Iron Dynasty

Your Majesty, this is the Empire's first tank.

Xiao Ming saw the tank in the mouth of Lin Wentao on the school field in the Tuoshan ravine outside Qingzhou City.

This tank is painted in silver-gray, and its appearance is somewhat similar to the tanks that appeared between World War I and World War II, but basically there is not much difference in the appearance of World War II tanks.

After all, they have mature information, and they don't need Lin Wentao to take a detour on the road of developing tanks.

How about the tank's data? Xiao Ming asked.

Lin Wentao did not dare to hide this issue, because he knew that Xiao Ming was more knowledgeable than him, so he said: This tank is 5.68 meters long, 2.43 meters wide, 2.29 meters high, weighs 13 tons, can carry five people, and has a top speed of 5.68 meters per hour. It can reach 53 kilometers per hour, and can directly cross a trench with a width of 1.8 meters. The weapon on the tank has a 45mm tank gun with 100 rounds of ammunition. It is equipped with two machine guns and reserves 2,500 rounds of ammunition. As for the tank Armor, twenty-two millimeters on the front, thirteen millimeters on the sides and rear.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, this data is already against the sky in this era, and European muskets cannot penetrate the armor of such tanks at all.

If such tanks were put into battle, the Europeans would no longer be able to use trenches to stop the imperial attack.

After patting the iron guy, Xiao Ming asked, Does it have a name?

In the view of Xiaguan, the tank is bound to be more powerful than the black bear in the forest in the future war, so Xiaguan named him Bear King Tank.

Bear King Tank? Xiao Ming said with a smile: Even a tiger in the forest is afraid of a blind bear. It's a good name. It's called Bear King Tank.

Lin Wentao couldn't help but be overjoyed. Now that the naming of the equipment has been delegated to the researchers, they can name their own equipment.

Cui Shangan also followed. After all, he is the chief of staff, and he also has to ask about equipment.

When Xiao Ming and Lin Wentao were chatting and laughing, Cui Shangan had long been dumbfounded. In his opinion, this kind of weapon was simply a nightmare for the enemy on the battlefield.

As long as the tanks are thrown into the war, the soldiers of the Empire will be invincible.

Lin Wentao, how is the output of this tank? Cui Shangan asked.

Currently we only have two production lines, and there is no problem with 20 cars a month.

Twenty. Cui Shangan's eyes lit up, he said to Xiao Ming: Who is the emperor going to equip first with this kind of equipment?

Qi Guangyi. Xiao Ming said almost without thinking.

Cui Shangan was stunned for a moment, and he said: The emperor is joking, doesn't Qi Guangyi have cavalry? They still need tanks?

Can't you see that the tank is the upgraded cavalry, but the horse that the cavalry sits on has been replaced by this iron guy. Xiao Ming said.

For him, it is indeed Qi Guangyi who needs tanks at the moment. First, Qi Guangyi's Northwest Military Region fought directly against the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia.

Second, the jurisdiction of the Northwest Military Region is very flat, which is very suitable for large-scale tank operations.

He could now imagine the Cossats wielding machetes slashing at tanks.

Therefore, once the Northwest Army is equipped with this weapon, it will completely end Tsarist Russia's coveting of Central Asia, and at the same time, the empire will be able to exert greater influence in Central Asia.

Thinking about it, what the emperor said is very true, isn't this tank a cavalry? Cui Shangan laughed, his eyes full of envy.

Now he has some thoughts about leading soldiers to fight in the army.

Don't be surprised, the empire will have even more incredible equipment in the future. Xiao Ming said lightly.

Next, the two watched the tank drill together. Under the control of the driver, the crawler tank traveled freely in various terrains.

The powerful firepower of the 45mm gun and machine gun makes the tank a mobile fortress of fire.

Congratulations to the emperor, with this weapon, the emperor's grand plan and hegemony are one step closer. Qian Dafu smiled until his eyes narrowed into a line.

He knew that Xiao Ming still had too many ideals to achieve, and some of these ideals could not be achieved only through peaceful means.

Xiao Ming laughed heartily, Qian Dafu said that he was in his heart, and just now he listed for himself the strategy to be realized.

With the tank as a weapon of war, the process of achieving his goals will be easier.

Seeing Xiao Ming so happy, everyone laughed.

Cui Shangan said happily: Your Majesty, the military industry of the empire is now a step further, and the equipment that the empire has eliminated can also be sold as much as possible, and the money earned can continue to be invested in the military industry to make more powerful weapons.

The monster like a tank completely convinced Choi Sang-an.

There is already a buyer waiting for our weapons? Go back and collect the weapons that have been eliminated from the army warehouse and transport them to Dengzhou. As soon as the Persian messenger arrives, these weapons can be shot. Xiao Ming said confidently.

Choi Sang-an understood and showed a clear look.

...

Persia, Tessie.

Cambis threw a battle report that had just been delivered on the ground.

Losing, losing again, a bunch of trash, if you lose again, Osman will be beaten by Taisi. Cambis said angrily to Arsasi.

Six months ago, the balance of war between Persia and the Ottoman Empire was maintained, but the balance of power was broken three months ago.

Consecutive defeats made Cambis unable to keep his composure any longer.

Arsasi picked up the battle report from the ground, and he said: Your Majesty, according to the information, British cast iron guns and sophisticated muskets appeared in the Ottoman Empire, and their troops seem to have received professional training, this is our The reason for losing the war, but it's not too bad now, we just lost some border areas in the northeast, now it's time to ask the Eastern Empire for help, the West chose to support the Ottomans, and I believe the Eastern Empire will definitely support us.

Cambies frowned, in fact he was reluctant to speak to the Eastern Empire easily, because now he somewhat regretted letting the Eastern Empire exploit their oil for free.

Because in his opinion, if he sells these oil to the Eastern Empire, he will definitely earn a lot of wealth. With the money and the production line of muskets, he will be able to defeat the Ottomans and further control the oil.

But now his calculations are bankrupt, and if he continues to insist not to ask for help from the Empire, Persia will soon be defeated by the Ottomans.

When will our production line be able to manufacture muskets on a large scale? Cambis asked a little unwillingly.

Arsasi said helplessly: Your Majesty, even if the production line can produce, the steel, gunpowder, bullets and other accessories needed for the musket also need to be purchased from the Empire. We cannot produce the same high-quality gunpowder as the Empire.

Cambies covered his face in despair. He thought it would be enough for the empire to help him build a weapon production line, but he didn't expect it to be too simple. Without the perfect industrial system as the empire, Persia would not be able to play at all.

It seems that we only have to urgently purchase a batch of weapons from the empire. Cambies said sadly.

I'm sorry, I postponed the update for a while, I moved things all afternoon, and I was exhausted.