Chapter 199 The MS-1 tank is officially enlisted
Today's starting town suddenly became like a great enemy. The entire Guards Regiment, the Night Stalker Special Investigation Battalion, and one hundred and fifty policemen and armed police were all dispatched to put the entire starting town under martial law. From the town's barracks to an unknown area outside the town, all were filled with fighters, and every three hundred meters, there was a machine-gun emplacement. Inside each position, there was at least one light machine gun. And at each intersection, there is a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun paired together.
The entire town, fifteen thousand people, except for the military, were not allowed to approach the road guarded by these soldiers. Moreover, all those who have been in the company for less than a year, as well as some friendly forces, are directly forbidden to go out, and for this reason, their work meetings have been reduced by two hours. Although there is some gossip, they are happy to be able to work two hours less, and their wages and bonuses will not be lost. The reason why he did this was that Xiao Lin wanted to keep it secret and hide a kind of company's future big killer in advance.
And this big killer is the MS-1 light tank, which should have appeared almost two hundred years later. Even if there are rumors, there will be a greater deterrent effect if it remains secretive. After two months of experiments on the march, coupled with the manufacture of batteries in domestic laboratories, a total of thirty MS-1 light tanks were assembled. In order to form the company's unique naming system, the MS-1 light tank was officially named the White Tiger 1 light tank. The battery has been tested, and after charging, it can support the White Tiger 1 light tank for a hundred miles of running, a total of three hours of fighting, and a service life of up to five years.
Now, only the weapon system has not been tested with live fire. After all, Xiao Lin secretly concealed the batch of tanks assembled by Zarqam, and even if the MS-1 was backward, it could be used as an armed off-road vehicle in the extremely backward country of Belan, and its combat effectiveness would be even stronger. The sound of artillery and machine gun fire was loud, and Zarqam, who had been guarding against Shawlin as a weapons dealer, was sure to be able to spot it. At that time, the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two sides broke down. Xiao Lin also wanted to put on their vests to buy a batch of tanks, helicopters and warships from China, so naturally he couldn't mess around.
So, although there was still a risk, he still had to transport the White Tiger light tank to the North American continent in 1721 for testing. After all, the tank is high-tech, and the workers of the company in 1721 could not play with it, especially with the battery technology of the 21st century. Therefore, it will take a lot of time to form combat effectiveness. However, if it really comes to a very critical moment now, it can be taken out and used.
In order to prevent potential spies from discovering these tanks in advance, Xiao Lin was so excited. As early as half a month ago, Xiao Lin trained 30 drivers with a one-to-one solid wooden model. After all, a tank is a tank, and a light tank is not afraid to hit a tree or a rock. There were no big ravines around, and the men tossed and turned for an hour before finally getting the tank into action. Black smoke began to rise from behind the buttocks, and thirty tanks, lined up in a long line, slowly drove into the starting town.
There are no idlers in the town, and even if they can go out, they have to work at their respective posts. If you want to enjoy a prosperous life, you can only work hard. If you don't have a break and run around, you will have to deduct bonuses and even wages. These people will not give up their interests just to see the excitement, they have only lived a good life for a few years, and the previous hellish life is still vivid, and they are not so bold as to throw money casually. And those who could not go out, hearing the loud sound of the White Tiger 1 tank marching, all came to the window to check.
However, these people live near the main road, so naturally only a little black smoke can be seen. Some people guessed based on the sound that the company was likely to transport more of that kind of armored monster, that is, the 84 bridge vehicles exposed by Xiao Lin. This vehicle has little offensive power, but it is extremely defensive, and can render most traps, trenches, bridges, and road destruction plans against the company's army ineffective. For the British and French hostile whites, it is still quite deterrent.
However, what they didn't expect was that it was an offensive weapon. There were thrills along the way, even a few novice drivers who almost drove their tanks into houses and street signs next to town. Fortunately, it was braked in time. After marching to the barracks, the police closed the line. The night owl and the guards surrounded the entire barracks, and no one was allowed to approach. The snipers of the night owls have occupied all the commanding heights in the vicinity. Today, live-fire tests will begin immediately.
Because he had not trained a qualified gunner and commander, Xiao Lin had to test with Yu Xiao for at least a day. In addition to three meals and necessary breaks, basically stay on top of the tank. At the very least, we have to finish twenty shells. The test range had already been set up, and Xiao Lin and Yu Xiao drove the No. 1 car directly to the shooting range. A video camera is installed in the No. 1 car, and the video of their test will become a teaching video for the tank battalion directly under the company in the future.
