Chapter 332 Sir, what is a V12 engine?
"But if they fly overhead, how can we give them a warning?"

The Siamese soldiers, who had originally breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly became nervous again after hearing this.

Yup!

It's flying right over your head, so your warning was in vain, right?
"That has nothing to do with us. Our guard post did not find any trace of the enemy." The squad leader thought it would be better not to make trouble. He did not want to see the ugly face of his superior.

"Sergeant, how about reporting to the commander?" The Siamese soldier was still a little worried and asked quickly.

"Don't worry, someone else will report." The squad leader waved his hand.

He believed that more than just their squad of soldiers saw it.

If anyone else saw it, they would definitely tell the boss.

Hearing this, the Siamese soldiers around him thought it was true.

I simply stopped paying attention to this matter.

After all, the plane is too small and it is not very clear to see.

In the sky, after really flying up into the sky, Long Wenjian was not so nervous anymore. He even had the mind to look at the scenery on the ground and let out a sigh.

“The scenery here is really beautiful.”

After staying in Yangon for several months, Long Wenjian had had enough.

However, he also knew that Cun Yunsheng had his own reasons for arranging him in Yangon, so he didn't say anything.

This time he received an order to lead Old A and the indigenous troops he trained in Rangoon to Bangkok to participate in the attack on Borneo.

After arriving in Bangkok, he discussed with Duan Zhenguo and decided to take Old A, who had just completed training, to try a decapitation operation.

If successful, the attack on Borneo will be extremely smooth.

"Captain, I originally thought we were taking a transport, but I didn't expect to take this glider."

"But it does feel good to fly this thing."

"Yes, I never thought that one day we would be able to fly in the sky."

"Yeah, this glider is really nice."

"Yes."

"Is it still reliable now?" Wang Le looked at Long Wenjian and asked with a smile.

"To be honest, the space inside this thing is too crowded. To put it bluntly, there's not even enough space to fart." Although Long Wenjian is a bit more reliable, the space is indeed too small.

Hearing this, Wang Le was speechless and he didn't know how to explain it.

Let me talk about another thing.

"According to intelligence, the headquarters of the Siamese Army's First Division should be ahead. If we take down their headquarters, the rest of the battle will go much more smoothly."

"Fortunately, we have plenty of fuel, enough for us to return home."

"What a pity! It would be great if we could set up weapons here, and then you could provide us with fire support from the sky." What Long Wenjian had always been worried about was that the enemy's headquarters would have heavy weapons.

Once the firepower is suppressed, it will not be easy to quickly take down the enemy's headquarters.

"It's okay. I have a radio with me and can call for air support for you." Wang Le knew what the other party was worried about and explained with a smile.

"Also, we've brought the 81mm mortars you requested. We should be able to handle any heavy artillery."

Hearing this, a hint of joy appeared on Long Wenjian's face.

"Great! I was wondering what to do if we encounter the heavy weapons of the Siamese army. Now we have air support. Ten minutes is enough to complete the decapitation mission."

"Prepare to land." Wang Le reminded, and then began to operate the fighter plane to land.

Long Wenjian and his team A were ready for battle.

According to the plan, after landing, we will head straight to the First Division of the Siamese Army.

Because they had already figured out each other's location.

As for how you know?
After all, the Sichuan Army was not really idle during this period.

Several reconnaissance teams had already been sent out to infiltrate.

So they knew everything about the situation of the Siamese Army's 1st Division.

Here, Long Wenjian led his troops to raid the headquarters of the Siamese Army's 1st Division.

On the other side, Cun Yunsheng faced new problems.

"Is this the infantry fighting vehicle you are researching?" Cun Yunsheng followed Fettig to a factory in northern Hebei.

Originally he was planning to go to Bangkok in person to supervise the battle, but just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Fettig, who said he wanted to see his latest infantry fighting vehicle.

Now Cun Yunsheng suddenly became interested.

You have to know that the original military factories used to pick up all kinds of junk, but now they have begun to imitate weapons and equipment from various countries.

The infantry fighting vehicle was an idea that Cun Yunsheng had proposed before.

In the tropical rainforest, medium tanks are already the limit.

Heavy tanks were simply unusable.

Due to road restrictions, the best options are light tanks.

But tanks have their own advantages and limitations.

So Cun Yunsheng asked whether it was possible to imitate the infantry fighting vehicle.

