Guderian said happily: "Today is a great day, there are so many great German companies, I believe that through your efforts, the greatest tank in the world will be born on German soil!" The development of a new tank is a major event in our country, as well as a secret project, which is highly confidential for all participating companies. Although between the three major properties of the tank's firepower, mobility and protection ability, the three major performance and the full combat weight, life cycle and cost are contradictory, but the design scheme of the Dragon Soul Ordnance is indeed very good, but to turn the tank design drawings of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex into a real steel giant, we still need the full cooperation of the various companies here! Some of the subsystems of these two new tanks will be completed by companies other than Dragon Soul Ordnance, which is also a comprehensive consideration of the Ministry of Defense, hoping to maximize the use of the resources of our various companies. Well, let's ask the representative of the new tank winning company, the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, to carefully explain the overall plan of the new tank and the subcontracting of each system. ”

After speaking, Guderian set his eyes on Xiao Weiguo.

Xiao Weiguo stood up under the gaze of everyone and said, "Dear Lieutenant Colonel Guderian, fellow travelers, hello everyone! Today I am very happy to be able to participate in this coordination meeting with you, the new tank is a huge and complex system engineering, although the plan designed by our Dragon Soul Ordnance Engineering has won, but to really realize our plan, we still need your joint cooperation! It is difficult to develop an excellent tank with advanced performance and a large number of equipment by relying only on our Dragon Soul Ordnance Company, not only can we not do it, but I believe that no company can do it! Therefore, the winners of this tank bid are not only our Dragon Soul Ordnance, but all of you are winners. It's a win-win situation! Of course, as the winning bidder of this new tank, we will be responsible for the overall design of the tank, and we will divide the tasks of design, development and production of important subsystems of the new tank, and hand it over to the most suitable company to be responsible, I believe that everyone can give full play to their own strengths. Contribute to the faster launch and mass production of new tanks. ”

"When it comes to new tanks, we all know that our German designers are very daring to put the latest technology into practice. I believe you have all seen that our tank program uses a lot of new technologies, so this will also lead to more difficult development, but we must believe in ourselves that we have the ability to complete these difficult development tasks. For example, our tank scheme uses high-power diesel engines, which seems to be different from the current mainstream. Maybe everyone is wondering, why do we use diesel engines? Some people may say that the speed and torque of the gasoline engine are well matched and the acceleration is fast. Moreover, the gasoline engine is generally a spark plug electronic ignition, with a high ignition rate and reliability, although the diesel engine has good economy. It is not flammable, but the diesel engine is compression-ignition. Affected by factors such as air temperature and pressure, diesel quality, etc., the ignition reliability is not as good as that of gasoline engine. Especially in continental Europe, the problem of low-temperature starting ignition of diesel engines in winter had to be considered. So why do we insist on using diesel engines? Xiao Weiguo lengthened his voice.

Immediately, someone from one of the companies stood up and questioned: "Yes, we are very skeptical, after the new tank uses a diesel engine." Can we adapt to our situation in Germany? We all know that Germany lacks oil resources, and vehicles mostly use synthetic fuels such as coal and wood, and synthetic gasoline is better than synthetic diesel in terms of output, cost, and performance. Furthermore, the use of gasoline engine tanks is currently the mainstream. The tank uses a gasoline engine, and the advantage is that it can be derived directly from an excellent aero engine, the development process is very short, the production is rapid, it is very suitable for mass production in wartime, and the reliability is very good. But the development of diesel engines for tanks would involve significant technical risks, and the availability of diesel fuel would also be a problem. "It turned out that the person who questioned it was Dr. Polscher.

Xiao Weiguo said with a smile: "What Dr. Polscher said is actually reasonable. It's just that we insist on using diesel engines, which is also fully considered. To say that the current German industry should have no problem in the technical reserves of automotive diesel engines, but having reserves does not mean that there are excellent finished products. The engine problem should be talked about in a match, and the development of a type of engine is even more difficult than the development of a type of tank. It is because of this certainty that we dare to use diesel engines on new tanks, and the diesel engines of these two tanks will be designed and developed by ourselves! Although the gasoline engine was first applied in the car, its power could not be increased to higher due to the limitation of the working principle, and this power limit was about 700 horsepower, although it seems that it was completely sufficient for a 30-ton medium tank, but there were some problems with the heavy tank in the future. And if we use diesel engines, we will be able to make technical reserves for the future, that is to say, the future super-power diesel engines, such as 1000 horsepower diesel engines, can provide sufficient power for 60-ton heavy tanks, while gasoline engines can't. Any sudden stop fire from a heavy tank threatens to damage an overloaded gasoline engine. To say that a 700-horsepower gasoline engine drags a heavy tank, and it really has real combat capabilities, this is unprecedented and temporarily unprecedented, can you run without making a gearbox with 8 forward gears and 4 reverse gears? ”

Polsher was also speechless for a while, Xiao Weiguo's words also deeply stimulated him, it turned out that his vision was not long enough!

Xiao Weiguo said slightly apologetically: "Dr. Polsher, please don't mind, I just said it according to my point of view. Maybe those who agree with gasoline engines have their own considerations, but I would say that diesel engines of the same displacement have significantly lower fuel consumption than gasoline engines, so how much fuel can we save? In addition, the safety of diesel engines is significantly higher than that of gasoline engines, and tanks with gasoline engines, once the engine compartment is penetrated, are likely to ignite a fire, which will lead to a detonation! How many good tank crews died on the battlefield as a result of this? You must know that it is not much easier to train a good tank crew than it is to train a pilot! Talent is a valuable resource, and we must also fully consider the safety of weapon operators when designing weapons. (To be continued.) )