Yang Fan and his wife finished breakfast. The little girl asked coquettishly what her plans were for today.
The master has been at home with them every day these days, and they are so happy.
"Today, we will play with the train." Yang Fan said with a smile.
Yesterday, Yang Fan accompanied the ladies to build blocks and play puzzles. Yang Fan also found cross-stitch and other toys. Had a great day playing.
Yang Fan sent a set of steam train toys. It's rechargeable. There was a train locomotive and several carriages, about ten centimeters wide and high. The rails are in small sections and can be spliced freely.
The ladies all cheered. They had seen this set of toys for a long time, but they hadn't opened it yet. They were already itching.
Yang Fan took them to Ningxiang Xiaozhu and asked the maids to move the furniture away to expose the large floor in the middle.
Yang Fan took out the train locomotive and train carriages. Then take out the rails piece by piece. I actually discovered that there are also bridge components.
According to the instructions and diagrams, Yang Fan and his wives began to install the train tracks.
After a while, the track was installed, in a horizontal figure 8 shape. Because there are bridge components, a three-dimensional horizontal figure-eight-shaped circular track is made.
Each of these small sections of track is only a dozen centimeters long, some are straight and some are curved. It needs to be found and then connected. It's like a puzzle. If you make a mistake, you have to take it apart and start over.
The wives chattered and discussed, and after working for a long time, they finally installed everything.
"It's finally installed and the bridge is erected," Xiao Niangpi said with her hands on her hips with a sense of accomplishment.
"The train is starting, Dududu!" Mei Xiang also shouted.
"It was a bit complicated at first, but we learned quickly, no worse than Chen Xi, a railway expert." Lin Yueru said happily.
Chen Xi has a lot of things to do. He has to go to work during the day and only comes back from get off work in the evening.
She had dinner at home and spent the night.
When Yang Fan came back this time, she was the happiest person. She didn't live in the mansion originally, but now she runs back every day. For this reason, Xiao Niangpi also assigned her a room in the mansion.
Although she has no status, Xiao Niangpi does not owe her the treatment she deserves. She has the same monthly salary as Lin Yueru and Mei Xiangna. She also has a share of various material rations.
In that house, she kept some of her own things. Used as a warehouse. In fact, she hasn't lived there even a day. The master is back, who wants to sleep alone? Of course he ran to Yang Fan.
"Hey, this little train seems to have several kinds of carriages." Lin Yueru said while taking the little train out of the box.
Yang Fan came over to take a look and said, "Oh, these are passenger car compartments, truck compartments, and mine car compartments. The last one is an armored train."
They all know the first three, and they are all available on the railways now. But what the hell is an armored train. This was the first time they heard about it.
"Master, what is an armored train?" Xiao Niangpi couldn't help but ask.
"Well, this thing is a special train for combat." Yang Fan explained. "This kind of vehicle is armored and can withstand the shooting of bows, arrows and muskets. Even artillery can be blocked. There are also weapons on the vehicle that can be fired at outside. It is like a fortress that can travel on rails."
As Yang Fan said this, he took out the model of the armored train.
Put it on the rail, find the switch, and adjust it to speed one.
The small train's lights immediately flashed and it made a chirping sound, simulating the whistle of a steam locomotive. Then, a crankshaft drove a row of huge red wheels and started moving.
"Look, this armored train has the locomotive in the middle. There are armored combat carriages in front and behind. Gatling guns and other weapons can be mounted on them. It can also be equipped with light artillery."
Mei Xiang tilted her head and watched the small armored train running on the track with its whistle blowing. He asked curiously: "There is no war around our railway, so this thing is not of use."
Yang Fan said: "Usually it can be used to patrol the railway, especially at night. The visibility of the road protection team is limited, and the patrols are also timed. Armored trains are fast.
There are searchlights and the observation range is large. If thieves come to steal the rails at night, shoot them with machine guns. "
Lin Yueru looked at it carefully for a while and said: "Sir, I think this thing is quite useful. There is such a thing on the railway to protect transportation. Even if armored trains are attached before and after the troop transport train, it can ensure transportation safety."
