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mk1a2 orbital electromagnetic kinetic energy can only stay in the laboratory stage. Due to the lack of technical theory reserves and industrial manufacturing capabilities, even Tesla cannot do it no matter how talented it is.--.

Of course, the research on electromagnetic guns is not only the Chinese Empire, but other countries are also studying this technology. But they are also only staying in the laboratory stage and are even more backward in terms of technical theory and industrial manufacturing capabilities. It is even more out of the question to make electromagnetic guns reach the weapon level and actual combat deployment stage.

As early as 1845, Charles Wheatstone made the world's first magnetoresistive DC motor and used it to eject metal rods to 20 meters away. After that, German mathematician Kirby proposed the idea of ​​using electromagnetic propulsion method to create an "electrical cannon". The first to formally propose the concept of electromagnetic emission/electromagnetic cannon and conduct experiments was Berkeland, a professor of physics at the University of Oslo, Norway. He obtained the theoretical patent for "electrical cannon" in 1901.

In 1920, France's Fortun Villepler published "Electrical Artillery Almost at the same time, the German Juncker Artillery Industry Company also established an electromagnetic research laboratory and developed an electromagnetic accelerator for artillery installation.

The rise of the Chinese Empire's research on electromagnetic guns was based on the interest in interstellar weapons left over from the Tungus explosion, and it actually witnessed the power of this super weapon. The research on electromagnetic guns by Western powers was still at the science fiction level (attracted by the theories proposed by science fiction writers such as Mosey), and was powered by a stream of reasonable science fiction, but it did not receive government funding support. Therefore, the relevant research progress and results were far lower than the huge investment of the Chinese Empire in this regard.

However, since the Chinese Empire has become increasingly powerful, the Chinese Empire's technology has often been internationally leading, especially the rapid development of military technology and advanced equipment, which has made Western powers envious and jealous. Against this international background, Western powers have strengthened their infiltration of spy forces in the Chinese Empire, and have obtained relevant confidential information about the Chinese Empire at any cost, including relevant information about the Chinese Empire testing electromagnetic guns. However, the Chinese Empire has very strict security control in this regard. They have not obtained detailed test data, but have mastered some rare intelligence. After inference, it is believed that the Chinese Empire is developing electromagnetic weapons.

Once upon a time, the Chinese Empire was bullied and recognized as backward country by Western powers. It was known that the Chinese Empire had taken the lead in science and technology to achieve today's situation. The Western intelligence community unanimously believed that the Chinese Empire had broken the situation of the West's rule of the world because of the epoch-making weapon research and development system. For example, the Chinese Empire's naval naval divine bows, submarines, tanks, aircraft and other advanced weapons and equipment were all epoch-making and had a huge impact on the world's military structure. Western powers believed that the Chinese Empire had terminated the large-scale update plan for the three naval and land equipment after the war. Behind this, it was definitely secretly developing the next generation of revolutionary advanced weapons and equipment. Western powers did not want to be led by the Chinese Empire forever, and should at least maintain the simultaneous development of the Chinese Empire in the field of science and technology.

Western powers based on this mentality, when they captured the news that the Chinese Empire might be developing electromagnetic gun weapon systems, they naturally would not sit idly by and gradually increased their research on this area in their respective domestic areas.

Since 1926, major Western power countries have successively established electromagnetic weapons research laboratories to specialize in the research of electromagnetic guns, and strive to avoid being left behind by the Chinese Empire.

The electromagnetic gun itself belongs to the military level. Under the spur of the military needs of the Western powers, a large number of experts in this field emerged. French electromagnetic expert Slide Méng, accelerated the 5-gram projectile with an electromagnetic gun to an initial speed of 1.1 km/sec in March 1923. Dr. Charid Marshall of the British National University used the latest British electromagnetic technology to accelerate the projectile to 3.9 km/sec. This achievement experimentally proved that it is feasible to use electromagnetic force to push objects to ultra-high speed. After his achievements were announced, it attracted special attention from all parties. The German Defense Commission concluded that "the future high-energy weapons will inevitably be based on electricity". Therefore, Germany

The Ministry of Defense established the "Electromagnetic Cannon Joint Committee" to coordinate the research on electromagnetic cannons carried out by the army, the Ministry of Energy, the National Defense Atomic Energy Agency and the strategic defense initiative. In 1928, Professor Hansley, an electromagnetic expert in the Berlin Army University in Germany, instantly accelerated the 8-gram plastic accelerator to 5.9 kilometers per second in the laboratory, and the instant kinetic energy in the energy room reached 15,000 joules, and the first time the switching device was started within 12 mm. This breakthrough has provided great help to the development of future electromagnetic cannon weapon systems. Even Tesla and others from the Chinese Empire Electromagnetic Cannon Weapon Laboratory have to admit that in some fields, the West has accumulated hundreds of years of scientific and technological accumulation in the West is still very powerful.

