Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

T-34/85, they saw your great power, and they were too scared to do anything;

Koshkin's will never dies, Grapin's gun barrel guides the front;

Fragile Four, you are going to suffer!Clumsy Meow King, you have broken down!

The death knell of the Third Reich is ringing above your heads—

Because the T-34/85 is the king of tanks!

**

There are a number of things to consider to determine what main battle equipment should be chosen for the future Terranian armored forces:

The technical level of this kind of tank cannot be too high, otherwise it cannot be manufactured at the industrial level that may be achieved in the middle period of the integration movement; but its combat performance must be strong enough. Tanks can still shine in small and medium-scale battles, street fighting, and supporting infantry, which requires their armor to withstand most of the direct firepower of the current Terran army, and artillery can effectively destroy most enemy land combat units.

In addition, it must have a strong ability to pass through, so that it can adapt to the snowfields in winter and the mud in spring and autumn in Ursas. The faster the speed, the longer the voyage, which is convenient for maneuvering in the vast wasteland.

It should be durable enough to handle harsh environments and poor logistics, and it should be cheap enough that less well-established integrated movements can afford to manufacture it.Its power system should be adjusted according to the actual situation of Terra...

To meet so many harsh conditions, it seems that no tank can do it.As for the few capable tanks, almost all of their technical prototypes come from Soviet tanks starting with "T".

Russia/the Soviet Union has long faced great difficulties in developing industry due to its relatively small population size and harsh natural environment and many other factors.It is always untenable to criticize the Soviet Union for "paying too much attention to heavy industry", because its population size cannot support a large and comprehensive industrial system that takes into account both light and heavy industries, and there will be no industrial self-development based on this. Upgrading; in fact, throughout the Soviet Union’s industrial development history, the introduction of foreign investment and technology has always been one of the main methods of industrial upgrading.

Under the constraints of this condition, the Soviet tanks relied on the excellent integration capabilities of the designers and the design ideas of selecting each unit of equipment based on the comprehensive capabilities of the system, and successfully achieved excellent overall system performance with mediocre subsystem performance.Foreign counterparts with better artillery, engines, armor technology and other subsystems often lose more than they gain.

For example, the German engineers who designed around the artillery: In order to be able to load the extremely powerful 88mm gun, the new tank must have a huge turret. In order for this huge turret to have sufficient protection, the turret has become very heavy. In order to be able to load this extremely heavy turret, you need an oversized chassis... The German three tanks that began in 1943 can almost never escape this vicious circle of adding more water and more water.The tanks produced in this way are thick-skinned and fierce, and can often create countless miraculous tactical victories, and the exchange ratio is frighteningly beautiful.

So what is the price?

The price is that these tanks have poor suspension and amazing fuel consumption (King Tiger’s full-fuel road trip is only 80-90 kilometers, and it is impossible to conduct combat maneuvers at all), and they can hardly run at all, and they cannot complete high-speed mechanized assaults at all-this It was originally the main part of the "Blitzkrieg" at the level of military campaigns.A car that cannot run is not considered a tank.

Another example is the national tank, um, the national tank in World War II... We all know that the nationalist has excellent subsystems, such as engines and 17-pound guns.But they are the exact opposite of the Maozi Design Bureau. They can always put good things together... It wasn't until the Cromwell cruiser tank that they could say that they had a preliminary understanding of how the tank was built, and they couldn't keep up with the trend of the times until the Centurion. , but it was 1945 at that time.

Therefore, the current main tanks of the Terra Conservation Army and Atlas mainly come from Soviet tanks.Among them, the high-end models have a technical level roughly equivalent to that of the middle of the Cold War.Early composite armor, 125MM tank gun with automatic loader, command ceremony fire control system injected with anti-stabilization image light spots, engine from 40K black technology that can burn gasoline, diesel, alcohol, and liquefied source stones...etc. The combat performance is enough to ensure that it can overwhelm most of the land combat units in active service in the Terra countries, and its technical complexity is also within an acceptable range.

At least with the 113th division working hard to teach, plus the integrated movement supported by hypnotic learning and even memory recording educational devices, it should be possible to accumulate a technical level within a five-year plan that fully reaches the early stage of the Cold War, and partially reaches the middle stage of the Cold War. The simple industrial system of ... right?