In this way, the mobility of the troops can be improved.

It can even provide certain fire support to the infantry.

And now Fettig told him that it had been made.

This surprised Cun Yunsheng very much.

Is your ability so strong?

But when he saw the appearance of the infantry fighting vehicle, his expression looked a little unnatural.

It turned out to be a tracked infantry fighting vehicle.

Infantry fighting vehicles are bound to be the trend, especially as the size of mechanized troops increases, the demand for infantry fighting vehicles will naturally increase, but what the hell is this tracked infantry fighting vehicle?

If we compare the off-road capabilities, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are definitely no match for tracked infantry fighting vehicles. However, wheeled vehicles have a big advantage.

That is to save fuel. With the same amount of fuel, the range of a wheeled vehicle is at least twice that of a tracked vehicle, or even more.

More importantly, the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle is very simple to maintain and easy to operate.

There is no need to train drivers too carefully.

Moreover, the cost is very low, only about one-third of that of a tracked infantry fighting vehicle.

At the same time, the wear on mechanical parts is better than that of crawler type.

What's more, driver training is extremely easy.

As for tracked infantry fighting vehicles?

You can refer to the German tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which uses staggered road wheels, just like the staggered road wheels of the Panther, Tiger, and King Tiger tanks. This thing is simply a rip-off.

If a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle has a broken tire, you only need to remove one. If a tracked infantry fighting vehicle has a broken tire, you have to remove the entire row. Just repairing one is enough to make people collapse.

So every time the logistics personnel went to repair the tank, they would directly greet the designer's family.

Who has such a bad brain to design such a thing?

"Yes, this is my latest infantry fighting vehicle, which can adapt to all kinds of terrains." Fetig introduced the infantry fighting vehicle in front of him to Cun Yunsheng.

According to Fettig's understanding, tropical rainforests have all kinds of terrain.

You can encounter all kinds of swamps and so on.

Compared with wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, tracked infantry fighting vehicles are much better.

All-terrain adaptability. No matter what complex terrain you are in, it can be driven.

The idea is indeed good.

But I didn’t consider anything else.

"What about the speed? Can it reach 20 kilometers per hour?" Cun Yunsheng asked coldly.

"Uh, not possible, only a dozen kilometers."

Fettig said a little embarrassedly.

He only considered the terrain and paid little attention to other aspects.

"Sir, you can replace it with a more powerful engine, and it will become faster." After saying that, he looked at the rank of brigadier general hanging on Cun Yunsheng's shoulder, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

However, Cun Yunsheng remained unmoved and looked at the tracked infantry fighting vehicle in front of him with helplessness.

"Crawler, crawler."

He could even imagine that the logistics department would curse when they started the repairs.

Anyone who has served in armored units knows that routine maintenance procedures include adjusting the tracks, swinging a sledgehammer, and taking a steel chisel to remove the tracks.

Those who don’t know can look at the scene where Xu Sanduo swings the sledgehammer. That is the job that armored soldiers have to do. New recruits definitely cannot do it. At least only veterans can do it.

These are absolutely physical jobs, so being an armored soldier is very tiring.

Originally, after Cun Yunsheng gave some instructions, he thought that Fetig would consider this issue.

In the end, he ended up developing a tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which made him very frustrated.

"Major Fettig, how many people in my troops do you think can operate this thing?" Cun Yunsheng thought about it and decided to talk to him from the side.

For a tracked one, you have to learn to drive a tractor first, but for a wheeled one, you just need to learn to drive a car.

The key question!
He doesn't have a tractor for people to practice on now.

Give tracked infantry fighting vehicles to new recruits for training?
He is not a rich landlord, so how could he have such a huge family background?

It can't be for this thing?
Build another tractor factory?

It’s not impossible!
After all, this thing can be used in agricultural production.

But he doesn't have much wealth to do so now.

Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are so simple.

There are so many old trucks that can be used for training, and as long as the engine is not broken, it can be used forever.

"This can be learned after a period of training." Fettig said, scratching his head.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng rolled his eyes and said, "Your period of time is at least two or three months. Do you think the expenses during this period are free? Or do you think I have too much money to spend?"

"Mr. Fettig, General Stilwell has already ordered me to start the attack on Southeast Asia. I don't have that much time to waste."

"How about changing it?"

"Have you seen Opel trucks?" Cun Yunsheng thought that this guy should have heard of Opel trucks, and thought that if he just let him design it according to this, there would be absolutely no problem.