"Okay, Commander, the tank is in place and ready to start experimenting. ”
"Okay, my driver, first come into first gear and get into the first firing position. ”
"No problem!"
The White Tiger 1 tank has four gears, the first gear is 10 km/h, the second gear is 20 km/h, and the third gear is naturally 30 km/h. The last gear is reverse, and it's only 15 kilometers per hour. It seems that even at the end of the 20th century, the company was able to build tanks that could reach speeds of 8 kilometers per hour less than in history. However, at this time, Xiao Lin did it deliberately. With only 8 km/h reduction, the failure rate of the White Tiger 1 tank was reduced to 5 percent, which is already extremely low.
Yu Xiao had already driven the tank to the set No. 1 firing position, and Xiao Lin had already begun to adjust the direction of the turret during the drive. While adjusting, explaining, and recording the lesson video. As soon as Yu Xiao braked, the position of the turret had been adjusted, Xiao Lin immediately took down a blasting bullet from the shell rack behind him, and with his physical fitness, he could complete the loading in less than two seconds, just because he needed to record a teaching video, the time was slowed down to 5 seconds, so that the students watching the video could clearly see his every movement.
After the shells were loaded, and there was another three seconds of explanation, Xiao Lin pressed the firing button, the cannon was ejected, and a pile of fifteen human-shaped wooden targets two hundred meters away were all blown up. The eight in the center were mutilated, and the outer ones had been made with many small holes from shell fragments and splashed stones. If you hit someone, the effect will definitely be weakened a lot, after all, the human body is much thicker and more elastic than a wooden plank. It is already very good that a 37mm caliber blasting projectile can hit this effect.
Yu Xiao and Xiao Lin worked together to stop firing in second gear, stop firing in third gear and stop firing in reverse gear. Later, he also went to the two cars as commanders and commanded the drivers to march and cooperate with the shooting. Of course, in order to highlight the strength of the tank and not make the company's fighters feel that it is inferior to an assault mortar, Sholin They also conducted a bullet and shell defense firing test. After experimentation, the White Tiger was able to completely ignore any firearm except the company's Maxim heavy machine gun.
The Makqin heavy machine gun is the company's S-level secret weapon, not to mention whether it can be stolen or not to get the construction process, even if it is given out, it will take nearly a hundred years for Britain and France to imitate it 100%. And even this kind of heavy machine gun has to hit the front to ensure 100% penetration. Three-pounder shells, the frontal and turret armor of the White Tiger I can also be ignored. The sound of the shock had some effect on the people inside the tank, and the six-pounder gun was able to break the armor, but it would get stuck and not be able to shoot into the tank.
Heavy guns with more than six pounder guns, because they are too heavy, the traverse speed is far inferior to that of the White Tiger 1 tank, and if you want to hit it, you must at least aim it together in a ratio of 20 to 1. Moreover, after the baptism of artillery of the company, by the time these tanks came into play, the enemy would definitely not have that number of guns. After a busy day, Xiao Lin and Yu Xiao were so tired that they were about to fall apart, and finally completed all the teaching video recordings.
Also, both of them have their own women. Xiao Lin didn't talk about it, Yu Xiao also realized her dream, and found a white beauty who looked like the famous actress Scarlett of 21 Reagents, and she got it in her pocket. went back and soaked in the gentle countryside again, and the two of them recovered the next day. Xiao Lin and Yu Xiao also pushed off most of the things, and in the next month, the two of them will be responsible for training tankers and maintenance personnel.
Together, it is a total of three hundred, that is, the number of a battalion. This battalion was selected from the Guards Regiment and will serve as the company's first armored battalion. When the number of tanks and armored vehicles increases in the future, the Guards Regiment will be completely converted into armored units, and even expanded to armored brigades, armored divisions, and even armored group armies. If these 300 people can't be trained well, if they can't be trained in place, and if they want to expand their armor forces in the future, it will be very difficult.
The two of them made the teaching materials themselves, and each person exchanged classes and breaks for one class. Each day, each person has four 50-minute lessons with a 10-minute break in between. Relying on the teaching materials and the teaching videos they recorded, the fighters of the armored battalion began to slowly transform into a qualified armored soldier. Half a month later, they officially began to practice. First of all, it is better to practice driving first, and after half a month in a row, the actual design training will be carried out.
Fortunately, the barracks are on the edge of the starting town, and there are no livelihood facilities and houses around, just a few warehouses, and they are not afraid of sparing their lives. It rumbled every day for nearly three months before it decreased. Of course, that's all for later.