The Imperial Chinese Talent Management Committee quickly sent invitation letters to hundreds of scientists and senior engineers from these countries, asking them to work at the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Imperial Chinese and Beiyang Science and Technology and other top international scientific research institutions, and gave them generous treatment.

The Chinese Empire was poaching the corners of Western countries again, but this time the Western powers were prepared. In the past, they did not pay attention to the reserve of talents. As a result, before the World War, more than 100,000 outstanding scientists, technical engineers, industry experts and scholars in the Western world were poached by the Chinese Empire, laying the foundation for the Chinese Empire to lead the world in science and technology. During the six-year world war, the Western powers had already known the importance of talents and strictly restricted the outflow of talents after the war.

Although major Western powers have erected barriers to prevent the outflow of talents and many top scientists are restricted from leaving the country, the Chinese Empire still forced governments to allow a group of scientific and technological experts to "travel on business trips" in the Chinese Empire. Most of them are basically "captured" by the top scientific research environment and work treatment, and eventually choose to stay in the Chinese Empire to develop.

The Chinese Empire's monopoly and robbery of talents made the Western world very dissatisfied, but there was no way. Faced with the powerful economic and military strength of the Chinese Empire, countries did not dare to plunder the edge of their edge, and could only swallow their anger.

In the winter of the 28th year of Guanghua, the Chinese Empire Electromagnetic Weapon Research Laboratory obtained a large amount of data and technical experts in this area from the Western world. Originally, Tesla had only more than 100 people engaged in electromagnetic gun research, and soon expanded to more than 500 people, including top talents. For example, French electromagnetic expert Slide Méng became a member of the laboratory and served as Tesla's third assistant.

In March of the following year, the Chinese Empire Electromagnetic Weapon Laboratory conducted the first electromagnetic gun test after reorganization. After a significant upgrade of the mk1a2 orbital kinetic energy gun device, the instantaneous energy of its battery pack reached 250,000 joules, and the single-pole single-order electric energy input was realized for the first time. The 30-meter-long single-pole power supply device connected 150,000 single-order discharge units in parallel. The cyclotron device accelerated the 15-gram plastic module. After six tests, the average initial speed reached 9.5 kilometers per second, and the test achieved breakthrough progress.

The research and development of electromagnetic guns has been supported by the Imperial Navy, especially the senior officials of the BB Party within the navy pay close attention to the testing of electromagnetic guns, because they know very well that the reason why the CV Party is extremely arrogant is that it clamors to use aircraft carrier-based aircraft to destroy battleships at a long distance, but the main gun range of the battleship is limited. After 27 years of modernization of Guanghua, the 18-inch cannon of Ming-class battleships has been improved to 50 times, but the maximum range is only 50 kilometers.

As for weapons, the range of shells driven by gunpowder has basically reached its limit, and it has become difficult to increase the range. Although Rosenberg's super cannon has a high range of more than 200 kilometers, it is so expensive that it cannot be installed on battleships. Therefore, when the range of traditional reaction weapons reaches its limit, the Navy BBs focused their attention on electromagnetic rail kinetic energy cannons in order to obtain a super naval gun weapon system against aircraft carriers.

Electromagnetic bubbles have great advantages compared with conventional artillery. For example, the electromagnetic gun uses the work done by electromagnetic force as the emission energy, and will not generate strong impact and diffuse smoke, so it has good concealment. The electromagnetic gun can adjust and select appropriate energy to adjust the range of the projectile according to the target's quality and distance. The electromagnetic gun does not have a circular barrel, and the projectile is small in size and light in weight, which makes the air resistance when flying very small, so the launch of the electromagnetic gun

It has good stability, high initial speed and long range. Its speed is so fast that even long-range targets will not have time to react. Compared with the attack of the 18-inch cannon of Ming-class battleships, the flight time of the shell weighing 1.8 tons cannons can reach the enemy ship's position for more than ten seconds. During this period, the enemy ship may take evasive actions to avoid the attack of the shells. If it is replaced with electromagnetic gun attack, it will only take a few seconds, and the enemy ship has no time to avoid it.