However, unlike the standard "Rhinoceros" main battle tank equipped by the Terran Militia, Atlas has technical sergeants and auxiliary army technicians from the "Technical Order" and "Support Order" of the Red Sickle and Hammer Legion. , and the technical priests dispatched by the Adeptus Mechanicus as service support and service support units, who can exchange higher maintenance difficulty and equipment technical content for combat performance.

For example, more advanced fire control and sighting systems, such as suspension systems that use high-performance composite parts instead of alloy parts; such as electric transmission systems that can achieve stepless speed change and steering, continuous automatic speed change and steering functions; such as the use of high-performance capacitors and other technologies to realize fully electric vehicle power systems...

This thing is the Rhino-B main battle tank. Compared with the low-profile Rhino standard model, while the overall structure and operation methods remain basically unchanged, the overall performance has been greatly improved.

"Each battalion has a shipboard plasma reactor for charging, and the number of trouble-free motorcycle hours has also increased significantly. The assault capabilities of such a mechanized force will undergo earth-shaking changes."

He Fan put down the binoculars and looked at the Rhino-B main battle tank and "Bulfrog" tracked infantry fighting vehicle that came out of the rear springboard of the amphibious assault ship.

There are many reasons for the success of the cooperation between the two sides on Atlas: the 113th Division needs gloves and opportunities to intervene, and to obtain a large number of higher-quality personnel; the integration movement is to learn all the knowledge and experience of the modern army.Now the Terran People's Protection Army is struggling to transform from a gun and two legs to a high-tech modern army, building mechanized infantry, armored forces, artillery, engineers, army aviation and even air force and land fleet.The officers and soldiers who return from serving and fighting in Atlas will become extremely valuable "seeds."

Now almost everyone in the Atlas has several students with them.There are several cadres of the tank soldiers of the People's Protection Army around He Fan, all holding small notebooks and recording pens. When he is beside the head of the People's Federation, he is like a boy watching a pornographic film for the first time—not letting go of any details of He Fan. , If you say "it's really cold this day", you have to write it down and analyze what it has to do with armored combat.

And the commanders and fighters of the Nationalist Army below, with the same assiduousness and hard work, practiced the disembarkation deployment and formation change of the mechanized synthetic battalion, desperately preparing for the day when they would show their talents.

**

Unlike the Terran People's Protection Forces, Atlas's establishment has established People's Alliance military and civilian units.

Most of the current armed forces of the People's Alliance come from the Red Sickle and Hammer Legion in the era of the Human Empire - because this legion has been under the arrangement of the Emperor as a back-up man during the long 1 years from the beginning of the Great Rebellion to the fall of Cadian. Under the blockade of the warp space storm, he was forced to plant a field for 1 years in a remote corner of the galaxy.So when the Legion launched the "Red Crusade" to return to the Empire 1 years later, the army had 34 dwarf planet-sized space fortresses, 60 Space Marines and 50 billion auxiliary troops.At the moment when the Empire of Mankind officially transformed into the Alliance for the Future Community of Humanity, this legion had 120 million Space Marines, which was equivalent to half of the total number of Space Marines during the Empire's heyday...

It is conceivable that the armed forces of the People's Federation have been greatly affected by this legion.And this legion is very different from the imperial style that has struggled in the flames of war for 1 years.The most intuitive manifestation of this gap is weapons and equipment.

In addition to the traditional weapons of the Empire represented by bolters and chainswords, the Space Marines and auxiliaries of the Red Sickle Hammer have a variety of weapons and equipment.The technological prototypes of many of these weapons are readily apparent: the Tau's pulse plasma guns and railguns, the Necron's Gaussian fragmentation weapons and Tesla coils, the Dark Elf's Dark Spear, the Eldar's shuriken gun, and even the Orks' Taka gun and Explosive Boy rocket launcher...

For example, when this legion first came into contact with the Tau people, only a week had passed since the skirmish between the two sides caused mutual damage and capture, and the Tau defenders on the planet watched in confusion as the originally clear sky suddenly went dark. Already: the imitation soldier bee drones dropped in units of cubic kilometers, and the airborne "mobile infantry" whose power armor obviously used combat suit technology blocked the sun...

