I saw that the top surface of the flat chassis had a total of two holes.

These two openings are located on the center line of the car body, the front one is relatively small, the overall appearance of rounded corners and squares, the long side is about sixty or seventy centimeters, and the back one is relatively large, the shape is perfectly round, and the diameter is not much less than the width of the car body.

It is clear that in front is the entrance to the cockpit, while in the back is the mounting port for the turret.

"Factory director, to be honest, if you go to join the army, you will definitely not be a tank soldier!"

"Your height is too high, fortunately, our tank is relatively large, you can barely climb in, if it is our old 59, I feel that you can't get into the cab at all."

"As for the position of the commander, gun commander, and loader, I'm afraid your height will be difficult to put in."

After a brief observation, Wang Ye squatted down and began to enter the small hole in front, and at the same time, Commissioner Liang, who had already climbed onto the roof of the car, said with a smile.

Hearing what Committee member Liang said, the crowd around the chassis, as well as a few people who had already climbed to the top, couldn't help laughing almost at the same time, because in fact, just as Committee member Liang said, being a soldier is not just about being tall and mighty, especially when it comes to mechanical equipment with limited internal space such as tanks, airplanes, and submarines, it is impossible to have big soldiers, because they can't be put down at all.

Just like the M1 tank in the United States, because there is no loader, coupled with the use of a "low chassis" structure, even the height inside the turret is very insufficient, resulting in the crew in the car can not be too high, especially the ammunition loader position, which must be carefully selected, preferably the kind of black man with short stature and muscular ability, good physical strength, stamina, tireless drying, very suitable.

"If the factory director goes to be a soldier, it should be best to go to the broadsword team."

"He can't be a cavalryman, he can't find such a big horse, he can't run an ordinary horse like a donkey!"

After a short laugh, the old factory director standing there couldn't help but say in a loud voice, obviously recalling the years when he was a soldier when he was young, after all, Wang Ye is tall and big, and his hand-to-hand combat ability must be very outstanding.

"You are lifting me, although I am tall and tall, I am a weak scholar."

"Oops, it's a bit narrow"

Wang Ye said with a smile as if he was going down the well, and suddenly a middle-aged committee member next to him said with a smile:

"Huh? Director, you can't say that, you're not a weak scholar. ”

"Besides, people in ancient times had to pay attention to the six arts of the gentleman, among which there are two items of archery and royalty, just say Confucius, it is said that he also has a height of more than one meter and nine, and he must be very powerful when he steps on the sword, otherwise how can he travel around the six countries?"

"Convince people with virtue? Hey, I don't think so! ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene burst into laughter in an instant, and Wang Ye finally squeezed into the cab with difficulty.

The entire cab is located in the middle of the hull, which is different from the 59 tank, which is located in the left front, and the reason why the cab of this universal armored chassis of the Red Star complex is located in the center is also for export and sales.

Because the tank is essentially a kind of car, since it is a car, it is inevitable to drive on the road, in the country the car is on the left, that is, the left-hand drive car, the cab on the left side is in line with the driving habits, but in many foreign countries, the car is driven on the right, that is, the right-hand drive car, then if the tank driving position is on the left, it is not conducive to the tank driver to get started quickly.

And in order to solve this problem, the easiest way is to set the driver's seat in the middle, not left or right.

"Okay, I'm sitting in, it's okay."

"It's not spacious, but it's nice to be able to sit in! Not bad! ”

In the cab, Wang Ye sat in the driver's seat, turned his body upside down and felt it, Wang Ye was very satisfied with the seat under the butt and the backrest behind him, the padding inside was very full, and it was very comfortable to sit up, not like the old 59, but the legs were very aggrieved, this was because Wang Ye's height was too high.

The whole driving position is basically semi-lying, the seat is very wrapped, and the semi-lying is very comfortable.

Looking at the entire cab, it basically achieved Wang Ye's requirements, that is, clean, tidy, no protrusion, not messy, and reserved enough equipment installation area, unlike the old tank like 59, which has all kinds of instruments, pipelines, pipelines, operating levers, etc., which are messy like some mechanical punk picture, which is still the case on the T-72.

"Give me the steering wheel."

