Chapter 990: 155mm heavy artillery
That's right, the northwest solved, the solution, of course, is to rely on motor vehicles, this is a direction of future development, to World War II, with a large number of applications of motor vehicles, many armies have taken the transformation of motorized steps, the strength of the transformed troops is very strong, the logistics are satisfied, the speed is satisfied, the more artillery is equipped, the better, the motorized infantry of later generations, not only have a large number of military armored trucks, but also tanks and armored vehicles such as purely offensive troops.
The appearance of the car seems to represent a certain direction, looking at the high-horsepower car, smoothly pulling the weight of several tons, or even dozens of tons of artillery, under the traction of the car, smoothly forward, as long as the road surface is slightly smoother, you can pull forward quickly, if the muddy is a little bit, with the greater pulling force of the car, compared with the greater pulling force of the horse, in the face of the muddy environment, it is also easy to pass.
Even Zhu Erdian, who is the most vigilant in the northwest, has to praise that the quality of the car in the northwest is excellent, and the automobile industry is the best system in the world in the northwest, and it is also the largest system.
There are many rumors about Northwest Motors, but it is recognized in the industrial field that Northwest is far stronger than other countries in terms of processing capacity and material quality, which is also a bigger secret of Northwest Motors.
Zhu Erdian and several other ambassadors have already done the idea of ordering a batch of military vehicles to the northwest after the exercise, although the relationship between the two sides is faintly hostile, before the declaration of war. It is feasible to buy the other side's industrial products and enhance itself, and the equipping of a large number of automobiles will inevitably change the logistical environment on the battlefield.
It's been a while since the advent of automobiles, and the military of various countries is considering using them for logistics. However, due to various reasons, it could not be realized, and the only one who really used it was Germany. The reason is very simple, the current car has just appeared, ordinary cars are easy to do, the horsepower is insufficient, and the small ones. A gasoline engine with one or twenty horsepower can be pushed, but a truck or a car that pulls goods needs more horsepower.
The power of high horsepower is still very immature, and many of them are from small horsepower, increasing the cylinder, and increasing the speed. However, the original structure has not changed, and most of them use gasoline engines. It's not that they don't want to use diesel engines, reliable diesel engines are another kind of internal combustion engine compared to gasoline engines, not only the design takes time, but the materials also need to be specialized, therefore. Amplified gasoline engines have a high failure rate.
Reliability is one of the most important aspects of high-horsepower commercial vehicles, if the reliability is insufficient, the time cannot be determined when transporting goods. Even prone to accidents, commercial is still so, military, is very high requirements for quality, military orders such as a mountain, order how long you arrive, how long it takes to arrive, can not use the car to break down to prevaricate, which further restricts the wide application of cars.
Only in the northwest, there is Yang Yuanzhao such a power engineer from later generations, coupled with the excellent materials, the quality of the car is very good, unlike other countries, the failure rate is extremely high, and the maintenance is not convenient, the military trucks in the northwest are basically developed in accordance with the military purpose, the failure rate is very low, in the maintenance, it is also considered the conditions of the battlefield, the replacement of any parts, on the outside, even the engine, can also be disassembled in the shortest time, the easiest way.
This is greatly convenient, in half of the military logistics fleet and towing fleet, there are necessary simple parts and engines, these are with the car, once there is a problem, can be replaced in the shortest possible time, this is also the fundamental reason why the Northwest military vehicles are welcome.
As diplomats, Zhu Erdian they had received the news that the German side was equipped with military vehicles, but the specific information was not exhaustive, until they saw these military vehicles with their own eyes, and only then did they deduce the general effect from the structure of these military vehicles, you know, the entire parade road is about 10 kilometers long, from the beginning to the present, a total of dozens of phalanxes, more than 500 cars, none of them broke down, which means that the normal driving distance is at least more than 50 kilometers, which is for army logistics, It's too critical, a charge, a large-scale advance, is only one or two hundred kilometers, with the car 50 kilometers of trouble-free guarantee, the use of the car effectiveness has been greatly increased.
