Unlike after the 21st century, when a main battle weapon needs to go through a long and complicated test before it can officially enter active service, although the current weapons of the Tang Army also need to go through strict tests before they can be put into service, but because of the problems of the times and technical conditions, in fact, these tests are relatively pediatric compared with the tests of the main battle weapons after the 21st century, which lasted for several years and had as many as tens of thousands of tests. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, no weapon can be perfect, there will be such and such flaws, even if it is 10,000 more tests, the Americans boast of a powerful M1 Abrams tank, in the hands of the Saudis against the Houthis, will already be beaten to the turret. Weapons designers and engineers have to do just as much as possible to make their weapons as reliable and powerful as possible.

The test work of the Type 90 medium tank will generally not take more than half a year, and then NORINCO, which has super manufacturing strength, will be able to guarantee an initial production rate of at least 50 units per month, and if production starts at full speed, it may be able to reach a rate of 100 units per month. However, North Industries will not produce war equipment according to wartime standards, and although the Tang army is now in the period of redressing, it is not urgent to use it immediately. The training of the armored corps and the personnel of various supporting systems must be carried out slowly, and it is impossible for the tanks to form any combat effectiveness immediately after they are delivered to the troops.

In addition to the task of producing Type 90 medium tanks, in fact, there are many other businesses to do in armored vehicles. The trend of self-propelled artillery in Datang is obvious, so every year the army will purchase 5-8 battalion-sized Type 83 self-propelled guns, some of which are deployed in brigade-affiliated artillery regiments, and some are artillery battalions under regiments. Some are even on standby for the time being. Datang is very concerned about the reserve of military equipment. In order to face a war that does not know when it may break out. In addition, the funds are relatively abundant, so more equipment will be procured and deployed in different theaters. This is somewhat like the later Middle Eastern oil tycoons, but those oil tyrants do not have their own military industry, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to obtain arms replenishment in times of war. The reserves of Datang are more like preparing weapons, ammunition and other supplies in different areas in advance for a possible war, and it is also a manifestation of the pre-setting of war materials in later war thinking.

In addition, NORINCO also improved the Type 82 infantry fighting vehicle and launched the Type 82II infantry fighting vehicle, which is an improvement on the basis of the original Type 82. Improved power and some mechanics, and an updated 30mm cannon was added. The original Type 82 tank, North Industry has produced more than 2,000 units, the new Type 82II tank has also received an order for 1,000 units after its launch, Datang intends to create 16 first-class infantry regiments, the number of infantry fighting vehicles required is more than 3,000, and it is natural to continue to produce new combat vehicles.

Another NORINCO is also designing and trial-producing a 6x6 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, which is expected to be finalized in 1792. This new infantry fighting vehicle will provide more options for the Tang Army to fight on flatter terrain and on roads.

The entire development planning line of the Datang Army is very clear: to put it simply, part of the Datang regular army has developed into a mechanized army at the level of World War II or even the early Cold War, and the other part has developed into a motorized force. In a word. The regular army of the Tang Dynasty emphasizes mobility and firepower, and if it can be recruited, it will be able to fight. Strong action and combat effectiveness.

This is the combat force of the first and second lines of Datang, and in addition to the regular Tang Army, the development of the special corps is also highly valued by the Datang high-level. The goal of the ad hoc corps is to become an army of the level of the First World War army, which enjoys a certain comparative advantage over the armies of other powers. It is mainly used to cooperate with the regular Tang Army on the battlefield, or to complete auxiliary combat missions.

The special corps is not completely devoid of vehicles, and the units of some ad hoc corps with relatively good conditions have a certain rudimentary form of motorization, and as a result, they also have stronger combat effectiveness.

Because the Tang Dynasty is determined to win thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in China, it is imperative to strengthen its military presence and strength in the Far East for a period of time to come. In addition to the Tang Army stationed in the Qing Dynasty, the Wu Wei Army and the Wu Yi Army also did not belong to the Tang Army in name, but in fact they were the forces of the Tang Army. On the one hand, the Ministry of National Defense not only hopes to secretly turn the 60,000 armed guards and the armed armed forces into 100,000 by means of a small establishment and a large number of people, but on the other hand, it also intends to formally raise the status of the armed guards and the armed armed forces from the ad hoc corps. The specific performance is to motorize the Wuwei Army and the Wuyi Army, and among the 100,000 Wuwei Army and the Wuyi Army, build 5 mechanized infantry regiments, which are completely compared with the standards of the Tang Army, equipped with infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled guns and tanks. The Wuzitou Army, which has been reorganized in this way, can at least have a big level of combat effectiveness, which is comparable to that of the Tang Army.

Moreover, Bai Nan has other considerations in this matter, in the future, he will completely control the Qing State and incorporate 600,000 Qing troops, so it is inevitable that Datang still needs to continue to deploy garrison troops in a vast and populous country, and the ability of the Qing army is not looked down upon by Datang, so it is inevitable that 600,000 troops will be reorganized at that time. At that time, the Ministry of Defense could use the veterans of the Wu Wei Army and the Wu Yi Army as seeds, integrate them into the original new army, and then lead this army to change to the appearance of the Tang Army.

For the time being, Bai Nan and other high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty did not think that the Tang Dynasty would be involved in a large-scale war, and although the small-scale conflicts in the colonies continued, the special corps formed by the Tang Dynasty did such a thing. In particular, the Yamato Corps is now being used very effectively. As for the colonial war with European countries, Datang has no intention of continuing to expand in South Asia for the time being, and hopes to consolidate its overseas territory in North America and Southeast Asia, so it is basically unlikely to take the initiative to provoke.

In addition, during his first two terms of office, Bai Nan's main external energy was to observe the progress of the European revolution and the anti-French alliance on the one hand, and on the other hand, to look at the Qing State, which had stayed in Shanghai for a long time and had a better understanding of the situation of the Qing State, Bai Nan had become more and more aware of the breath of change brewing under the waveless water of Pinghu Lake, and the undercurrent was surging.

Sometimes, though, things happen spontaneously and out of people's control, forcing them to react. After Bai Nan came to power, he did not have a plan to add new overseas consulates for Datang in the short term, but one incident made him change his mind. The change did not first appear in the large and slower Qing Empire, but in Japan, which had been stripped of a piece of fat by the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )