Chapter 642 There is no sea of ??people, then there is a sea of ??tanks
tank!
Standing up, Emperor Zhu Da stared at the Dragon tank on the training ground. It looked like a small elf, roaring along the wasteland, and he immediately said excitedly.
"Jumping over mountains and over streams is like walking on flat ground, which is called a tank. It is said that it is invincible and can be conquered. This thing is my weapon that will conquer other countries in the future in the Ming Dynasty - the tank!"
While Emperor Zhu was excited, the small tanks regarded the trench fortifications as if they were nothing, and quickly approached the target location - near a seemingly very tight fortification. Of course, this fortification was marked as a field machine gun fortification.
, the machine gun had no effect on it at all. At this moment, a small window opened on the side of the tank, and while one hand stretched out, a heavy grenade, the so-called "Thor's Hammer", was thrown out, accompanied by a sound
There was a loud noise, and in the violent explosion, the fortification collapsed.
The tank took action again and continued to move forward. Just when it was about to break through the enemy's trench again, the tank suddenly spun on the spot. Emperor Zhu Da quickly took out his telescope and took a look.
"Your Majesty, this, this... the chain is off again,"
Zhu Sihai said rather helplessly.
"Although tank tracks are more off-road than wheels, the tracks wear out a lot when driving, and it is common for the tracks to fall off on the battlefield."
"Why……"
Emperor Zhu Da sighed.
"Industry is a systematic project!"
It is indeed a systematic project. Perhaps Emperor Zhu Da personally drew its appearance and basic structure, as well as the structure of the crawler tracks. However, limited by the metallurgical level of this era, the quality of the crawler tracks was still too average.
Ordinary steel cannot meet the needs of the track, so the rapid wear of the moving parts of the track will cause the chain to fall off.
"I will inform Dahua Steel later and ask them to start researching more wear-resistant alloy steel. After the alloy steel comes out, its armor can be further strengthened with alloy steel!"
Alloy steel has a wide range of uses. Not to mention tanks, even warships also need alloy steel. However, Ming Dynasty does not seem to have such demand now. Firstly, it is because ordinary carbon steel can meet the needs. Secondly, alloy steel is really
It's very expensive! Take the "wind steel" used by Ming Dynasty to make knives, which is high-speed steel. Although it has excellent performance, the price is more than ten times that of ordinary steel.
However, technological progress is progress!
More advanced steel will inevitably produce more advanced weapons, such as Harvey nickel steel, such as carburizing steel. What is the process of carburizing steel?
Emperor Zhu Da felt as if he was a little forgetful.
It seems like... OK, let’s review it carefully later!
To be honest, even though such a small tank was still too far away from the scene of the torrent of steel in Emperor Zhu Da's mind.
But in this era, this is definitely a proper king of war.
Anyone can imagine how desperate the infantry will be when faced with such a swarm of tanks when hundreds or thousands of tanks appear on the battlefield.
Even as elite as the Prussian army, they retreated like chopping melons and vegetables.
After all, in this era without anti-tank weapons, the emergence of the tank was enough to make it an invincible presence on the battlefield in this era.
"Your Majesty, with the Dragon tank, from now on, no one will be our opponent on land. No matter what kind of army they are, they are no match for tanks."
Liang Shan said a little excitedly.
Although this is not the first time he has watched the "Dragon Tank" training, he always gets a little excited every time he thinks of the scenes of him rampaging on the battlefield.
"The premise is that the chain is not dropped!"
Then Emperor Zhu Da asked about its production volume. When he learned that if production was approved, 150 vehicles could be produced per year, Emperor Zhu Da said directly.
"Place an order according to the annual production requirement of 200 vehicles and strive to build an armored division every year. As for the track issue, it is not a problem. We will wait until the new track is produced and then replace it. It is a consumable itself. Such consumables are better than eighteen years of consumables.
Be cheap!”
Why Emperor Zhu wanted to own his steel torrent was not just to break through the enemy's defenses. The most important thing was that he did not have so many people to use as consumables for the rise of the empire. The rise of any empire would definitely kill a large number of people. For the emperor
For generals and ministers, what are the dead soldiers? They are numbers, nothing more. No matter what titles they are given, they are just the price of the rise of the empire. They are numbers on the death list, a call-up order, and a death notice.
Book.
But what about their families?
It takes eighteen years to raise a life. To any family, the fallen soldiers are their everything and their lives.
As the commander-in-chief, Marshal Zhu may be an emperor and a ruler. But he will never let his soldiers become the price of the rise of the empire.
Price...two words that float lightly, but what's behind it? It's the lifelong pain of countless families!
As the commander-in-chief, what can he do?
It means putting firepower first, using cannons instead of soldiers, and using artillery shells like raindrops to break the enemy's will and reduce our own casualties.
That is, technology comes first, using tanks, airships, and technical crushing to defeat the enemy. On the land battlefield, tanks as mobile fortresses can minimize casualties. According to Sandoku and Soviet Russia on the Eastern Front, tanks
With experience, the artillery is used to destroy, and then the tanks are used to attack the fortress. In the end, the infantry only needs to clean up the battlefield.
Of course, another reason is that the Ming Dynasty really cannot afford to die. It does not mean that it has to pay a large pension to the busy soldiers, but because of the special situation of the Ming Dynasty, there is simply not that much population to consume in the Ming Dynasty.
On the battlefield.
After all, the population of the daimyo is limited and the capital is insufficient. If you can't use the human sea tactic, then use the tank sea tactic.
With a tank, especially as the sole owner, Emperor Zhu Da believed that this advantage would be more obvious. When the world war broke out, it was destined to shock the whole world.
"Well, there is also the issue of infantry training. The infantry division needs to make tactical adjustments and find out a set of infantry-tank tactics. After all, only tanks cannot do it. Tanks must cooperate with infantry to exert their combat effectiveness!"
Later, Emperor Zhu seemed to transform into an expert in tank warfare, and even used the stones at his feet to play with some simple tactical formations and the like. In fact, they were what he read in some military magazines when he was young.
They are just basic tactics, but I have to say that in this era where everything is still being explored, these basic tactics are still ahead of the times. At least they allow the Ming Dynasty's armored forces to avoid some detours. After all, this is what countless people have summed up with their lives.
experience of.
All in all, when the traditional European powers such as Britain and France were in economic crisis, Ming Dynasty had kicked open the door to modern industrial civilization and gained the pinnacle of power in the mechanical age.
At this moment, Emperor Zhu Da felt proud. While he was proud, he couldn't help but look forward to another big killer - the airplane.
I don’t know to what extent the Ming Dynasty’s aircraft research has reached now.
With airplanes and tanks, naturally there will be... blitzkrieg, and deep-depth tactics...
That scene makes people a little excited just thinking about it!