Four-six-three difficult armored era

Diffuse steam erupted from both sides of the locomotive, obscuring the surrounding landscape in the blink of an eye, leaving only a small green triangular flag tossing in the mist. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

As the flag tumbled, the huge iron wheel began to roll slowly, and the sound of Ka Cha Ka Chu pulsed like a heartbeat, bringing the rhythm of the times to this ancient imperial city.

At this moment, the people of Beijing are no longer curious about this big guy with black smoke, in fact, with the increasing mileage of the railway, in addition to the increasingly affluent life, people's ideas are also quietly changing.

Sitting in the carriage, the journey to the Tongliao Weapons Test Site again, Li Mo suddenly had a feeling of exhaustion, from the moment the Navy's ten-year plan was approved by the parliament, he felt as if he had become a continuous courier, just from the Huludao shipyard to participate in the opening ceremony of the Beijing class, he was made by the Great White Fleet and Thomas did not sleep well for a few days, but as soon as they left, he embarked on the journey again.

The upcoming war for gold in the United States is just an episode for him, and although the battle in the shadows is equally important, in the final analysis, the war still relies on frontal fighting.

All intrigues, all tactics and strategies, must be shot one by one, victory is based on strength, just like this defense of Thomas's golden control, if you fail, then no matter how great and ingenious this plan is, you can only be silent forever.

In fact, after returning to this era, Li Mo also saw clearly that the British and American powers at this time were not as powerful as they imagined, and after a hundred years of industry, European resources began to dry up, all of which needed to be imported by colonies, and the status of shipping had even risen to the strategic level, which was actually a huge dead end.

And the rise of the United States has only been 20 years, and the gap is far less than that of later generations, and even as long as it firmly grasps its current territory and its own market with a population of nearly 500 million, it is only a matter of time before it surpasses Britain and the United States.

But is it okay to exceed it?

No, it wasn't his dream

His dream is to establish a set of Chinese standards, just like the United States in later generations, to make blue coins the world currency, to let the gold system completely end in his own hands, so that the grandchildren of this nation will know from birth that this is a superpower

Therefore, he could not stop, nor could he let go of every opportunity to snatch meat from the hands of the powerful countries, and he wanted to take advantage of the complicated international situation before the First World War to continuously add coal to this train that had already begun to start.

Therefore, he needs to keep control of Thomas's gold, force the United States to bow its head after the war, let the world obey his command, and completely establish a perfect blue currency as the settlement unit

What's more, there are still seven years left from now until the First World War, and if you don't find something to do, if you don't grab some meat from the mouths of Britain and the United States and other countries, I'm really sorry for my crossing identity.

He didn't know much about the financial knowledge of later generations, but at least he always knew that once a crisis broke out, it would inevitably lead to a sharp drop in the capital market, including the US stock market, and the market would fall into chaos. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

He didn't know how much he could earn, but Li Xiufeng gritted his teeth this time and scraped together a total of 300 million US dollars, and even siphoned off most of the working capital of the enterprises under the name of the royal family, so he almost mortgaged Li Mo's private treasury, and for safety, he had to use all European banks this time, so that at least the funds could be safely withdrawn.

Originally, Li Mo wanted to encourage Liang Dunyan and Li Enfu to participate together, but then he thought about it, they were in charge of state property, and if there was a mistake, they would step down at least and cause chaos at worst.

It will be a few months before Thomas returns to the United States, and Morgan and others will definitely wait for him to return, this small sapling that he planted back then has now completely grown into a big tree that can affect the United States and even the world economy, and if it can succeed this time, the capital market of the three major powers in the United States will change again

But during this period of time, it is impossible to wait stupidly, we must seize all the time, such as the L45/356 mm naval gun test to be finalized, before the construction of the super dreadnought, the expansion of the electroslag furnace needs to be accelerated, the processing technology of VH steel itself is basically no problem, but the materials and formulas still need to continue to upgrade, and the use of chrome plating technology to improve the current naval guns of the capital ship also need to be hurried, a generation of destroyers and submarines have also reached the end of the design, and the guard team is also in urgent need of a small warship dedicated to escort and patrol.

