Valley Emperor

When Li Xuan entered the test site with a ballot of civil and military officials behind him, as the specific person in charge of the military's grenade fuze project, He Haoyuan was also fortunate to be brought by the current minister of the Ordnance Department, the 6th Army Major General Zhou Dai, in case he was in charge of the grenade fuze project. When he can't answer a specific question himself, someone can give him a hint.

Only in this way can I better explain the situation of the new fuze to His Majesty at any time.

Following the Minister, only two steps behind His Majesty, and the distance from the Son of Heaven is only more than three meters. This distance is also the closest to the Son of Heaven since He Haoyuan entered office. Rao is in his thirties. On the road, I didn't dare to take a breath, and I felt a little light when I walked!

Excited!

On the way, Son of Heaven would occasionally discuss something in a low voice with Lieutenant General Lei Wan and Major General Zhou Dai, who were with him. Because the distance was not far, He Haoyuan could also hear the conversations of the previous people.

I just heard the Son of Heaven ask about such a howitzer research and equipment.

Lieutenant General Lei Wan, the minister on duty in the imperial study and the director of the Privy Council's operations department, is naturally familiar with the equipment of grenades.

"Now our 6th Army has a total of 18 howitzer battalions, and we have reformed the previous howitzer equipment and expanded the size of the howitzer battalion. Each battalion has a total of 12 howitzers from the previous three teams. The four teams now have a total of sixteen howitzers, including three teams of 24-pound howitzers and one team of 48-pound howitzers!"

"Eighteen howitzer battalions are enough to provide sufficient firepower support for the current fifteen infantry divisions to support their operations. At the same time, at present, all howitzer battalions are directly under the direct jurisdiction of the military departments and can concentrate more on key battles. howitzer firepower."

At this time, He Haoyuan was listening to the Son of Heaven again: "Have the 6th Army considered assigning howitzers directly to infantry divisions and mixed regiments? I heard from the front-line generals that the demand for howitzers in each unit is very urgent, and now all the howitzers are very urgent. Basically, they fight with the infantry divisions!"

Lieutenant General Lei Wan said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, because the howitzer is so powerful, the front-line troops really hope to directly attach howitzers, but the number of heavy howitzers in our army is not too many at present, and the logistics requirements are too high. , if it is directly assigned to the infantry division, it is difficult to use it effectively unless the corresponding logistical force is added to the infantry division."

"However, in the future, if the research on the new fuze goes well and the grenade can be used for long-barreled artillery, we plan to equip the nine-jin field gun or even the five-jin field gun with grenades. In this way, it will be easier and more efficient to improve the field troops. firepower."

After listening, Li Xuan nodded slightly: "Logistics is indeed a problem!"

After all, these cannons are not little guys. Although the artillery itself is not too heavy, their shells are too heavy. The shells of the field guns are only five or nine pounds, but the shells of the heavy grenade are twenty-four. Jin and forty-eight jin, especially the latter is too heavy, and requires a special transport force to supply shells.

Li Xuan remembered that during the previous Southwest Campaign, in order to supply shells to these heavy howitzers, the logistics department specially prepared a lot of specialized grenade transport units.

At present, the smallest howitzers in the Tang Dynasty are 24-pound howitzers, not to mention for the 6th Army, even for the Navy, they are heavy artillery, such heavy artillery is naturally impossible to directly assign to The use of field troops at the level of the infantry division, at the very least, requires the overall arrangement of the command organization at the corps level.

At this time, Major General Zhou Dai, the Minister of the Ordnance Department, also said: "At present, we are already in the early stage of launching a variety of howitzers, and we are planning some field howitzers with 18 jins. In addition, we are also designing and developing 96 jins of howitzers. The heavy howitzer, once completed, will greatly enhance our howitzer."

After listening, Li Xuan nodded slightly: "The research on new equipment cannot be stopped, and the military exhibition must not rest on its laurels. It must be forward-looking, and the vision of equipment exhibition and tactical exhibition should be seen in the long-term!"

"What kind of enemy we will encounter now, everyone probably still knows, but what kind of enemy we will encounter in the future, no one knows. After all, the enemy is also improving all the time. A few years ago, the former Ming army They used bows, arrows and spears, at least a very small number of firearms, but in the next few years, they were equipped with a large number of guns, which brought a lot of trouble to our unification war!"

"So, the military must always be ready to meet a stronger enemy, the latest technological changes!"

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, and then said: "If the armament exhibition can't find the direction, then we can also target ourselves, find out our own weaknesses, conduct targeted research, and then equip the new equipment. weapons to fill our weaknesses!"