"Yes, I have." Fettig didn't understand, but nodded anyway.

"Then use the chassis of the Opel truck as the original template and add four tires." Cun Yunsheng expressed the wheeled battlefield in his mind.

Originally he wanted to produce a 6*6 drive infantry fighting vehicle, but then he thought that this kind of off-road capability was very average, so he simply changed it to 8*8, with four tires in each row, which almost occupied the entire length of the vehicle body, but the maneuverability would become excellent.

"What kind of infantry fighting vehicle is this?" Fetig was a little confused.

What the hell is this?
He has never seen it before.

"That's it." Cun Yunsheng felt that it might be difficult for the other party to understand if he just said it, so he took the banknote handed over by the adjutant and drew it quickly.

As a result, Fetig was completely stunned.

Unexpectedly, Cun Yunsheng also understands design?
He is a civil engineer, so he naturally understands how difficult design is.

That requires a lot of talent.

"Sir, I didn't expect you to be a design genius." Fetig sighed.

"I just had a sudden inspiration." Cun Yunsheng knew that he couldn't be humble in front of foreigners because they only worshipped the strong.

You are better than them, and whatever you say is right.

If you show weakness, he will think everything you say is wrong.

"It's roughly this shape. You can increase the length appropriately. Also, the back of the carriage is all made of steel. You can see for yourself that this door also needs an iron door." Cun Yunsheng added.

To put it bluntly, he also borrowed the concept of the Hummer off-road vehicle.

After all, the Hummer off-road vehicle has been tested in actual combat.

"If that's the case, the horsepower won't be enough. Our current engine has less than 100 horsepower. According to your requirements, it should be at least 200 or even higher." Fettig shook his head and said.

Doesn't he know that tracked infantry fighting vehicles travel very slowly?
But there is no way, the engine horsepower is so low.

This is the engine of a civilian car transferred from Germany, and he tried every possible means to increase its horsepower.

"I know all you said. I have sent the Tatra 103 air-cooled diesel engine technology, which has 210 horsepower."

"I believe that with such an engine, it will definitely be sufficient for use." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"If that's the case, I believe we can come up with a new test car in half a month at most." Fettig said confidently.

"However, I suddenly came up with a new idea." Cun Yunsheng suddenly felt as if his brain was opened.

“Can we still use the chassis of the Opel truck as the prototype and design a 4*4 armored vehicle?”

"A 4*4 armored vehicle? That can't hold many people." Fettig looked puzzled.

In this case, the infantry fighting vehicle will appear very small.

"No, its function is to be used by the reconnaissance troops for reconnaissance and assault." Cun Yunsheng explained.

Zhao He's armored regiment relied on the three-wheeled motorcycles left behind by the Japanese army for every reconnaissance.

Security is low.

So he thought that the armored regiment should be equipped with a professional armored reconnaissance vehicle.

The 4*4 infantry fighting vehicle is used for reconnaissance and assault.

The 6*6 infantry fighting vehicle can be transformed into a self-propelled artillery.

For example, the 120mm heavy howitzer.

81mm howitzer.

As for the 8*8 one, it is used for combat, transportation, and command.

So, once your mind is opened, inspiration will come in an endless stream.

At least Fettig saw a lot of wonderful things.

It can be designed like this?

"Sir, if that's the case, we'll need several engines, and they'll all have a power of at least 200 horsepower."

"This will ensure that the speed does not decrease," Fettig added.

“没错，所以我的想法是，4*4步战车使用V6发动机，6*6步战车使用V8发动机，8*8步战车使用V12发动机。”寸云生解释道。

As for why the V10 engine is not used, this involves the balance of the engine. To put it simply, the V-10 is a two-row five-cylinder engine, and the five-cylinder engine has the problem of the crankshaft swinging back and forth and warping, especially under the impact of high horsepower, the stress situation is even worse.

Therefore, choosing V-10 is not as stable as V8. This is why V-10 was later cancelled. Fortunately, Cun Yunsheng once had a deep understanding of the principles of the engine, otherwise he might really choose V-10.

The V-6 engine is the easiest to produce, which is equivalent to splitting the V-12 engine directly in half. The advantage is that it greatly facilitates logistics supply and various parts can be replaced.

But Fettig didn’t understand!
He was really confused.

(End of this chapter)