Valley Emperor

Although it has been determined that they will become a vassal, but considering many issues such as the emperor's education and safety, Li Xuan did not let King Qi and King Zhao immediately set off to the fief to become a vassal.

They will continue their studies at the Royal School, and Li Xuan plans to let them go to the fief after they graduate from university. Now, it's still a little early.

In addition, in this case, there is a time buffer. When they become adults, it is estimated that Australia and Fusang are almost resolved. It is just right to go directly to the vassal. There is no need to worry about actually going to Dayu County or Banten for several years.

After learning that their son did not have to go to the fief for the time being, their biological mother and the Queen Mother Bai were also relieved. At least they could stay for a few years, and they did not have to leave the country for overseas territories at the age of sixteen.

After dealing with the issue of the establishment of the reserve and the issue of entrusting the king to the vassal, Li Xuan once again turned his attention to the development of armaments.

Now that the development of all aspects of the country has been on the right track, there is no need for Li Xuan to worry about it.

Now he is beginning to put more energy on armament development in preparation for the subsequent expansion war.

As for the army, Li Xuan doesn't pay much attention to other affairs. Most army affairs are developed step by step. Judging from the current technological development, there will not be much changes in a short period of time.

Although Li Xuan has already started to develop a new generation of rifles from the Royal Institute of Technology, and the new generation of rifles is rifled, whether it is the Mini rifle of later generations, or the rear-loaded rifled rifle, this belongs to The category of rifled rifles.

However, if a rifled rifle is to be used, there are still many technical difficulties, the most critical of which is the processing accuracy.

Because whether it is a front-loading rifled rifle such as the Mini rifle, or a metal bullet rear-loading rifle such as Mauser, there is a very critical technical problem here, that is, the problem of processing accuracy.

The Mini rifle, which is praised by many people in later generations, is very simple to mass-produce it. It is definitely not something that a few craftsmen can make in batches with primitive tools, because this stuff is processed in batches when it is mass-produced. The precision requirements are very high.

Even the requirements for the entire industrial base are very high!

And to achieve the industrial basis for the manufacture of Mini rifles, in fact, it is also possible to directly mount a rear-loading rifled rifle with metal bullets.

This is why the Mini rifle has only been equipped for more than 20 years in history and should not be eliminated, because when this thing can be made, it is basically possible to directly make a rear-loading rifled rifle.

According to the current industrial level of the Tang Empire, it is still somewhat difficult to mass-produce rifled breech-loading rifles.

In terms of artillery, it is basically the same. The rear-loaded rifled artillery technology still only exists on the drawings. It is not difficult to build it, so the only way to continue to use the front-loaded musket is.

Since the two main weapons, guns and artillery, equipped by the Army in a short period of time have not fundamentally changed, the tactics will not change too much.

Therefore, in the expansion and preparation of the army, it can basically be done step by step, and Li Xuan does not need to pay too much attention.

Now, the things of the army that Li Xuan can personally pay attention to are steam iron armored trains and steam tanks.

There is nothing special about the iron armored train, but it is just to arm the train. It is enough to put on armor and hit the artillery. People in the army are very interested in this.

But the steam tank should not be too easy. Although a high-pressure steam engine has been developed, the volume is much smaller than the previous low-pressure steam engine, but if it wants to achieve a certain power, the volume and weight are still not small.

When Li Xuan asked those technicians to develop steam tanks, many people were dumbfounded.

Really want to build a steam tank according to Li Xuan's requirements, the weight and volume are not small, and to protect the body, it has to be covered with armor, which will be heavier and require a higher-horsepower steam engine.

Also, that's not counting the coal and fresh water you carry onboard.

Later, these technicians calculated and found that this thing could not run on flat roads, let alone cross-country.

Then the generals of the army also maintained great suspicion about the steam tank, although according to the drawings, this thing will be covered with steel plates and equipped with artillery, and its protection and firepower are absolutely amazing!

But the problem is, the mobility of this thing is too poor, not to mention the fact that it will become a living target on the battlefield, the army generals are more worried about whether this thing can reach the battlefield smoothly?

With the power of the steam engine, can it drag such a big lump of steel around?

Maybe you can take two steps on the official road with smooth roads, but if you leave the official road, this thing can move?

In this regard, the army generals did not express doubts, because the relevant designers of the Royal Institute of Technology told them clearly: No!

This thing is immature, and the army also has cavalry, regardless of whether it is heavy cavalry or light cavalry, the army has it, and now the cavalry of the Datang army is not weak, at least in the same number of large-scale cavalry battles, Datang Most of the time, the cavalry can beat the Tartars hard.

