Yan Shao dragged his family over, of course, not just to watch some armored vehicles play there, after all, they were very busy. If they really just look at that, they can use that time for other things that are more meaningful. So after the usual drill, they quickly switched venues, a completely different venue.

Different from the 'open space' just now, this time the venue is obviously much more complicated, and it is also somewhat the same as the actual battle. Because there are many more trenches that often appear on the battlefield on the new field, and there are some soldiers preparing in the trenches, if you have to say, this field is simulating everything that may happen on the battlefield, it is a simulated battlefield.

Obviously, it's going to be played for real.

"This is—" Raising his hand to cover Sakura's lips, Elaline asked.

There was no need for Yan Shao to explain this time, the camp leader on the side had already spoken.

"Mrs. Hui, this experiment is to test whether these armored combat vehicles can perfectly achieve their tasks and create their purpose in the battlefield environment, that is, to quickly break through trenches and other fortifications and tear a hole in the enemy's defense line, so we deliberately arranged the site like this, and only this one can get the most realistic data..."

"But—" Eleno said worriedly. Is it live-fire training? But if it's live ammunition, wouldn't it—" Her vision level was still very good, and of course she could see the heavy machine guns and other equipment in the trenches.

It can be said that in addition to equipment such as infantry guns and mortars, light and heavy machine guns are already in the trenches. This also means that this actual combat is of great significance. If you really do it, it won't be beautiful if there are some casualties.

In her opinion, if a soldier dies on the battlefield. That's certainly nothing. After all, the duty of a soldier is to fight, isn't there such a saying.

"Don't be afraid of death when you are a soldier, don't be a soldier if you are afraid of death"

But that doesn't mean that a soldier's life can be sacrificed at will, at least, not in unnecessary places, such as training grounds, or experiments with certain weapons. If that's the case. It's a little too much...

From here, it can also be seen that her point of view is somewhat different from that of Katarina. Although he was trained by Bertrand since he was a child, he is compared to Caterina from a military family. Elanon's personality is noticeably more gentle...

This time, it was no longer the commander who answered her question, but Yan Shao himself.

Seeing that Eleno looked a little worried, Yan Shao smiled and patted her jade back. "Don't worry, since you dare to take them out for live-fire exercises. It's definitely been tested. Moreover, they were built to break through the enemy's defenses. Forget about those artillery, if you can't even handle the machine guns, what's the use of building them?! ”

Hearing Yan Shao say this, after looking at his sworn appearance, Elaline was somewhat relieved.

Yes, it's impossible to conduct a live-fire test without doing any testing, so Elanon's worries are obviously a bit unnecessary.

Caterina and Lu Ying and others on the side also focused their attention on the 'protagonists' of the simulated battlefield, just compared to Lu Ying and Otsuki Kaoru who were watching the excitement of the layman. Katarina, who came from a military family, is obviously an 'insider'...

The first thing that appeared on the simulated battlefield was not just one armored vehicle, but two ...

One of them looked like a large iron box. It's just rectangular, but there are some edges and corners around it, and the length is not clear, but the height is about 3 meters. The lower sides of the 'iron box' seem to be crawlers, which cannot be seen clearly because they are blocked by a layer of iron plates.

Above the iron box, there were four turret-like objects, with cylinders sticking out of them. This time Katerina could see clearly, those cylinders were clearly the barrels of machine guns, but...

"The caliber seems to be a bit big..."

At the rear of the iron box, there was also a hatch that appeared to be used for soldiers to enter and exit.

The entire armored car is painted with dark green dye, so it looks very mysterious.

As for the other type of vehicle, it is significantly smaller than the previous one. At the same time, the appearance seems to be very different, first of all, compared with the former, the latter is significantly smaller in size, and the shape also has more variations, and its body resembles the chassis of a tractor. And above the chassis was an equally flat turret.

But this time it's no longer a machine gun, or it's not just a machine gun...

By the way, this vehicle also has dark green dye on it.

Raising her hand and stroking her pointed chin, Caterina muttered.

