1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Well ~"

Liu Yiming was sitting on his luxurious trunk tractor, sighed sadly.

Zhang Pomano laughed and laughed at his mouth.

"Okay, our dad is not so angry, come back tonight ..."

One night, Liu Yiming entered the door holding Zhang Pan, who was pregnant, met Liu's father, and was rushed to the Prime Minister's palace. He failed to go home for a few days.

"Well ~ I also suffer white eyes when I go back ..."

When I remembered that when I went to pick up Zhang Pan today, Liu's eyes were full of distrust. If it wasn't for Zhang Pan to say good words, and if there was a business, Liu Father would not have to speak so well.

Zhang Pan smiled at his mouth, and Liu Yiming was rare when he ate it.

Nympho

"Mrs.'s body is very healthy. Go back to ensure an appropriate amount of exercise. Be careful not to be cold. Generally speaking, the wife's body will be healthier after childbirth ... That's it. You can check it once a month. ... "

After the inspection of Zhangyou, it was confirmed that the physical condition was getting better and better. Without worsening (Gong Han), Liu Yiming was relieved.

Sending Zhang Pan home, Liu Yiming took another car to the Prime Minister's Palace, and he lived here recently.

"Prime Minister!" But he saw Wang Yang had already waited in the office.

"What?" Seeing Wang Yang's joyful look, Liu Yiming also walked towards his desk with a smile.

"The tank was delivered! The tractor was sent to the sample car and stopped in the south of the city. Are you going?" Wang Yang was embarrassed.

The moment he saw the tank, he had figured out how to use it. It was not too much to call it land -war artifact. The attack power of the army could be greatly improved.

"Oh!" Liu Yiming was surprised. "Where is the car car? Go and see!"

One hour later, the two came to the south base of the city, and it has become a car training base. You can see a variety of South China vehicles, from tractors to large trucks.

"The tank is in the innermost area of ​​the field." Wang Yang took Liu Yiming on a car and moved to the inside of the base. This is a work scene that only passes through the basic and flat roads to simulate the field of logistics supplies in the field. Essence

A steel giant beast stopped in the center of the venue, and was crowded with people next to it.

"This is the crawler? The long -term is strange, what's the use? Can you run it, is there any wheels?"

"It's all iron, it is indestructible!"

"Yeah! No matter what, it is enough to be a mobile turret."

"Yes! No artillery positions are arranged.

"I am an artillery. This cannon is larger than the one of our artillery. I am afraid that it is not easy to leave in the wild. Our artillery is easy to get in the wild."

Mowing

Liu Yiming looked at this steel monster, track, yes! Cannon, yes! Bottermium ... a bit strange! Armor, yes!

But is this gun too big? And what about turrets? From a distance, it is a turret, and it is a gun shield recently. What?

Wang Yang introduced Liu Yiming excitedly: "We have screened several times and experimented with several sample cars. This is the best!

8 meters long, 3 meters wide, 28 meters high, 12 mm thick in the body, 25 mm armor with the front part, and 10 mm armor on the side, which can immune to most small -caliber artillery.

A 152 mm 25-fold long tube grenade cannon, a maximum range of 12 kilometers, a left and right angle of 7 degrees, 45 to -6 degrees height,

It is a bit heavy, 43 tons, I think it can reduce the armor mounting, and the travel speed is relatively slow. The pavement road surface is 15 kilometers per hour. If you lose weight, the speed can increase a lot. "

Wang Yang said excitedly, so that the mobility of the artillery has increased greatly. It really deserves to be the Prime Minister. He understands everything!

Liu Yiming did not know that Wang Yang boasted him in his heart. He only said nothing about the self -propelled artillery of the tank writing tank in front of him.

The biggest difference between this and self -propelled artillery should be that it is not open ...

Anyway, it has been made, and it sounds good, and it is essential for self -propelled artillery.

Liu Yiming asked first: "Such a small space, is 152 guns conveniently loaded?"

Early self -propelled artillery was opened mostly. In addition to the large diameter of the artillery, it was more convenient and fast, which was to fill.

The self -propelled artillery is not like a warship, with limited space. In this era, there is no such small auxiliary loading equipment. It depends on manpower. The space is inconvenient to operate.

Wang Yang smiled: "Prime Minister, we also found that although the tank is equipped with a larger reinforcement institution, the space is too small, the loading trouble, and the rate of fire is relatively low, so I want to change it to him."

Having said that Wang Yang climbed to the "tank" and pointed at the upper part.

"This part of this part of the war is not great. Remove it so that it is convenient to install and fill in.

After speaking, Wang Yang looked at Liu Yiming with his expectations, his eyes were full of "I want this."

Liu Yiming was numb, removed the armor, and removed the lid. A self -propelled howitzer was released ... But what I wanted was a tank! Can push to the enemy's face, and then use a track to crush the tank!

