Wild North America 1846

Richard and Servilia were sitting at the dining table and talking, when they suddenly felt the earth tremble, and the house and the cups and plates on the dining table also shook, making crisp collision sounds.

How is this going?

The two immediately stood up and walked to the balcony on the second floor to look out. Servilia covered her mouth in surprise and almost screamed.

Richard was much calmer. When he walked over, he had some suspicions in his mind, but he still felt shocked.

A long line of armored chariots rumbled over and drove onto the stone road of the town. The heavy steel tracks crushed the historic stone slabs into pieces, making a "clunking" sound that made people feel scalped. tingling.

These huge steel monsters move slowly, almost at the walking speed of an elderly person.

However, its huge size brings a strong sense of oppression, especially the short-barreled muzzles on the left and right sides of the body, which emit a cold light.

On both sides of the armored chariot were British cavalry escorts. They rode into the town on tall horses with arrogant looks on their faces.

ten minutes later

These armored chariots had just arrived in the middle of the town, traveling at a speed of 3 to 4 kilometers per hour, which really made people a little anxious.

Just when these steel monsters had brought terror to the people in the town, a muffled sound of "bang" was heard, followed by the sharp sound of steel parts rubbing against each other.

A tank in the leading team broke down, emitting thick black smoke that enveloped several nearby houses, and a strong smell of diesel overflowed.

Then, the long dragon of this steel monster became paralyzed.

The stone road in Bambom Town is quite wide and can accommodate two carriages traveling side by side, but it cannot allow two tanks to run parallel to each other.

This huge tank broke down. The entire convoy was in a dilemma and could only be paralyzed here.

Saw this scene
Richard looked dumbfounded. He shook his head and walked back into the room. He told his waiter:
"Go down and close all the doors and windows, otherwise the smelly black smoke will rush into the house and won't be able to escape for days."

"As you order, sir."

All the doors and windows were immediately closed, but the streets of the town were only 800 meters long, and bursts of black smoke still seeped in.

Richard asked Sevilla to just stay in the house and close the door tightly. She had severe morning sickness at this time, and the smell of cooking fumes was even more unbearable.

The tanks that entered the town were the British Army's Mark I and Mark II tanks, which were the first tanks to be equipped on a large scale by the British army. They were personally ordered and funded by former Royal Admiralty Minister Winston Churchill for research and development.

Isn’t it amazing that the British Army’s tanks were developed with funding from the Royal Navy.

This is really not surprising. The British are world-famous for their stubbornness and conservative traditions. It can be said that they have reached the level of stubbornness.

The Boer War in South Africa, which caused the British Army to lose face more than a decade ago, did not really trigger the reform of the British Army, and it still stubbornly adheres to tradition.

The dense offensive formation, which suffered heavy losses in the Boer War, is still the core of the British Army's offensive tactics and is about to suffer an unprecedented defeat.

As for tanks and armored vehicles, which represent the new trend of world army offensive equipment, the conservative British Army scorns it. Its rigid thinking is far from keeping up with the new trend of world army development.

After the Tang Empire took the lead in launching armored tactics and a series of armored tanks that led the world's new army trend, and achieved great success, the army powers of Germany and France followed suit and developed tanks suitable for their own tactical needs.

For the world's most powerful army
Relying on imports to meet the demand for major weapons for land warfare involves huge uncertainties and is tantamount to leaving military security in other hands. This is unacceptable under any circumstances.

Churchill, the young British Lord of the Admiralty, saw exactly this. Unable to communicate with the rigid-minded generals of the British Army, Churchill simply left them alone and went it alone.

So there were Mark 2 and Mark [-] tanks. These behemoths also had a nickname, called "Land Cruiser".

The Mark 2 tank is 8.3 meters long and 4.1 meters wide, which is wider than two four-wheeled carriages side by side.

The Mark tank has a diamond-shaped outline and rigid suspension. There are protruding gun mounts on the track frames on both sides of the vehicle body. Two tracks go around the vehicle body from the top, and a pair of steering wheels extend from the rear of the vehicle.

The tank has a crew of 8 people and is available in two models: "male" and "female". The former is equipped with artillery and the latter is equipped with a heavy machine gun.

“雄性”装有2门57毫米霍奇基斯6磅快速炮和4挺哈齐开斯机枪，“雌性”仅装6挺维克斯机枪，火力相当旺盛。

These steel monsters crowded in the small town are British Mark tanks. These tanks are huge, slow in movement and have a high failure rate. Their reliability is quite impressive.

Richard was quite unimpressed with the British clumsy Mark tank. This thing was just to bully the Germans into not having the light, fast and powerful 75mm "Mademoiselle Paris" field gun.

The 75mm "Miss Paris" fires its barrel flat and fires directly, with a ferocious firepower of 12 to 15 per minute, which can easily destroy thin-skinned tanks within a range of 1200 meters to 3 kilometers, forming an insurmountable death zone.

