Chapter 463 The Tough Armored Age

@@@@@@@@@2 The diffuse steam spewed out from both sides of the locomotive, covering the surrounding scenery in the blink of an eye, leaving only a small green triangular flag churning in the fog.

As the flag rolled, the huge iron wheel began to roll slowly, and the sound of the jam beat like a heartbeat, bringing the rhythm of the times to this ancient imperial city.

At this moment, the people of Yanjing will no longer be curious about this kind of big guy who sprays black smoke. In fact, with the increasing mileage of the railway, in addition to the increasingly rich life, people's thoughts and concepts are also quietly changing.

Sitting in the carriage, Li Mo suddenly felt extremely tired. From the moment the Navy's ten-year plan was approved by the parliament, he felt as if he had become a continuous courier. As soon as he attended the Yanjing-level construction ceremony from Huludao Shipyard, he was again. The White Fleet and Thomas didn't sleep well for a few days, but as soon as they left, they embarked on a journey again.

The upcoming golden defense war of the United States is just an episode for him. Although the secret struggle is equally important, in the final analysis, the war still depends on head-on fighting.

All intrigues and tricks, all tactical strategies must be shot one by one. Victory is based on strength, just like defending Thomas's golden control this time. If you fail, no matter how great and ingenious the plan is, you can only be silent forever. Go.

In fact, after returning to this era, Li Mo also saw clearly that the British and American powers at this time were not as powerful as expected. After the Centennial Industrial Revolution, European resources began to dry up, all of which needed to be imported by colonies. The status of maritime transportation has risen to the strategic level, which is actually a huge dead end.

And the rise of the United States is only 20 years, and the gap is far from that of future generations. Even as long as we firmly grasp the current territory and its own market of nearly 500 million people, it will only be a matter of time before it surpassing the United Kingdom and the United States.

But is it okay to exceed it?

No, this is not his dream!

His dream is to establish a set of Chinese standards, just like the United States in later generations, let the blue coin become the world currency, let the gold system completely end in his own hands, and let the descendants of this nation know that this is a superpower as soon as they are born!

So he can't stop, and he can't let go of every opportunity to grab meat from a powerful country. He just wants to take advantage of the complicated international situation before World War I to constantly add coal to the train that has begun to start.

So he needs to keep Thomas's gold control, force the United States to bow down after the war, let the world obey its own command, and completely establish a perfect big market with blue coins as the settlement unit!

What's more, there are still seven years from now until World War I. If you don't find something to do and don't grab some meat from the mouths of Britain, the United States and other countries, I'm really sorry for my time-travel identity.

He doesn't know much about financial knowledge in later generations, but at least he always knows that buying low and selling high. Once the crisis is caused, it will inevitably lead to a sharp fall in the capital market, including the U.S. stock market, and the market will fall into chaos. At that time, he will pick up the bargain when the price is low. When the American political axe prints money to save the market, then after the crisis is over, it will be a big one. The cost of ammunition.

He doesn't know how much he can make, but Li Xiufeng gritted his teeth and raised a total of $300 million this time, and even took away the liquidity of most of the royal enterprises. He almost mortgaged Li Mo's private treasury, and for the sake of safety, he must use all of them this time. Bank of the State, this can at least ensure the safe withdrawal of funds.

Originally, Li Mo still wanted to involve Liang Dunyan and Li Enfu, but later I thought about it. What they were in charge of was state property. In case of a mistake, they would step down, and the most important would cause chaos.

It will take a few months for Thomas to return to the United States. Morgan and others will definitely wait for him to return. This sapling he planted has now completely grown into a big tree that can affect the United States and even the world economy. If it succeeds this time, the capital market of the top three in the United States will change again!

But you can't wait foolishly during this period. You must seize all the time. For example, the latest L45/356mm naval gun test is about to be finalized. Before the super-dauntless construction, the expansion of the electroslag furnace needs to be accelerated. The processing technology of VH steel itself is basically no problem, but the materials and formulas need to continue to be upgraded. Class, it is also necessary to use chrome-plated technology to improve the guns of the current capital ships. The new generation of destroyers and submarines has also come to the end of the design, and the guard also urgently needs a small warship with special escort and patrol.

