Sun Liren's estimate of the tank was agreed by the factory director, and this high-achieving student who had studied at the Virginia Military Academy naturally studied these new weapons quite deeply, so even if the two new tanks were covered with gun jackets, he could still estimate the basic data of the tank at a glance.

Just when Sun Liren was thinking, Xue Boling, who was standing on the side, showed a smile that was not bad intentions. Huang Ke saw the expressions of the two, and then looked at Du Yuming next to him, and couldn't help laughing.

To be honest, Huang Ke doesn't know much about the specific data of these weapons, these are mainly studied by the people below, he doesn't care that these things are specific data, he just pays attention to the actual effect.

However, Xue Boling and the others standing on the side were all experts, and they were concerned about the data coming out of the test field. Seeing that everyone was a little anxious, the factory director Li Changgan didn't sell the guanzi anymore, he smiled and said, "Let's go to the open space outside." ”

The test driver started the tank, and as the black smoke from the exhaust pipe came out, the steel fortress rumbled forward, and the steel tracks crushed the concrete road in the factory area, leaving a trail of canine teeth.

After a while, the tank picked up speed and ran forward from the crowd. By the time everyone arrived at the test site, the tank had already stripped off its gun jacket, and the semicircular turret and heavy chassis revealed a metallic beauty of steel.

The entire tank is covered in grass green paint, the tracks underneath are painted black, and the word "sample" is written in white paint on the turret, indicating that it is only a prototype. However, although it is a prototype car, on some muddy test grounds, it still exudes a sense of Jinge Iron Horse battlefield.

After a while, the test driver started the tank and began the performance test. In fact, it's a test, but it's more of a performance.

After the prototype car started, it accelerated rapidly, moving quickly on the muddy road, and the mud chain behind the two tracks fell like a cutter. The tank then rushed through a watery depression and splashed in all directions; Immediately afterwards, the prototype car carried out a variety of test performances such as climbing and crossing ditches.

"Good!"

Huang Ke took the lead in applauding, and he was still satisfied with the superior performance of the tank. He told Li Changgan that he could modify this tank on the basis of a light tank suitable for the paddy fields in the south and a heavy tank suitable for the northern plains.

Li Changgan thought so, and he told Huang Ke that these were already being studied, and this medium tank was ready to be equipped with a regiment for testing, and if it was good, it would be promoted throughout the army.

Subsequently, Li Changgan released the specific data of the public tank to the media, and as Sun Liren guessed, the tank itself weighed 35 tons, with an 85 mm tank gun and 4 members.

"We have a 400 hp diesel engine for this tank, and the protective armor has been thickened a lot. It can be said that this is one of the most advanced tanks in the world at the moment. ”

Li Changgan couldn't help but show his heartfelt pride and joy when he said this, in fact, this model of tank has gone through countless tests before this, both the funder and the military are very satisfied with it, you can imagine how magnificent the steel torrent of mechanized equipment will be in the future.

Subsequently, Li Changgan announced that the first batch of 92 tanks had been produced and debugged, and that these vehicles would be delivered to the armored forces in the near future, and that after the end of the trial and use phase, they would strive to be popularized in the Chinese armed forces according to the actual situation.

After Li Changgan announced the news, everyone was surprised, the Chinese army was unified not long ago, and it couldn't even unify the standard rifles, and it still wanted to promote armored vehicles and tanks?

A lot of people feel that either they are deliberately bragging, or a layman is manipulating these.

Huang Ke seemed to see everyone's doubts, and he immediately expressed his views on this type of tank, saying that on behalf of the Ministry of Industry, he fully supported the development of military heavy industry, and was very satisfied with this type of tank, and also expressed his heartfelt respect to the R&D and manufacturing technicians and workers behind the scenes.

As soon as Huang Ke's words fell, reporters from various media asked questions about the speeches that were scrambling.

"May I ask which country is the imaginary enemy of the Chinese army's large-scale tank equipment?" "Not long ago, the Red Party launched an armed riot in Nanchang, although most of them were wiped out, but now there are similar riots in remote mountainous areas, is there any connection between these tanks and the extermination of the Red Party?"

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Huang Ke suppressed the voices of the crowd below with his hand, and he said in an extremely soothing tone: "Friends from the media, today's tank test is just the beginning, and the future war will be a mechanized war. ”

"At the same time, I also hereby announce that the China Arsenal has recently developed a new standard rifle and installed it throughout the army to replace the old and unstable Hanyang-made one."

