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Chapter 1837 Armored Vehicle

Chu Yun looked at this big man, it was eight meters long and three meters high, like a steel fortress.

No wonder it is placed in the open air, there is really no house for such a steel monster to enter.

"The armored vehicles we produced according to what you said, sir, use 6 cm thick armor. Although the armor is thinner than that used by ironclad ships, the artillery used by the artillery is not very powerful. An armored vehicle can run rampant on the battlefield." The people from the Imperial Arsenal said triumphantly.

Armored vehicles, or in other words, have already entered the category of tanks, are the secret weapons proposed by Chu Yun to be researched by the Imperial Arsenal, so as to ensure that there will always be the next generation of technology.

It's just that this armored car is a bit beyond his imagination.

How should I put it, it doesn't look like a tank at all, it's more like a large water tank.

Two 20-meter-long tracks go around the car body from the top, a pair of steering wheels protrude from the rear of the car, and the gun mounts are installed on the track frames on both sides.

"Is this really an armored vehicle made according to my idea?" Chu Yun looked at such a steel fortress speechlessly.

The chariot body he imagined turned into a big wheel, and the gun mounts were designed on both sides, which was completely different from the tank he imagined.

Seeing that Chu Yun didn't seem very satisfied, the people from the Imperial Arsenal quickly explained: "This chariot has armor, tracks, and gun mounts. Isn't it the same concept as you proposed, my lord?"

"It is indeed good to have armor, tracks, and gun mounts..." Chu Yun was really unable to refute what the other party said, because the steel fortress in front of him did have these characteristics, and there was nothing wrong with saying that it was an armored vehicle.

However, Chu Yun still asked for a pencil, and drew on the white paper the appearance of the tank he still remembered: "I think an armored vehicle should be like this, with the gun mount mounted on it, and the tracks don't need to go around the top." ...like this."

After seeing the appearance of the tank drawn by Chu Yun, people from the Imperial Arsenal gathered around and had a heated discussion.

Chu Yun's understanding of tanks from later generations shocked them greatly. They never thought that they could design weapons like this.

In fact, this is just a stick figure that Chu Yun drew casually, which can already give good inspiration to the people in the Imperial Arsenal.

Chu Yun had mentioned to them before that he wanted to build an armored vehicle with a fuel engine, armor, tracks, and gun mounts that could ignore lead bullets on the battlefield, but his expectations were too high.

In fact, no one except Chu Yun had ever seen an armored vehicle. The people in the Imperial Arsenal could only cross the river by feeling the stones and designed an armored vehicle that they understood.

If you know it early, you can draw a sketch directly and let them study it, so that you can reduce the time for detours.

"The upper one is a fully rotating turret, and the tracks are also protected. Even if it is hit by artillery, it will not be easily damaged...My lord's idea should be more reasonable." The people in the arsenal are experts. After reading Chu Yun's scribbled sketch, The fully rotating turret and other structures were made up abruptly.

"I want to see the effect of the first armored vehicle we built." Chu Yun thought that it should not be wasted after it was built. Although the appearance of the first tank was a bit strange, it was undoubtedly an armored vehicle. They show armored fighting vehicles.

"Good! This chariot, which we call a test vehicle, can reach a speed of 6 kilometers per hour and weigh 28 tons. Even if it is hit by a musket in the front, it will not cause damage. Even the light artillery used by Western countries is difficult to deal with it. Cause losses." Seeing that Chu Yun was still somewhat interested in the armored vehicle they designed, the people from the Imperial Arsenal immediately became enthusiastic.

In any case, this is the first armored vehicle independently developed, a secret weapon that spans the ages, and is invincible enough.

28 tons of armored vehicles...

Chu Yun felt that the weight was a bit exaggerated, and it was not easy to make such a heavy car walk faster than ordinary people.

4 people climbed up along the body, it seems that it needs 4 people to operate together.

The person from the Imperial Arsenal introduced to Chu Yun and others: "The 4 people are the commander, gunner, loader, and driver. They can use rapid-fire guns and machine guns to attack. When the enemy is in formation, only 3 to 5 vehicles need to be deployed. If such an armored vehicle attacks forward, then it can completely confuse the opponent's formation of tens of thousands of people."

The commander and others entered from the upper part of the armored vehicle. With the low roar of the engine, the crawler belt drove the 28-ton heavy armored vehicle to start slowly.

This armored vehicle is too heavy, and there are traces of tracks on the dirt.

This is the real torrent of steel!

Chu Yun didn't expect that when such a big guy moved, it would really make people excited!

Even though this kind of armored vehicle is very simple, just like installing iron plates on the outside of a tractor, the roaring engine sound and the huge steel plate body made Chu Yun think of a torrent of steel.

As long as the engine technology is mature enough, it will be a matter of time to build an armored vehicle, and now, the prototype of the tank has appeared.

boom!boom!
There were explosions one after another, and the armored test vehicle fired several rounds of rapid-fire guns at the shooting range of the arsenal, and the explosive bombs exploded near the target.

Even if it didn't hit the center head-on, the gunpowder splashed when the hollow-point bomb exploded ignited the grass target, and the grass target burned blazingly.

The army officers who followed Chu Yun saw the power of the armored vehicle and couldn't help but be shocked by its power.

This is simply a mobile fort!

Not to mention that the current matchlock guns and 3-pound artillery of Western European countries cannot cause a single bit of damage to armored vehicles, even the infantry of the Kyushu Army equipped with Mauser guns cannot face the impact of armored vehicles.

"If our Ministry of the Army has a few armored vehicles like this, we can brave the artillery fire of the bastion to cover the infantry and artillery moving forward, and the time to conquer a bastion may not take a day!"

"How would such a weapon be used against cavalry?"

Army officers are discussing the need to equip a new combat vehicle, full of expectations for its prospects.

"The power is still very strong..." Chu Yun was thinking about whether to use this weapon in future wars, or to keep it in the arsenal as a secret weapon until it rusted.

Investing in this weapon too early seems to lead to an intensified clash of civilizations outside, and this is still a rudimentary tank.

"This is an extremely confidential weapon. We need to keep it strictly confidential, and wait until there is something we can't handle before taking it out." Chu Yun said.

He knew that as long as there were a few such armored vehicles on the battlefield, the musket formations that currently used matchlock guns and flintlock muskets in various countries would definitely be overwhelmed in an instant.

The cavalry looked even more powerless in front of the armored vehicles.

When real tanks appear, maybe blitzkrieg will be possible.

In the next expedition to Paris, there is no need to use infantry to demolish bastions. Armored vehicles can drive straight in, and Paris can be captured within a few days. This is one of Chu Yun's trump cards.

(End of this chapter)