Valley Emperor

When he first saw this steam chariot, Li Xuan, the Son of Heaven, almost didn't recognize it, because it was too different from what he imagined.

Since the Datang Empire developed the steam engine, the army has always wanted to use the steam engine to create a chariot that can charge into battle, to attack the enemy's defense line and perform fortified tasks.

Li Xuan did not hinder nor encourage him.

Based on the knowledge of later generations, he does not think that steam chariots have any future. In the previous life, mechanical vehicles powered by steam have long appeared, and they were widely used in transportation and farming in the middle and late 19th century.

In the middle and late nineteenth century, especially in the decades after the Civil War, the development of steam vehicles was quite rapid. In 1900, more than 30 companies in the United States produced a total of more than 5,000 steam tractors.

But steam-powered chariots have never been on the battlefield, and for good reason.

It's not that people haven't tried it, it's just that they have never succeeded!

Because the thermal efficiency of the steam engine is too small, its power is limited under a certain weight and volume. It is very difficult to drive the steam engine mechanism and the basic structure of the car body. It is impossible to install thick armor and heavy artillery. There is no guarantee of battery life, because the steam engine has a relatively large demand for coal and water. If you want to ensure the battery life, you must bring a large amount of coal and fresh water, which further squeezes the steam engine’s low power.

Therefore, even if the power of the steam engine during the First World War can be made very large, and even if it can be miniaturized, it is still difficult to survive on the steam battlefield.

During World War I, the Americans also thought about designing and manufacturing steam-powered tanks, but they still failed.

Because if it is really designed and manufactured, it will be huge, slow moving, nearly zero armor, and the steam battlefield with weak firepower will have very poor survivability and attack ability on the battlefield.

Not to mention during the First World War, even after the Franco-Prussian War, on the battlefield before the First World War, the firepower was very fierce. All kinds of rifled guns, high-explosive bombs, and machine guns appeared one after another. There is no living space for the steam battlefield.

Tanks and other armored or unarmored wheels appeared on the battlefield and were used on a large scale. It was the product of the mature internal combustion engine and had nothing to do with steam engines.

From the perspective of the development of steam vehicles and tanks in the original time and space, the steam chariot is undoubtedly a failed product.

Based on this fact, Li Xuan has always been not optimistic about steam chariots.

However, he did not oppose the Army to engage in steam chariots.

How should I put it, for Datang, in fact, whether various new weapons can be used or not is not very important. What is important is to maintain this spirit of continuous research and development and continuous innovation.

For example, the battleship that the navy made with great effort!

is that useful?

There's a fart!

Even the proud admirals do not think that those battleships with more than 10,000 tons can play a big role in the war.

It's not that the battleships are not strong, but the enemy is too scumbag to use these battleships of more than 10,000 tons, and any frigates of one or two thousand tons can hang the world.

However, the Navy is still unswervingly developing and building large-tonnage warships. Although the construction speed has slowed down, the Navy has always maintained the development and production of battleships.

At most, it is to develop and build one ship after another, not to say that multiple ships are built at one time.

The same is true for armored cruisers, which can only be built one by one.

The R&D and construction of armored cruisers and battleships is not essentially to improve the combat effectiveness of the navy. It is mainly for the face of the navy. It is also to maintain the R&D and production capabilities of the Hong Kong Dingsheng Shipyard and a large number of defense enterprises behind it.

It doesn't matter whether it is used now or not, the important thing is that it must be able to be built and used on a large scale when needed in the future.

The same is true for the Navy, and the same for the Army.

Don't look at the army's focus in recent years on the equipment of rifled weapons, but the army's many research and development plans have not stopped.

For example, large-caliber train guns, the army has been doing it all the time!

There are also armored trains.

Not to mention steam chariots, but the Army has never given up.

No, after many years of hard work, the army finally came up with a steam chariot that it thought was acceptable, and then couldn't wait to pull it out to perform. It would be even better if it could win a word or two of praise from the Son of Heaven.

At this time, Admiral Wang Haoji, Minister of Ordnance Department of the Army Privy Council, explained to Li Xuan confidently:

"Look, Your Majesty, this is the prototype of our Army's future self-propelled firepower integrated combat system!"

"Since Xuanping 30 years ago, I have listened to Your Majesty's thoughts on the future of war, and my colleagues in the army deeply agree. They believe that in the future battlefield, in order to break through the enemy's defense line and cover the advance of the infantry line, it is necessary to be able to fight on the battlefield. It can get rid of terrain restrictions and walk on its own, and at the same time has excellent protection capabilities and firepower weapons."

"We got inspiration from armored trains, because armored trains have perfect protection, firepower and even mobility, but they are limited by railways and cannot travel in the wild!"

"So our R&D focus was on designing a system that could travel in the wild, and in the end we chose a tracked system!"

"Finally, after years of design and development, we finally completed this self-propelled fire integrated combat system for the future battlefield!"

When Li Xuan listened, he was a little puzzled, what else did I say about the future self-propelled firepower integrated combat system? How can I not know.

He used to talk about the concept of future wars, not to mention modern wars, even the more distant concept of three-dimensional warfare by sea, land and air, but he swears that he is definitely not talking about steam chariots, what he is talking about is just a concept of war. , that the future war will change from a plane war on the ground or on the sea to a three-dimensional war on land, on the sea, under the sea, and in the sky.

This theory is basically no different from science fiction for contemporary times.

But ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he has never advocated steam chariots in formal meetings!

At this time, Admiral Wang Haoji continued: "This is one of the prototypes we made. The Ordnance Department put forward theoretical requirements, and the Zhenjiang Weapons Design Institute under Jiangnan Weapons Company is responsible for the design. The specific production process has more than 20 related The company directly participates, and Liaodong Machinery Company is ultimately responsible for the final assembly.”

"The chariot includes a front locomotive and a rear coal tanker, a 30mm short-barreled artillery piece, and steel armor, with a total combat weight of 42 tons. It uses a horizontal steam engine with a power of 64 horsepower!"

"The steam engine in the chariot is the latest product of Zhaoqing Machinery Company. It is small in size and powerful enough to provide the chariot with a speed of four kilometers per hour, and it can climb over most terrains!"

However, just after he finished speaking, the steam chariot that was slowly advancing with white smoke in front of him shook for a while and then stopped, and after a while, no white smoke came out at all...

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