The speed of the naval leap forward of European countries is actually not fast compared to the advance of the army. The armies of many European countries www.biquge.info have evolved almost at a rapid pace.

The war in Europe has made all countries see the development trend of the future land battlefield, and it is impossible to have any chance of victory against such a terrible opponent as the Tang Army in the form of a backward army in the past. Even the German Red Army, which was established along the route of the Tang Dynasty, also put a lot of pressure on other European countries, so each country is accelerating its own military modernization process.

Although after the establishment of the Warsaw system, all countries were somewhat optimistic that under the current international order, there should be no large-scale war, and European countries formed a peculiar equilibrium. Datang's monopoly suppressed all ambitious countries, and the huge gap with Datang made every European country not want to let the war drag them down, but to develop their national strength and catch up with Datang's footsteps, so as not to be eliminated by the world trend.

Peace does not mean slackness in military construction, and Europeans do not have an army to make way for economic development, and the general environment does not allow them to do so. So every country is trying to progress.

In just four or five years after the Great War in Europe, almost all countries have eliminated smoothbore guns and old paper-shelled rifles. It is not too difficult to make a rifle of the S1 level for European countries, many countries have developed their own imitations based on the S1, and the Enfield designed by the British themselves is not inferior to the level of the S1.

Then there is more automated weapons and equipment, heavy machine guns have completely become the standard equipment of European army company and platoon level units, and submachine guns have also been issued to squads. Mortars and infantry guns were increasingly produced and became an important support firepower for European armies at the company and regimental levels. Larger-caliber artillery has also been deployed, and the firepower and establishment system built by European armies imitating the Tang Dynasty army has gradually stabilized.

In addition to comprehensive weapons upgrades, armored forces and aviation are also the focus of the development of national armies. France took the lead in purchasing copycat Renault tanks CT-1 from Datang, a total of 308 units, which were equipped in 8 tank regiments. All tank regiments were deployed in infantry divisions. Because of how the Tang Army uses armored troops, everyone can see that European countries have used tanks and infantry together, unlike in another history, when tanks charged alone and suffered heavy casualties.

A large number of CT-1 foreign trade tanks, the French have also obtained a license to produce this type of tank, and they can assemble the weapon themselves in China, but the production capacity is limited and the speed is not fast, after all, it has just entered the industrial age, and the extent of pulling seedlings is too great.

France's neighbor, Germany, has cooperated with Italy to develop two new tanks, the No. 1 tank with only two machine guns in the 6-ton class and the No. 2 tank with a 20-mm gun in the 7-ton class. There are many talents in Germany who have studied in Datang, although they have not been exposed to particularly deep things, but what they have learned is enough to enable them to design new weapons. Of course, the so-called autonomy does not know how many Datang ingredients there are.

The Germans still had the intention of building tanks with heavier guns, stronger armor and thicker armor, but due to technical limitations and limited funds, they were temporarily satisfied with the level of the No. 2 tank.

The British tried to develop their own tanks and armored vehicles during the European War, but they did not have much experience, so they were relatively unsuccessful. After the war, the British tried to absorb Datang technology and continue to develop their own, but the British Army was very dissatisfied with the performance of the gadgets made by the Royal Arsenal.

In the end, the British sent an inspection delegation to Datang to go to the number one enterprise in the R&D and production of equipment for the Datang Army, North Industries.

After the meeting between the two sides, the British War Department officials proposed to NORINCO that Datang should assist the British in designing a tank with excellent performance. The reason why they did this was because they had already asked that the Type 90 tanks equipped by Datang themselves were not for sale.

The design indicators proposed by the British include a tonnage of more than 10 tons, a gun of more than 30 mm, armor that can effectively withstand infantry light weapons and some heavy fire, and a speed of more than 20 kilometers per hour. In fact, the British want to set the target as high as possible, but Datang will definitely not achieve it for them.

In order to gain experience, the UK hopes that the project can be participated by Datang and British designers, in fact, in order to steal teachers. Datang is also clear about the plans of the British, and also intends to take advantage of the British. According to Datang's estimates, restricting this kind of cooperation will have little effect. The British have a way to get the CT-1 exported by Datang, and now European countries are industrializing rapidly and mastering technology is also increasing. After all, the more advanced the technology, the less likely it is to be confined to knowledge, a large number of Europeans are studying in Datang, even if they learn a scale, it can also produce great results, after all, it is now the initial stage of industrial technology, and it is not difficult to master.

So the refusal is at most only a delay in the time that the British have mastered, and this delay has no value to the Tang Dynasty. The British team Datang itself is not a threat at all, Datang has been staking in the world, and the British are still of some significance to Datang except for the corner of North America and Canada, and there is no other attraction anymore. Britain could not have had the ability to seize the Tang Dynasty's overseas territories or launch a war against the Tang allies in Europe.

Well, even if the UK wants to join a joint design project, there is nothing wrong with it. If you want to chase it, you can chase it, anyway, I have fallen behind you for several laps, and I am so big that I can run faster than you.

There is another major reason for being willing to accept the idea of the UK. That is, Datang strategic analysts believe that with the current speed of industrialization and technological innovation, the European military industry will develop to the level of the middle and early stages of World War II in about ten years. This is mainly due to the dissemination of Datang's technology. However, like Datang, this kind of technological breakthrough with limitations and unstable foundation may have various hidden dangers and appear lame. But this has nothing to do with Datang.

NORINCO adjusted the plans of the British, reducing the tonnage to 7.5 tons, the same level as the tanks of other European countries. The artillery used a 2-pounder anti-tank gun with a caliber of 40 mm of the British's own development. The maximum travel speed was also controlled at 24 km / h, and the thickness of the armor was 15 mm. This tank is statistically similar to the CT-1 and No. 2 tanks, but it is more advanced in design than the CT-1 Renault, and NORINCO gave it the CT-2 model, which the British called the MK-II Victor (Vickers).

Britain invested a huge amount of 30 million Tang Yuan for this project, and purchased 982 CT-2 tanks from Datang, with research and development costs, each tank cost more than 30,000 Tang Yuan, and this price is more expensive than the Type 99 main battle tank that Datang just served. (To be continued.) )