Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 712 Tank Test
After these fleets arrived in Shenpo, they began to send ships to investigate the situation around Java and prepare for the future attack on Java.

When scouting around Java, Hongyi also united with the Frangji above Luzon, and wanted to join forces with the Frangji to launch an attack on Java.

Zhao Wen stepped on the map and looked at the situation around Java in detail.

Today, Zhao Wen has a large number of fleets in Java, among which there are five or six treasure ships, and there are also many sailing battleships.

Zhao Wen didn't have to worry about Hongyi and Flangji's harassment at all.

Although a treasure ship is not as fast as a sailing battleship, it can carry more weapons. In this era, a treasure ship loaded with artillery is a fortress at sea with powerful firepower.

In this world, there are people who can be thieves for a thousand days, but there are no people who can guard against thieves for a thousand days.It's okay to be prepared for a short time, but if it takes a long time, it won't work.

Moreover, the sea is long, and if Hongyi took the opportunity to attack the merchant ships on the sea, it would be enough for Zhao Wen to drink a pot.

Although there are a lot of ships in Java, they can't always escort merchant ships, right?
Zhao Wen sat on the map, looked at the map, and frowned tightly.

"Right now, Hongyi is at war with Frangji and is fighting for independence. It stands to reason that there are irreconcilable conflicts between Hongyi and Flangji. In the past, it was unlikely that they would unite.

I really didn't expect that in order to deal with me, two enemies came together and even thought of joining forces to deal with me.

Although Zheng Yiguan is not here now, I am not a vegetarian either. "Zhao Wen stood up and sat at the desk.

Zhao Wen took out a piece of rice paper and began to write on it.

After a while, Zhao Wen folded up the written declaration.

"Send it to the military academy tomorrow and tell the people in the military academy that this matter is urgent and must be dealt with urgently." Zhao Wen pointed to the rice paper on the table and looked at Chen Donglai.

Chen Donglai said: "Remember Your Majesty!"

"Okay, let's stop here today and go back to the bedroom to sleep!" Zhao Wen stood up and walked outside.

After lying on the bed, Zhao Wen looked at the roof in the darkness, and murmured: "It seems that the construction of the iron-clad ship is also on the agenda, and I don't know how the tanks are doing in Song Yingxing's place. Song Yingxing, so it is unrealistic for Song Yingxing to supervise the construction of iron-clad ships.

Let's talk about the construction of the shipyard for the construction of ironclad ships first! "

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Early the next morning, Chen Donglai sent what Zhao Wen wrote last night to the Military Academy.

The content of Zhao Wen's writing is very simple, that is, to ask the Military Academy to draft an imperial decree to inform Zheng Zhibao who stayed on Taiyuan Island, asking him to bring half of the sailors who stayed on Taiyuan Island to Java to help defend Java.

Zhao Wen doesn't plan to fight Hongyi and Fulang now, it's not that Zhao Wen is afraid of them, but the war in the country is not completely over yet, and there are so many things going on, if he fights Hongyi and Furang again, It is estimated that the two Zhao Wen are too busy.

After all, Zhao Wenke not only wiped out the power of Hongyi and Flangji in the sea, but also took the entire Southeast Asia into his hands, and at the same time controlled the Three Kingdoms.

Besides, it is impossible for Hong Yi and Frangji to do anything for a while.Wait for the domestic war to be almost over before attacking Hong Yi and Fu Lang.

The officials in the Military Academy hastily arranged Zhao Wen's task.

Zhao Wen sat in the imperial study and looked at Sun Yuanhua who was sitting opposite him, "I have a task for you, after you go back, immediately send people to the coast of Shandong to find a suitable place to build a shipyard. Remember, the place must be big."

"Your Majesty, doesn't the new dynasty already have a shipyard in Phi Island? Why do we need to build a shipyard now?" Sun Yuanhua looked puzzled.

Zhao Wendao: "The shipyard built this time is different from the one in Phi Island. This time I want to bring out the real killing machine, so just do as I said."

"The minister leads the decree!" Sun Yuanhua stood up, bowed to Zhao Wen, and retreated.

After returning to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Sun Yuanhua hurriedly asked his subordinates to pick out the first batch of prospecting personnel this evening.