"The former should be used to load soldiers and break through the trench position, otherwise it would not have been possible to build such a large body and equip so many machine guns. Four machine guns firing at the same time is definitely not small in terms of firepower, and if you look at the caliber, the caliber of the machine guns equipped on those turrets is obviously better than the current equipped Maxim machine guns..."

"As for the other one, it should be equipped with a 'cannon', but it is not clear what the caliber is, and it is also equipped with a machine gun alongside the artillery, but there seem to be only these two weapons on this tank, which do not seem to be used against the infantry, is it difficult to say......... Is it used against the same existence? ”

In this way, the function of the two weapons seems to be visible, the former is used to break through the trenches and other defensive lines, and the infantry is also to clear the enemy, as for the latter, although the function of the former can also be taken into account, but the more useful is probably to deal with the same existence. It's just that before today, I had never heard of similar equipment in other countries, whether it was prevention, or ......... Not only China, but other countries also have this kind of weapon..."

"It seems that it is necessary to step up the investigation of the movements of other countries, but it is not clear how powerful this weapon is, whether it can really play a role, looking at the appearance of these weapons, I am afraid that it is much more expensive than an airplane..."

After all, she came from a military family and served in the Secret Service Bureau for a long time, and Caterina quickly analyzed a lot of things...

Elaline has been a little sluggish in this regard, though. But it was obviously not too inferior, and soon the analysis was about the same as Katarina's.

This is indeed the case, and the former is mainly used to break through the defensive line. By the way, load some soldiers in it, so that after the breakthrough, the soldiers inside can organize the battle on the spot.

As for the latter, of course, it is to deal with opponents who may appear on the battlefield, let's say...

German A7V tanks ...

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Unlike Katarina, Lu Ying and Kaoru Otsuki are two laymen, so they are just looking at those things on the field with novel eyes.

As two ordinary women. They had never seen anything so novel. Similarly, this kind of metal weapon seems to have only appeared in science fiction novels. So the two of them suddenly became excited—————— probably similar to those little girls who saw novelty objects in later generations.

It's just that their age is not young after all, and their identities are already very different from before, so they don't seem too excited.

At this time, on the field, there were a total of six armored combat vehicles. Among them, there are three that look like iron boxes. In addition, there are three tractors that are similar to them.

And in the trench opposite them, although it was only a rough glance, I am afraid that there were more than 100 people...

"President, ladies, the next thing is the actual combat exercise, I'm afraid it's not convenient here, let's follow the subordinate to the side..."

Seeing that the official exercise was about to begin, the officer hurriedly spoke.

"Okay..."Yan Shao and Elaline nodded. He followed the officer to a place that looked like a bunker on the side. The entire bunker is made of concrete, half of which is underground. The other half was on the ground, and after Yan Shao and the others entered, they could just look out from the window, which was very safe.

When Yan Shao and the others entered, the officer didn't seem to have any worries, and hurriedly ordered the exercise to begin.

After receiving the order, the six chariots, which had been waiting impatiently for a long time, gradually started up, and then slowly advanced towards the trench on the opposite side at a not very fast speed...

At the same time, seeing that the armored vehicles were moving, the soldiers in the trenches seemed to have received orders, and they used their weapons that had been prepared for a long time, and fired at the six large iron targets.

6.8mm Mauser rifle, 8mm Madsen light machine gun, and also 8mm caliber Maxim heavy machine gun, all three weapons fired in unison, basically except for mortars and 75mm caliber infantry guns, all the weapons that ordinary infantry can use have been used, as for the 11.43mm Browning M1911? Few normal people would shoot an armored vehicle with a pistol—————— 7.92×57mm Mauser is a military rifle cartridge of German origin, which was mainly used in Germany and China during the First and Second World Wars. This bullet is also called an 8mm bullet, in other words, there is basically no difference between a 7.92mm and an 8mm.

In addition, the German version of the Madsen light machine gun uses this caliber of ammunition, and the German MG08 heavy machine gun also uses this ammunition. So both ammunition are universal, and there is no difference between them.

