Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 207 The modified version of M3 is released!
Ren Zhong convinced the students that he was not simply deceiving them by writing them a blank check. In this regard, Ren Zhong was still very principled and would not generally promise things that he could not keep.

If you make a promise, you will find ways to deliver it.

The modified version of M3 is indeed in the final stage of going offline.

The installation of the entire vehicle has been completed, the power system and weapon system have been started and tested, and it has been confirmed that the production line installation is accurate and usable. It now has driving functions and is about to begin road tests.

The first batch of test drivers were real tank drivers, tank soldiers who survived the expedition.

Wang Huaisheng is one of the seven tank instructors recruited in the border area.

He had driven a real M3 Stuart tank.

"Dean Ren, you called me?" Wang Huaisheng, who is usually not good at speaking, felt a little uneasy when he was called to the office.

He knew that the students went to block the dean today, but he had no way to persuade the students.

Compared with these students, his background is really not impressive.

"Huaisheng, I'm going to take you to do something meaningful today. Do you want to call a few colleagues to come along?" Ren Zhong said to him with a smile.

This is a real master found among the trainers, although he is still very young.

But he is said to be one of the strongest tank drivers in the expeditionary force when driving a tank.

He was born into a peasant family, but he managed to go to the provincial capital to attend high school. He was a very thoughtful person, so when the Expeditionary Force was recruiting, Wang Huaisheng, who was only a few days away from graduating from high school, resolutely signed up for the Expeditionary Force. Relying on his status as a high school student, he entered the tank battalion to learn how to drive a tank. He worked hard and seriously in training and became one of the first tank commanders.

He has a record of destroying 5 Japanese tanks or armored vehicles.

However, the cooperation between the expeditionary force and its allies was hard to describe, and the good situation was turned into a bad one. Wang Huaisheng relied on luck to return to Kuncheng alive, and then met border area personnel who were secretly recruiting tanks and fighter planes, and by chance he came to the border area.

He had originally thought that life here would be difficult, and he had prepared himself mentally. But who knew it would be so much better than he had imagined, and everyone was full of energy, and the whole environment was much better than the chaotic and chaotic place behind.

So Wang Huaisheng quickly fell in love with this job, and worked diligently to explain what he knew in class bit by bit.

But without the actual environment, many things could not be expressed at all, so Wang Huaisheng was a little anxious.

"Dean, what's the big deal?" Wang Huaisheng was a little curious.

"Test drive the first tank we produced ourselves!" Ren Zhong said with a smile.

"Tanks that we produced ourselves?" Wang Huaisheng repeated involuntarily, and then a huge surprise filled his mind. "Dean, you, are you saying that our tanks have finally been produced?"

As one of the few instructors in the academy, although Wang Huaisheng was young, he was one of the few who knew that the border area was building tanks. After all, before the class, Ren Zhong had talked to them and communicated to them the necessity, urgency and great significance of tank driving.

It is required to train at least 50 qualified tank crews this year. Assuming that there are four crew members in one tank, that means 4 people need to be trained.

The task is extremely arduous.

Wang Huaisheng is a tank driving instructor. His main job is to teach tank driving and he also serves as a tank commander instructor.

"It's out of production, let's test drive it today!" Ren Zhong nodded affirmatively.

"I'll go find some good people right away and be back soon!" Wang Huaisheng's blood was boiling. He turned around and ran away without even saying hello to Ren Zhong. After all, he was also a young man.

"M3, but not completely M3." Li Xin, who was with Wang Huaisheng, looked excitedly at the thick tube on the modified M3. "This gun is at least 75 caliber, much more powerful than M3!"

Looking at the newly-produced tank, Wang Huaisheng and his friends were extremely excited.

Although they are different from those students, some of them have driven M3/M4, but they were supported by Rogue Eagle and are completely different from those produced by the border area itself.

"76mm main gun!" Ren Zhong said, "Comrades, how do you think this main gun will perform against the Japanese tanks?"

"We have to kill them one by one!" Wang Huaisheng swallowed his saliva. "No matter whether it's the Japanese Type 97 or Type 95 tanks, they can't withstand a single shot of this caliber. If they are hit, they will explode!"

"The Japanese tanks can't even withstand a few shots from their 37mm main guns. This kind of 76mm shells can probably penetrate hundreds of pieces of armor. The M4's 76mm can kill any Japanese tank with one shot." Wang Huaisheng said affirmatively.

“It’s a bit of a waste, but I like it.”

Ren Zhong nodded, knowing that this was the true feeling of a veteran on the battlefield. In fact, for the Japanese tanks, the 57mm main gun is more suitable. In terms of power, it can also kill one Japanese tank and Type 57 tank with one shot. It has a larger ammunition load and a stronger endurance combat capability. However, Ren Zhong could not find a good 31mm main gun. The 57mm gun barrel of the F-3 was too long and was not suitable for being placed on the M34, so in the end he chose the F76 mm caliber, which can be used as both a field gun and a tank gun.

"Go and give it a try, and try to find out what other problems there are. After we make improvements, we will start production at full capacity."

"Yes, President Ren." Wang Huaisheng and others answered in unison.

