As the aftermath of the Asian crisis, which has attracted international attention, Lin Youde has created international public opinion, claiming that Japan's expulsion of the aborigines has caused a humanitarian disaster, accusing the emerging Japanese imperial government of being a group of barbaric bandits, and calling on the peace-loving and civilized people of Yingzhou to stand up and bravely stand up against "careerists who have held the Yingzhou nation and culture hostage."

Lin Youde also whitewashed Vale's operation in northern China as a "great and selfless humanitarian relief operation" and that "NERV will always fight for the well-being of all mankind".

The arrival of a large number of refugees in Western Australia by boat made the Australian government quite unhappy, but in order to solve the problem of feeding refugees, Lin Youde bought a large number of agricultural products from various agricultural states in Australia, and also signed a five-year agricultural product purchase agreement, which directly made the parliamentarians from these states change their positions - parliamentarians will not oppose the voters in their constituencies. As a result, the restriction bill against Vale was sniped in Parliament, and Vale continued to bring thousands of refugees to Australia by boat.

At this time, the various factions in Asia were unable to stir up new storms, so the surrounding area of the Pacific Rim ushered in a temporary calm after nearly a year of noise.

But the undercurrent surging beneath the calm has not been idle.

It should be said that all kinds of undercurrents are surging in the whole world now, ready to sweep the calm on the surface at any time.

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On May 1, 1934, Lin Youde opened the door of the sedan for Viola like a housekeeper in front of Sanssouci Palace and made a gesture of please.

Viola looked a little unhappy, she frowned and glanced at Lin Youde, and complained: "Why am I going to Berlin alone, isn't it good for you to come with me?" ”

"You're on your way to greet the President of the United States, my dear. I'm not your advisor anymore, and it's clearly not appropriate for me to be at the airport. Lin Youde put his arm around Viola and touched her forehead, "If Charlotte had brought her husband with me, I could have appeared with you, but she hadn't even married." ”

Viola sighed.

"I'd better give up the presidency to anyone else."

Lin Youde couldn't help but laugh, it seemed that Viola had already liked life in Potsdam. He put his beloved wife in the car, and then watched the convoy disappear at the end of the boulevard of Sanssouci Palace at the door.

The construction of the high-standard highway from Potsdam to Berlin has been completed, and Viola no longer needs to change trains, but can quickly reach Berlin by car, which is an important reason why Viola's time in Potsdam has increased recently, but it has not affected the president's affairs: she can get to Berlin quickly by car anyway.

After sending off his beloved wife, Lin Youde took care of the preparations for tonight's dinner - Viola is going to set up a family banquet tonight to wash the dust for the American president who came from afar, and the venue of the family banquet is of course in Sanssouci Palace.

Subsequently, Lin Youde went to the test site in accordance with the established arrangement.

As soon as he arrived at the test site, he saw the thing lying on the ground from a distance, and this time it finally looked more like the tank in Lin Youde's impression.

Recalling the freak he saw here more than a year ago, Lin Youde couldn't help but sigh, it's not easy.

As soon as Lin Youde led a large group of people to approach, the busy engineers all stopped what they were doing, looked at Lin Youde with respectful eyes, and stood straight.

Lin Youde put his hands behind his back and circled around the iron lump, and the first sentence was: "Five pairs of weight-bearing wheels, I like it." ”

The engineers looked at each other, wondering why Lu Daolin Youde was so fond of five pairs of load-bearing wheels.

However, thanks to Lin Youde's love for five pairs of load wheels, this thing built by German engineers now no longer has the complex double-row load wheel suspension of the previous time and space, and the entire suspension structure is much simplified, which alone can save a lot of production man-hours.

Lin Youde circled twice, very satisfied with the appearance, and then turned to the chief engineer and asked in a relaxed and pleasant tone: "What is the specific performance of this thing?" Let's introduce it. ”

"Yes, Mr. Lin. During the empty test, we fired 100 rounds of 57 mm pointed bullets at the frontal armor at various distances, and most of them were bounced off, but we found that the weld seams were prone to problems when hit, and when the hull was hit head-on, the shells easily snapped into the turret seat of the vehicle after bouncing. In order to solve this problem, we added a layer of tile-like light metal on the front of the car body, and the measured effect is not bad. ”

Lin Youde said that the row of "tiles" in front of him came from like this, and at the same time asked: "What about the problem of welds?" ”

"For the time being, there is no better way, we tried to improve the welding process, but the effect is not very obvious. It was suggested that riveting could be tried......"

