For Lu Liang, the most gratifying thing is the change in the ideology of the Chinese people, which is what he is most looking forward to seeing. The traditional morality demands that there is less and less to fight back, scold and convince people with virtue in this country, and the society of young and middle-aged people firmly believes in the supremacy of the interests of the people, and under the brainwashing of the powerful state propaganda machine, they frantically support the military actions of the state. The old form of civilization has been broken, the new form of civilization is being formed, countless dross has been abandoned, excellent traditions have been inherited, and power has made the transformation of civilization relatively smooth, but Lu Liang also knows the strength of traditional power, and what he can do is to extend the time of control as much as possible to prevent the resurgence of dross.

Don't think that China under the rule of Lü Liang is a beautiful place, the beauty is only for the people who obey Lü Liang, the interests are damaged, the stubborn and conservative people have suffered inhumane torture, ******** machines have prepared sufficient police, prisons, and labor camps for this part, and countless families are destroyed because of Lü Liang's brutality. The orphanages scattered all over the country proved this, and Lu Liang did not have so much time and drizzle to transform society, and a direct and brutal transformation would certainly cause revolt.

During the period between the unification of the country and the outbreak of war, there were no less than 200 popular uprisings, military uprisings, and assassinations, and government agencies, police stations, and officials became the main targets of attack. These shady things never appear in the newspapers, nor on the radio, even if word of mouth is monitored by the Bureau of Investigation. Death, blood, and distortions of human nature abound in this process, and Lü Liang could only regard it as the price that must be paid for reform, and selectively left it behind, without the comfort of his wife Wu Yue, it is estimated that he would have become a brutal ruler who could not listen to people's persuasion.

In the intense work, Lu Liang always finds time to go fishing by the Yangtze River, which becomes the best way for him to dispel the pressure. An hour, or even half an hour, taking time to relax is what he looks forward to the most every day, of course, the process of fishing is often interrupted by his subordinates, for example, now, a military staff officer rushed over, he passed through the layers of guards, appeared in front of Lu Liang, forced him to put down the fishing rod, rushed back to the wartime headquarters.

The military preparations for the war against Japan were basically completed, and the Army General Staff had prepared an army of 2 million, which would land in Japan on 20 March and launch a Japanese campaign, codenamed "Conquest."

Among the two million troops, there are 150,000 Korean Legions, more than 70,000 Taiwanese Legions, more than 60,000 Filipino Legions, 15,000 Ryukyu Divisions, and about 1.8 million native lands. The first army group on the ground was about 1 million people, and the second army group was about 800,000 people, and they were the main force in the war against Japan.

After the reunification of the country, the situation was completely stabilized within two years, and the economy was on the right track, so more resources began to be tilted towards the army, and the state also had the strength to support the expansion of the army. From 1908 to 1910, the standing army of the Chinese Army expanded from 1.1 million to about 3.2 million in two years, and there were about 3 million militia, armed police, and reserve troops. After the start of the war, the army had completed the first phase of mobilization, and more than a million people had joined the army and were relatively well armed.

At the same time as the expansion of the army, there was also a major rearmament of the whole army, and the changes in the army were as obvious as those of other services, with six armored corps, fifteen mechanized infantry corps, three cavalry corps, thirty regular infantry corps, six mountain divisions, and seven paratrooper divisions. Most of the junior officers are from regular military academies, have good command and tactical qualities, and more than a quarter have also experienced war training, and they are the most solid pillars of this army.

The literacy rate of ordinary soldiers exceeded 98 percent, and some soldiers who had not undergone cultural study received a good education in the army, and the cultural level of the Chinese army was the highest in the world, and even the most elite German infantry could not surpass the Chinese army. Most of them have undergone two or more years of training, and the consumption of bullets in training alone can overwhelmingly destroy the armies of most countries.

In armored forces, tank crew members need a certain amount of cultural knowledge to be able to control tanks, carry out simple repairs, and skillfully operate combat vehicles. The change in the mode of warfare requires soldiers not only to have the courage not to be afraid of death, but also to need a large number of technical arms.

The emphasis on armored forces has made the Chinese military demand to replace more advanced tanks and armored vehicles, and the T01 tank, which has been the main force of the Chinese army's armored forces since the beginning, has always had the shortcomings of high failure rate, poor comfort, and low defense level. When China's industrial level is not high, the enemy army has no anti-tank weapons, and is not equipped with tanks, these shortcomings are tolerable, but when countries have successively studied new tanks and China's industry is gradually deepening, the T01 tank is somewhat outdated. Although it has the characteristics of simple structure, convenience and manufacturing, very balanced firepower, protection and mobility, and low training requirements, the demand for more advanced tanks from tank crews and generals of armored units is getting higher and higher.

