Many people are familiar with artillery. This heavy attack weapon, known as the God of War, has a long history. From the moment it was born, it was destined to dominate the main theme of war.
The earliest artillery can even be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period of the Yan Kingdom more than 2,500 years ago. At that time, a military weapon called "礮" appeared, which is the ancestor of today's wide variety of artillery.
It's just that the so-called cannons in the early days were, to a greater extent, firing stone projectiles or incendiary bombs made of pine wood. They were more like a huge slinger than a cannon.
However, with the development of history and the invention of gunpowder, real artillery took shape in the Song Dynasty. At the latest, in the Yuan Dynasty, the real cannon - the smoothbore cannon - was invented, and the rest of human history was born. All cannons used on.
The emergence of cannon, a powerful offensive weapon, naturally aroused the love of many military strategists in history.
No matter who it is, as long as he wants to win, he cannot refuse this ultimate solution to victory.
Relying on Urban's cannon, the Turks ended the thousand-year glory of the Roman Empire. Since then, there has been no fortress that will not fall.
Relying on the concentrated use of artillery, Napoleon conquered Europe, and from then on, artillery was never absent from every famous battle in human history.
Even conversely, in every famous battle that has occurred since the large-scale use of artillery, has there ever been one without the presence of artillery?
It's just that as the barrel of the artillery is made thicker and thicker, and its power becomes more and more powerful, its weight also becomes heavier. Naturally, the mobility and use of the artillery are also restricted.
It is precisely because of this that the Urban Cannon has been the largest caliber artillery ever made by mankind for a long time.
It was not until modern times, with the development of industry and technology, that super cannons with sky-breaking calibers appeared, and the method of transporting them was no longer the traditional way of transporting them by manpower or animal power, but by moving these big guns on board Got the train.
This gave birth to the most powerful artillery used in war in human history - the train gun.
This super cannon that moves on rails is undoubtedly the largest caliber super weapon ever used by mankind in war. In World War I, Germany used the Paris Cannon to bombard France, the Gustav Cannon in World War II, and the Duomo Cannon. Cannons, mass-produced K5 (E) train guns, etc...
Although this kind of super cannon is very troublesome to move and set up, it has to be said that once this super cannon is fired in a war, its power is unparalleled.
The Gustav cannon once penetrated a 10-meter-thick reinforced concrete fortification with one shot, leaving a crater as big as four football fields. It can be said that nothing can withstand its bombardment during the war.
But this kind of giant gun is still too slow and troublesome to move, and the caliber of the mass-produced train gun is not large enough.
So is there a cannon that can not only meet the requirements of mobility on the battlefield, but also ensure the caliber of the artillery?
The answer is yes, and someone built it. The result is what was mentioned in the document that Chen Xin received, the ultimate land warfare weapon built in the Suvian era-the land cruiser.
To be honest, when he first saw this thing, Chen Xin seriously felt that it was something made up by some science fiction writer, because it was too exaggerated.
After the end of World War II, the Soviets captured a large amount of German technical data, which naturally included the train guns that had shined in World War II and the technical data of the Gustav heavy artillery that had not been completely destroyed.
At that time, Suvia did not pay much attention to this. It only sent some weapons experts to conduct research and try to imitate its own train gun.
However, with the post-war confrontation between the Soviet Union and the Federation and the escalation of the Cold War, the Soviets felt that they needed a land-based weapon that could resist the Federation's invasion from the east coast in Siberia. The train gun naturally became the Soviet Union's weapon at that time. One of the key objects considered by the sub-high-level officials.
After all, there is only the Bering Strait between the easternmost end of the Suvia territory and the westernmost end of the federal territory, and the Bering Strait is only 35 kilometers wide at its narrowest point.
The Soviets can completely place their super artillery here and then directly bombard the federal mainland.
Although this does not make much sense, it is still necessary if the Federation plans to cross the Bering Strait and attack Suvia from the land.
It's just that Siberia is desolate, and it is very troublesome to build railways to deploy train guns.
So when Soviet weapons experts designed a 600mm-caliber cannon carried on two rails, the plan was rejected.
The first is that the mobility is still not enough, because missiles and rockets have begun to be put into use by then, and train guns have become less popular and practical.
The second is that Suvia's senior officials felt that the caliber and power of this thing were still not enough, especially since Suvia had already turned on nuclear technology at that time, and the train gun was no longer good.
So Suvia's weapons experts completely let themselves go and created a second improved model.
They replaced the train wheels on the trailer at the bottom of the gun with tracks, and built a super large chassis with sixteen tracks, a super cannon with an 800mm caliber and a range of more than 70KM, and equipped it with specially designed nuclear shells.
Now Suvia's senior officials were satisfied and ordered a prototype to be produced and tested at a weapons testing site in Siberia.
However, this thing has never been really useful, after all, it is still too heavy.
Even though it has sixteen tracks, it can barely walk on land, but in Siberia it can only travel normally after the soil is frozen in winter, and the snow will seriously interfere with its progress.
When the temperature is high and the ice and snow melt, the muddy frozen soil is enough for it to sink completely into the mud.
What's particularly critical is that this thing is powered by a steam turbine, which requires a large amount of fuel to move.
So after the test firing, Suvia's senior officials put forward new requirements for weapons experts. They hope that this thing can be more practical. They can make it smaller and less powerful, but practical and measurable. Produce.
This time the request was very reasonable. Suvia's weapons experts narrowed their minds a little bit, so a land cruiser that could be put into practical use in a real sense was built, and two prototypes and one were completed. Taiwan's subsequent improved version.
And this is what is on the document that Chen Xin got, a "super" that is 74 meters long, weighs 307 tons, is equipped with twin 305mm caliber main guns, and uses a small nuclear reactor as its power source. tank".