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The 6.8mm Mauser rifle is not mentioned for the time being, but the 8mm caliber Madsen and Maxim have good firepower. In addition, the six armored combat vehicles were so conspicuous that almost all the firepower was concentrated on the bodies of the six combat vehicles, and the six combat vehicles were also sparked in all directions.

And at the moment when the sparks were scattered, Elanon's and Katarina's eyes suddenly widened, wanting to see more details, and wanting to see if these weapons were really so powerful, and it was worth Yan Shao to take them on a trip in person.

Then they saw that despite the sparks that had been struck, what made the soldiers in the trench a little desperate was that these chariots were not hindered in the slightest, what speed should they be moving forward, what speed should they still be...

Thankfully, the tanks didn't fight back at the soldiers in the trenches, otherwise...

Ignoring the fire from the trenches, the six tanks continued their mission to break through the lines formed by the trenches.

Although the speed of these six vehicles is very slow, and they are hindered by various light and heavy firepower. But after a little more marching, under the somewhat desperate gaze of the soldiers, the steel monsters finally approached the front of the trench.

After noticing this. Whether it was Yan Shao or the other officers in the bunker, they were almost nervous.

Because the next scene is the most critical...

That's these monsters that weigh in tons. Is it possible to get past the manually dug trenches?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the tracks turned quickly and hung in the air above the trench, but under inertia, these tanks easily crossed the trench more than a meter wide...

These fortifications, which had killed many people on the battlefield, were as if they were completely non-existent in front of these six chariots...

Do your best. It didn't stop the monsters from advancing, not to mention how frustrated the soldiers in the trenches were, at least the officers and other researchers around the simulated battlefield had their faces extremely happy. Some even cheered.

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At the end of the test, the six vehicles were returned to their original positions in the same warehouses where they appeared.

Some of the officers in the camp were a little glad about this, although these 'masters' were very combative. You can treat the trenches as if they were nothing. But in terms of reliability, there are some...

At least in some of the past tests, these things have not lost their chains, and they are often still testing, and then suddenly there are some problems and they can't move. As a result, all of these tanks have become fixed batteries...

Fortunately, this time these 'uncles' did not drop the chain, and they all completed the task one by one, otherwise...

But they did not know what to do. Compared with these people, Yan Shao knew better what these things were in front of him. I also know what's wrong with these things.

In the early days of birth, it was almost impossible to expect these things to have high reliability, so even if there were some problems with these things during testing, Yan Shao would not blame anyone, at most he felt a little regretful.

But...

It would be much better to end the test as perfectly as it is now, rather than to have a lot of problems.

"Mr. Colonel—" Eleno asked softly, glancing at the officer standing nearby. Can you tell us a little bit about these weapons? ”

After seeing the test just now, Elaline was well aware of the power of these weapons, and what they were useful for trench warfare, which was so popular right now, so she was very curious.

Hearing Ileno's inquiry, the officer looked a little embarrassed, and glanced at Yan Shao as if asking for help—————— among all the people on the scene, Yan Shao's status was the highest, so he naturally wanted to ask him for help.

So far, these weapons are still 'highly secret' in China, and they will never be disclosed to ordinary people. But it's clear that Eleno and Caterina are not ordinary people, and although he can use various excuses to refuse, if he offends each other...

You must know that women are usually very cautious, of course, this is nothing, after all, he is also a colonel, and he doesn't need to take ordinary people's revenge to heart at all.

But Elano and the others are different, not to mention the power they have for the time being, but to say that Yan Shao's identity and status, if they really hold a grudge, he will not be able to live...

As if noticing the officer's embarrassment, Elaline nodded understandingly, and didn't say anything more, but turned his head to look at Yan Shao. Obviously, I also understand that the key to the problem is mainly on Yan Shao.

After noticing Elanon's gaze, Yan Shao nodded to the colonel with a smile, the meaning of which was already obvious.

Noticing this, the man breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly explained.

"These two are two armored vehicles that have been finalized after countless tests, and at present we divide these weapons into two types, one is an armored transport vehicle, and the other is an armored combat vehicle, of course, if you omit some of them, you can also directly become a combat vehicle..."

