Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 370 Chapter 370 Another New Weapon
Some things are not easy to keep secret, such as airplanes, which need fuel supply, advanced maintenance factory support, and pilots also need more material support, so airports are generally built in places that are not too remote .

Although for the sake of confidentiality, some airports may choose to stay away from urban areas, but the flight of the plane has a high altitude.

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

And some things are much easier to keep secret than products like airplanes.This kind of thing is another secret weapon of the Datang Group - the tank!
In fact, after the car was developed, the technical difficulty of tank production disappeared at all.

The technical gap between it and armored vehicles is actually only the idea of ​​crawlers.

It's just that Tang Mo doesn't need time to accumulate, the idea of ​​crawlers is already in his mind.

Therefore, if there is enough fuel supply and a more powerful engine, Tang Mo will not have any technical difficulties in making the tank.

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

The brand new tank was actually very crude, but Tang Mo's experience made the development of this weapon not take any detours.

He didn't go for a World War I water tank, and he didn't bother with long tracks that went over the top.

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

After all, Tang Mo hadn't yet mass-produced small radio communication equipment, so the tanks used for training didn't actually have the ability to cooperate in combat.

It is also not equipped with a decent artillery, only a Maxim heavy machine gun is installed for appearance, and the firepower is actually not better than that of the predecessor armored vehicle.

The entire vehicle uses a gasoline engine. The total length of the car body 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 copied the drawings of the No. 1 tank. The difference is that the weapon has been changed to a Maxim machine gun.

The reason for not using the MG13 machine gun directly was that Tang Mo had no intention of sending this tank to the battlefield at all, so temporarily using the Maxim machine gun to train soldiers was a compromise to simplify the logistics supply.

Originally, tank No. 1 was equipped with two machine guns, but after Tang Mo modified it, only one was installed. In fact, there are considerations.

Tang Mo's training tank has one more member than the real No. 1 tank, and the added person is responsible for the job similar to the commander.

The reason why it is so laborious to go in alone is to be able to train as many tank crew members as possible.

After such a modification, the interior space is actually more crowded. After all, one more person is stuffed 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 behind the front and side is only 10 mm, and the weight of the whole vehicle is actually only 4 tons.

Compared with armored cars, its level of protection has not improved at all.Even straight ahead, there are a few steps back.

However, it is not useless, because as a training tank, the new technology it uses allows the operators to become familiar with the basic principles of the tank.

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

This brand-new walking mechanism based on road wheels, drag wheels, induction wheels and driving wheels plus crawler tracks endows the tank with unparalleled off-road capabilities.

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

Therefore, various countries do not pay much attention to the development of armored vehicles, at most they just bought some armored vehicles for the sake of appearance.

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

As long as it encounters trenches or simple obstacles, the armored vehicle will lose its function. Sometimes these obstacles are not even needed. Most of the original armored vehicles will break down on the road by themselves.

No way, in order to ensure the protection capability of the armored vehicle, the designer 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 of cars, the air intake grille is often designed directly in front of the front of the car, while professional tanks adjust the heat dissipation grille to the rear of the rear turret, with the opening facing upward.

In order to increase the heat dissipation effect, a fan is also installed on the engine to speed up the air flow. This is a little bit of accumulated technical experience.

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

You know, in this world, cars have only been around for more than a year, and armored cars are even more novelty. Many people have never even seen the real thing. Where can they get experience and improvement plans?
To be honest, these trendy troops using armored vehicles may be very nervous to even lift the engine compartment cover to add lubricating oil, and they don't have the courage to think about why...

A training tank like this can train 3 members, a driver, a gunner, and a commander commanding the tank.

This basically constitutes a relatively complete crew - there is one electromechanical operator and one loader left. The training content is relatively simple and can be supplemented later.

How many such training tanks are there in Long Island?Now there are 5 cars in total!Yes!Only 5 cars!
They are all the property of the Datang Military Academy, where they secretly train and train commanders in the basic ability to use tanks.

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

Back then, the principal said that the infantry phalanx would be completely obsolete on the future battlefield.At that time, everyone thought that this future would be very long, but it only took less than a year. With the help of needle-fired guns, the munitions products of Datang Group completely made the infantry phalanx behind the times.

Now, as long as countries that understand some new types of warfare have basically begun to eliminate infantry phalanx tactics.

Even if they are still unable to determine what the future infantry tactics will look like, they also know that the phalanx tactics are completely hopeless.

Later, their principal told them that in the not-too-distant future, trench tactics will also have newer solutions, and the troops' offensive methods will become diverse.

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

The new offensive tactics of soldiers are not just the advancement of heavy machine guns, the use of grenades, and the new offensive tactics spawned by new weapons such as submachine guns.

What their principal said was an even more terrifying and effective weapon for breaching positions!This is the new type of chariot that can easily go off-road and crush the enemy's trenches!
Tang Mo called this weapon a tank, which means he regards the natural moat as a smooth road and defeats the enemy. It is really a very good name.

This weapon called a tank is many times better than an armored vehicle, and it also gives the infantry a new and stronger support for the offensive.

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

This is different now. With this new type of weapon, the attacker is no longer afraid of the trenches, or it is easier to break through the trenches.

During Tang Mo's stay in Longdao these days, he pushed Datang Group's weapon system a big step forward, allowing the students of Datang Military Academy to see a brand new weapon tactical system.

Of course, these students have also visited the aircraft, and they already know that new weapons are being developed one after another in the Datang Group's test site.

These students already know that future wars will become three-dimensional, and future wars will become bloodier.

Not only must they always pay attention to the enemies in front of them, but also beware of the dangers overhead!They have to learn more, and they are stronger than those opponents who are not students of Datang Military Academy...
"If it's on the front, put 10 tanks... I'm confident that I can win any position within a day!" A student held a binoculars and looked at the No. 1 training vehicle that ran over the mound in the distance. Tank, said with emotion.

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

Of course, the technical means of defense did not stand still. The Datang Group not only developed new weapons such as landmines, but also took out barriers such as barbed wire.

Coupled with the theory of great defense in depth that Tang Mo handed over to Redman, the offense and defense are actually improving rapidly, but the military commanders of other countries in the world don't know it yet.

They don't know that airplanes 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 nothing new at Datang Group's experimental range .

Compared with that decadent competitor, Cyric, Datang Group's technology is advancing with each passing day, and it is not the same at all.

The things Tang Mo casually took out for exchange were all winning techniques that other countries' forces could only dream of!
What they didn't even know was that Tang Mo was still intentionally improving the technological level of the entire world in order to make the world accept his own new technology faster.

If he cherishes himself with his broom, it will take at least five years for the whole world to reach its current height...

(End of this chapter)