After World War I, the tank was a new weapon, and American engineers were no exception, and they worked hard to design the most advanced tank on the Shijie. Christie was one of them, designing a tank with a balanced suspension.

As we all know, the value of the suspension system on the vehicle, can greatly increase comfort, stability, so as to ensure a faster and smoother ride, the original tank, is lacking this device, so the tank crew suffered.

Take the Feng army as an example, several long-distance raids, there were serious non-combat attrition, not only tank parts will be damaged, some soldiers can not bear the pain of bumps.

It can be said that if you want to use tanks on a large scale in combat, invest hundreds, thousands of tanks at one time, and it is simply unthinkable without a suspension system. Christie's invention played a crucial role, and during World War II, this suspension system was widely adopted by the Soviet Union, as well as in England and Germany.

However, at the time of the initial invention, it was not taken seriously by the Americans, and Fengjun had already arranged a lot of jishu spies, and once they found something valuable, they would act decisively. It just so happened that when Zhang Tingshu arrived in the United States, Fengjun's intelligence officers provided some information.

At first, Zhang Tingshu didn't care about this kind of tank, the main reason was that there were serious problems in the tank design, the front of this tank was designed as a cone structure, and the track design was also very unreasonable, plus two turrets that could not be rotated, which made Zhang Tingshu feel very chicken.

Just by looking at the shape of the tank, he knew that this was the result of a closed door, and he had definitely not been exposed to real war, Zhang Tingshu already had the heart to completely abandon this tank, but for the purpose of wanting to understand the industrial level of the United States, Zhang Tingshu still saw some of this tank in person.

Precisely because of this. It was only then that Zhang Tingshu discovered the suspension system inside, and he was impressed at that time, no matter how rubbish other things were, this suspension system alone has unparalleled value, so Zhang Tingshu immediately decided to buy a tank, and packed all the people and equipment and sent them back to Fengtian together.

Just over half a month after Zhang Tingshu arrived in Europe, Christie finally arrived in the far east with his tank. The tank was sent to Mukden. It just so happened that Fengjun was about to reach the critical moment of designing the tank at this time, and in line with the principle that the stone of the mountain can attack the jade, Xiong Mengyuan also took people to carefully observe the tank.

After reading it, Xiong Mengyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly found Zhang Tinglan.

"Great. I looked at this tank and I think there are at least three points. It is worth learning from. The first is the suspension system, we have to make the tank bigger, and there are more problems to consider, such as bumps, such as parts wear, such as comfort. With the suspension system, these challenges can be solved. Of course, his suspension system is not perfect, the main problem is that it takes up too much space and needs to be improved appropriately. ”

"The second thing worth learning is the tilted armor. Although the front design of this tank is a bit weird, I think it is very Haode idea to tilt the armor. The steel plate of the same thickness, tilted, is equivalent to making the armor thicker, and after having an angle, it can also increase the efficiency of rebound, which can greatly enhance the protection ability. In the past, when we designed tanks, we always thought about making the armor thicker so that the defense capability could be higher, but the tilted armor gave us another way of thinking. ”

A lot of things in the jishu field are just a layer of window paper, as long as they are broken, they become nothing remarkable, otherwise they will look mysterious, and obviously Christie's tank inspired the Chinese designers very haode.

"As for the third point is the welding problem, although we have introduced jishu and trained talents, but there is a big gap in the level compared with Western powers, which is directly related to the reliability and defense capability of the tank, I think we should increase the number of welding workers, it is best to select a group and send it to Europe and the United States for professional training."

Between the old industrialized countries and the emerging countries, the gap is often reflected in some of the most ordinary details, there are many things, all rely on the master to teach a little bit, the students repeated contact, sharpen for a few years, more than ten years, or even decades, in order to achieve something.

Zhang Tinglan also knew the problem, so when Xiong Mengyuan raised the problem of welding, he immediately nodded and said: "No problem, I will arrange some young workers to study and strive to complete the training as quickly as possible." ”

Xiong Mengyuan also smiled: "Marshal, I am going to integrate some of the concepts of the Christie tank into the new tank, I estimate that within half a year, I will be able to come up with a prototype, and in two years, I will ensure that the equipment of the three divisions can be completed." ”

Zhang Tinglan also silently calculated in his heart, the consumption of tank divisions is several times that of ordinary divisions, or even more than ten times, according to the current Liliang of the Feng army, raising three divisions has also reached the limit.

