Yang Fan and his wife finished breakfast. The little girl asked coquettishly what the arrangements were for today.
The master has been at home with them every day these days, and they are so happy.
"Today, we will play with the train." Yang Fan said with a smile.
Yesterday, Yang Fan accompanied the ladies to build blocks and play puzzles. Yang Fan also found cross-stitch and other toys. We had a fun day playing.
Yang Fan sent over a set of steam train toys. They are rechargeable. There are locomotives and several carriages, about ten centimeters wide and high. The rails are in small sections and can be spliced freely.
The ladies all cheered. They had seen this set of toys for a long time, but they hadn't opened it yet. They were already itching for it.
Yang Fan took them to Ningxiang Xiaozhu and asked the maids to move the furniture away to expose the large floor in the middle.
Yang Fan took out the train locomotive and train carriages. Then he took out the rails section by section. Surprisingly, he found that there were also bridge components.
According to the instructions and diagrams, Yang Fan and his wives began to install the train tracks.
After a while, the track was installed, which was in the shape of a horizontal figure of 8. Because there were bridge components, a three-dimensional horizontal figure of 8 circular track was made.
Each of these small sections of track is only a dozen centimeters long, some are straight and some are curved. They need to be found and then connected. It is like a puzzle. If you make a mistake, you have to dismantle it and start over.
The wives chattered and discussed, and after working for a long time, they finally installed everything.
"It's finally installed and the bridge is erected," Xiao Niangpi said with her hands on her hips with a sense of accomplishment.
"The train is starting, toot toot!" Mei Xiang also shouted.
"It was a bit complicated at first, but we learned quickly, no worse than Chen Xi, a railway expert." Lin Yueru said happily.
Chen Xi has a lot of things to do. He has to go to work during the day and only comes back from get off work in the evening.
She had dinner at home and spent the night.
She was the happiest person when Yang Fan came back this time. She didn't live in the mansion originally, but now she runs back every day. For this reason, Xiao Niangpi even assigned her a room in the mansion.
Although she has no status, Xiao Niangpi does not owe her the treatment she deserves. She gets the same monthly salary as Lin Yueru and Mei Xiang. She also gets a share of various material rations.
She kept some of her things in that house and used it as a warehouse. In fact, she had never lived in it for a day. When the master came back, who wanted to sleep by herself? Of course she ran to Yang Fan's place.
"Hey, this little train seems to have several kinds of carriages." Lin Yueru said while taking the little train out of the box.
Yang Fan came over to take a look and said, "Oh, these are passenger car carriages, freight car carriages, and mine car carriages. The last one is an armored train."
They all know the first three types, and they are all on the railways now. But what the hell is an armored train? This is the first time they have heard of it.
"Master, what is an armored train?" Xiao Niangpi couldn't help but ask.
"Well, this thing is a special train for combat." Yang Fan explained. "This kind of car is armored and can withstand the shooting of bows, arrows, and muskets. It can even block artillery. There are also weapons on the car that can be used for shooting.
, like a fortress that can travel on orbit."
Yang Fan said and took out the model of the armored train.
Put it on the rail, find the switch, and adjust it to speed one.
The small train's lights immediately flashed and it made a chirping sound, simulating the whistle of a steam locomotive. Then, a crankshaft drove a row of huge red wheels and started moving.
"Look, this armored train has the locomotive in the middle. There are armored combat carriages in front and behind. Weapons such as Gatling guns can be mounted on them. It can also be equipped with light artillery."
Mei Xiang tilted her head and looked at the small armored train running on the track, blowing the whistle, and asked curiously: "There is no war around our railway, so this thing is not needed, right?"
Yang Fan said: "It can be used to patrol the railways at ordinary times, especially at night. The visibility of the road protection team is limited, and patrols have time intervals. The armored trains are fast, have searchlights, and have a large observation range. If thieves come to steal the rails at night, use them
Machine gun fire at them."
Lin Yueru looked at it carefully for a while and said: "Master, I think this thing is quite useful. There is such a thing on the railway to protect transportation. Even if armored trains are attached before and after the troop transport train, it can also ensure transportation safety."
