1625 Defects and Solutions

Since the outbreak of the war, His Majesty the Emperor of the Pengeo Empire has been at work all day long.

This is a challenge for him, as he doesn't often work at such an intensity.

Most of the time, he just nodded, agreed to the ministers' proposals, and waited for the good news to come.

He was still a little... unable to adapt well to the sudden intervention in the busy work. He had just finished lunch and before he had time to rest, he was taken by the ministers to visit their "tank".

The word "tank" came from the Federals. At first, everyone didn't know that it was actually just a tank model.

Instead, they mistakenly believed that this thing was called a tank in the Federation, so they followed some very strange inventor's naming rights. They also called the thing they developed a tank, and gave it a mythical animal name.

It is said to be a mythical animal, but it is actually a certain kind of god, Shulhedra, a... wolf monster.

This wolf monster has a rather unspeakable mating history. Whether it is gods, mortals, or some animals, it has not let go.

In the end, it was beheaded by its demigod son, but even then it was not dead and turned into two independent monsters.

One has the head of a wolf and the body of a beast, and the other has the head of a human and the body of an animal.

As for why such a name is used, in the words of the designers, they referenced many federal designs, so it is actually a "hybrid" product.

As the first generation of the entire hybrid design, it is naturally the hybrid king Shulhedra. This explanation makes sense.

However, they will not directly use the name of this mythical animal, but use its other name, Frost Wolf.

The entire body is made of a special alloy, which will appear sandy white in a matte state, as if there is a thin layer of frost covering the body.

Its turret is more angular than the rounded shape of the Federation tank, but it still has enough angles.

Designers have discovered the secret to angles.

It looks larger in size, larger in caliber and more intimidating.

This feels more impactful than the appearance of the federal tank reconstructed from parameters collected through some intelligence channels.

The emperor became a little more energetic and said, "Let it shoot."

A very straightforward request. Following the radio communication, the tank fired a shot straight ahead, directly in front of the Emperor.

The tank is directly in front of the Emperor. Even if the tank crew inside has a bad idea and wants to bombard the Emperor to end the war, the Emperor still has enough time to dodge and evacuate.

It was just a trivial detail, and the princes and ministers took every detail into consideration to avoid any problems.

As the loader finished loading, the gunner pulled the chain, and the artillery roared!

The target in the distance made a loud bang and was covered by dust after a second or two.

The emperor noticed something. He tilted his head and asked the designer beside him, "The turret shook backward when it fired..."

He had watched carefully just now. When the tank was shooting, its turret had an obvious sliding movement backwards.

From the images from the front line, the Emperor knew that the Federation tanks did not move like this, and their turrets did not move.

The designer was a little embarrassed, so he explained a little, "We haven't designed a better muzzle brake yet. You should know that there will be terrible recoil when shelling, if we fix the turret like the Federals did."

"Then it may not take many times for our steering device to have problems, which may even affect the work of the entire tank."

"So we used slide rails and other methods to buffer the force during launch and protect the steering system."

"I believe it won't be long before we can shoot like a federal tank. We already have the idea of ​​a muzzle brake..."

His Majesty the Emperor is quite satisfied with this explanation. Although it makes him feel weird, it looks funny and at least works. That's enough.

Then came the introduction of performance. In order to reflect the performance of Frostwolf, they also reproduced several target tanks with similar appearance according to the parameters of federal tanks.

Regardless of whether it is from the front, the side, or the back, it will be stopped with one shot.

Listening to the designer constantly talking about some beautiful data, His Majesty the Emperor was in a pretty good mood, but he did not completely believe what these people said.

"It definitely has flaws. If it were that good, we would have conquered the world long ago."

The designer felt slightly embarrassed again. He and several other colleagues made eye contact for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth.

The emperor's majesty and authority cannot be ignored or questioned by people. If he doesn't tell the truth at this time, once people find out after the Frostwolves go to the battlefield, they will all lose their heads.

"Your Majesty, as wise as you are, what you said is absolutely correct. It does have some shortcomings."

"For example, its movement speed is slightly slower, its climbing ability is not strong, and it cannot adapt to all terrains..."

He mentioned some reasons in one breath. In fact, the reasons were not themselves, but the emperor and the minister of war.

On the frontal battlefield of Nagaril, the Federation's steel torrent brought a terrible impact to the Pengeo people's proud defense!

