Valley Emperor

Tian Qinyun was just too lazy to take care of the troubles in the Carlo Kingdom. Apart from leaving a mixed army of about 2,000 people to garrison the local area to maintain the follow-up situation, he directly set off with the troops and returned to Gehe Prefecture.

On the way, he made a few excuses at random, taught a few tribes of indigenous kingdoms and the like that were not very respectful to the empire, and took the opportunity to test a new type of rifle.

Although the scale of the battle is relatively small, it can be said that a lot of actual combat test data has finally been obtained.

When he saw the actual test report, Tian Qinyun was relieved.

Heck, it's harder to test a new weapon than to destroy a few indigenous countries directly.

If I knew earlier, I would not have started this batch of new equipment at that time.

Equipping new equipment sounds good, but in fact, it will not bring any changes to the 18th Division. The battle that should be won can still be won, and the casualties are still so few.

After going out for a walk, the entire 18th Division went up and down, only two unlucky ones were killed and more than ten injured.

Those two unlucky **** who were killed in battle were still on the way out. When the troops got on the ship, they accidentally fell off the deck. When they were rescued, they were already killed. Strictly speaking, they were not killed in battle, but an accident at most , but for the sake of the soldiers' names, and also for the sake of the soldiers' families.

The officers still gave them a kill quota.

After all, the pension for death is much more than the pension for accidental death and injury.

As for the dozen or so injured, a few were also accidentally injured, and only a few were injured in battle.

Strictly speaking, the 18th Division fought a zero-casualty battle!

Because they had never been in close contact with the enemy at all, and before the infantry stepped forward, the artillery unit was already shelling directly several kilometers away, and then the enemy collapsed.

Many soldiers of the 18th Division went on the expedition for more than a month. In fact, they did not even see the enemy's face from beginning to end, and they did not even fire a shot. Then the officers above announced that they had won the war.

This made many soldiers of the 18th Division feel very nonsense, because they felt as if they had fought a fake battle!

In particular, many infantry officers were particularly indignant. After returning to Gehe Prefecture, they did not show a good look to the artillery brothers next door for a long time.

It's not easy to get a chance to go out to fight. These infantry officers are still counting on meritorious service. They don't ask for great merit. what.

These officers went overseas to suffer, not just for military exploits, to make their resumes look better, and to facilitate future promotions.

But those artillerymen are good. They have finished all the battles in one go, leaving the infantry to do nothing. It is strange that the infantry officers can give the artillery a good look.

While the infantry officers were annoyed, the officers of the Eighteenth Artillery Regiment were all smiles.

The infantry can't get any exploits, which means that their artillery has performed well.

All the way to the past, no matter what the natives are blown up to slag, how happy it is, how much credit it is.

"You didn't see it at the beginning. When our 40th Cannon was pulled up to open fire, Wang Liping's big-headed soldiers were about to bite their teeth!"

"That's right, that is, the leader of the regiment saw that they were pitiful, so he told the brothers to shoot a few less shells. Otherwise, we would shoot them quickly, and they wouldn't even be able to catch the last ten minutes of fighting time!"

"That's not it, in fact, we also kindly provided them with artillery support, but they all showed our artillery faces with a straight face!"

"Next time it's like this, let them charge their own guns, and we won't shoot at the back!"

"You're stupid, how can you not fire the cannon, this military feat is a little bit like mosquito legs. You don't eat other people's infantry, but you won't even give scum!"

While a group of artillery officers were chatting, Major General Tian Qinyun was also entertaining a few people in his office.

One of the major generals, who was about fifty years old, was the chief of staff of the 23rd Army.

A brigadier general is the logistics minister of the Indian Army Command of the Datang Empire.

The current overseas military deployments and institutions of the Tang Empire are very different from those in the early years.

In its overseas territories around the world, the Datang Empire has set up five ministers to supervise local military affairs, namely 'supervising the European military minister', 'supervising the Red Navy minister', 'supervising the Indian military minister', 'supervising the African military minister' and 'supervising the Americas'. Military Minister', these five military ministers are all at the level of lieutenant generals, but because of their status as imperial envoys, they are very special.

Therefore, these five military affairs supervising ministers are actually fully responsible for military affairs in their respective jurisdictions, including the army and navy.

However, it is only limited to combat.

The construction, dispatch and other authority of the army and navy still belong to their respective arms.

In the Indian region of the Tang Dynasty, there was a minister to supervise the Indian military affairs, but the minister was not stationed in the Indian peninsula, but in Ceylon.

In fact, the Indian affairs supervisor of the Tang Empire also worked in Ceylon.

Therefore, Ceylon is actually the military and administrative center of the Tang Empire in the entire Indian Ocean region.

The island has the Indian Command of the Imperial Army, the Command of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Navy and so on.

As for Gehe Prefecture, there are military command institutions such as the 23rd Army Headquarters and the 18th Division Headquarters.

