"Your Majesty, this is the first tank in the Empire."

On the school field in the ravine of Tuoshan outside Qingzhou City, Xiao Ming saw the tank in Lin Wentao's mouth.

Dressed in silver-gray livery, the tank resembles the modern World War I and World War II tanks, but there is basically no difference in appearance from World War II tanks.

After all, they have mature information, and they don't need Lin Wentao to take a detour on the road of developing tanks.

"What about the tank's data?" Xiao Ming asked.

Lin Wentao didn't dare to hide it on this issue, because he knew that Xiao Ming knew better than him, so he said: " This tank is 5.68 meters long, 2.43 meters wide, 2.29 meters high, weighs 13 tons, can carry five people, can reach a maximum speed of 53 kilometers per hour, can directly cross a trench of 1 meter and 8 width, the weapon on the tank has a 45mm tank gun, 100 rounds of ammunition, equipped with two machine guns, 2,500 rounds of ammunition, as for the tank armor, the frontal armor is 22 mm, the side and rear 13 mm. “

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, this data is already against the sky in this era, and European muskets simply cannot penetrate the armor of such tanks.

If such tanks were put into battle, the Europeans would no longer be able to use trenches to block the Empire's offensive.

Patting the iron guy, Xiao Ming asked, "Does it have a name?" “

"In Xiaguan's opinion, the tank is bound to be more powerful than the black bear in the forest in the future war, so Xiaguan named him King Bear Tank."

"King Bear Tank?" Xiao Ming said with a smile: "In the forest, even tigers are afraid of bears and blind people, this name is good, it is called Bear King Tank." ”

Lin Wentao couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, now that the naming of the equipment has been delegated to the researchers, they can name their equipment.

Cui Shangan also followed, after all, he was the chief of the General Staff, and he also had to ask about the equipment.

When Xiao Ming and Lin Wentao were talking and laughing, Cui Shangan was already dumbfounded, in his opinion, this weapon was simply an enemy's nightmare on the battlefield.

As long as the tanks are thrown into the war, the soldiers of the empire will be invincible.

"Lin Wentao, how is the output of this tank?" Cui Shangan asked.

"At present, we only have two production lines, and there is no problem with 20 vehicles a month."

"Twenty." Cui Shangan's eyes lit up, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Who is the emperor going to equip this kind of equipment first?" “

"Qi Guangyi." Xiao Ming said almost without thinking.

Cui Shangan was stunned for a moment, and he said: "The emperor is joking, doesn't Qi Guangyi have cavalry?" They still need tanks?"

"Can't you see that the tank is the cavalry that has been promoted, but the war horse that the cavalry is sitting on has been replaced by this iron guy." Xiao Ming said.

For him, it is indeed Qi Guangyi who needs tanks at present, and first, Qi Guangyi's Northwest Military Region is directly fighting with the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia.

Second, the Northwest Military Region has a flat area under its jurisdiction, which is very suitable for large-scale tank operations.

Now he could already imagine the Gosat cavalry wielding machetes and slashing tanks.

Therefore, once the Northwest Army is equipped with this sharp weapon, it will completely end Tsarist Russia's coveting of Central Asia, and at the same time, the empire will be able to exert greater influence in Central Asia.

"Think about it this way, what the emperor said is very much, isn't this tank a cavalry?" Cui Shangan laughed, his eyes full of envy.

Now he thinks a little bit about leading the soldiers in the army.

"Don't be surprised, the Empire will have even more incredible equipment in the future." Xiao Ming said lightly.

Next, the two watched the tank drill together, and under the control of the driver, the tracked tank shuttled freely in various terrains.

The powerful firepower of the 45mm gun and machine gun made the tank a mobile fortress of firepower.

"Congratulations to the emperor, with this sharp weapon, the emperor's grand plan for hegemony is one step closer." Qian Dafu smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a line.

He knew that Xiao Ming still had too many ideals he wanted to achieve, and some of these ideals could not be obtained through peaceful means alone.

Xiao Ming laughed heartily, Qian Dafu said that he was in his heart, and just now he also listed the strategies he still wanted to achieve.

With the tank as a weapon of war, the process of achieving his goal will be easier.

Seeing that Xiao Ming was so happy, everyone also laughed.

Cui Shangan said happily: "Your Majesty, now that the empire's military industry has gone further, those equipment eliminated by the empire can also be taken out and sold as much as possible, and the money earned back can continue to be invested in the military industry to make more powerful weapons." “

The monster of the tank completely convinced Cui Shangan.

"There is already a buyer waiting for our weapons? Go back and transport the weapons that have been eliminated from the army's warehouse to Dengzhou, and as soon as the Persian envoys arrive, these weapons can be sold. Xiao Ming said confidently.

Cui Shangan understood, revealing a clear look.

……

Persia, Ctesiphon.

Gambis tossed a report of the battle that had just been delivered to the ground.

"Lost, lost again, a bunch of waste, if you lose again, Osman will hit Ctesiphon." Gambis said angrily to Artassi.

Half a year ago, the balance of power between Persia and the Ottoman Empire had been maintained, but it was broken three months ago.

The back-to-back defeats have made it impossible for Gambis to remain calm any longer.

Arsasi picked up the battle report from the ground, and he said: "Your Majesty, according to intelligence, British cast-iron cannons and sophisticated smoothbore guns appeared in the Ottoman Empire, and their army seems to have been professionally trained, which is the reason why we lost the war, but it is not too bad now, we have just lost some border areas in the northeast, and now it is time to ask for help from the Eastern Empire, the West has chosen to support the Ottomans, and I believe that the Eastern Empire will definitely support us." “

Gambis frowned, in fact he was reluctant to open his mouth to the Eastern Empire easily, because now he somewhat regretted letting the Eastern Empire extract their oil for free.

Because it seemed to him that if he sold this oil to the Eastern Empire, he would definitely make a lot of money, and with the money and the production line of muskets, he would be able to defeat the Ottomans and further control the oil.

But now his calculations are bankrupt, and if he continues to insist on not asking for help from the Empire, then Persia will soon be defeated by the Ottomans.

"When will our production line be able to mass-produce muskets?" Gambis asked a little unwillingly.

Arsasi said helplessly: "Your Majesty, even if the production line can be produced, the steel, gunpowder, bullets and other accessories needed for muskets need to be purchased from the Empire, and we will not be able to produce gunpowder of the same quality as the Empire. “

Gambis covered his face in despair, he thought that it would be enough to let the empire help him build a weapons production line, but he didn't expect that he thought too simply, without an industrial system as perfect as the empire, Persia would not be able to play at all.

"It seems that we only have to urgently procure a batch of weapons from the Empire." Gambis said sadly.