With strong firepower and high movement speed, as well as quite reliable armor, and combined with a small amount of infantry, they have lost three cities so far!

If air superiority was lost even for a moment, the Federals' torrent of steel would overwhelm their defenses.

In terms of the air force, they have no good solution for the time being, but regarding ground issues, the Minister of War asked the Imperial Design Institute to come up with a ground combat unit that can compete with federal tanks.

After intense design work, they came up with the Frostwolf design and began production.

It's not that they don't have the ability to come up with a better design, it's that they don't have enough time.

They can only enlarge the design and cram all kinds of things into it. The tank will weigh a lot more than expected and will eventually become a huge drag.

But it's not all bad news. At least its armor is very thick. It's not easy to destroy a federal tank with a cannon of its current caliber.

Secondly, its caliber is very large, and it has high defense as well as high attack, so the other shortcomings seem to be no longer shortcomings.

After receiving the answer from the Minister of War, the Emperor finally agreed to mass-produce and send it to the front line.

At the same time, he also asked the design institute to update the parameters of the equipment as soon as possible. He knew very well that high defense and high attack equipment had low maneuverability, but it was still useful on the defensive end.

But putting it on the offensive end will only become a drag.

This is like those shore guns or turrets, with thick caliber and strong defense, but so what?

If someone can't beat you, why can't they get around you?

There is no defense line in this world that cannot be bypassed. Even if the defense line forms a circle on the surface, it can still be bypassed underground or in the air. On the battlefield, mobility is very important.

The reason why the Pengeo Empire can crush all surrounding countries in war is because they have a set of tactics for super mobility.

These tanks currently do not meet the needs of Pengeo's mainstream tactics.

After watching the tanks, the Emperor returned to the palace. At a non-military meeting, the Air Force Minister put forward some ideas.

"The current battle damage rate of the Imperial Air Force is much higher than that of the Federation. According to our detailed records of battlefield data, our aircraft, especially fighter jets, have clearly fallen behind the Federation's fighter jets."

"I have talked about this issue with people from the design institute, and they believe that we will not be able to keep up with federal parameters in the short term."

The emperor frowned. The existence of aircraft can be said to have completely made up for the Pengeo Empire's shortcomings in the navy. This conclusion can be drawn through the Battle of Niujiao Strait.

The Gefra Armada that they had fought against, if the Federation hadn't come to rescue them, their entire fleet might have sunk in the Oxhorn Strait!

But now, the situation in the Air Force is not very optimistic.

On the front line, it takes an average of two and four aircraft to replace one Federal aircraft.

This is the statistics from the outbreak of the war to the present. In fact, with the rapid technological update of federal fighter jets and the increasing number of outstanding pilots, Pengeo's battle loss rate is also constantly increasing!

The planes are excellent and the pilots are excellent. Sometimes even if three or five planes are staring at an enemy, they may not be able to defeat it!

In the final analysis, the performance still cannot keep up.

Aircraft are different from tanks. Tanks can sacrifice part of their mobility to improve their offensive and defensive capabilities. What about aircraft?

Now the planes of the Pengeo Empire fly slowly. If they fly slower, there is no need to fight. The sky will be a target.

But if you reduce the weight and change some designs to make it fly faster, you must make certain sacrifices in defense or attack.

If you give up the attack, there is no point in taking off.

But if you give up your defense...

This is not a multiple choice question.

The emperor frowned. Gaevra had never made him feel so troublesome.

Even during the last world war, when they were forced to break the hammer at home, he was not even angry. Instead, he felt that he was looking forward to revenge.

But now, the sudden rise of the Federation made him feel no expectations, only a sense of danger that always lingered around him.

"What do you mean?", he asked.

The Air Force Minister was silent for a while and then said, "Experts from the design institute asked me to express some ideas. They want some theoretical documents or information on Federal Blackstone Aviation."

"These things can promote the rapid development of our country's aircraft industry, at least it will not be too far behind..."

There were some subtle movements at the corner of the emperor's mouth, and he stretched his brows, "Have you already done the investigation?"

The Air Force Minister lowered his head, "Yes, currently in the federal aviation field, Blackstone Aviation and Flight Research Institute is the most advanced. Almost all the enemy aircraft we face come from Blackstone Aviation..."