"'By 1916, the number of Russian Czech prisoners of war increased to 300,000'. An armored train could not be loaded at all..."

"Yes." The female butler Ai smiled: "Because during the decades of World War I and World War II, railways were the most important means of large-scale transportation and the most important lifeline for both sides of the war. Therefore, the railways were as safe as possible. For example, the Siberian Railway did not suffer large-scale damage. And without exception, all important cities and transportation hubs were distributed along the railway. This also allowed the Czech Legion, which was built while walking and using local materials, to build many armored trains."

"Ah... So that's how it is." The Mountain Crew nodded one after another.

"Czech Armored Train (1918-August 1920): The Czech Legion retreated along the railway line, and their main concern was the security of the rear guards, especially when the Bolsheviks began to attack them. In order to defend the railway hub of Bakhmach, Captain Cervinks, the commander of the 6th Regiment, set out in March 1918 to build an armored train, including a steam locomotive, a boxcar and three mine cars. The protection of the car was provided by a sandbag, equipped with machine guns and rifles of crew. On June 1, the train was obtained

A field gun that can be installed at the front or rear of the vehicle greatly enhanced the firepower, and its patrol mission ensured the safe passage of Czech troops. Therefore, the armored train was born from the mission assigned by General Janin, the head of the French military delegation, to the Czechoslovaks - the protection of the railway line. The area they controlled extended 10 kilometers on both sides of the railway. By 1919, the so-called "neutral zone" was the only area that did not fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks. Some parts of the railway line were secured by the "Polish Legion", which also deployed three armored trains.

The construction and service of armored trains were mainly carried out between May and September 1918, but some trains did not appear until 1919, such as those belonging to the 8th and 9th Regiments. Other trains did not join the regiments, such as the air defense train built by Captain Kulikovski in Chaytanka in September 1918. The armored trains of the attack battalion were on June 16, 1918.

It was built in Kansk on the 20th, and participated in a battle to provide cover for retreat operations as far as Lake Baikal from July to August 1918. The 1st Regiment had a train built in Kinel in June 1918, equipped with a Pudilov 76.2mm cannon on the leading carriage. Its numbered No. 3 was destroyed in the Battle of Bouzoulouk on the 25th of the same month.

Among the four armored trains of the 2nd Regiment, two of them were destroyed, one of which was destroyed on the Volga River on October 23, 1918, and the other was destroyed on the Ik River. The armored train commanded by Lieutenant Neidik (ik) made military achievements on June 26, 1918, destroying an enemy armored train.

The 3rd Regiment used the most armored trains, but their size and equipment were relatively limited: usually there was a carriage with the front (tail) guns installed, and several rotary vehicles protected by sleepers and sandbags. These trains were built in June 1918. Instead of being named individual vehicles, people called them by commanders: Malek, Lieutenant Iijnsky, Lieutenant Sembatovic, Captain Nemcinov, Captain Urbanek (the command was transferred to Captain Troka on July 6) and Nepras.

After watching this original scene, the Czech legion armored train returned home on the journey across the Siberian Railway, the Mountain Clan crew was silent for a moment.

The butler Ai Yi looked around everyone with gentle eyes: "Sisters, are there any other problems?"

"Where is our armored train?" Danielle, the battlefield girl who is the protagonist of this performance, asked directly.

"Here." As the female butler Ai threw out another panoramic data display: one of the most amazing black technologies of the Nazi German army, a super train that can drag warships.

Nazi Germany, which had a black technology outbreak during World War II, created many once jaw-dropping equipment projects under the direct order or acquiescence of the head of state, such as the P1000 giant rat tank, stealth fighter jet or land cruiser plan. Although most of the plans were wasted, some of the essence was learned from later generations. In the entire range of black technology products, there is this "super high-speed rail" plan that is still high even from a modern perspective. After the second half of 1941, the Siberian cold current gradually allowed the head of state to have troops in the Soviet Union.

In a serious supply crisis, at least 70% of trucks and even trains were struggling in ice and snow. In order to solve the transportation pressure of the German army in the high-altitude environment, German Minister of Ordnance and Ammunition Fritz Tott made a somewhat advanced suggestion to the head of state Adolf Hitler: build a wide-gauge railway from Germany to Ukraine and equip it with powerful locomotives to solve the supply problem of front-line troops. He also believes that the German railway in the future should meet every German family taking a 2-3-story high train to travel or settle in Germany's "Oriental Survival Space".

The concept of "wide rail" was actually not Fritz Tott's invention. According to the track standards that originated from the 19th century, rails with a gauge of 1435 mm were called "standard rails", while those with gauge above "standard rails" were called "wide rails". However, Fritz Tott proposed the amazing concept of "wide rails" of 3,000 mm, and there were those who dared to think and did. By May 1942, Hitler, who had a far more thoughtful way of doing it, actually signed an order to put it into practice and sent German technology and science to the point of sending German technology and science.

Dr. Gunther Vince served as the general manager and worked with the Ministry of Transport to develop the "Broad Gauge Railway", which is the so-called "Breitspurbahn" plan. According to Hitler's requirement that "the arrival time between each station shall not exceed 24 hours", the designed speed of the passenger bus was initially increased to 400 km/h. After multiple predictions and investigations by German experts, the speed design had to be lowered to 250 km/h, which is equivalent to the speed level of today's CR300 Fuxing EMU.

Speaking of the power front in the famous "wide-gauge railway" plan in Germany's history, there were no less than dozens of design plans in the memorandum of German technical experts at that time, but the eventual success was the one with

The diesel hydraulic fast train head of the SA3 coupling. According to the data at that time, the power of this head can reach 24,000-40,000 horsepower. In actual testing, its maximum traction pulling ability can easily tow the "Gustav train cannon" weighing 1,350 tons, or even a warship weighing 1,500 tons. The entire train can be divided into two upper and lower levels, and the interior of the carriage is planned to be in detail. Among them, the civic carriages specially used for civil use are divided into first-class, second-class, and third-class carriages. The highest-level first-class carriage has a total of 24 compartments and 48 seats, and the supporting facilities are wine.

The book reading room also has a smoking room and a bathroom; the second-class car is equipped with 2 luggage compartments and 12 bathrooms, with a total of 144 seats; the third-class car has 460 seats, and in addition to the bathroom, there are also two waiters' rooms. This super train also has a "special car" specially provided for German high-level cars. This special class can only ride in a car with a bath room, a movie viewing and a dining car. It is said that in order to ensure the safety of the train, the train is also equipped with a car that specifically accommodates 20mm 30/80 anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns, and a considerable number of armed soldiers are used to deal with emergencies.

The "special train" that is provided for German high-rise buildings to ride is much higher than that of civilians. In addition to the above-mentioned car configuration, the "special train" train also has a bathing car, a movie car and a gallery car. Among them, the bathing car has 4 baths, 20 shower rooms, 2 laundry rooms, 4 bathrooms and 2 waiter rooms. While the German high-rise buildings enjoy bathing, they can also enjoy hairdressing, massage and other services in the car. The movie car can accommodate a total of 196 people to watch movies and TV series at the same time. The last car of the special train is the "gallery car" used to appreciate art works. The top of this car is also designed as a common "door design" in European architecture, which not only caters to the mainstream architectural aesthetics of Europe at that time, but also plays a role in reducing air resistance during the train's forward.

In order to complete this ambitious project, Hitler ordered a large number of German companies such as Krupp, Henschel, Bolsish to participate, and bet a lot of money and manpower. Until the end of World War II, 100 German officials and 80 engineers continued to work on the project.
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