Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 370 370Another new weapon

Some things are not easy to keep secret, such as airplanes. These things require fuel supply and the support of advanced maintenance factories. In addition, pilots also need more material support, so airports are generally built in places that are not too remote. .

 Although some airports may choose to stay away from urban areas for the sake of confidentiality, planes can fly at high altitudes.

Even if it is dozens of kilometers away from the city, the plane may be seen by people as long as it climbs to an altitude of several thousand meters.

 It is much easier to keep some things confidential than products such as airplanes. This kind of thing is another secret weapon of Datang Group - the tank!

 In fact, after the development of automobiles, the technical difficulty of tank production no longer existed at all.

The technological gap between it and armored vehicles is actually just a bright idea like crawler tracks.

It’s just that Tang Mo doesn’t need time to accumulate at all, the idea of ​​crawler tracks is already in his mind.

 Hence, if there is sufficient fuel supply and a more powerful engine, Tang Mo can build a tank without any technical difficulty.

 In fact, he did not have any difficulty in taking out the tank, the ultimate weapon to break through the enemy's position.

 The brand new tank is actually very crude, but Tang Mo's experience has prevented any detours in the development of this weapon.

He didn't build a World War I water tank, nor did he go to the trouble of building long tracks that went over the top.

Tang Mo directly came up with a more mature tank design. What he came up with was a "big tractor" similar to the French Renault tank.

After all, Tang Mo has not yet started mass-producing small radio communication equipment, so this training tank does not actually have cooperative combat capabilities.

It is not equipped with decent artillery, and is only equipped with a Maxim heavy machine gun to show off. The firepower is actually no better than the predecessor armored vehicle.

 The entire vehicle uses a gasoline engine. The total length of the vehicle is a little over 4 meters and the width is only a little over 2 meters.

 In fact, this is a product that almost completely copies the drawings of the No. 1 tank. The difference is that the weapon is changed to a Maxim machine gun.

The reason for not using the MG13 machine gun directly was that Tang Mo had no intention of putting this tank on the battlefield, so the temporary use of the Maxim machine gun to train soldiers was a compromise to simplify logistics.

 Originally, the No. 1 tank was equipped with two machine guns. After Tang Mo modified it, only one was installed. In fact, there were considerations.

Tang Mo's training tank has one more member than the real No. 1 tank, and the additional person is responsible for work similar to that of a tank commander.

 The reason why it takes so much effort to put one more person in is to train as many tank crew members as possible.

 After such a modification, the internal space is actually more crowded. After all, one more person has been crammed in, so the turret of this tank is larger and the armor is thinner.

This kind of training tank has almost no armor. The thickness of the steel plates on the front, sides and back is only 10 mm. The weight of the whole vehicle is actually only 4 tons.

 Compared with armored vehicles, its level of protection has not been improved at all. Even right up front, there's some regression.

However, it is not without its merits, because as a training tank, it uses new technologies to familiarize operators with the basic principles of tanks.

For example, this training tank, also named Tank No. 1 by Datang Group, uses unprecedented tracks.

This brand-new running mechanism based on road wheels, traction wheels, idlers and driving wheels plus crawler tracks gives the tank unparalleled off-road capabilities.

Before seeing this device, no one believed that a vehicle protected by a thick steel plate could walk smoothly in the wilderness.

Therefore, various countries do not pay much attention to the development of armored vehicles. At most, they only purchase some armored vehicles for appearance.

  Today’s armored assault tactics are limited to using armored vehicles to cover the rapid advance of trucks and infantry along the highway, and their tactical value is not high.

As long as they encounter trenches or simple obstacles, armored vehicles will lose their effectiveness. Sometimes these obstructions are not even needed. Most of the original armored vehicles will break down on the road by themselves.

There is no way. In order to ensure the protective capabilities of armored vehicles, designers will place a large number of steel plates around the vehicle. These steel plates increase the load on the engine, affect heat dissipation, and naturally increase the failure rate.

In order to increase the heat dissipation efficiency, cars often design the air intake grille directly in front of the car, while professional tanks have the heat dissipation grille adjusted to the rear of the car turret, with the opening facing upwards. In order to increase the heat dissipation effect, a fan must be installed on the engine to speed up the air flow. This is all technical experience accumulated bit by bit.

