Chapter 25: Armament expansion and preparation for war
After some twists and turns, Huang Lingyin, the original "Monkey King" of the Wagang Army in the Eastern Continent and magic puppet expert, chose to accept the protection of the Emera Provisional Government and EPLA in Cassandra. (¡¶¡·Íø7*) As a price, as a magic puppet expert in the Eastern Continent, she provided epla with a brand new technology-magic crystal chip.
The so-called magic crystal chip is a chip made from high-purity magic crystal. Through the unique etching technology of the Eastern Continent, the wafer can be processed into a magic crystal chip with computing functions - in other words, the world's native "magic computer", or "magic brain", can be processed through this technology. manufactured.
Although this magic CPU is a little worse than the top civilian processor chips on the planet, its computing power is more than enough for the current EPLA - it has been verified that its reliability is very high , even if it operates continuously 7x24 hours in extremely harsh environments, there will be no problems. It is enough to meet the needs of the troops - in fact, military equipment has very low computing power requirements, and the CPU chip used by the F-22 is nothing more than a 486-level processor.
Next, under the guidance of Jiang Yucheng, Huang Lingyin, who had joined the EPLA General Equipment Department, worked with the trio of Quasimodo and Jin Jiala to develop a new magic crystal chip tactical terminal, which was distributed To epla combat troops. At the same time, a series of interchangeable chips have also been developed for use in EPLA equipment - now, the self-production rate of Type 99 tanks has reached 100%, and the production costs of other heavy weapons have also dropped to a considerable extent.
And, the most critical point is that magic crystal chips have a huge advantage over CPUs on earth: magic crystal chips can control magic. (¡¶¡·Íø7*) By inputting the specified program, the magic crystal chip can control the flow of magic energy according to the program, and then perform the specified magic.
Although due to the speed of the chip, the current chip's spell casting speed is much slower than that of a well-trained warlock, and due to the limited memory capacity, overly complex magic cannot be used, but there is a magic that is very suitable for magic crystal chips - ¡ªThat¡¯s the dwarf¡¯s projection magic.
Now, EPLA's major military factories have begun to use magic crystal chips to produce heavy weapons in conjunction with the projection array - the first one to use magic crystal chips is the card affiliated with the newly established Aimeila Aviation Industry Group (avie). Sandra Aircraft Manufacturing Company.
Originally, because the manufacturing process was too complex and the casting time was too long, Emera's military industrial enterprises basically did not have the ability to produce the F-15e "Strike Eagle" fighter-bomber on their own. Now, with the cooperation of Magic Crystal Chip, the first production F-15e has come off the production line and joined the EPLA Air Force's combat sequence. By the time EPLA officially started the war with the landed Empire's Seventh Army, half of the EPLA Air Force's F-15 regiments had formed effective combat effectiveness.
In the following months, EPLA expanded its military equipment, recruited and trained new soldiers at an almost crazy speed. In order to further reduce the cost of army expansion, in addition to the original Type 99 tanks and Type 96 tanks, Jiang Yucheng specially summoned a new model of tank - the Soviet T-72 main battle tank.
In the history of the earth, the former Soviet Union began to produce the T-62 main battle tank in 1961, and later developed the T-64 main battle tank. Because the T-64 contains too much advanced tank technology from the former Soviet Union, the unit price of manufacturing reached US$3 million per unit in the 1970s. In addition, the T-64 tank played a technical verification role for a long time. , it was decided that this tank can only be used in the Soviet Union and cannot be exported to earn foreign exchange. This is also the case. All T-64 vehicles are serving in the elite front-line tank units of the Soviet army, and none of them are exported. "¡·Íø.com In order to equip the Soviet army in large quantities and reduce the cost of single vehicles, the Soviet Union used certain technologies of the T-64 tank and developed it into the T-72 main battle tank through the T-70 test vehicle.
In October 1977, this low-cost third-generation tank, which was widely used in third world countries, was publicly displayed for the first time to a delegation led by the French Minister of Defense. Then in November of the same year, it was displayed in the Soviet Union to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. Appeared at the military parade. During the 1982 Lebanon War, the T-72 tanks that participated in the battle showed absolute firepower superiority over second-generation tanks such as the M60. According to the Albanian side, the T-72 destroyed at least 21 M60 and M48 tanks during the war." Magach" also destroyed several Merkava mk1s, and the battle loss ratio with Merkava was about 6:4.
Although the T-72 was massacred by American m1a1ha and Chinese ztz-99g tanks in the Gulf War and the third Vietnam War, the tank itself was still very cost-effective at the time - at least, it was used to fight against the imperial army. The heavy cavalry of the * regiment is definitely more than enough.