Before the sun set, the manpower needed by Sun Yuanhua was selected by his subordinates.

A large part of the selected personnel are graduates from universities. These people are young and physically strong. Coupled with the systematic training of the university, they are already capable of completing various tasks assigned by Sun Yuanhua.

That night, these people boarded the train to the south of Shanxi.

They will change to a wood-burning car at the railway station in the south of Shanxi and head to Shandong.

Time passed in an orderly manner like this, and the soldiers and horses hoarding in Nanzhili did not make any major moves, but sent Yebushou to investigate those places in the south that had not yet been captured.

Xuanzhen was also very calm, and nothing major happened.

In mid-February, Liu Wenzhong finished selecting the beautiful girls who were sent up, and picked out five beautiful girls with innocent net worth, dignified appearance, and excellent conditions.

These show girls will undergo a one-month training, the main content of which is the various rules and appearances in the palace.

Those show girls who were not selected were sent back to their hometowns by Liu Wenzhong, and when they were sent back, Liu Wenzhong also gave them a certain amount of repatriation fees.

At noon on February 26, Zhao Wen, as usual, sat in the imperial study and reviewed the memorial.

Halfway through the review of the memorial, Song Yingxing suddenly came to the imperial study.

Song Yingxing came to the imperial study with an excited face, his face was full of smiles, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!"

Song Yingxing stood in the imperial study room, bowed to Zhao Wen, and shouted before Zhao Wen asked.

Zhao Wen became interested, put down the brush in his hand, and asked with a smile: "What kind of happy event?"

"Your Majesty, the sample tank has been manufactured." Song Yingxing shouted excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wen jumped up from his chair and asked with ecstasy, "It was really made? How could it be so fast?"

"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true. I dare not deceive Your Majesty. The blueprints given to me by His Majesty are extremely clear. I just follow His Majesty's blueprints to manufacture, so the speed is much faster.

Your Majesty, the sample tank is now parked in the courtyard of the research institute, please take a look at it. "Song Yingxing said.

"That's right, that's right." Zhao Wen patted his thigh excitedly, and looked at Chen Donglai who was standing beside him, "Donglai, get ready and go to the research institute."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he walked out of the imperial study room excitedly.

After a while, Zhao Wen walked out of the palace in a firewood car and headed for the research institute.

Not long after, Zhao Wen arrived outside the research institute.

Zhao Wen couldn't wait to jump off the wood-burning car and head for the research institute.

As soon as he came to the courtyard of the research institute, Zhao Wen saw the tank parked quietly in the courtyard.

Around the tank are the staff of the research institute.

These people surrounded the tank, recording various parameters.

The whole body of the tank is dark black, not much different from Zhao Wen's drawings. On the left and right sides of the tank, there are two large white characters of "Experiment".

Because there is no white paint, these two large characters are painted with white lime.

The general appearance of the tank is similar to that of the later generations of tanks, but smaller than the later generations of tanks.

The armor on the top of the tank looks rough, and the welds are clearly visible.

The black muzzle exudes a breathtaking light, and the tracks made of steel are strong and powerful at first glance.

Zhao Wen wandered around the tank a few times, the smile on his face never disappeared from the beginning.

"Not bad, not bad, really good. I never thought that Aiqing would make the tank in such a short period of time." Zhao Wen came to the tank, patted the tank, and praised it repeatedly.

Song Yingxing stood beside Zhao Wen and said, "I dare not take credit for it, it's all due to His Majesty."

"You can't say that. The tank can be manufactured in such a short period of time. Ai Qing bears the brunt of the credit." Zhao Wen pointed at the tank, looked at Song Yingxing, and continued: "Have you not tested it yet? Let's arrange a test now, I want it See the true power of the tank."

"I'll make arrangements now, sir." Song Yingxing replied, and hastily arranged the matter.

Not long after, a wood burning car appeared in the yard.

The staff around the tank hurriedly connected the tank and the firewood car with a thick rope, and then started the firewood car to pull the tank outside.

Originally, there were temporary workshops for the production of wood-burning vehicles next to the research institute, but now a factory for wood-burning vehicles has been built, so these temporary workshops are useless, and these temporary workshops have also been demolished.