"The so-called armored transport vehicle, itself is large enough, and the inside can be loaded with at least one squad of soldiers' personnel carriers, which is somewhat similar to trucks, but the protection ability is stronger, and it also has strong firepower, and it can fight in a more complex battlefield environment, and the larger vehicle is the first finalized armored transport vehicle, codenamed [gluttony], and the official name is [Type 15 armored vehicle]..."

"This armored vehicle is 8 meters long, 3.1 meters wide and 3 meters high, weighs 30 tons, and is armed with four 12.7mm caliber heavy machine guns. That's inside the turrets that you can see. In addition, the crew has a total of 8 people, and the car can also carry at least one squad of infantry, and even two squads if necessary—————— of course. If you do that, it will definitely look crowded..."

"The role of the armored vehicle is to make a frontal breakthrough of the enemy's trenches and other fortifications, and the four machine guns are used to clear the surrounding enemy troops. After the breakthrough, the loaded soldiers can go directly through the hatch in the rear and organize a battle on the spot. Due to the need for a frontal breakthrough, the frontal armor of the armored vehicle was the thickest, with a thickness of 50mm, and the thickness of the armor on the sides and other sides was 20mm..."

"In addition, in order to ensure enough speed. Therefore, [gluttony] adopts a domestic water-cooled V-shaped eight-cylinder 'star speed' 200 horsepower engine developed by your company, which can allow the armored vehicle to move forward at a speed of 9-15 km/h on the road and 4-8 km/h off-road. However, due to technical and other reasons, the reliability of this equipment is relatively low, and there are often some mechanical failures that cause them to stop operating. Maybe I was lucky today. All six armored vehicles have completed the test normally, and if it is usual, at least 2 will be lying in the nest after a test, and in many cases, it can even lie in the nest 4..."

Speaking of this, the officer also looked a little helpless, but there was nothing he could do, because the researchers had already made it clear that it was a technical problem. It can't be solved, so no matter how dissatisfied he is, it's useless...

"Water-cooled V-shaped eight-cylinder 'Star Speed' 200 hp engine?"

Hear the name. Eleno froze slightly.

She usually has a lot of things to do, and she doesn't know that there is such a thing in the group.

At this time, Yan Shao said with a smile on the side. "I asked them to get this, doesn't our group have a research group that specializes in engines? I once looked up that the most powerful engine in the group was a 105 hp petrol engine, which was definitely not enough unless two at a time, so I asked them to find a way to find a new engine with 200 hp......... Luckily, they did get the engine out this year, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to see these things this year, and even if you did, I'm afraid it would have been a lot more discolored..."

After listening to Yan Shao's explanation, Elaline gave him a blank look, but he didn't say anything.

As for the engine, she has no doubt about the group's ability to develop engines usefully. After all, the current Yushi Group has the world's largest automobile company, and not only has some domestic talents within the company, but also recruits many foreign talents.

Although many people are reluctant to come to China to work for Chinese for many reasons, Yushi Group's R&D capabilities in this area are definitely the strongest in the world.

In addition, the automotive business has always been the group's largest profit direction, and the group itself attaches great importance to it. As the engine of the heart, there is no less money.

The world's best R&D capabilities, coupled with the world's largest capital investment.

If the Yushi Group can't get a 200-horsepower engine, then I'm afraid no country in the world can get it.

Historically, the German A7V tank was powered by two Daimler inline 4-cylinder, water-cooled gasoline engines with a displacement of 17 liters and a maximum power of 100 horsepower each, and 2 200 horsepower. In fact, the Germans originally planned to use a 200-horsepower gasoline engine, but it was too late to design, so they had to choose two ready-made civilian gasoline engines. The two engines transmit power to the transmission at the rear of the car through two propeller shafts.

The biggest difference between the Germans and Yan Shao is that they are too late, so they only need to find two civilian gasoline engines to make do with it, but Yan Shao has long known the usefulness of the tank, so he has already started to prepare.

