The sun never sets in America

Chapter 350 A simple chariot

"What the hell are you doing? If you are not qualified at this time, you need to go to church. Why did you go there early!!"

"Isn't this nonsense??"

In the instructor's office, Dong Ziqin became furious when he looked at the so-called "report" on the cause of the shooting jam problem of the seventh batch of machine guns in his hand.

In Dong Ziqin's view, this is entirely the mistake of the military industry enterprise and a kind of "irresponsibility."

In order to be quick, these people sent defective products into the army. Now something happened, good guys, and the so-called report came out.

Although he understood the "doorway" involved, Dong Ziqin really couldn't say anything. After all, it was not "war time" and it was difficult to catch these guys.

(The Logistics Department of the Han Dynasty stipulates that if there is a quality problem with military products during wartime, except for a small number of products, if it exceeds a certain limit, you will be fined, even investigated, and eventually imprisoned. In serious cases, you will be shot.)

The above are all in wartime, and in peacetime, there are some things that everyone naturally does tacitly.

Dong Ziqin shook his head and finally signed the so-called report.

Then he immersed himself in looking at other documents.

It's not that Twelve Point Nine is bad, but it's "universal".

Wow! ! !

The reason why it is temporary is because Dong Ziqin has other ideas about bullets of this caliber.

"Crash!!"

With this in mind, Dong Ziqin signed his name on this document, as well as the so-called "transfer to the Procurement Department".

When the rear produces a huge amount of 7.9 millimeters, and at the same time has to open several production lines to produce 12.9 millimeters, Dong Ziqin really can't imagine what it will be like, the logistics department and the heavy troops will curse. .

After reading seven or eight documents about the army's reorganization, Dong Ziqin realized what the difficulty was.

After all, unlike those scarce senior officers, mid-level officers are often the largest and most cultivated in an army.

After all, Dong Ziqin only has the right to make suggestions and does not have the right to control the economy.

Skipping the unimportant content, Dong Ziqin focuses on two things, one is "use" and the other is "cost".

Dong Ziqin looked helplessly at the so-called "battle", and could only choose to let the superiors intervene. He was not stupid, and he would not wade into such muddy water, but it would splash all over himself. , I’m afraid I won’t get any benefits yet.

The meaning is obvious, your product has passed through to me, but you have to ask the purchasing department for the specific production method.

But he was sternly rejected by the army. Good fellow, I, the army officers, have been fortunate enough to work hard and fight bloody battles for the empire. Without us, we would not have the good days we have now. Now that you are talking about being "frugal", what have you been doing?

The 12.9mm bullet is not very powerful, it is very powerful and can even penetrate a slightly thinner steel plate.

And the safety ring that can be inserted back can indeed give soldiers more choices. After all, war is not static.

In a similar place, competition is inevitable.

Apart from anything else, in a small range, the fragmentation damage ability of this thing is indeed much stronger than that of a wooden handle grenade.

This weapon is actually no different from the wooden handle grenades currently mass-produced by the Han Army. It can even be said to be the same weapon.

So this 12.9mm plan was "temporarily" shelved.

It was even hoped that the Army would use some of its courage to replace expensive artillery shells.

Only your logistics department can do this kind of thing like losing a watermelon.

Regarding whether to use 7.9 or 12.9 as the current machine gun bullet, Dong Ziqin has always been of the 7.9 millimeter school.

Several more documents were thrown aside, and this part was one that I disagreed with. The reason for the disagreement was very simple, too nonsense.

The main reason why it is part of it, not all of it, is that the scale is really too big. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people have adapted it. Dong Ziqin alone cannot complete it even if he is forced to death.

After finishing the personnel matters, Dong Ziqin began his most important task of the day, weapons! !

As soon as he opened a document, a black ball like a melon and fruit came into view. Below it was the application and principle of this weapon. It was written so densely that Dong Ziqin himself had a headache just reading it.

In many wars, the Logistics Department complained that the Army's artillery shells were used too quickly and were not economical at all.

But in Dong Ziqin's eyes, this kind of grenade is really necessary to equip.

But even so, mid-level officers are still where the competition is fiercest, because there are the most officers in this field and the most "similar" abilities.

Now Dong Ziqin is responsible for not only the internal work of the instructors, but also part of the army's weapon updates and iterations, including adaptation.

And if we use courage instead of cannonballs, wouldn’t this cost us our lives? ?

Too many people have died, and when the time comes to curse people, it won’t be the Ministry of Finance.

In complex wars, it is not about using whatever is more powerful. On the contrary, it is often about using whatever is easy to use.

In fact, as a professional soldier, Dong Ziqin really doesn't want war to be linked to costs, but there is no way. If you, a soldier, are happy, the people in the Logistics Department and the Ministry of Finance will scold you.

Not to mention anything else, just one personnel appointment and dismissal is enough to give the people in the personnel department a headache.

