With the lessons of history, Hu Weidong naturally cherished this future engine wizard, not only rarely personally intervened in the debate and supported Wu Zhonghua's views, but also specially approved him, a non-graduate undergraduate, to enter the "father of jet engines" Frank. The study of the jet engine research group led by Whittle can be regarded as a key training. By the way, Hu Weidong also became a veteran, and transferred Wu Zhonghua's current classmate, future wife, and Li Minhua, who later also became an excellent aviation expert, into this project, so as not to separate the pair of mandarin ducks for too long and Lao Yan to fly separately

For tanks, Hu Weidong does not pay as much attention to airplanes, because there are fewer tanks and armored vehicles, and if you build more, you can't get so much high-quality steel, but the arsenal has not stopped the imitation and self-development of tanks, due to the lack of funds and materials, the Japanese tanks that are not advanced at the Jishu level have become the most suitable template, and Ma Zhongying's concept of "armored cavalry" has had a significant impact on the design ideas of self-produced tanks in the border area

Although almost everyone thinks that the devil's Type 95 light tank is ugly, based on the requirements of "armored cavalry" and the current situation of the arsenal, it is undoubtedly the most suitable to use this as a template. The Type 95 light tank is not only fast, but also has excellent terrain adaptability, especially its climbing degree has reached an incredible 40 degrees, and generally speaking, more than 30 degrees is considered qualified, and more than 32 degrees is considered excellent.

According to the requirements of the "armored cavalry", the tank armored vehicle only needs to be able to withstand the fire of infantry weapons. However, the Jishu personnel of the arsenal still tried to strengthen the armor on the premise of not affecting the mobility of the tank, especially the extensive use of new low-alloy steel, which was of great help, and the average thickness of the armor was only slightly thicker than that of the Type 95 light tank (because of the improvement of the design and the use of new materials such as glass fiber reinforced plastic in the internal components, the total weight of the tank was reduced a lot. Not only can the frontal main armor prevent non-armor-piercing bullets of caliber below 75mm from 500 meters away, but the relatively weak side rear armor is also enough to prevent steel core bullets fired by anti-aircraft machine guns at a distance of 100 meters. This also means that unless the devils are prepared in advance, their lightly armed troops will have few weapons that can effectively counterattack when they are attacked by the Chinese "armored cavalry".

The Type 95 light tank used a relatively backward riveting process. But for China, which does not produce much and has a weak industrial base, this is an advantage worth learning, and on the premise that it is mainly riveted. Proper application of welding and even casting processes can not only reduce costs and improve performance, but also cultivate some corresponding jishu talents that will be needed in the future.

It stands to reason that the stability of the Type 95 light tank, which mainly uses the riveting process, should be very poor, but the fact is the opposite, the Type 95 light tank is the only model known for its excellent stability among the Japanese tanks, and the designs related to this are naturally worth learning, but the fucking track design of the Japanese tank has all been abandoned and remade, and the cost is high and the stability is poor (the Type 95 light tank is extremely lightweight, and the problem is not serious, and other models often have the embarrassment of loosening themselves while driving the tracks). I don't see any advantages in performance, and I really don't know how the Japanese came up with such a strange design

In terms of firepower, the "armored cavalry" emphasizes the lethality of unarmored and lightly armored targets, so the main gun is not strengthened, and the captured Japanese 37mm tank gun or 37mm battle defense gun is directly used. However, it is equipped with a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun, not to mention the infantry, even the devil's thin-skinned tank can't withstand its strafing, and the psychological deterrent effect on the devil's lightly armed troops is comparable to the original 7.7mm machine gun of the Type 95 light tank. Because the turret of the original Type 95 light tank was too small, the installation of the anti-aircraft machine gun was somewhat difficult, and the Jishu personnel, who had long been disgusted by the ugly turret belly of the Type 95 light tank, just borrowed the slope to get off the donkey. It's been redesigned, and although it's still not pretty, at least you don't have to worry about being ridiculed as "Iron King Eight" anymore....,

This was the first domestic tank improved from the Japanese Type 95 light tank and was later named "Type 81 Light Tank", which is unexpectedly extremely similar to the Type 98 light tank improved on the basis of the Type 95 light tank in Japan (there are also differences, mainly because the Type 98 light tank is not equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, and new materials such as FRP are not used inside, but the two cancel each other out, and the total weight of the tank is about the same.) But unlike the Type 98 light tank that was snubbed by the Japanese military department, China's Type 81 light tank shined on the battlefield because of the tactical idea of "armored cavalry" (in fact, the key is that the low-alloy steel made by Hu Weidong according to his memory is more cost-effective, and in history, when Japan made the Type 98 light tank, the source of rare metals has been basically cut off, and the high-alloy steel armor is as impractical as the aircraft carrier Jihua), Even after China's first domestically produced main battle tanks, which were later born out of the Type 59 tank, were mass-equipped with troops, they continued to serve for a long time, especially for the early airborne forces, they were more irreplaceable

The finalized Type 81 light tank has a combat weight of 7.2 tons, an armor thickness of between 12-20 mm, a maximum road speed of 50 km / h, a maximum off-road speed of 32 km / h, a maximum road range of 320 km, a maximum cross-country distance of 240 km, an armament of a 37mm main gun and a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and a crew of 3.

Due to size limitations, even if the turret was redesigned, the Type 1 light tank still could not be equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun and the necessary coaxial machine gun at the same time, but this was not a big problem, because the armored vehicles developed by the arsenal at the same time were equipped with multiple ordinary machine guns without anti-aircraft machine guns, and the two just complemented each other. In addition, the arsenal also used the chassis of the Bayi light tank to design the Bayi 75mm assault gun (the chassis was too small, and the assault gun could only be used to make a living, barely replacing the role of self-propelled guns). and a specialized anti-aircraft tank, the latter is equipped with a twin-mounted 25mm anti-aircraft cannon that can rotate 360 degrees, and the firepower is very powerful, but unlike the design idea that it is mainly used for field air defense, this kind of anti-aircraft tank later showed its might in ground combat, even the Japanese officers and soldiers who preached the spirit of bushido all day long saw the enemy's anti-aircraft machine guns spew out tongues of fire and directly "chop" rows of comrades into unrecognizable corpses. I am also terrified of the power of its madness (your support is my greatest motivation.) )