In a temporary military station in Mohe, a strange-shaped locomotive is being debugged, and the guy with these two locomotives and 19 carriages always seems a little out of place with his peers next to him. These trains always feel like they are the product of a stack of carriages of various functions, and most of them are wrapped in thick armor, especially the locomotives, which are armored all over the body except for the chimneys, and even the wheels are covered.

"How's it going? My Land Cruiser is ready to go, right? A bearded captain walked over from outside with a smile and said to a technician who was in charge of maintenance.

"No problem, all the things that have been added have been added, unless the other side has medium-caliber rapid-fire guns and armor-piercing shells, otherwise, no amount of cavalry will be able to do anything to you this steel worm." The technician said confidently.

The real name of this big guy nicknamed the Land Cruiser is the Dragon-type armored train. This is the secret weapon prepared by the Chinese Republic in order to deal with the possibility of the Russian cavalry bypassing the defense line to launch an attack on the iron house in the rear, and on the entire battlefield, the Chinese Army has put into 8 such trains at a time, in order to better deal with the opponent's attacks and sneak attacks, the technical personnel of the Chinese Republic can be described as painstaking!

At the front of the dragon armored train is a flatbed wagon, this flatbed is not equipped with any equipment, in the front is placed a drum that can run along the rails to send out mines or other dangerous goods, the flatbed is filled with spare sleepers and rails so that in case the road is damaged, it can be repaired in time, and behind the flatbed wagon is a maintenance car equipped with a crane to repair the railway in the event of the destruction of the road ahead. Moreover, there is a lookout post on it, and special personnel are arranged to reconnoiter the road situation.

The two sections behind are the locomotive and the coal car. All parts of the locomotive are protected by steel plates, and even the windows are protected by iron plates that can be opened and closed at any time. In order to increase the lightning protection of the locomotive. THE BOTTOM OF THE LOCOMOTIVE IS EQUIPPED WITH 10MM THICK STEEL PLATES, EVEN IF THE MINESWEEPING CAR IN FRONT UNFORTUNATELY FAILS, THE GENERAL LOW-POWER MINES HAVE NO WAY TO FACE THIS ROUGH-SKINNED LOCOMOTIVE. Behind is a coal cart. However, on the top of the coal truck, there is also a special person welded a platform on which machine guns are placed so that it can provide fire cover for the three carriages in front.

The real strength of the Dragon-type armored train lies in the armed train behind it, if the Dragon-type armored train is an invincible dragon that crisscrosses the railway line. Then these armed carriages are the claws and fangs of this dragon! The large payload and diverse weapon configuration are enough for the Dragon-type armored train to deal with a variety of targets and attacks. These armed wagons are divided into the following types depending on the weapons they are equipped with.

THE MOST COMMON IS A MACHINE-GUN CAR, WHICH IS COVERED WITH 15MM THICK STEEL PLATES, BEHIND WHICH A BRICK WALL IS BUILT. This arrangement is not only good for defense, but also good for keeping warm at night. A total of 4 machine gun holes were arranged on the left and right of this carriage, and 4 Maxine machine guns or light machine guns were equipped. At the same time, there are also rifle firing holes that serve as auxiliary fire. At the same time, there is also a removable canister installed in the upper part of the machine gun carriage, which is designed to attack enemy targets hidden at close range. Leave no dead ends.

The other is a turret compartment equipped with a turret on top of the carriage. Such carriages can be divided into two categories depending on the weapon. ONE IS A HOWITZER CARRIAGE EQUIPPED WITH A 75MM SHORT-BARRELED HOWITZER, WHILE THE OTHER IS A RAPID-FIRE GUN CARRIAGE EQUIPPED WITH A 37MM MACHINE GUN. The former was mainly intended to deal with the artillery units that the opposing side might have, and although it was said that the cavalry conducting guerrilla warfare was not capable of carrying more than 9 pounds of field artillery, it was still very likely to carry mortars. Therefore, the armored train of the dragon type must surpass the opponent in terms of range, and only in this way can the superiority be guaranteed.

THE 37MM RAPID-FIRE GUN ON THE RAPID-FIRE GUN CARRIAGE WAS SET UP FOR TWO REASONS, ONE WAS THAT THE OPPONENT LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE GROUP CHARGE, AND THREW A LARGE NUMBER OF CAVALRY AT A CERTAIN ANGLE, WHEN THE MACHINE GUN FIRE WAS INSUFFICIENT. THE TERRIFYING 37MM RAPID-FIRE GUN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME A NIGHTMARE FOR THE OPPOSING CAVALRY AND A BATTLEFIELD FIREFIGHTER. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN THE OPPONENT HAS BUILT AN IMPROVISED POSITION, USE 37MM GUNS TO DESTROY IMPROVISED BUNKERS AND THE ENEMY BEHIND THEM. The use of howitzers in the face of those improvised bunkers is obviously a bit wasteful. If the machine gun is not effective, then you can only use rapid-fire guns.

