HBWnovel Chapter 203 Taihang Type 1 Medium Tank
Chapter 203 Taihang Type 1 Medium Tank
Cannon factory.
"Minister, please look, this is the 88mm anti-aircraft artillery we imitated."
"After testing, both the range and the rate of fire have reached the standard of the genuine product."
Gong Jiahong pointed at the 88mm anti-aircraft artillery in front of him and said excitedly.
"That's fast enough!"
Zhao Tianyang joked: "You must have troubled the Germans a lot!"
"Hey, it's not too much trouble!"
Gong Jiahong said proudly: "I give them Zhonghua cigarettes and whiskey every day, so what's wrong with doing me a little favor?"
"To be honest, it was those German experts who took the lead in helping us build the 88mm anti-aircraft artillery."
"They also told me that I was too good to them and that the good ones didn't want to return home."
"Nonsense! Their country is currently increasing its military presence on a large scale, with military priorities being the top priority. If they go back, their lives will definitely not be as good as they are now."
Zhao Tianyang patted Gong Jiahong on the shoulder and said, "You should work hard, continue to cultivate their relationship, and try to let them settle down in the local area."
"settle down?"
Gong Jiahong was unwilling: "Then wouldn't I become a pimp?"
"Besides, I feel uncomfortable letting our daughter marry those Germans."
"Hey, that's wrong."
Zhao Tianyang said nonchalantly: "Why don't you just assign them a foreign woman?"
"Foreign women? Where can I find them?"
Gong Jiahong was speechless.
"It's simple. Just paint them a rosy picture and give them the idea of having a wife, children and a warm bed."
Zhao Tianyang put his arm around Gong Jiahong's shoulders and whispered, "After we liberate all of China, there will be plenty of Japanese, Germans, and Portuguese."
"Wouldn't it be fine if we organized a matchmaking meeting for them?"
"Oh!"
Gong Jiahong suddenly realized: "What I have been doing is just to blow their own trumpet and win their hearts!"
"Hey, that's right."
Zhao Tianyang smiled and said, "Okay, let's stop joking here. Hurry up and convert the 88mm anti-aircraft gun into a tank gun and send it to the tank factory."
"what!"
Gong Jiahong scratched his head: "You said so much, are you just kidding?"
Two days later, three tank guns were loaded onto tractors and transported to the tank factory.
"Why are you here, Minister?"
Tian Jinchen asked doubtfully.
"I'll bring you the tank gun."
Zhao Tianyang jumped off the tractor: "How is it? Is the tank ready?"
"All right."
Tian Jinchen glanced at the tractor bed and said, "We just installed the engine sent by the engine factory yesterday. Now we just need the cannon."
"Hey, I'm here just in time."
Zhao Tianyang urged: "Hurry up and call for help. Try to assemble this tank today."
"Yes."
Tian Jinchen saluted, ran back to the factory and called more than ten workers to move the tank gun.
.............
After a day of debugging, a tank gun was successfully installed on the tank.
"Minister, how about giving it a try?"
Looking at the tank in front of him, which is different from other tanks, Tian Jinchen said excitedly.
"Row."
Zhao Tianyang nodded, climbed onto the tank, and opened the top hatch: "Let me test it today!"
"I'm coming too, I'm coming too."
Tian Jinchen quickly climbed onto the tank: "Minister, I will be your observer and gunner."
Under the command of several workers, Zhao Tianyang successfully drove the tank out of the assembly plant and came to the huge testing site outside the tank factory.
"Wait, Minister, can you hear me?"
Outside the tank, a staff member sitting in front of the radio station shouted to Zhao Tianyang with a headset.
"heard it."
Zhao Tianyang responded into the headset that Tian Jinchen handed over.
"Ok."
The worker continued, "Now let's start the first project, fast maneuvering off-road."
As the workers laid out the runway, Zhao Tianyang started the engine.
"Boom boom boom."
Two Taihang inline six-cylinder engines drive two generators and two electric motors, making a huge roar.
The tanks rushed out like galloping wild horses and began to run around the huge training ground.
Gentle slopes, shallow pits, and 40-degree slopes can all be easily crossed.
"Squeak... Rapid cross-country maneuvering, the test is over."
Listening to the workers' voices coming from the radio, Zhao Tianyang drove the tank back to the starting point.
"Minister, please wait a moment. We will prepare the target immediately."
After a while, Zhao Tianyang started the engine again, and Tian Jinchen served as the commander and gunner and began to command.
"Move forward ten meters, gun angle 25 degrees, fire."
"boom."
As Tian Jinchen pulled the switch, an 88mm armor-piercing bullet shot out and flew straight towards the target in the distance.
"boom."
There was another loud bang, and the stone next to the target was broken into pieces.
"Forehead...."
Tian Jinchen explained awkwardly: "Minister, why don't you find a professional gunner? I can't hit the target!"
"Hahaha, you should practice this technique!"
Zhao Tianyang pulled over the headset and said, "Send someone to the nearby military camp to find a gunner."
"Yes."
Soon an experienced gunner came over on a tractor.
"Report to the Minister, my name is Wang Erpao, I am a former member of the Kuomintang Armored Corps, a T-26 tank commander, and I have been ordered to assist in the testing."
"Car length?"
Zhao Tianyang waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, select a few people and test the specific data of this tank."
"Minister, you don't drive a tank anymore?"
Tian Jinchen on the side asked curiously.
"It won't open."
Zhao Tianyang waved his hand: "Just enjoy it. It's not comfortable to stay in the tank."
"Yes."
Looking at the huge tank in front of him, Wang Erpao swallowed.
He ran to the side excitedly, picked up a few short workers at random, and got on the tank impatiently.
"Smoking?"
Watching the tank slowly start up, Zhao Tianyang took out a pack of Huanghelou cigarettes, took out one and handed it to Tian Jinchen beside him and asked.
"smoke."
Tian Jinchen took the cigarette without saying a word, lit it and started smoking.
As three or four burnt cigarette butts were scattered on the ground, Wang Erpao jumped off the tank with an excited look on his face and came to Zhao Tianyang.
"Report, the test is completed."
"Ah."
Zhao Tianyang nodded, took the record sheet handed to him by a worker and started to look at it.
"tank:?"
"Weight: 70 tons."
"Turret front armor: 200 mm, inclined 25 degrees."
"Hull front upper armor: 100 mm, sloped 12 degrees."
"Front lower armor: 100 mm, sloped 35 degrees."
"Side armor: 60 mm."
"Rear armor: 80 mm."
"Speed: 20 kilometers per hour."
"Top speed: 30 kilometers per hour."
"Maximum range: 150 kilometers."
"Weapons: 88mm gun, firing 10.4kg armor-piercing shells, capable of penetrating 30-degree inclined, 165mm thick homogeneous armor at a distance of meters."
"Firing a 7.3 kg tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile can penetrate a 30-degree inclined, 193 mm thick homogeneous armor at the same distance."
After reading the information, Zhao Tianyang handed it to Tian Jinchen with satisfaction: "It can be finalized. This tank will be called Taihang Type 1 Medium Tank."
"Medium tank?"
Tian Jinchen hesitated a little: "Minister, this guy is qualified to be a heavy tank."
"Hey, it depends on who you're competing with."
Zhao Tianyang smiled and said, "If compared with the Japanese, it can indeed be used as a heavy tank, but compared with the Europeans, it is a bit inferior."
"That's it, press the medium tank mark."
"alright."
Tian Jinchen nodded.
"besides."
Zhao Tianyang pointed at the front of the tank and said, "Install a heavy machine gun there for me."
"no problem."