The Travelers of the Heavens

Just when various"incidents" were happening frequently on the Rooster Continent, far away on the edge of the land of Kyushu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms.

A big iron ball with a round head and a round brain drove to the proving ground and was ready to carry out various tests.

This big iron lump looks very much like the real American Sherman tank, but the body is longer, wider and taller than the Sherman, and the corresponding turret is also larger.

The suspension device adopts the"Christie" form, with six large-diameter road wheels on each side of the car body, as well as idlers and driving wheels. There are no supporting pulleys on the upper part of the wide track.

An 88mm L45 cannon is the main weapon of the vehicle. A 13.2mm anti-aircraft machine gun is installed on the top of the turret, and a 7.92mm machine gun is installed on the front of the vehicle.

The total combat weight of the vehicle is about 43 tons, the thickness of the front armor of the vehicle body reaches 91 mm, and the maximum speed is 35 kilometers per hour (later replaced with an updated engine, the speed can reach 45 kilometers per hour).

The above scene occurred in the 22nd year of Xiangying of the Great Zhou Empire. (Rooster Land, the 19th year of the Republic of China, 1930 AD)

This Kyushu Army version of the"Sherman" tank that is being tested is named the"Mo" tank. In the future, it will become the main armored force of the various regiments of the Kyushu Army of the Great Zhou Empire.

By the time the war started in the 29th year of Xiangying (the 26th year of the Republic of China, 1937 AD), a total of 3,900"mo" tanks were assembled in Jiuzhou Industrial City and distributed to the Rooster Land through the space-time tunnel. Corps

"Well, it looks like this Iron Turtle is not bad." Chi Lian and Chu Bufan watched the tank test project together, she said to Chu Bufan

"This will be the main chariot of the Great Zhou Empire," Chu Bufan said.

The shape of this vehicle was designed by Chu Bufan and was inspired by the props in a movie he watched in his previous life. The name of this movie is"The Final Battle" , I believe many readers have seen it. In the play, Jiang Jun is equipped with a"Sherman" tank that they do not have in reality. However, in the play, it is modified from other vehicles.

Chi Lian looked at this green tank and felt Yes, I proposed to let my 11th Corps be the first to equip this tank.

"Don't worry, President, this vehicle is still being tested. When it is mass-produced in the future, it will be given priority to equip your Eleventh Corps together with all other new weapons. After all, they guard Beijing, Tianjin and other places and are at the forefront," Chu Bufan said

"That's more or less, you're not a bad guy," Chi Lian said. Her attitude and tone when speaking to Chu Bufan have always been very casual.

Currently on Rooster Land, since the Northeast Fengjun was wiped out, the Thirteenth Corps, together with the original No. The Eighth Corps stayed in the northeast.

The Twelfth Corps was transferred to the pass and stationed in Datong, Xuanhua and surrounding large areas to support the Eleventh Corps, the Ninth Corps and the First Corps of the Foreign Corps in Beijing, Tianjin, Hezhou, Xuzhou and Bengfu.

Why is it said that the Corps is stationed abroad ? The Foreign Corps is part of the main force, because currently there are twelve divisions in total, five of which are stationed in Chaoxian, Yuenan and Liuqiu. The Foreign Corps has only seven divisions on the Rooster Land. In addition,

Hainan, Xiangjiang, Ao There are also several brigades stationed on islands such as the island that were ceded to the Zhou Empire during the Qing Dynasty. Later, these troops were all expanded into divisions and included in the sequence of foreign corps.

Since there is no Kyushu Army south of the Yangtze River on Rooster Land, so Several regiments of the Kyushu Army stationed in Beijing, Tianjin and Bengfu, Xuzhou became the frontline troops against the Kuomintang army and other foreign armies. However, at this time, the Kuomintang was busy suppressing Gong. Even if Jiang did not suppress Gong, the Kuomintang army would I dare not provoke such a large group of Kyushu troops.

As for foreign troops, World War II has not yet broken out and it is now the stage of world economic crisis. How can they have the money to send a large number of troops into the cock land?

"President, it is also His Highness’ order to equip your troops first," Chu Bufan said with a smile.

Chi Lian nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

After seeing the"Mo" medium tank, Chu Bufan led Chi Lian to see the new semi-automatic rifle and full-automatic rifle. Automatic rifle.

The former is based on the real-life"General Liu" semi-automatic rifle and is improved. The caliber is 7.92 mm and uses a six-round magazine. The latter is based on the real-life German MP44 automatic rifle, which also has 7.92 mm bullets. However, the bullet body is shorter than the bullet of a bolt-action rifle, but longer than the bullet of a conventional submachine gun. A 28-round straight magazine replaces the forward-curved magazine of the prototype, and a wooden section is installed under the barrel. gun body, so that soldiers will not burn their palms due to the heat of the barrel when holding and shooting.

These two rifles are undoubtedly the replacement of the entire army, and the production quantity will reach tens of millions or more.

In terms of artillery, The 105mm howitzer is similar to the Japanese Type 91 105mm howitzer, except that the barrel is raised from 20 times to 35 times the caliber. The range of conventional artillery shells can reach 15 kilometers, and the range increases to 25 kilometers with extended range shells or strong charges. kilometers or more.

The 105mm cannon is similar to the Japanese Type 92 105mm cannon, but the barrel is increased from 45 times the caliber to 50 times the caliber. It can reach a range of up to 28 kilometers using conventional artillery shells from Kyushu Industrial City. Strong charge or increased In the case of range bombs, the range can be increased to more than 38 kilometers.

The 150mm howitzer is an improved version of the Japanese 96-type 150mm howitzer, with a range of 18 kilometers.

These artillery have self-propelled artillery models installed on tracked chassis. A total of tens of thousands of these self-propelled artillery were produced.

In terms of other equipment, as the army gradually transformed towards mechanization and motorization, various crawler transport vehicles, trucks and other vehicles began to be produced in various Kyushu industrial cities. The production quantity of these vehicles Extremely huge.

In order to cope with the coming world war, Wang Yu also organized and trained 20 million second-line corps on the edge of the land of Kyushu and Ten Thousand Nations. The weapons and equipment of these troops are the same as those of the first-line corps, but their current designation is It is not fixed, and personnel will be added to the front-line corps at any time.

Some people may ask, how can a slave-based agricultural empire with this land of nine states and nations, which is also dominated by agriculture, be able to defeat the industrial countries in the world. In fact, you have all misunderstood. Who said that the Great Zhou Empire and the Nine Provinces and All Nations fought the world war? Wang Yu fought the war at his own expense. From an economic point of view, this was a world war for him alone.