Similarly, from the cost of launching energy, the launching medicine of conventional artillery requires 10 dragon coins per megajoules, while the electromagnetic gun only requires 0.1 dragon coins. Moreover, the electromagnetic gun can also save the cannon cartridges and launch devices, so it is light in weight, small in size, simple in structure, and more safe, reliable and convenient in terms of transportation and logistics support. This is not a small problem for the main gun system of Ming-class battleships weighing thousands of tons and the reserve of launching medicines for thousands of tons. Once the research and development is successful, it can save more than 80 million dragon coins.

For the BB party, their real purpose of getting the electromagnetic gun on board is to take a fancy to the ultra-long-range range and rate of fire of the electromagnetic gun, so that the aircraft carriers on the sea hundreds of kilometers away will have no value and will be sunk by a cannon.

Of course, this is just their fantasy. The electromagnetic gun is still in the laboratory stage and there is still a long way to go before outdoor testing, and it is even more distant to be deployed on the ship.

However, the Navy BB Party members are confident in this. They are working to extend the time when giant ships and cannonism rule the navy and strive to get news of powerful electromagnetic gun service before the CV Party’s aircraft carrier victory theory “turning over and rebelling”.

The Imperial Navy of the Chinese Empire has the construction of Fanjingshan-class aircraft carriers and the upgrade plan of the Chinese ASCHEU air defense cruiser, the Air Force has the service plan of the J-10 fighter jets, the H-6 and H-5, and the Second Artillery Force of the Sky Army has the Thor 15 rocket and V-series missile plan. For the Imperial Army, after completing the mechanization reform, the upgrade and improvement plans for the main combat equipment in service, known as the Three Musketeers of the Chinese Empire, the W16 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and the Z16 anti-tank fighting vehicle, are naturally put on the agenda.

In the 28th year of Guanghua, after the Imperial Navy, Air Force and Sky Army successively issued equipment research and development and upgrading plans, in order to obtain the military expenditure allocated by Congress to the military, the Imperial Army also successively took out equipment research and development and upgrading projects.

During the Sino-US War, in a large-scale tank war broke out on the American continent, the m16 tanks of the Imperial Chinese Army exerted great combat power, which was once praised by the armies of various countries after the war. Until the outbreak of the Gulf War, the armored troops of the Imperial Chinese Army had no power to fight back with the m16 tank, thus becoming the heyday of the m16 tanks.

But not long after, the Chinese Empire intervened in the Suez Canal and intervened in the Egyptian War. As a result, during the desert battle, the m16 tank suffered huge flaws for the first time. The m16 tank that was rapidly advancing in the desert quickly suffered serious failures, indicating that the m16 tank was not suitable for long-term operation in the desert, and almost made the enemy discovery, thus changing the outcome of the Egyptian war.

After this battle, the Imperial Army Committee of the Chinese Empire believed that the m16 tank had been in service for many years and it was time to be replaced by a new type of tank. So he decided to take advantage of the m16 tank being still on the altar of the king of land warfare, and while European and American countries wanted to purchase this tank, they relaxed export restrictions and allowed the m16 tank to be exported to the outside world for the first time. The funds earned were used for the Imperial Army to continue to develop more advanced tanks.

On the autumn of the 28th year of Guanghua, one day in September of the golden autumn, a new main combat vehicle was undergoing high-intensity testing in the synthesis tactical training base of the Northern Garden of the Chinese Empire.

On the test field, amid the huge motor roar, a new type of combat vehicle was maneuvering at high speed. The test runway was ripped off by the chariot tracks. Most of the entire combat vehicle was shrouded in dust, and only a small part of the front of the combat vehicle and a long gun barrel.

The new type of chariot suddenly advanced at a high speed on a flat road surface, and then quickly advanced on a high and low ground. It crossed a trench more than two meters wide and split a ten-meter-high wave when entering a half-meter-deep river. Then it climbed a 60-degree slope and passed smoothly through anti-chariot obstacles such as horse-repellent piles, barbed wire, and anti-tank caltrops, and finally completed the test purpose.