IN ORDER TO ENSURE SAFETY, IN ADDITION TO PLACING A STEEL PLATE WITH A THICKNESS OF 20MM OUTSIDE THE CARRIAGE, THE BASE NUMBER OF SHELLS IN THE ENTIRE CARRIAGE IS ALSO LIMITED TO A CERTAIN RANGE, AND THE AMMUNITION DEPOT IS PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CARRIAGE, WHICH IS COVERED WITH A THICK LAYER OF STEEL PLATES, AND THE THICKNESS OF THE ARMOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CARRIAGE IS ALSO INCREASED TO 40MM. Between the steel plates and the shells, there were also compartments filled with water. Even if you are unfortunately penetrated, you will not be martyred.

Although the artillery carriage is fierce, it is not the deadliest weapon of the Dragon-type armored train. The core weapon of the Dragon is a heavy mortar carriage specially designed for armored trains! The first two types of armed carriages are actually very simple, the first type of machine gun carriage is nothing more than a little armor and a machine gun firing port, which can be arranged in a maximum of 3 days, although the artillery carriage takes a little more time, but it is also improved on the basis of the original ordinary carriage, and the bottom of the carriage is still a general carriage. But the heavy mortar carriage is different, both in terms of carriage design and armament, these things are very different from their counterparts!

THE FIRST MORTAR SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR HEAVY MORTAR TRAINS WAS THE 1903 MODEL 120MM BREECH-LOADING RIFLED MORTAR NEWLY DESIGNED BY THE ANSHAN ARTILLERY FACTORY. Unlike ordinary smoothbore front-loading mortars, this type of gun has a longer barrel, a longer range, and because of rifling, it is much more accurate than ordinary mortars. At the same time, in order to ensure the rate of fire, the modified mortar is also specially equipped with special ammunition supply equipment, after all, nearly 20KG shells will be greatly affected if they are loaded by manpower.

Secondly, in order to accommodate this mortar and related servos and ammunition, Changchun Locomotive Factory specially manufactured this special mortar car according to the requirements. In addition to protection, a special gun mount was installed inside the hull that could adjust the height and angle of fire of the mortar, and there was a rotating gun mount underneath. Positions were also left in advance for artillery sighting equipment. IT CAN BE SAID THAT THE LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCED BY THE CHANGCHUN LOCOMOTIVE FACTORY AND THE NEW 120MM BREECH-LOADING RIFLED GUN OF THE ANSHAN GUN FACTORY DIRECTLY TURNED IT INTO A GIANT BEAST THAT CAN SPIT OUT BULLETS AT HIGH SPEED. ACCORDING TO THE DESIGNERS' ESTIMATES, THE FIREPOWER OF SUCH A TRAIN WILL NOT BE INFERIOR TO THREE 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS!

In addition to the three types of proprietary armed cars, the Youlong armored train also has a multi-purpose car that can be equipped with machine guns, light mortars, or as troop carriers and general cargo cars. Under normal circumstances, a dragon armored train will have about 2 platoons of infantry in addition to the normal personnel, so as to disembark and fight when necessary or provide protection for the operators.

In addition to being a powerful weapon, the Youlong-type armored train cannot only have strong firepower and protection, but also must have various logistics and auxiliary functions, after all, the Youlong-type armored train may run hundreds of kilometers a day, and the eating, drinking, and ammunition supply of the personnel on board, as well as the command and power supply systems are all big problems.

Therefore, the Youlong type also has a command car, which is equipped with a radio station to facilitate communication and command of the entire train, and two ammunition cars to provide ammunition for the weapon system on the entire train. One section is a power generation car, which is used to ensure the power supply of the entire armored train. For example, a searchlight or something. Of course, as a complete combat unit, there is also a medical car on the Youlong armored train to treat the wounded, which can perform simple surgery when necessary, and a cooking car to solve the problem of feeding more than 150 people on the entire train.

"Captain Ye. Emergency. Just when the bearded captain was joking with the technical staff, a subordinate ran over and sent a telegram to Ye Ming, looking at the contents of the telegram, Ye Ming's face couldn't help but show a trace of excitement! The Russians finally couldn't bear it anymore. Ye Ming said secretly in his heart.

Just after the battle at sea began. The battle on land has also begun, but in the face of the frontal defense line of both sides, everyone has acted rashly, the Russians lack the ability to attack the fortifications head-on, and the Chinese army lacks sufficient mobility, and the armored forces are the trump card played at the critical moment, which cannot be used at the beginning, so the two sides mainly focus on probing and artillery bombardment. Speaking of the number and power of artillery, the Russian army, far away from Europe, was not even well supplied, so how could it be able to transport complex and expensive heavy artillery to the front? Moreover, with Turkey on the verge of moving in the Balkans, Russia must also maintain a considerable presence in Europe.

Therefore, in the firing stage, the firepower of the Russians was quickly suppressed, and the rest was that the heavy artillery unit of the Chinese Army began to clean up the firepower exposed by the Russians little by little. Faced with the predicament of the army, the Russian high command could only try to relieve the pressure by infiltrating the supply lines of the Chinese army from both flanks with a large number of cavalry. And this brought fighters to Ye Ming and the others!

"Brethren, clean up, it's time for us to play." Ye Ming said loudly to his subordinates who were sorting out their armaments. For this moment, Ye Ming and the others have been preparing for more than 3 years, and now it's time to test the strength of this steel dragon!

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