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Chapter 142 What is Simplicity on the Outside and Luxury on the Inside?

This thing will not be able to be made in a while, not to mention that tungsten steel is very troublesome to process due to its own physical properties; moreover, as an ornament, it has to be polished after it is formed.

After agreeing to pick up the package three days later, Zhou Changfeng didn't stop there, and then left the arsenal and returned to the station.

Halfway through the application time, when he arrived at the Jiangpan Wharf to take the transportation boat, he could already see the transport ship berthing at Jiangxinzhou Wharf unloading from a distance.

Amidst the roar of the engine, the traffic boat dragged white spray trails across the Yangtze River.

When you get close, you can see tanks being unloaded to the dock by the straight-arm crane of the transport ship.

Xie Wancheng is leading people here to count and receive equipment. Two quartermasters are writing and drawing with pens, drawing a circle or cross from time to time.

Seeing him coming, several people stood up straight, stroked their chests and saluted.

"Commander, are you back? Look, this is the little guy in the navy. It only weighs more than four tons, and it can only accommodate two people." Xie Wancheng patted a tank while talking, "It has guns and guns, but it can only be used if it is used. Not convenient."

The official model name of the Type 4.1 amphibious tank is "Type 2 Floating Chariot". It is very small, with a length of 2.05m, a width of 4.0m, and a height of 4.6m. The empty weight is 38.4 tons, and the combat weight is 7.36 tons. Equipped with a 85mm short barrel gun and a [-]mm machine gun, equipped with an [-] horsepower six-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine.

The engine is the same as the Army's older Type [-] guerrilla tanks, allowing for off-the-shelf availability from existing inventories, reducing production costs.

Naturally, the tandem team is not good. One is the driver, but the other has to be the machine gunner, gunner, loader, and commander. The efficiency in actual combat is very low.

In fact, it is reasonable to have at least a four-person vehicle team in this era. It is naturally better to perform different duties than to have several roles. However, it seems that there is nothing wrong with a light amphibious tank during the interwar period?
The Ministry of War allocated a total of 20 chariots, and the chariot fleet on the organization table should be 18, and the extra 2 were reserved for inventory backup. In addition, there were many backup parts.

Zhou Changfeng walked around it for a while, the hull and turret were riveted, and finally saw a propeller at the lower part of the rear of the car, "It's not bad for track paddling and propeller assistance."

Many armored vehicles with floating capabilities are only crawler paddling, but with propellers, the speed of water surface can be greatly accelerated.

He opened the hatch and sat in. The interior bulkhead of the car body was painted with beige white paint, which gave people a soft and neat feeling. Then he was quite surprised—this seat is actually leather?Is there a small electric fan next to the seat?Is this the simplicity of the outside and the luxury of the inside?
Regardless of the purchase cost, the leather seat feels very comfortable, and it won't be too uncomfortable to sit for a long time.

Zhou Changfeng, who was very interested, asked people to add two barrels of gasoline to the car, and started it with the crank.

He discovered that this car actually uses a pneumatically assisted shift mechanism. Is this... so user-friendly?
Obviously, the companies participating in the bidding will not add this design without any trouble, so this may be a requirement of the Navy.

With pneumatic assisted shifting, the driver can operate the entire tank more easily, but requires a higher level of technical skills; at the same time, it is more difficult to maintain.

Zhou Changfeng’s evaluation of it is rather pertinent—this is an attempt worth affirming, hoping to improve the combat environment in all aspects to increase combat power, but it is unreasonable to apply it to a small two-person light tank. The idea is more suitable for tanks with more people.

It can be said that the tank designs of all countries in the world during the inter-war period were groping forward, and everyone was constantly trial and error.If you go the right way, everyone is happy, but if you go the wrong way, you will get water from a bamboo basket.

When Zhou Changfeng was experiencing the amphibious tank produced by Daming Yanjing Express Company, a bright yellow car stopped outside Xi'an Gate under the guard of four black cars at the front and rear.

Dressed in white and blue, Zhu Lingjing walked quickly into the gate of the city, and waited for the scooter while sheltering from the cold wind.

In ancient times, it was impossible for people to enter the Forbidden City by riding a sedan chair. At the gate of the imperial city, there was a dismounting stele reading "Officials wait here to dismount from the sedan chair". Take the special scooter in the palace.

Later, the car drove her through the Xihua Gate, passed the bridge next to the Hall of Martial Arts, and finally stopped after going straight for a few hundred meters.

The two maids waiting here immediately led her through the Qianqing Gate, and then came to the Hongde Hall next to the Qianqing Palace.

When she entered, the emperor had just hung up the phone.

Seeing his daughter coming, he who was dealing with government affairs raised his head and said, "I haven't entered the palace for a long time, what happened today?"

Zhu Shiyan knew very well that his daughter was the lord of the Three Treasures Hall who would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and since she hadn't come for more than half a month, there was a high probability that she had something to ask for this time.

"I have seen the father." Zhu Lingjing saluted with a smile on her face, and said with a smile: "I can't hide anything from you."

"Go ahead."

"Hmm... My son heard that Gu disease has been rampant in Jiujiang area recently, and the court has sent more doctors to help twice..."

When saying this, Zhu Lingjing carefully observed the changes in the emperor's expression.

"That kind of situation must be terrible. There must be a high-ranking officer in charge. Brother Huang had already gone, but you called him back. I want to give it a try."

"You? Why?" Zhu Shiyan couldn't help feeling a little funny.

"My son knows a little medicine, so he should be more suitable than ordinary officials." Zhu Lingjing, who looked normal, replied very calmly, "I only hope that the local people will be settled as soon as possible."

Zhu Shiyan glanced at her, then lowered his head and flipped through the memorial.

It is known that this daughter has deep thoughts, and seems to have more and more moves to enter the political arena in the past two years, and now she has taken the initiative to ask Ying to go to the epidemic area to take command.

Isn't this purpose obvious?You don't even need to guess to know her intentions.

The calm Zhu Shiyan continued to read the memorial, writing a few words from time to time.After tens of seconds like this, he finally said: "Pay attention to yourself, don't forget your form."

Is this the affirmation?
During these tens of seconds, Zhu Lingjing's heart was full of anxiety, but she didn't expect it to happen suddenly in the end.

Secretly happy in her heart, she blessed her body and said: "Thank you father, I will definitely do my best."

Next, the two chatted a few more words, but the topic was very down-to-earth, just like a team of ordinary father and daughter.

After a while, Zhu Lingjing left, while Zhu Shiyan stared at the imperial pen on the table and fell into deep thought.

Nowadays, it is no longer the ancient times when it is necessary to be wary of foreign relatives interfering in politics. The political structure of the current Ming Dynasty is fundamentally different from that of the classical era, and the rules and techniques of its power game have also been gradually explored by people in the past few decades.

Leaving aside the relationship between father and daughter, if he only considered politics, he felt that it would be beneficial for the royal family to have another person who could attract the hearts of the people and have a place in the political arena.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Lingjing's political achievements are giving money to the royal family; of course, doing the opposite is recruiting gangsters.

(End of this chapter)