As soon as Lin Yueru said this, Yang Fan started to think seriously.
Although my first railway is a narrow-gauge railway, it can still use armored trains. There is no place to buy this thing. But you can modify it yourself. Just rivet the steel plates, there is no difficulty.
As for Gatling guns and cannons, everything that can be installed is installed. With searchlights and other equipment, it is a real killer weapon. The existing artillery is too heavy and not suitable for installation. But the light Franco cannon can still be installed.
Yes, shotguns can also be used to kill enemies at close range.
If that doesn't work, you can use gunpowder-propelled grenades. Just throw them away after you hit them. Just keep some in the car.
Xiao Niangpi also became interested and said: "Master, your tank truck for transporting troops is quite good. The carriages are made of steel plates. If you install weapons, it can be used as an armored train."
This is true, the steel plate of the stuffy tank truck is quite thick.
Except for the red cannon, the artillery of this era really doesn't pose much of a threat. After all, this vehicle was teleported here. It was not made here.
The red cannon is heavy and extremely difficult to transport, making it impossible to transport it by train.
Lin Yueru said: "Sir, I think the ruler-gauge railway from Xizhimen to Changxindian (a minimum narrow-gauge railway of fifteen inches, 381mm) is actually good. It can be developed in parallel. We should pay attention to it."
"Although this small train on the railway can only seat two people side by side, it can still carry cargo."
It is no problem for a small-foot-gauge train to transport 20 to 30 tons of cargo, or hundreds of people. And it does not need to lay ballast. After the road is hardened and compacted, sleepers can be directly placed to lay tracks. It is especially suitable for transportation between counties.
transportation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This super mini railway was built by the British. It is still in operation until modern times. But it is mainly for tourism.
This mini railway in southeast England played a great role during World War II.
Lin Yueru's words are very enlightening. Scale-gauge railways are extremely cheap and can be laid out very quickly. We can really vigorously develop them in our territory.
Or it could be used as a branch railway between the county seat and the prefectural city of Ming Dynasty. After all, the 762 track requires a large investment and a long construction period. This kind of ruler-gauge railway can be laid one mile a day.
Xiao Niangpi also agreed: "Master, if we build the 762 railway ourselves and promote the ruler-gauge railway to the private sector, there will be great demand among the private sector. Although this thing is small, the transportation is much better than a horse-drawn carriage, and the speed is
It's fast, there must be someone in charge. It's a pity that this small railway does not have armored trains."
This kind of small track can transport agricultural products, transport ore, and transport passengers. It can be built in large quantities.
For this kind of small train, a highly compact and integrated 150-horsepower power pack like that of a steam truck is enough. If not, use two power packs.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "Who says there is no such thing? There are armored trains on the scale-gauge railway."
Yang Fan remembered that he had checked information before and found that there was a super mini armored train with a crew of seven on this ruler-gauge railway in southeast England.
Since the southeastern part of the UK faces the Normandy Peninsula across the English Channel and is relatively close to France, it may become the primary direction for the German army to launch an attack on the British mainland.
Therefore, this ruler-gauge railway is very important. The British built an armored train specifically for it. It was one of the 13 British homeland defense armored trains at that time.
The fifteen-inch narrow track means that it cannot bear too much weight. This mini train is not only small in size but also in length.
The front part of this armored train has a "Hercules" locomotive equipped with protective steel plates, and a modified armored car is connected to the head and tail of the locomotive.
Before modification, they were originally light transport vehicles. The carriages were protected by armored steel plates on all sides. The tops of the carriages were open, allowing soldiers to expose half of their bodies and operate weapons.
In this small train, each armored car is equipped with a Boyce anti-tank gun, and there are also 2 Lewis machine guns or Vickers machine guns. One is used for anti-aircraft shooting, and the other is used for ground shooting.
A certain amount of ammunition is carried with the vehicle, and a small train will follow with spare ammunition.
From this point of view, the armored train can be put on the agenda. When the Jiannu come, we can use the armored train to beat them.