This is the test vehicle of the new type of combat vehicle that the Army Equipment Science and Technology Research and Development Department of the Imperial China immediately developed in ten years after the war, number m28a1.

In this way, even if the British tanks are so advanced, once they go to the battlefield, the lifespan of the tracks becomes the biggest obstacle to the war between their armored forces. Once Britain dares to be an enemy of the Chinese Empire, as long as the Chinese Empire stops exporting tracked armor materials to Britain, it will be equivalent to strangling the neck of the British armored forces and making them unable to act.

The French Army has always been the number one in Europe. Although they do not recognize the German Army above them, the French Army will always be the most sensitive to the emergence of the new equipment of the German Army.

After learning that the German Army's No. 1 series of tanks were in service and won the international applause on the South African battlefield, the French Army imported the m16 tank from the Chinese Empire as a tank against the German Army through transactions with the Imperial Chinese Army. On the other hand, the French Army also obtained the tank No. 1 from the South African battlefield and decomposed and analyzed it to grasp the development direction of the German Army's armored forces. At the same time, combined with the technology and experience gained from the m16 tank, the French Army's new main battle tank was also launched.

Although the French Army lacked funds, it still invested a lot in tank research and development. Moreover, the French's romantic sentiment and the post-war desire for peace make the French Army's tank design unique and remarkable.

Before 1928, the French Army used basically the remaining tanks in World War I and the m16 tanks imported from the Chinese Empire. These tanks were enough to meet the defense needs of the French Army.

However, after the French Army Commission approved the production plan for the medium-sized tank Charb1 in 1928, this new French self-developed tank gradually replaced the position of the M16 main battle tank in France and became the main tank of the French Army's armored forces before the outbreak of World War II.

The charb1 medium tank can be traced back to 1921. That year, General Estin of the French Army Technology Department (known as the father of French tanks) proposed to build an infantry support tank weighing 15 tons, with a maximum armor thickness of 25 mm, a 75 mm gun, and a rotating turret equipped with two ting machine guns. It can fight against enemy tank units when necessary. The overall xing capacity requires an M16 main battle tank that meets the Chinese Empire. The new tank must be equipped with radio for use.

Tactical coordination, which was determined by the tank's semi-** combat status. Four companies participated in the bidding, including Famh Naval Metallurgical Company, FCM Mediterranean Shipyard, Dillaune Belliville and Schneider Renault. At that time, the military promised to combine and match the winning bids submitted by each company to make the best tanks. In May 1924, a total of five prototypes were submitted, of which Schneider Renault submitted two prototypes, SRA and SRB.

The French side selected Schneider Renault's prototype SRB as the base model of the new tank, with its engine, gearbox and steering gear retained, and the suspension and drive wheels were taken from the prototype car designed by Famh, while the tracks were from the prototype car of FCM. In March 1925, Renault was selected as the main contractor, Schneider, Famh, FCM and Dillaune Bailiville were all subcontractors for providing services and parts. The final assembly of the vehicle was scheduled to be completed at the Renault factory in Paris. On January 17, 1926, Renault obtained a contract to manufacture three prototype cars.

The construction was completed in January 1927. The prototype car had 4 members, with a maximum armor thickness of 25 mm, an engine power of 180 horsepower, a driving speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and a maximum travel of 257 kilometers. A 75 mm and 18-distance howitzer was installed in the front of the vehicle body, and a two-meter machine gun was installed in the single-person turret. The two subsequent tests showed that the overall design was relatively successful. After improvement, in order to fight against the main gun of the German tank No. 1 tank and the main gun of the M16 tank, its maximum armor thickness increased to 40 mm and its weight also increased to 28 tons. This was the prototype of the later Charb1 tank.

After the South African War, the German Army actively developed the No. 1 tank and began to equip the army on a large scale, which prompted the French authorities to import the Chinese Empire's m16 tank to cope with the crisis on the one hand, and immediately began to produce the improved Charb1. This tank was replaced with a 47mm 34-caliber main gun and a cast turret. The engine power increased to 250 horsepower, which made the speed of this tank with a 30-ton chariot reach 27 kilometers per hour, but the maximum range was also reduced to 200 kilometers, and it must be done with tracks provided by the Chinese Empire.