Wang Ye shouted, and Committee member Liang, who was squatting at the door of the cockpit, handed down a half-spoke steering wheel, which is actually a small steering wheel similar to a racing car, and the reason why the detachable steering wheel is taken is also because the cockpit space is narrow, and after taking off the steering wheel, it is more convenient for the driver to enter or leave.

"Click!"

With a mechanical sound, Wang Ye installed the steering wheel, and at this moment, it can be seen that there is a keyhole on the left side of the steering wheel, in which a mechanical key is inserted, and a red cloth strip is hung on the key.

"Turning the key is energized, and pressing the red button on the right after powering on is ignition."

Director Liang's voice came, Wang Ye nodded, twisted the key, and the corresponding indicator light lit up, and then Wang Ye looked at the red button on the right side of the steering wheel, there are several other buttons around this button, which are engine cold start, engine hot start, cruise control, tank U-turn, etc., next to this area, there is a small pocket operating lever, you can see that there are four grids on it, which are D, N, R, and L four gears.

As for the two pedals under the feet, both are in the position of the right foot, which is exactly the same as the car, the left is the brake, and the right is the accelerator.

"Click!"

Wang Ye pressed the red button.

"Rumble ~~~"

With the sound of the starter in an instant, the tank was started in an instant.

"Oops, that's good! It's on the go, hahaha! ”

Feeling that the tank was starting, Wang Ye said happily, and when he heard Wang Ye say this, another member of the onlookers on the roof of the car said with a smile:

"Director, what you said, although our engine is not a long-term tested, but it can be regarded as a qualified product that has been tested by the market, how can there be such a low-level mistake as not ignition?"

"Besides, it's not cold now, even if it's cold, we still have a heating system, and ignition is definitely not a problem!"

Obviously, it was the member of the power department who spoke, and he felt the "distrust" from the factory director, so he couldn't help but say so, Wang Ye did not doubt what he said, because this W16 engine is essentially an improved and upgraded model of the V8 engine used in the previous civilian heavy truck train, and it has indeed withstood the test.

"Okay, factory director, you can put up the gear!"

"You don't need to apply the brakes, you can just put the gear on."

Then, Commissioner Liang's voice came, Wang Ye nodded, put his hand on the pocket handle, and then gently tossed and felt it, and could feel that there was a certain resistance, but it was not difficult.

"Click!"

With a soft sound, the gear lever was pulled from neutral gear to D gear by Wang Ye, and almost at the same time, the indicator light of D gear lit up, but the tank still stopped firmly in place.

Wang Ye is not surprised by this result, although the operation of the tank needs to be simplified, but the tank is not a car after all, so it is completely different from the car in this regard, the car will start to move slowly after the gear, but this tank will not, it will move slowly when it needs to step on the accelerator, which is basically equal to the automatic parking function of the automatic transmission car in later generations.

In this way, the feet of the tank driver do not need to step on the brakes all the time, which can greatly reduce the work intensity, and also facilitate the tank stop-and-go combat mode, without switching back and forth between D gear and N gear, reducing the driver's operation steps, and improving the combat effectiveness of the tank to a certain extent.

"Get out of the way of the people in front! The people above are all sitting firmly and holding up! ”

"I'm going to start moving!"

With Wang Ye's roar, the crowd of people surrounding the car suddenly dispersed, and the four or five people on the roof of the car all sat down and controlled their bodies, while Commissioner Liang handed down a tank cap and said:

"Factory director, put on a tank cap!"

Wang Ye took the tank cap and put it on his head to prevent possible bumps, and when there was a sound of "get out of the way" outside, he gently stepped on the accelerator.

"Boom, boom!"

In an instant, the tank began to move slowly!

"Click!"

The track crushed on the ground and made a sound, and Wang Ye in the car grasped the steering wheel in front of him, and at the same time paid attention to the periscope in front of him, the periscope was connected to the observation hole on the front through the reflection and refraction of special glass, the angle of view was fixed, and the viewing angle was not very large.

In fact, to a certain extent, even if the driver of the chassis is dark in front of him and can't see anything, it doesn't affect the driving too much, because the chassis will not go to the battlefield alone, and there will definitely be a turret on it in the future.

Taking its complete main battle tank as an example, Wang Ye has currently determined the four-person crew mode, that is, the driver, commander, gun commander, and loader, which is also the current domestic 59 tank mode, rather than the T-72 tank three-person mode, the reason why T72 is three people is because of the use of an automatic loader, and there is one less loader.

