Chapter 229 Yang Zongli

After a few questions in his mind, Hu Chuyuan selected a more interesting question and asked Luo Guorui, "If it is going to be put into production now, which model do you think is the most stable and most suitable for mass use on the battlefield."

Luo Guorui replied without thinking: "The V-B model, that is, the machine gun armored vehicle in the middle, has a net weight of 9.45 tons. The front and flank protective armor are 5.3 cm thick. It is made of No. 74 special military steel. The outer layer is cold pressed and hardened, which can withstand the impact of the 20mm machine gun. The rest of the parts are mainly made of aluminum alloy and No. 52 steel, which can completely resist 11mm machine gun shooting. Under normal circumstances, V-B armored vehicles can cross a 2.2-meter-long trench, climb the slope can reach 40 degrees, the maximum crossing height is 0.53 meters, the maximum driving speed on the flat ground is 31 kilometers per hour, and the mountain off-road speed will not be less than 10 kilometers per hour. In actual use, you can rely on the supercharged engine to temporarily increase the power.

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and looked very satisfied.

This data standard basically meets his current requirements for infantry fighting vehicles. The V-B model is equipped with a 25mm six-pipe machine gun and a 7.62mm Browning light machine gun on the roof.

Due to the better compression of the body weight, it also has a very good surname when equipped with a Q-3WL-185P gasoline internal combustion engine.

Of course, there is also a problem, that is, the price is much higher than expected, and the cost of a single vehicle cannot be less than 11,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the price of six tractors.

If you make a lot, it may be cheaper.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything, but asked Luo Guorui to arrange it. He would personally take a V-B armored vehicle for experimental examination.

Luo Guorui was also ready to immediately arrange three drivers and drivers and drivers, and drive all three test models into the test site at the same time.

The armored vehicle drove out of the rear tunnel and entered a relatively open mountain basin, which is about two kilometers. The terrain conditions are relatively complex, with flat ground and undulating hills, as well as deliberately set obstacles, trenches and individual pits to test the driving ability of armored vehicles.

The V-B armored vehicle taken by Hu Chuyuan is a special cannon armored vehicle. The whole vehicle is relatively light, and the surname shown is indeed very good. In contrast, the V-A model obviously lacks horsepower due to the heavy body, while the V-C belongs to the self-propelled artillery, which has removed all the armor to enhance the off-road and driving capabilities of the self-propelled artillery, as well as its own load-bearing capacity.

After more than an hour of drill in the closed field, Hu Chuyuan was able to confirm that the V-B and V-C models were qualified. The V-A model, which was really expected by him, was a little troublesome and he still had to continue to lose weight.

Due to the lack of horsepower of the engine, the weight is as high as 12.2 tons. The flat driving speed of the V-A model is less than 12km/h, and the off-road speed and off-road surname are even worse.

Back to the R&D base, he gathered Luo Guorui and other major technical personnel to discuss specific production deployment issues.

9701 project is relatively well prepared in China. Four tractor factories, Laiwu Fuguo, Fuzhou Hyundai, Shanghai Baosong and Jiangnan Mustang, can be produced. With the surrounding supporting factories and production capacity, the V-B model can produce 600 vehicles per year, and the V-A and V-C can also reach about 200.

Because the infrastructure of the four major industrial bases is complete, it is not too late to expand production capacity, but to reduce the production capacity of civilian commodities.

Hu Chuyuan thought about it for a moment and continued to ask Luo Guorui, "Can the 230 horsepower gasoline engine come out at the end of the year?"

Luo Guorui thought for a moment and said, "I just went to the Shanghai gasoline engine manufacturing factory last month. Personally, I think it is more dangerous. There are only four ways to increase the horsepower of the gasoline engine. The first is to increase the stroke and the number of cylinders, and also to change from the current four-cylinder design to six cylinders; the second is to increase the strength and pressure of the cylinder wall, either to increase the thickness of the cylinder wall or improve the cylinder wall material; the third is to further purify the purity of gasoline, especially to reduce the sulfur content to avoid explosion under high pressure. The seismic problem; the fourth is to increase the closed surname of the cylinder, improve the process, and increase the air pressure and thermal energy efficiency, which requires better and more accurate processing machine tools; on the whole, Q-5WL-230P is also a very complex system engineering. Zibo Chemical Factory and Shanghai Chemical Factory are trying to find a way to remove sulfur. Shanghai also proposed a six-cylinder design, with a cylinder wall thickness increased by 0.3 millimeters. The problem is that the improvement of this series depends on the last ring, that is, the cylinder closed surname and processing accuracy. Our key problem now is the machining accuracy of machine tools. Even if it is done in the laboratory, there will still be many problems in the process of mass production.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a time and asked, "What about importing with Germany?"