In addition, if everything is normal, in less than two years, it will be the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan. A small island country, with an earthquake fault zone under the buttocks, when an unprecedented natural disaster strikes, how will they choose, you can guess with your toes, if you can't do it, there will be a conflict between China and Japan, and now you can start preparing to firmly grasp the opportunity.

Zhang Tinglan also agrees with Xiong Mengyuan's Jihua very much, and the various key points of the new tank have been prepared, so he is waiting for the results with peace of mind. In addition, 100,000 new rifles were produced, and the Feng army had already begun to partially reequip them before the war with Japan, but they were delayed due to the war.

Now it's time to pick up the pace, and after a period of use, the response from the new rifle has been generally very good. The seven-millimeter caliber not only ensures the stability of the trajectory but also has considerable destructive ability, and the recoil is within the tolerance range of the Chinese.

Feng Jun has already made a comparison, and the new rifle has considerable advantages over the Japanese Type 38 rifles, as well as the Russian Shui Lianzhu, both in terms of accuracy and reliability.

Zhang Tinglan has already ordered to start with the main force and accelerate the change of outfits in an all-round way. After absorbing the experience of the past, the Feng army did not rest immediately after the war, but first carried out high-intensity training in response to the problem. Then gradually decrease. According to Zhang Tinglan's regulations, the training performance of the haode troops, priority to obtain the right to change clothes.

The change of outfits continued until the end of the year, when the main forces finally adjusted almost. At this time, Wang Yongjiang also came to Zhang Tinglan.

"Humble words, this is a five-year jihua that I made according to your wishes."

When Zhang Tinglan heard this, he hurriedly took it, as a traverser, I'm afraid there is no one who doesn't know the power of five years jihua. This is a shortcut to industrialization for major up-and-comers.

The state formulated a detailed development plan and goals, and then concentrated all efforts to achieve leapfrog development, and the Fengjun army has accumulated for such a long time. I already have the capital to engage in jihua for five years. A few months earlier, Zhang Tinglan had instructed Wang Yongjiang to draw up a jihua.

"Humble words. This is the first time I've made such a thing. I really put a lot of thought into it, and I don't know if the goals I set can be achieved. ”

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Since it is a goal, it must be set a little higher, and you have to jump your feet to get it." If it's too easy, there's no sense of urgency. ”

Zhang Tinglan looked at Jihua, which listed in detail the main industrial product growth Jihua, first of all, the steel industry. The existing steel output is more than 500,000 tons, and after five years, the output of Jihua has doubled to 1.1 million tons, and the industrial layout must also change, not only concentrated in the northeast, Wang Yongjiang Jihua has also increased investment in Baotou to develop Baotou Steel, which is deep inland, and is affected by the war. In addition, a number of iron ore mines have also been discovered in Outer Mongolia, and a number of factories should be appropriately established.

"If we can complete the jihua as expected, we will almost catch up with the Japanese in the single item of steel. In addition, the output of coal should be greatly increased, Jihua reached 100 million tons, in addition to self-use, it can also be exported appropriately in exchange for foreign exchange. And it's not just about digging up coal in the three eastern provinces, I'm going to build a number of mines in Shanxi. ”

Of course, selling resources is not a glorious thing, but in the early stage of development, it has to be so, at least China's coal is still relatively abundant, and it doesn't matter if you sell a little more.

"Mr. Min Yuan, of course I agree with this idea, but will Yan Xishan agree?"

Wang Yongjiang smiled: "Doesn't he still have an army if he doesn't agree, can't he be forced to agree?" Besides, Yan Laoxi'er is very shrewd, he has already applied to join the New People's Party, and he can be regarded as our own people. ”

"This Yan Laoxi is really good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, but as long as he is obedient, he might as well share a little of his interests, as long as money can solve the problem, it is not a problem."

