One thing that failed to meet the requirements of this German government ax was the diesel engine known as the heart of the tank.
If you ask any machinery manufacturing expert or staff member what is the most important thing in machinery, they will tell you without hesitation that it is the engine.
An engine, also known as an engine, is a machine that can convert one form of energy into another more useful form of energy, usually chemical energy into mechanical energy. The function of the engine is to burn the fuel supplied to it.
It generates power to promote vehicle or mechanical activities.
In later generations, people often compare the engine to a person's heart. Only with a healthy and powerful heart can a person be energetic. The same is true for tanks. If the tank does not have a powerful engine and the tank cannot drive, no matter how good you are
The design and concept are all in vain.
When Colonel Hans brought a complete set of production drawings of the Siberian Tiger tank back to Germany, the delighted German government handed over the task of producing this tank to the Lupp Company. The Lupp Company lived up to expectations and completed the work quickly.
Most of the trial production work on the tank was carried out, but there was a problem in the manufacture of the engine.
When German experts first saw the design drawings of the twelve-cylinder four-stroke forced water-cooled direct-injection diesel engine, they were shocked. The design of this engine was so sophisticated, and the dense oil supply pipelines and lines made Lupp
The experts all frowned.
At first, they thought that Chahar had used fake design drawings to fool them, because they all believed that it was impossible to create such a sophisticated engine with the current technological capabilities in the world. But when they took the three real Siberian Tigers and
When the tank was dismantled, they were surprised to find that they had indeed done it and done it very well.
Well, since others can do it, we should be able to do it too. When Lupp Company bit the bullet and manufactured the engine, they were frustrated to find that the quality of the engine they made was significantly worse than others.
Cut. Compared with engines made by others, they are much worse in terms of service life and power. The original rated power of 520 horsepower only reached 420 horsepower, but such an engine is installed in this
Behind the thirty-six-ton tank, his speed can only be described as a snail.
This makes these experts very embarrassed. You see, they have told you the design drawings and manufacturing technology in detail and without reservation, but you are not up to par and can't make it. In desperation, you can't make it.
The company had no choice but to truthfully report the situation to the German government. Although Hitler lost his temper after receiving the report, there was nothing he could do. He had no choice but to follow the expert's advice, send a telegram and then purchase it from the Chahar government.
Thirty Siberian Tigers and 100 engines are used for testing reverse thrust and for trials by troops.
In the end, Hitler followed the advice of his staff and invited Chahar's armored force officers to give lectures at the German Army High Military Academy in the name of giving lectures. At the end of the telegram, he also made a small request, asking to send a Chahar mechanic
Experts come to Germany for academic exchanges.
Su Tong was naturally aware of Hitler's little plan, but he refused the request because he knew his own family affairs. The reason why Chahar was able to produce qualified engines was not how excellent the workers and engineers in his factory were, but how good the workers and engineers in his factory were.
It takes advantage of the machine tool.
Chief Su knew that he had a weak foundation and a weak industrial foundation, so he used the high-precision digital machine tools on the moon base as industrial base machines to make several sets of original versions of digital machine tools and handed them over to experts and scholars in the military industrial zone for application and research.
It is precisely with these machine tools that qualified tanks and aircraft engines are produced.
Now the German government wants to send experts to communicate with them. What do you ask Su Tong to use to communicate with others? You can't carry a digital machine tool to Germany and then say that this is how you made the engine.
No matter how mentally retarded Mr. Su is, he would never do such a stupid thing.
Although Su Tong refused the request to send experts, he also made a compromise suggestion, that is, they can sell the engines to you, and you can sell them as much as you want. Although Hitler was a little unhappy, at this point, he had no choice but to
Agreed, who let our own engineers fail?
The Army University in Berlin, Germany, is the highest institution of German military education. It was founded in 1810, and its first dean was the Prussian military strategist Scharnhorst. Clausewitz, the author of The Theory of War, also
He served as the principal of this school for twelve years. It can be said that it is the cradle of senior generals of the German Army.
This morning, the Army University in Berlin, Germany, welcomed several guests from foreign countries. Zhou Zhen and his party from the Chahar Government in China. They were named after their boss, Chief Su, and came to communicate with their colleagues in Germany.
of.
