Chapter 1081 Arms Race (5)(1/2)
King Sule of Shwe inspected the military garrison on the outskirts of the capital Shenglong.
Switzerland's three major mechanized armies are preparing to demonstrate new weapons through exercises.
When Rui Wang Sulei was waiting for the exercise to begin, he said to the officials accompanying him: "The several local conflicts that broke out before have proved that mechanization is the future.
On the battlefield, mobility determines the outcome of the battle.
Before industrialization, two legs could not outrun four legs.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, he also relied on powerful cavalry.
The Song Dynasty fought many wars with the Liao Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty did not fail in most of the wars.
But it gives the impression that the Song Army's combat power is simply not good enough.
In local wars, it is impossible to accumulate small victories and turn them into big victories. Once there is a flaw, it will be reversed by the Liao Kingdom.
This is why the Song Dynasty lost the sixteen states of Yanyun and the horse breeding land.
The Song Dynasty had no cavalry, and had no strategic initiative against the Liao State, which was dominated by cavalry.
The current situation is even more serious, and the two legs cannot outrun the tracks and wheels.
Unless it is a mountainous battle, tanks and trucks can quickly cross the battle line.
Especially since our country in Switzerland is located in a large plain, there is no danger in the country to defend.
We must rely on mechanized troops to carry out large-scale operations."
King Sulei of Rui knew the terrain of Rui and was not good at fighting defensive battles.
Once the front line is lost in the large plains in the country, the enemy can march straight in and capture the entire country of Switzerland in a short time.
Switzerland's geographical environment determines that Switzerland must develop an offensive army.
After King Sule of Switzerland learned about tanks, he had already made up his mind that the Swiss army must build a mechanized army with tanks as the main artillery and supplemented by artillery.
Now is it time to test the achievements of the Swedish army in recent years?
King Sule of Rui was fortunate that the war that swept Europe did not break out in the past few years.
He ordered the Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin beside him: "Let the exercise begin!"
When Lu Qianjin, Chief of Staff of Switzerland, heard the instructions from King Su Lei of Switzerland, he saluted with a military salute and then picked up the phone next to him.
The phone beeped a few times and then the line was connected.
"I am Lu Qianjin, the commander-in-chief of the exercise, and I order the exercise to officially begin."
The order to start the exercise was issued, and officers at all levels of the Swedish army began to issue military orders in accordance with the procedures of the exercise.
Rui Guo Sulei saw the billowing smoke and dust sweeping in, and then the smoke slowly dispersed.
Hundreds of chariots lined up in neat formation, rumbling past in front of them.
The scene of a group of chariots charging forward is very shocking to the eyes.
This is the main battle tank of Switzerland. It is larger in size, has a thicker muzzle, and weighs a full sixty tons. It is truly the heaviest tank in the world.
King Rui Su Lei said excitedly: "Okay, great, this is the army I have been looking forward to."
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin and other military generals heard what King Rui Su Lei blurted out.
They all held up their chests and looked at the others proudly.
The process of building a mechanized army was somewhat difficult, but fortunately they succeeded.
King Rui Sulei saw that the chariots were moving in unison and turning in the same direction. None of the hundreds of chariots broke away from the team.
The common phenomenon of tank breakdowns did not occur in this exercise.
King Rui Su Lei said happily: "Okay, very good.
Now that we have circled the training ground, there are no signs of the tank breaking down.
Our country in Switzerland has such advanced tanks and such elite tank soldiers, victory will definitely belong to us."
When Rui Wang Sulei said something wrong, he made a fist with his right hand and raised it high above his head.
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin and other military generals immediately imitated King Sulei's actions and shouted slogans of victory.
Nguyen Xiu Xuan, the cabinet minister in charge of industry, finally waited for his chance to perform.
He immediately reported: "Your Majesty, our mechanical processing capabilities in Switzerland have been improving.
The heart of the tank is the diesel engine.
Diesel engines are internal combustion engines. The joint efforts of engineers from the empire and various countries have made their models very mature.
Whether the performance of diesel engines can widen the gap depends entirely on the machining capabilities.
We have progressed from an eight-hour overhaul to a two-hundred-hour overhaul of the diesel engine on the tank.
The reliability of the diesel engine has reduced the probability of a tank breaking down on the battlefield to less than one percent."
King Sule of Switzerland praised even more happily: "Our country of Switzerland has become a powerful industrial country.
In today's world, only powerful industrial countries can gain a foothold."
Cabinet Minister Nguyen Xiu Xuan nodded and said: "The king is right, we are not an industrial country and we don't understand the power of industrial countries at all.
The most powerful thing about an industrial country is not its ability to produce war monsters like tanks.
Instead, they can continuously produce these war monsters.
Now the entire army only has a few hundred tanks, but our factories can only keep working.
A dozen tanks can be produced every day to meet the losses on the front line.
As long as the enemy's industrial strength is not as strong as ours, even if it is attrition, the opponent can be exhausted."
King Sulei couldn't help laughing when he heard what Cabinet Minister Won Soo-soon said.
He is a prince who has enjoyed the imperial prince training model.
Sule can be said to be the one who paid the most attention to industry among many European monarchs.
Other monarchs just followed the empire's footsteps and took a fancy to the huge benefits brought by some industries such as steel and textiles.
The importance these monarchs attached to industry was limited to this extent.
King Rui Sulei was different. His emphasis on industry came from his heart.
Rui's neighbor Chu State attaches great importance to merchants, which is a common problem in European countries.
King Rui Sulei was different, he paid more attention to engineers.
Rui's strength does not allow it to study basic science, but it is also an extremely important ability to improve existing science and technology.
He was interrupted by a loud boom.
King Rui Su Lei concentrated his attention and looked towards the direction of the training ground.
The current exercise item is the accuracy of shooting while the tank is moving.
As the assault force of the army, the tank's main function is to tear apart the enemy's defense line.
The opponent of the chariot is usually the enemy's chariot.
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In the battle between tanks, they will not stop in place and use them as targets. Instead, they will attack the enemy tanks during the charge.
The ability to move and shoot is one of the most important abilities to test a tank.
After Rui Wang Sulei watched the tank fire, the target vehicles towed by trailers in front were hit by bullets and caught fire.
He observed that if a tank fires two shots on average, it will definitely hit one shot. This is already extremely accurate.
When Chief of Staff Lu Qianjin saw the tank's outstanding performance, he also took the lead in applauding.
This exercise showed the best aspects of the tanks and proved the strength of the army. This gave him enough confidence to fight for military expenditures in the future.
King Rui Su Lei asked curiously: "The hit rate of the tank's artillery is very high, which is worthy of praise.
But I remember that the artillery used on tanks were all smoothbore cannons.
The accuracy of smoothbore cannons is definitely much lower than that of rifled cannons, and it is not easy for you to achieve this level."
Cabinet Minister Nguyen Xiu Xuan heard the praise from King Thuy, saying that he was the minister closest to King Thuy and understood industry.
He did his part and acted as the commentator.
"Your Majesty, look at the middle part of the smoothbore cannon of the chariot. It has a bulge.
Above this bump, there are two small holes.
It is these two small holes that stabilize the airflow in the barrel and improve the accuracy of the tank.
Our engineers also improved the stability of the tank's suspension.
This allows the chariot to have sufficient stability even in severe bumps.
It is these detailed changes that will improve the accuracy of the tank by an order of magnitude."
To be continued...