When it comes to Soviet tanks, like the T-34, KV-1, IS-2, IS-3, IS-7...... This large list of familiar models immediately appears in our minds, constituting a formidable torrent of Soviet steel. And the source of this torrent of steel can be traced back to the first mass-produced tank of the Soviets, the MS-1 small frigate. It can be said that the MS-1 small tank is the ancestor of the Soviet tank. Including China, countries that have used and copied Soviet-made tanks have some understanding of it.

Of course, I only studied the materials at the time a little, and I didn't spend much money or effort on research. After all, this is a very backward thing, and it only has a symbolic meaning. The Chinese armored forces started very late, and they did not use or miss this kind of small tank, and directly began to use Soviet tanks from the T-34. However, there is also a lot to know about the MS-1. At present, with Xiao Lin's current strength, it is not impossible to study what T-34 is, but the output of the steel plant is too small, and the supply of raw materials is really not enough.

However, if it was just these, it would not make Xiao Lin fanfare. The key point is that the current Yanhuang Trading Company does not yet have the ability to find and exploit oil. Without oil, then even with enough refining equipment, there would be no gasoline and diesel. If diesel and gasoline engines were to be used, Shoren would have to bring fuel with him from the 21st century. Tanks, no matter how small, have the attributes of oil tigers.

After all, it's armor and artillery and machine guns, it's all weight, and the MS-1 tank is okay, it weighs only a few tons, and even some of the larger trucks are not comparable to it now. It seems that it is okay to use a civilian car engine. However, civilian car engines also consume a lot of fuel, and if there is a big fight, it still makes Xiao Lin feel a little unaffordable. Just now, on June 7, 2018, news came from Huaguo that a qualified car battery had been developed.

Shawlin thought about replacing the MS-1 tank with an electric drive. This needs to be studied carefully, and Yu Wei didn't go back to the company battle this time, just to help Xiao Lin run this matter. Fortunately, because it is a new technology and not very mature, this laboratory, which is said to have developed a new battery technology, has not received follow-up financial support, and the final stage has not yet gone down. As soon as the wealthy owner of Xiao Shi Group came, they were naturally happy and invested 100 million yuan in order to study the battery technology well, and at the same time added a project to apply this battery to a tractor of about nine tons.

The original tank was formed by adding some steel plates and installing a few machine guns. Although this tank was poor in all respects, it also showed a deep connection between the tractor and the original tank. As long as it can be used on tractors, the rest of the modifications and the work of installing them on the MS-1 tank are simple, and they can basically be completed by just the more than 30 engineers who have signed the agreement in his hands.

On the company's side, the power resources are still sufficient. In any case, coal-fired power generation equipment is easy to buy, and coal mines can be bought in sufficient quantities from smuggled whites at any time. The difficulty of mining coal is really too easy compared to oil. Moreover, in this era, not long after the invention of the steam engine, Europe was still researching and improving, not to mention the North American continent. There are many coal mines on the North American continent, but they are too far from Europe.

Even with the 21st century steamship, the cost of transporting coal from North America to Europe is too high. Therefore, many coal mine owners now have no food to eat. But from the time the company started using coal to generate electricity, the coal owners went crazy. First of all, the Charles family helped Xiao Lin to purchase, using real money, and finally let them see some benefits, so that they would not go bankrupt. Later, the financiers behind the company were exposed, and these coal mine owners were happy.

When the Charles family left, they started their own business in this area. In this era, those who can open mines have aristocrats as backers behind them, and many coal mine owners are themselves nobles. These coal mine owners, who are both merchants and nobles, do not care whether they are considered rivals of seniority or not, as long as they can get benefits. Coal mines were exchanged for the company's advanced industrial products, and these coal miners became wealthy merchants in the North American colonies of various European countries for a period of time.

Even, high-ranking officials at the level of generals and governors have to save some face for them. People are animals who like to enjoy, and the demand for the company's products is British, and it has not stopped because of the war between the two sides. Therefore, the company will not lack coal mines. The use of batteries as a source of power for tanks, in any case, is better than the use of gasoline and diesel. However, this does not mean that companies should abandon oil, a substance that was liquid gold from the 20th to the 21st centuries.

