Seeing Major General Bian Chunsong jumping out of the cabin, tidying up the leather jacket on his body and striding over, the senior officers couldn't help laughing and discussed;

"Yo ho...... That's kind of ...... Flying to work? ”

"Of course, General Bian is a well-known financial expert, and the Xingxing Lake Ranch is taken care of by him!"

"You can govern the army when you get on the horse, and you can settle down when you get off the horse, this is a real skill!"

"The main thing is that the plane is really convenient and fast, but this new gadget looks mysterious, and we can't enjoy it."

"Hahaha...... That's right. ”

Major General Bian Chunsong strode over, stopped in front of General Mo Rufeng, and saluted with his legs folded and "snapped"; "Report to Junzuo, Bian Chunsong of the First Red Division arrived on time, please instruct."

"Take a break."

"Yes."

After the salute, Admiral Mo Rufeng looked at everyone and said; "Okay, our armored experts are also in place, and now let's ask Professor Strauss to show us the T-2."

"It's my pleasure, sir, please come with me." Professor Strauss made a gesture of please, and then walked first to the test site, followed by a large group of senior officers.

Inside the test grounds

Three mighty T-2 tanks were quietly parked on the gravel floor in front of the maintenance workshop, exuding an icy luster in the sunlight, like a steel beast ready to attack, making people feel the great power contained in their bodies.

Next to these three T2 tanks, there is also a Cheetah medium tank and a Wolf light tank quietly placed as a comparison, and the three are superior at a glance.

If the latter two are like a cheetah and a wolf, then the T-2 tank is a bull, far surpassing the former in size and weight, and the long 32 times caliber 60 mm plus the howitzer barrel represents ferocious strike firepower, which can abuse the small physique of the first two into slag in minutes.

Although the Cheetah tank bears the name of a medium-sized tank, its own weight is more than 10 tons, and the weight of the T2 tank prototype reaches 27.2 tons, which is two and a half times that of the Cheetah tank.

According to Professor Strauss;

At present, the design of the T2 tank is basically finalized, and after preliminary testing, several 10 design flaws have been collected, which will be improved in the next step.

The turret design of the tank has not changed much, basically following the original T-1 tank design concept, which is also the most shining part of the T-1 tank design scheme, which has been completely preserved and further innovated, and the biggest technical innovation comes from the cast turret.

In the subsequent turret damage test, in the face of the 12.7 mm machine gun, 20 mm rapid-fire gun, 40 mm field gun, and 57 mm mountain gun, the Cheetah heavy tank turret was beaten to pieces, and the internal rivets were scattered, and even fell apart.

Experiments have shown that;

The 33 mm tungsten carbide armor at the front of the Cheetah tank turret is inclined 15 degrees, which can defend against frontal attacks from 12.7 mm machine guns and 20 mm rapid-fire guns, but it is broken by a frontal bombardment from 40 mm field guns, and the armor rivets will shoot out in the explosion, causing secondary casualties to personnel.

Therefore, the Cheetah tank is suitable for combat scenarios lacking heavy weapons, with rapid attack and fire suppression as the main means, and try to avoid falling into the dangerous situation of heavy fire bombardment.

When His Majesty personally inspected the tank base, he pointed out the shortcomings exposed by the riveted turret; Then use a cast turret, there is no rivet naturally no secondary damage, and the casting process is much simpler.

This inspired the designers of the tank project, and Professor Strauss developed a new cast turret shape that was 17% larger than the original T-1 tank design, could easily accommodate a 32x caliber 60 mm howitzer, and added a 6.72 mm coaxial machine gun.

The gunner can not only operate the 60 mm gun to bombard the enemy, but also operate the coaxial machine gun to strafe, which greatly enhances the tank's self-defense ability.

However, in order to produce the cast turret, it has gone through some scientific and technological research, and there are many obstacles to solve, among which there are two biggest problems.

The first one is a super-large cutting machine;

The turret of the T-2 tank is a typical irregular, with a semicircular front part, like a half-broken log, and a 18-degree camber on either side of the turret and a right angle to the rear, to which a drum hook can be attached to balance the weight in front of the turret.

The volume of the entire turret is 2.2 meters × 2.78 meters, such a huge volume requires a large cutting machine tool to process, and the Ocean Empire simply does not have such a large production capacity of cutting machine tools, and there is no one in the whole world.

The three existing prototype turrets were machined in sections using a 1.5-metre cutting machine, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and unsatisfactory in accuracy.

