Emperor Su He listened to the strategy of Chief of General Staff Qu Tian.
Not long after the Empire's tanks appeared, the General Staff could think of the best way to use them in blitzkrieg.
Chariots are cavalry in the new era, and their strategic usage is basically the same as cavalry.
Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, commanded the cavalry superbly. He was definitely a master of blitzkrieg.
Emperor Su He asked: "Chief of Staff Qu, the key to blitzkrieg is to deal with the enemy before he can react.
This places extremely high demands on the marching and coordination of the army, and puts great pressure on the logistics and supply of the entire army.
With the empire’s current capabilities, can it support the army in carrying out blitzkrieg?”
When Chief of General Staff Qu Tian heard Emperor Su He's question, he immediately assured: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the performance of chariots is definitely better than war horses.
A strategy that can be realized by war horses can certainly be realized by chariots.
If Your Majesty is worried, I suggest that Your Majesty go to the training ground and have a look.
The First Army is training coordinated combat vehicles at a training ground on the outskirts of Beijing.
Once your Majesty has seen the imperial chariots, your Majesty will be as confident as I am in the victory of the First Army."
Emperor Su He said loudly: "Okay, the Chief of Staff is confident, I will go and see if the First Army is a mature mechanized army."
The group of them left the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and headed to the training ground on the outskirts of Beijing.
Prince Su Shu was extremely excited. During this period, the military ushered in tremendous changes.
The transformation of the navy was the entry into service of the Tarzan-class and Emperor-class battleships.
The Army has not made any major moves in the past several years except for replacing firearms with metal bullets.
Until the development of the diesel engine, the silent cavalry was suddenly replaced by chariots.
Prince Su Shu is very curious about the changes in the army. Now he can finally see with his own eyes what kind of weapon a chariot is?
As soon as the car entered the shooting range, Prince Su Shu saw a large number of guards standing guard on the surrounding roads.
The roar of a huge diesel engine and the sound of gunfire came from the training ground.
In the huge training ground, there is too much exhaust gas from the diesel engines, and a large cloud of black smoke rises in the sky here.
Under the leadership of Qu Tian, a group of them walked into the training ground.
Prince Su Shu finally saw the scene in this extraordinary training ground.
Lots of soldiers doing the same thing.
They lined up and kept getting on and off a large four-wheeled vehicle that looked very much like a three-wheeled truck.
This vehicle should be a four-wheel truck specially used by the military.
It is larger and can pull more things.
Prince Su Shu saw a truck pulling three squads of soldiers without any problem.
There are also slightly smaller trucks that can only pull one squad of soldiers, but they obviously have a steel plate on the front and a machine gun on the roof.
This should be a personnel carrier responsible for certain defensive functions on the periphery.
Chief of General Staff Qu Tian introduced: "Your Majesty, this is a transport vehicle specially ordered by the military.
This kind of vehicle can transport people, which is more than enough for three shifts, and it can transport dozens of tons of goods.
Apart from the bad riding experience, this kind of vehicle has all its advantages.
Now the soldiers are practicing how they should react in various situations when they encounter the enemy.
Each vehicle has at least three soldiers who can drive the vehicle, and at least two soldiers who can simply repair the vehicle.
By traveling quickly in vehicles, they can easily march more than a hundred miles a day without any loss of physical strength of the soldiers.
Trucks have extremely strong transportation capabilities and can carry a large amount of materials.
This also ensures that in the early stages of the blitzkrieg, the army's combat effectiveness will not drop too sharply due to lack of combat supplies."
Emperor Su He asked the most critical question: "How stable are these trucks? Are they prone to failure?"
What are its requirements for roads?
There are basically dirt roads in Persia, and I saw that the tires of the trucks were specially raised.
But its weight will definitely not be low. How is it going in the mud?"
When Qu Tian heard Emperor Su He's question, he was not surprised at all.
Emperor Su He had rich experience in leading troops in wars. Many generals in the Dudu Mansion were taught by Emperor Su He.
Qu Tian nodded and said: "Your Majesty hit the nail on the head and pointed out the weakest point of the car.
If you are in the empire, even in the countryside there are cement roads and gravel roads connecting you.
Cars traveling to these areas will definitely be able to access them without any hindrance.
It is extremely useful within the empire, allowing troops to quickly rush to the scene of the incident.
When using it in Persia, you will indeed encounter muddy and difficult roads.
The plan set by our General Staff is to launch an attack when the road is dry.
The Military Intelligence Bureau has local hydrological and meteorological records, and combined with the specific local conditions, chooses the appropriate time to attack.
