The ministers of the civil service line quickly retreated after a fresh and excited atmosphere. They have other things to do today. Not far away, a series of internal combustion engine equipment such as tractors, combine harvesters, hullers, trucks, water pumps, bulldozers, forklifts, dump trucks, road rollers, rotary excavators, etc., are waiting to be unveiled.

These machines are not the first in the world, they have long appeared in the European and American worlds, but European and American inventors have to use steam engines as a source of kinetic energy because of their own limitations - mainly financial problems, most of them have not found a suitable internal combustion engine. The machines that will appear in the eyes of China's civil ministers are all the most advanced internal combustion engines in the world.

Liu Xian can boldly say to the world that the performance of these machines produced in China can definitely be called the world's first-class advanced level. Counting the price, the comprehensive cost performance is much higher than that of similar machines produced in the European and American world. All of this is achieved by the innovation and breakthrough of the internal combustion engine.

Shijingshan Institute of Natural Sciences has teamed up with Huading to invest hundreds of millions of yuan in research funds over the years, but it has not been in vain. Whether it is a gasoline engine or a diesel engine, whether it is body weight, performance horsepower, or working time, it is all the world's top level! It is also because of such a strong heart that the performance of the machine can be so high.

The civilian officers retreated, and a small-scale combat exercise was held on the spot in the training ground.

With 12 light tanks, 20 armored vehicles, and a brigade as an assault force, they attacked a defensive position guarded by a full battalion, and the latter position was set up to the highest standard. The 120mm heavy artillery bombarded the anti-artillery hole, and it could not hurt the people inside. Three barbed wire fences and trenches were laid out in front of the position. Machine gun bunkers, firing points, pillboxes, you name it.

As a result of previous exercises. For such a position, the defenders have no reinforcements. Able to withstand the attack of a brigade. In other words, the combat effectiveness of this one Wehrmacht field brigade has been exhausted, and this position can still be held.

And to take this position in three days, it will take the strength of one division, concentrate all the artillery fire, and attack fiercely at any cost. The lowest casualty ratio between the offensive and defensive armies was not less than 2:1.

But today, even if one-third of the 12 light tanks are lying on the battlefield, the potholes and uneven field battlefield is not comparable to the flat and open field of the observation platform just now. Not to mention that the current Land Rover 1 light tank itself loves to stall. But the remaining eight light tanks and twenty armored vehicles still passed the test smoothly, and rushed to the position with the machine guns and mortars of the defenders. During this period, two light tanks were destroyed by mortar shells and mines, and nine armored vehicles were destroyed by rockets, mines and mortar shells, resulting in heavy losses. But the remaining light tanks and armored vehicles made their way into the defenders' positions, and the barbed wire and trenches that gave the infantry a headache could not stop them.

The infantry of the brigade that followed behind the light tanks and armored bodies, with less than a hundred casualties, completely crushed the entire defenders of the full battalion, and not just took the position.

The artillery units deployed behind the positions did not even have time to destroy the artillery, and the positions were occupied by armored vehicles. Although compared to the impact speed of the cavalry, armored vehicles and tank vehicles were relatively slow. But this speed is much stronger than the two legs of a person.

Rifle bullets, heavy machine gun bullets could not penetrate the outer shell of them. Rockets can destroy weakly armored vehicles, but they can't knock out light tanks. Not to mention the Land Rover II medium tank, which is about to enter the proving ground for field testing.

The only thing the infantry can threaten the tank is the explosives packs and cluster grenades in their hands, but as long as the infantry following the tank is careful and brave. The local infantry is almost non-existent. People, flesh, and bombs are not as useful as landmines. In combat tests, ordinary standard mines can also cause trauma to the tank chain. Because the current Chinese researchers have just come into contact with the tank suspension system, the effect is naturally not good.

The 75 gun also had little lethality against moving tanks and armored vehicles. As long as the latter keeps moving, at most it will do some "S" dodging while moving. The threat of artillery shells quickly diminished. It's not as good as shooting a fast eight-zero mortar. As long as you concentrate three or five doors, it is good to face tanks. Whether it's an armored vehicle or a concentrated shot, it will be able to get a kill in no time. Of course, this is only used against light tanks and armored vehicles with weak armor, and if you change to a Land Rover II medium tank, it will be of little use.

"Liu Gong, how much does such an armored car cost? And the tank. Counting the cost of daily maintenance and fuel consumption, how much does it cost to form an armored battalion? The last light tank also disappeared from sight, Song Zuoxian looked at Liu Dian, the head of the General Armament Department beside him, and asked.

