By December 1939, a year and a half had been going on in the war, and Lin Youde's military experts had made a series of improvements to the weapons based on the numbers in actual combat.

Of course, the development of new weapons has not stopped.

As early as the end of the war against Turkey, Lin Youde expected that other countries would also copy his chariot, so at that time he ordered the development of a chariot that could be lighter than the main chariot that the German army was now equipped with.

Now if the German chariot is used to deal with the battle queen, even if the exchange is a little worse, it is completely acceptable, after all, the replenishment speed of the magic guide armor is much slower than that of the combat car, and the spirit of the battle queen also needs a long time to recover, and the battle queen with higher blood is a precious resource. In the last war, the high-blooded united front Ji of the two sides was almost extinct in the late stage, so the overall combat capability of the Zhanji troops dropped significantly.

However, exchanging armored forces for the enemy's armored forces is not "profitable" at all. Judging from the record of fighting with American tanks equipped by the Russian army, although the Americans' products have a series of defects, such as a high failure rate or something, the combat capability itself is no worse than that of the German tanks. After actually going to the battlefield, the exchange ratio between the two sides seems to be more than two to one, and the German army has a huge advantage, but considering that the German army has an advantage over the Russian army in terms of training level and combat quality, the exchange ratio between the two sides is actually not as good as it appears on paper.

If the Americans entered the wartime system and produced tens of thousands of these tanks every year for Russia, Lin Youde might not be able to afford them.

Therefore, it is imperative to finalize and equip new vehicles.

As a result, Lin Youde's instructions after the Turkish campaign became another example of Lin Youde's foresight, which was remembered by the German military industry.

Lin Youde didn't even think about it and named the new tank the Tiger, but in fact, the shape of this type of tank and the real Tiger tank in another time and space is very different - the difference is not too big, after all, one vertical armor and one inclined armor.

In fact, there are quite a lot of misunderstandings in the perception of the tiger style. For example, everyone felt that the Tiger tank was not maneuverable, but in fact according to Otto? According to Karius's autobiography "Tiger in the Mud", when the Tiger was first installed, it was one of the most mobile tanks in the German army at that time, and the Tiger could run at incredible speed in an emergency. But most of the time, in order to protect the fragile gearbox and the suspension system with a high failure rate, the Tiger tank crew only dared to drive at 25 kilometers per hour on the road.

That is, the tiger's maneuverability is not bad, it is just too delicate.

In addition, the armor of the Tiger tank is actually not as reliable as the legend, and the Soviet army in another time and space has weapons that can penetrate the front of the Tiger at a considerable distance, and the Tiger is actually very dangerous when the combat distance is less than 700 meters. By Otto in another plane? According to Karius, the reason why the Tiger is famous is mainly because of the top team that drives the Tiger and the powerful eight or eight guns. The elite Tiger crews are often able to accurately grasp the distance of engagement, making it impossible for the Russian army to get close enough to penetrate the Tiger armor.

At that time, the operational guidelines of the German heavy armored forces of the Eastern Front were full of familiar flavors to the Chinese: the first hit and the first destruction - a smell of PLA.

In his autobiography, Karius was very envious of the Russians' T3485 and Stalin 2, believing that the only drawback of these two tanks was that they did not have a commander's conning tower and were not good at observation.

To put it bluntly, the Tiger in another time and space is actually just a product that was used excessively before the Leopard tank was rolled off the assembly line, but there happened to be a group of tankers who were too good to drive the Tiger and created an amazing record. In fact, the overall performance of the Leopard tank is stronger than that of the Tiger.

But in this time and space, Lin Youde doesn't plan to let the alternate space-time isotope of the Tiger King Otto Karius open a temporary excessive product.

On December 10, Lin Youde personally invited Otto? Kali Woods and his crew visit the Tiger tank, which has been transported to the Potsdam Weapons Proving Ground.

"A nine-hundred-horsepower engine," Lin Youde proudly patted the tiger-shaped engine cooling cover, "This engine is the result of all my efforts to improve the level of craftsmanship over the years, and it can drive this sixty-ton steel monster to a top speed of sixty kilometers." And the transmission and suspension of this car have inherited the glorious tradition of its predecessors, simple and practical, you can rest assured that you can drive it on the battlefield. ”

Lin Youde said and slowly turned to the front of the chariot, pointed to the large inclination armor in front of the turret and said: "And its armor protection is beyond your imagination, do you think it is just a relatively large inclination?" In fact, there is a lot of stuff under this inclination. ”

As Lin Youde spoke, an engineer climbed onto the chariot and fiddled with the large-angle armor on the front of the turret, lifting the armor upwards to reveal the space inside.

