Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 312

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Hearing that Constantine was willing to give Andros company preferential treatment in key factories, and was unwilling to cancel the production of wooden planes, Andros knew that Constantine had a firm attitude in producing planes, so he no longer insisted.

“His Royal Highness, you have been very concerned about the armored tractor that can cross trenches and crush barbed wire. We have also made a breakthrough,” Andros wanted to invite Constantine.

Constantine was also very excited to hear this news. In fact, compared to aircraft, Constantine paid more attention to the study of tanks.

Since the end of the war in 1912, the Greek Army has been looking for weapons and equipment that can cross trenches and barbed wire to deal with trench warfare, a **** tactic for infantry.

During the war of 1912 and the two Balkan wars of 1913, officers of all levels in the Greek army noticed the strong defensive capabilities of this mode of warfare when attacking enemy positions.

After the start of the European War, the trenches in northern France are now densely covered, extending from eastern France to the Atlantic Ocean, making the attacking troops miserable and making the Greek Army pay more attention to finding ways to conquer the trenches.

For a long time, Constantine’s research work on tanks has been particularly clear to researchers. It only needs to install a turret and a machine gun. It must be able to rotate the turret with a manpower of 360, with 4-5 members, and can cross trenches and barbed wire.

Strange tank design ideas such as multi-turret religion, land cruisers, etc., were directly discarded by Constantine, which also avoided wasting the energy of researchers.

It does not particularly pursue strong defense and strong firepower. The most important thing is that it has high stability and is not prone to mechanical failures.

Although Constantine believes that his requirements are not high, since the project of the research and development tank task of Andros Company was established, the hesitant technology is weak, and there is no reference target, and the research and development progress has been very slow.

Although the R&D personnel have already come up with a plan, they have been intensively improving in order to meet the performance requirements of Constantine and army officers.

Hearing the news of Andros, Manu Giannaski and several young officers, who were visiting the prototype of the aircraft, were immediately attracted.

“I don’t know how the prototype will perform this time? Mr. Andros?”

As a veteran of the battlefield, Manu Giannas has rich experience in warfare. He keenly feels that this special weapon, which integrates mobile firepower and defense, is very similar to the heavy cavalry on the ancient battlefield.

The young soldiers who came together were all professional soldiers who had served in the army for several years after graduating from the Army Academy, with the rank of lieutenant to captain.

As the young soldiers in the army, they are young and strong, with active thinking, and at the same time, there is no lack of war experience. Unlike those old officers who are too old, their thinking is rigid and old-fashioned. Excellent young officer.

These officers were the commanders of the first armored units of the Greek army.

“Mr. Andros, the war is raging in Europe now, and there is not much time left for Greece. The tanks you developed have been unable to come up with models that meet the Army’s requirements,” said the young officer Kumondulos impatiently.

Cumondurus once served in the Greek cavalry, but the current European war has shown that the cavalry can no longer adapt to the battlefield, and decline is inevitable.

The cavalry in the Greek army is also not welcomed by the top military.

As rifles, machine guns and artillery fire faster and faster, the cavalry, once the main force on the battlefield, quickly exits the stage.

The cavalry still in service in the Greek army are almost all secondary tasks of reconnaissance and pursuit. This is far from the cavalry galloping on the battlefield in the heart of Kumundulos. I heard that the army executives plan to build in the Greek army. When the news of the mechanized cavalry came, he immediately submitted an application to serve in the new cavalry unit.

At the invitation of Andros, several people came to a vast testing field.

In the distance, you can see the center of the proving ground, where a peculiarly shaped crawler is parked.

The most conspicuous are the two protruding tracks on both sides of the body that reach the waist of the body, a turret with a curvature at the front of the body, and an upturned “black tail” chimney at the rear, and the body is high in the front and low in the back.

The three test drivers stood beside the tank, and after experiencing several people, they opened the hatch at the rear of the turret and entered the tank.