Although it was only a part, the part that Dong Ziqin got happened to be the part of the weapon that he was most interested in. This is also the main reason why he would be annoyed when there were problems with weapon production, because if something happened to me, he would also be responsible. .

The famous "Courage Joke" flashed in his mind, and Dong Ziqin continued to look at the weapon codenamed "Grenade".

The more training there is, the more intense the competition will be.

But its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, it is incompatible with the 7.9mm rifle ammunition currently commonly equipped by the Han Army.

After dealing with the grenade matter, the second document was much simpler. It was nothing more than a so-called bullet issue.

It is a weapon similar to a small cannon.

If it hadn't been for the reduction of the staff in these years because of the peace period, maybe it would have been ruined by who did it and who was responsible. How could there be such "leisure".

The purpose refers to its possible role in war.

Adding a machine gun to a bicycle, what the hell is this? It’s a shame these people figured it out.

If it weren't for the lack of people in sight, Dong Ziqin would have asked, "Can everything be equipped with a machine gun?"

After solving these weird things, a document attracted all Dong Ziqin's attention.

This is a tank plan code-named "Lion".

On the drawing, a square chariot weighing twelve tons with tracks, like a science fiction "toy", kept attracting Dong Ziqin's attention.

The chassis of this tank is very similar to the same thing, which is the tractor chassis produced by Tornado Tractor Company.

As the best tractor company in Han Dynasty, Dong Ziqin has personally experienced its flexibility.

It can be said that "flexibility" is the main reason why Dong Ziqin chose this company.

Without this reason, there would be no difference between Tornado Tractor Company and other tractor companies, and they would even be ranked behind due to manufacturing reasons.

But it's different, it's a "reborn" change.

For Dong Ziqin, what is most important in a tank, protection, speed, firepower, none of these, but flexibility.

It is the flexibility to be able to make adjustments quickly when facing the enemy on the battlefield. Tornado Tractor Company does this very well.

As a start-up company, Tornado Tractor Company is different from other companies seeking to become bigger. They mainly focus on agility, which is just in line with the needs of the military.

But for a tank, agility alone is not enough; it must also have firepower and protection.

So at first, Dong Ziqin didn't look at the design drawings that only had a few tons, but directly aimed at more than ten tons.

After all, only this tonnage can play a real protective role. No matter how high it is, I'm sorry, it "can't be carried".

After all, the current internal combustion engine technology is still in the tractor era, and the technology used by the military is actually more advanced than most technologies on the market.

After all, the law that military use is ten years ahead of civilian use is not just talk.

Looking at the drawing of the tank in his hand and the 55mm artillery.

Dong Ziqin always felt that something was wrong. After all, he originally planned to use a 75mm rapid-fire cannon.

Now it seems that there may be a problem with the design or a certain aspect of the technology.

Thinking of this, Dong Ziqin shouted to the guard outside: "Get the car ready and go to No. 7."

The so-called Local No. 7 is actually a code-named base for current tank production.

It is a place in the suburbs of Xijing. The entire No. 7 is actually in charge of the Xijing Arsenal, a subsidiary of the Raytheon Group.

The main parts are purchased nationwide, and Tornado Tractor Company is the largest chassis supplier.

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The carriage stopped outside Base No. 7. In front of the gate of the base, several armed guards immediately came to check.

Dong Ziqin threw out a pass with a lightning sign and was quickly let through.

"General Dong!!"

"Master Jiang."

Dong Ziqin met with a designer named Jiang, who was the chief designer of the entire chariot project. Because he was more than twenty years older than Dong Ziqin, he was respectfully called his teacher.

"Master Jiang, where is the chariot??"

Dong Ziqin ended the brief greetings and directly asked about the chariot.

"This way, follow me."

Following Master Jiang, he passed through several laboratories with tight handles and came to a sealed delivery room, where he saw the chariot that was still in "zero" state.

(The so-called zero is actually a semi-finished product that has not yet been designed and finalized)

"At present, our Lion chariot has basically completed its preliminary finalization. This is the current design."

"We use……"

Listening to Master Jiang's introduction that the steel sheet being installed in front of him was a semi-finished product, Dong Ziqin looked at it carefully and then asked:

"Master Jiang, I want to know why 55mm artillery is used. Artillery of this level, both in terms of rate of fire and power, cannot be compared with the most mature 75mm in our army. It can even be said that it is burden."

Dong Ziqin's words were very rude, and Weiwei made the engineers around him who were still working very unhappy.

After all, if you, a layman, know something, don’t we, the experts, know it? ?

Master Jiang answered:

"General Dong, the reason why we use fifty-five instead of seventy-five is not because it is impossible, but because of stability."

"Currently, our combat vehicles are still in their infancy. Using large-caliber artillery rashly will easily cause various problems."

"War is the last place where problems can arise. Therefore, after discussion with our design team, the 75mm has been temporarily excluded from the entire tank system. When it matures, the turret will be replaced."

