June 9, 1905, Federal Naval Testing Ground in Langgabo.
The sound of the motor resounded throughout the huge test site. The tank test vehicle painted with the word 01 crawled over the temporary concrete piers set up on the test site. The moment the front track touched the ground, a large cloud of dust rose up on the site.
"As you can see, Mr. Lin, this machine can crush barbed wire and some simple fortifications, and knock down low walls." The leader of the Lin Kee tank project team was a left-wing Japanese expatriate in exile in the Philippines. Of course, he does not exist now.
The Japanese overseas Chinese say that their place of origin has become a territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Navy of the Federation of China.
"What about the anti-elastic properties?" Lin Youde asked.
"The angled armor on the front can easily deal with machine gun fire and most artillery shell fragments. If the distance is farther away, there won't be much of a problem if an ordinary rifle can hit it directly, but the people inside may be stunned."
Lin Youde nodded. After all, the horsepower of the engine was there, so there was no way to have higher requirements. Originally, Lin Youde wanted to make full use of his weird technology tree to build an electric tank with human batteries. Unexpectedly, it was only 1905, and he was originally
Things that were predicted not to be built even in 1910 have been built now.
Therefore, Lin Youde was quite happy. Although the plug-in was indispensable, he still experienced the feeling of "everything depends on human effort".
According to this development rate, the Chinese Federation should have a Star Destroyer by 2012 - Lin Youde's thinking does not seem to be completely unfounded.
Chen Haihui circled the tank twice, looked up at Lin Youde and said, "I have two questions."
Without waiting for Lin Youde's response, he directly asked the first question.
"First of all, this thing shouldn't be able to cross a trench that is too wide? Facing a stronger defensive offensive, this thing's breakthrough ability is limited. This seems to be somewhat different from the weapon you mentioned as a weapon for attacking fortresses."
As soon as Chen Haihui's words came out, the expressions of many people present changed. Nowadays, there are almost no people in Lin Ji who can openly question Lin Youde's authority, especially ordinary employees and naval officers and soldiers. What Lin Youde said is the truth, and you have to hold back your dissatisfaction.
In fact, Lin Youde didn't care about any objections at all, but most people didn't really understand Lin Youde. They just created an unquestionable idol and authority, and then fell at his feet.
Therefore, when Chen Haihui said these words, many people present were shocked. Of course, there were also some people who were looking for a good show and looked quite relaxed.
Lin Youde didn't care about this. He smiled and said to Chen Haihui: "The future will be a world of mobile warfare. As long as the opponent does not build a fortification zone that completely runs through the entire front, we will always have a place where we can break through. After the breakthrough, the armored
The cavalry will march straight into Huanglong, and any line of defense will be ineffective."
Something like this has already happened. In France in the last time and space, the German army bypassed the Maginot Line, forcibly crossed the Meuse River, and arrived at Cherbourg in just six weeks, forcing France to surrender.
But it is impossible for Chen Haihui to know about this classic battle that declared the land tactics of World War I completely obsolete. He still accepted the tactics he learned at West Point. At this time, West Point in the United States was not as famous as later generations, and there was no original innovation.
The tactics and experience summarization are still based on those of their old employer, the British Empire.
Seeing that Chen Haihui's brows were not clear, Lin Youde smiled and shook his head and said: "You will know when the time comes. It won't take long for our Chinese Federation's army to add a brand new tactical thought to the world's military history. I will add it to the world's military history."
Named 'Blitzkrieg'."
"Okay," Chen Haihui sighed, "You have created guerrilla warfare tactics, I believe you."
Chen Haihui was talking about the tricks used by Chen Hongda to command the Nanyang Army's Northward Detachment in the Sino-Russian War. Lin Youde himself did not expect that he would casually say a bunch of things in class: "The enemy advances, we retreat. The enemy garrisoned, we disturbed the enemy, and when we were tired, we defeated the enemy and retreated."
"I am chasing" was actually used in practice, and achieved such brilliant results. Chen Hongda, who commanded this classic battle, was called a "guerrilla geek" by domestic public opinion. Even Yuan Shikai invited him to give lectures at the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy.
, and Lin Youde, who proposed this theory, is revered as the "Father of Guerrilla Warfare"...
This is really unintentional.
