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    "Your Majesty, our navy can also form an aviation force! Since aircraft can attack soldiers on land from the sky, they should also be able to attack battleships!" Zhang Cheng also said hurriedly.

    "Yes, the Navy is planning to form an aviation force. However, the performance of current fighter aircraft does not meet the requirements. The armor of a battleship is several hundred millimeters, and ordinary light aviation bombs cannot penetrate it at all. It must be at least 500 kilograms.  Level heavy aerial bombs will do. Or use heavy torpedoes. Today's fighter planes simply cannot carry such heavy weapons, and the range is too short, so they are temporarily unable to play a role in naval battles. However, using seaplanes can  It is still possible to carry out reconnaissance and provide data for shelling!" Wang Yuze said.

    "It seems we have to wait for a while!" Zhang Cheng said with some disappointment.

    Wang Yuze was very happy that Zhang Cheng could think of developing aviation in the navy.  You know, almost all people nowadays are still immersed in the thinking mode of big guns and giant ships. It is already very good for Zhang Cheng to think of using fighter planes to attack warships.

    "It won't take long before we should be able to have suitable fighters. Moreover, in the future we will also develop aircraft carriers. Aircraft carriers are airports on the sea, carrying fighter planes to carry out long-range strikes against the Imperial Navy. We can attack the Imperial Navy hundreds of kilometers away  The navy carries out large-scale bombing, which will undoubtedly change the existing model!" Wang Yuze said.

    Zhang Cheng and others nodded repeatedly.

    "However, everyone must keep the matter of naval aviation a secret. While other countries around the world are desperately developing battleships, we are quietly developing aircraft carriers. Once a war breaks out, the enemy's battleships will be greeted by our naval aviation's overwhelming bombs and bombs.  Torpedo attack. By then, it will be much easier for us to win!" Wang Yuze said with a sly smile.

    Xiong Wu, Zhang Cheng and others also deeply agree.  It is indeed difficult for China's navy to surpass Britain and become the number one in the world.  However, if new weapons can be used to change the development pattern of naval warfare, it will undoubtedly be a shortcut.  Everyone said that they would strictly keep this secret.

    Wang Yuze breathed a sigh of relief with the development of the air force.  Although the current Air Force is still relatively weak, the Air Force's fighter planes are still relatively crude.  But China is already far ahead of the world. It will not be so easy for other countries to catch up with China.

    Good news comes one after another.  Having just visited the Air Force fighter planes, on November 10, Wang Yuze and other military giants secretly came to Miyun, north of Beijing, where the First Division of the Imperial Guard is stationed.  The predecessor of the Imperial Guard was the Instructor in Western Sichuan. After overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establishing the empire, it was expanded into a Imperial Guard that specialized in guarding the capital.  The officers and soldiers of the Guards are all veterans selected from other troops. Each one has more than three years of military service. If placed in other troops, it is more than enough to serve as a squad leader or deputy squad leader. This also makes the Guards  The combat power is very powerful.

    The total establishment of the Guards is 3 divisions, plus the artillery brigade, guard brigade, special reconnaissance brigade, baggage brigade, field hospital and other troops directly under the army, the whole army has a total of more than 100,000 people.  It is the most important force guarding the capital.

    The first regiment of the first division of the Imperial Guard is stationed in Miyun.  At this moment, the military camp was under martial law and no one else could get close.  Emperor Wang Yuze, Chief of Staff Xiong Wu, Minister of Army Cai Yun and Minister of National Defense Jiang Xingguo were all here.  General Zhao Bowen, commander of the Capital Military Region, and Lieutenant General Dong Hanfei, commander of the Imperial Guard, also arrived here.  In front of them was an iron lump.  To be precise, it is a tank composed of tracks, turrets, etc. produced by Beijing Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Factory.  This is a prototype vehicle that was produced by the heavy machinery manufacturer after nearly two years of research and development at Wang Yuze's request.

    "Your Majesty, this tank, according to your request, is named the T1 tank. It uses a four-cylinder Kunlun gasoline engine with a power of 100 horsepower. It is 5 meters long, 1.75 meters high, 2.3 meters high, and has a total weight of 8 tons.  The maximum speed is 20 km/h on the road, 8 km/h off-road, and the maximum range is 40 km. It has a crew of two and its armament is a 37 mm tank gun with 240 rounds of ammunition; a Type 91 heavy machine gun with 4,800 rounds of ammunition.  .The armor is 22 mm on the front, 15 mm on the sides, and 6 mm on the back, which can withstand heavy machine gun or grenade attacks. The climb is 45 degrees, the vertical wall is 0.61 meters high, the trench is 1.98 meters wide, and the wading depth is 0.69 meters. Passing  Our verification shows that the T1 tank is fully ready for actual combat!" said engineer Huang Huasheng, the designer of the T1 tank.  Huang Huasheng is 42 years old, born in the United States, and graduated in mechanics.  Because of his advantages in automobiles and other machinery, he was recruited by the Xihua Group and returned to China. Now he has become a famous military expert in a heavy machinery manufacturing factory.

