The war games of the General Staff were conducted for three days, but Li Weiguo only listened to them for half a day before leaving. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In his opinion, the first half of all wargames is the most important, with a match rate of more than 70 or 80 percent, but in the second half, the match rate will not exceed 50 percent.

This is because the war is changing rapidly, no one can guarantee 100% according to the way of war games, it is impossible to win 100% of the way, even if a strong country is, it may not be able to completely defeat a weak and small country, not to mention facing the entire Entente camp, being able to draw and win a crushing victory is enough for Li Weiguo to burn incense and worship.

Of course, it is impossible to say these words to other people, and Li Weiguo knows it in his own heart.

War is about to break out, Li Weiguo is calm on the surface, but he is also a little nervous in his heart.

The Art of War: You can't raise troops in anger.

However, because of the arrival of the First Wu Year, Li Weiguo was ready to raise troops in anger against Japan, which was a taboo for soldiers.

But Li Weiguo doesn't regret it, if he can't do it spontaneously, there will be no fun in being reborn.

However, since he knew that he should not raise troops in anger, he naturally had to remedy and prevent it.

Fortunately, Li Weiguo did not demand an immediate war against Japan, but still had nearly half a year to prepare for the war.

The Japanese Navy's ship parade was held on 17 September, and that day in history was the same day that the Japanese Navy attacked the Beiyang Naval Division and provoked the First Sino-Japanese War.

Such a coincidental thing also made Li Weiguo think in his heart that this was the meaning of his rebirth, and even God arranged it like this, which strengthened Li Weiguo's confidence.

Of course, when the First Sino-Japanese War broke out, it was estimated that the world war would not be far from seven, so Li Weiguo personally went to the secret base of the 51st District of the Northern Theater.

The last time I was in Area 51, the planes and tanks had been developed, and although they looked ugly and bulky, they were off to a good start.

Now that Li Weiguo is once again in power, the two weapons of mass destruction, airplanes and tanks, have made great progress.

According to Li Weiguo's thinking, if the progress of the Chinese Imperial Army during the world war did not go well, then these two weapons of mass destruction would have to be used.

The planes covered the sky and the sun, and the tanks on the ground were like torrents of steel, rushing towards the enemy like mountains and seas, and the result was inevitably devastating.

This is the last killer weapon, and Li Weiguo doesn't want to sacrifice it too soon until the last resort.

Because these weapons of mass destruction that can change history, the sooner they are exposed, the sooner Western countries will imitate and develop them, which is a huge threat to the Chinese Empire, because the fewer killer weapons in Li Weiguo's hands will be, and the fewer bargaining chips will be in the future to balance the Western world.

I have to say that Li Weiguo thinks a lot and thinks very comprehensively, as an emperor, he has to benefit future generations of Chinese descendants. Just like Mao Taizu, everyone opposed him tightening his belt to build nuclear weapons, but he still insisted on going his own way, the people of the whole country worked hard for ten years, and finally succeeded in developing nuclear weapons, and since then they have not been threatened by nuclear weapons, and won 50 years of peaceful development time for China. Look at North Korea, if there are no nuclear weapons, see if the United States beats him or not? The principle is the same.

When he came to the 51st District again, Li Weiguo, accompanied by Hua Yufang and others, went directly to the tank test site.

The tank project team immediately drove out their newly developed tank and gave Li Weiguo a performance in actual combat.

At the shooting range, a huge tank slowly moved forward with a deafening roar.

"Your Majesty, this is our latest T23 tank!"

A staff member pointed to the tank on the shooting range and gave Li Weiguo a detailed explanation.

T23 tank, in which the T is the initial letter of the tank, because the term tank was invented by Li Weiguo, so researchers naturally have to call it a tank. The number 23 at the back refers to the 23rd model, which means that 22 tank models have been studied before, which shows how hard researchers have worked on tanks in recent years.

"The T23 tank, with a total combat weight of 22 tons, 30 mm frontal armor, is equipped with a 37 mm short-barreled gun and a Thunderbolt heavy machine gun, an eight-cylinder diesel engine with a power of 182 hp, and a maximum speed of 20 kilometers per hour on the road and 6 kilometers per hour off-road."