In addition to advanced and abundant weapons and equipment, the Corps also implements a completely pragmatic style in strategy, tactics and troop organization, and has a considerable level of modularization and synthesis.There are heavy mechanized troops that use giant tanks and Titan swarms that flood the ground to crush the enemy; there are also "mobile infantry" whose entire divisions are equipped with individual nuclear bombs and long-endurance flying power armor, capable of distributed destruction and maneuvering against the Tau. force.

Among the Red Scythe Legion adaptations of the United Army, there is a custom handed down from the days of the old Legion: If a Marine Division/Squad has the title "Assault", then it is based on Space Marines.

The Assault Company can basically be equivalent to the Codex Company of the Space Marines; the Synthetic Assault Battalion and Regiment can be counted as an enhanced version of the Codex Chapter with a further improvement in the level of synthesis and better support; the Assault Brigade and Division are similar to No.30 The "battle regiment" in the era of the Great Expedition in the millennium - there are tens of thousands of space fighters alone, and they have complete infantry, artillery, armor, engineers, aviation and other auxiliary army units to assist in the battle, as well as technical sergeants and mechanics. Technical priests serve as service support and combat support units.

The assault force in the entire 113th Division combat unit is "just" an assault regiment.To be fair, if one day the 113th Division drove the star fort into the synchronous orbit of the planet Terra and opened the skylight to "this land" and said clearly that it was either a dog or death, then this regiment would be enough to defeat all those who dare to jump in Terra. Something that comes out and explodes.

But now that he has chosen to infiltrate with a steady flow of water, he has no choice but to endure such power.

In order to support the battle of the Kazdale column, the 113th Division Assault Regiment mobilized a reinforced assault company, with Hangou as the commander, carrying two sets of quick response and air assault equipment into the column.There are also He Fan's heavy mechanized regiment and the artillery regiment commanded by Si Ye who have the same arrangement.The other troops are all Atlas troops jointly established by the Integration Movement and the 113th Division.

As a Space Marine force with a transcendent status, the Assault Company successfully became the only garrison force among these forces on the amphibious assault ship "Natural Selection", the flagship of Kazdaele's column.

Now hordes of Space Marine gunships were roaring in, landing on Natural Selection's large drive-thru flight deck.Looking at the attack gunship and armed transport gunship that had just entered the hangar through the elevator, Hangou suddenly recalled the feeling of lying when he was learning the Space Marine standard air vehicle, and couldn't help but feel his teeth ache:

"The Stormcrow is a small gunship that carries twelve cans, the Stormclaw is a small attack aircraft of the same magnitude, the Stormhawk is the heavily armored version of the Stormclaw; the Storm Eagle is a medium-sized gunship that carries twenty cans, The Fire Raptor is an attack aircraft of the same architecture; the Thunderhawk Gunship is a medium-sized gunship that can transport thirty cans, the Thunderhawk transport is a vehicle transport aircraft of the same architecture; the Stormbird is a large gunship that can transport fifty cans, and A Thunderbird that can transport a hundred space fighters...who is going to recommend a naming software to GW?"

(However, the author of GW can't tell the difference between the storm X, the bird, and the eagle. In Mephisto's novel, Baal's blood angels are stuffed into an attack aircraft without a crew cabin like a storm claw gunboat. A primordial can squad, along with Librarians and Techmarines...)

For the convenience of memory, the People's Federation Army renumbered the crazy "Storm X".Those with attack aircraft as their main business use the prefix "AGS" (Attack Gunship), and those with armed transportation as their main business use "UGS" (Universal Gunship).

Hangou didn't intend to display the space fighters in the flagship hangar, and only equipped with a limited number of vehicles.

The UGS-12 "Storm Raven", which is small and flexible and suitable for penetration; the AGS-15 "Storm Eagle", which is a professional close support; and the UGS-30 "Thunder Eagle" gunboat, which is both transport and ground attack, is the backbone, plus A handful of CGS-30 Thunderhawk transport boats, that's the limit.The sheer size of the Space Marine aerial vehicles has filled the hangar to capacity.There are also suspension boats and armored vehicles in the land combat dock...

After all, the size and tonnage of the amphibious assault ship is "only" equivalent to that of the earth's sea ships in the 21st century. It is quite cramped to serve these big guys who originally operated on strike cruisers and battle barges that are often several kilometers away.Therefore, the two sets of weapons and equipment of the space fighter company basically occupied the carrying space of its troops.

