The Third Empire

Twenty kilometers away, another deep in the desert, a secret military base is being built.

Money makes everything easy!

Yellow sand everywhere, whistling wind blowing, this is a terrible sandstorm in the desert!

In the reinforced concrete room of the base, Shrek listened to the reports of the engineers present.

It was Alfred who presided over the meeting.

"The future war will inevitably be dominated by tanks. Therefore, we must carefully consider the design indicators of tanks." Said Alfred.

Experts from various companies were gathered here. They came here secretly to participate in R & D according to the call of Krupp. Moreover, once they signed the contract, they can't go back within five years.

This allows maximum confidentiality.

As the future tank commander, goodrian also attended the meeting.

Tank design index! Originally, there was no difficulty for them. It had nothing to do with various companies. It was entirely put forward by the military.

But now, they have nothing to do with the military. Therefore, the initial indicators have to be determined by themselves. In this case, they must be cautious.

Once the general direction is wrong, the past few years will be in vain.

"Now, our technology in tanks is still blank." An engineer said: "in order to reduce the difficulty of the project, I suggest that we start with the simplest ten ton light tank. Now, we have news that the British are developing this type of tank."

Now, less than 1925! All countries have a blank about what the future tank will be like. Among them, the British, as the inventor of tank, has been concerned by other countries.

Now, the British design team headed by John Valentine Carden and vyvian Loyd is designing the prototype of MK. E.

The body of this vehicle adopts riveted armor, the power source is Armstrong's vertical four cylinder gasoline engine, and the trolley suspension system is adopted on the suspension system.

Double track structure, four pairs on the left and right. Each pair of bearing rails connects two road wheels, and two pairs of road wheels on the left and right are equipped with spring structure. This suspension system is considered to be a very good system, which can withstand long-distance driving. It is a very excellent design in this era.

This kind of tank is the later finalized Vickers tank. Although it has not been widely used in Britain, it has been widely used by other countries. On the basis of this kind of tank, the Soviet Union developed the T-26 tank, while Germany also developed its own No. 1 tank based on this kind of tank.

The world's total output, more than 10000, has fully affected the world's tank design!

Now, German tank design also starts from imitation. Therefore, aiming at the tank being developed in Britain is an opportunity.

"No, this kind of tank is not needed by our armored forces. It's too small." Goodrian immediately retorted.

Since he came here, goodrian began to be nervous and busy. He organized the troops of thousands of people to train with cardboard first. He looked forward to the arrival of tanks even more.

But goodrian didn't want his tank troops to use this kind of thing!

The ten ton tank is too small, which means it can't have thick armor. A large caliber anti tank gun can kill it! At the same time, it can't carry more powerful guns!

In addition to being used by scouts, this kind of tank is almost useless!

In later generations, tank 1 participated in the civil war in Spain. Testing the combat effectiveness of this tank is almost the same as that predicted by goodrian. It is of little use!

"Goodrian, what's your opinion?" Asked Alfred.

"I think we should divide tanks into two basic types: the main tanks carrying high muzzle velocity guns for anti armor operations and the support tanks carrying large caliber guns to shoot high explosive ordnance. Our combination ratio in combat is the main battle tanks of three companies and the support tanks of one company."

Goodrian is very forward-looking. His view is not unreasonable. It is under his suggestion that Germany carried out the R & D and equipment of No. 3 tank and No. 4 tank at the same time.

"The weight of these two tanks is about 24 tons, which can adapt to the load limit of our roads and bridges. The maximum travel speed is 35 km / h. The two tanks cooperate in combat. The former is equipped with high-speed tank guns, which are mainly used to attack enemy tanks, and the latter is equipped with large-diameter howitzers, which are used in anti infantry operations."

Of course, goodrian came prepared. His thinking and research these days have formed the current conclusion in goodrian's mind.

"Goodrian, your idea is good, but now, we don't have much technology accumulation. I'm afraid we can't directly make more than 20 tons of tanks." An expert from Henschel company said: "the technical difficulty is too great. I'm afraid we will have to finally terminate the project."

Technical difficulty! Now in Germany, it can be said that there is no pre research. All of them start from scratch. In this case, the best way is to build a primary model first, and then develop it gradually.

The 20 ton plan put forward by goodrian is too advanced.

Just then, Shrek spoke: "why use two kinds of tanks? Can it be integrated into one? "

World War II can be said to be the world of tanks. All kinds of tanks gallop and fight on the battlefield, and the tank soldiers have become the greatest arms.

Xierik, who loves the study of World War II, also found a strange phenomenon. German tanks No. 3 and No. 4 are almost similar to British cruising tanks and infantry tanks.

Why not integrate it into a tank? Like later generations, there are not many classifications at all! It's the main battle tank!

"Because we can't make the right artillery." Goodrian said: "anti tank requires high initial velocity of shells, so the caliber cannot be too large, otherwise the gun barrel will be too long. Now, we can choose from 37 mm anti tank guns, while anti infantry requires large caliber howitzers. My idea is to use 75 mm short barrel howitzers. Unless we study monster tanks with multiple turrets, they can only be separated. "

There are still 15 years to go before World War II! In these 15 years, tank technology has developed greatly, and now it is just in its infancy!