Not to mention the calculations in the hearts of Zhu Erdian and others, I am afraid that even Yang Yuanzhao did not expect that a single business may be formed in such a blink of mind, in the next 2 months, Britain, France, Russia and the United States issued a total of more than 4,000 orders for trucks to the northwest, with a total cost of up to 8 million, and in the next year, This number has reached 18,000, and in the future battlefield, there will be trucks used by both sides, all of which are produced in the northwest, and after the battle is over, they are captured, or after they are dismantled, they can be pieced together, which is also a miracle.
Rows of artillery, neatly coming, the surrounding crowd watching the parade are all cheering, has not yet arrived at the parade area, neat and simple march, has made the people in the northwest, cheering, this is the strength of the northwest.
If before, the young, full of vigor and sunshine of the soldiers, gave them the feeling of excitement and strength, these artillery, but brought them a sense of security, especially from the 37 war defense guns, along the way the caliber is getting bigger and bigger, especially to more than 108 mm, or even 155 mm caliber artillery, this is a real heavy artillery, looking at the thick caliber, long gun body, to give them a completely different feeling.
The layman looks at the liveliness, the insider looks at the doorway, and the northwest shows a full range of capabilities, especially the 155 artillery, which actually has 5 different styles, and the size and style are completely different. The earliest, and also once equipped to the Northwest Army, almost born from the Krupp 155 artillery, although it was modeled in 1909, it is only 4 years from now, among the armies of all countries in the world, it can be regarded as the main force and division-level strategic support firepower, but in the northwest, has begun to gradually withdraw from the market.
In the case that the strength has not progressed to a certain extent, it can only copy the Krupp artillery, relying on the help of the all-in-one machine, the original Krupp artillery, did not reduce the quality like other Chinese imitations, almost perfectly copied Krupp, and after the later proficiency and materials kept up, it was even faintly above Krupp.
You know, among the top artillery, among the 155 artillery, Krupp is not the strongest artillery in the world, but it is among the first-class, and it is more suitable for China, such artillery, in the early stage, in the middle of the war against Russia, almost played a vital role, when the 203 artillery could not move, Krupp 155, almost acted as the main force on the battlefield, played the duty of fighting the opponent's main artillery.
The development of science and technology is not immutable, and the same is true for weapons, the Northwest is an emerging force, coupled with the anti-heaven effect of the all-in-one machine, it is very powerful for artillery bonuses, after the Krupp 155 mm artillery made contributions, the Northwest did not lie on the credit book, but continued to study and make great progress. Next, with the development of materials science in the northwest, materials science has walked out of a completely different path from all countries in the world, materials science is developing at a speed that can not be guessed by common sense, the most difficult material change is mechanized processing, weapon materials, in fact, all countries have development, some materials that are much higher than the times, not nothing, one point is the biggest constraint, these materials, hardness is getting higher and higher, and the strength is getting bigger and bigger, which brings great difficulty to processing, many materials with high hardness and high toughness, It is because of the processing problem, and was shelved, and only when the processing technology reaches a certain level, the cost is reduced to acceptable conditions, these materials, will really be used, many aircraft components in later generations, replaced by plastic and polymer materials, that is, light is only one aspect, easy processing is the main thing.
Northwest at this point, and other countries in the world are different, in other countries are still wandering between the primary machine tool and the high hardness knife, the northwest has entered the fourth stage, beyond the high-speed knife, directly into the powder smelting cutter head, even if it is only the 21st century civilian materials, but than this era, I don't know how much higher, hardness is enough, speed, far higher than this era, just in line with the development of materials.
Materials, this in the history of later generations, until after World War II, will be taken seriously, on the basis of the original, embarked on a road of rapid development. Let's put it this way, the previous scientific and technological progress, has not yet entered the material bottleneck, even if there are new materials, can not play the characteristics of the material, but some of the gains outweigh the losses, the northwest because of Yang Yuanzhao, the later generation of team engineers, in the power, is to reach the limit, incidentally, to promote the development of other systems and materials
In this way, the Northwest is different from other countries, in the second industrial revolution period, they take materials as the leader, with the help of the progress of materials, and the related development of a completely different road from others, this road, seems to be a different way, but it is just in line with the development of science and technology, promoting the Northwest, from a weak country that does not ask a small country, in a short period of time, jumped to a world-renowned power, and is science and technology, just this, The Northwest is already invincible. (To be continued......)