During the meal, Wang Jue saw his aunt, that is, the concubine of his uncle Zhu Changle, the current imperial concubine. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but because of Zhu Changle's death, this woman who is only in her forties seems a little depressed. She just encouraged Zhu Mu and Wang Jue, and left in a hurry with her maids and entourage.

So this family banquet, which was supposed to be more lively, became a gathering of Zhu Mu and Wang Jue. Zhu Mu is an emperor with a very strong sense of pragmatism, so even if he invited Wang Jue to a banquet, he originally invited his elders, but he still only added one dish on the basis of the original four dishes and one soup.

He pointed to the very ordinary dishes and explained to Wang Jue: "I usually don't eat much, so it's just four dishes and one soup." You also know that I almost sold my grandfather's calligraphy and paintings, and exchanged a few tanks to supply the front line......"

Of course, Wang Jue knows that his friend, who can carry forward pragmatism to the extreme, will definitely not waste any of his own time and money. The emperor seems to have an innate immunity to the enjoyment of life, or rather what he prefers to study, is the real scheming and wisdom.

"Your Majesty still has to pay attention to your body." Wang Jue unceremoniously ate the things on the table while persuading Zhu Mudao: "As for our plan, we will implement it step by step according to the plan that has been repeatedly deduced." However, when it comes to tanks on the front line, the No. 1 tank we are producing now seems to be far from reaching the limit that tanks should reach. ”

"Or can it be improved?" When Zhu Mu heard Wang Jue, the front-line commander who actually used tanks, say this, he immediately became interested, and continued to talk about the topic: "Tell me, how do you plan to improve the tanks that have already shined on the battlefield in Liaodong?" ”

"That's a lot to say." Wang Jue was also interested in this topic, he picked up the bowl of chicken soup in front of him that had been warmed, and after drinking it clean, he continued: "After the front-line troops were equipped with tanks, they did achieve brilliant results, but in the process of using them, we also encountered such and such problems. ”

"First of all, the armor protection of the tank, which really needs to be strengthened. In order to destroy our tanks at long distances, the enemy has begun to use large-caliber weapons such as flat-fire artillery, which has caused huge losses to our tanks. As he spoke, he told Zhu Mu a somewhat regretful statistic: "The front-line No. 1 tank has suffered various losses of more than 60 units, not including the failures caused by immature technology and operational errors. ”

"Among them, the failures caused by human and technical immaturity are still relatively easy to solve. We are carrying out large-scale training within the army, and with the expansion of production scale, the technology of equipment is also becoming more and more mature. Speaking of these non-war-damaged losses, Wang Jue and Zhu Mu both showed some distressed expressions on their faces, these are all equipment bought with real money, and it would be a pity to lose them like this.

"However, most of the losses in the battle were due to flaws in the design of the equipment, such as the lack of design of the shock absorption system, as well as the problem of armor thickness." Wang Jue turned the topic back to the thickness of the armor, and said with a wry smile: "The two of us have made a lot of calculations, but we still have underestimated the development of anti-tank weapons." ”

When he mentioned this, there was some self-reproach in his tone: "The armor thickness of 20 mm and 30 mm is obviously no longer able to maintain a defensive advantage in the face of larger and larger anti-tank weapons...... If we want to maintain this advantage, we need to improve our tank armor equipment. ”

Zhu Mu listened to Wang Jue say this, nodded solemnly, and agreed with Wang Jue's opinion: "Yes, at that time, we envisioned heavy machine guns against the enemy, as well as weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns that might be put into battle...... However, I read the battle report that in the battle near the transfer mountain, the enemy army has begun to deploy a considerable number of large-caliber anti-tank guns. ”

In the battle of Troop Mountain, the rebels began to use 75 mm caliber infantry light field guns to carry out anti-tank missions, the armor-piercing ability of this weapon is very limited, but the relatively considerable base, as well as the shock and damage of the grenade explosion to the members of the tank, so that it can perform temporary anti-tank missions against the No. 1 tank.

This is also the main reason why the losses of the tank troops of the Ming Empire in the Battle of Diao Troop Mountain were extremely high, surpassing many previous battles. Although the Ming Empire was already producing the thicker armored Support Tank 1 (a version of the turretless 75mm gun), it was still terrified of the future of the enemy to throw in new anti-tank weapons.

Wang Jue and Zhu Mu initiated a creation and reform of tanks, but they did not expect to find themselves a huge trouble to change the equipment system......

And what their changes have brought to their opponents is a terrible arms race in terms of technology, money, and energy, as well as an urgent need to update anti-tank weapons. Thankfully, Ceylon has begun to invest in the development of 40 mm anti-tank guns and equip them with real armor-piercing warheads.

"In fact, our enemies are a little more profound than we think." Wang Jue remembered a piece of information he received when he interrogated the other party's senior prisoners after the battle at Diaobing Mountain: "Ceylon and the British have sent military observation teams to visit the battle at Diaobing Mountain. There are not many British, apparently drawn from Japan, but there are quite a few Ceylones, and I heard that there are more than 40. ”

The enemy is not an idiot and a fool, those countries with some strength in the world reacted at the first time, some asked the Ming Empire to provide an opportunity to visit the armored forces, and some directly sent an observation team to the side of the Japanese Jinguo to directly feel the impact of the Ming Empire's tank troops.

They should use the most efficient method to find out the advantages and flaws of the tank troops, so as to facilitate their own deployment of tank units and restrain the tank units formed by the enemy. These reactions were so rapid that the Ming Empire was a little caught off guard, and the Western countries that had been passively beaten were naturally strong in learning.

"We need to make our tank armor thicker...... Zhu Mu said with a worried face after hearing Wang Jue's words: "I will immediately issue an order to let the technical department seize the time and improve the ...... in this regard" (to be continued.) )