Chapter 60: Shuke Shuke, I'm Beta!

Liu Xiaotian, who was in a coma, didn't know what he had experienced, but when he woke up, he found his brain filled with many new things.

There were data, images, and many things like indicator lights and buttons.

It took a full half minute before his vision returned to normal.

Four faces, four pairs of eyes, just staring at him eagerly.

He Chen Guang, Wang Yanbing, Li Erniu, Cai Xin...

Liu Xiaotian's gaze swept over each of their faces, then he suddenly pushed himself up with his hands, sat up from the bed, and instinctively glanced at his own body.

Wang Yanbing suddenly grinned: "No need to look, you didn't wet your pants this time."

"Pfft!"

Liu Xiaotian showed no hesitation, stepping forward to take the tank cap and related equipment from the soldier standing beside the tank, putting them on skillfully, and then marching up.

At first glance, it's the wrong version!

"Hmm, the data notes are good, but that's just theory..." Peng Donghai said in a somewhat dry tone.

Liu Xiaotian immediately ran up to Peng Donghai; before he could salute, Peng Donghai pointed to a tank five meters away and asked: "You haven't participated in our company's training for so long—do you still know it?"

The other three couldn't hold back and burst out laughing as well.

Did he really study the materials on purpose?

The training outline indeed had the relevant data and driving operation theory, but even if Liu Xiaotian could recite those texts backward, it didn't mean he could just hop in and drive the tank off!

Range: 450 kilometers;

Peng Donghai's question actually came from a bit of self-interest.

In the test, the early model Type 98 tank had its blinding laser attack system—unique to the Type 98—covered behind the loader's hatch, a laser receiver/warning device mounted at the rear of the turret, and a hard point for additional armor on the turret front.

Crew: 3; main armament: ZPT-98 125mm 48-caliber smoothbore gun; secondary armament: Type 85 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun;

Sixth Company's training today is tank driving.

If it were anyone else, Peng Donghai would certainly not agree.

"Liu Xiaotian, come over!" Peng Donghai shouted from afar.

The next day, Chen Shanming unexpectedly issued a notice that all trainees would rest for one day.

The key is, neither he nor Liu Xiaotian's class monitor had ever taught him these things.

"No need, just lie down in the house for a while and he'll wake up—it's not the first time."

The wetting-the-pants incident, he completely treated it as a joke.

Combat weight: 51 tons.

But Liu Xiaotian gave him another surprise.

He certainly knew Chen Shanming had ordered the trainees to rest a day, but he didn't expect Liu Xiaotian to come to the training field.

That, of course, didn't happen.

He could personally follow him into the tank, but what if he crashed into a mountain? As for falling into a ditch...

As Liu Xiaotian's company commander, he naturally knew Liu Xiaotian had never participated in any tank-related training.

The Type 99 improved turret front uses arrow-cluster armor similar to the Leopard 2A5, greatly boosting protection; the hull also has plenty of additional armor.

Engine/power: 150HB or PerkinsEnginesCV-12-1200TCA12V or 6DT-3 diesel or WD396 diesel, *1/1200 power-to-weight ratio (ton/horsepower) 23.53;

A barrage of data left even Peng Donghai, who knew these figures well, stunned and blinking.

Moreover, improvements should be made in ammunition, fire control, and digitization.

"Report, Company Commander! This is the Type 99 improved main battle tank, an improved version of the Type 98/99 main battle tank."

"What's there to be angry about? The Mechanized Infantry Company doesn't drive tanks all over the mountains all day.

This has long been no secret in the Iron Fist Group; even the old man guarding the yard at the Rear Mountain Firing Range knows it. Does it matter whether Cai Xin speaks up? On the contrary, if it weren't for Cai Xin, he'd surely be waking up in a Health Team hospital bed right now.

He hadn't finished speaking when Liu Xiaotian opened his mouth again:

Liu Xiaotian dared to swear on the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder that he never wanted to go back to that place! The regiment-level Health Team doesn't even have a female nurse—what would he do there?

Blame Cai Xin?

Just as he followed Peng Donghai's finger and saw that Type 99 tank, the relevant data automatically popped up before his eyes, and he merely read it aloud.

Peng Donghai: ……

Could it be that this kid memorized the data himself?

1. Power comes from a domestically produced 150HB turbocharged intercooled high-output diesel engine (1500 horsepower) and a new high-efficiency transmission system, with a maximum road speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

"Report, Company Commander! Private Liu Xiaotian requests tank driving training!"

Top speed: 65 kilometers;

His next words were meant to be: "You little brat, remember this—whether or not you get selected into the Red Blood Cell Group, you're still a soldier of my Sixth Company! Being a Sixth Company soldier means you must know and be familiar with it!"

This kid really is a newborn calf unafraid of tigers!

Type 94 smoke grenade launcher; report complete!

Type 59 7.62mm coaxial machine gun;

Liu Xiaotian fainted; at first, He Chen Guang and the other two were very nervous, planning to send him straight to the Health Team.

Theory and actual operation are worlds apart!

To be frank, Cai Xin truly had no intention of slandering Liu Xiaotian.

Then he completely without thinking recounted Liu Xiaotian's two previous fainting episodes verbatim, even adding a bit of embellishment.

It wasn't a rest day; other companies were training normally, so Liu Xiaotian naturally didn't want to stay alone in the barracks and went with Sixth Company to the training field.

But Liu Xiaotian...

2. The tank turret front and sides, based on the original composite main armor, were fitted with new wedge-shaped dual-layer reactive armor, giving excellent ballistic profile; the hull also uniformly uses composite armor, greatly increasing bullet resistance. The protection level of the hull and turret equals that of 800mm and 1000mm thick homogeneous armor.

Damn, this is a tank! It's not a jeep—what size ditch could stop a tank?

The main improvements are as follows:

However, after Cai Xiaoxin stepped forward to check Liu Xiaotian's condition, they waved a hand nonchalantly:

Liu Xiaotian had not been with the Sixth Company for long; when he was selected to participate in intensive training, tank-related training had not yet started.

The Iron Fist Group was originally a mechanized infantry regiment, so tanks were naturally not any special equipment.

Seeing Liu Xiaotian, Peng Donghai was somewhat surprised.

He had seen it before, but had never touched it, nor studied any detailed information related to tanks.

"All right, come on, I'll personally be your assistant!" Peng Donghai laughed loudly.

The hull length is 11 meters, not including the barrel 7.3 meters, width 3.4 meters, height 2 meters.

Liu Xiaotian didn't put on an act of angry embarrassment; he merely gave the four people an embarrassed yet polite smile, and that was that.

As for how to drive, all the operating steps had already been displayed scrolling on the screen in front of the 'Jiaweis' more than twice.

Three minutes later, as Liu Xiaotian, having taken the driver's seat, raised his hand and pressed the start button, the Type 99 tank successfully started with a roar.

Liu Xiaotian turned his head to look at Peng Donghai, whose expression was somewhat stiff, and pressed the communicator button on his ear in a proper manner: 'Shuke Shuke, I am Beta, ready to depart!'

Peng Donghai: ……

(End of chapter)