The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

"There is still room for improvement in this tank, but in the early stage, this performance is enough!"

For the first tank of the empire, Andrews was actually quite satisfied in his heart.

Although compared to the tanks of later generations, the performance of this tank is very weak.

But after all, it is the first generation of products, a breakthrough from scratch.

So Andrews will not be too demanding, he is ready to let the military factory slowly improve while producing.

When he has improved a mature product suitable for large-scale equipment of the troops, he will ask the chancellor of the exchequer to allocate funds to purchase it in large quantities.

Hearing the emperor say this, the person in charge of the factory immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that the emperor would not be satisfied with the performance of this tank, in which case, their previous work would be in vain.

"Your Majesty, if we want to make improvements, in which direction should we change?"

The factory side did not have a deep understanding of this new weapon, and it was not even clear how useful it would be on the battlefield.

In this case, it would be impossible to expect them to improve the tank on their own.

Fortunately, the tank was produced under the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor, so they didn't need to touch the elephant blindly.

It is completely possible to ask His Majesty the Emperor directly, and I believe that the Emperor must have a comprehensive and profound understanding of this weapon in his heart.

They're really asking the right question!

For the later plans for the development of second- and third-generation tanks.

Andrews actually had a plan in his heart for a long time!

So at this time, when he heard the other party take the initiative to ask, he solemnly ordered:

"The advantage of armored combat is speed and firepower, so what you guys have to do next.

It is to increase the fire intensity of the tank and replace the main gun with a larger caliber and a higher diameter.

It would be better to use a smoothbore gun, and I have already placed an order with Rheinmetall for this.

They will prepare the best smoothbore guns for you, caliber, don't raise too much at once.

Lifting too much can cause top-heavy and unstable center of gravity.

The caliber of the current tank gun is 37 mm, and the next time it will be raised to 57 mm, and the next time it will be raised to 75 mm.

Before the tonnage of the tank reaches 30 tons, the caliber of the main gun cannot exceed 75 mm, understand?"

Several factory directors and designers nodded their heads again and again, and listened to His Majesty's arrangements.

They suddenly have confidence in the next improvement work!

At least now they know which direction to go and are no longer headless flies!

"In terms of powertrain, the next step can be to consider replacing the engine with a higher horsepower.

Increase the speed of the tank from the current more than 30 kilometers to more than 45 kilometers.

And the engine must be durable and reliable, otherwise it will fail on the battlefield.

Then the tank and the soldiers in the tank will become a living target for the enemy, and when the time comes, not only will the valuable tanks and tank crews be lost.

Even the tanks themselves can easily fall into the hands of the enemy.

Be an important help for them to research and even reverse copy our equipment!"

Everyone nodded, and wrote it down in the little notebook.

"Your Majesty, what about the protective performance? I see that the steel plates on both sides of this tank are not very thick.

It may be able to withstand the fire of ordinary firearms, but if it encounters a large-caliber machine gun or a shell attack.

Will it be able to resist it?"

Hindenburg heard the emperor's advice to the side of the munitions factory, and immediately thought of a question.

That's the question of the survival of tanks!

So he asked.

Andrews cast an approving look at Hindenburg, this guy, his vision is really poisonous enough!(Read the violent novel, go to the Feilu Novel Network!)

"The tank is an offensive weapon, and its front is directed at the enemy.

So, the frontal armor of the tank should be the thickest.

As for the armor on the two wings, the probability of being attacked and threatened here will be much smaller than that of the front.

In addition, in order to reduce the weight, it can be appropriately reduced.

As for the armor behind the tank, unless they fled with their backs to the enemy. []

Otherwise, the chances of being attacked here are low.

So of all the armor, the armor in the back is the weakest.

Of course, the situation on the battlefield is more complicated.

Tank units can also be attacked by the enemy or ambushed.

In this case, it is possible to be attacked later.

So it's not completely undefended!"

Andrews is already satisfied with the protection of this tank, and there are currently no weapons in the world specifically for tanks.

Neither anti-tank guns nor anti-tank guns came out.

In this case, the tank is actually invincible.

It is precisely because of this that he did not emphasize a performance indicator that was extremely important for tanks in later generations: protection ability!

After listening to Andrews's words, Hindenburg suddenly realized.

His mind slowly sketched out the scene that Andrews had just said.

On the battlefield, a large number of tank units appeared in groups.

Covering the infantry to quickly rush to the enemy's position, the tank relied on its own powerful firepower and anti-270 protection performance.

Ignore most of the enemy's fire threats and go straight to the opponent's position.

In this way, your infantry can easily break through the enemy's defense line and win the war.

And the tank that has won the battle can take advantage of its own speed.

In a short period of time, they will continue to attack forward and break through the enemy's defenses.

Until you go into the rear of the enemy army and stir up the enemy's rear!

As soon as he thought of this, Hindenburg couldn't help but get excited.

He brought this tactic to the battlefield on both the eastern and western fronts, and found that if they used it, he could use it.

Then their chances of defeating the enemy will increase exponentially, even if they move faster.

It is very likely that the enemy's large army deployed on the front line will be cut off by them before they have time to retreat.

Caught in your own encirclement!

At this time, Hindenburg also reacted.

Tanks are such equipment, in fact, they have replaced the position of cavalry.

But in addition to the excellent mobility of the cavalry, they also have the firepower and protection capabilities that the cavalry does not have.

All in all, if you look at them from the point of view of cavalry.

Then they are super-strengthened cavalry!