Working in the border area is so exciting!
"Tank! That's a tank!" Wang Huaisheng and his team drove the tank straight to the training ground. Along the way, Wang Huaisheng reached a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Although the road surface of the Dawn Research Institute was very flat, there was no problem driving at a speed of more than 50 kilometers.

But after all, it was the first car, so Wang Huaisheng and the others were very careful, fearing that it might be bumped or scratched.

In Ren Zhong's opinion, this kind of mood is simply not suitable for a test drive.

Isn't a test drive supposed to be about pushing it as hard as you can and then testing its limits?

Ren Zhong took a look and found that it started smoothly and there didn't seem to be any major problems with its driving. At least the Russian tanks had the problem of emitting black smoke, which the modified M3 did not have.

It roared away into the distance.

However, when people on the road saw a tank suddenly appear, they were basically a little bit unbelievable and exclaimed one after another.

They certainly wouldn't think that this was an enemy attack. In fact, within a radius of 20 kilometers of the Dawn Research Institute, it was now clear that it was a magical place.

It's just that everyone kept their mouths shut, so many spies who sneaked into the border area to collect intelligence were quickly taken away by the Eighth Security Regiment after they approached the Dawn Research Institute.

Because as long as they showed their intention to ask questions, the vigilant people in the surrounding area would secretly tell the village militia, and then the militia would report them to the 8th Security Regiment and take them away for questioning.

In the eyes of ordinary people in border areas, the most important thing about the Dawn Research Institute is not its military industry, but the changes they have made in farming methods and the improved seed program they have hosted, which have enabled ordinary people in the surrounding areas to truly realize their ancestors’ dream of food freedom!
In addition, the organization has been promoting confidentiality and raising vigilance against outsiders in the village. Now the surrounding residents have spontaneously become the first line of defense for the Dawn Institute.

So when everyone saw the tanks appear, they were not only excited, but also had an even greater admiration for the Dawn Research Institute.

When Chen Shusheng and his group of students received the news and ran over, they didn't even see the back of the tank. However, they were still as excited as if they had drunk a big bowl of sweet potato soup, and they were jumping and shouting at each other.

These students once again had faith in Ren Zhong’s words.

This is a god-like man.

Even though they don't believe in God.

But for Ren Zhong, they feel that if there really are gods, they might be like this.

This is the first heavy weapon developed by the Dawn Research Institute. Compared with machine guns and cannons, it is on a completely different level.

"Zhiming, I heard that there is an aviation class next door. Do you think there is a possibility that the Dawn Research Institute is about to produce fighter jets?" After Chen Shusheng howled with his classmates for a while to vent his emotions, he suddenly remembered something and said to Liu Zhiming beside him in a hurried tone.

Liu Zhiming was stunned. He had never thought of this idea before. Many people were puzzled at first about the establishment of aviation flights in the border area.

But now that the tanks are out and after hearing what Chen Shusheng said, what was originally thought to be impossible now seems to be true. For the Dawn Research Institute, nothing is impossible in this world!

"Shusheng, if you say so, then it's really, really true." The more Liu Zhiming thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.

"Fuck, what have we missed?" The two looked at each other and suddenly felt as if they had missed something great.

When we first enrolled, we completed the physical examination and were asked about our preferences when we were divided into classes. Chen Shusheng, who was determined to drive a tank, never thought that the aviation class would actually have airplanes to fly!

Honestly speaking, they didn't even have enough confidence in driving the tanks, so after school started, they finally couldn't hold back and blocked Ren Zhong's door to ask for accurate information about the tanks.

Who knew that just a few days later, the tanks really came out.

So for the aviation class, once the training is completed, what's so strange about flying a real plane?

This made young people like Chen Shusheng and Liu Zhiming, who were determined to open the best-equipped area to fight the Japanese, feel that they had miscalculated.

How can a tank compare to the majesty of a fighter jet flying in the sky!
The two poor kids suddenly realized what was happening and couldn't help but beat their chests and stamp their feet and howl for a while. They felt that their lives were not enough. If they could live again, they would definitely choose aviation!

Ren Zhong did not expect that the appearance of the tank would trigger different reactions from many people in the Dawn Research Institute.

But he didn't care about so many things. With the two sets of radar samples provided by General Shi, the historical documents he found could be used to verify the real objects, thus opening a new chapter in the research of the border area's first set of air defense fire control radar.

For the current border area, the soldiers and horses are strong, and the ground strength is getting stronger and stronger. They are not at all afraid of the Japanese ground attack. Now the biggest threat comes from the Japanese fighter planes.

Although the Eighth Route Army Headquarters planned several more attacks on airports, the effect of the sneak attack was much worse than the first time. The Japanese dispersed the fighter planes by building more airports, and they were able to evacuate quickly when something happened.

Therefore, it is an impossible task to kill the Japanese air force at the source.

Being able to have means of early warning and guide air defense weapons to counterattack is very important for the development of border areas. As long as security is guaranteed, the development of border area industry can be maintained.

The border region's industrial base has now reached the point where it can no longer be hidden. Even though many factories have strict security measures, their scale cannot be concealed in any way.

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