"Improve it, remove the armor, the car body can also be weak, it is enough to block the bullets and shells of the shells, and the roof is removed. After the improvement is completed, 12 orders are added to the mechanized travel plan. Besides. "Liu Yiming thought for a moment, and nodded.

Anyway, it has been made, and the mechanized brigade just needs it. At present, the role and deterrence of self-propelled artillery are greater than tanks, so buy some first.

"Hehe..." Wang Yang was a little embarrassed: "This tank is a little expensive, it costs 200,000."

"Let's do it first, twelve vehicles, form a self-propelled howitzer battalion, this thing is called a self-propelled howitzer, you slowly explore it!" Liu Yiming said unhappily, "Drive it and let me see."

200,000 per vehicle, twelve vehicles is 2.4 million, wow, a semi-medium destroyer, if it weren't for the upcoming war and the expansion of the army, Liu Yiming would have reduced it to a company.

And these things are big spenders, the daily use and maintenance costs are a lot, not to mention the cost of shells.

"Are shells common to the army?" Suddenly, Liu Yiming remembered that the army did not seem to be equipped with 152 guns on a large scale because the replacement was too fast.

"It can fire naval shells, but the army shells are too weak. The improved version has not yet been released. It uses the navy's previous generation 30x short-barreled rapid-fire gun." Wang Yang said aggrievedly.

The same 152mm caliber, the navy's new artillery has been improved to the third generation, and the army's second generation has not yet been released, and it is still using large-caliber recoil guns.

There is no way, the army's artillery has strict requirements on the weight of the gun body, especially in the tropical quagmire. If the gun is too heavy, it may lose its ability to move in the rainy season.

Liu Yiming nodded, this is also a huge firepower supplement for the army. Before this, the main firepower support of the army was contracted by the Rocket Team.

The Rocket Team has many advantages, such as cheapness, easy production, and wide coverage.

However, the destructive ability against fortifications, precision strike capability, and range are all shortcomings.

"This thing is good, but too expensive. It's best to be universal, and the more you save, the better." The annual salary, training expenses, and daily consumption of a division, anyway, if you don't count the replacement of equipment, it's about 3 million a year.

However, the army is now clearing the ground, which consumes a lot of money, but the income is not low, and the locals are not poor.

Wang Yang's face was full of satisfaction. Although it was expensive, the barrel was big! The combat effectiveness and deterrence of the twelve 152mm self-propelled artillery were not less than that of a division.

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After watching the self-propelled artillery tremble and fire a shot, Liu Yiming returned to the Prime Minister's Office with satisfaction and continued his work for the day.

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Liu Yiming calculated the military expenditure. The annual estimated income in 1897 was 1.3 billion, and the treasury surplus in 1896 was 60 million. This was the result of several arms sales and trade expansion, and the year-end income surged.

This year is another large arms sale, but the trade with China has entered a weak period, and the pharmaceutical and daily chemical markets have not had time to expand.

"Including the funds reserved by the army, the expenditure is about 300 million. The war has not lasted for a long time, and it will not destroy the current benign development trend." Liu Yiming calculated silently.

Since many data are top secret, each department directly connects with Xu Hui and Liu Yiming. For safety reasons, Liu Yiming calculates by himself and then discusses with Xu Hui.

During the same period, the income of the United States was several times that of Nanhua, and it mainly came from taxes. Nanhua's income mainly came from state-owned assets, accounting for more than half.

"The Prime Minister, the Vice Prime Minister is here." When Liu Yiming was thinking about how to use military funds and how to carry out reforms, Xu Hui came in a hurry.

"What's wrong? Come at this time?" Liu Yiming looked at the watch and was about to get off work. Xu Hui would not skip work, so there was something.

Xu Hui didn't know where to start for a while, so he took out a document: "Take a look at this material first."

Liu Yiming glanced at the title, which was the statistical data of the development of Nanhua's steel industry.

"Okay! Steady and improving, rapid development, we have to tell the steel mills that we can't just focus on quantity, but also on quality." Liu Yiming didn't find any problems. Could it be that the quality of steel was not good?

Xu Hui took a sip of tea: "As of June, there are seven private steel mills, three state-owned ones, and three under construction. This year's steel production is expected to exceed 2.6 million tons and iron 3 million tons. In addition, there is a steel industry zone with a designed annual production of one million tons under construction in Borneo...

We have made it too big and can't digest it..."

"Go on." Liu Yiming poured a cup of tea for Xu Hui and motioned him to continue.

Xu Hui held the teacup and didn't drink it: "This year's steel production alone, Nanhua is estimated to be only a joke of 60, and this is the result of our vigorous development of heavy steel industry. The Qing Dynasty has set import restrictions, and Japan can't buy much. The central bank has warned that if you are not careful, the economic crisis will come..."

Liu Yiming always felt that something was wrong. The rapidly developing Nanhua should not have an economic crisis, or in other words, the economic crisis means that Nanhua's development period is coming to an end?

"Leave this material here with me, notify the relevant departments, and hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss what is going on."

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