After the first batch of 35 charb1s were produced, the improved B1bis began to be put into production. The B1bis was equipped with an improved AX4 turret, which was better protective and installed a new 47mm 35-diameter main gun. The body was cast in split-body, and the bolt-assembled steel armor plates increased to 60mm. The new 307-horsepower engine was replaced, but the maximum stroke was reduced to only 150 kilometers. The vehicle was suitable for cooperating with infantry combat operations, but due to the small stroke and the strategic maneuvering power were obviously insufficient, an additional fuel tank was later installed to solve this problem.

The rated passengers of b1bis are 4. The driver's seat is located on the left side of the front of the vehicle body. The right side is the 75mm cannon. In addition to driving the vehicle, the driver is also responsible for operating the 75mm cannon and adjusting the pitch of the cannon with the handle. The appearance of the cannon looks very thick. In fact, it is a specially designed artillery smoking device, which uses compressed air to blow the residual gunpowder gas out of the cannon barrel. This was an undefeated new idea at that time. Behind the driver is the radio operator's seat, with the radio action distance of 15 kilometers, and to the right is the loading hand mat. His responsibility is to load the 75mm cannon and transport the 47mm cannon into the turret for use by the turret. The vehicle in the electric turret is responsible for aiming, loading and firing the 47mm cannon on the turret while commanding the vehicle to control the formation. Sometimes, it also has to operate the 7.5mm parallel machine gun on the right side of the turret.

The b1bis engine adopts an electric start method, equipped with a self-sealed fuel tank, and an integrated lubrication system. Since the 75mm gun in front of the vehicle can only be adjusted in pitch and cannot be deflected left and right, the car's steering design is unique. The driver can control a carefully designed "naeder" hydraulic differential (dual differential) through the steering wheel to obtain any turning radius on any gear and fine-tuning can be achieved, so that the driver can use the "Neder" system to accurately adjust the gun direction and firing boundary. The gearbox is set with 6 gears, 5 forward gears and one reverse gear.

Another prominent feature of the car is the use of a compressed air-driven guide gyroscope. When the electric start motor fails, the engine can be started with an air compressor. The b1bis uses a holt suspension device, which is covered with a skirt. This suspension device consists of a set of leaf-shaped springs and coil springs installed on vertical joints. The driving wheel is rear-mounted and can be adjusted in the car.

These new things make manufacturing quite inconvenient, and also cause the car to be cumbersome and reliable, and will often break down when driving to the front line.

In 1928, according to the problems found by the French side in actual use, the charb1bis made the last improvement. The improved tank was called the b1-ter. In view of the weak resistance to armor-piercing bombs on the side armor and tracks, the b1-ter's upper track covers the overall fender and the side armor has an inclination. In addition, in view of the difficulties in aiming at the 75mm gun reflected by the troops (although the Nieder system can achieve precise aiming, this requires members to be well trained), the gun installation method was redesigned, giving the gun a directional firing boundary of 5 degrees on both sides. On the member side, a mechanic was added, with a total number of 5 people. In order to increase the combat room space, a more compact BDR transmission gear was specially used.

At the end of 1928, the French side hoped to produce about 400 B1bis in four years to equip two reserve divisions, but the complex structure repeatedly delayed large-scale production.

Objectively speaking, the b1bis compares firepower and protection. Its 47mm gun is more powerful than the German tank No. 1 tank. Its 75mm gun muzzle is initially 490 meters per second. The 1915 high-explosion grenade used is equipped with 740 grams of high-explosion**, which is amazing. When firing the 1910 armor-piercing bomb, it can penetrate 400 mm thick armor at a distance of 30 degrees at a distance of 400 meters, with a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute. Its 47mm l35 gun fires the 1922

The initial velocity of the high-explosive grenade is 590 meters per second, and the initial velocity of the 1925 capped armor-piercing bomb was 700 meters per second. The firepower is far greater than that of the Chinese Empire's m16 main battle tank. Its armor protection is also very powerful, with 40 to 60 mm protection, which can withstand direct firepower of the German tank No. 1. This alone makes the German side very nervous, because the German side is a country that traditionally attaches importance to protection, and the French tanks are more resistant to attack than their tanks, which naturally makes the German army uncomfortable.

In addition, the charb1-bis main battle tank can pass through a one-meter-high vertical wall. The advantage of the huge body is that it can cross a 3-meter trench. In addition, the body of the tank is very high, which makes it have excellent wading capacity and a wading depth of up to 1.47 meters.