In fact, it is not only him, but the whole of China is busy, and the Prime Minister's Office is busy with continuing to strengthen construction, taking advantage of the opportunity of the army's self-raising in recent years, to invest the money saved in the much-needed civilian field, while the army is busy with training and equipment construction, and is actively studying the idea of "fighting a decisive battle outside the borders" put forward by him.

From the beginning of the ten-year plan, Hua's core executives vaguely guessed Li Mo's thoughts, although no one said it, but the preparations have actually begun.

At this moment, whether it is Britain and Germany, which are increasingly fierce in the competition for building ships, or the United States, which has a premonition that they are lagging behind, has not really entered the role of war, only he, a prophet, knows that when the clouds over Europe in a few years can no longer be dispelled, countries will suddenly wake up, but it will be too late for either side at that time.

After a bumpy hours from train to jeep, Li Mo returned to this huge weapons testing ground, sweating all kinds of tests under the scorching sun, from the clatter of machine guns to the roar of naval guns, converging into a breathtaking music.

Du Dazhuang is a person who understands Li Mo's hard work, for many years, except for the last trip to Tomsk, the head of the Royal Praetorian Guard has been following him like a shadow, so when his eyes fell on this emaciated back, he couldn't help but be a little worried about his body.

But he didn't care about looking at Li Mo anymore, because a big guy galloped past in front of him

Li Mo was also attracted by the steel monster in front of him that was constantly rushing forward, reversing, spinning, and jumping over obstacles, although he was not as surprised as Du Dazhuang's guards, but he was also secretly happy.

Because of this big guy, he seems to have seen the arrival of the era of armored torrents

"Your Majesty."

Seeing Li Mo, Tang Xiao immediately brought a large number of designers and engineering technicians to hula, but no one expected that the tank under testing seemed to be frightened by the majesty of Emperor Li, and after making a clicking noise, it actually stopped lying on its stomach violently, and a large black line appeared on the buttocks, causing everyone to not care about saluting, and several water dragons that had been prepared were killed in an instant.

Tang Xiao's face was dark, although this thing has been in trouble since the beginning of the test, but when did it go wrong? But when the emperor came, there was a problem? Isn't this a smear on your face?

"Hehe, it's okay." Li Mo comforted Tang Xiao with a smile, and when the four wet testers climbed out of the tank, they immediately stepped forward and asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"**, still the same old problem, springs and iron shafts." When the commander of the report heard the question, he shouted before he could reply, and as soon as he was halfway through the shouting, he felt that the corner of his clothes had been pulled a few times, and when he raised his eyes, he found that it was not an engineer standing in front of him, but a young man who seemed to have seen him somewhere.

"Stupid, I haven't seen the emperor yet" Tang Xiao was really speechless and scolded.

Are you the emperor? ”

"Report, Second Lieutenant of the 1st Armored Division, Special Tester Hao Ren salutes His Majesty the Emperor"

"Okay, don't blame those who don't know." After Li Mo also returned a military salute, he pointed to the tank behind him and asked, "In addition to the spring and iron shaft, is there any shortcoming?" ”

"Report, these two problems are big, they have been broken a few times, and the cannon seems to be a little left off, and the speed is not good, much slower than the Night Cat armored car, and the place here is too small, and the four people who squeezed out couldn't drive around and sweated profusely, that." This junior armored soldier named Hao Ren should be a big mouth, and he was extremely excited to see the emperor, so he chirped and told all the flaws and problems he encountered, which made the faces of several designers behind him collapse.

Fortunately, after listening to all the questions, Li Mo not only did not scold his mother, but praised everyone, after all, this is not the few primary ones that can only be regarded as iron boxes during the war against Russia, this is a real tank.

Li Mo is a member of the multi-turret party, a complete battleship fan, like all BB parties, because he hates the hen party very much, and often secretly studies how to play games such as cannon attack aircraft carriers, so he can finally figure out the development and types of aircraft carriers and aircraft.

But in terms of small arms and armor, to be honest, he can only be regarded as a little white who posts a few "ohs" behind other people's butts in the forum, and he often hates himself for not studying small arms and armored vehicles at that time. As a result, the current equipment level of the Chinese army is only a little ahead of the international level, and it is far inferior to the technology of aircraft and battleships to get rid of the great powers.