Andros led a few people to the high platform in front of the test site, where monoculars and binoculars were lined up on several tables.

Constantine stood on the high platform, overlooking the real test site, and noticed the special artificial terrain on the site, the muddy ground with potholes and water, the mound nearly one meter high, and the trench two meters wide. , with a red flag to indicate the order.

The soldier standing by the side, after handing the binoculars to a few people, a soldier waved the flag in his hand in the direction of the tank.

“His Royal Highness, the test has begun”

Black smoke rose from the tail of the tank on the experimental plant and began to move slowly.

Like Constantine, several people picked up the telescope on the table and carefully paid attention to the actions of the tank.

“Is this the tracked armored chariot that you have successfully improved?” Constantine thought to himself as he watched the test with his telescope in hand.

Constantine paid attention to the tank in front of him. It was much different from the experimental model that had always had problems before. The body of the car became even taller.

It was Andros who was still in charge of explaining for several people. Pointing to the advancing tanks on the testing ground, he stepped forward to answer Manujanaski and others: “Your Excellency Minister of Armament, this is already what we can do now. limit.”

“This tracked armored fighting vehicle is in need of adapting to complex terrain, so we have raised the body of the vehicle. Now its height is 2.4 meters. In order to keep the space inside the vehicle from being too narrow, the width has also been increased. The width of the car reaches 2.5 meters, and the overall length of the car body reaches 5.5 meters”

Hearing Andros’ explanation, Manugianasky asked in surprise, “You changed the power of the chariot?”

Facing the inquiry from Manu Giannaski, the main member of the R&D team, Kalaris, stepped forward and explained: “Many problems of the tracked combat vehicle are caused by the transmission of vibration to the engine. For this reason, we have optimized the structure of the chassis, But there are still many problems, and we don’t have a good solution.”

Andros continued: “We got their latest 40-horsepower gasoline engine from the engine lab”

Constantine asked curiously, “What happened?”

This time Kararis replied: “It can run 40 kilometers per hour on the road and 18 kilometers per hour in the wild, and this is the data after we improve this test car.”

Kalaris pointed to the gun on the chariot and continued to explain: “We found that if we didn’t lower the height of the turret, it would be difficult to operate this gun when using it.”

“Especially when the chariot is moving, the bumps are so severe that the driver of the chariot can’t use it at all.”

Hearing Calaris’ explanation, Constantine asked, “So have you tried to stop and shoot while you were traveling?”

Seeing that the tank successfully completed various tests, several people in the stands walked towards the stopped tank.

Andros continued to explain: “Equipped with 35mm artillery, 240 rounds of ammunition, 6-22mm armor, his climbing gradient is 45 degrees, he can pass through vertical walls with a height of 0.61m, a width of 1.98m across trenches, and a wading depth of 0.69m. There are two members, the driver and the gunner, with a total combat weight of 7 tons”

Constantine came to the chariot and began to care about other data: “Then how is the fuel consumption of this chariot, and how far is the mileage after the fuel is full?”

“After testing, the fuel consumption of this prototype car is 1.5 liters per kilometer on the road and 1.8 liters per kilometer when driving in the wild.”

“We installed two interconnected 60-liter fuel tanks at the rear of the body, which allows it to run 70 kilometers on the road when full. As for driving in the wilderness, it is necessary to run only 55 kilometers. come on.”

Hearing Andros’ explanation, Manujianaski felt that the performance was okay and had met the indicators put forward by the army, so he asked the most concerned question, which was the price of this chariot: “These two battles What is the purchase cost of the car?”

Andros and Kararis looked at each other, and the two seemed to be calculating costs and prices.

In the end, Andros stepped forward and said, “It depends on how many combat vehicles the army buys? The more the army buys, the lower our cost.”

Manu Giannaski interrupted them and said: “The military can give priority to purchasing 50 armored combat vehicles and want them to serve in small batches. During this period, your research and development team must also follow up, collect and solve the use of the army. If there are problems in the process, the specific purchase amount can only be determined after the initial feedback results of the army appear.”