"Before the enemy beats us, we beat ourselves first and become stronger!"

Li Xuan said that, of course, it is not groundless, but a fact!

;Because only in terms of detailed tactics and equipment level, in fact, the current Datang Dynasty is slightly worse than the navy, but the 6th Army is absolutely the world's top level.

East Asia is not to mention, it is basically still in the era of cold weapons. Only a few areas of the army are equipped with a small number of arquebuses and artillery. Even in Europe at the same time, it was also in the period of the Spanish phalanx, with arquebuses. Form an infantry phalanx with spearmen, and fight with a few artillery pieces.

Compared with them, the current Datang 6th Army is much more advanced!

In other words, the current 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty has become a learning object for others, but it is difficult for them to have a clear development direction. This is like the United States in later generations.

Since the end of the Cold War, they are no equal opponents in any sense, and they have no object to learn or imitate. In the end, they can only figure it out by themselves, constantly conduct various experiments, and cast a net to catch fish in order to defeat the aliens. The goal is to reform the army, but it is difficult.

After all, the price to be paid for being a pioneer is too high, and it is too difficult to achieve success, and it will take a detour in minutes.

On the contrary, it is easy for the latecomers, and they only need to follow the steps of the successful ones step by step, and do not need to take any detours.

Fortunately, today's Tang Dynasty has Li Xuan. Li Xuan knows more about the future direction of armament exhibitions than anyone in this era. After having flint guns and artillery, the next step is to develop grenades and Mini rifles. Then came the rear-mounted rifle, the rear-mounted artillery, and then the shooting era.

Of course, it's too early to shoot the guns now, and the most urgent task now is to get the grenades out.

When the grenade is also produced, it can basically be announced that the King of the Tang Dynasty has officially entered the sequence of the modern army!

When talking with Lei Wan and Zhou Dai about the 6th Army howitzer, Li Xuan naturally did not forget the Navy. After all, among the generals who came to inspect today, not only the 6th Army, but also the Navy.

In fact, the Navy is also deeply involved in the research and development of new grenade fuzes. After all, the Navy also needs new grenades.

Today's heavy short-barreled howitzers of the Tang Dynasty are not only equipped by the 6th Army, but also equipped by the Navy, and the number of equipment is more. At present, basically every naval battleship will be equipped with short-barreled howitzers.

Some inland warships, offshore patrol ships, and armed merchant ships generally install a small number of 24-pound howitzers, one less and two or three more.

And some large warships, such as frigates, cruisers and even battleships under construction, will be equipped with 48-pound howitzers in addition to 24-pound howitzers, and the number is more.

The total number of howitzers totaled by Qilin Lin is actually more than that of the 6th Army. From this, it can be seen that the navy's demand for howitzers is actually more urgent, especially the demand for long-barreled howitzers. .

There is no doubt that the grenade is heavy for the navy. A howitzer hits the enemy's battleship, and the explosion can not only destroy a large number of enemy living forces, but also destroy sails, masts~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and even cause fires, Even detonate gunpowder on enemy ships, causing violent explosions.

The only trouble is that the hit rate of the short-barreled howitzer is too low. When it is used on the 6th ground, the accuracy is not good. When it is moved to the ship, the accuracy is even worse.

When fighting at sea, if the distance is a little farther to two or three hundred meters, the hit rate of this short-barreled howitzer basically drops to single digits. As for the three hundred meters, you can only see a water column. .

The previous grenade hits were effective, but the navy only fired within 100 meters, and the hit rate was still very low.

And this distance within 100 meters is not the engagement distance that the Datang Navy likes, because this distance is easily posted by the enemy's warships, and then forced to engage in a side-to-side battle.

The Datang Navy needs to launch artillery shells at a distance of 200 meters, preferably around 300 meters, and use the navigation and mobility of its own warships to seize the T prefix and then fire with broadside artillery.

And this also caused a very embarrassing problem!

Therefore, although the navy is currently equipped with a lot of howitzers, these howitzers are basically used to perform anti-6 fire support artillery, and are rarely used in anti-ship operations.

However, if the new fuze is successfully developed, the long-barreled artillery can also be equipped with a grenade, then it can be fired at a distance of several hundred meters. In this way, for the Datang Navy, the grenade can wield its greatest tactical value.

Today, both the 6th Army and the Navy have urgent needs for new grenade fuzes, but can the live-fire test of grenade fuzes be successful this time?

No one knows, even Bi Zifei, the team leader who presided over this research project, is not sure.

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