However, as the space warriors changed the official registration ship type of the flagship from "amphibious assault ship" to "strike cruiser" according to the tradition, the Kazdel column already has a whole space warrior reinforcement company sitting in command, although there is no guarantee that it will be safe. But it can also be invincible.

PS:

Don't even mention it, this military machine fights with boats, it can't be hidden even in Two-dimensional...

Chapter 4 Before departure

The 113th Division of the Extraterrestrial Corps of the People's Federation gave the integration movement many things.From materials, knowledge to experience, it is almost like teaching such an organization hand in hand.

But these things don't cover everything.

For example, it gave hope to the integration movement, for example, it gave hope to the integration movement...

a hero.

If you are smart, you are called a hero; if you have courage, you are called a hero.Heroes have the lofty ambition to rise above the clouds, swallow mountains and rivers with arrogance, embrace the strength of Kyushu, and embrace the mind of the world!

A hero must carry justice on his shoulders, save the people from fire and water, and relieve the people from hanging upside down; have the ability to despise everything, and the aura of being proud of the heroes.

Comander never felt great about himself, or even that he might have anything to do with the word "hero."He has seen the Golden Throne and the Primarch, fought with countless famous troops and great warriors, and there are countless beings who can be called "heroes".And on this land, even if it's just by his side, there are also many people who can be called "heroes".

Patriot is the tenacious fighter, Tallulah is the unyielding fighter, and Froststar is the staunch rebel.There are many others, famous and unnamed... But with the victory of Kursk, some people really use the word "hero" to call Commander.

In this regard, Comand only felt that he was overwhelmed by lightning.His reflections on the incident: "I don't really feel like I have anything to do with 'greatness.' A salvo from an artillery battalion can make me feel so small that I'm not even a fart."

However, admiration, admiration, love, worship...you, what has it to do with you?

The fighters of the Reunification Movement were not only in awe of him, but also felt that he had an elusive mystery.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, heroes are as numerous as the stars in the sky.There are only a few people who can stand out and become world-famous.But Command built an integrated movement from the ground up, led the organization to develop and grow, led the organization to defeat powerful enemies, stepped aside to make way for others when the organization entered a new stage with strong momentum, and contributed countless things to the organization but took nothing away...

"Tell those propaganda people to stop doing this shit. Such awesome people are in the integration movement. I really want to see them."

Comander rolled his eyes at Mephisto, who was gossiping with him about these things, and continued to type.

Mephisto leaned over: "So what are you writing?"

"Isn't this the work being gradually handed over to Ulyanov? I'm writing a summary report." Command slid the mouse wheel and checked the institutional reform recommendations part of the report for the last time, then clicked save and exit.

He stood up from behind the desk and took out the salary slips from the drawer.Mephisto glanced at it, and then his eyes were glued to the long string of zeros: "Ah, this..."

"What's so strange. I still have the title of 'People's Federation Expert' on my head."

The monetary system of the integration movement is the food standard.After all, the 113th Division will not provide any precious metals to the integration movement, but will provide "useful" things.After counting and counting, the equivalent that can be used as a guarantee for currency is either food or salt.Therefore, the allowances and salaries of the cadres in the northwest tundra base area and the officers and soldiers of the Terra Conservation Army are, to some extent, "food vouchers."

The difference in salary is relatively not too big, but what can widen the gap is the allowance——

The 113th Division has a large number of personnel stationed in the integration movement and involves many industries.From the instructors who teach the militia cadets in the training team, to the consultants who introduce their experience to the companies and units, to the relevant experts who solve professional and technical problems.

All in all, in terms of maintaining its own survival, the 113th Division provided a large amount of supplies free of charge and at a low price (although for the 113th Division itself, it was nothing more than clearing the warehouse), which is undoubtedly crucial, not to mention the valuable theory and experience .In terms of interests, the legs that the integration movement is currently holding are the thickest thighs on this land. From a moral point of view, the 113th division is simply the biological parent of the integration movement. In reality, the 113th division can be armed and liquidated. The old Lai who works...

Therefore, it is normal for the integration movement to repay the 113th Division very eagerly.For example, the high salaries of the staff of the People's Federation of China.

