“Amongst the auto-loaders, the fixed-angle loading version has its main components installed within the turret. The cannon must be at a specific angle and locked in place before its ammunition can be loaded. There’s one disadvantage for it, every time the cannon is reloaded, the cannon must be reset to the starting position, even the scope equipment must be reset.”
“You can say that although fixed-angle reloading greatly increased firing speed, it instead restricted the tank’s combat ability. Our army rarely has tanks like this, they’re either manually reloaded, or non-fixed-angle reloading.”
Ye Jian smiled: “I understand now. The tank I was in yesterday was non-fixed-angle reloading because I noticed it was semi-automatic reloading, refilling, and unloading was done manually. That’s different from the fixed-angle reloading version Major General is talking about.”
“You’ve got quite the eye for detail!” The Major General laughed with an approving tone: “That’s right, our armored vehicle unit is mainly composed of non-fixed-angle reloading tanks and manually reloaded tanks. We do have some fixed-angle reloading tanks, but their numbers are very, very few. Our country has constantly kept military technology experts making changes and improvements on tank research, like the tanks we’re currently in, it’s likely that it’ll be discontinued in the near future.”
In her later life, Ye Jian didn’t pay attention to such news; if she had, she would’ve known that truly in the near future. Our country’s fourth-generation tank — the Type 99 Tank — was born, and it once again represented a huge leap of the country’s military might.
Tanks were the weapons of major warfare; it’s impossible for them to remain the same forever. Even when Type 99 was manufactured, our country will not stop improving our tanks; if one wants to become a mighty nation, then you must first hold your ground on military might and instill fear in the hearts of other countries!
From Type 59 to Type 79… then to the Type 99 that was about to show itself to the world in 1999, that was enough to explain our country had always researched in secret!
In seven days, Ye Jian had a certain level of knowledge about our country’s armored vehicle unit’s development, from battle tanks to light tanks. If the Major General asked anything about the performance and operation of each type of armored vehicle, she was able to give out a concise and correct answer.
It was true to what Xia Jinyuan said, seven days wouldn’t make her master the subject, but at least the idea was implanted in her head. If she had similar opportunities in the future or if she could participate in formal training, then at least she wouldn’t be entirely ignorant.
Armored vehicles aren’t the specialty of special forces after all, but for special forces in the Elite Platoon, they still needed to have a basic understanding of their own country’s military equipment’s functionalities and uses.
A special forces unit shrouded in mystery, its mystery was it seemed like there was nothing they couldn’t solve, no weapons that they cannot use, and nothing that they were ignorant of!
Filled with the color of mystery, of terror, the Elite Platoon’s existence was known to only the important higher-ups in the military. Nobody else knew about them, they were nameless, and their tags cannot be found. No one knew where their base was, let alone where they came from, and where they went.
Like spirits that carried swords, wherever they go, blood will be spilled, but no one knew where the hell they were. Every country knew about Delta Force, Alpha Group, Green Berets, but the Elite Platoon of China; you can’t find any history of their origin or see their existence!
They can carry out anti-terrorism operations and can also carry out missions that overthrow activities that are harmful to China. They can also charge into the frontlines of the battlefield and gain combat opportunities for their reinforcing units.
Every soldier selected by this special forces unit is the elite among the elite; after undergoing long and strict training, they end up having unique skills and impressive abilities in the Elite Platoon Special Forces.
As the direct commanding officer of this unit, also because it was their first time recruiting a female soldier, the Major General was acting very cautiously.
