Tests of the Vulcan cannon continued, and the 30-mm rifled gun entered the project development stage. At this time, good news came from Germany, and the two tank designs of Dragon Soul Ordnance won the bid! The tank experts of the German Ministry of Defense unanimously agreed that the two tank design proposals of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, which were technologically advanced and had great advantages that the plans submitted by other companies did not have, were finally approved by Hitler, because he originally hoped that the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex would be responsible for the German new tank project.

Of course, several other companies have failed to bid, but they are not completely out of the pie! The Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium is still blank in the field of tank chassis, so other companies may also obtain this part of the tank chassis business from the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex. In fact, Xiao Weiguo is exactly this plan, he has long been ready to contract the business of the tank chassis to Gallam Mercedes-Benz or Porsche after the successful bidding, after all, these companies have incomparable advantages in vehicle chassis and transmission system, whether in history or in the 21st century, complex weapons such as tanks and airplanes are subcontracted and developed by many manufacturers, after all, it is still very difficult and impossible for a company to be responsible for the development and production of all parts and components. In an era when the division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, it is precisely the cooperation of many manufacturers that can create a complex weapon.

For example, the Tiger heavy tank in Germany was produced by several companies at the same time, and Dr. Porsche believed that the mechanical transmission device would not be suitable for such a heavy tank, so he planned to use electricity as the power of the vehicle, and the power generated by the engine drove the generator to generate high-voltage electricity, and the power was transmitted to the two motors to drive the starting wheel and change the gear, which was very advanced at the time. A design similar to that of an automatic shifter. The design body, known as the Type 100, or VK3001(P) as distinct from Henschel's VK3001(H) and codenamed Leopard, was awarded an Ordnance Bureau peace treaty in March 1941 and was assembled at the Nibelungen plant near Vienna, with Krupp producing the armor. Steyr produces engines, and Siemens produces electromechanical devices and motors.

Such a specialized division of labor allows the development of weapons to be completed quickly, and it would be a disaster if a company needed to produce all the components.

Xiao Weiguo and Karl went to Germany again, because Hitler was going to meet them in person to discuss the two new tanks in detail.

On the plane, Karl said with emotion: "Now that our Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry is developing better and better, I believe that it will be a large warship in the future." Even aircraft carriers we were able to make! I'm looking forward to it! ”

Xiao Weiguo nodded and said, "Carl, this day will definitely come true!" Even the current tank car, we have a lot to do. Based on the chassis of these two tanks, we can also obtain the chassis technology of other companies, so that we can use these technologies to develop our own new chassis, and make a series of deformation cars on the basis of these two tanks to form a series of development! ”

Karl was surprised, "Oh? Philip, you have brought me an even bigger surprise! Let's talk about it. What other car can we develop with this tank chassis? ”

Xiao Weiguo said with a smile: "If you want to talk about it in detail, it will be too much." For example, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armored reconnaissance vehicles, armored self-propelled air defense systems, etc. It is even possible to load a mortar into a self-propelled mortar vehicle, and if the operational command headquarters is moved up, it will become a kind of combat command vehicle. Another example is to put a flamethrower on it and it becomes a Spitfire tank. And also. We can develop a vehicle-mounted rocket launcher, and the multi-barreled rocket launcher is mounted on the chassis of such a tank, which is the most powerful! ”

Karl's eyes widened, he looked at Xiao Weiguo like a monster, and said excitedly, "Philip." How can you have so many great ideas? I really don't understand you anymore! I don't know how you came up with this, but I'm interested in these transformers! In particular, what kind of vehicle-mounted rocket launcher, and what's going on? ”

Xiao Weiguo laughed and said, "Carl, you should know if you believe in rocket artillery, right?" As early as 1805, the British created a practical Congreve rocket with a range of 1,800 meters, which was used as a shipboard weapon when the British attacked the French port of Brun in 1806 and Copenhagen in 1807, and the British Navy fired more than 20,000 rockets at Copenhagen, almost leveling the city. Later, this rocket artillery was equipped with army cavalry artillery units to form an independent rocket artillery company. It was also used to attack the Americans, and although this primitive rocket launcher had many shortcomings and was difficult to compare with the barreled artillery in terms of power and accuracy, its potential was enormous. Now the Soviets are researching this kind of rocket artillery, and I think it won't be long before this kind of rocket artillery will show its advantages, so we must seize this opportunity not only to get the rocket artillery, but also to make it a very mobile vehicle-mounted rocket artillery! ”

Karl said suspiciously: "I know a little bit about rocket artillery, but does it really have that much prospect for development?" ”

Xiao Weiguo nodded and said: "As long as we increase the range and accuracy of rocket artillery to a certain extent, it will definitely become a weapon with more advantages than barreled artillery!" First of all, rocket artillery is very simple to manufacture, and even handicraft workshops are able to produce it, which is convenient for manufacturing and equipping it in large quantities. Secondly, its power is amazing, I envisage installing a 40-barreled 100 mm caliber rocket launcher on the chassis of our light tank, it can launch all 40 rockets in about 10 seconds, the power of a 100 mm rocket is equivalent to a 120 mm grenade, as long as the design is reasonable, its range can reach more than 20 kilometers, such a vehicle-mounted rocket launcher, it is equivalent to the firepower of more than ten 120 mm howitzers, you think about how amazing! ”

Shocked again, Carl muttered, "Oh my God! If this is the case, the side attacked by the rocket artillery will simply have no power to fight back! As long as there are ten sets of vehicle-mounted rocket artillery, it is enough to scorch a position of several square kilometers! It's horrible! ”

Xiao Weiguo smiled: "It's not all! The rocket artillery can also be improved and mounted on combat aircraft to fight bombers and tank armor clusters on the ground, which is also very effective! (To be continued.) )