Ordinary people stay in the T01 tank for two hours, they will lose their combat effectiveness because of the bad riding environment, the quality of the cast armor is average, subject to the backwardness of the manufacturing level at that time, there are a lot of trachoma in the cast armor, if you take a shot in the actual battle, the turret is bound to fly with iron filings, and the crew members don't want to live.

The military requirements of the new tank are to inherit the characteristics of the T01 tank, which has balanced indicators and simple structure, improve the internal riding environment of the tank, improve the quality of the armor, install more advanced sighting systems and radio equipment, and install tank guns with stronger firepower if possible.

In the middle of 1908, the test tank No. 2 out of the laboratory, the military was very satisfied with it after inspection, and was transported to the northeast low-temperature region, the northwest desert region, the southwest plateau region, and the tropical island region of the Philippines for combat tests, and the results proved that the No. 2 tank was a very successful tank, able to adapt to the combat needs of various environments, of course, in those environments also need to install some adaptive equipment, such as the installation of engine filters in desert areas, but these are minor problems, and the overall situation is satisfactory.

After being named the "Leopard" tank, the military issued an order to the military factory for the first batch of 1,500 vehicles for delivery to the troops by June 1909, and the second order for 2,000 vehicles to be delivered to the armored units by the end of 1909. In early 1910, Huaguo already had more than 4,500 Leopard tanks, although according to the establishment, there was still a gap of more than 2,000 vehicles in the whole army, but it was enough to start the war.

The newly designed chassis allows the Leopard to have a lower body and a wider interior, so it can carry more ammunition and provide a more comfortable environment for the crew. At a time when countries are struggling to study tank structures, suspension systems, and load-bearing wheel structures, the Leopard tank has adopted the most advanced torsion bar suspension system. On the other side of the world, Germany, China provided it with two systems, Christie suspension and torsion bar suspension, and their engineers still used Christie suspension as later generations, and the persistent pursuit of mechanical beauty and the scarcity of rubber resources led to the reappearance of the staggered load-bearing wheel structure on the German tank - the rubber weighing capacity of the edge of the load wheel was insufficient, that is, Germany had to try its best to install more load-bearing wheels to support the weight of the entire tank under the limited length of the body.

The Leopard's diesel engine provides it with ample power, and it can travel at a maximum speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, which is faster than the latest American trucks. Nearly ten years of tank design and manufacturing has made Huaguo's tank production technology more and more mature, and the improvement of the industrial level has also made the Leopard tank have a satisfactory low failure rate, in the most faulty power system, the result of the Leopard tank test is that when 100 tanks travel 500 kilometers, only four have problems, such an achievement is enough to make tank designers and manufacturing workers proud. The engineers also provided a more powerful engine, but this engine and gearbox gave the tank extraordinary power, but also a high failure rate and high fuel consumption, which was not suitable for the Leopard tank. While the original engine gave the Leopard good mobility, the same fuel consumption allowed it to travel longer distances, which was more important for real combat than higher speeds.

In order to balance the mobility, firepower and protection of the tank, the Leopard tank still uses a 75 mm gun, but a 45 times the diameter of the long-barreled gun, this kind of gun can penetrate all the existing tanks in the world at a distance of 700 meters, and the military estimates that the firepower advantage of the Leopard will last for at least three years. In addition, the abundance of local tungsten ore has allowed the tank to have more advanced armor-piercing shells, and a tungsten alloy material was discovered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and used in the manufacture of new armor-piercing shells. Advanced tank guns and armor-piercing shells were enough to allow the superiority of the Leopard tank to remain for a long time.

The data provided by the steel base and numerous tests allowed the engineers to find the best shape for the tank, with tilted armor that could eject enemy shells, 100 mm of armor at the top of the turret, 45 mm on the sides and rear, and 80 mm at the front of the cabin. However, the level of armor protection of the tank cannot be described by the thickness of the armor alone, for example, the same 100 mm armor of the German No. 3 tank can be easily penetrated by tank guns, but the armor of the Leopard tank can only leave a deep hole on it. It is not that the level of casting in Germany is inferior to that of Huaguo, but in the case of a similar level of casting, Huaguo has more advanced technology in the manufacture of armor materials.

High-power radios, plate skirts, front external armor plates, grid bulletproof fence around the turret, fully enclosed glove compartment at the rear of the turret, you name it. It can be said that within three years, the Leopard tank is invincible. (To be continued.) )