Accompanied by the accompanying German officer, Zhou Zhen and his party walked on the campus of the Berlin Military Academy, watching the solemn-looking students coming and going one by one. Fan Bingbing in the back quietly looked at the students next to him.
Cheng Kai said: "Boss, why are they all like this? It seems like they all owe them eight hundred coins."
Cheng Kai said disdainfully: "You kid, what do you think of someone else's military temperament? It's not like you. You have a playful smile all the time and you can't do anything right."
"You can't blame me for this. It's something you're born with, and there's nothing I can do about it," Fan Bingbing said with a little grievance.
"Alright, please pay attention to me when we get inside. If you disgrace our Thirty-seventh Army, see how I deal with you when we get back." Zhou Zhen, who was walking in front, couldn't help but turn around and scold these two living treasures.
Major Liu Weiming, who was walking in front, turned around and glanced at the two of them with a half-smile. The two of them involuntarily puffed up their chests and strutted. There was no way, this Liu Weiming might not be as good at driving a tank as they were, but if we were to talk about it alone,
The ability to pick fights is no match for the two of them. Who asked him to be from the special reconnaissance force? This is what he does.
Liu Weiming is a squadron leader of a special force newly formed by Su Tong directly under the group army. This time when he came to Germany, he had another mission.
Everyone followed Colonel Hans to a large classroom in the Armored Forces Branch that could accommodate more than a hundred people. It was already full of trainees from the Armored Forces Branch, including some active-duty military officers who came for further training.
After seeing Zhou Zhen and his entourage come in, led by an old man with the rank of major general sitting in the front row, all the students in the classroom stood up and applauded in salute. Zhou Zhen and the four of them also quickly stood at attention and saluted.
After the applause subsided, the old man said with a smile: "Okay, gentlemen. Today we have the honor to invite four very outstanding officers from the Chahar Government in China. Please welcome them with warm applause again."
arrival."
"Wow!" The applause rang out enthusiastically again.
Zhou Zhen and the four others had to return the favor again, but at this time they couldn't help but secretly increase their vigilance and show their courtesy for no reason. The old German man praised them so highly now, and they didn't know what trouble was going to happen soon.
After the applause subsided, the old man smiled and said: "Hello, young men from China. My name is Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, and I am the Director of Armored Forces of the German Empire. Please allow me to welcome you on behalf of my colleagues in Germany.
Your arrival. Now can you please come on stage and tell our students about your country’s military theory on armored forces?”
After hearing this, Zhou Zhen smiled and said in German proficiently: "Of course, respected General Guderian, isn't it that we have traveled thousands of miles to come here just to communicate with each other?"
"Hahaha" Guderian and the students in the classroom all laughed after hearing Zhou Zhen's words, and Zhou Zhen's witty answer won their favor.
Zhou Zhen knew that now was not the time to be polite, so he quickly walked up to the podium, picked up the pointer, and gave his first lecture in a foreign country.
Zhou Zhen, who comes from a scholarly family, has learned fluent German since he was a child with his father who studied in Germany. He graduated from the Chahar Armored Forces Academy and has a good understanding of the military theory of armored forces. Therefore, he came to Germany this time.
Only then did the task of communication fall on his head.
"This is how we understand the theory of armored force assault, and we have gained several experiences in our battles with the Soviets. In the armored force's assault, we used the speed and powerful firepower of tanks to quickly
Attack enemy troops and capture their positions"
As Zhou Zhen explained, the students in the classroom all changed from casual listening to seriousness, and finally turned into attentive expressions. Guderian on the side was also secretly shocked when he heard that Zhou Zhen
The theory he talked about has some similarities with the theory he expounded in the book "Attention to Armored Forces" written this year, but what Zhou Zhen talked about was more complete and detailed than the theory he was conceiving.
It's no wonder that the teaching materials and theories Su Tong gave to the Armored Forces Academy have been continuously improved and sorted out by later generations of experts in practice. By the 21st century, the armored assault theory can be said to have been quite complete.
and mature. Therefore, the students who graduated from the Chahar Armored Forces Academy have a much higher starting point in military theory than the German armored forces who are still in the process of exploration.
In addition, after the great war with Soviet Russia, they have reached the peak of this era both in theory and practical experience. It can be said that the current Chahar armored troops have stood at the pinnacle of this era.
I can proudly say to all my colleagues that my brother is the strongest.