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"60 degrees Celsius."

As soon as he finished speaking, the burly man who had been the focus of Lin Kaifeng spoke up and gave the answer.

Lin Kaifeng continued to ask: "Sir, let me ask one more question. If the tanks are continuously fighting in the desert Gobi, what will the temperature be?"

"75 to 80 degrees Celsius."

the man replied.

"Oh my God! Is this a tank or a steamer?"

Prince Sumer looked shocked.

"General Aziz, why is the temperature inside our tanks so terrible?"

The man named Aziz said: "Your Highness, what I said is my personal experience."

"Last year, I inspected an armored maneuver exercise of our armored forces."

"During the exercise, a large number of tank soldiers were carried out of the tanks by medical personnel. The reason for being carried out was exactly the same: severe dehydration."

"I tried to get into the tank for a while and was almost carried out because of dehydration."

"Immediately afterwards, I had someone put a thermometer in there, and the temperature was 62 degrees."

"In addition to the temperature inside the tank being comparable to that of a steamer, the tank's hull is as hot as a frying pan."

"And these are just normal conditions. When entering combat mode, the tank needs to fire at any time. Every time a shell is ejected from the barrel, it will bring a lot of internal heat."

"The hotter the interior, the more non-combat casualties there will be."

Major General Aziz told Prince Sumer in a heavy tone that Lin Kaifeng was right.

Any problem must be analyzed from two perspectives.

Installing air conditioners on tanks will indeed reduce the tanks' combat effectiveness and mobility, and increase the risk of the tanks being destroyed.

But not installing air conditioning also has risks.

Non-combat casualties will seriously hinder the progress of the battle.

"No wonder... No wonder our large number of tanks were unable to gain an absolute advantage over the enemy in the last war. This is the reason..."

Prince Sumer talked to himself.

In the last desert war, all countries united to form a coalition and launched a general attack on the Squid Kingdom.

At first, the battle went extremely smoothly.

The Squid Country had used up all of its weapons and ammunition in stock, so it sent a special envoy to ask the United States for help.

With the full support of the United States, the Squid Nation finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A large number of tanks from the active US forces were airlifted into the Squid Country.

Even though the enemy received tank support from the United States, the desert countries still did not take the Squid Country seriously.

Not to mention that the United States only provided a few hundred tanks to the Squid Country. Just the desert countries that need to deal with the Squid Country are not just one or two, but most of the desert world.

The total number of tanks from various countries is more than 3,000.

Even though the United States subsequently provided the Squid Country with hundreds of main battle tanks, the total number of tanks in the Squid Country was less than one thousand.

Not long after, the Squid Kingdom and the Desert Coalition engaged in a spectacular tank decisive battle.

The Desert Coalition had an absolute numerical advantage, with more than twice as many tanks as the enemy.

This tank decisive battle is also the largest tank battle in human history since World War II.

However, the result of the battle surprised everyone.

The more than 2,000 main battle tanks of the Desert World were never able to break through the defensive positions built by the Squid Kingdom.

They thought that the tank soldiers of various countries were not well-trained and the tanks provided by the Soviet Union were no match for the US tanks.

Now it seems that all the guesses were wrong.

It’s not that the soldiers didn’t try their best, but the weather conditions prevented the tanks from performing at their maximum combat performance.

"General Aziz, in the last tank decisive battle we had, was it because the internal temperature overheated, resulting in a large number of tank soldiers suffering non-combat casualties, that we failed to defeat the Squid Nation?"

Prince Sumer asked hurriedly.

Major General Aziz sighed and said, "After investigation, we found that our tank coalition failed to defeat the Squid Nation's armored forces for many reasons. The excessively high internal temperature, which caused a large number of tank soldiers to lose their strength, was indeed one of the reasons."

"Since you military officials know about this, why don't you solve it?"

Prince Sumer asked dissatisfiedly.

After hearing this, Major General Aziz wanted to curse.

These wealthy princes only know how to enjoy their wealth and glory, and have no idea what efforts the military has made.

Prince Sumer is one of the many brothers of King Gou Dahu, and is also the richest man in Gou Dahu who knows how to enjoy life the most.

It's no problem to let him race horses, raise eagles, drive luxury cars and sail yachts.

Military issues...

This prince didn't care at all.

A large number of generals, including Major General Aziz, have repeatedly made requests for improvements to Western military industrial enterprises.

Find a way to solve the problem of high temperature inside the tank.

Try installing air conditioning inside the tank.

The answer given by Western military-industrial enterprises is no.

Installing air conditioning in a tank is far from as simple as most people think.

How to free up some energy to power the air conditioner in addition to the tank's existing electricity supply.

This is an issue that cannot be avoided.

Secondly, how to install the air conditioner outdoor unit.

Western tanks are known for their pursuit of excellence, and each internal component is painstakingly designed by scientists.

No equipment is superfluous.

It is necessary to ensure that the tank crew can move freely and to add an additional air-conditioning device.

It will be necessary to make changes to other equipment to make room for the installation of air conditioning.

The environment of the desert world is complex, and you can see sand blowing all over the sky every day.

The tank's external engine hanging outside has a large number of spare parts. When the tank is attacked by wind and sand, the various tiny particles blown up by the wind and sand can enter the tank's external engine through the gaps and cause wear and tear on the internal parts.

With the tank external engine, the air outlet and air inlet must be improved.

The interior space is narrow and the air is extremely turbid, so we have to find a way to install an air filter.

The problems caused by a tank air conditioner involve countless new problems.

Western military industrial enterprises will not do such thankless tasks when the technology is not mature.

Even though it is just adding an air conditioner to a tank, the technical difficulty is no less than making major modifications to the tank.

Prince Sumer frowned and asked, "There are so many technical problems in installing air conditioners?"

Major General Aziz said bitterly: "Some Western military industrial enterprises believe that such a modification will turn their main battle tanks into something weird. Some military industrial groups are willing to install air conditioners on the tanks, but the price will be very expensive, equivalent to twice the price of the tank itself."

"Ugh……"

Prince Sumer sighed helplessly.

"Without air conditioning, how does your military solve the problem of dehydration for soldiers?"

"Carry a lot of drinking water to reduce the problem of non-combat casualties among tank soldiers due to dehydration."

Major General Aziz said.

"Nonsense, this is ridiculous!!!"

Prince Sumer angrily scolded the person who proposed this plan, calling him a complete fool.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, so there is no time to drink plenty of water leisurely.