Chapter 638: No sea of people, then sea of tanks (fourth update, please subscribe)
tank!
Standing up, Emperor Zhu stared at the Dragon tank on the training ground. It looked like a small elf, roaring across the wilderness. He immediately spoke excitedly.
"The ability to jump over mountains and cross streams as if walking on flat ground is called a tank, and the ability to break through anything is called a conqueror. This is the weapon that our Ming Dynasty will use to sweep across other countries one day - the tank!"
While Emperor Zhu was excited, the small tank ignored the trench fortifications and quickly approached the target location - a fortification that looked quite solid. Of course, this fortification was a field machine gun fortification, and the machine guns had no effect on it. At this moment, a small window opened on the side of the tank, and a heavy grenade, the so-called "Thor's Hammer", was thrown out with a hand stretched out. With a loud bang, the fortification collapsed in a violent explosion.
The tank started moving again and continued to move forward. Just as it was about to break through the enemy's trenches again, it suddenly turned around on the spot. Emperor Zhu hurriedly took out a telescope to observe.
"Your Majesty, this, this... you are screwed again,"
Zhu Sihai said somewhat helplessly.
"Although tank tracks are more off-road capable than wheels, they wear out a lot when driving, and it is common for them to break down on the battlefield."
"Why……"
Emperor Zhu sighed.
"Industry is a systematic project!"
It is indeed a systematic project. Perhaps Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang personally drew its appearance, basic structure, and the structure of the tracks. However, due to the limitations of the metallurgical level of that era, the quality of the tracks was still too average.
Ordinary steel is definitely unable to meet the needs of crawler tracks, so the rapid wear of the moving parts of the crawler tracks will lead to the chain falling off.
"I will inform Dahua Steel later and ask them to research more wear-resistant alloy steel. Once the alloy steel is produced, its armor can be further strengthened with alloy steel!"
Alloy steel has a wide range of uses. Not to mention tanks, even warships need alloy steel. However, the Ming Dynasty does not seem to have such demand now. Firstly, ordinary carbon steel can meet the needs. Secondly, alloy steel is really expensive! Take the "wind steel" used by the Ming Dynasty to make knives, that is, high-speed steel. Although it has excellent performance, its price is more than ten times that of ordinary steel.
But technological progress is progress!
More advanced steels will inevitably produce more advanced weapons, such as Harvey nickel steel and carburizing steel. What is the process of carburizing steel?
Emperor Zhu felt that he seemed a little forgetful.
It seems so...Okay, I'll review it carefully later!
To be honest, even such a small tank is still far away from the image of a steel torrent in Emperor Zhu's mind.
But in this era, this is definitely the king of war.
Anyone can imagine how desperate the infantry will be when faced with hundreds or thousands of tanks on the battlefield.
Even an elite army like the Prussian one was routed like a piece of cake.
After all, in this era without anti-tank weapons, the emergence of tanks is enough to make it invincible on the battlefield of this era.
"Your Majesty, with the Dragon tank, from now on, no one will be our opponent on land. No matter what kind of army it is, it is no match for the tank."
Liang Shan said a little excitedly.
Although this was not his first time watching the Dragon Tank training, he always felt a little excited every time he thought about the scene of it rushing around on the battlefield.
"The premise is that you don't let the chain down!"
Emperor Zhu then asked about its production volume. When he learned that if production was approved, 150 vehicles could be produced each year, Emperor Zhu spoke directly.
"Place an order according to the requirement of annual production of 200 vehicles, and strive to establish an armored division every year. As for the track problem, it is not a problem. We can replace it after the new track is produced. It is a consumable material. Such consumables are cheaper than 18 years of consumables!"
Why did Emperor Zhu want his iron torrent? It was not just to break through the enemy's defenses. The most important thing was that he did not have so many people as consumables for the rise of the empire. The rise of any empire must have killed a large number of people. For emperors and generals, what were the dead soldiers? They were numbers, nothing more. No matter what titles they were given, they were just the price of the rise of the empire, numbers on the list of the dead, a conscription order, and a death notice.
But what about their families?
It takes 18 years to raise a life. For any family, the fallen soldiers are everything to them, their lives.
As the commander-in-chief, Marshal Zhu may be an emperor and a ruler, but he will never let his soldiers become the price of the empire's rise.
Price... just two words that sound simple, but what lies behind them? Lifelong pain for countless families!
As the commander-in-chief, what can he do?
Firepower is paramount, using cannons instead of soldiers, using shells like raindrops to undermine the enemy's will and reduce one's own casualties.
Technology is paramount. Use tanks, airships, and technological crushing to defeat the enemy. On the land battlefield, tanks, as mobile fortresses, can minimize casualties. According to the experience of Sandezi and the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, artillery is used to destroy, and tanks are used to attack, and the infantry only needs to clean up the battlefield in the end.
Of course, another reason is that the Ming Dynasty really can't afford to have too many people die. It's not that they have to pay a lot of pensions to the busy soldiers, but because of the special situation of the Ming Dynasty, there are not so many people to be consumed on the battlefield.
After all, the population of the daimyo is limited, and the capital is insufficient. If the human wave tactic cannot be used, then use the tank wave.
With tanks, especially as the only owner, Emperor Zhu believed that this advantage would become more obvious, and when the world war broke out, it was bound to shock the whole world.
"Well, there is also the issue of infantry training. The infantry division needs to make tactical adjustments and figure out a set of infantry-tank tactics. After all, tanks alone are not enough. Tanks must work together with infantry to exert their combat effectiveness!"
Afterwards, Emperor Zhu seemed to have turned into a tank warfare expert, and even used the stones at his feet to fiddle with some simple tactical formations. In fact, they were just some basic tactics he had read in military magazines when he was young. However, it must be said that in this era when everything was still in the process of exploration, these basic tactics were still ahead of their time, at least allowing the Ming armored forces to avoid some detours. After all, this was also the experience summed up by countless people at the cost of their lives.
In short, when traditional European powers such as Britain and France were caught in an economic crisis, the Ming Dynasty had already kicked open the door to modern industrial civilization and gained the peak power of the mechanical age.
At this moment, Emperor Zhu was feeling very proud. At the same time, he couldn't help but be looking forward to another powerful weapon - the airplane.
I don’t know how far Ming Dynasty’s aircraft research has progressed.
With airplanes and tanks, we naturally have...blitzkrieg and deep-depth tactics...
That scene, just thinking about it, makes people a little excited!
I have set up a book club: 335260551. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss and deduce the plot together.
(End of this chapter)
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