Overall, the French Army's successful development of the charb1-bis main battle tank also poses a serious threat to the m16 main battle tanks in service in the Imperial Army. After the Chinese Empire's agents stole this information from the French side, they immediately summarized it to the Imperial Army Department. The Imperial Army Committee put forward various requirements for the charb1-bis main battle tank of the French Army's charb1-bis main battle tank to the m28 main battle tank under development, causing the tank to be continuously improved and upgraded, and the service time was repeatedly postponed.

Putting aside the three major military powers, Britain, Germany and France, although the new Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy did not pay attention to the development of the navy, he made his fortune in the army. His direct subordinates naturally equipped a lot of advanced weapons and equipment. Most of the advanced weapons and equipment exported and aided by the Chinese Empire to the Italian army were basically in the hands of Mussolini's direct troops, of course this was also intentional by the Chinese Empire. Except for the imperial emperor Chenhao, who knew it in his heart, no one knew the real reason, even Mussoli.

Ni himself didn't know it. But he understood that only by obtaining the help and recognition of the Chinese Empire could he do what he wanted in Italy. Therefore, Mussolini basically sent a congratulatory message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire on every legal festival of the Chinese Empire, greeting the emperor of the Chinese Empire, Chen Hao, and expressing the friendly relations between China and Italy. Therefore, since Mussolini came to power, the citizens of the Chinese Empire basically did not know the name of the Italian king, and when they mentioned Italy, they only knew Mussolini.

By 1926, Mussolini's direct generals had completely controlled the army and the air force. A large number of officers and politicians who opposed Mussolini's rule were purged and their control over the navy had reached 70%. As long as a small number of naval officers were still unwilling to accept him, it was no longer important.

Italy under Mussolini's control attached more importance to the army than anything else, so tanks as the backbone of the army became one of his most concerned equipment. Although Mussolini was able to obtain advanced weapons and equipment from the Chinese Empire, Italy had limited funds and could not afford the Chinese Empire's m16 tank, so he decided to put it on its own in Italy.

French Renault developed the Renault ft light tank at the end of World War I, which had a great impact on Italy because light tanks mean low cost and were in line with Italy's national conditions.

After Italy imported a very small number of ft tanks, Fiat added an improved design as a domestic tank to manufacture it. Although the fiat3000 looks similar to the ft light tank, as Italy's own improvement point, it made corresponding changes to the engine configuration position. The initial production turret was loaded with machine guns, but then the 37mm gun loading model was also manufactured.

However, Italy's own capabilities are limited. The fiat3000 light tank was outdated when it first left the factory. Its firepower and thin armor were not enough to beat the German tank No. 1. It was originally proud of its speed, but the results of the South African War showed that the German tank No. 1 was also faster than the fiat3000 tank.

Unwilling to give up Mussolini ordered Fiat to redevelop it, so Fiat quickly proposed the fiat3000b (1928 model). The tank has not changed much overall, but the core engine is imported from the Chinese Empire, with a horsepower of 250, so that its maximum speed reaches 61 kilometers per hour. It uses the advanced tracks of the Chinese Empire to make its maximum driving distance reach 300 kilometers.

Although the cost of fiat3000b is still a bit high after importing engines and tracks, it has reached the endurance of the Italian Army. At the same time, this tank will become the most advanced light tank on the European continent, so Mussolini approved the large-scale procurement of this tank.

The reason why the Chinese Empire dared to export tank engines and tracks to Italy that were more advanced than exported to other countries was because Italy did not have an industrial foundation in this area, and its reverse imitation ability was not good, and it would not pose a threat to the Chinese Empire. On the contrary, the Chinese Empire could control the combat effectiveness of Italian armored troops by exporting key components.

However, what the Chinese Empire did not expect was that Italy was untrustworthy. In order to make money, Mussolini showed goodwill to the Chinese Empire and imported relatively affordable prescient engines and tracks and other key components of tanks from the Chinese Empire, but did not all equipped them with the Italian fiat3000b tanks, but instead sold them to the Soviet Union, collecting profit margins from them.

In terms of military technology, the Soviet Union has been blocked by the Chinese Empire, Europe, Britain, France and Germany and other countries. It can be said that the Soviet Union was about to get advanced international military technology. At this time, the Soviet Union developed very quickly. As the representative of state capitalism, the Soviet Union concentrated all its efforts to accomplish major tasks and spent a lot of money to obtain advanced engines and tracks from the Chinese Empire from Italy. Then the Soviet Red Army continued to dismantle and study them, trying to obtain the key technologies.

