Whether the tank can hold out so far is the real problem, and this is also the core issue of this strategy, and if this problem is not solved, all strategic decisions will be false and will not be able to act on the essence of the strategy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The problem of tanks, to put it bluntly, is the problem of machines, these things, armored officers may be able to say one, two, three, now they are not using China's own tanks, but the American tanks captured by Japan, there is more uncertainty in the middle, or ask the experts. This time, the scale of the seminar was very large, and the host communicated in advance and invited three experts here.

Some people will ask, if it is not a tank of the US army, why would Chinese experts know about it? After Japan captured the US tanks, it immediately sent some of the spare parts and photos to China, and the reason why the tanks were not transported was because the tanks were too big to be transported by airplane, in fact, the damaged wreckage of 10 tanks was being transported to China by sea, but it would take at least a month to arrive.

However, the spare parts sent in the early stage, including the most important power system, track samples, and part of the internal structure, these together with the photos, enough to interpret the basic strength of the tank, some domestic armored experts, it is with the pictures and some of the physical objects after careful analysis, the final conclusion is very simple, although the US tanks have been slightly adjusted, in general, with the Bordeaux front, the tanks used by the Entente are not much different from the United States, very subtle differences, This difference is not enough to affect the performance of the tank as a whole, at most it is a tweak in handling.

China because of the power advantage, than other countries have entered the era of armor, in the world when other countries are using simple tanks, already have a relatively mature tank corps, the main battle tank has crossed the 40 tons of this level, towards 50 tons.

Although tonnage is not the only criterion for measuring tanks, but in larger tonnage, it is easier to achieve the perfection of offensive and defensive speed, just like the tank standards of later generations, when the tonnage difference is more than 10 tons, the tank is no longer called an order of magnitude, heavy tanks are always more powerful than light tanks.

China has made so much progress in armored forces, and even said that with the world's main opponents, in the field of combat vehicles, it is no longer an order of magnitude, but for the development of armor in the whole world, it is still extremely concerned, especially when it is found that the United States is preparing to use tanks on the North American battlefield, and it is also 10,000 vehicles, this large-scale application of the order of magnitude, it is even more difficult to understand, and even sent planes to send photos and some spare parts back to China. It was delivered to these chief engineers as soon as possible.

Even if the power used by these tanks is all Chinese civilian power, even if these tanks are still very immature, as a necessary intelligence gathering and reverse research, China not only compares these tanks with early Chinese tanks, but even gets a few complete wrecks from Germany and compares them, almost inch by inch.

The American tanks, although slightly modified, because the power, total range, transmission and tracks have not changed much, can still be seen as a series, they have a lot of experience in mechanics, and even directly come up with data that proves the general combat effectiveness of these tanks. Three tank experts, they are the founders of a new generation of Chinese tanks, and each of them has a deep study of armor power.

Wang Minglu, a native of Fuping, Shaanxi, is only 30 years old this year, has served as the chief engineer of Shaanxi Tank Group for 3 years, 8 years ago he was even just an ordinary farmer, in the northwest large-scale development of industry, entered the automobile factory that had just been established at that time, 8 years, from an ordinary worker, to one of China's three major armored factories, the chief engineer of Shaanxi Tank Factory, it can be said that he has jumped countless levels.

The chief engineer in his 30s, which is a special case in the world, but it is a special case with Chinese characteristics, from the Northwest era is like this, in that year, China's entire blank paper, in addition to having a group of trained workers, senior engineers are zero, and brought China into the process of industrialization, beyond the world, with the hard work of these young people, young Chinese workers, Chinese engineers, in the early stage with the help of part of the foreign forces, but from a poor and white out, And three or five years later, it replaced foreign engineers and took on great responsibilities, which proves that what foreigners can do, China can also do.

Wang Minglu's slow words, calm and organized, introduced the tank again, mainly to introduce the performance of the US tank, and especially put forward the total mileage of 5000 kilometers, under the premise of a group of professional personnel and spare parts, it is not unachievable, the US tank will not work, must be adjusted on a large scale, first of all, for the engine and transmission device, carry out a comprehensive replacement, replace with the Chinese military device, the civilian device performance is not very stable, relatively delicate, in a complex environment, the reliability is not high, Yes, it must be replaced.