In fact, it is not only him. The whole Xinhua is in the busiest. The Prime Minister's Office is busy to continue to strengthen construction and take advantage of the army's self-financing over the years to invest the money saved in the most urgently needed civil field, while the army is busy with training and equipment construction, and actively studying the "overseas decisive battle" he proposed. The thought of.

From the beginning of the ten-year plan, the core senior management of Xinhua vaguely guessed Li Mo's idea. Although no one said it, the preparation has actually begun.

War is a difficult competition at any time and anywhere. Preparing a moment earlier represents an extra chance of winning. At this moment, whether it is the battle between the white and hot England and Germany, or the United States, which has a premonition that it is lagging behind, in fact, there is no real role in the role of entering the war. Only he, the prophet, knows best. In a few years When the clouds over Europe could no longer disperse, countries would suddenly wake up, but at that time, it was too late for either side.

After changing from a train to a jeep, after a few hours of bumping, Li Mo returned to this huge weapon testing site. Under the scorching sun, all kinds of tests sweated like rain. From the sound of machine guns to the roar of naval guns, they converged into the most breathtaking music.

Du Dazhuang is the person who knows Li Mo's hard work best. For many years, except for the last trip to Tomsk, the head of the Royal Guard has been following around like a shadow, so when his eyes fall on this thin back, he can't help but worry about his body.

But soon he didn't care about Li Mo, because a big guy galloped by in front of him!

Li Mo was also attracted by the steel monster in front of him who kept rushing forward, reversing, rotating and crossing obstacles. Although he was not as surprised as Du Dazhuang's guards, he was also secretly happy.

Because of this big guy, he seems to have seen the rolling of the armored torrent era!

"Your Majesty."

Seeing Li Mo, Tang Xiao immediately surrounded a large number of designers and engineering technicians, but no one expected that the tank under test seemed to be scared by the majesty of Emperor Li. After a click, he suddenly stopped, and a large black line appeared on his buttocks. Everyone didn't have time to salute, and several already prepared water dragons killed in an instant.

Tang Xiao's face is even darker. Although there has been a problem with this thing since the beginning of the test, when is it bad? What's wrong when the emperor comes? Isn't it smearing your face?

"Ha ha, it's okay." Li Mo comforted Tang Xiao with a smile. When the four wet testers crawled out of the tank, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "What's the problem?"

"Damn, it's still an old problem, springs and iron shafts." When the captain of the report heard the question, he shouted before he could look back. As soon as he shouted, he felt that the corner of his clothes had been pulled a few times. When he raised his eyes, he found that it was not an engineer in front of him, but a young man who seemed to have seen it somewhere.

"Idiot, I haven't seen the emperor yet!" Tang Xiao was really speechless and scolded.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty! Are you the emperor?!"

"Report, Second Lieutenant of the First Armored Division, special tester Hao Ren pays tribute to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"All right, it's not strange for those who don't know." After a military salute, Li Mo pointed to the tank behind him and asked, "Is there anything else lacking besides the spring and the iron shaft?"

"Report, these two problems are the biggest. They have been broken several times. In addition, the gun seems to be a little left-handed, and the speed is not good. It is much slower than the night cat armored car, and the place in it is too small. If four people can't drive around, they will sweat all over, that." This junior armored soldier named Hao Ren should have a big mouth, and he was particularly excited to see the emperor, so he told all the defects and problems he encountered, and the faces of several designers behind him collapsed.

Fortunately, after listening to all the questions, Li Mo not only didn't scold her, but also praised everyone. After all, this was not the original ones that could only be regarded as iron boxes in the war against Russia. This is a real tank.

Li Mo is a multi-turret party and a complete battleship fan. Like all BB parties, because he hates the hen party very much, he often secretly studies how to play games such as cannons attacking aircraft carriers, so he can finally figure out the development and types of aircraft carriers and aircraft.

But in terms of light weapons and armor, to be honest, it can only be regarded as a few "oh" Xiaobai following other people's buttocks in the forum. He often hates himself. Why didn't he study light weapons and armored vehicles at that time? As a result, the current equipment level of the Xinhua Army is only a little ahead of the international level, which is far less than the technology of aircraft and battleships.