This thing moves too slowly, and its off-road speed is only 6 to 8 kilometers per hour, making it a moving target.After the initial shock, the Germans were quickly able to come up with effective countermeasures.

The only thing worthy of praise is that British tanks, with their huge size and unique overhead track design, have the ability to span wide trenches, crush barbed wire under the tracks, and open up a reliable channel for infantry charges.

From the very beginning of their development, the British tanks took a different path from the Tang Empire tanks from North America.

British tanks started to develop heavy tanks. The Mark I weighed 28 tons. There was neither experience nor sufficient experiments. In addition, there were no shock absorption and sound insulation measures, and the working environment inside the vehicle was extremely harsh.

The car was filled with the smell of carbon monoxide exhaust gas, gasoline and engine oil from the engine, and the smell of gunpowder smoke after weapons were fired filled the air.

In June, the temperature inside the vehicle reached 6 degrees Celsius, and the tank crew could not hold on for long.

compared with

The Tang Empire's tanks and armored vehicles have been developed for more than 30 years, starting from the development of eight-ton light armored vehicles to today's 16-ton medium tanks.

The Wild Wolf light tanks and Black Panther medium tanks equipped by the Datang Empire are technologically mature and have light and medium chassis with perfect performance. They apply the world's most advanced shock-absorbing suspension technology and can achieve a trouble-free level of 120 motorcycle hours.

With an average economic speed of 12 kilometers per hour, the Panther tank can cross-country for 1450 kilometers under its own power. This is a very high indicator and is 15 to 20 years ahead of mainstream European armored tank technology.

The Panther tank can reach a maximum cross-country speed of 28 kilometers per hour. It adopts many advanced technologies such as main gun exhaust and engine isolation, and combines spring shock absorption with hydraulic suspension. It can be called the most advanced tank in the world today.

This is the product of the Tang Empire's cutting-edge machinery and internal combustion engines. It has only been equipped with the Royal Army for a short time, and the price is quite high.

until now
The Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Guards were equipped with a total of more than 60 Panther tanks. The purchase price of each vehicle was 3.45 Tang Yuan. The price of purchasing 20 vehicles was equivalent to building a 7000-ton heavy cruiser.

It is expected that after the output is expanded to 200 vehicles, the purchase price will be reduced to 2.78 Tangyuan.

The production capacity will be expanded to the level of 1000 vehicles, and the purchase price will be reduced to the level of 2.23 Tangyuan, forming a large-scale industrial production.

With the current number and level of the Tang Imperial Army, it is already equipped with 5 to 6 armored divisions. It is expected to purchase more than 280 Black Panther medium tanks, which belong to the Royal Army and the Royal Guards.

The armored division is also equipped with light Wolf tanks and is deployed mixed with medium Panther tanks, making it more economically feasible.

The evolution of World War 1 to the present day

Although the Tang Empire, which was watching from the other side, remained neutral, in fact, most of its trade with the Allied Powers group was interrupted, leaving very little.

The only thing that is difficult to curb is the large-scale smuggling in Fubo City on the Red Sea coast and Kuwait in the northwest section of the Persian Gulf. With the trade embargo, it has become increasingly rampant.

Today, multiple smuggling routes have been formed through the Ottoman Empire, especially along the Eastern Railway built by the Germans, which is the main channel for importing medicines and other smuggled goods.

on the European battlefield
We can see many volunteers from North America joining the army. Many Germans of Tang nationality joined the German army, and British, French and Italians joined the Allied forces.

There are also some Chinese volunteers who, according to their personal preferences, join the armies of both sides of the war and fight without sacrifice on the battlefield.

The impact of this war has spread all over the world, and even the Tang Empire in North America cannot avoid it.

According to official statistics

The total number of volunteers from the Tang Empire was about 5.72, and the approximate ratio between the Allied and Allied armies was 6:4, with the latter mainly entering the German army.

German immigrants were the largest white immigrant group in the Tang Empire, with a total number exceeding 1322 million, and they had considerable influence in various domestic fields.

German immigrants played a leading role in the smuggling trade with Germany and other areas.

In the Great Plains of North America
There are many German towns, German neighborhoods, and some German schools spontaneously organized by Germans, forming a strong German ethnic life circle.

In comparison, although the total number of white immigrants from other countries is larger, their ethnic groups are more dispersed. Most of them live together in cities and do not form exclusive ethnic communities.

Among all the nations in the world, the German nation pays the most attention to education.

The relevant statements are very interesting

There is one illiterate out of 1000 recruits in the German army, three in the British army, 3 in the Tang army, 35 in the French army, 68 in the Austro-Hungarian army, and 222 in the Italian army. , there were more than 330 illiterate people in the Tsarist Russian army.

This is an important aspect of the quality of military personnel, and Germany is undoubtedly far ahead.