But after all, he was born mechanically, at least he can understand some questions, such as the spring in Hao Ren's mouth is the suspension, and the iron shaft is the transmission shaft.

This is a generation of M2 tanks developed by the Armament Department after absorbing the actual combat experience gained from the tanks first put into the Russian war, and it can also be said that it is a tank with a real modern appearance.

The crew is 4 people, length 54, width 28, height 25, weight 12 tons.

The frontal armor was 40 mm thick, both on the sides and behind it reached 15 mm.

However, due to the fact that the horsepower was still too small to install large-caliber artillery, the armament department adopted an improved version of the Navy's L45/37 mm rapid-fire machine gun, with 100 rounds of ammunition and a 9 mm water-cooled light machine gun on the top of the turret, mainly against infantry trying to get closer.

Fortunately, the main purpose of choosing small-caliber rapid-fire guns is to reduce the pressure of research and development, and also to save the logistical and supply problems brought about by engaging in one caliber; fortunately, the main thing to deal with in these years is infantry targets, as long as you get the first generation and lay a good foundation, there will always be a second and third generation in the future.

Looking at this tank, Li Mo vaguely saw the shadow of the former Soviet T26 that he had seen by chance in a military miscellaneous book, the three-speed gearbox came from the truck, the spring suspension, five load-bearing wheels, aluminum 120 horsepower water-cooled V-shaped four-cylinder high-horsepower gasoline engine, high-speed highway 35 km/h, off-road 6 km/h, and the fuel in the car can ensure a driving distance of 300 kilometers on the highway and 100 kilometers off-road.

Judging by the design data, this is exactly what it was equipped with in the early days of World War II, but the reality is rather bad.

People who know a little bit about military affairs know that the important thing about a good armored car is mobility, defense and firepower, and this iron law is almost the same as that of a battleship, so the tank was also called a "land cruiser" back then. ”

And now the big problem is not armor, nor artillery, but the power that Li Mo is proud of.

The V-four engine was equipped for the first time, and from the performance of the Deesel efforts were very successful, showing the technical ability of the Germans in this area, but the situation of the chassis was really bad.

After a few days of testing, several light propeller shafts were broken, and the suspension problems kept the tank lying on its stomach, if it weren't for the excellent performance of this weapon in the last war, perhaps everyone would not have had the confidence to develop it for a long time.

Squatting on the ground, Li Mo and several designers inspected the damage, and from his point of view, this is still a design defect, such as the load-bearing layout is not reasonable enough, the accuracy of the transmission shaft and other non-material problems.

As long as it is not a problem with materials, then everything is easy to solve, as long as there is more testing and improvement, it will be perfected sooner or later, after all, it took more than ten years from the appearance of tanks to the gradual improvement and large-scale equipment in history, and it is normal to develop them for a few years and find problems.

Mechanical technology is not in a hurry, slow work is not a joke, as long as the ground is perfected, then the subsequent improvement will be much more convenient, and at that time what self-propelled guns, infantry fighting vehicles, etc. can be developed.

Time passed minute by minute, and no one disturbed the emperor's interest, but on the wasteland at the end of May, the hot sun shone straight down, and it made people sweat profusely in less than a moment, but Li Mo seemed to have returned to the years when he ate bread and drank boiling water with his partners to overcome technical difficulties, and his mechanical attainments also benefited several designers next to him, especially his suggestions such as installing a periscope scope, reducing the thickness of the gun mount, and changing the front of the turret to an inclined plane, which convinced everyone.

As the technicians replaced the parts, Li Mo, who was in high spirits, immediately pulled Hao Ren and said that he wanted to try the car himself, but when he got into the car, he understood why several armored soldiers were relatively short.

The rumbling engine made the narrow cockpit suddenly stuffy, especially after the tank was driven, the huge bumps made his whole person seem to fall apart, when the twenty-minute test was over, he climbed out of the carriage, knowing that the armored soldier was indeed not something that ordinary people could do, and before he could praise Hao Ren, he suddenly felt dizzy, and then fell to the ground.

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