It is estimated that it will take one year or even three years for users to make adjustments based on experience and finally find a reasonable fan heating layout.

You must know that in this world, cars have only been around for more than a year, and armored cars are even newer. Many people have never even seen the real thing. Where can the experience and improvement plans come from?

To be honest, these trendy troops who use armored vehicles may be nervous about opening the engine hood to add lubrication, and they don’t have the courage to think about anything because...

 Such a training tank can train three members, a driver, a gunner, and a commander who commands the tank.

This basically constitutes a relatively complete vehicle crew - there is only one electromechanical operator and a loader left. Relatively speaking, the training content is much simpler and can be supplemented later.

How many such training tanks are there in total on Dragon Island? There are now 5 cars in total! Yes! Only 5 cars!

 They are all the property of the Datang Military Academy, where they are trained secretly and commanders are trained in the basic abilities of using tanks.

 In the eyes of these students studying tank command, their principal is really a god-like figure.

 At that time, the principal said that on future battlefields, infantry phalanxes would be completely obsolete. At that time, everyone thought that this future would be very long, but in less than a year, with the help of needle guns, Datang Group's arms products completely made the infantry phalanx fall behind the times.

 Now, as long as countries are more or less familiar with some new types of warfare, they have basically begun to eliminate infantry square tactics.

Even if they are not yet sure what infantry tactics will look like in the future, they also know that phalanx tactics have no future at all.

 Subsequently, their principal told them that in the near future, there will be newer solutions to trench tactics, and the troops' offensive methods will become diverse.

 When they saw the new weapon, the tank, they finally understood the true meaning of what principal Tang Mo told them.

  Brand-new offensive tactics for soldiers are not just the advancement of heavy machine guns, not just the use of grenades, nor are they just new offensive tactics spawned by new weapons such as submachine guns.

 Their principal is talking about a more terrifying and more effective position-breaking weapon! This is the new type of tank in front of you that can easily go off-road and crush enemy trenches!

Tang Mo called this weapon a tank, which means treating the natural chasm as a smooth road and defeating the enemy. It can be said to be a very good name.

This kind of weapon called a tank is many times better than an armored vehicle, and it also gives the infantry attack a new and more powerful support.

 Originally, with the emergence of trenches, the attacking side suffered greater losses and the defensive side had a very obvious advantage. Even the elite troops of the Datang Group must be as careful as possible when attacking and strive to break through the enemy's trenches as quickly as possible in order to reduce their own losses.

 It is different now. With this new weapon, the attacking side is no longer afraid of trenches, or it is easier to break through trenches.

During these days on Long Island, Tang Mo has pushed Datang Group's weapon system a big step forward, allowing the students of Datang Military Academy to see a brand new system of weapons and tactics.

Of course, these students have also visited the aircraft. They already know that in the Datang Group's testing ground, new weapons are being developed one after another.

These students already know that future wars will become three-dimensional and future wars will become more bloody.

 They must not only be aware of the enemies in front of them, but also be wary of the dangers above their heads! They have to learn more, and they are stronger than their opponents who are not students of Datang Military Academy!

"If we put 10 tanks on the front... I am confident that we can capture any position within one day!" A student held a telescope and looked at a No. 1 training tank that ran over a mound in the distance. , said with emotion.

"That's not necessarily true! I heard that Mr. Redman is researching some kind of defense-in-depth system." Another visiting student put down his telescope and said.

Of course, the technical means of defense have not remained unchanged. Datang Group has not only developed new weapons such as landmines, but also come up with obstruction props such as barbed wire.

Coupled with the large-depth defense theory that Tang Mo gave to Redman, in fact, both offense and defense are making rapid progress, but military commanders in other countries in the world don't know it yet.

They don't know that planes are about to appear on the battlefield, they don't know that tank commanders have been born, they don't know that the caliber of artillery has changed with each passing day, and they don't know that rocket launchers are not a new thing at the Datang Group's experimental range. .

Compared to that decadent competitor Cyric, Datang Group’s technology is advancing rapidly and is completely different.

Tang Mo casually took out the things for exchange, which were the decisive technologies that other countries' forces dreamed of!

Even what they don’t know is that Tang Mo is also deliberately improving the technological level of the entire world in order to let the world accept his own new technology faster.

If he were to take things seriously, it would take at least five more years for the whole world to reach its current heights...

 (End of this chapter)