Finally, after more than a year, the group's own research team finally lived up to his expectations and came up with the results he wanted at the end of 15 years...

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After listening to the officer's introduction, Elaline nodded in satisfaction, and then asked her own questions. "Mr. Colonel, you said the 12.7mm machine gun......... I remember, it seems that the Wehrmacht was armed only with machine guns of 8mm caliber, right? How could there be an extra 12.7mm caliber? ”

"Is this...," Yan Shao said with a smile on the side. This one was my suggestion, even though the 8mm diameter is also very good. But after all, it was still a little inferior in terms of power, so when developing these combat vehicles, I asked the people from the military factory to also develop a large-caliber heavy machine gun a little. That's the kind of 12.7mm heavy machine gun you see..."

"At present, the performance of this machine gun is very good, not only can it be used in infantry combat, but also can be equipped on aircraft, and it has also passed the reliability test, but there are still some problems in weight, so it can only be equipped on combat vehicles in a short time—————— and only these combat vehicles in tens of tons. to be able to use this weapon with ease..."

Hearing Yan Shao's words, the officer also nodded.

Although it was somewhat unimpressed at first, it proved in actual tests. The 12.7mm caliber weapon is indeed unique in terms of power, at least if an ordinary soldier takes a shot and hits the limbs, then the limbs are considered useless. If it hits the body. Even if you don't die on the spot, you don't think you can live long...

Compared with the original 8mm caliber, it undoubtedly has a very high superiority.

And in terms of weight, due to the use of some new techniques and some new materials, it can achieve the same weight as Makqin. In the opinion of many officers, this was enough. But Yan Shao seems to be a little too heavy, which is one of the reasons why this heavy machine gun has not been equipped until now.

Because according to Yan Shao's requirements, this machine gun is in the case of counting tripods. The weight should play at least 60 kilograms, and not the current more than 70 kilograms ...

That's for the current technology. It's undoubtedly challenging...

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Although Yan Shao's requirements are a bit high, in the eyes of the people in the army, if he can reduce the weight, it is also a good thing. After all, the army is still in a state of mules and horses, and it is necessary to rely on a pair of legs of soldiers in some complex terrain marching, if the weight can be reduced, the benefits to the army will be great...

This is another reason why the Army did not object ...

And after the introduction of [Gluttony], the colonel officer also began to introduce another 'protagonist'...

"[Qiqi], this is the current code name in the army, and the official name is [Type 15 Chariot]..."

"The total weight of this combat vehicle is 13 tons, and it is also equipped with a domestic water-cooled V-shaped eight-cylinder "Star Speed" 200 horsepower engine, the crew is 3 people, the road speed is 30 km / h, the off-road speed is 20 km / h, and it is also equipped with a 20mm L55 machine gun and a 12.7mm parallel machine gun, the turret and hull front armor is 50mm, the side and rear are 20mm, and the turret itself is rotatable, almost no dead ends..."

"The main purpose of this weapon is to destroy the enemy's similar presence, and although we have not yet learned of any country with similar equipment, we are prepared for it, and we believe that if this equipment appears in front of the world, other countries will not remain indifferent..."

"So," Caterina asked, glancing at Poor Odd. 20mm caliber machine gun......... Is it powerful enough? ”

"No problem," the colonel officer said with a smile. And even if something really happens, I can also replace him with a larger caliber artillery, such as a 37mm caliber gun, but then the rate of fire is obviously smaller, although the purpose of our manufacturing of this tank is to target the enemy tanks that may appear, but so far this situation has not happened after all, so the 20mm machine gun, in the process of penetrating the defense, can also help the soldiers to strike at the enemy, the effect is much stronger than the machine gun..."

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In the process of developing these armored vehicles, in fact, Yan Shao also put forward a lot of opinions based on his own understanding of tanks in later generations.

After all, the tanks of this era, such as the British Mark, and the German A7V, have their own flaws. Not to mention the British Mark, although it is the first tank to appear in the world, it is very rough and somewhat unreasonable. It is especially important to note that it takes four people to drive a tank. And the internal environment is very harsh, the temperature is as high as 50 degrees, and there are often cases of insiders fainting in history.

