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Chapter 636 Attention!armor! (Second update, please subscribe)
Liu Zhongjiao and his group continued their "journey to the sky" and were amazed by this peaceful and prosperous age. What they didn't know was that behind this peaceful and prosperous age, there was actually an undercurrent surging.At this moment, Da Ming is still carrying out its war preparation plan methodically and under strict confidential conditions.

In fact, even if there is no secrecy, it is difficult for the outside world to know about Da Ming's war preparation plan - because, there are not many people who pay attention to Da Ming in South America.

Moreover, there are not many people in the world who can go deep into the vast and desolate Patagonian plateau to explore the military strength of Ming Dynasty. The largest military camp of Ming Dynasty——Red House Castle is located in the desert of Patagonia plateau. It is said to be a fort, but in fact it is a large-scale comprehensive training base, where tens of thousands of troops are stationed and trained here all the year round.

The Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty, er, the Royal Army marches long distances from the base to conduct military training and exercises every year, and the vast plateau is their training ground.

Although the country is strong, if it forgets the battle, it will be in danger.

The actual combat of the army is the basic national policy of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Preparing for war is nothing more than normal.

On this day, a blue train roared along the track and drove into the Red House Castle. The so-called "Red House" is not even the legendary "Red Tent", but... the red house, the barracks of the barracks are all red. brick building.

Entering the barracks, of course Emperor Zhu would not bring a group of female officers, but Daming also has female soldiers!Although the beautiful military uniforms worn by the female soldiers were full of temptation, Emperor Zhu would never do anything.

Army!
The atmosphere should be as pure as possible.

As soon as the train stopped, among the officers standing on the platform, Liang Shan, the commander of the southern theater of the Ming Dynasty, hurriedly took a step forward, waiting for His Majesty to get off the train with great anticipation.

The car door opened, and Emperor Zhu came out, wearing the uniform of a general of the army as usual.

That's right, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme commander of the Royal Army and Navy of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu also has a military rank - Grand Marshal of the Army, and even wears a gorgeous Grand Marshal uniform.

But now, the Royal Army of Ming Dynasty has no marshal, even Sun Hu is just an admiral. That's all.

After all, there will still be wars in the future, and there must always be room for them to advance.

Amidst the military music, Liang Shan and others saluted one after another.

"Your Majesty, welcome to Red House Castle."

Slightly nodding, Zhu Xianhai walked up to the other officers as before, chatting with them one by one, recounting the old days, what is the biggest characteristic of the middle and high-level generals of the Ming army?Mostly first-generation immigrants.

They may have limited abilities, but it is undeniable that their loyalty is impeccable, and to them, His Majesty is not only His Majesty, but also their savior!
After chatting briefly for a while, Emperor Zhu turned his head and asked.

"Okay, let's talk to the end today, and I will have a good chat with you at the banquet tonight. How about it? Are you ready?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we will be at the training ground in a while."

Soon Emperor Zhu got into a Maxima car. After driving on the road for more than half an hour, the car stopped near a wilderness.
Here, there was a group of people waiting for a long time early, including officers in military uniforms and technicians in civilian uniforms.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Sihai and Wang Chengxin welcome the Holy Majesty!"

Zhu Sihai is the commander of the First Armored Division of the Ming Dynasty. During the expedition to France, he commanded an armored brigade to defeat tens of thousands of Prussian troops. He is the commander who is best at mechanical warfare among the Ming Army. Armored divisions are sharp knives for attack. They have repeatedly damaged multiple infantry divisions and even infantry corps.

It was also through those few exercises that Da Ming determined his future development goal - armoring.

While other countries were still fiddling with war horses, Daming had already left them far behind.At least to a certain extent, this is the biggest advantage of being a future person, not only can bring about technological changes, but more importantly, ideological changes.

It doesn't matter if others disagree.Now that Emperor Zhu had made his decision, they could either obey, or agree, or... get out.

Emperor Zhu gave a non-standard military salute to the two with a smile, and then asked:
"I came here today to take a look at the "Water Tank" project. I heard that the "Water Tank" has been put into use?"

The "water tank" is the tank.

But anyone who knows something about the history of modern military equipment knows that the tank is a transliteration of the English "tank", and the original English meaning is "water tank".

In March 1915, two British naval officers drew lessons from American crawler tractors to design a "land battleship". In order to keep it secret, they named it "tank", which translates to "water tank" in Chinese.

Since then, the name of the tank has been called.

From the beginning of its birth, tanks were born to break the deadlock of trench warfare and to crush infantry.

After returning from France, Emperor Zhu also thought of tanks. After all, although armored vehicles performed very well in France and bought land and warships for Daming, armored vehicles... also sometimes got stuck in the mud. After all, rounds Type armored vehicles, nothing more normal.

But the tank is different. It was invented for driving in the field and on the muddy battlefield.

Therefore, after returning to China, Emperor Zhu issued the task of developing tanks.

The world's first tank, the Mark 1 tank, weighed more than 18 tons. Such a huge size and weight may be the standard equipment for tanks.But certainly not for this day and age.

Why not?

First, heavy tanks have too high requirements on bridges, and not every bridge can meet its needs.

Second, the structure of heavy tanks is too complicated.

Well, in fact, the Mark 1 tank is not complicated.

However, in Emperor Zhu's eyes, it was still too complicated.

What Ming needs is a simple, cheap tank that can even be made from existing parts.

How cheap would it be?
Just a little more expensive than a horse and carriage.

Is there such a good thing in the world?

Isn't this daydreaming!

Nothing is absolute, how can there be no exceptions in the world?
Standing on the shoulders of historical giants, Emperor Zhu is definitely a very open-minded person. He likes to learn from the good teachers in history and learn from the best of all schools.

Based on the reality of the 19th century, to develop weapons that transcended the times, the best reference objects should be the most typical representatives of poor imperialism in World War II-Japan and Italy.

Whether it is the Japanese "bean tank", that is, the Type 94 ultra-light tank.The cv29 light tank produced by Fiat is the best reference.

The weight of this tank is only 1.7 tons, and the thickness of the armor is only 4-9 mm.Don't underestimate it, it is invincible in this era. You must know that the armor of the "Tiger armored vehicle" is not so thick yet.

An ultra-light tank with such a nimble tonnage is a proper cross-age weapon specially prepared for Ming Dynasty!
However, after much deliberation, Emperor Zhu still did not choose it.

Because it's... still too complicated!
It definitely doesn't meet Daming's needs.

(End of this chapter)