"On behalf of the Ministry of Industry and the Nationalist Government, I would also like to say that the Chinese armed forces develop and equip any weapons for the purpose of protecting their territory and people from being violated and maintaining regional stability and prosperity, and the Chinese National Army will always follow this purpose."

That evening, many newspapers published the news that the Chinese army would be equipped with tanks on a large scale, and world public opinion described the incident in a sarcastic tone, as if it were watching some joke.

Many Western politicians scoffed at the imminent mechanization of this ancient eastern power, and they even joked: "The Chinese's tanks will not be powered by water buffaloes, right?" ”

Different from the reaction of the Western countries, some Japanese military and political figures were greatly overjoyed when they saw this news, and they immediately took this opportunity to submit a request for the expansion of armaments, and some of the young Zhuang officers even went to meet the emperor and said that they would use their own blood to open up and expand the territory for Your Majesty.

Relative to Japan, almost no one in the other multinational militaries paid much attention to the matter. For them, the ancient country of the East is poor and backward, their army has just been replaced with smokeless* rifles, and now most of the army is still using the rifles that the German army eliminated as standard rifles, what advanced theory can they propose?

Even proposing the construction of armored forces is tantamount to a fantasy. But they would not have imagined that a few years later, it was this ancient eastern country that created the miracle of marching in the history of the world's army and created a brand-new method of warfare.

In the military field of the whole world, only Germany's "Military Weekly" translated this report on the same day and conducted a study on the tactical tactics of mechanized troops proposed by Huang Ke. General Artok, the magazine's editor-in-chief, and a young officer who regularly publishes articles in their magazine, perform a military chess exercise.

After the deduction, General Artok pointed to the magazine article and said: "William, you see, in ancient China in the East, there are people who think the same way as you, I wonder whether to be happy or disappointed?" ”

The young officer immediately flipped through the article, and after reading it, he could not help but exclaim: "God, this man is much more advanced than my theory, who is this man?" Huang Ke? Why do I find his name so familiar. ”

Artok smiled: "William, your feelings are not wrong. Do you remember the economic and trade cooperation agreement between Germany and China a few years ago? ”

The young officer suddenly realized: "Yes, Your Excellency General, I remembered. ”

General Artok smiled and said, "At the end of the European War, the whole of Germany was imprisoned by Versailles, the soldiers were living on the streets, the workers were living in the filthy casinos, and the whole society was in a kind of gray death. But we are not without nothing, we have the most skilled workers in the military-industrial complex and the battle-hardened soldiers, and it is he who sees the value in it. ”

He signed a series of industrial cooperation contracts from Germany, brought a large number of German workers to China, and gave Germany a lot of precious raw materials and daily necessities. At that time, I just thought that this was an arms deal made by a warlord of an ancient oriental country, so that I did not expect that he would build an industrialization with these things, and then think about the theory he is proposing now, I think this person is as far-sighted as you. ”

The young officer lowered his head for a moment, and after a moment he said seriously: "I think more people will see this in the future, and now we can only appeal as much as we can, if the German Army does not achieve armor as soon as possible, the tragedy of the Versailles Treaty will be repeated." ”

"Okay Wilhelm, I support you, it's time for someone to wake up the sleeping lion of Germany." When General Artok had finished speaking, the young officer took out the pen in his pocket and wrote the day's comments on the manuscript paper. Half an hour later, an article titled "Tank, Here Come!" The review of the army construction came out, and General Artok made appropriate changes after reading it.

An hour later, he signed his name on the review he had just written: Heinz Wilhelm Guderian.

After leaving Anqing, Huang Ke went directly to the Hanyang Arsenal, where the standard rifle he said was born, and most of them were also manufactured in the Hanyang Arsenal, so this gun also has a nickname "New Hanyang".

By the time they arrived at the factory, several guards with guns at the gate had been reloaded with the new rifles. Huang Ke walked over, and he borrowed a gun from a soldier on his shoulder. The soldier handed the gun to Huang Ke, and Huang Ke pushed the snatch into loading with a bang.

"Not bad!" The new standard rifle uses a rotating pull-back bolt, and the body of the gun also imitates the design of the Mauser gun, so the performance is still good, Huang Ke put a shot, and a few hundred meters away, a tree trunk left a trace forever.

"Good gun!" Huang Ke changed the gun in his hand to the soldier, and happily stepped forward to inspect.

(To correct, an enthusiastic reader pointed out a common sense error, I checked it later, it is indeed a shame, forgive you, I have contacted the editor to make changes, and thank this reader greatly.) ）