"Actually, the front large-angle armor plate is just an additional armor on top of the main armor, and there is storage space between it and the main armor." "We came up with this double-layer structure after a lot of armor-piercing tests, after the shell hits the outer armor plate, because the inclination angle of the armor will be subjected to a force that pushes it away from the flight trajectory, and the jumping egg phenomenon is generated by this force, and the structure we designed, when the shell hits the main armor below, the vector direction of the force received is different from the force received when it hits the first layer of armor." Because the length of the core far exceeds the thickness of the space between the two layers of armor, the core will be subjected to both forces, which will cause the core to penetrate greatly and even be broken between the two decks. ”

As soon as the engineer finished speaking, the cook asked, "What about what we stored between the two layers of armor?" ”

"It's a pity that it will be destroyed. However, we encourage you to put things between the two layers of armor, as this will further increase your armor resistance. ”

The cook frowned, but didn't say anything more.

Lin Youde took over the conversation and continued: "Even if there is no such design, the Tiger has better armor than the combat vehicle you are driving now, after all, the engine horsepower is greater, which makes the combat vehicle have heavier armor. In addition, there is another place where our Tiger chariot is strong. ”

Lin Youde climbed onto the chariot, opened the captain's hatch at the top of the turret, and made a gesture of invitation to Otto.

Otto climbed into the chariot and looked at Lin Youde before getting into the turret.

At the same time, the Tiger is also equipped with a simple mechanical vertical stabilization device, which can ensure the stability of the Tiger gun when the bump is not large, that is, the Tiger has the basic ability to shoot on the move. We also equipped it with a simple transistor converter that would give you the equivalent of the distance to the target by entering the readings on the ruler. ”

At this time, there is no such advanced thing as a laser rangefinder, and the ranging completely depends on the ruler on the sight to convert, and the addition of a simple calculation device can greatly speed up the aiming time of the combat vehicle, which has a huge effect on long-distance accurate shooting. However, this kind of computing device is not a fire control computer after all, so it is not needed in close-range artillery battles, but the vertical stabilization device can greatly enhance the shooting accuracy of the Tiger in close-range combat.

"In addition," Lin Youde stood in front of the cannon shield and patted the barrel of the Tiger chariot with his hand, "We have also equipped the Tiger with a 90 mm long-barreled gun, which has a higher muzzle velocity than the 75 gun you are using now, and at the same time, the projectile is heavier, which can easily penetrate the frontal armor of the vehicle you are equipped with now." We also prepared a new type of projectile for this 90 gun, this kind of projectile is called a sub-caliber armor-piercing projectile, this kind of ammunition has a huge penetration power at close range, not only can easily destroy American-made combat vehicles, but also has a huge threat to Zhanji's armor. ”

After Lin Youde finished speaking, Otto? Kali Woods climbed out of the turret and said to Lin Youde with a sigh: "It's amazing, this new type of vehicle, I can't wait to drive it to the battlefield." ”

"Don't worry, young man." Lin Youde smiled, reached out and patted Otto? Carly Woods' shoulder, "Now the prototype is still being tested, and it will probably be mass-produced next spring, and you will have to go through adaptive training after changing your outfit, and when you go to war again, it will be the summer of 40 years, and maybe even later." ”

"Is it okay so late?" Otto looked a little worried, "Russians ......"

"The Russians can't defeat us, don't worry."

In another time and space, the Tiger tank, which was supposed to be an offensive weapon, was forced to be used for defense, becoming a German field firefighter, but in this time and space, Lin Youde was determined to let this kind of fighter take on the duties they were supposed to assume.

At this time, Otto continued to ask: "Won't we have nothing to do until the new car is mass-produced?" ”

"It's Christmas soon," Lin Youde patted Otto on the shoulder again, "you guys should enjoy the Christmas holiday." After the holidays, I'm going to report on this proving ground, and I'm going to arrange for you to take part in the testing of the new vehicle. After that, you will become a member of the New Vehicle Loading Training Team, which will teach the Changing Units how to drive the new vehicles. ”

Otto? Kali Woods was overjoyed and immediately saluted Lin Youde: "Understood, thank you for your arrangement." ”

"Your father will also be on vacation this Christmas, and his division has been temporarily withdrawn from Army Group A by me to rest and recuperate, so let's go and have a good reunion with my father." Lin Youde said and turned to Otto? "You guys go back and have a good time with your families, and I'll give each of you a souvenir to give to your family as a Christmas present." ”

"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Lin." The gunner named Kosher took his military cap as a top hat and took off his hat to pay tribute to Lin Youde.

And the sturdy dresser, nicknamed the chef, said to Lin Youde: "I don't want souvenirs, I just want to taste the Manchu and Han banquet once." ”

"No problem." Lin Youde readily agreed.