Considering the various flaws of the original T-72, Jiang Yucheng made some modifications to this tank through the system¡¯s built-in design change function:
First of all, in order to unifyFirst of all, in order to make the shells universal and to strengthen the firepower of the tank, Jiang Yucheng chose China's 50 times caliber 125mm main gun and replaced the original painful and cheap "toothpick cannon" of the T-72.
The Chinese main battle tank gun barrel applies electroslag remelting barrel self-tightening technology, and the bore pressure is much higher than that of the T-72 main gun - since the T-72 is originally designated as "cannon fodder" in the Soviet armored forces, Therefore, the manufacturing process of tank guns is naturally not that advanced. In fact, there are only five "big five" countries in the world that own this technology, not even Germany and Japan.
The improved T-72 has exactly the same firepower as the Type 99 tank. Even facing the M1A2, it can guarantee a frontal penetration at a distance of 2,000 meters - if it is hit accurately.
Second, in order to further enhance the tank's attack power, the new T-72 is equipped with a new fire control and night vision system based on magic crystal chips. Although limited by cost, there is still a gap with the Type 96 tank, but compared with the old T-72, the performance of the fire control system has been improved a lot, at least it can reach the "sufficient" level.
Third, the original unreasonable automatic loading machine design has also been corrected. Now, even if the tank is fatally damaged, it will no longer perform the "good show" of flying turrets as before. In fact, Jiang Yucheng doubts whether there is a world in which tanks can fly. Turret firepower.
This newly improved tank was named ztz-72 main battle tank by Jiang Yucheng. Together with the high-end Type 99 tank and the mid-range Type 96 tank, it forms the fist force of the EPLA armored force. In terms of firepower, the three are exactly the same. Their differences are only reflected in the fire control system, information level and armor.
Under normal circumstances, the Type 99 tank, which is the most heavily armored, should rush to the front in a battle. The Type 96 tank is at the rear of the entire assault formation, while the Type 72 tank follows the assault formation and is responsible for providing firepower output.
In addition to tanks, the EPLA mechanized infantry unit also received a new weapon - the ZBL-09 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle.
The zbl-09 infantry fighting vehicle is a new wheeled armored vehicle developed by China North Industries Corporation. It is mainly used for infantry to carry out mobile offensive and defensive combat missions. It adopts 8x8 drive form, with outstanding maneuverability, fierce firepower and good protection. Compared with the ZBD-04 tracked infantry fighting vehicle, the cost of this vehicle is lower. The production line that originally produced military trucks can produce this type of infantry fighting vehicle after simple modifications.
Although compared to tracked infantry fighting vehicles, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles have higher requirements on road surfaces and have less firepower (only 30mm rapid-fire cannons). However, the road conditions in the areas controlled by EPLA and the imperial control areas are relatively It is better and does not require too strong passing ability. And when fighting with main battle tanks, the firepower of the 30mm automatic cannon itself is still sufficient.
In addition, considering that the EPLA artillery unit does not need to "hit and run" now, Jiang Yucheng also chose a brand-new artillery - the Type 96 towed 122mm howitzer.
The prototype of this gun is the Soviet-made D-30 gun. After many improvements, its performance has been continuously improved. It has been exported to many countries in the Warsaw Pact, the Middle East and North Africa, and has participated in the Middle East War, the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, and the Chechen War. It is the most widely used artillery weapon in the world. Western countries believe that from a technical point of view, the D-30 howitzer was one of the best weapons of its class in the world at that time, with excellent accuracy, stability and reliability.
In the EPLA artillery force, this gun is generally mixed with the advanced plz-05 self-propelled howitzer. Since the gun has been modernized and modified, a data link and an anti-battery radar have been installed and cross-linked with the fire control system. Therefore, the EPLA artillery combat unit equipped with the gun can receive friendly PLZ-05 howitzer passes through the gun through the data link. The target information obtained by the sighting drone has greatly enhanced the artillery unit's battlefield perception capabilities, accelerated response speed, and thus greatly improved combat efficiency.
From September to March of the following year, the newly formed 38th Group Army began to expand rapidly like a balloon. In the past six months, under the new 38th Group Army's combat order, the 110th Mechanized Infantry Division has been fully staffed, the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Division each still have half of their staff empty, and the 10th Artillery Brigade Already fully staffed. All soldiers have undergone rigorous training, are strong in combat power, and have high morale. The Seventh Army of the Empire will face an extremely terrifying opponent.