At present, these chariots have only completed the performance verification of the laboratory. In fact, after the armored chariots are in service, a lot of problems will definitely be exposed. These require designers and military personnel to communicate and exchange, and constantly repeat this process. , put an end to the various hidden dangers of the chariot, and then it will be possible to put it into mass production.

Andros said hesitantly: “If the number is only 50 vehicles, then the cost of these 50 vehicles is the unit price of 52,000 drachma per tracked armored combat vehicle. As for the military’s continued large-scale procurement in the future, the price will naturally be higher. drastically reduced”

Everyone, including Constantine, was surprised by the price: “Why is it so expensive, you can buy several trucks at this price?”

Andros stepped forward and explained to Cumonduros, who was jumping up quickly: “Colonel Cumonduros, although this vehicle is similar to a crawler tractor, it is more of a unique structure, which is different from what we have now. The products produced are very different, and we spend more money. This price is only the cost price of Andros, and the price is decreasing. If our machinery factory does not produce one, not only will it not make money, but it will also lose money.”

“And this price is only the initial price. After the army decides to purchase a lot, the price will definitely drop significantly.”

In the end, Manu Giannasky could only apply for a budget to the General Staff at this price, hoping that they would allow the procurement of combat vehicles.

The young officers such as Cumondurus surrounded the chariot, and loudly discussed the significance of establishing a mechanized cavalry unit and how to use it tactically.

“The military intends to first purchase 50 armored combat vehicles, and then set up two tank battalions, intending to explore the use of mechanized Qing troops,” Manugianasky now reports to the Constantine Hui.

“If the Germans had such offensive weapons and more heavy-duty trucks before the war broke out, perhaps the Germans’ revolving door plan would have really succeeded,” Manujianaski said suddenly with emotion.

“It’s really strange to say that, as the most powerful army in the European continent, the Germans are very slow in the application of automobiles in the army, His Royal Highness,” Kumunduros, who was on the side, also interjected.

“Our Greek army is limited by the army, and we cannot deploy a large number of vehicles for the army, but there are not many cars used in the German army, which is surprising.” No stage fright, and continue to share your views.

After all, there are not many opportunities to show his face in front of the army commander.

“According to the information returned from the European battlefield, Germany’s revolving door plan (Schleifen plan), the initial powerful offensive, could only defeat the right flank of the French army, but could not annihilate it, and could only watch the French and British expeditionary forces retreat in an orderly manner , but cannot annihilate it,” Kumondulos continued eloquently.

“Germany’s powerful right-wing offensive, relying only on the two feet of the soldiers to travel, marched in a hurry for many days, and finally exhausted”

“Frankly speaking, the Germans did not pay attention to the application of emerging technologies in the army at all. If the right flank of the German army in charge of the attack has installed a large number of trucks~www.mtlnovel.com~ to help the army move quickly, maybe the revolving door plan will really succeed. Now, the Germans are attacking Paris in one go.”

“Although the German army’s technology of using trains to carry out large-scale army mobilization is indeed excellent, it is after all the technology of the Franco-Prussian War. It has been nearly half a century, and the Germans are still only satisfied with this. For the German army, The real trouble is from the train station to the front line”

Manu Giannaski also nodded in agreement and said, “Provide new cars for use as assault spearheads, which should be sufficient to supply six to seven corps. If this plan is implemented, it will greatly improve the mobility of the right-wing German army. Sex and speed, it is indeed possible to annihilate the French army with a weak right wing”

Undoubtedly, Germany was the world’s first in railway technology, however, the Kaiser Army, by contrast, lacked the necessary equipment for tactical maneuvering on the road.

Production of trucks was slow, and even though Schlieffen emphasized the importance of mobility to accomplishing his life’s work, trucks were never a priority for the German military’s top brass.

Constantine speculates that the reason may be that trucks from this period lacked sufficient off-road capability and were generally underpowered.

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