Luo Guorui said, "Your Excellency, it's not Guangxu for 20 years now. We are not much worse than Germany in high-precision processing. Besides, the maximum horsepower gasoline engine made by the German Bentz Machinery Factory is 150PS. We are ahead of them in design and layout, and the materials are better.

At this point, he paused for a moment and said, "The process accuracy of Fuzhou is the best in China, and the gap with Germany is very small. After all, they are the cradle of China's modern industry. I proposed that Fuzhou diesel engine factory should be responsible for the production in Shanghai. Shanghai doesn't seem to agree. They also want to seize this opportunity to achieve the gasoline engine project to the best level in China... Speaking of which, everyone needs to have a development process. As long as they get through this, Jiang The diesel engine and gasoline engine manufacturing industry of Nanzhong Industry will reach a big step.

Hu Chuyuan hummed and was not in a hurry to make a statement for the time being. He continued to ask, "How about Shandong Weifang Diesel Engine Factory?"

Luo Guorui said, "They can't do it either. The drawings and machine tools are the same, but the quality made in Shandong, Shanghai and Fuzhou must be different. Especially in industrialized large-scale production, it is still a matter of background. Fuzhou started in the military industry. Today, it has developed for more than 30 years, with a profound background and a large number of first-class skilled workers. Shandong Weifang Diesel Engine Factory has only been established for only seven years... There is still a long way to go!"

Hu Chuyuan said, "Well, let Shanghai and Fuzhou do the research and production of Q-5WL-230P together. If necessary, produce it in Fuzhou first... You draw up a telegram for Shanghai, that's what I said. First of all, we should consider the interests of the country. Now I will suffer a loss in the future. They will definitely be compensated."

Luo Guorui said, "That's good."

Hu Chuyuan said again, "Tell them to speed up as much as possible and wait for urgent use. In addition, you first produce two models, V-B and V-C, according to the power of Q-3WL-185P and the current design specifications. The official production numbers are TZB-2 and TZP-3, that is, infantry gun-type steel armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery-propelled steel armored vehicles. Try to build 20 vehicles first and transport them to Xi'an. Practice and train the first batch of drivers and workers in Xi'an.

Luo Guorui said, "It's not a big problem. The 75mm howitzer has a large reserve. As long as the body is ready, the barrel can be shipped to Xi'an as soon as it is loaded."

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and continued, "Considering the long-distance supply, 150-horsepower trucks and 110-horsepower off-road vehicles must be accelerated in Shanghai and Shandong."

Luo Guorui said, "Then we have to stop the tractor production line outside, or let Shanghai speed up the production of trucks, Ma'anshan speed up the production of off-road vehicles, and Fuzhou provides diesel engines and other accessories separately."

Hu Chuyuan estimated in his heart that at this time, the issue of confidentiality is no longer the key, but the key is production capacity.

As long as the production capacity of the four major domestic industrial bases, Guangzhou-Haiphong, Tangjin, Dalian-Anshan, Wuchang, Daye and other places is fully open, and the production capacity of military products is increased, the total production capacity is at least several times that of Japan and Russia.

Of course, there is no need to make too much noise at present. He discussed with Luo Guorui to speed up the production of trucks and off-road vehicles in Jiangnan Heavy Industries in Shanghai-Maanshan.

When it comes to production capacity, Jiangnan is indeed the first, followed by Fuzhou and Shandong.

Hu Chuyuan lived in the staff apartment of Factory 307 that night. He spent the whole night thinking about two issues.

Li Kaiye, who was originally in charge of the Northeast War, has been transferred to the Northwest Front. Considering that the Northwest Front is more conducive to the operation of the Mechanized Corps, there is no doubt that the Northwest Front will inevitably become the real main battlefield.

Here comes the question, so... Who should be responsible for the Northeast Front?

Lu Guangquan is a suitable candidate, but he should stay in Yanjing to dispatch the overall situation... What's more, Hu Chuyuan is not worried that he will lead the army alone.

Duan Qirui?

Hu Chuyuan did not doubt Duan Qirui's ability, but Duan Qirui participated in too few wars. If he did not command such a large-scale battle, it would inevitably go wrong.

After a long time of thought, Hu Chuyuan thought of a person who might be the most suitable candidate... Yang Zongli, who is as famous as Li Kaiye, has always been in Hu Chuyuan's vision. Whether it was the Philippine Reading Campaign, the Sulawesi Campaign, or the later Dutch East India Reading War, his performance was nothing. Controversial.

However, at this time, Yang Zongli was already the commander-in-chief of the Sumatra Republic, controlling the forces of the navy and the army.

