Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1513 T[-]
Testing after the tank rolled off the production line went well.

That's not to say the T44 isn't fault-free.

In fact, the T44 has many faults. After all, it is the first tank to use a transverse engine and a new gearbox.

These are two major improvements of the T44, and these two major improvements also laid the foundation for the T54, which is our country's Type 59 tank.

Before the T44, the engines were installed vertically. The advantage of the longitudinal installation is that there is no need for transmission conversion in the middle, but the disadvantage is that it will make the car body longer.

It doesn’t matter whether the tank is longer or shorter, it’s just that such a small change will have a “revolutionary” impact on the overall impact of the tank.

Because the shortening of the tank body means that the side area is shortened, so the area of ​​the side armor being bombed is reduced, and more importantly, the weight of the tank body is reduced under the same engine power... a large part of the side armor is saved.

This large piece of armor saved can be evenly distributed to the front armor to increase its frontal protection, which makes the maximum armor thickness of the T44 reach 120MM.

Coupled with the use of a new type of transmission to further reduce the size, so although the T44 is a medium tank in terms of weight and maneuverability, it is comparable to a heavy tank in terms of protection, not losing to the "Tiger" at all.

At this time, the T44 that Wang Xuexin got was a prototype car, the kind whose armor hadn't been thickened yet.

However, knowing this, Wang Xuexin of course piled all the "saved" armor on the front armor to enhance frontal protection without hesitation.

再加上100MM滑膛炮及脱穿，T44就变成了在1000米甚至更远的距离上能妥妥击穿“虎式”，而“虎式”在1000米距离却无法击穿T44这个中坦。

In this way, the difference between the two is too great.

But the T44 is due to two major improvements...a transverse engine and a new fixed-shaft gearbox.

These two things are new gadgets and there are bound to be many failures, so they have been used more for training because of "poor reliability" in history.

Wang Xuexin doesn't think these are big problems. The reliability of the T44 is poor, can it be as bad as the "Tiger"?
The "Tiger" is a veritable heavy tank, and its maintenance, upkeep, and logistics can be regarded as hell. It is normal for a dozen "Tiger" to go to the battlefield.

The T44 is still a medium tank, and it is much better than the "Tiger" in terms of production difficulty, output or cost.

Poor reliability?

Wouldn't it be enough to produce a few more cars? Even if there are a few faulty cars, won't there still be many that can be driven on the battlefield to crush the "Tiger"?

What's more, the Eighth Route Army also has the "Sherman" with good reliability and can crush other Japanese tanks...

This is almost a kind of "high and low collocation" to form a complement: "Tiger" is handed over to T44 to deal with, and the rest is reserved for "Sherman", otherwise "Sherman" will retire?

In addition, after passing the test of the tank, Wang Xuexin took a different look at Belinnekov: If something goes wrong with the tank, this guy just takes a wrench and knocks on the spinner, and he can start working again immediately. used.

Wang Xuexin compared him with Alexei in his mind:
Alexei is the director of the tractor factory. He is an expert in automobiles and half-track vehicles, but Belinnekov in front of him is an expert in tanks.

So Wang Xuexin made up his mind: this guy must be kept, China is short of such talents, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it!
After the test, the T44 will enter mass production immediately, and it can produce about 20 vehicles a month... This is because the Eighth Route Army has just started production and is not very ready. In history, Mao Xiong started a production line and started production until Hans surrendered, but only six short More than 200 vehicles were produced every month, with an average monthly production of more than 30 vehicles.

However, Wang Xuexin thinks that the output is almost the same. After all, the Eighth Route Army is poor, and the Devils' tanks are stretched. Doesn't it mean that tanks like the T44 have almost no battle damage when they are put on the battlefield?
Does it need mass production without war damage?
Still treat it as a transitional model. After the transmission and transmission are improved one by one, go directly to 59...it will not be too late for mass production at that time!
This is also the practice of modern China: the intermediate models that are not advanced enough and need to be improved are not mass-produced, but only a small amount of production is used for experiments and tests, and the dumplings are not served until the problems are almost resolved.

After that, what Wang Xuexin needs is to wait for the tank to come out.

During this period, Turing came to find Wang Xuexin once... During this period, transistors were used in large quantities in the military, resulting in insufficient transistors for Turing's new computer.

This is not a big problem, Wang Xuexin explained: "Sorry, Mr. Turing! You know, we are in a state of war and urgently need transistors. You can use electron tubes to temporarily advance the experimental process, and replace them when the transistors are in place after a while. I hope you can understand!"

"Okay!" Turing spread his hands helplessly, and jokingly said, "What else can we do? Only you have transistors in the world, and you can't even import them from other places!"

Before leaving, Turing added another sentence: "I have to say, you are very far-sighted, Comrade Leader! You have grasped the lifeblood of the times. I hope you can seize this opportunity in the future!"

Wang Xuexin nodded his thanks.

There is no need for Turing to say this. Wang Xuexin knows what the future will look like and how to seize this opportunity.

It's just that it's not easy for Turing to know these things, which is enough to prove that Turing has considerable foresight.

Just when Wang Xuexin was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Zhang Zongping handed over a telegram and said: "Regimental Commander, the stubborn army may have sold the air defense system to the devils!"

Wang Xuexin was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.

Because of the lessons learned from the previous artillery detection radar, the Eighth Route Army specially asked intelligence personnel to track the air defense system sold to the recalcitrant army.

Therefore, although the Eighth Route Army did not know the details of the transaction between the stubborn army and the devils, they had a rough idea of ​​whether the stubborn army had a deal with the devils.

Wang Xuexin is not worried that the devils bought the air defense system. This air defense system is based on relays. Wang Xuexin still doesn't like it, and it has been sold everywhere. Fighters pose a threat.

The problem is that Wang Xuexin can't stand the stubborn army's way of self-destructing the Great Wall... But this is not the first time, let's get used to it slowly, there is no need to be angry with the stubborn army, what else can Wang Xuexin do if he wants to do this ?
"Do you know where the devil intends to use the air defense system?" Wang Xuexin asked.

"Not sure yet!" Zhang Zongping replied: "The headquarters thought that the devils would definitely use the air defense system in Duolun County, so they sent intelligence personnel to investigate, and found that the devils hadn't made any moves in Duolun County!"

Wang Xuexin frowned. He felt that he might have guessed where the devil would use the air defense system!
(End of this chapter)