducted horse described in the history books, but later generations have already researched it, that kind of collection of records, is absolutely a fallacy, if the cavalry does that, it is definitely the enemy is not chaotic, he is the first to mess up, absolutely not. And these war horses are used to pull carts, and it is better to work hard in one direction, and it is better to be restrained by iron chains.

As soon as Lian Zining reminded him, Gonzalez thought of this layer and said happily: "Don't worry, my lord, I will do it under the mark!" ”

Lian Zining nodded and asked, "How long will it take for these transformations?" ”

Gonzalez said, "As long as the armor is in place." Half a day! This thing is just dismantling and dismantling, it doesn't take much time at all, and the only trouble is to build the right chain. ”

"Hmm!" Lian Zining said: "I'll give you half a day and one night, make it more careful, you must build everything!" Tomorrow morning, I'll send someone over and pick up these ten tanks!" ”

He sighed and patted Gonzalez on the shoulder: "Old Gang, we don't have much time left. ”

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