Looking at this big man, although Li Weiguo was not very satisfied, he had no intention of blaming.

He knew very well that as the first country in the world to develop tanks, there was no successful experience to learn from, and it was all up to these scientists to explore on their own.

The guidance that Li Weiguo was able to provide to them could only stay on paper and the theoretical structure of the tank.

You must know that the tanks that Li Weiguo knows are all advanced tanks in later generations, but they cannot be built in this era.

For example, Li Weiguo asked them to build a tank with 300 mm armor, equipped with 120 smoothbore guns, and a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, which was absolutely impossible to build.

Because of the limited technology of this era, for example, the current T23 tank, only 30 mm armor and a 37 mm short-barreled gun, but the load has reached 22 tons, which is huge, and it is two circles larger than the 99B heavy tank of later generations.

This has subverted Li Weiguo's tank concept.

Fortunately, the overall appearance is still very similar to a modern tank, and the turret and chassis are designed in accordance with the tank shape concept proposed by Li Weiguo.

As for why it is so heavy and huge, first of all, the engine power is insufficient, in order to increase the power, only the cylinder can be added, which invisibly increases the volume and weight.

And then there are all kinds of tank parts and equipment, the reason why the tanks of later generations are getting smaller and smaller is because the various parts and components are constantly optimized, which is the result of the continuous improvement of hundreds of thousands of tank experts over several generations, and the scientists of the current Chinese Empire do not have such high intelligence and technology.

With the simplest example, it is clear that the triode developed by the Chinese Empire is the size of a beer bottle, while the triode in a hundred years will only be the size of a grain of rice, and there will even be nano-scale triodes invisible to the naked eye, and the difference between this is billions of times.

In the same way, at present, the Chinese Empire, as the first country to study tanks, naturally has to go through these roads of constant detours and improvements, which cannot be avoided.

However, on the whole, Li Weiguo thinks of those house-sized giant tanks on the European battlefield during World War I, and the current T23 tank is already very good, throwing off a few streets in the Western world.

"Does this tank have gyroscopes and suspensions?"

The gyroscope and suspension system of the tank, which is the most critical technology, is also the issue that Li Weiguo is most concerned about.

Hua Yufang replied: "The gyroscope has been successfully developed and installed on the T21 tank, but it is too large to support the current engine power, and it is as slow as a snail crawling." And this T23 tank, which has already installed a suspension system, I don't know if it is what His Majesty thinks. ”

With Hua Yufang's finger, Li Weiguo saw the so-called "suspension" system, and he immediately shook his head, this was not the tank suspension system in his impression.

Hua Yufang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and called several relevant persons in charge of the suspension system to reprimand.

Li Weiguo smiled: "Don't reprimand them, I believe they have worked hard!" As long as I am willing to work hard, I will not blame, it doesn't matter if I fail, I can't lose my ambition, I must make persistent efforts until I succeed! ”

Several relevant persons in charge of the research and development of the suspension system were immediately amnestied, thanked Li Weiguo for his grace of not committing a crime, and promised to make persistent efforts to develop a tank suspension system that echoed Li Weiguo's request as soon as possible.

Hua Yufang said to Li Weiguo: "Your Majesty, this suspension system is not up to standard, but it will affect Your Majesty's strategic plan?" ”

Li Weiguo said: "It won't have any impact in a short time!" I don't plan to put tanks with gyroscopes and suspension systems into battle! ”

Hua Yufang was puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty, why is this?" The minister studied with the relevant person in charge, and if the tank has this suspension system and gyroscope system, it can fire stably at high speed. Without these two systems, the tank can only stop and fire, and the gap between there is very obvious! ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "You're right!" However, if this kind of tank is put into the battlefield too early, once it is captured by the enemy, they can pick up the ready-made and copy it in a short time, which is very disadvantageous for the Empire. ”

Hua Yufang somewhat disagreed with Li Weiguo's idea, and asked rhetorically: "But Your Majesty, shouldn't this kind of advanced equipment be put into the battlefield in order to exert its power?" ”

Li Weiguo guessed Hua Yufang's thoughts and said, "I have my own plans!" If the war is at a stalemate, I will send a batch of tanks you have developed earlier into battle. Those tanks go to the battlefield to deter the enemy and break through the enemy's defensive positions at a critical moment. Even if they were captured by the enemy, they would only be able to develop a similar tank. When they take out their own tanks and attack us, we will sacrifice more advanced tanks to restrain them, and repeat this a few times, and the enemy will be completely crushed. ”

After all, Hua Yufang did mathematics, and quickly calculated an account.