And the reason why Wang Ye adopted the four-a-side system is for three reasons.

The first reason is that there is only one cannon suitable for this universal armored chassis, that is, the cannon with a caliber of 130 mm, and because this cannon uses a complete loader, it is impossible to accommodate a fully automatic loader inside the hull, so on the side of the 130 giant cannon vehicle-mounted project team, they are working on a semi-automatic loading system, and they still need a loader.

The second reason is that a four-person crew has a very huge advantage over a three-person crew, that is, in the case of insufficient logistical supply and support, if there is a problem in the tank, the time and possibility of a four-person crew to solve the problem are much faster and higher than that of a three-person crew.

Of course, if the future development of 120 or 125 caliber guns goes well, then you can also load the loader, because the size of this chassis is relatively large, so there is enough margin, you can increase the loader, the advantage of using the loader is that the rate of fire can be slightly faster, it can also save a fighter, if the car is blown up, you can die one less person.

Precisely because of this.

As the main station of the tank crew of four people, the commander and the gun commander, is equipped with a circumferential observation system, that is to say, they can see the tank around 360 degrees, as well as part of the sky picture, in which the gun commander is responsible for finding the target and aiming at the target, the loader is responsible for loading ammunition without looking at anything, the driver is responsible for driving, the commander is responsible for giving directions to the driver, and is also responsible for coordinating the overall situation and deciding how to fight.

"I'm going to turn! The one on the left gets out of the way! ”

Wang Ye sat in the driver's seat, and could only see a small area of vision in front of him through the periscope, so he said so loudly, and the crowd around him scattered one after another, for fear of being run over by the tank.

Then Wang Ye began to play the steering wheel, with the help of the hydraulic power assist system, the steering wheel is very light, which is in line with the description of Commissioner Liang, it is indeed the little girl of the art troupe who can also turn.

"Rumble!"

Then the tank began to turn.

And in order to facilitate the operation of the tank driver, the steering wheel of the tank is not like the steering wheel of the car, which needs to be turned several times to the end, and the steering wheel of the tank is 90 degrees to the end, that is, from horizontal to vertical, and the different angles of rotation through the steering wheel, the speed difference between the left and right tracks is also different, and the turning radius of the tank is also different.

If the tank U-turn function is enabled, the maximum speed of the tank will be limited, and the turning radius will be further reduced until the steering wheel is hit to the end, which is a U-turn on the spot.

At this moment.

If you look down from the air, you can see this tank running around in the square behind the gate of the Red Star Complex, all kinds of serpentine movements, fortunately, in order to carry out relevant tests, and in order to avoid the tank driving in the factory area, crushing the hard-hardened road surface in the factory, so outside the steel tracks, there is also a specially made rubber protective cover, otherwise the cement floor will also be destroyed.

Finally, Wang Ye drove for ten minutes, felt the turns at various angles, turned around on the spot, started to accelerate sharply, and even went to the straight road outside to take a ride, felt the extreme speed of the chassis alone, and finally returned to the position of the crowd again, and slowly stopped.

And the way to stop is also very simple, press the brakes until the tank does not move, gear to the position of n gear, press the black flame-out button next to the red start button, the engine stops working, and finally screw the key to the shutdown state, the tank is considered to be completely stopped.

When getting out of the car, Wang Ye climbed out with a steering wheel.

"How's the factory director?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Commissioner Liang, who had descended into the turret pit because of drag racing, also climbed out, like a student waiting for the teacher to check that he had done his winter vacation homework seriously, and asked with a slightly nervous, expectant, and joyful expression.

"Good! Very good! ”

"At least we've met our expectations for the first phase!"

At that moment, Wang Ye gave a thumbs up and said unabashedly and euphemistically.

Accompanied by Wang Ye's voice, the tension on Commissioner Liang's face was swept away, replaced by a face full of enthusiasm and surprise, and at the same time, there was an excited cheer and resounding applause at the scene!

"We made it!"

"It's too strong!"

"Long live the Red Star Consortium!"

In the cheers of everyone, Wang Ye breathed a long sigh of relief, because the first step of the main battle tank was finally out!