After the 18th Division was deployed to Gehe Prefecture, it was directly under the command of the 23rd Army.

This time, the military headquarters and the Indian headquarters are not for the sake of the Karo Kingdom, a small indigenous kingdom, but they will not send someone from the top to ask.

This time, they sent people over to equip the 18th Division with various new equipment, especially the performance of the Joint Type II rifle. In addition, the 40 light howitzer was also their focus.

Regarding the United Type II rifle, Tian Qinyun said: "This rifle is much better than the previous single-shot rifle, and the actual combat performance is quite good!"

Although the infantry did not have much chance to perform in this battle to pacify the Kingdom of Caro, it could be said that the Type 2 rifle could be used in actual combat.

Tian Qinyun handed out a report while talking: "This is the report on the use of the Type II rifle written by the first few infantry regiments. The soldiers on the front line are still very satisfied with this rifle!"

A few people across the street also smiled when they heard this!

"That's good, the Privy Council is still worried that the Type 2 rifle will encounter problems in actual combat!"

"It is also fortunate that we have carried out many tests in advance. We have already improved the many exposed defects and then tested the equipment on a large scale. Otherwise, we still don't know what problems will occur!"

The performance of the joint Type II rifle, Tian Qinyun and other generals are still very satisfied. From the actual combat for more than a month, it has been fully proved that this rifle is relatively suitable for the climate environment in India. At the same time, the soldiers We reported that reloading and shooting is also very convenient, and the effective range and accuracy are also very good.

Although some people say that this gun is not as good as the latest improved model of the Li Fu rifle, some reasonable people ignore it.

What is the price of Li Fu rifle, and what is the price of these two types of rifles?

The price gap between the two is large, and it is normal to have a performance gap.

After all, weapons are worth every penny. What the Army wants is not the best, but the most cost-effective.

"Since there is no problem in actual combat here, it is estimated that the next step will be to install it in several other regions for actual combat testing. If the test goes well, it is expected that starting next year, it will be equipped with large-scale equipment throughout the army!"

The research and development, testing and equipment of the Joint Type II rifle are all major projects. The actual combat test of the equipment on the 18th Division's side is only one of the many aspects of the test.

The report of the 18th Division was soon sent to the Ordnance Department of the Jinling Privy Council.

After seeing the good performance in actual combat, the Ordnance Department finally decided to officially mass-produce the Type II rifle, and at the same time continue to send the Type II rifle to some troops deployed overseas for actual combat testing.

According to this large-scale combat test plan, troops deployed in Africa, the Red Sea, the Americas, and Europe will have a unit equipped with this rifle.

After the global test is completed, it will be officially installed on a large scale.

The test of the Joint Type II rifle went smoothly, but the test of the 40 howitzer encountered some troubles, although the 18th Division deployed in India reported that the 40 light howitzer performed well.

However, the 47th Division deployed in the Banten Province area is feedback that the 40th artillery is not very useful in the tropics.

On the one hand, the weight is still enlarged, and it is difficult to maneuver. On the other hand, the corrosion resistance of the artillery barrel is poor, and it is easy to rust and corrode in a humid and rainy environment.

To put it bluntly, the quality is not good.

Therefore, the Ordnance Department has officially issued a document to the Northern Arms Company, asking them to make follow-up improvements in response to the problems raised by the military. Otherwise, don't expect follow-up orders.

After the Northern Arms Company received feedback from the army, the company executives in charge of the army artillery project went into a frenzy and scolded the management of the subordinate factories.

Although this matter is just an ordinary problem in the eyes of the senior army, but in the view of the Northern Arms Company, this problem is very big.

Because this 40 howitzer is a product that the Northern Arms Company has high hopes for.

In recent years, Northern Arms has gone downhill a bit, especially in the field of artillery, and the connection to the competition for the Army's new artillery project has failed.

On the other hand, the artillery business of Jiangnan Arms Company and South China Arms Company ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is getting more and more prosperous.

Needless to say, Jiangnan Weapons Company, its subordinate Shanghai Artillery Factory is the son of the Navy, and the Navy's medium and large-caliber artillery is all made in Shanghai.

Even the Foshan Gun Factory, a subsidiary of the South China Arms Company, has obtained a large order from the Navy for 120mm and 100mm small and medium-caliber rapid-fire naval guns with the newly developed spring-tube annealing guns.

As for the Northern Arms Company, because of its backwardness in the field of long-barreled artillery, it has completely failed to obtain orders from the Navy.

Moreover, even the basic disk of the Northern Arms Company, that is, the army's artillery orders, has been taken away by Jiangnan Arms Company and South China Arms Company over the years.

You know, from the era of front-mounted artillery to the early days of rear-mounted guns, the artillery produced by the Tianjin Artillery Factory and Zhengzhou Artillery Factory under the Northern Arms Company were all the artillery for the army, regardless of whether it was a train gun or a small-caliber howitzer. , that is the world of the Northern Arms Company.

But this situation has slowly changed in recent years.