The cavalry must be mobile and maneuverable, and it must have an impact force, which is not much better than the steam tank.

But Li Xuan is not reconciled!

A modern army, how can there be no tanks!

He also wants a tank powered by an internal combustion engine such as a gasoline engine and an oil extraction engine, but the key is that there are no two things. Now there is only a steam engine on hand. Although this thing is worse and has more problems, it is still a burn. Coal, not grass.

Besides, as a traverser, it would be a shame not to engage in tanks. Many traversal seniors don’t even have a steam engine, and they have no conditions to create the conditions to engage in tanks. , He Li Xuan now holds an entire empire at the beginning of the industrial revolution, and there are high-pressure steam engines. It is normal to engage in steam tanks.

He Li Xuan claims to be a normal person, otherwise he would have been a horse-drawn tank in the early years. Although this steam tank is a little more difficult and less practical, it is still good even if it is built!

When there is a war one day, directly pull this steam tank to the front line by train, and then slowly move it to the front line. Even if the battle is over by the time the steam tank arrives on the battlefield, it is also possible to let the steam tank. The tanks swaggered into the enemy's city, letting the locals see the mighty war machines of the Tang Empire!

Not sure, the strategic deterrent power of this thing will be stronger than its actual combat capability in the future.

Going back 10,000 steps, even if this thing is useless, but you have no regrets after trying it.

As a traverser, I have never even played a steam tank, and I will be embarrassed to say hello to other traversal seniors when I go out in the future: shame!

As a result, at the insistence of the Son of Heaven, the Army had to bite the bullet and launch the 'steam tank' plan, and sent design consultations to the three major domestic weapons companies and the Royal Institute of Technology.

When they saw a series of technical parameters proposed by the army seriously, many people were speechless!

The technical parameters proposed by the Army are actually not many, nor high, and can even be said to be the minimum standard.

They require that the steam tank can be transported by train, so there is a limit on the width and a certain limit on the length.

In addition, the steam tank must be able to reach a speed of 10 kilometers per hour on a flat road, and a speed of 5 kilometers per hour on a generally flat field. Basically, the standard is based on the speed of people walking and trotting.

In terms of protection, the front of the steam tank is required to be able to resist the direct hit of the nine-jin artillery at a distance of 100 meters, the side and the back can resist the shooting of the first year-style gun within 20 meters, and the top can resist the projectile attack of the bow and arrow.

The above protection requirements basically only require a thicker armor plate to be installed in the front, and a few millimeters of steel plates are required on the side and rear, and a steel plate at the top is also required.

In terms of firepower, they require that this steam tank should preferably be equipped with a nine-jin artillery. If the nine-jin artillery cannot be installed, then at least a five-jin artillery must be brought. If there is not enough firepower, then Such a complicated steam tank doesn't make any sense.

In terms of endurance, they require that the steam tank can continue to travel for 20 kilometers on its own power alone.

This kind of requirement can be said to be not high, but in the eyes of many designers, this is still an impossible goal.

As far as the power of the current high-pressure steam engine is concerned, it is almost impossible, because the car body cannot be carried at all.

Although this task is almost impossible in the eyes of the technicians, but this is the request of the Son of Heaven, so naturally they can only design it by gnashing their teeth.

It's a pity that they haven't come up with a plan that can make the steam tank run in the wild!

On the army side, UU reading www.uukanshu. com started to engage in steam tanks, while the navy was engaged in steam battleships.

Compared with the unreliable steam tanks of the army, the steam warships of the navy are much more reliable. Even a warship of several thousand tons dares to design and build it, because the hull of the warship is much larger, and the installation of the current steam generator is that. If there is no pressure, if the power of one steam engine is not enough, then two units will be installed. If two units cannot be used, then three or more units will be used.

It is rumored that the Ministry of Ship Administration has several mental illnesses, and has also come up with a design plan for a 10,000-ton warship built of pure steel, and is ready to install more than 20 steam engines and boilers on the hull...

It almost didn't frighten Li Xuan to death. The brains of these people are too big, and I don't think it's useful to make this thing. Most of the load is given to the steel hull itself, and the rest is used to install the steam engine. Now, there are not many coal bunkers. It is estimated that as soon as we leave the port, the coal on the ship will be burned and we will return to the port for replenishment.

As for the artillery, sorry, they didn't design it at all!

Remember Aishang for 1 second: .. m.