"Your Majesty is wise, this tank is quite expensive to build, if the enemy captures our tanks, it will inevitably be copied on a large scale, and after they have produced a huge number of tanks, they will find that they have been restrained by our new tanks as soon as they arrive on the battlefield, and this repeated several times will definitely hit the enemy's morale fiercely and cause them heavy losses."

Li Weiguo smiled slightly, and he didn't need to spend too much time talking to smart people.

Hua Yufang asked again: "I wonder if Your Majesty plans to mass-produce a batch of tanks now?" ”

Li Weiguo thought for a while and said, "Yes, let's produce 200 of these T23 tanks first!" Their mission is to break through enemy positions! I estimate that the war in Venezuela has already reminded the Entente that once a world war breaks out, if the Entente is defeated by us, they will inevitably adopt tactics such as trench warfare and ground radium warfare. Therefore, our batch of tanks requires the main combat goal of breaking through trenches and radium areas. ”

"I remember!" Hua Yufang took the order and glanced at several assistants behind him, and they all nodded, indicating that they had recorded every word of Li Weiguo's words word for word.

"Your Majesty, since you are going to mass-produce two hundred T23s, please name your T23!"

T23 is only a research and development number, which is used to be disclosed to the world, and within the Chinese Empire, it has its own independent naming method.

For example, the latest battleship built by the Imperial Chinese Navy, the Fury, is claimed to be a Fury-class super dreadnought-type battleship to the outside world, and the interior is a first-class fleet battleship with the "Fury" brand.

There is no doubt about the role of tanks, and their future status will definitely be comparable to that of battleships in the navy, so Hua Yufang proposed to let Li Weiguo name it.

"It's called the Broken Army!"

Li Weiguo said it casually, but it also contained deep meaning.

Hua Yufang suddenly said to herself: "Break the army!" The five elements belong to water, the seventh star of the Big Dipper, dissipation, for the murderous spirit, is a big killing star, the main killing, just like the death squad in the army, the vanguard troops, charging into battle, indeed echoing the fate of the tank, Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers are obedient! ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Don't be a sycophant, I still have a little self-knowledge, in terms of astronomy and mathematics, you are Taishan Beidou, I don't want to show off in front of you, add jokes!" ”

Hua Yufang smiled and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious, and the minister sincerely admires Your Majesty!" ”

Li Weiguo waved his hand, but he didn't want to have anything to do with him on this issue.

By this time, the T23 tank had already run two laps around the range, and then entered the shelling position and aimed at a circular target 500 meters away.

There was a cannon bang, and the T23 main gun fired.

However, the first three shells all missed the target, and it was not until the fourth shell was calibrated that it finally hit the circular target.

For the T23 tank, this is already very good. You must know that even in a hundred years from now, with the help of various fire control and sighting systems, it may not be able to hit the first shot.

Of course, this is also because the gunner in the tank is the best gunner in the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, and if other ordinary gunners are replaced, I am afraid that this result may not be achieved.

But Li Weiguo was already very satisfied, no matter how many shots he hit the target, in this era, only the Chinese Empire had tanks, and on the battlefield, even if it took a hundred rounds to hit the target, it was enough to scare the enemy to death.

After the shooting, Li Weiguo praised the commander and gunner, and then toured the interior of the T23 tank.

After reading it, Li Weiguo smiled bitterly in his heart, the gap with the tanks of later generations is too big.

After staying in the T23 tank for a short time, I was soaked by the heat, and if I were to be in it by another 21st century person, I would immediately scold - is this a place where people can stay? It's not even as good as a kennel.

Li Weiguo wanted to add an air-conditioning system to the tank, but after thinking about it, the current tank was already bulky enough, and installing another air-conditioning system would be not far from death.

"If you really can't solve the problem of bloated equipment, you can consider not having the main gun, and only keeping the heavy machine gun."