"Has Nanhaizi already formed an armored unit here? When will this thing be popularized throughout the army? ”

"Haha, General Song is really smart. Nanhaizi has formed two regular armored battalions here, each equipped with more than 100 Land Rover 1 vehicles, 200 Sky Wolf 1 vehicles, and a mechanized infantry brigade. "Liu Dian is seventy years old, and he will retire from the army after the New Year, and he will retire cleanly and completely, and he will not even participate in the Congress. This is a big loss for the Xianghuai system, and Liu Dian is the only general of the National Defense Force in the Xianghuai family so far. Holding the key points in the army, the General Logistics Department has a key position. However, in Liu Dian's own words, he is nearly sixty years old, and the saint is not old and old, but allows him to rush with the key points of the military state, and it is already a blessing to be useful. Don't dare to hope too much!

So Liu Dian is still very respected in the army. Although this is closely related to the fact that after he took over the General Logistics Department, the Wehrmacht has made several major breakthroughs in weapons. But this can only be said that he was lucky.

Song Zuoxian has also been indulged in the army for a long time, although he is the commander of the Beijing Garrison Military Region, an obvious confidant of Liu Xian, and also has the rank of general, a marquis, but he can't compare to Wang Guosheng when it comes to credit.

Song Zuoxian entered Xinjiang with Liu Xian in his early years, and he was a good hand in cavalry warfare. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy commander of the cavalry, only under Wei Ming. But after the end of the founding war, he failed to win the two wars against Russia with great merits, and he was put in front of Liu Xian. First the Praetorian Guard, and then the post of commander of the Beijing Garrison Military Region, which succeeded Huo Guangcheng, has always been in Beijing.

Wang Guosheng's prestige in the army can pass him a little bit Song Zuoxian, because of the two wars against Russia, Wang Guosheng not only participated, but also made great contributions. Song Zuoxian has been nesting in Beijing from beginning to end. But the previous Song Zuo had to accept his fate.

His brain is very smart, and his eyes are not blind, how can he not see that the status and combat effectiveness of the cavalry are weakening a little bit?!

Now light machine guns and automatic, rifles, submachine guns have not yet been popularized in the army, but this day will come sooner or later. At that time, who will be afraid of cavalry? The branch of the army on which he relied to become famous was destined to be a branch that would withdraw from the stage of war little by little. Just as the age of firearms eliminated the bow and arrow, just as the age of cavalry eliminated chariots.

But after seeing the armored car and tank car today, Song Zuoxian's spirit suddenly lifted up -- this is not an 'armored car and tank car,' this is a cavalry on the battlefield in the future.

Song Zuo first saw the hope of the 'cavalry'. While the horses were destined to disappear, neither did the 'cavalry'.

"The cost of manufacturing an armored car is higher than the cost of a car. If you add maintenance parts and fuel costs, a Huafeng car can only top half an armored car. As for tanks, it is even more expensive. ”

Liu Xian's voice came from behind Song Zuoxian. "Your Majesty!" Liu Dian and Song Zuo first saluted Liu Xian.

Liu Xian's eyes were looking at the blue sky in the distance. He recalled in his mind the top-secret report handed over by the General Logistics Department earlier - the cost of an armored battalion is no worse than equipping an infantry division.

Whether it is a light tank or an armored vehicle, the number in hundreds of units makes people bleed in the heart. Not to mention the mechanized infantry brigades that are equipped in each armored battalion. It was all cars carrying people, weapons, equipment, and supplies.

An infantry brigade of 500 people needs 55 trucks, and it doesn't take much to pull people, and there are a lot of equipment and supplies.

Moreover, from the formation of an armored unit to the completion of training, the funds spent during this period are also expensive and toothache-inducing. Anyway, with China's current financial revenue, it is already difficult to train two armored battalions a year.

When Liu Xian first received the top-secret report, he was eager to dig up the graves and clean up the Qing Eastern Tombs, the Qing Western Tombs and the Ming Ming Tombs. Because in the last decade of the 19th century, a global naval arms race was about to begin.

Germany continued to stir up, and Wilhelm II accelerated the purge of Bismarck's power and influence in German politics while expecting Ai Ai with the British. Tirpitz, the naval marshal of the German Empire and the father of the German Ocean Fleet, was now the chief of staff of the German Navy and entered the high command of the Navy. He was working to change the strategic thinking of the German Navy, and his strategic ideas for the Grand Fleet had not yet been recognized by the German military circles, but he was already appreciated by Wilhelm II.

And the design of the armored cruiser of the Italians was already more mature. It's time for China to pick the fruit.

Twelve years have passed since the last naval battle, and the original capital ships have long been reduced to inconspicuous small warships, and China's capital ships have become big ones like Saxony-class ironclads. But there is not a single capital ship of more than 10,000 tons, which is also the current situation of the Chinese Navy. Cattle can only be found in the North Pacific and South Seas.

Liu Xian absolutely did not want to provoke the Americans to break out in advance -- the Great White Fleet, but the strength of the British Far East Fleet became stronger and stronger, which weighed Liu Xian's heart. The time has come to have to officially expand the Navy! (To be continued......)