"The consultant salary of an ordinary soldier of the People's League can be the same as that of a company commander of the People's League, and the salary of company-level cadres of the People's League can be compared with that of a commander of the People's Liberation Army." Command patted a stack of salary slips accumulated over a long time, "As for As for me, the central executive committee member of the Tangtang Integration Movement and the highest-level adviser to the People’s Federation, this salary level..."

Mephisto smacked his lips: "Tsk tsk tsk, how much can this buy?"

"Yes, I'm ready to donate everything." Commander said calmly.

Mephisto jumped up, Faust opened his mouth wide, Tallulah opened his eyes wide.They exclaimed together: "What?!"

"Don't worry, you've seen some moral model." Comand put the salary slip back into the bag calmly, "I still have the salary and allowance of the lieutenant colonel officer of the 113th Division of the United Extraterrestrial Corps. Speaking of 'gold content', credit points Is it not much better than rubles? Rubles can only be used in the base area, and you can’t buy any good things. I might as well donate them, and I can’t exchange many credits anyway.”

One, two, and three looked at each other in blank dismay.Tallulah gasped: "That's your salary for at least one year..."

"Almost two years." Comand corrected without hesitation.

"Do you really want to donate?" Faust asked seriously.

"Isn't that the last special party due?"

So the three of them looked in awe.

"Don't put on that kind of expression..." Conman Dejiong, who was carrying a briefcase, looked at them with interest, and said as he walked out of the office door, "The personnel of the 113th Division who came to the Northwest Tundra have saved money... There is no Where you spend money, you can save the money you earn. But this is a passive way of saving money. It’s not that you don’t take the initiative to spend money, it’s that you have no place to spend money passively. This place is killing me, I’m thinking about it now Go back to Star Fort, take a shower in your single dormitory and go shopping..."

Comand kept saying this, and returned every ruble that the integration movement had given him in the past two years as special party dues to the comrades on the northwest tundra.

**

The melodious melody of Ursus's classic ballet "Swan Lake" is echoing on this small platform at the Hongqi City military dry port.

"Of all the weapons in our arsenal, there is none like the AK47, or the Kalashnikov for that matter."

Commander held the assault rifle that had just been greased off in his arms without a care, pulled the charging handle calmly, and watched the bullets pop out of the chamber.

"It's the world's most classic assault rifle, a favorite weapon of warriors. It's made of nine pounds of metal and four feet of wood. It almost never breaks, jams, or overheats. It can fire even when covered in sand and dirt."

The representative of the Tower of Babel on the opposite side is staring longingly at the burnt blue on the body of the gun.

"Usas's best-selling export will be it, followed by vodka, caviar and suicidal poets." Commander calmly finished reading the scheduled lines, while glancing at the other Pakistani with a subtle expression next to him. Beta represents.

The "little girl" with long black hair was named "Ada Cruciel Church", and she claimed to be a 42-star operator, Kazdale's top [-] youth, and an advocate of open source software.The blood demon of this race is neither good at Originium skills nor good at drawing knives and cutting people, which makes her very different among the blood demons of Sarkaz - vampires.But fortunately, she was born in a prominent Gorefiend family in the south of Kazdale. Her wealthy family background allowed her to study many disciplines from mechanical manufacturing to automation to Originium computer software and hardware applications. Chief Engineer and Logistics Manager.

Vampires, well, vampires.This woman looks like she is in her prime, but it's better not to mention her actual age.Of course, compared to the other two frozen old women in the Tower of Babel, she is really a little girl.However, the fluid this guy is most interested in is motor oil, and he has a strange hobby for doing business——

So now when Comand uses his extremely unfamiliar negotiating skills and business experience to poach a large sum of money from her, this little money fan feels extremely heartbroken.

I just heard Ke Luxie say leisurely: "20 guns, you really made a lot of money."

Command was calm and calm, and his tone was flat, which made the money fan Keluciel's teeth itch: "There are also ammunition, personnel training contracts, and defense contracting contracts."

In terms of category, the most profitable industry in commercial trade is those things written in the criminal law; in terms of attributes, the most profitable situation in commercial trade is undoubtedly monopoly.And what Atlas does is exactly two in one: selling arms is still a highly monopolized industry.