As for the A7V of the Germans, it is not so much that he is a tank. To the point that he is not so much an armored personnel carrier ...

In a tank, there are 18 crew members...

The arrangement of 18 people is that in addition to the commander, driver, gunner, and loader, there are 12 machine gunners alone. There are also 2 mechanics. The 18 crew members were drawn from different units, the commander was a sergeant or officer, the driver and mechanic were from the engineering unit, the gunner and loader were from the artillery unit, and the 12 machine gunners were from the infantry unit. This also brings certain difficulties to the command and coordination of the whole vehicle. Another version gives a layout of the 23 crew members, adding the co-pilot, communicator, signalman, carrier pigeon and sightman, etc., —————— general information in the country says that 'the crew of the A7V tank is 18 people'. Its source is the English edition of the Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Vehicles, edited by Foss.

Although Yan Shao doesn't know much about tanks, he can still provide some opinions based on his own understanding. In fact, Yan Shao has always been very glad that he stood up, otherwise he would probably end up with some 'steampunk' monsters in front of him...

The gang of sub-researchers. When I was researching tanks, I used my imagination a lot, and the result was that the things I made were stranger than the other, but how powerful were they...

A tank in the true modern sense of the word. It's just the Renault of the French...

However, the Renault of the French weighed too little. Compared with the first two, the size is even smaller and pitiful, which can only be described as miniature...

Of course, this does not seem to be much, the point is that while the body is smaller and lighter, Renault's armor is also weak. The tanks of the British and Germans were thicker in armor and could withstand a certain blow, but Renault's words ...

In the face of some anti-tank weapons that appeared in the late part of World War I. It's a little resistant...

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The tanks of later generations were mainly main battle tanks, and the weight of tanks became heavier and heavier. 50 tons is already considered relatively light. However, during the Cold War, including World War II, tanks were mainly divided into light, medium and heavy...

Originally, Yan Shao also planned to divide it like this, but judging from the techniques of the current era, such a distribution is obviously unrealistic. Therefore, Yan Shao only divided these armored vehicles into two categories, one is the armored personnel carrier, which is mainly used to transport soldiers, and at the same time, because it has strong armor and strong firepower, it can also play the role of a tank—————— anyway, in this era, the difference between armored vehicles and tanks is not very big.

It is precisely because of this that Yan Shao did not get a turret on the armored car, but 4 machine gun turrets. Although some armored vehicles in later generations were usually equipped with some small-caliber artillery, there were no armored vehicles in this era after all, and their task was only to take soldiers over the trenches.

In addition, in order to ensure the safety of the tracks, Yan Shao also asked them to get some iron plates on the outside of the tracks, which also prevented the tracks of the tank from being paralyzed by grenades and other things.

However, this does not guarantee that there will be no accidents, so the iron plate itself is removable and easy.

As for the tank ...

That is, [Poor Qi], which was designed by Yan Shao based on the tanks of later generations.

Although in later generations he could only be called a light tank, in this era he was the standard workhorse.

The rotatable turret, coupled with a 20mm cannon, guarantees that he will be able to deal with any tank that appears on the battlefield for some time to come. If necessary, it can also be replaced with 37mm guns, and the side-by-side 12.7mm machine guns are mainly used against enemy soldiers.

And with a 200 hp engine, the 13-ton [Qiqi] can also drive at a higher speed. Much higher than contemporaneous tanks.

In fact, Yan Shao very much hopes to use the name tank, after all, he was used to calling it that way in his time, but it was a tank or something, which seemed a little awkward. But it can't be helped, who called the serious [tanke] didn't appear, he just had to use the name chariot.

But none of this is important, although the armored car has been made, there are two things that give Yan Shao a headache.

One is the problem of cost, although the power of the tank is not small, but the cost is also not low.

The cost of [gluttony] needs at least 300,000, and the cost of [Qiqi] is relatively small due to its small size, but it also needs 200,000.

If you want to form an army of tanks, you need twenty or thirty million for a hundred. A thousand vehicles will cost two or three hundred million...

