892 New Tank (Part I)

After Bai Nan left the center of state power, Datang was still running quietly, and the new president, Hu Fakui, was also familiarizing himself with various procedures and making various arrangements at a very fast speed. In general, the original policies www.biquge.info and mechanisms are still in place, and all Hu Fakui needs to do is quickly integrate into this model.

The new president needs to be more present on various occasions so that people can also get used to his presence, which is also a mastery of all aspects of work. Someone once said that half of President Datang's work is inspection, and although it is not in the middle, it is not far away.

Soon after Hu Fakui took office, he began to inspect the Tang Army frequently, and his inspections of the army included many aspects, including the management system of the Ministry of National Defense, the training of grassroots units, and the research and development of new weapons. Hu Fakui's devotion to the Tang Army was far greater than that of Bai Nan.

This actually makes sense, in the era of Paik Nam, the president had a strong control over the army, and Paik Nam was able to command this huge army well with his personal prestige and state apparatus. By the end of Paiknam's reign, the Tang army had become a huge standing army, with a total size of more than two million men, deployed across the globe. Hu Fakui believed that his position was secure, and the first factor was to be able to command the army. So, he wants to exert more influence on the side of the army.

As soon as Hu Fakui came to power, he updated a series of policies related to the military, including the improvement of the treatment of military personnel and the resettlement methods for military personnel after they were discharged from the army and changed jobs.

On the other hand, he also came into contact with some young senior officers in the army who had more potential for development. Like Bai Nan, Hu Fakui was also born in the army and led soldiers to fight. In fact, before the crossing, Hu Fakui was a descendant of the Ming Dynasty's meritorious family and a martial arts heirloom. The combination of these conditions also gave him a natural affinity with the military. In fact, Hu Fakui's actions are also what traditional politicians would do, or some traditions of China's thousands of years of politics, using people to build their own team.

This is obviously different from Bai Nan's previous approach, but Bai Nan's conditions are not something that latecomers can have.

In addition to encircling the military, Hu Fakui also paid special attention to the military's research and development of new scientific and technological weapons. Of course, the most important thing is the nuclear button that has fallen into his hands, even if he is from the Ming Dynasty, he is well aware that his decision-making power is enough to destroy a small country and kill millions of people. He was addicted to the power of this power, but he also knew that such things could not be used lightly, and that there were mechanisms within the National Revolution to prevent a hasty and reckless nuclear strike.

Hu Fakui knew that he might not be able to compare Bai Nan's status in Datang in his life, but Hu Fakui still hoped to seek a historical position. If we can completely defeat Europe, which has posed a challenge to Datang, and establish a new system of orderly control over the world, this will undoubtedly be a great achievement, and Datang's history books will definitely have his strokes, which will be full of color.

To achieve all this, it is necessary to destroy Europe with great military force. This is not to say that the extermination of Europeans with nuclear bombs can be solved, if you do things in this way that challenges humanity, then the current regime of Datang will inevitably be questioned by its own people, and the regime that can do such terrible things may also be ruthless to its own people in the future, the country is like a person, there must be a bottom line to do things, and there is no bottom line at all, which may indicate that it may be destroyed.

Therefore, Datang must not only have invincible nuclear weapons, but also have strong conventional forces, which naturally needs to rely on the Tang army. Hu Fakui frequently inspected the army, improved the treatment of the army and soldiers, and carried out training more strictly, and planned ******** military spending, because he needed a stronger Don Army to bury the European Union.

The first new weapon under development that Hu Fakui inspected was the second-generation main battle tank being developed by the Army. The number of Type 90 medium tanks was relatively small, but there was a total output of more than 6,000 units, and the output of Type 99 main battle tanks reached 34,000. This is mainly because in the era when the 90s were the main force, the Datang army had few formations and the scale was not so large, and now the Datang Army has 96 divisions, although each division is equipped with a different number of tanks, and it is not necessarily mainly equipped with this tank, but the total number is also huge. Originally, the Tang Dynasty did not equip the Foreign Legion with heavy weapons, but now, many of the soldiers of the Foreign Legion have grown up under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no loyalty to worry about, so the equipment level has also reached the level of unity with other units of the Tang Army.

At Hu Fakui's inspection site, the personnel of NORINCO explained to the new president: "...... At this stage, the new tank M1 in European countries is nearing completion, and it is said that there are already small batches of equipment for troops. The tank will be uniformly equipped by the armies of all major European countries. As far as we know, the tank weighs 32 tons, has a maximum road speed of 40 km/h, has a main gun caliber of 76 mm, and the thickness of the frontal armor is more than 70 mm. It can be said that this M1 tank has reached the point where it can compete with our Type 90 tank, so it is necessary for our country to develop the next generation of main battle tanks to maintain the traditional superiority of our army in armored vehicles. ”

In fact, there is no logic at all in saying this, the Type 90 tank was played by the Datang Army twenty years ago, and it was retired seven or eight years ago, and now the 9 (5) Type 9 tank in service in Datang has no problem in terms of performance to crush the M1 that the Europeans joined forces to build.

Compared with the previous Type 99, this new tank has been gorgeously transformed into six pairs of load-bearing wheels, using a 730-horsepower diesel engine, and the tonnage has been increased to 40 tons. The main gun was an improved 105mm smoothbore gun. For the first time, the new tank was equipped with composite armor, and the electronics were significantly improved, such as a lower stabilized image fire control, a laser rangefinder, and an infrared imager. Of course, this also means that the price of this main battle tank will inevitably increase significantly, changing the performance constraints of the original copycat Soviet-style tank, which is durable, and the unit price is low and suitable for rioters. However, thanks to the development of Datang's electronics industry, although the price will be somewhat increased, this price will not be unacceptable to Datang. (To be continued.) )