Of course, the model of the engine is miniaturized, the original 320 horsepower engine and transmission device used in light armored vehicles, not about 800 horsepower on the main battle tank, just this, let the Japanese tank in the power, doubled, no longer a Maverick pull broken car, is the real power and weight matching, so that even if not in accordance with the rules of operation, this tank also has a large rate of honor and error, so that mechanical damage and faults, will be greatly reduced.

The main problem has been solved, that is, the subtle aspects of the problem, in a sense, the American tank, is also under this power, the most outstanding tank designed, in terms of performance, has been played to the greatest extent, I have to say, the Entente in the field of machinery, is still quite substantial, even if China under this engine, can only be adjusted to this extent, after replacing with a smaller, more powerful engine, is not ready to adjust the speed and gear of the tank.

It is enough to increase reliability, greater speed command brings greater failure rate, and they are more adjusted to tank repair performance, which is also the shortcoming of the Entente, they have only just come into contact with the armored forces, and the adjustment of the armored forces has not yet reached a more in-depth level, in terms of systematic, it is not good, just a maintenance, there are many problems.

You must know that in China's armored army, the maximum speed of replacing an engine is 2 minutes and 17 seconds, of course, a corps-level repair, can not look at the maximum speed, but the standard speed of the Chinese army is 5 minutes and 20 seconds, almost more than 9 percent of the main force, can replace the engine, to achieve this speed.

But in the U.S. military, it can be replaced in 1 hour is quite fast, after all, the U.S. military's engine is in the most core position, there is no opening, only a part of the track can be removed, the engine can be disassembled, this point must be changed, if Japan enters the United States hinterland in the future, it is also difficult to replace in this way, once the engine has a problem, then it is not to replace the engine, it is to replace the tank.

The failure of the tank is more in the engine and transmission, as for the upper turret and tracks, they are made of steel, and how many problems can there be, but the power and transmission device, which is a precision component, this part is the most likely to have problems, this part is inside the tank, it is not easy to replace, which is also the difficulty of the durability of the armored forces.

Even if it is a Chinese tank, it is impossible to guarantee that there will be no problems in more than 1500 kilometers, but it is because of the existence of engineering troops and logistics troops, once there is a problem, it can be eliminated in the shortest possible time, all kinds of power systems, although it is inside, but after the opening of several structures, it can be guaranteed to replace the internal parts, as long as the spare parts are ready, small problems 5 to 10 minutes, big problems 20-30 minutes.

The large-scale advance of the tank, the test is the ability to continue, in a long period of time, there are no mechanical problems, or less mechanical problems, this is the most important criterion to measure the tank troops, as long as these problems are solved, the formation of the tank corps of the huge leap forward ability, this, China's armored forces have been completely solved, and even the engineering corps such a division-level maintenance force, the whole process to ensure the safety of the operation of the tank, not to mention the basic elective mechanical company platoon officers, They became the spearheads of troubleshooting.

The three chief engineers all gave a positive answer, as long as the Japanese tanks are modified to a certain extent, under the premise that the overall performance is greatly improved, the stability and safety are mainly strengthened, and the premise of having the help of a professional team can achieve such a purpose.

Although the words of the chief engineer are simple, they are loud, and now, the technical indicators that restrict Japan's attack are no longer a problem, then another problem that plagues Japan's plans is logistics and supply, logistics and supply, and this is even more not a problem, now, only China has the power of the sky, can send reconnaissance planes to hover above the tank convoy, and use transport planes to airdrop, relative to large equipment such as tanks, fuel, weapons and ammunition, and even a part of spare parts, The difficulty of this airdrop is basically nothing, and the cost is a little bigger, but compared to the big goal of the Pacific Railway, it is worth it.

The logistics of oil are easy to support, the danger of airdrop is almost equal to zero, then the maintenance personnel, must be Chinese, Japan does not have so many tank maintenance and support personnel, they can start the tank, it is already good, that is, in order to support Japan's large-scale leap, it is necessary to send a tank maintenance team composed entirely of Chinese, which is the last difficulty to restrict this plan. (To be continued.) )