This kind of battery, with the company's technology, will have to be produced by itself for at least 100 years, and after the oil extraction is solved, the company still has to use gasoline and diesel engines as power sources. When Xiao Lin took Yu Wei to the Republic of Belan, his engineers had already assembled five MS-1 tanks using steel produced in the steel mill and machine tools converted from the arsenal. All the parameters are ready-made, even the internal layout, and they can be easily understood.

After all, they are all antiques from nearly a hundred years ago, and even if they are directly made public, they will not have any impact on the Soviets. So, the engineers, according to the existing data, assembled five vehicles. It's the power compartment, nothing has been installed yet, and it has been specially modified to leave enough space for the electric engine. Xiao Lin arrived with twenty electric engines that had been tested and proved to be able to be used on tractors of about nine tons, and immediately began installation and commissioning.

The engineers recruited by Xiao Lin are just a little older, their heads are not as flexible, and they don't have as much aura as before. Experience is much stronger than that of young people. The electric engine, strictly speaking, is not a very advanced concept. This concept was put forward a long time ago, but it was only recently that the technical reserves were in place and it was officially studied. These engineers have been exposed to it, and there is no such thing as not knowing.

However, in order to drive the MS-1 tank with these engines, it will take a considerable amount of time to debug. Xiao Lin was also tired, so he and Yu Wei went to the staff dormitory of the factory to rest. It wasn't until noon the next day that the news came that the engine had been installed and the electricity was full. Xiao Lin came to the test site and personally prepared for the driving test. Anyway, this is also a weapon, except for Xiao Lin's own side, and the people from Belan's side can't appear here.

Of these people, the only ones who have experience in driving tanks are Xiao Lin and Yu Xiao. Yu Xiao also wanted to follow in the footsteps of Xiao Lin, the boss in her heart, so she followed her efforts to the armored force. Having operated the Type 59, Type 88, and Type 90, there is no problem with this toy-like little tank. Of course, Xiao Lin was still very nervous. The tanks that I drove before were all public, they were just drivers, and now, the tanks I drove are all my own, and I have to bear it myself if something happens.

Both of them knew how important this tank, which was no different from a toy at the moment, was to their hegemony. With this tank, the strength of the whites and Indians, compared to the only advantage of the company - cavalry, will completely lose its effectiveness. Without the threat of cavalry, the company has more opportunities to increase its strength. Shotin is more technical, as a driver, sitting in the cockpit. It has to be said that the interior of the MS-1, slowly old Maozi style, does not pay attention to the comfort of the driver at all.

Xiao Lin came in fine, and there was still some room for movement and stretching. If those tall old hairy people drive for a day, I'm afraid they will definitely have backache. Take a deep breath and press the phone button. The engine began to rattle, not loud, but Xiao Lin and the others could clearly feel it. The first ignition, not so lucky, the first hit was successful. After a few flutters, the engine still stalled. There was a sigh all around, but Xiao Lin didn't care, took another deep breath, and then re-lit the fire.

It didn't take three days, but the third time finally succeeded. The engine was successfully ignited, and Xiao Lin held the joystick with both hands, and his palms were a little sweaty. Fortunately, the tank performed very well and began to move slowly, and the surrounding onlookers couldn't help cheering. Yu Wei, who is still safe, let them suppress their voices, after all, it is a secret experiment, and it is not good to provoke too many people. Xiao Lin continued to operate, but did not dare to exert great force, and the small tank followed Xiao Lin's operation, slowly advancing, turning, and retreating.

The speed slowly increased, from 10 km/h, to 20 km/h, to 30 km/h, and finally to 35 km/h. The engine performance is very good, but the inside of the tank still feels a little bumpy, this has to be improved, the road environment in the 18th century was even worse, and you can't ignore the physical condition of the driver in the tank at all. If the driver is not in good condition, the combat effectiveness will deteriorate, although it is not as luxurious as Saudi Arabia with air conditioning and refrigerators inside, but at least there is still to be a guarantee.

The tests of the MS-1 tank were finally completed in the evening, and the first tests were completed in all aspects of climbing, speed gain, and stability. And that's not all, a tank wants to enter service, but it has been improved by hundreds of tests. The company's MS-1 knockoff version doesn't need to be as many times, but it is also needed to experiment with a poem.