So, soon the first Soviet tank, T-24, appeared, shocking the whole world.

When the Soviet Union was first established, there was no complete heavy industry system, and of course there was no tank manufacturing. Domestic industrial enterprises could only occasionally complete some repair work. However, the stormy Red Sè regime, which was swaying under foreign interference, urgently equipped combat vehicles to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Red Army. On May 6, 1924, the Central Administration of Defense Industry was established in Moscow, an important event in the history of the development of the Soviet tank manufacturing industry. In this system, a department in charge of tank design and manufacturing was established, which was called the Ordnancearsenaltrust General Design Bureau (GKBOAT) between 1926 and 1929. The task of this design bureau was to develop tracked combat vehicles and assist the factory in establishing production lines, making the drawings a practical product. However, due to the lack of necessary tools and equipment, the early work of GKBOAT was almost ineffective.

Despite this, gkboat still cooperates with several domestic machinery manufacturing plants with relatively strong strength (including Kharkov locomotive factory), organizes technical forces and production equipment, establishes tank production enterprises, and prepares for the birth of domestic tanks.

The Kharkov Locomotive Factory designed and manufactured the ** crawler tractor in 1923. The factory has production equipment and certain experience in producing tracked vehicles, which laid a good foundation for the establishment of tank production lines. The official Soviet document on the formal development and production of tanks was first derived from the resolution of the Mobilization Committee on December 1, 1927. According to this resolution, in December 1927, the Kharkov Locomotive Factory selected several tractor designers to form a tank design team (tankdesignteam), led by a young mechanical engineer Ivan N. Alekshenko. The initial task of this design team was to work closely with GKBOAT to design a tank, with the project code 1-12-32, and at the same time provide design drawings to the factory and participate in the preparations for the establishment of the tank production line.

With the expansion of the scope of design work, in early 1928, Kharkov Locomotive Factory was allowed to expand the scale of the design team and recruited 8 more designers. The prototype of the Morozov Mechanical Design Bureau was established.

In the summer of 1928, the Kharkov Locomotive Factory won the prototype vehicle for the manufacture of a fast tank (1-12-32 project). This fast tank prototype is the T-12 tank. The T-12 tank is a double turret tank - there is a small machine gun trunk above the main turret, which can rotate. The main turret is equipped with a 45mm cannon, and millimeter machine guns are installed on the spherical machine gun mounts on both sides of the artillery. The tank is equipped with an M-6 engine developed by the Soviet Union, which is actually a copycat of the Chinese Empire's Adel KMX engine obtained from Italy. At the same time, the Soviet Union's research on the tracks of the Chinese Empire also made certain breakthroughs, and the life of the track armor reached 120 kilometers. In this way, the speed and itinerary of the tank were greatly improved.

At the end of that year, the T-12 tank prototype was completed and started testing. Since the weight of the T-12 tank prototype exceeded the requirements of the design (the actual weight of 20 tons, exceeding the standard of 4 tons), and there were many problems in structure and machinery. The tank design team had to refer to the test results in a pressing time to redesign. This plan to push down and re-design essentially brought a new design - the tank weight and unit pressure were reduced, and the engine output power and tank speed were improved. A 4th ting machine gun was installed on the left side of the front cockpit of the tank, and a machine gunner seat was set up (so that, the tank's firepower was divided into three layers. This was the founding tank design plan in the history of tank development, and the tank design plan was named T-24 tank.

If the German tank No. 1, French Charb1 medium tank, and British Mark (MKiv) A13E2 cruise tank made the Imperial Chinese Army feel a little uneasy in terms of armored combat vehicles, the emergence of the Soviet T24 tank is tense.

The reason is very simple. The Chinese Empire can control Britain, France, Germany and other countries to a certain extent. Moreover, they are far away from the Chinese Empire. Their tanks are not a big threat to the Chinese Empire. But the Soviet Union is different. As a neighbor of the Chinese Empire, it has a hatred of vast territory cede from the Chinese Empire. Soviet tanks can directly cross the border and attack the Chinese Empire.

After learning that the Soviet t24 tank was successfully developed, the Imperial Chinese Army Committee once again issued a new task to the m28 tank under development, that is, to completely suppress the Soviet t24 tank...

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