Twenty kilometers away, in another depth of the desert, a secret military base is being built.
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Yellow sand is everywhere, and the whistling wind is blowing. This is a terrible sandstorm in the desert!
In the reinforced concrete room in the base, Cyric listened to the reports of the engineers present.
It was Alfred who presided over the meeting.
"Future wars will inevitably be dominated by tanks. Therefore, we must carefully consider the design indicators of our tanks." Alfred said.
Experts from various companies were gathered here. They all came here secretly to participate in research and development according to the call of Krupp. Moreover, they signed a contract. Once they came here, they could not go back within five years. .
In this way, confidentiality can be maximized.
As the future tank commander, Guderian also participated in this meeting.
The design index of the tank! Originally, this was not difficult for them. This has nothing to do with each company, and the indicators are completely set by the military.
But now, they have nothing to do with the military. Therefore, this initial indicator must be determined by themselves. In this case, they must be cautious.
Once the general direction is wrong, the past few years will be for nothing.
"Now, our tank technology is still blank." An engineer said: "In order to reduce the difficulty of the project, I suggest that we start with the simplest ten-ton light tank. Now, we already have The news is that the British are developing this type of tank."
Now, not even 1925! All countries are blank about what the tanks of the future will look like. Among them, the British, as the inventor of the tank, have always been concerned by other countries.
And now, the design team headed by John Valentine Carden and Vyvian Loyd in the UK are working on the design of the MK.E prototype.
The body of this car adopts riveted armor, the power source is a vertical four-cylinder gasoline engine made by British Armstrong, and the suspension system adopts a trolley suspension system.
Double track structure, four pairs on each side. Each pair of supporting rails connects two road wheels, and the two pairs of road wheels on the left and right sides are equipped with spring structures. This suspension system is considered to be a very good system that can withstand long-distance driving. It is very good in this era. design.
This type of tank was the Vickers tank that was later finalized. Although it was not used in large quantities in the UK, it was widely used by other countries. The Soviet Union developed the T-26 tank on the basis of this tank. This type of tank is the prototype, and it has its own No. 1 tank.
The total output of the world exceeds 10,000, which has influenced the design of tanks all over the world!
At present, German tank design also starts from imitation. Therefore, it is an opportunity to target the tanks being developed in the UK.
"No, this tank is not what our armored forces need, it is too small." Guderian retorted immediately.
Since coming here, Guderian has been nervous and busy, organizing these thousands of troops, first also use cardboard for training, he is more looking forward to the arrival of the tank.
But Guderian didn't want his tank unit to use this kind of thing!
A ten-ton tank is too small, which means that it cannot have thick armor. A large-caliber anti-tank gun can kill it! At the same time, it cannot carry more powerful artillery!
Except for the scouts to use, this tank is almost useless!
In later generations, the No. 1 tank participated in the Spanish Civil War. Testing the combat effectiveness of this tank was almost the same as Guderian had predicted. It was of little use!
"Guderian, what about your opinion?" Alfred asked.
"I think we should divide tanks into two basic types: main tanks that carry high muzzle velocity guns for anti-armor operations, and support tanks that carry large-caliber guns to shoot high-explosive ordnance. The combination ratio is three companies of main battle tanks and one company of support tanks."
Guderian is very forward-looking, his view is not unreasonable, and later generations, it is precisely under his suggestion, Germany simultaneously carried out the development and equipment of the third tank and the fourth tank.
"These two tanks have a dead weight of about 24 tons, which can adapt to the load limit of our road bridges. The maximum travel speed is 35 km/h. The two tanks cooperate in combat. The former is equipped with high-speed tank guns and is mainly used for combat. Enemy tanks, the latter type is equipped with larger caliber howitzers, used in anti-infantry operations."
Guderian came prepared, of course, these days of thinking ~ www.novelhall.com ~ research, in Guderian's mind, has formed the current conclusion.
"Guderian, your idea is good, but now, we don't have much technology accumulation, I am afraid we can not directly make more than 20 tons of tanks." A Henschel company expert said: "The technical difficulty is too great. , I’m afraid we will have to terminate the project.”
technical difficulty! Now in Germany, it can be said that there is no pre-research, all from scratch. In this case, the best way is to build a primary model first, and then gradually develop.
Guderian’s 20-ton plan is a bit too advanced.
At this moment, Cyric said: "Why use two tanks? Can it be integrated into one?"
World War II can be said to be the world of tanks. All kinds of tanks galloped horizontally and fought on the battlefield, and tank soldiers became the greatest arms.
Cyric, who loves World War II research, also discovered a strange phenomenon. The German No. 3 and No. 4 tanks are almost similar to the British cruise tanks and infantry tanks.
Why not integrated into a tank? Like later generations, there is not much classification at all! It is the main battle tank!
"Because we can't make a suitable artillery." Guderian said: "Anti-tank requires a high muzzle velocity, so the caliber cannot be too large, otherwise the barrel will be too long. Now, we can start from 37 mm. The choice of anti-tank guns, and anti-infantry, you need a large-caliber howitzer. My idea is to use a 75mm short-barrel howitzer. Unless we study monster tanks with multiple turrets, we can only separate them."
There are still 15 years to come before World War II! In the past 15 years, tank technology has been greatly developed, but now, it is just in its infancy!
