Lin Yueru saw that Xiao Niangpi had been rewarded by the master. Suddenly, he became a little jealous.
She rolled her eyes and said: "Master, if armored trains can be mounted on the railway to fight and maintain the safety of the railway. Then can the cars also be equipped with steel plates as armor, just like the ship built by Chen Xi, which is covered with 3 steel plates? Same. Build an armored car that can fight."
Yang Fan was stunned for a moment. He had never considered this issue before.
Steam power package, capable of reaching 150 horsepower. This motivation is not small.
Tanks and armored vehicles appeared during World War I, and they all used gasoline and diesel engines. Mainly because the steam engines at that time were light but not powerful enough, and even though they were powerful, they were too heavy.
The gap between steam engine technology in 1914 and Mao's steam engine technology in 1948 is simply worlds apart.
So using Da Mao's steam power pack, you can really build a tank. At least the power is enough. Many tanks in World War I only had this power.
Yang Fan quickly checked.
During World War I, the tanks made in the United States, small and medium-sized, only had 75 horsepower. There are many 70-ton heavy tanks and only two 250-horsepower diesel engines. A 150-horsepower steam power pack for a tank of more than ten tons is really enough.
Not to mention the French-made TF-17, a classic. A steam powered pack is more than enough.
It is the Type 59 tank that I have been using for a long time. It uses a B2 series V-type 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine with a bore of 150 and a rated power of 382k, which is equivalent to 520 horsepower.
If adopted, two sets of power package mid-mounted solutions will produce a total of 300 horsepower. It can even build a World War I-level heavy tank. Of course, the speed of this thing is not much faster than a person walking.
After all, there were no anti-tank weapons in this era. The steel plate can be very thin, as long as it can block the Fran cannon. As for the tank's armament, there is no suitable gun that can be equipped with a Gatling gun turret. Or simply develop a large-caliber recoilless rifle.
The gunpowder-propelled grenade now issued to the troops is essentially a front-loaded, smooth-bore, recoilless rifle. After expanding the caliber, it is not technically difficult to use black powder or maroon powder as propellant.
If you can't get a recoilless rifle, you can always get a rocket launcher.
However, when Yang Fan thought about it more deeply, he felt that the technical difficulty was quite high.
Mainly on the car body and tracks. The design and manufacturing technology of the chassis is not simple.
Yang Fan's system, so far, has never produced a tracked vehicle. The track looks simple, but the working environment is extremely harsh and must be made of impact-resistant and wear-resistant alloy materials.
Yang Fan's current steel technology is still unable to make a qualified track belt. There is no way to fight if the tracks break after walking dozens of kilometers.
In addition, the axle load of the road wheel is also very difficult to design. I have been using five pairs of wheels for how many years.
It was not until 2000 that six pairs of wheels were replaced. The transmission system and gearbox are also very poorly designed. The materials of different accessories cannot be determined.
At this stage, it is unrealistic to develop a tracked tank.
If you really want to do it, then start from now on, starting with crawler agricultural tractors. Once mature products are formed, the company will expand to the field of construction machinery such as bulldozers. Finally, when everything is mature, we will consider the tank project.
However, if you can't get a tank out, you can still get an armored car.
Wrap the big steam truck in armor and replace the 4X4 rubber tires with solid ones. It is still very easy to convert it into an armored car.
This thing is an off-road truck anyway.
You can also walk in deserts, Gobis, grasslands, etc. You can walk even on uneven terrain. As long as the pit is not too big, you can pass it. There is no problem with river beaches or anything like that.
But mountainous areas still need roads, at least a dirt road wide enough.
In the next stage, Yang Fan's attack direction: The first is to push the Jiannu back to Liaodong. They will enter the Great Wall to attack the Ming Dynasty this year. The second is to continue heading west. Annexed Mongolia.
After the Oirat Alliance was resolved, Yang Fan and the Ural and Volga rivers entered the
At Haikou, the Kalmyk Khanate established by the Torgut tribe who moved westward was separated by the Kazakh Khanate.