Therefore, the tank R&D project team is entrusting Hongshan Heavy Industry to tackle 2.8-meter-level ultra-large cutting machine tools, and before this equipment comes out, the T-2 tank cannot be mass-produced.

the second is the sand casting process of super-large castings;

The T-2 tank turret weighs 6.16 tons, measures 2.2 meters wide× 2.78 meters long× 1.47 meters high, and the front part of the turret is 67 mm thick.

Nowadays, the overall mold cavity molding is adopted, and the segmented casting method temporarily solves the problem of whether there is or not, and if you want to pour and form at one time, it cannot be achieved with the current process for the time being, so you can only stay in the follow-up and gradually tackle the problem.

After the turret casting is completed, it can only be regarded as a rough billet, and the subsequent processes such as cutting process, boring and milling, grinding, and welding must be followed to finally form the turret components.

Each of these cutting-edge processes has placed high demands on the entire processing industry of the empire, contributing to industrial progress, design innovation, and capacity improvement.

Therefore, the T-2 tank is not a product built behind closed doors, but requires the cooperation of hundreds of enterprises in the empire, from engines, gearboxes, motors, gear bearings, special rubber, special lubricants, special fuels (cold regions), etc., to the weapons industry, steel industry and machine tool processing industry to work together to forge a world-leading armored combat vehicle.

Casting turrets alone is a unique tank design concept in the world.

The R&D team led by Strauss devoted more energy to the design of the tank running mechanism, which was a new scheme that completely overturned the design concept of the T-1 tank, using a subversive 5-pair wheel design and an innovative torsion bar suspension design, which was a great success.

The entire design team of 137 technicians, most of the energy invested in the chassis design research, eliminated hundreds of technical problems, lasted a year, and finally reached the mature application stage.

Such a cutting-edge scientific research project, without the full support of the will of the country, the War Department attaches great importance to it, a large number of scientific research funds are tilted, and many cooperative manufacturers fully support, the T-2 tank will never be able to produce results so quickly and so well.

Speaking of which

Professor Strauss's face glowed with a strange light, and looking at the miracle he had created with his own hands, it was really the happiest moment for a researcher.

After this wonderful introduction, after a pause of a few seconds, the generals immediately burst into warm applause, which was given to the scholars who have made outstanding contributions on the scientific research front, and is the highest praise for their scientific research achievements.

"That's great, Mr. Professor, and each and every one of us here is grateful to be in a great era, to have the privilege of following in the footsteps of a great monarch, and to create a glorious glory that will be remembered in the annals of history." Admiral Mo Rufeng's eyes were bright and frightened at the moment, and after he looked around at the generals and scientific and technological personnel present, he continued in a firm tone;

"Your Majesty taught us; Science and technology are the highest productive forces that drive human progress.

Today's world is in the midst of drastic changes, the second electrification as the representative of the industrial wave sweeping the world, Australia in this historical process can not be absent, not only in the industrial field, but also in the military field to keep up with the trend of the times.

In known history, the eternal truth is; If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

In the frontier field of military science and technology

Tanks, artillery, new types of firearms will be the focus of the War Department, the mortar that appeared in the Russo-Japanese War, lightweight, small and powerful, if combined with our army's wolf light tank, then you can develop a mortar vehicle, as an important means of battalion and regimental fire support, compared with the field artillery is more mobile and flexible.

The grenades and hand-thrown mines that were widely used in the Russo-Japanese War are also being developed by the relevant project teams of the War Department and will be equipped with troops one after another.

There is no real threat to the Imperial Army today, but in the future it is possible to use troops on a large scale in the Far East, North America and Europe, although it is not clear, but any of these battlefields will be a large-scale war of high intensity, no less on a scale than the Russo-Japanese War.

Therefore, we should take precautions and fight a high-intensity and large-scale war in the future, so as to win the international status respected by the world and raise the country's prestige outside foreign lands.

This requires us to be ready at all times and to be at the call of His Majesty.

Only by recruiting and winning can we live up to the ardent expectations of Your Majesty and the people.

The world is not peaceful, and there are many opportunities to make contributions, it depends on whether you can grasp it. ”

As soon as these impassioned words fell, they once again ushered in a thunderous applause, and the generals and scientific research personnel were full of enthusiasm, which was a great pride in longing to make meritorious contributions.

On the field test site

In the eyes of many anticipations, the three T2 tank prototypes started one after another, the low roar of the engine emitted thick black smoke, and after ten minutes of hot driving, the first item that was about to be opened was the lap.

The running lap project covers one-way bridges, uneven roads, muddy roads, trenches, low walls, wading roadblocks and other complex settings, which is a test of a tank's comprehensive field passing ability, especially for the tank chassis put forward extremely high requirements.

"Ready...... Let's go. "An order

The three prototypes of the T-2 tank were like tigers out of the cage, and the huge body shook violently, and then they sped away.