For China at the moment, this is more or less heavy pressure...

Then there's the issue of reliability, although this tank performed very well in the test just now. But in reality, the reliability is very...

In the design, the road travel of [gluttony] is 60-80 kilometers. The road journey is 120 kilometers.

The problem is that, although this may seem like a high journey, few people, including the designers, are confident that these tanks will be able to complete the journey.

In their opinion, if they can finish half of the run, they will be lying in the nest. That's already God forbid.

As for being able to run them all?

They really don't have any confidence in this.

Although Yan Shao was dissatisfied with this, he couldn't help it, after all, this was mainly due to the technical reasons, no matter how powerful Yan Shao was. Nor can it be made to meet the standards of later generations.

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After visiting the tank performance, with a satisfied expression, Yan Shao, Elano and others left the camp.

In fact, this tank is tested at a special base, and there is a high degree of secrecy. Ordinary people simply can't get in. But this time there is a mock test that needs to be conducted. You'll need to come to a much larger camp.

However, before leaving, Yan Shao also called some designers in the camp over, and then gave them a new task.

The task is to design a new type of weapon ...

Anti-tank weapons ...

As the time approaches, the possibility of Britain, Germany and France putting their armoured weapons on the battlefield has become more and more likely. Yan Shao had already decided to send an expeditionary force to Europe to fight in the war, and if he didn't want his soldiers to die under the tracks of German tanks, he needed a new weapon that could effectively restrain the Germans.

Anti-tank rifles?

After Yan Shao put forward his idea, it was soon proposed to create a large-caliber rifle for anti-tank warfare.

In fact, as early as the research on the creation of these murderous weapons. Someone began to figure out how to come up with a weapon that could be restrained. And the anti-tank rifle was one of the ideas, but this idea was quickly vetoed by Yan Shao...

This thing may not be much for a normal tank. But the thickness of the frontal armor of the German A7V tank is very high, and it is undoubtedly difficult to penetrate the German A7V with an anti-tank rifle. What's more, even if it can penetrate the armor, it is difficult to say whether it can effectively stop the tank or kill the crew inside...

Unlike the tanks of the British, the tanks of the Germans only need one person to drive them, and there are many people in the car, even if one dies, it is a big deal to replace it with another ...

So they need to have a weapon that is more powerful than an anti-tank gun ...

Cluster grenades? It's a good idea, but it's too dangerous.

Because during this period, in addition to the French Renault, the British Mark and the German A7V seemed to be equipped with a large number of machine guns, and it was definitely not easy to get close, and it was necessary to have weapons for medium and long-range attacks...

Let's say, anti-tank guns ...

In the early history of anti-tank, anti-tank guns were the truly effective anti-tank weapons ...

At least definitely much more effective than any anti-tank rifle ...

Yan Shao remembers that during the Anti-Japanese War in history, the Chinese army was equipped with a 37mm caliber anti-tank gun, which seemed to be very effective against Japanese tanks—————— although from the current point of view, it seems that any anti-tank weapon was very effective against Japanese tanks...

Although this kind of thing obviously can't deal with some heavy tanks of World War II, it is still no problem to use it against the ancestors of these tanks during World War I. Even if there is really something wrong, it would be a big deal to study an anti-tank gun of 50mm caliber by the way.

Anyway, if it really comes to the period of World War II, it will go directly to the 'Bazooka' or 88mm large-caliber artillery, who will use anti-tank guns to tickle the other side?

At least Yan Shao would never do it...

He is even less likely to waste the lives of his soldiers in a senseless manner...

But seriously, in fact, the most effective anti-tank weapon is the tank itself, which is one of the reasons why Yan Shaohui asked for the design of [Qiqi]...

Of course, if the aviation technology can be more developed, the air-to-ground seems to be more effective, but it is a pity that the technology of this era is not as developed as the later generations, and Yan Shao cannot rely on the air forces, at least within ten years...

Therefore, a large-scale armor force has become the best way to fight against the strength of another armor force... (To be continued......)