"Everyone, good news, great harvest! We are getting the continuously variable transmission!"
Shangluo opened the door in front, and Qi Yuan came in waving a memo, as if he was going to bring back the victory of an era - but there was no one in the activity room. Instead, they were all at the garage door, leaving only a row for Qi Yuan. Back view.
He seemed to hear a voice behind him, and someone turned around and saw him:
"Squad leader, you, do you want to stop them?"
"What are they doing?"
"See for yourself." Several people moved out of the way to let Qi Yuan pass.
She put the memo in the filing cabinet for safekeeping, and then went out through the garage door - only to see Han Xingzhi digging at the base of the wall at the edge of the test track with a shovel. There was a crack in the wall, and bushes were protruding through the crack. Wen Yuan could also be seen digging on the opposite side with a shovel.
"Hey! What are you two doing!"
"They want to dig through the wall between the training center and the teaching center so that our chariots can be driven over." A strange voice appeared next to her. It was someone she didn't recognize. Wearing the military-style black uniform of the academy, a soft-top military hat, and a golden plum blossom representing a trainee officer hanging on the collar.
"Your Excellency?"
"The one next door." She pointed to the other side of the wall. "My name is Lu Liang. I am the squad leader and car commander of your new driver."
"Ah! Hello, classmate Lu Liang." The two of them maintained a formulaic smile. They were not familiar with each other at all and had no idea what the other party was going to do.
"Hello. Oh, Shangluo is here too, I knew you must be here. Did you poach him here?"
"Um, does this count as poaching?"
"Forget it, but he also dug you here, so the merits and demerits are equal. The problem now is this wall: you want to help repair the tank, I would be very grateful. But it doesn't matter if people come over, the tank really can't pass. Even if we come here and report, it is impossible for us to be allowed to drive onto the highway. So these two people are now going to dig out the wall in the middle. They said they are going to bring the tank over and improve it."
"Can this wall be dug?" Shangluo was stunned, "Why don't you stop them?"
"Because I also want to see how this car can be modified."
Just as Shangluo was about to say something, he heard two people over there cheering "Wuhu" and the wall collapsed.
A crack was dug in the 3-meter-high wall. Wen Yuan turned around and jumped into the car.
The "bush" moved. A large bush roared over the ruins of bricks and peeked furtively into the front half of the car. Wen Yuan's head was exposed from the "bush". He looked around and then retracted his head. Then he stepped on the accelerator and the "bush" came over. "
Everyone present said "Oh~". Although this is in Yujing, real chariots are not seen every day.
After crossing over, Wen Yuan got out of the car and took off the camouflage shrubs around him, then threw the shrubs into a pile at the small gap in the wall.
The true nature of the chariot was exposed: a Type II cavalry chariot, or Type II light vehicle. Shangluo had seen it in the newspaper. It seems to be a very "new" tank. Different from those previous tanks with 3 or even 5 turrets, these newly developed cavalry tanks are much more "controlled". There is only one turret and a crew of only 4 people. The Type II light vehicle has a crew of only 3 people. The platoon of light vehicles attacked in line with the cavalry formation. This scene appeared on the front pages of major newspapers and magazines at the time. Because this is a refreshing and shocking picture.
Prior to this, Wangshi was organized according to "vehicle" - that is, the vehicle described in Zhou Rituals. The multiplication of a thousand times, the multiplication of ten thousand times. A gentleman's car is a vehicle for villains.
The organization of the army is also very close to that of Zhou Rizhong, with a chariot as the leader and 50 to 70 infantrymen at the rear. The infantry will not leave the cover of the chariot, and the chariot will not leave the support of the infantry. According to the different levels of the infantry, there are three levels: the emperor's Yulin army, the guard's Huben army, and the armor soldiers of the tributary country.
In the golden age of chariot warfare, the imperial court had a huge military force with a thousand chariots of feathers, 20,000 tigers and warriors, and 20,000 armored soldiers. Rome also adopted a similar organizational method and could mobilize about 27,000 knight chariots. The specific number is not as precise as that of the Ming Dynasty. Because Europe is the birthplace of technological barbarians, the pressure on Rome is much greater.
"By the way, so the imperial court has always fought according to Zhou etiquette?" he asked Lu Liang next to him.
"Zhou Li has no problem here. It is a tactic specially used to deal with barbarians, and it is very suitable for the battlefield environment. Moreover, using chariot warfare as the basis can induce those barbarians to invest their limited resources into endless armament upgrades. . Those technological barbarians like to think about this the most, but they will never be able to defeat two back-to-back world empires at the same time."
"Then why did the imperial court change its mind recently?
"Because it won't always be easy to use. A big thing like a tank needs a huge logistics team to support it, and it also needs artillery firepower to suppress the formation. Even in major battles, only 800 can be deployed at most at one time, because of the width of the battlefield and The supply lines simply could not hold up. And those technological barbarians are becoming more and more tenacious. They have evolved trenches that cannot be defeated even if they invest 400 troops. The Roman army encountered a similar incident in the Rhine War 12 years ago. In the end, The Romans got off their vehicles and rushed into the trenches, using close combat to kill the Germans. The imperial court and Rome had a special discussion on this matter."
She thought for a while: "If I guessed correctly, your father went to Alexandria to attend the 'Technology Synchronization and Technology Ethics Conference' held regularly between us and Rome. We will regularly synchronize and exchange research and development progress. , to avoid wasting the earth’s resources due to repeated research. Research and judgment on the future are also included in the conference. This year’s conference in Alexandria, both sides sent many professionals to attend. My dad followed the plane to escort him for a while, to Yangzhou. I only came back five days before I went on a business trip. The world is really changing faster and faster."
"Why do I feel like so many things are changing so quickly these days?"
"Yes, in the past ten years. My dad also often said that the changes in the past ten years have been so fast that he can't see it. Another example is that this wall has been here for decades, and the garages on both sides of us are separated by it. It’s just a thin wall. But for decades, there has been almost no cooperation between the two sides. Unexpectedly, in just a few hours today, those two guys even demolished the wall."
"Hasn't it always happened before? But we are so close, why don't you communicate?"
"Yeah" Lu Liang thought for a while.
I thought about it for a while.
Others in the convoy have already rushed to touch the chariot. Although it was a training vehicle for trainees, it was also a serious heavy weapon under firearms control, and it was also a symbol of "great gift".
(End of chapter)
