Chapter 736 The Road Ahead Is Long and Difficult (Thanks to ‘沪言乱语’ for the -yuan reward!)

“Uncle~”

“Uncle!”

“Wait for me!”

Under the cover of night, Xu Chaoyang was about to leave with several experts from the arsenal, followed by the guard battalion, when Xiao Wu caught up with them.

They had just finished a meeting based on the “Red Sickle” delivered by the 769th Regiment and discussed how to imitate it. Another part of the 769th Regiment delivered the news to Xin County, and then they hurriedly left the arsenal, because – the tanks had arrived!
The tanks arrived, but they didn’t enter the county town!
The soldiers who drove these tanks to Xinzhou were trained by the “driving subject” established by Xu Chaoyang during the Anti-Japanese War period. Under this subject, there are four categories: “armored vehicle driving, tank driving, car driving, and motorcycle driving”. Of course, these subjects only include driving learning and maintenance learning, and there is no traffic rules learning. In this era, there is no need to take the first and fourth subjects…

The drivers trained by the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University for Yan’an were fully utilized this time. Many soldiers who could only learn from books in school were touching the real thing for the first time. Only under the guidance of the “instructors” who had driving experience in 217 did they dare to drive the tanks over. Even so, there was an oil truck following behind the ten tanks to solve the fuel consumption problem.

As for how the cross-border transportation was completed, Xu Chaoyang really didn’t know…

Xu Chaoyang really didn’t know how the Russians transported these steel behemoths here, but he heard that after we paid for the tanks, we also discussed with them a “pilot” training program, and a group of soldiers who were loyal to our party had already rushed to that snowy land.

But the training cost for each pilot made Xu Chaoyang grit his teeth. Fortunately, it was American money, otherwise he would have vomited blood!

Just at this moment, Xiao Wu caught up.

“Take him with you. This guy knows more than us.”

Xu Chaoyang didn’t expect that this group of old scholars liked Xiao Wu so much, and he didn’t stop them. But when they left Xin County and headed towards the mountains and forests outside Xin County…

The soldiers in the forest removed all the dead branches covering the tank, and the steel behemoth that was shining under the torches appeared in front of everyone!

“Light it up!”

The soldiers of the guard battalion approached with torches in hand at the big guy’s shout. The problem was that the experts became increasingly depressed the more they watched the tanks…

“Professor Wang, is there any hope?”

It was Xiao Wu who answered him: “Uncle, do you want our arsenal to copy this thing?”

Boom, boom.

He even stretched out his hand and clapped twice, and the big guy, feeling distressed, was about to reach out to stop him, just like Xu Chaoyang in his previous life, after he bought the Great Wall Cannon, he wished he could keep it in his pocket all day long and couldn’t bear to see anyone treat him with disrespect.

“Don’t even think about it.”

“What do you mean?” Xu Chaoyang asked.

Xiao Wu replied: “This is not a problem of technological level, but a problem of our country’s infrastructure.”

“In fact, if I knew we were here to see the tanks, I wouldn’t have come…”

“When I was in Europe, I heard about other countries’ reports on Soviet tanks. At that time, this type of tank was looked down upon by everyone. For example, although I don’t recognize the model, I know that this armor must be made of high-strength rolled steel, right?”

Xu Chaoyang asked in confusion: “Isn’t it manganese steel?”

“Uncle, do you know about special steel?”

No…why does this kid naturally look contemptuous whenever he mentions knowledge?
Xu Chaoyang even wanted to kick him again.

“Using special steel to armor tanks? How much would that cost?”

Xiao Wu thought for a moment and said, “If there is such a fierce person, I guess only Germany would do that. There are rumors in Europe that they are buying up tungsten mines all over the world. It seems that they not only want to use ‘tungsten steel’ to make artillery shells and armor-piercing shells, but also want to use it to make gun barrels.” “It sounds luxurious.”

Xiao Wu is definitely not an expert on the subject, but he had some knowledge of this area when he was studying in Europe, so he could say this fluently.

Xu Chaoyang’s understanding of this world was still at the “Military Museum” period, and he naturally applied what he knew about German tank materials to Soviet tank materials. In fact, after Germany officially attacked the Soviets and used the steel torrent to cause a large number of tank wrecks in Kursk, the cost of tanks was continuously increased.

It was after that war that the cost of the T34 suddenly reached over 50 rubles.

However, Xu Chaoyang’s knowledge of these things came from casual conversations among several old leaders at the Military Museum, and he had never verified them personally, so it was very likely that they were wrong. Perhaps in this era, some countries have already used special steels such as manganese steel to make tank armor. However, he was not very sure.

“Uncle, you have fought the Japanese for so many years. Do you know what kind of armor their tanks use?”

Xiao Wu was even more curious: “When I was in Europe, I rarely got any news from here…”

“Homogeneous steel.”

“Isn’t that the most common material?”

Of course it is the most common material. The little money the Japanese made was all taken away by the big boss America. What else can they do?
Although the armor thickness of BT-5 and Type 95 is not much different, in terms of armor material, it is the difference between rolled steel and homogeneous steel, which is completely different.

“According to you, we are still in need of better special steel mills and manganese and tungsten mines?”

Xiao Wu looked at Xu Chaoyang’s eager eyes and said as if he sensed something: “We lack everything.”

He really didn’t want to attack Xu Chaoyang, but that was the fact.

While our country was still worried about not being able to keep up with the world in steel production, the Soviet Union’s outdated tanks were already using rolled steel as standard.
As we watched the tanks ramming into each other at Kursk, the official record showed a loss ratio of 80:200, proving that manganese steel armor and tungsten bullets crushed rolled steel!

It was only then that Xu Chaoyang realized that what he needed to change and overcome was not the current predicament, but the entire era.

Xu Chaoyang was suddenly stunned…

It turns out that if you want to kill the Japanese or even talk loudly to the Russians, you have to walk so much.

Then when will he be able to slam his head on the table and look towards the west of the world, and ask excitedly: “Do you still have PPT? We still want to try to research the cutting-edge technology you mentioned, such as installing a pair of scissors on the satellite, throwing an iron rod from high altitude to the ground to make a big hole, etc….”

so hard.

“What about the engine and suspension?”

Xu Chaoyang asked the last question holding on to the last glimmer of hope.

Little Wu just said half of the sentence: “Uncle, we can’t even make armor…”

Professor Wang, who is more knowledgeable about the ways of the world, reminded us, “Let’s stop here today. We are exhausted after working all day. Moreover, there are still so many projects to be completed in the Arsenal Laboratory. Commander, you have to give us old guys some time to breathe.”

The two Professors Wang’s hair have turned white from working so hard. Professor Young Wang is only a little old, but his hair is faintly gleaming with white light under the firelight. But they have never complained of being tired over the years.

“Uncle, but we can make the engine of the Japanese car, that’s no problem!”

“Take a break!”

Professor Xiao Wang was so angry that he laughed. We are studying tank engines here, what kind of car are you talking about? Aren’t there already domestically produced cars? Although there are only a few on the market, Fengtian has already made one. They came from the Northeast. Do you need to remind me?

(End of this chapter)