Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

"boom!"

Although Yuan Shikong has often seen on the Internet, novels, and movies that the legendary 88mm anti-aircraft gun is capable of hitting planes and destroying tanks, it is the first time that Yanik has witnessed the 88mm anti-aircraft gun at such a close distance. Cannon fire.

Only one word flashed through his mind.

Destroy everything!

This is a man's romance, this is the toy that a man should play with! The man who can control it and gallop on the battlefield to kill the enemy bravely is a real man!

The muzzle of the 88mm cannon spurted out a ball of blazing flames. The invisible shell flew out of the muzzle and instantly hit a huge steel plate in the distance. The steel plate was instantly shrouded in a rising smoke.

"Hit the target! Everyone get off the artillery! Stop shooting!"

Soon, a group of engineers rushed to the steel plate and began to check various data. "Report, at a distance of 1,000 meters, the 150mm vertical homogeneous steel armor has completely penetrated!"

Everyone clapped excitedly. You must know that the defensive armor of the French B1 heavy tank at this time was only 40 mm vertical homogeneous steel armor; and the armor thickness of the main parts of the "Matilda 2" tank, which is famous for its defense, was It's only 75 to 78 mm. It's like paper in front of this 88 mm anti-aircraft gun.

Yannick knew that there was room for improvement in this penetration depth. If he remembered correctly, it should be able to penetrate more than 160 millimeters of vertical homogeneous steel armor.

Gustav said with the same excitement. "Your Highness, to live up to your expectations, this multifunctional large-caliber anti-aircraft gun has been a complete success and can be put into mass production." Then the various performance data of this anti-aircraft gun was introduced in detail.

"Not bad." In fact, even if he didn't say it, Yannick also knew all the data of this famous anti-aircraft gun. "I think this cannon should be more than enough in this war. But in order to be prepared, I hope you can continue to work hard. Continue to develop tank guns with stronger firepower."

Gustav said respectfully. "Please give me some advice, Your Highness."

Yannick smiled. "Guidance doesn't count. Let's develop a 105-caliber tank gun this time. The 105mm L/56 should be about the same. If it can be developed, it should be no problem to use it for decades." The 105mm rifled tank gun is the future of the British Royal Arsenal. (Royal Ordnance) A new type of 52-caliber rifled anti-tank gun developed in the 1960s to resist the Soviet Red Army's powerful T-54/55 armored cluster and its D-10T 100mm tank gun. Rifled cannon. In the subsequent Cold War period, Western countries used it as a prototype to develop a series of 105mm tank guns, such as the L7A3 used by Germany; the Swedish license-produced L7A4 and so on.

Since then, tank rifled guns have reached the end of their life (of course, there are still a few countries that insist on using rifled guns).

It was replaced by a smoothbore cannon that was relatively simple to manufacture, had a longer service life, and had stronger firepower.

"Understood, Your Highness. We will start studying it as soon as possible."

Yannick nodded and ordered. "This cannon can be put into mass production. Although the tanks of the armored forces cannot be used for the time being, there are still many places where it can be used."

The current German armored force Jackal tanks use the 50mm KwK39 L/60 gun; this tank gun can penetrate 72mm vertical homogeneous steel armor at a distance of 500 meters when using type 39 armor-piercing projectiles (AP); while using type 40 tungsten core AP The penetration depth reaches 88mm. Theoretically, it can penetrate the front armor of the T34-76 car body at 700m and the turret at a distance of 1000m. It can be said that the performance is quite good.

Moreover, the current Jackal tank can easily carry the 75mm Kwk40/L48. Not to mention sweeping across Europe, it can even show off its power on the Eastern Front for a while.

So Yannick is in no rush to equip this awesome 88mm anti-aircraft gun.

Leaving the observation platform, everyone came to the tank factory. Yannick stood in front of the glass window on the second floor, watching the densely packed workers below busy in an orderly manner, and one tank after another drove down the production line.

"What are those workers doing?" Yannick suddenly pointed at the workers in the penultimate stage of production and asked.

Little Alfred on the side replied immediately. "They're smoothing out the welds, Your Highness."

"Smooth the welding joints?" Yannick frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then continued to ask. "Will it affect the performance of the tank if it is not smoothed?"

Little Alfred was startled for a moment and shook his head. "That won't happen."

"Then why bother? Just to look good?" Seeing little Alfred nodding cautiously, Yannick couldn't help but roll his eyes. "What's the use of looking good? Can looking good defeat the enemy?! Let's go down and take a look."

Everyone followed Yannick to the first floor and stopped the tank that had just rolled off the production line and was heading to the warehouse.

Yannick circled the tank and kicked the front fender. "Is this thing useful? Or is it just for looks?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and little Alfred replied hesitantly. "It should be useful, right?"

Yannick has never actually driven a tank, and of course he doesn't know whether this thing can be put to use. "This fender will be removed from the next batch of tanks. If the frontline soldiers have feedback, we will put it back on." Then he reached out and touched the camouflage paint on the tank body that had not completely dried. "The spray is too thick, it's a waste, just spray a layer."

Someone brought him gloves, and Yannick climbed into the tank and got inside. The first impression given by the inside of the tank is that it is much simpler than those extremely advanced modern tanks of later generations. Because the ammunition has not been loaded, the inside looks very spacious and does not feel as narrow as imagined.

After looking around and touching, Yannick climbed out of the tank. "Remove all the leather upholstery inside."

In various photos and film and television materials of later generations, you can see that the German tank commander wore a large-brimmed hat, and other members wore boat-shaped hats, which were quite handsome; while the American and Soviet tank crews wore tank hats that looked extremely heavy. This is because there is no decent protection in the Soviet tank cabin. The car is small, fast, and the suspension is almost a spring. If the people inside do not wear heavy anti-collision caps, they will shake and bump, and their heads will be shaken when they get out of the car. It's a bag. It is said that there is a popular joke among Soviet tank soldiers. It is said that the first thing German tank soldiers do after getting out of the tank after training every day is to count the number of bags on each other's heads. The one with the fewest bags will be treated as a treat.

Germany, on the other hand, pays more attention to human traces. Although the staggered road wheels can torture the repairmen to death, the tank is quite stable when driving, and leather cushions are installed everywhere in the cabin that can be hit, so German tank crews do not need special anti-collision hats and can continue to wear handsome big-brimmed hats and boat-shaped hats.

This is all real leather, artificial leather will not be invented until 20 years later!

Under Yannick's guidance, production may be increased, but now he still feels that it is too wasteful to use leather cushions on so many tanks. So he decided to let the tank crews wear M1938 tank caps like those of the American tank crews.

"Except for the three major parts and important components such as the suspension, I streamlined everything that could be streamlined."

Gustav asked with a look of disbelief. "Is this really okay?" For capitalists, profit is the king of everything. Any profit is worth worrying about. If you can save it, save it. Mosquito legs are also meat.

Yannick said with absolute certainty. "Of course, what I want is production, lots and lots of tanks!"

Gustav agreed excitedly. "Don't worry, Your Highness, we will streamline the tanks as much as possible." Although the price of the tanks will drop after such streamlining, the output will also increase, and overall they will make more money, so Gustav is very happy Execute this command.