Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 285: The turret looks scary from a distance, but the five pairs of road wheels are impressive when you look at it up close.

"Northeast People's Autonomous Army Advance Regiment?" Yu Zhenze looked at his new appointment with some surprise, his face full of question marks.

"Yes, Commander Yu, after our high-level decision, we decided to grant your advance regiment a number and related equipment. However, there is one thing we need to discuss with Commander Yu. Fighting back to the Northeast is not something that your regiment alone can accomplish. In this regard, we request Commander Yu to work with us to select some of the brothers in the advance regiment who are familiar with the geography and customs of the Northeast to serve as guides and liaison officers for other units of our People's Autonomous Army, and together we will eliminate the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Northeast!" Chief of Staff Zuo explained with a smile.

Yu Zhenze was silent for a while.

Although he was mentally prepared for this disguised adaptation, when the day really came, Yu Zhenze was still a little hesitant.

After all, if they really wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, they would have joined long ago.

There were already many people from the Northeast Army in the Eighth Route Army.

However, if I don't agree, this matter will probably fail.

Yu Zhenze is not a naive student. He has been in the military for more than ten years and has seen a lot of things.

"Commander, can I go back and discuss this matter with my brothers?" Yu Zhenze couldn't guarantee that all his brothers would agree with him and accept this matter.

The Eighth Route Army is now so powerful that anyone can see it. The province of Shanxi can no longer be stopped. In the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Saibei, except Jinsui, there are still many Japanese invaders in other places, but any discerning person can see at a glance that a change of ownership is imminent. With the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army, North China cannot be saved at all.

In this way, if the brothers join, their talents in serving the country will not be wasted.

Ren Zhong underestimated the sudden arrival of opportunity.

But it doesn’t matter, there’s still time to make up for it now.

Traveling between the two worlds, Ren Zhong does not worry that his vision is lower than that of anyone else in this era.

After all, this is a cognitive gap between the times. Even the most talented politicians, the strongest ones now, cannot compare with Ren Zhong, who is a cheater.

From now on, fighting is no longer the main issue. Political settlement is what tests the wisdom of the border regions the most.

Fortunately, Ren Zhong met the most politically wise team of this era. Every senior executive was so talented that they dominated the era!
Best at seeking truth from facts!
If it were ordinary senior executives, they would not dare to have such an independent consciousness.

But Ren Zhong knew that the higher-ups in this time and space would also choose to decide our fate independently!
Taiyuan Heavy Industries.

A tank slowly drove out of the workshop.

If any military fans in the main world see this tank, they will definitely feel very familiar with it.

The turret looks scary from a distance, and it has five pairs of road wheels when you get close!
Yes, this is the classic T-59 that Ren Zhong chose for the next generation of tanks.

Of course it’s not the original version, but a fancy modified version after iteration.

Introduced the concept of composite armor and 88mm tank gun!
当然，现在的动力还是那台传奇的GAA V8发动机内核，作为一台输出525马力的强大动力和1400牛.米的强劲扭矩。传奇GAA V8仍然可以成为山寨T-59强大内核，毕竟原始版本的B2发动机输出还不如GAA V8发动机。

As for the main gun, it is directly based on the 88mm anti-aircraft gun and draws on the improved model of the KwK36L/56 88mm tank gun. The barrel is cut short to a length of 4960mm. It uses armor-piercing projectiles with an initial velocity of 600m/s and an armor-piercing thickness of 90mm at a distance of one kilometer.

In this era, only the King Tiger can be compared with the new T-59.

The new tank has a combat weight of 35 tons, a crew of 4, a maximum road speed of 55 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 560 kilometers. In addition to the 88mm tank gun, it is equipped with a 20mm anti-aircraft gun and a 1mm MG7.62 improved machine gun to enhance its air defense and strike capabilities against lightly armored targets.

In terms of ammunition, the main gun has 60 rounds of ammunition, the anti-aircraft gun has 500 rounds of ammunition, and the 7.62 mm machine gun has 3000 rounds of ammunition.

The front armor and turret armor together with the composite armor have a combined protection capability of 120 mm average armor. The side armor is equivalent to 80 mm average armor.

It can fight and resist, and possesses this world's top attack and defense capabilities.

Compared with the T-59 in the main world, it only lacks the power of the main gun, but the other parts are not weak at all. Moreover, due to the more mature engine, the power subsystem is more reliable and powerful than the original version of the T-59.

After watching a simple demonstration of this tank, Ren Zhong happily named the tank the Dragon Tank. The naming of the Type 56 gun family is already confusing.

Therefore, Ren Zhong has already started thinking about naming the new product in a unique way.

Ren Zhong thought the name of the Dragon tank was a good one, because he felt that this freak tank he had put together would have no problem surpassing the King Tiger.

Although the armor protection of the Tiger II heavy tank seems to be very strong, the front upper armor plate of the hull is 150 mm thick, the front lower armor plate is 100 mm thick, the upper and lower side armor plates are 80 mm thick, the rear armor plate is 80 mm thick, the top armor plate is 40 mm thick, and the bottom armor plate is 25-40 mm thick; the front armor of the turret is 130 mm thick, the side and rear armor plates are 80 mm thick, and the top armor plate is 40 mm thick.