As soon as Lin Yueru said this, Yang Fan started to think seriously.
Although my first railway is a narrow-gauge railway, it can still use armored trains. There is no place to buy this thing. But you can modify it yourself. Just rivet the steel plates, it's not difficult.
As for Gatling guns and machine cannons, install whatever you can. With the addition of searchlights and other equipment, it becomes a complete killer. The existing artillery pieces were too heavy to be mounted. But the light Fran cannon is still available, and shotguns can also kill enemies at close range.
If that doesn't work, you can use gunpowder-propelled grenades. Throw them away after you hit them. Just keep some in the car.
Xiao Niangpi also became interested and said: "Sir, your tank truck for transporting troops is quite good. The carriages are made of steel plates. If you add weapons, it can be used as an armored train."
This is true, the steel plate of the stuffy tank truck is quite thick.
Except for the red cannon, the artillery of this era really didn't pose much of a threat. After all, this car was teleported here. Not made here.
The red cannon was heavy and extremely difficult to transport, and it was impossible to transport it by train.
Lin Yueru said: "Sir, I think the inch-gauge railway from Xizhimen to Changxindian (the smallest narrow-gauge railway of fifteen inches, 381) is actually good. It can be developed in parallel. We should pay attention to it."
"Although this small train on the railway can only seat two people side by side, it can still carry cargo."
For small-foot-gauge trains, one train can transport 20 to 30 tons of cargo, or hundreds of people, without any problem. And there is no need to lay ballast. After the road surface is hardened and compacted, sleepers can be directly placed for track laying. Especially suitable for transportation between counties.
This super mini railway was developed by the British. It is still in operation until modern times. But it’s mainly about tourism.
This mini railway in southeast England played a great role during World War II.
Lin Yueru's words are very enlightening. Scale-gauge railways are extremely cheap and can be laid out very quickly. We can really develop the territory vigorously.
Or it can be used as a branch railway between the county town and the prefectural city of Ming Dynasty. After all, the 762 track requires a large investment and a long construction period. This kind of ruler-gauge railway can be laid one mile in a day.
Xiao Niangpi also agreed: "Master, if we build the 762 railway ourselves and promote the ruler-gauge railway to the private sector, there will be great demand among the private sector. Although this thing is small, the transportation is much better than a horse-drawn carriage, and the speed is It's fast, there must be someone in charge. It's a pity that this small railway does not have armored trains."
This kind of small track can transport agricultural products, transport ore, and transport passengers. It can be built in large quantities.
For this kind of small train, a highly compact and integrated 150-horsepower power package like that of a steam truck is enough. If not, use two power packs.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Who says there is no such thing? There are armored trains on the scale-gauge railway."
Yang Fan remembered that he had checked information before and found that there was a super mini armored train with a crew of seven on this ruler-gauge railway in southeast England.
Because southeastern Britain is separated by the English Channel and faces the Normandy Peninsula. It is close to France and may become the primary direction for the German army to land and attack the British mainland.
Therefore, this ruler-gauge railway is very important. The British built an armored train specifically for it. It was one of the 13 British homeland defense armored trains at that time.
The fifteen-inch narrow track means that it cannot bear much weight. This mini train is not only small in size but also in length.
The front part of this armored train has a "Hercules" locomotive equipped with protective steel plates, and a modified armored car is connected to the head and tail of the locomotive.
Before modification, they were originally light transport vehicles. The carriages were protected by armored steel plates on all sides. The tops of the carriages were open, allowing soldiers to expose half of their bodies and conduct operations.
as weapons.
Each armored carriage of this small train is equipped with a Boyce anti-tank gun, and there are also 2 Lewis or Vickers machine guns. One for air-to-air shooting and one for ground-to-ground shooting.
A certain amount of ammunition is carried with the vehicle, and a small train will follow with spare ammunition.
Looking at it this way, armored trains can be put on the agenda. Wait for Jiannu to come. You can hit them with armored trains.