"No, you can't use riveting." Lin Youde shook his head again and again, "After being hit in battle, the rivet may be ejected in the violent vibration, causing damage to the members of the car. Just welding. ”

This is the lesson that the Japanese paid for in World War II last time and space, most of their tanks were riveted, and sometimes even if they were swept to the riveted part by the M2 heavy machine gun, the rivets were poked out and shot like shrapnel into the occupants of the car.

At this time, another engineer said: "There is another solution, which is to use the method of integral casting to produce the turret ......"

"And welding is less than that man-hours?"

"Solder, sir." said the chief engineer.

"So be it, you just work on improving the welding process. I'm already very satisfied with the frontal protection performance of this car, the 57mm gun, this caliber has exceeded the caliber of most conventional weapons carried by the battle queen. ”

In addition to Maozi, Maozi's war queens like to use stupid big black and thick big guys.

"In fact, it also exceeds the caliber of most Army direct fire," said the chief engineer, "and as long as it is not too close, the vehicle will not be penetrated even if it is hit by a 75-millimeter Marine gun." However, the 75 guns generally fire grenades, and from our tests, the glass bottles placed in various places in the car have been damaged to varying degrees after the explosion, and I estimate that if people are inside, they will at least be stunned. ”

"You can put a dog in there to test it, can't you?"

Lin Youde looked at his engineers: "Isn't it normal to use animals for experiments at this time?" ”

"Uh...... We didn't expect that. The chief engineer looked rather embarrassed, "Indeed, animals can be used for experiments. ”

Lin Youde shrugged.

"Where's the weapon?" Lin Youde looked up at the guy on the turret, "What is the caliber of this cannon?" ”

"Seventy-five millimeters, as you instructed. During the tests, we used this gun to penetrate the frontal armor of another prototype at a distance of 1,500 meters. In addition, based on the effect of the destruction, we found some interesting phenomena, so we designed a warhead specifically for this cannon, and the actual test has not yet been done, because the factory reports that they will have to study it before they can produce it. ”

Lin Youde changed his angle, observed the 75 cannon with a long tube body, and thought to himself that his own crossing would directly shorten the development process of the tank by ten years, and in 1934 there would be a tank with a long tube body.

The chief engineer over there is still introducing: "In addition, we have installed a 20-millimeter machine gun on this tank......"

"Wait, what's installed?"

Lin Youde turned his head and stared at him suspiciously.

"Twenty mm cannon, sir, the barrel on the left side of the turret is."

Only then did Lin Youde notice that there was a barrel on the left side of the turret, and at first he thought it was some kind of tool fixed on the outside of the tank's armor.

"We tried several options, but in the end we had to put the drum outside the turret, and to change the members of the drum chariot had to climb out of the chariot."

"Uh......" Lin Youde was speechless for a while, this 20mm cannon was not in his design requirements, so he asked, "What is the purpose of installing this cannon?" ”

"We believe that since the purpose of the chariot is to give ordinary infantry the ability to fight against Ji, it is clear that a machine gun that can threaten Jiji in close combat would be a good addition to the main gun that can threaten Jiji from a distance."

Lin Youde couldn't help but pout, he really planned to deal with the war queens if he wanted to develop a tank, but the way to deal with it was strategic mobility, and he didn't say that he wanted to face the war queens head-on......

But from another point of view, there is no harm in having a machine gun, and it seems to be good to use it to support the infantry, and the key problem is-

"Does this cannon have a big impact on production man-hours?"

"The production process of the cannon itself can be parallel to the rest of the tank, but it does take two or three more man-hours to install the cannon. It's not too much of a problem relative to the overall construction time. ”

"I want a version without a machine gun, both models." After Lin Youde finished speaking, he turned the topic to another key point, "What about the mobility of this thing?" What about the long-distance maneuverability I require? ”

"It's a pity," the chief engineer shook his head, "that the engine and transmission train were not able to operate continuously without any troubles in the test bench tests. Although we have not yet conducted a long-distance maneuver test with a real vehicle, I think it should be a bit difficult to get 500 kilometers away from the unreplenished strategic maneuver you requested. ”

Lin Youde pursed his lips, it seems that it is still difficult to become a fat man in one go, but fortunately, he still has time now, so he can take his time.

So Lin Youde nodded, and then said to the crew members who were already waiting next to him: "Okay, boys, get in the car, let it run and see!" ”

The non-commissioned officers of the National Volunteers led by them immediately stood up and saluted, they were all soldiers of the "Battlefield Transport Brigade" under the name of Lin Youde, and they had been practicing with a tractor tied to a tree trunk for more than a year, and this time they finally had a real chariot to drive.