Now let him give up everything in Nanyang and return to China to command the Northeast Campaign... Will he come back?

Can he adapt to the temporary transfer from Nanyang to the Northeast?

Hu Chuyuan decided to have a try.

The most important point is that Hu Chuyuan hopes to slowly transform Yang Zongli into his own faction like Li Kaiye, at least the military commander between him and Lu Guangxuan.

Another thing is the combat theory of the mechanized corps. Going to the world, this is a very novel thing. There is no precedent for reference at all... This set of theories must be available. Without specific theoretical guidance, how should commanders at all levels command and prepare for war?

Mechanized large-scale assault operations, encirclement wars, and long-span supplies must first give answers and guiding ideas in theory.

About this matter, Hu Chuyuan thought of a suitable candidate - Huang Jianxun.

In the process of secretly developing mechanized equipment in China, Huang Jianxun has been continuously participating in the formulation of research and development standards and new logistics research.

After thinking about these two points, Hu Chuyuan sent telegrams to Huang Jianxun and Yang Zong Li respectively, and secretly went to Laiwu 307 factory to discuss the whole matter together.

In addition, he sent a telegram to Li Kaiye, asking Li Kaiye to organize a large-scale counterattack as soon as possible at all costs, and even make a counterattack to Central Asia to focus the attention of the Russian Empire on Central Asia.

When Russia puts a large number of troops in Central Asia, China will fight a Central Asian counterattack in the northwest.

Hu Chuyuan may not be good at actual commanding operations, but he has his own uniqueness in a wide range of considerations.

His plan is to use the western line to share the pressure of the eastern line, form a long-term confrontation on both lines, and then use a large-scale mechanized regiment to suddenly break the balance and directly cut off the Russian-Eurasian railway in Central Asia.

At that time, no matter how many troops Russia deploys in the northeast, it will become a fish on the plate and be slaughtered.

On the North Vietnamese battlefield on the southern line, he wanted to use the Nanyang Chinese armed forces and colonial army troops in Zhang Lingpu's hands to quickly defeat the French colonial army, and then attack Japan's mainland through the Ryukyu Islands and naval advantages.

Even if he fights on the three fronts at the same time, he is confident enough to eat the Allied Countries.

The reason is very simple. China has a vast territory, a large number of resources, a deep production capacity and a large population. It can definitely hold on. As long as one of the three members of the Allies shows defeat, the other two will gradually be at a disadvantage, and the last one will be even worse.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan has left the field, but his influence in China is still unparalleled. As long as he is not dead, China will continue to revolve around him.

He made continuous orders in Laiwu to mobilize the domestic heavy industry machinery industry for new integration, begin to expand the scale, and recruit new workers on a large scale for training, so as to prepare for the subsequent expansion of production capacity in wartime.

The reserve divisions of various legions in the source of the army are also constantly expanding the recruitment of new recruits, expanding the training strength and number of reserve recruits to prepare for a major war.

A few days later, Huang Jianxun arrived at Laiwu 307 factory by train and discussed the new mechanized corps theory with Hu Chuyuan in the 307 factory.

On June 17, 1900, Hu Chuyuan finally got another good news. Yang Zongli resigned as the commander-in-chief of the coalition of the Republic of Sumatra, returned to China under the pseudonym Liu Weiguo, and arrived in Laiwu, Shandong Province on June 24.

Out of a special consideration, Hu Chuyuan went to the railway station early in the morning to greet him in person.

After the train from Qingdao slowly entered the station, the shouting crowd squeezed out of the train. After the crowd dispersed, two young and middle-aged officers came out of the front carriage, and more than a dozen guards were responsible for the defense.

Zhang Shiying, the governor of the Liangguang Corps, was a little fatter than ten years ago. His face was round and not tall. He was once laughed at as a short-footed tiger.

This time, he specially accompanied Yang Zong Li to Shandong to meet Hu Chuyuan.

There is no doubt that the officer behind him in an old American military uniform... whose skin has been tanned is Yang Zong Li.

Compared with the short-footed tiger Zhang Shiying, Yang Zongli is not much higher, but he is very capable, with a lonely light in his eyes, like a black poisonous snake, hiding a dangerous temperament.

He kept silent and looked around warily.

Even if you don't know who he is and don't know him at all, you can't help but be afraid when you see him, because there is a kind of indifferent mentality hidden under every pore of his pore.

You can call such a temperament murderous.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan was sitting in another train in the station, sitting at the window watching them.

Huang Jianxun, who accompanied Hu Chuyuan, was about to get off the bus to pick them up. Hu Chuyuan himself stood up and was ready to pick them up in person.

Yang Zong Li!!

This is the person he has high expectations for.

(to be continued)