You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

Lin Peiji composed himself before beginning his report:

"The cash, silver notes, legal tender, and silver ingots amount to more than 600,000 yuan, plus more than 200 taels of gold and three large boxes of jewelry."

"In addition, there were land deeds, house deeds, loan shark IOUs... filling two whole sacks."

Lin Feng looked at the land deeds and shook his head.

"This Ma Bancheng truly lives up to its name of being half a city."

Although the amount of wealth is not much, the real estate in these county towns and the vast farmland outside can indeed be considered half of the town.

Unfortunately, these properties are useless to us.

The Japanese are coming soon; we're not leaving this land.

If he wants to fight back, he needs to develop his forces further, such as acquiring a few hundred heavy artillery pieces and a few hundred aircraft.

However, he can do a good deed now...

Lin Feng picked up a stack of IOUs, which represented the blood and tears of countless Jiangyin people.

For Lin Feng, Huang Shiren and Yang Bailao were just stories from his textbooks in his previous life, but for these ordinary people, they were real-life events.

"Take all these IOUs to the door and burn them in front of everyone."

"yes!"

Flames soared into the sky at the entrance of the Ma residence.

The onlookers watched as the mountains that had weighed on their heads turned to ashes, and erupted in deafening cheers.

"Lin Qingtian".

"A living Buddha!"

Lin Feng stood on the steps, looking at the cheering crowd, but felt little joy in his heart.

He knew this was only temporary.

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Meanwhile, in a conference room at the Armed Forces Department of the Hansin capital, an emergency meeting is being held.

On the heavy oak table in the center of the room, a pile of black and white photographs and several urgent telegram translations were scattered haphazardly.

Seated at the head of the table were several old-school Junker aristocratic generals from the Army General Staff. Their brows were furrowed, and their eyes behind their monocles were filled with suspicion and shock.

Opposite them sat several engineers in civilian clothes, as well as Guderian, the known-for-radical Inspector General of Armored Forces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the latest report from one of our reporters on the Far East front."

An intelligence officer pointed to a photograph on the table:

"The unit in the photo is known as the 'First Honor Brigade.' They inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese in the Battle of Shanghai and destroyed many of their armored vehicles."

The generals were not interested in the Great Xia army's achievements; their eyes were fixed on those few blurry photos.

The photo shows a uniquely shaped, ruggedly designed eight-wheeled armored vehicle proudly driving along the banks of the Suzhou River.

There are also close-ups of several light tanks painted in tricolor camouflage.

"That's impossible."

A lieutenant general with a gray beard tapped on the table and pointed at the light tank:

"This looks like an LT-35 from the Czech Skoda factory. But..."

He paused, his voice tinged with disbelief and confusion:

"The LT-35 uses a complex pneumatic shifting device and an old-fashioned suspension system."

And this vehicle in the photo... look at those huge road wheels, is that Christie suspension?

No, it's more like an improved version of leaf spring suspension.

Its riveted structure also appears to be more compact, and the turret is larger.

This is clearly the next generation of the LT-35.

"When did the Czechs develop such a cutting-edge armored vehicle? And why did they sell it to the far East?"

如果说38(t)（即LT-38）还能让他们勉强接受是捷克人的秘密武器，那幺那辆8轮装甲车（Sd.Kfz.234/2「美洲狮」），就彻底击碎了汉斯工程师们的认知。

"This armored vehicle... is so beautiful."

A voice rang out from the corner of the room.

Everyone turned around and saw a stocky old man holding a magnifying glass, his face almost pressed against the photo of the "cougar".

Dr. Ferdinand Porsche.

This famous car designer, who is also Seele's VIP, enjoys extremely high privileges.

"Dr. Porsche, what have you noticed?" Guderian asked eagerly.

Dr. Porsche straightened up, his finger tracing the lines of the armored vehicle's hood in the photograph, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism:

"Sloping... steeply angled armor, this is a genius design."

He turned around, looked at the old generals whose minds were full of outdated ideas, and said bluntly:

"Look at our tanks and armored vehicles now."

Number I, Number II, and Number III, which is currently being tested, are all square metal boxes.

The vertical steel plates looked as if they were saying "Welcome" to the enemy's artillery shells.

"But this car is different."

Dr. Porsche pointed to the photo:

"Its upper glacis armor has an angle of at least 50 degrees or even 60 degrees."

Do you all understand what this means?

This means that even though it has a physical thickness of only 30 millimeters, its effective thickness will exceed 50 millimeters in the face of a horizontally fired shell.

Furthermore, a large angle of inclination makes the shell more prone to ricocheting.

Trading lighter weight for stronger protection—that's the future direction of armored vehicle evolution.

The conference room was deathly silent.

In 37, before the T-34 was invented and when everyone was still building boxy designs, this design concept of a steeply angled bulletproof shape was too radical.

Even though it sounds great in theory, no one knows how it will perform in practice.

"And this too."

Guderian suddenly stood up.

As the Inspector General of Armored Forces and Commander of the 2nd Armored Division, he finally found an opportunity to embarrass those conservative old generals.

He pointed to the slender cannon barrel and began to elaborate on the matter:

"Look at this cannon. Based on the proportions, it is at least a 50mm caliber, 60-caliber long-barreled cannon."

He angrily waved his fists and roared at the bureaucrats of the Arms Department:

"And what about us? Our main anti-tank gun is still the 37mm PaK 36."

That thing is okay for taking down light tanks, but against slightly thicker armor, it's just a "stepping stone".

Even the battlefields in the Far East have proven that large-caliber, high-velocity anti-tank guns are essential.

The current 37mm cannon is outdated; the development of 50mm, no, even 75mm high-velocity tank guns must be accelerated immediately.

"If we encounter an enemy equipped with this kind of artillery on future battlefields, our existing armored divisions will be nothing but scrap metal."

Guderian's words struck everyone like a whip.

Even the normally conservative Junker aristocratic generals broke out in a cold sweat when they saw that photograph.

"Investigate thoroughly, make sure you get to the bottom of it."

The general presiding over the meeting made the final decision:

"Contact our military advisory group in Daxia, contact that reporter."

We must find out the origin of this equipment at all costs.

If possible, buy one, even if it's a wreck.

Although the Tiger's predecessor, the VK3001(P), was only developed by Dr. Porsche in 39, Hans's heavy tank program actually began as early as 35.

At that moment, Dr. Porsche looked at the photograph and murmured to himself:

"Perhaps I should redesign my heavy tank design... sloped armor... that's interesting."

The butterfly's wings flapped.

Lin Feng's display of skill in Zhabei unexpectedly triggered a revolution in armor design in Hans.