But after all, he is engaged in mechanical birth, at least he can understand some problems, such as Hao Ren's mouth that the spring is a suspension, and the iron shaft is the transmission shaft.

This is a new generation of M2 tank developed by the equipment department after absorbing the actual combat experience of the tank for the first time in the war against Russia. It can also be said that it is a tank with a real modern shape. Among them, he has not even made any suggestions. It is completely made by the equipment department itself.

4 crew members, length 5.4, width 2.8, height 2.5, weight 12 tons.

The thickness of the front armor is 40 mm, and the side and back are also 15 mm.

However, because the horsepower is still too small to install larger caliber artillery, the equipment department adopted an improved version of the Navy's L45/37mm rapid-fire machine gun, with a standby of 100 rounds. The auxiliary weapon is a Type 98 7.62mm water-cooled light machine gun at the top of the turret, mainly to deal with infantry trying to approach.

Only choose small-caliber rapid-fire guns, mainly to reduce the pressure of development, and also to save the logistics and supply problems caused by a caliber. Fortunately, these days, it is mainly dealing with infantry targets. As long as you make the first generation and lay a good foundation, there will always be better second and third generation in the future.

Looking at this tank, Li Mo faintly saw the shadow of the former Soviet T26 accidentally seen in a military chores. The three-speed gearbox comes from a truck, spring suspension, five load-bearing wheels, aluminum 120 horsepower water-cooled V-type four-cylinder high-horsepower gasoline engine, maximum speed highway 35 km/h, off-road 6 km/h, the fuel in the car can ensure a maximum road driving distance of 300 kilometers and 100 kilometers off-road.

Judging from the design data, this is completely equipped in the early days of World War II, but the reality is relatively bad.

People who know a little about the military know that the most important thing for a good armored vehicle is mobility, defense and firepower. This iron law is almost similar to that of a battleship, so the tank was first called a "land cruiser."

And now the biggest problem is not armor or artillery, but Li Mo's most proud engine power.

The V-type four-cylinder engine is equipped for the first time. Judging from the performance, Diser's efforts are very successful, showing the technical ability of the Germans in this regard, but the situation of the chassis is really bad.

Only a few days after the test, the drive shaft alone broke down several times, and the suspension problem made the tank lie down. If this new weapon hadn't performed well in the last war, maybe everyone would not have had the confidence to develop it.

Squatting on the ground, Li Mo and several designers checked the damaged place together. From his point of view, this is still a design defect, such as unreasonable load-bearing layout, transmission shaft accuracy and other non-material problems.

As long as it is not a material problem, everything is easy to solve. As long as more tests and more improvements will be improved sooner or later. After all, it took more than ten years in history from the emergence of tanks to gradual improvement and large-scale equipment. It has only been developed for a few years, and it is normal to find the problem.

Mechanical technology can't be rushed. Slow work is not a joke. As long as the site is improved, the subsequent improvement will be much more convenient. At that time, self-propelled artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, etc. can be developed.

Time passed by minute by minute, and no one bothered the emperor. However, on the wasteland at the end of May, the hot sun shone directly, which made people sweat in less than a moment, but Li Mo seemed to return to the years of gnawing bread and drinking boiling water with his friends to overcome technical difficulties, and his mechanical achievements were also Several designers next to him benefited a lot, especially his suggestions on installing a periscope scope, reducing the thickness of the gun seat, and changing the front of the turret to an inclined plane, which made everyone more impressed.

As the technicians replaced the new parts, the excited Li Mo immediately pulled Hao Ren to try the car himself, but when he got into the car, he understood why several armored soldiers were short.

The rumbling engine made the narrow cockpit suddenly more sultry, especially after the tank drove. The huge bumps made him feel as if he was about to fall off. When the 20-minute test was over, after he climbed out of the carriage, he knew that the armored soldiers were indeed not ordinary people. Before he could praise him. Hao Ren and several people suddenly felt dizzy, and then fell to the ground...

(to be continued)