But this is real steel plate, which is much heavier than the composite armor that Ren Zhong chose for the Dragon tank. The total combat weight reaches an astonishing 69.8 tons, and the protective capability is only similar, basically the same.

With such a heavy weight, even if the Tiger King tank is equipped with a Maybach 690 horsepower engine, its maximum road speed is only 41.5 kilometers per hour, and its maximum off-road speed is only 10 to 20 kilometers per hour.
In terms of mobility, the gap is far behind that of the first generation Dragon tank.

Ren Zhong believes that if the two tanks meet, the one that will survive will definitely be the Dragon tank!

During the development stage, Ren Zhong asked Taiyuan Heavy Industry to start planning to build two production lines for this future true main battle tank, with a monthly production capacity of 100 vehicles!
The first batch of 10 prototypes are now being directly trial-produced. They have undergone various intensive tests, including a 500-meter stationary bombardment test with a T-34 tank. These tests have proven that they are almost immune to the bombardment of a 500mm main gun at a distance of 76 meters!
As for the 37mm anti-tank gun, it is completely immune even at the extreme close distance of 100 meters!

Even if it encounters a 57mm anti-tank gun, it cannot even break through the side defense at a distance of 300 meters.

Frankly speaking, this tank was completely wasted on the Asian battlefield, as the Japanese had no such opponent.

Therefore, after building two production lines, Ren Zhong did not increase the production capacity for this tank for the time being, but continued to mass-produce the M3 and T-34 tanks. After all, these two tanks are relatively simpler to produce than the new Dragon tank.

Although the T-34 and Dragon tanks now basically share the same chassis, their power, communication systems, optical sighting systems, etc. are the same.

However, in terms of the body, the production and manufacturing of the new tank requires higher technology and the composite armor is more complex.

However, the emergence of composite armor has found a new opportunity for the M3 thin-skinned tank. After installing the composite armor, although the total weight of the M3 tank has increased by more than one ton, the armor capacity has generally increased by more than 60 mm, making it directly immune to the damage output of the Japanese tanks.

The emergence of the Dragon tank has truly advanced the border region's tank technology by a major step, allowing the border region's tank level to catch up with the most advanced level in the world today.

This gave Ren Zhong more confidence in his attack on the Northeast.

Jizhou front.

Most of the 30 elite troops of the Kwantung Army were turned into ashes in the indiscriminate bombing of fuel-air bombs, making the land fertile.

After dealing with the main force of the Japanese, the brigade commander let go and fought vigorously this time. He no longer worried about the possibility of the Japanese Kwantung Army making a comeback. He launched attacks simultaneously along the Pinghan Line and the transportation lines connecting Qi and Lu, preparing to swallow up all the Japanese north of the Yellow River.

The North China Front Army, which had lost the elite Kwantung Army, had long lost the capital to confront the Taihang and Taiyue areas in Shanxi. Now with the addition of fuel-air bombs, it had more ways to attack the Japanese behind the bunkers.

There is no need to destroy the city. The Japanese soldiers in the city towers and bunkers will be completely evaporated by a single hit from the fuel-air explosive bomb!
This amazing weapon has turned attacking a fortified city into a simple cleanup!

If it weren't for the street fighting that required taking the city down bit by bit, the brigade commander and his men could capture a city in one day!

Even so, it would take no more than one day to attack a county town, and two or three days at most to attack a city!
The Japanese invaders in Central Hebei, who had been besieged for a long time, finally made big news by surrendering the entire county!

Before the Japanese headquarters and the Kwantung Army had time to react, the major cities in central Hebei fell completely under the control of the Eighth Route Army, and Jeju in Qi and Lu was also captured by the main force of the Qi and Lu base area in 10 days.

It basically did not delay the people in central Hebei from returning to their hometowns to plant winter wheat!

According to the effective experience of the previous period, a new political organization was established in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area. According to the three-three system, all local forces were quickly gathered under the new organization, and there was no chance of returning home with the landlords.

Five small factories that were built in response to local conditions began to flourish, releasing primary industrial production capacity.

The border area, Taiyuan and Lu'an, as three industrial centers, have now become the source of industrialization of the new base. Countless mechanical equipment are manufactured in these three places, and factories and power plants are built one after another in the new base!
This time, Ren Zhong knew that the Japanese had absolutely no chance of fighting back, so he began to truly focus on long-term construction according to his industrial blueprint!

The first to be affected are kilometers and railways, followed by the construction of thermal power plants and power grids.

Only with roads can a steady stream of products and equipment be exchanged.

Only with electricity can industrialization really get started.

At the same time, in addition to accelerating the development of Yanchang Oilfield, Ren Zhong has also started the development of Shengli Oilfield.

The unprecedented expansion of the base also means a substantial increase in fuel, and relying solely on the extended oil supply is no longer enough to cope with the upcoming situation.

Fortunately, we have taken over Qilu, and now we can boldly exploit the oil in Qilu with confidence.

A decisive battle that was originally not favored by the outside world ended hastily in an unexpected process. The Japanese not only lost the elite of the Kwantung Army, but also lost North China!
Now, except for Tianjin and Beijing, the Japanese have no foothold in North China!

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