    ¡°Very good, let¡¯s start the test and let us open our eyes too!¡± Wang Yuze said.

    "Yes. Your Majesty!"Huasheng replied.

    Soon, the two tank soldiers opened the hatch on the tank and got into the tank.  As the engine roared, bursts of black smoke were discharged from the exhaust hole at the back of the tank, and the tank began to start.  Because of need, a specially built inspection site was built in the training ground of the 1st Regiment.

    I saw the tank starting to drive at maximum speed on a flat road.  After about a hundred meters, we entered the wilderness.  At this time, the tank's speed dropped significantly.  However, it is still relatively stable.  After driving for several dozen meters, a 45-degree steep slope appeared in front. With the violent roar of the engine, the tank easily climbed up the steep slope of more than ten meters.  After that, climbing over walls, crossing 1.5-meter trenches, and wading through puddles more than half a meter deep were completed easily.  Behind, the tank stayed in front of a fire point.  A Type 91 heavy machine gun is set up here.  When the tank was only twenty meters away from this fire point, the heavy machine gun opened fire.

    "Click, click, click!" The weapons fired from the heavy machine gun hit the armor of the tank, making a crisp sound.  But it didn't cause any damage to the tank.  Finally, two grenades flew over and landed accurately on the front and sides of the tank. The grenades exploded and smoke enveloped the tank.  However, after the smoke cleared, the tank still rumbled into action.  At this time, the tank's 37mm tank gun opened fire, and with a bang, the firepower point in front was destroyed, and the machine gun was blown into parts.  The heavy machine gun on the tank also fired.  The violently fired bullets sent sawdust flying across the wooden soldier model in front.

    After that, the tank drove back to the original position, and two tank soldiers got out of the tank.  At this time, Xiong Wu, Cai Yun and Jiang Xingguo were already stunned.

    "Your Majesty, this is true invulnerability! With this kind of weapon, it will be much easier for our army to attack the enemy's position. If used properly, it can easily break through the enemy's defense line!  Your Majesty, I suggest that the troops be equipped with a large number of such sharp weapons immediately!" Xiong Wu said excitedly.  When the army attacks, it often suffers the greatest casualties.  Soldiers face the enemy's powerful firepower and often suffer huge casualties before even taking a step forward.  If tanks are used to attack, the casualties will be much smaller.

    "Yes, Your Majesty! This kind of weapon must be deployed in the army as soon as possible. Only then will our army truly become the number one army in the world!" Cai Yun also said excitedly.

    "It will be equipped, but the tank has just been developed, and there are still a lot of problems that have not been solved. In addition, new tactics also need to be explored. It will take a certain amount of time to be fully applied in war!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Your Majesty, the biggest problem with the current T1 tank is the failure rate. Although the maximum range is forty kilometers, it often breaks down after driving for more than ten kilometers and needs repair. Therefore, it is far from being used in actual combat. I'm afraid  It will take some time," said engineer Huang Huasheng.

    Wang Yuze nodded, because the technology is not up to par, so the failure rate of tanks is still relatively high.  If it is really used on the battlefield, it is estimated that all the tanks will be lying down before the battle is completed.

    "Engineer Huang, the design department must do its best to transform the T1 tank and reduce the failure rate so that the tank can be deployed in the army as soon as possible. In addition, the T1 tank is only the initial model. Future tanks will have armor, firepower,  The speed still needs to be improved. The T1 tank only weighs 8 tons and can only be regarded as a light tank. In the future, our troops will also need heavier medium tanks and heavy tanks. These need to be designed by you to serve the empire.  Add war weapons to our army!" Wang Yuze said solemnly.

    "Your Majesty, please rest assured, we will definitely do our best!" Huang Huasheng said.

    Although, like aircraft, due to performance reasons, it is estimated that tanks will not be able to be used in actual combat in the next war.  However, China has taken the lead in conducting research and exploration in this area. Once the technology matures, China's future armored corps will be a powerful weapon for the Chinese Army to gallop around the world.

    Wang Yuze stood in front of the T1 tank, looking at the dark body with endless emotion.  This is the weapon of war produced after entering the industrial age, and the development of war will change for this reason.  Whoever can take the lead in this aspect will be able to seize the opportunity.  There is no doubt that China is once again ahead of other countries in this regard.  Although, it will take some time before the prototype vehicle is developed and put into actual combat.  But at least, China's start has been far ahead of other countries in the world.

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