Master Jiang's words eased Dong Ziqin's doubts in the office just now, but soon he fell into another problem, that is, the "turret".

"Is it easy to replace our turret??"

“Is it resistant to wear and tear??”

“Are the parts easy to replace??”

Three consecutive questions made Master Jiang feel a little relieved about this "layman".

After all, when I first learned that the person in charge of the chariot project was a young man who had just turned 30, it would be easy for a "young boy" to fall over in such a situation.

After all, the younger the young people are and the higher they are, the more arrogant they are.

Master Jiang, who has been through this, knows this very well.

Now it seems that my worries are unnecessary. General Dong still has two skills.

"Our turret is basically separated from the body. Even if it is damaged during the war, it can be replaced. It just takes a certain amount of time. After all, some places still need to be welded."

Master Jiang pointed to a certain welded interface and introduced it to Dong Ziqin, and then said:

"As for parts and components, according to the original design of the entire Lion Project, this type of tank will continue to be upgraded in the future until it can no longer be upgraded."

"Taking into account the large-scale procurement that may come in the future, we have basically standardized the design of every component to facilitate production."

Master Jiang pointed to the semi-finished product in front of him and some design drawings he had just brought, and talked to Dong Ziqin. When he talked about mass production, his whole person was full of excitement, as if "ten thousand" tanks would be produced soon. Same.

Dong Ziqin casually flipped through the "secrets" presented to him.

Then he spoke:

"Firepower, machine guns or not."

Yes, machine guns are Dong Ziqin's main purpose. As for artillery, in Dong Ziqin's opinion, they are of little use.

According to the chariot combat scenarios that Dong Ziqin and the instructor's internal staff have deduced many times.

Basically, the following situations will occur.

The first is to accompany the infantry attack, act as a firepower point, and attack enemy positions. This is also the largest role of artillery caliber.

The second impact, or "interspersion".

According to Dong Ziqin's preliminary simulation of the battlefield situation, the most important thing for tanks is to intersperse and even impact after large-scale gathering.

At this point, what we face is often not enemy artillery fire, but enemy soldiers who have no time to retreat or defend.

When facing flexible soldiers, the so-called artillery loses its due role.

After all, at such a close distance and with the muzzle of the gun so high, facing enemy soldiers so close at hand, it is easy for the artillery to fire out, fail, or fail to hit at all.

Faced with such a situation, the best way is to use a machine gun.

This is the only way Dong Ziqin can come up with, and it is currently the best way to deal with infantry.

It is said that recruits are afraid of guns and veterans are afraid of guns. This is the truth! !

After listening to General Dong's views on machine guns, Master Jiang and the eavesdropping staff were a little surprised.

After all, they view the role of machine guns in war from a technological perspective, and what they always think about is the "enhancement" of machine guns' firepower on tanks.

As for the tactical level, they really haven't thought about it.

"Maybe this is the difference between us people and real soldiers, because we have not been to a real battlefield."

This sentence flashed through Master Jiang's mind.

Thinking of this, Master Jiang immediately asked: "General Dong, we were just discussing the exits on the turret. How many do you think they should be?"

Dong Ziqin gave the answer "two" without even thinking about it.

Then he explained:

"And one for the Heavy."

After hearing this, Master Jiang finally understood, and then asked:

“What caliber should the machine gun be??”

"Twelve point nine, it can only be twelve point nine!!"

Dong Ziqin didn't hesitate and said all the answers he had always recognized.

In fact, when the office first dealt with the issue of machine gun caliber, he eliminated the "plan" related to the 12-point millimeter from the infantry plan.

But it doesn't mean that he really doesn't plan to use it, but in his mind, there is a best use point for 12.9mm.

That's the chariot.

According to the simulation, in addition to the infantry that appears anytime and anywhere, the charging tanks also encounter the most "firepower points".

Most of these firepower points appear in positional situations, taking into account the progress in firepower and technological progress of the US military in the later period.

A large-caliber machine gun of 12.9 mm is very necessary.

Because only this caliber can penetrate part of the steel plate and protection. Others, even if it is 7.9 mm, can only penetrate the steel helmet at most. Targets that are slightly thicker are simply powerless.

In other words, if you encounter it, you should call for fire support. After all, it is just a rifle bullet.

Master Jiang nodded with some admiration, and then asked the last question:

"General Dong, I want to know the specific production plan. After all, the amount of weapons produced determines the extent of our design."

What does it mean? If there is too much, just keep it simple; if there is too little, just try to be more precise, and the price will increase accordingly.

As Dong Ziqin, who had been engaged in arms trade in Persia for several years, these words were what he often said to the Persians.

After hesitating for a moment, Dong Ziqin lowered his tone and answered quietly:

"A thousand cars, at least a thousand cars!!"

After Master Jiang heard this, his hands trembled slightly, and then he replied in a low tone of agreement:

"Okay, we will complete this task before the war."

(End of this chapter)