By the way, because of this allusion, Chen Hongda added a special effect in Lin Youde's notebook of "Command defensive combat soldiers' combat effectiveness +2 in areas where they have a mass base", and Lin Youde himself actually got one
The title of "Father of Guerrilla Warfare" has the effect of "all those who advocate guerrilla warfare in the world will have a +1 degree of personal admiration for you". But the problem is, Lin Youde studied for a long time and failed to research "soldier combat effectiveness" and "personality worship".
He has no idea how much and what is added to the two attributes of "degree". He has no idea at all!
After thinking for a long time, Lin Youde finally gave up. Anyway, just know that you can add him. From now on, he can just send Chen Hongda for homeland defense and other matters.
"The second question," while Lin Youde was recalling the above, Chen Haihui continued, "Why is this thing called a tank?"
The last time and space tank was a transliteration. The British in this time and space have not yet invented this thing. No wonder Chen Haihui has this question.
But Lin Youde had already prepared for this: "The smooth road leading to defeating the enemy. Isn't this a good name? I put it upside down just to make it easier to read."
In fact, contemporary people may not find "Ketan" unpalatable, but Lin Youde was accustomed to calling it a tank, so the name of this space-time war machine was decided by Lin Youde based on his personal preference.
Chen Haihui thought for a while and seemed to accept Lin Youde's statement.
At this time, Xun leaned into Lin Youde's ear and whispered: "It seems that there are Western reporters lying on the grass to spy on the conditions of the test site. The leader is a British nobleman who is very respectable in Singapore. Teko arrested the person and asked what to do.
"
"Let him go as is."
Lin Youde said lightly.
The naval testing ground in Helangyabo has become the most interesting place for spies from all over the world. In addition to the spies secretly operating in the surrounding areas, frontal espionage by people carrying a "get-out-of-jail" card is also commonplace. Lin Youde's Countermeasures
He also has his style as always: he has experimented with many incredible things here, and also conducted many fake experiments. Really valuable things are mixed in these "fish eyes", which on the one hand plays the role of confidentiality, and on the other hand.
On the one hand, it can also scare foreigners.
That's why Lin Youde was so calm and let him go at this time. Anyway, among the weird things he had tested, this simple tractor would definitely not attract much attention.
In fact, Lin Youde suspected that foreigners had already formed a fixed mindset: Lin's things must be crackling and flashing with lightning...
This is all due to Sophie.
Lin Youde sighed quietly in his heart.
At this moment, as if deliberately echoing Lin Youde's sigh, Xun handed the radio microphone to Lin Youde.
"Miss Sophie's phone number."
Lin Youde happily answered the phone, opened his mouth and said: "What's wrong, baby?"
There was a long silence, and then Sophie said: "It's so disgusting."
Lin Youde was shocked and wondered what was going on. Could it be that his daughter had also reached the stage of rebellion?
But Sophie's next words made his fear turn into helplessness.
"Are you heartbroken, Dad?"
Lin Youde vaguely heard someone else snickering on the other side of the phone.
"Who gave you strange thoughts again?"
"Lan didn't let me tell you."
As soon as Sophie finished speaking, there was a cry of sadness in the "background sound". Lin Youde smiled bitterly and shook his head. Recently, Sophie doesn't know if she has been too influenced by Victoria and has become a bit sinister. Do you think this is...
They all pretend to be natural.
"Let me tell you," Sophie said, after pretending to be dumbfounded, she changed her tone to a more serious tone, "When I came out of the laboratory for a walk this morning, the guards caught an assassin."
"Hey, why didn't I receive the report?"
"Because the assassin has double quotes, he was actually a guy who wanted to visit my laboratory. I talked with him and he had a lot of great ideas, so I brought him into the laboratory."
Lin Youde couldn't help but curl his lips. This little girl actually brought the outsider who suddenly appeared into Lin Ji's top-secret department, just like that, and no one thought to stop her - no, this is not the most fatal, the most fatal.
The fatal thing is that no one thought to report this situation!
While Lin Youde reflected on whether he doted on his daughter a little too much, he asked: "Then, why are you calling me specifically to tell me about this now?"
"Dad, I think you should meet this man."
Lin Youde felt excited and became energetic.
What's the matter, that guy is actually a guy that even the super genius girl Sophie agrees with? This is interesting, very interesting.