As Liszt said, after discussion, the German Wehrmacht unanimously agreed that the light tank jointly developed by Tang and Germany was very advanced and very suitable for German Army equipment.

Especially, a new combat theory is being born within the German army, that is, blitzkrieg, where the key combat weapons are inseparable from the highly mobile main battle tanks.

In fact, the German army did not completely believe that the Tang Dynasty could develop any good weapons and equipment. After all, the Tang Dynasty had just been established not long ago. Everything was because Hitler had just come to power and lacked international support to choose to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty. They were reluctant to let a top expert in the German industry go to the Tang Dynasty. If it weren't for the Tang Dynasty's large number of loans to Germany, they would have been making a fuss.

Now that the technical parameters of the new tank are transmitted back to Germany, Liszt, who is extremely prestigious among the German army, praised it, which surprised these German officers. It was unexpected that the Tang Empire had such technical power, which really surprised them.

After being surprised, the German Wehrmacht Command immediately passed the resolution to equip this new tank, named it the No. 2 tank, and approved the purchase of 300 modified tanks from Datang Heavy Industry.

Since the German government borrowed money from the Tang Empire, Germany's hard currency such as gold and silver had to be transferred to Datang Bank for preservation according to the loan treaty. Therefore, as long as Hitler nodded his head and signed, the Datang side could immediately deduct it from the German government's deposits in Datang Bank. At the same time, Datang Heavy Industry also began to form the No. 2 tank production line.

Zhang Meng knew that the No. 2 tank developed and produced by Datang for Germany was much stronger than the No. 2 tank developed and produced by the Germans themselves, and its maneuverability was much better. Therefore, after the German army expanded its troops within the next five or six years, Zhang Meng directly ordered Datang Heavy Industry to open six production lines, and in the next year, it could provide 500 tanks to the German army every month, which was enough for the Germans to build dozens of armored divisions.

According to Zhang Meng's intention, this No. 2 tank will become the main force of the German Army in the future. Therefore, the Ministry of Defense of the Tang Dynasty immediately began to develop a restrained main battle tank for the No. 2 tank. This is used to equip the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and will not be exported to the outside world. Only in this way can the Tang Army be in the leading position in equipment.

Although military conflicts between the Tang and Germany are almost impossible. After all, one is in the inland Europe and the other is in the center of the Pacific, which is half apart from the earth. However, planning ahead has always been Zhang Meng's catchphrase. Therefore, the Tang military naturally needs to make some preparations.

However, unlike the great armies of other countries, the Tang Empire's military power was mainly naval and air force because it was an archipelago country. Most of the battlefield was destined to be on the sea and the sky. It lacked strategic depth, so it relied on naval and air force forces outside the country's gates. In this way, the Tang Army would naturally be very small in scale.

The Tang Army is small in scale, with only three divisions of more than 50,000 people. This is a permanent army, with the current population of 15 million in the Tang Empire, and its age is generally dominated by young people. Its war potential is huge. During the war, more than 7 million people can be mobilized.

At this time, the Tang Empire had actually begun to restrict the entry of the foreign population into the Tang Empire. If the population was plundered everywhere without considering the quality of the population. Then, after the Tang and Japanese War, the threshold for the rise and rise is naturally much higher. Only elites from various countries are qualified to enter the Tang Empire. Other populations no longer enjoy various government subsidies, such as giving cars, houses, and work, it is impossible for them to enjoy it. After all, no matter how rich the Tang Empire's financial resources are, it is already very large to ensure the expenditures in medical insurance, education, pension, employment and other aspects of population of 15 million are already very large. This is not an easy task, so the era of free lunch has passed.

Although the Tang Empire's war potential was one of the rich population resources, it could mobilize 7 million people to participate in the war during the war, which was already at the level of a powerful country. However, the Tang Empire's military policy tended to be naval and air force, and even during the war, it would be allocated to the navy and army. Because it was an island country, the scale of land war was destined not to be too large. During the war, the army expanded to about 200,000 to 300,000 people at most.

Because the army could not expand many people even during the war, the amount of funds allocated to the Datang National Defense Equipment Committee on the issue of equipping the army with new main battle tanks, and the number of tanks equipped with the army was limited to less than 300. Basically, each Army Standing Division could be assigned 100 new tanks.

The Tang Army was small in scale and had very little potential for war. Therefore, based on Zhang Meng's basic guiding ideology of elite troops, the National Defense Equipment Committee decided to go to Datang Heavy Industry to develop a powerful heavy main battle tank for the army.

This project is defined as the Tiger King main battle tank, code-named T-1, and basically requires a weight of more than 60 tons, equipped with an 88mm large-caliber main gun and at least two M2 heavy machine guns, armor protection at least 100 mm, speed is not too large, and the minimum requirement is 35 kilometers.

Speed, firepower and armor protection have always been enough to meet the two. Since the Tang Dynasty is dominated by islands, the largest Fiji Islands are only 18,000 square kilometers, so the maneuverability of the Tang army's tanks is not required, so the speed requirements are not high, so it is possible to significantly improve performance in firepower and armor protection.

According to the requirements of the National Defense Equipment Committee, the tank designers of Datang Heavy Industry immediately began to design the T-1 Tiger King main battle tank.

Because of the previous experience in designing the No. 2 tank designed for the German Army, the Tiger King heavy tank equipped by Tang Jun himself adopted a lot of No. 2 design ideas and components. At the same time, in order to restrain the No. 2 tank, the Tiger King tank used by Tang Jun himself must reflect a large number of leading technical characteristics.

First of all, the firepower. The t1 tank uses a new turret developed by the Tang army, a cannon with an 88 mm and 70-distance diameter. This cannon was inspired by the advanced technology and technology adopted by the main gun developed by the German Krupp Company for the No. 2 tank. Its depth penetration ability is very powerful, with a length of 6.3 meters. It can directly penetrate the main armor of the No. 2 tank at a distance of 2,000 meters or even more, which shows that it is extremely terrifying.

The second is armor protection. T1 uses the most advanced special steel material of Datang Heavy Industry and is made of special steel smelted from three alloys of nickel, chromium, molybdenum. The armor thickness alone on the front is more than 110 mm and the side is 90 mm. It can directly withstand the attack of tank No. 2 within 500 meters. It has strong protection ability and is the world's number one, exceeding the armor protection level of all tanks in various countries.

The powerful artillery and thick armor made the T1 tank weigh 65 tons, a veritable heavy tank. However, it also sacrificed its maneuverability.

Although the T1 tank uses a powerful 1,000-horsepower engine, as well as Christie suspension and advanced hydraulic control systems, its maximum speed is only 40 kilometers, which is a bit higher than the lowest 35 kilometers speed index stipulated by the Defense Equipment Commission.

Fortunately, the use of tanks by the Tang army was limited to narrow islands, so this speed was actually enough, and the Tang army did not need too fast tank maneuverability.

In fact, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was composed of archipelago, which limited the Tang Dynasty Army to be basically based on defense. Therefore, the T1 tank did not require speed and performance at all. Instead, the powerful artillery and armor protection were more suitable. It seemed to be tailor-made for the Tang army. The tank prototype was completed within a month and a half. It performed outstandingly during the test run and was deeply loved by the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Army.
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