After these temporary workshops were dismantled, Zhao Wen asked people to turn the vacated places into a huge testing ground for testing tanks.

The tank came to the front of the clearing under the traction of the wood-burning car.

Zhao Wen stood behind the tank and looked at the tank in front of him.

Zhao Wen couldn't wait to say: "Order, let's start the experiment quickly."

Song Yingxing, who was standing beside Zhao Wen, hastily made arrangements.

The power of the tank designed by Zhao Wen is the same as that of a wood-burning car, and the energy source is also the same.

At the rear of the tank, there is a huge steel tank, which is placed flat on the rear of the tank.

This tank is much larger and thicker than the tank on a wood-burning car, it stores more gas than a wood-burning car, and it has stronger protection.

Song Yingxing led the men to unload the gas-producing stove from the wood-burning car pulling the tank, and carried it under the tank's gas storage tank.

The stove that produces the gas is about the size of a normal stove and just fits in the gas tank of the tank.

After connecting all the things that should be connected, Song Yingxing ordered the staff to open the furnace and fill it with coke.

Coke is made of coal isolated from air and strengthened by heat. It has more heat than charcoal and produces more gas than charcoal.

Coke produces less impurities, burns stably, and easily produces gas.

The production process of coke is not too difficult, so Song Yingxing has already produced coke.

The coke began to burn in the furnace, and the coke produced gas under the condition of incomplete combustion, which was filled into the gas storage tank of the tank through the pipeline above the furnace.

The staff began to turn on the pressurizing device, and with the power, the staff did not have to work hard to crank it by hand.

The speed at which the furnace produces coke is limited, so it takes nearly an hour to fill the gas storage tank.

There is a pressure gauge on the gas storage tank. When the pressure gauge reaches the rated value, Song Yingxing asked the staff to close the gas storage tank on the tank and remove the stove.

During this period, Zhao Wen stood quietly behind the tank, watching everything in front of him.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Wen murmured: "With tanks, no one on land can stop them. At that time, even if there are no ironclad ships, I can still build a large number of tanks and move towards the west, so that the west can take care of itself." Feel what is called a torrent of steel."

"Your Majesty, the tank has been fully inflated!" Song Yingxing came to Zhao Wen and said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen nodded, his eyes were full of excitement, "In that case, let's start the experiment."

"Follow the order!" Song Yingxing cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and came to the side of the tank.

"Start the experiment, and now record all the data of the tank." Song Yingxing shouted at the staff standing around the tank.

These staff got busy, climbing up and down the tank, recording all the data that could be recorded.

After the data was recorded, Song Yingxing brought over the tank drivers who had already prepared.

These tank drivers have been standing by the side. They were trained by Song Yingxing a long time ago. They were originally teaching soldiers to drive firewood cars.

These are the people who drove the diesel-burning car to drag the tank just now.

Under Song Yingxing's arrangement, these people walked into the cockpit of the tank.

There are three drivers of the tank, and the tank can only accommodate three drivers.

The three men sat in the tank and performed their duties.

"Everyone evacuate!"

When the cover on the tank was closed, Song Yingxing yelled at the staff around the tank.

After a quarter of an hour, the tank suddenly roared.This is the time agreed by Song Yingxing and the tank driver.

There was black smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe at the rear of the tank, and the tank roared.

Zhao Wen's eyes were fixed on the tank in front of him, and he didn't leave for a moment.

Under Zhao Wen's gaze, the tank gradually moved.

The tracks of the tank moved forward on the compacted test field. At the beginning, the moving speed was relatively slow, but as time passed, the speed became faster and faster, and finally stabilized.

The tank with a stable speed is about [-] yards. This speed is incomparable with the tanks of later generations, but in this era, it can also be called high speed.

Zhao Wen looked at the advancing tank and estimated the speed of the tank.

"It looks like it should be about [-] yards away, but this is a tank without shells. If it is loaded with shells and other things, it probably won't be able to run so fast.

At that time, the maximum speed on the flat road is estimated to not exceed 25 yards.This speed is not too slow in this era. "

(End of this chapter)