If it rains heavily during the attack, we will have no choice but to retreat.
The personnel carriers are specially customized by the Logistics Department and are of first-class quality.
The manufacturer also specially asked Professor Jiang Qing to be responsible for the optimization of the diesel engine.
Diesel engine vehicles have been used in the empire for half a year, and all easily exposed problems have been solved.
Professor Jiang Qing assured with great confidence that if the diesel engine runs continuously for half a month, there will definitely be no problems.
Diesel engines are not as good as some steam engines, which can be used for several years without failure.
But in a short period of time, if there is no problem with the diesel engine, there will still be no problem.
In order to prevent machine problems, we require tank soldiers and some automobile soldiers to learn the ability to repair machines.
The manufacturers' engineers will also move with the army to solve problems that ordinary soldiers cannot solve."
After Emperor Su He heard this, he nodded with satisfaction.
The General Staff was very thoughtful. He saw the troop carriers on the training ground, which were very powerful.
The structure of the diesel engine is not complicated. With the industrial strength of the empire, it is almost not difficult to process the diesel engine without problems in a short time.
A middle-aged man trotted over to where Emperor Su He and others were.
He came closer and saluted respectfully: "Lu Chenyang, Commander of the First Army, pays homage to Your Majesty."
"Commander Lu, how is the mechanization transformation of your First Army going?
To be honest, if you are talking big words now, you will not be able to complete the tasks I have assigned."
Lu Chenyang wiped the sweat from his head, and then he stumbled and said: "Your Majesty, the First Army is ready. I think the First Army is a mature mechanized army.
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The first army is fighting against the third army, which is of similar strength. I can guarantee that the third army will be destroyed within three days."
Emperor Su He saw Lu Chenyang's confident look.
He praised: "As expected of the First Army, just have confidence. This war will assign you a difficult task."
Lu Chenyang fought straight and assured loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will lead the First Army to fulfill your Majesty's orders despite hardships."
Emperor Su He nodded, looked at Qu Tian and asked: "Chief of Staff, these transport vehicles are by no means the most critical link in the mechanization of the First Army.
Soldiers moved in transport vehicles, which were previously dragoons who could not fight on horseback.
They were unable to shoot on horseback, so they could only use the speed of their horses to quickly rush to the battlefield, dismount their horses and form a formation to attack the enemy.
The Chief of Staff introduced the First Army before, but it had weapons like tanks.
This should be the core weapon of the First Army."
Qu Tian replied: "Your Majesty, the chariot is indeed the core weapon of the First Army.
Transport vehicles plus soldiers are not units that can replace cavalry.
The unit that replaced cavalry was the chariot.
Nowadays, the technology of chariots is not very mature. I sent the First Army to attack Persia this time because I wanted to find problems with chariots on the battlefield.
Commander Lu Chenyang is more familiar with chariots, so let him introduce it to His Majesty."
Lu Chenyang glanced at Chief of Staff Qu Tian gratefully, and he immediately said confidently: "The whole regiment has a total of fifty-four tanks.
There are fifty-four chariots and more than a thousand soldiers.
I am confident that we will destroy one hundred thousand cavalry, and our casualties will be extremely limited."
Emperor Su He was not surprised at all when he heard what Lu Chenyang said.
Prince Su Shu and other ministers couldn't believe this statement, and some of them exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Chenyang led the way, and they soon arrived at the chariot training ground.
The first thing everyone saw was a dozen steel monsters, emitting black smoke and charging at a speed comparable to a train.
They ran over each other on the road, kicking up clouds of smoke.
After the smoke and dust dispersed, everyone could see that these steel monsters had two tracks. They could cross trenches and run over some small traps.
As the tank moved at high speed, its thick gun barrel burst into flames and hit the target in front.
Then the machine gun on the right side fired, mowing down the dummy on the side.
Prince Su Shu felt familiar with the chariot.
He said in surprise: "Isn't this just a tractor equipped with armor and weapons?"
Grand Governor Qi Gangyi nodded and said: "Yes, but the navy's battleships are just wooden-hulled ships replaced by steel-hulled ships, with a few cannons added."
Chief of Staff Qu Tian explained: "Despite the short development time of the chariot, it cannot be finalized in a few months.
The Army's combat vehicle project is developed simultaneously with the Navy's ironclads.
When the Navy replaced it with large steam engines, it was able to drive heavy ironclad ships.
At that time, the emergence of machine guns in the army caused the status of cavalry to plummet.
There is an urgent need for a new unit that can defend against machine guns and can also replace the role of cavalry.
