The Land Cruiser project, in this case, entered the sight of the British military, a mobile tool that can withstand quite a lot of automatic firearms, which is a big killer to break the trench, although the Entente and the Allies have strengthened artillery fire to varying degrees, but compared to machine guns, the popularity of artillery fire is still not enough, for the army assault unit, as long as there is a weapon that can withstand the attack of machine guns, and the barbed wire and trenches do not have much impact on him, this one is not equipped with weapons, even a prototype that is too simple to be simple, was directly mentioned in front of the high-level. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the unanimous approval of heavyweight staff officers, senior generals and professionals, there is nothing to lose at this time, and Britain, who is eager to grasp the last straw, almost gambles to set its sights on this Land Cruiser project, huge assets and a large amount of manpower and material resources, so that this project, which was not the main project, suddenly has unimaginable vitality, and the development of all aspects has begun to speed up.

The most basic problem is solved, and the next biggest problem is how to solve the problem of the weapons loaded on it, the British side, in many things, is more focused, imagination has, and the level of science and technology has also reached the situation, coupled with a huge investment, it has successfully completed this, a monster that looks weird, but can withstand light and heavy machine gun bullets, and can move at a speed of several kilometers per hour, appeared in the laboratory. It can carry 4 members on it, and has 2 Maxims as offensive firepower, which has a greater lethality against unprotected infantry.

The person in charge of the laboratory, knowing, they succeeded, this thing, as long as it is not directly hit by artillery fire, can completely withstand the powerful offensive of light and heavy machine guns, leading the army to rush forward, barbed wire can not stop it, although the barbed wire can stop the advance of the infantry, in the face of the steel all over the body, things weighing more than 20 tons, there is no effect at all, the trench is the same, as long as this thing moves, there are really not too many things that can deal with him, and its own protection is enough to solve most of the problems.

After getting the finished product, Britain was even more like a treasure, not only invested more money and personnel, but also made certain tests in the troops, and secretly started a new plan. If Yang Yuanzhao saw this Land Cruiser at the scene, you can recognize what it is, it is exactly what the world's first tank looks like, even stronger than the world's first tank, the reason is very simple, Yang Yuanzhao's appearance has changed the history of China, but also changed the history of the world, in his hands, China's machinery and equipment, in advance included in Europe, before the war, a series of projects contracted in Germany, even British and French projects, Bringing large tractors into the minds of most of the world gave the British hints, even if only in shape, to make the Land Cruiser plan even better.

Tractor this project, China did not take the tractor as a product, although the largest is not exported, even small and medium-sized countries also support the export of allies, as agricultural production when used, but the basic image is almost the same, plus popular in the world of the car, this is China's export of bulk products, but also let the engine all over the world, the export is only the simplest engine, but also more than the world's mainstream engine, about 110 horsepower gasoline engine, 120 horsepower diesel engine, you know, Originally, it was popular in this world, no more than 50 horsepower, and the power system of British tanks in history was only about 87 horsepower.

Power is always an important factor in changing machinery, this is the case for battleships, such as airplanes, and even more so for armored power, when the British side has no way to imitate a qualified engine, for the performance of the Land Cruiser, a 120-horsepower engine is used, which not only makes the weight of the Land Cruiser increase from more than a dozen tons to about 25 tons, and the maximum speed has also increased to 12 kilometers per hour, don't underestimate the increase of so many kilometers, which is for the Land Cruiser, directly from the experimental product, After all, in the original history, the first British tank put into actual combat was too slow.

For tanks, greater weight means carrying more personnel, with better protection, although this tank in form, and later generations of tanks there is a huge difference, but in terms of practicality, it is already good, as long as there is enough quantity, enough to solve the current old problem, the problem of trench warfare.

After several military exercises, the army also realized that such a weapon of mass destruction could become the army, and if there were enough of them, it would be enough to break through the defenses of trench warfare, and this was the best thing to solve the current dilemma.

Britain is puzzled by something, actually found in the navy, although such a tank costs a lot of money, the engine can not be produced on the premise, each need to dismantle a truck's engine, you know, the country that can produce a 120-horsepower engine, only China, not even the United States, under the combination of Britain and the United States, recently only solved the 85-horsepower engine, once used, the tank's combat effectiveness will be reduced, and even the speed will be reduced to less than 5 kilometers, This is already the best result achieved by reducing the dead weight of the tank.

If there was no 120-horsepower engine, Britain would definitely choose this 85-horsepower engine, but with a better one, even this perfect product that the laboratory finally came up with, the performance was very good in all aspects, and the sudden reduction in performance, especially the most important speed performance, was unacceptable to the vast majority of army generals.

Although the tank can ignore the machine gun, but for the artillery, especially the large-caliber artillery, it is still impossible to resist, the tank of this era, it is impossible to have a large weight, 120 horsepower power, can make him run quickly, if the tank can withstand the small-caliber artillery, the weight of the tank will rise to an unbearable level, not to mention the larger caliber artillery, more than 155 mm heavy guns, if you use armor-piercing shells, hit the tank in the powerful range, I'm afraid that even the tanks of later generations will have problems, let alone such first-generation tanks. In the case of the second best thing, on the premise that the armor can withstand ordinary automatic firearms, it is more about increasing the speed.

After several adjustments, the power was finally set at 120 horsepower, the experimenters will not care whether they can get it, as long as the experimental things have, from the truck, 30 engines were removed, and they were put into the research and improvement of the performance of the tank. Only when the number reaches a certain level, the group charges, it is possible to break through the heavily guarded defense.

The modification of the tank is still in progress, but after a certain extent, everyone knows that before the engine performance is improved, the performance of the tank can only be improved to a certain extent, which is quite small, because the Chinese engine is used, and the UK has not produced more than 100 horsepower engines, let alone higher-level engines.

This has become an important factor limiting the number of trucks, and now Britain imports a lot of trucks from China, most of them were imported before the declaration of war, about 150 cars, 120 horsepower engines, can make the load of trucks more than 5 tons. These trucks also play a different role, in the regional delivery of materials, played a considerable role, and even if dismantled, 120 tanks, I am afraid it will not play much role, but will affect some domestic transportation, the navy and the army can not solve it, so this will be delivered.

The higher-ups, after studying the data of some Land Cruisers, believe that this is the best weapon to break the current stalemate, once they have more than 500 vehicles, they can break through the German defense line head-on, inflict heavy damage on the German army, and even break through the German Bordeaux defense line is not impossible.

The key to restricting this result lies in the engine, the engine has become a familiar word among the British high-level in the past week, and even the high-level proposed, since this is an important thing related to future weapons, can it be self-produced, imitate China's engine, so that the tank really has a core that belongs to the United Kingdom, after all, Britain is also the world's top in power, More than 35,000 tons of warships have been made, and the power systems of tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of horsepower battleships, can be completed independently, and it should not be a problem to get these right.

However, experts in the field of power unceremoniously rebuked, marine engines, and motor vehicle engines, these are two completely different fields, ships can use fuel oil units, steam turbines, that is because of the huge space and tonnage of the ship, a land motor vehicle of about 25 tons, itself is quite small, researchers squeeze into one person, have to rack their brains, the use of steam turbines and large fuel units, that is impossible, only the use of small gasoline engines or oil extractors, in between, Britain is not a late starter, but compared with China, the world's first, there is still a huge gap, and buying China is the best choice.

In the case of the proposal to return to the original point, there is only one problem in front of the British, how to get more and more powerful engines, which is the only way to solve the current dilemma, and it is also the most feasible way. (To be continued.) )