Yang Fan felt that it would not be difficult to destroy them with his own strength.
The Kazakh Khanate was defeated and the army reached the eastern border of Europe. Build the railway to Tsaritsyn. Build a strong fortress in Tsaritsyn. Completely block Tsarist Russia's access to Asia.
From now on, Europeans will have less involvement in Asian affairs. Squat wherever it's cool.
Unless they dare to cross the Ural Mountains. The mountains are high, cold, steep and very difficult to walk. Supernatural events often occur. Not a good passage.
On the Crimean Peninsula, the Mongol Tatars established the Crimean Khanate. At the mouth of the Volga River, the Kalmyk Khanate was established by the Mongolian Oara people. Swallow them all. In this way, the entire western Mongols were under Yang Fan's rule.
At that time, he had more than half of Mongolia's population. The balance of power between him and Jiannu will undergo earth-shaking changes.
The ethnic groups in Central Asia are also relatively capable of fighting. With such a good source of soldiers, Yang Fan can do without his own soldiers. When the time comes, they can be recruited as soldiers. Go east to fight Jiannu.
The northern and eastern shores of the Black Sea were taken, and the railway was connected to the port of Savastopol. Yang Fan's territory can be easily transported by water through the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and Europe.
If a Black Sea Fleet is established, it can threaten all European countries.
As for the Ottoman Turkish Empire, what if they don’t cooperate? For example, they closed the Bosporus and did not allow Yang Fan's ships to pass.
That's not difficult, just use clippers and marines to take down Istanbul directly. Since they don't let Yang Fan use it. Then they shouldn't use it, and it would just become the territory of the Yang family.
Yang Fan's next expedition to the west will not be able to rely on the railway.
It would be great if Jiuyuan City is opened to traffic by the end of this year. As for continuing to move westward, we can only rely on the 3,000 steam trucks purchased from Damao.
The transport capacity of six tons is enough. It can completely guarantee the supply of all materials for the army's westward march. Although there are many deserts in the Western Region, there are also plenty of timber and water sources. Otherwise, how would the camel caravans have come here? Populus euphratica forest is still resistant to burning. The water content is low, making it particularly suitable for steam engines.
If Lin Yueru followed Lin Yueru's idea, the steam truck would be armored and transformed into an armored combat vehicle. If you deal with the cavalry from the Western Regions, you can completely crush them.
With a maximum speed of forty-five kilometers, it can chase the enemy's horses until they vomit blood. The Gatling gun can make them fall in flakes like felled wheat.
Don't be afraid when you encounter a strong castle.
Trucks can tow heavy artillery. The vehicle can transport gunpowder projectile weapons such as heartless cannons. The trebuchet can also be dismantled and transported by truck.
It seems that after Jiannu was repulsed, his truck was in place. After training the driver, you can head all the way west to the Black Sea. Let’s take over Ermao’s territory first.
The three best black soils in the world can produce oil if you hold them in a handful.
Now, one part is in the hands of the slaves, one part is in the hands of the Ermao people, and the other part is in the Mississippi River.
How many refugees can Ming Dynasty resettle after seizing Ermao's territory? At least there are enough refugees in the entire northwest to be resettled. The climate there is warm and humid, and there are resorts like Yalta. It is much better than Liaodong during the Little Ice Age.
Lin Yueru looked at Yang Fan, letting go, with a silly smile like Brother Pig on his face. There was drool dripping from the corners of my mouth.
The female members of the Yang family all knew that the master was thinking about national affairs.
She gently took out her handkerchief and wiped it for him.
"Master, is the slave's suggestion useful?"
Only then did Yang Fan wake up, hugged Lin Yueru's 1.7-foot-seven waist, and quickly kissed her on the cheek.
"It's useful. It's so useful."
Lin Yueru glanced at Xiao Niangpi and asked proudly: "Master, are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied, so satisfied."