At that time, I thought of imitating the navy and saw the power of train guns.
At that time, we were ready to research a train gun that could move freely on the road without the aid of railroad tracks.
There were many models of chariots at the beginning, and they did not have tracks at first, but large tires.
However, the tire's ability to overcome obstacles is not good, and it is very easy to be targeted. Some iron nails and gravel can scratch the tire.
Finally, the tracked combat vehicle was developed.
The weapons used in the tanks also went through multiple rounds of screening before selecting smoothbore cannons and machine guns that were not too advanced.
When the chariot reaches this point, everything is ready and all it needs is the east wind.
Large steam engines are so powerful that they can drive thousands of tons of ironclads.
However, it is extremely difficult to miniaturize steam engines, and it is already difficult to use them on trains.
It cannot be used on a chariot at all. If you want to use it on a chariot, you need to expand the chariot several times.
Such a tank is too bulky and inconvenient to turn. Its speed is also extremely slow, making it a living target on the battlefield.
It was precisely due to technical limitations that the tank project was shelved for a time.
However, some of the technologies gained from researching tanks were used in other projects, including tractors.
Agricultural tractors move slowly and there is no problem at all.
Heavy tractors are not a big problem in vast fields.
Steam engines can also drive crawler tractors, which are also popular among farmers.
The emergence of the diesel engine brought the dawn of combat vehicles back to life."
Chief of Staff Qu Tian wants to rectify the name of the tank project. He cannot allow the technology that the military has worked so hard to research to become known as a thief.
Prince Su Shu did not expect that the chariot project would have such twists and turns.
He said with emotion: "Fortunately, the Army persisted and did not cancel the tank project. The Army now has such a powerful tank.
In ancient times, there was a country of thousands of chariots, and the number of chariots measured the strength of a country.
In the future, the number of such steel chariots will also measure the strength of a country.
Even if an elite soldier can withstand the charge of cavalry, he will never be able to stop the charge of a chariot.
The situation of the chariots charging in groups is so terrifying that even the elite army of the empire cannot stop it, let alone the Persians."
Emperor Su He looked at the performance of the chariots and found that these chariots had initially achieved actual combat capabilities.
They're not just things to scare people.
Emperor Su He said with a smile: "Seeing the performance of these tanks, I am more confident in the blitzkrieg.
How do you use these chariots on the battlefield? Are you just charging like heavy cavalry?"
Lu Chenyang immediately explained: "Your Majesty, the most important role of a chariot is to break through the enemy's defense line.
The tank is not invincible. Its armor can protect against bullets, but not artillery shells.
Even if the enemy uses a large number of grenades, it is easy to blow up the tracks.
Under normal circumstances, artillery will attack first.
The armed personnel carrier will follow behind the tank and immediately begin to expand the results of the battle as soon as the tank breaks through the enemy's defense line.
In order for the cannon to keep up with the chariot, we put wheels on the cannon."
Lu Chenyang immediately waved his hand, and saw an armed transport truck with a machine gun on the top, using a hook to tow a 155 mm caliber artillery commonly used by the army.
After everyone saw the artillerymen on the vehicle parked the vehicle, they immediately unloaded the artillery and demonstrated the process of loading and aiming the artillery.
Chief of General Staff Qu Tian introduced: "Your Majesty, put wheels on the artillery, so you don't have to worry about the heavy artillery not being able to keep up with the movements of the army.
These artillery pieces towed by vehicles can quickly deploy artillery positions anywhere to provide sufficient fire support for the army.
This is also the most important component of the mechanized army.
If we encounter an evenly matched opponent, our artillery positions can be quickly transferred and our survivability on the battlefield will be stronger."
Emperor Su He said with satisfaction: "I am very satisfied with the mechanization level of the First Army.
In the early days of the army's establishment, it relied on soldiers carrying it shoulder to shoulder.
After the establishment of the empire, the army had sufficient mules and horses, its marching ability was strengthened, and many classic battles were completed.
Now with the advancement of science and technology, the army has begun to mechanize.
The Royal Army used a battle to prove to the world the capabilities of the mechanized army.
I approve the Metropolitan Governor’s blitzkrieg strategy.”
When Qu Tian heard that Emperor Su He had approved the blitzkrieg, the pressure in his heart suddenly eased.
He can start adjusting his strategy according to the requirements of the lightning station.
Lu Chenyang received the approval of Emperor Su He and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the First Army is the ace iron army of the empire and will definitely live up to the trust of your Majesty and the empire.
If you start a war, use me, and you will win if you use me!"