"If only the heavy machine gun had been retained, the weight of the tank would have been halved and the speed would have been greatly increased. But the problem also comes, our tracks are really impossible to speed up to higher speeds, 20 kilometers per hour, which is already the limit. Even then, it only took an hour and a half to change the tracks. ”

After listening to Hua Yufang's explanation, Li Weiguo said: "You misunderstood, I didn't ask you to give up the T23 tank, but asked you to find another way to develop another kind of equipment, I called it a chariot." ”

Chariot?

Hua Yufang asked, "But what kind of chariot is equipped by the Dragoon Regiment?" ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "That's a light chariot, four wheels, and a coat of armor protection." I intend for you to develop vehicles with a larger payload and a larger caliber of weapons. ”

At this time, the guard officer beside Li Weiguo quickly took out a prepared document and handed it to Hua Yufang.

This is something that Li Weiguo suddenly thought of before he came.

He remembered that in the history of World War I, when the Allies were the first to use tanks on the battlefield, Germany could only develop large-caliber rifles to shoot through the tank armor of the British and French armies because it could not use tanks as a confrontation in a short period of time.

In the beginning, the British tank tank was only protected by 10 mm steel plates, and the Germans quickly created a 12.7 mm rifle designed to penetrate British tanks.

Subsequently, the French army developed the Renault tank, and the armor protection was increased to 20 mm, which restrained the German 12.7 mm rifles. The Germans, on the other hand, quickly developed a 22 mm heavy rifle that continued to penetrate the French tanks.

The two sides engaged in a tug-of-war in this way, constantly restraining each other's tanks and anti-tank rifles.

In Li Weiguo's view, if the Chinese Empire suddenly used tanks to appear on the battlefield, the Allied armies that were caught off guard would not be able to develop tanks in a short period of time, and could only refrain from doing so, so they must have developed anti-tank rifles to counter the tanks of the Chinese Empire at the beginning.

Therefore, Li Weiguo came up with the strategy of chariots to restrain the Allied tanks.

"The light tank is light armor + twin 12.7 mm heavy machine gun + 2x2 chassis, wheeled."

"Medium tanks are medium armored + 28 mm 45 times caliber anti-tank guns + 4x4 chassis, wheeled or tracked."

"The heavy tank is a heavy armor + 37 mm 50 times caliber anti-tank gun + tracked chassis."

Of course, Li Weiguo almost wrote out the more powerful tank killers and ramblers on the mobile game, and the cliff would scare everyone to death.

After Hua Yufang saw it, he immediately admired: "Your Majesty is really wise, when we still think that tanks are invincible, you have already thought of anti-tank weapons, and even thought of the combat equipment that matches anti-tank weapons, and the minister's admiration for you is like a surging river......

"Stop, I don't want to hear nonsense, you just say if you can develop it!"

Li Weiguo hurriedly interrupted Hua Yufang's new round of sycophants.

Hua Yufang thought for a while and said: "Although His Majesty only gave a general outline and research and development direction, the minister believes that it is not difficult to develop combat vehicles, and only need to develop light and medium combat vehicles on the basis of the existing vehicle chassis, and heavy combat vehicles can also use tank chassis. The only difficulty is that the barrel of the anti-tank gun is somewhat difficult to develop, and the anti-tank gun may need to develop a matching high-strength armor-piercing projectile, which also needs some time to test. ”

Li Weiguo nodded, worthy of Hua Yufang, and he could see at a glance where the real difficulty was.

This is exactly where Li Weiguo looks at China's beauty.

"You try to have someone develop it! It was not used in the early stage of the war, and it will only be used when the tank is used in the later stage, and it is estimated that it will take two or three years! ”

This is Li Weiguo's estimate, and he has no bottom in his heart, so he can only regard the upcoming Sino-Japanese War as the first world war, and it is expected that the initial stage will be a positional war, and it will be the turn of the tank charge in the later stage, and then the anti-tank weapons will be put on the battlefield.

"Three years, there should be no problem! The Minister's Decree is! ”

"Very good, with you, it is the luck of the empire, the luck of me!"

"Your Majesty has won the award, and the minister's admiration for Your Majesty is like a gushing ......"

"I want to visit the Aircraft R&D Center!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I'll take you there! (To be continued.) )