In addition to steel and coal, Wang Yongjiang also has a plan to develop the Yanchang Mine and the Yumen Mine, so that the annual output of oil will reach 300,000 tons, which will basically meet the consumption of the army and agriculture.

You must know that Fengjun still wants to import a large amount of oil, although the main import is cheap diesel, but because the quantity is too large, the money is still like running water, which makes Zhang Tinglan also painful, if he can be self-sufficient, of course it is also a good thing.

Another important indicator is electricity, according to Jihua, to increase the power generation to 1.2 billion kWh, to ensure that the basic electricity basically covers the three eastern provinces. Electricity is the driving force of industry, as long as electricity keeps up, the development of enterprises can enter the fast lane.

"Mr. Min Yuan, I think the power generation index can be raised a little more, to 1.5 billion kWh, or even 2 billion kWh. We have now solved the problem of power generation equipment, and we have enough coal to build more power plants, and there is absolutely no problem. In addition, we should also focus on hydropower, there are many rivers in the northeast, and there is also the upper reaches of the Yellow River in the northwest, which are all places rich in hydropower resources, and more hydropower stations should be built. ”

Wang Yongjiang also nodded, and Zhang Tinglan continued to look down, the output of chemical fertilizers reached 2 million tons, the number of automobiles reached 100,000, the annual shipbuilding capacity reached 150,000 tons, and the production of aircraft reached 2,000......

There are all kinds of data, there are hundreds of items, zuihou Wang Yongjiang said: "In order to accomplish the above goals, the government needs to invest at least 5 billion yuan cumulatively, an average of 1 billion yuan per year. ”

Zhang Tinglan also knew that this number was indeed a bit large, but later generations of China, in the first five years, invested more than 50 billion, which exceeded the sum of more than 30 years of the Republic of China, so as to quickly establish an industrial system.

"Mr. Min Yuan, in addition to relying on the government to get money, these investments also have to issue bonds to the society to raise funds, in addition to farmland and water conservancy, rural roads, etc., we must learn to organize the people, once hundreds of millions of people stand with us, work together, to complete this investment amount, there is no difficulty."

Wang Yong also said with a smile: "Although this is reasonable, it is not easy to organize the people. ”

"Is this persuasion?" Zhang Tinglan said with a smile.

"It's a matter of course." Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "Cao Kun has just impeached Xu Shichang and wants to ask Li Yuanhong to be re-elected president. However, this move is obviously not in line with the procedures of the election law, and we can make a request to force Beiyang to re-elect the parliament, so that with our current prestige and strength, there is absolutely no problem in becoming the largest party in the parliament. Then when it comes to forming a cabinet, it is best to achieve a smooth transition of rights, and if not, take decisive measures to kick the stumbling blocks away! ”

The so-called stumbling block is naturally the Beiyang government, and a large number of grass kings, since defeating Japan, Zhang Tinglan is also confident, and it is indeed time to start the layout.

"If we seize the Congress first and control the Congress, we will have the name of righteousness, and it will be much easier for us to do anything."

"That's right, Song Jiaoren also led the Kuomintang back then and became the largest party in the Congress, but it's a pity that he was just a scholar, he had no soldiers and no generals in his hands, and he was assassinated, we are completely different from him, and the chance of success should be great."

Even if he does not sit in the highest position for the time being, he must have a direct influence on the country, so as to unify the whole country and accelerate development.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan also decisively gave an order, and all the people from all walks of life moved when they heard the wind, and the first person to fire the cannon was a little unexpected, that is, Duan Qirui, who had been silent for a long time.

In the face of Cao Kun and Wu Peifu's joint efforts to persecute Xu Shichang, Lao Duan pointed out that the impeachment of the president must be approved by a majority of the parliament, and once the president is impeached, the parliament should also be dissolved and re-elected.

Duan Qirui's sudden statement was obviously to favor the Kuomintang Party, which had just been reorganized and was in the limelight, and it stands to reason that there is enmity between Fengjun and Lao Duan. Duan Qirui's actions were a little intriguing, but the others couldn't care about it, and immediately followed, and the tidal pressure was exerted on Cao Kun. (To be continued......)