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Li Xuan was quite satisfied with the performance of the 1,300-pound artillery, and began to think about how to use this artillery reasonably and efficiently on the battlefield.

Due to its heavy weight, this kind of artillery cannot move quickly in the southwestern area where there are mountains and hills everywhere. Difficult to participate in some sudden battles.

In this case, the battlefields that can use this kind of artillery can only be preset battlefields, such as fortified battles and defensive battles in cities, and some large-scale field strategic decisive battles can also be used.

In this case, this kind of artillery cannot and has no way to conduct decentralized operations. It must be concentrated, and then a large number of logistical forces will be used for transportation.

Therefore, this kind of artillery, to a certain extent, is not suitable for strengthening a certain infantry regiment to fight alone. It is more suitable for large-scale operations. It directly belongs to the artillery battalion, and then belongs to the headquarters of the division and brigade level. fight.

Just when Li Xuan began to think about how to use this 1,300-pound heavy artillery that fires nine-pound shells, the test of this heavy artillery was still going on.

It's just that the test is no longer normal parameters, but a limit test, such as high-intensity rapid fire, continuous firing without pause in the middle.

After the intensive rapid fire, the charge was gradually increased, and the limit range test of the strong charge was carried out.

The results of this extreme test are also not unexpected. After several consecutive high-intensity shots, especially after the last few extreme tests with strong charges, the gun barrel showed slight cracks.

After the gun barrel cracked, it basically declared that the gun was scrapped.

However, this prototype gun was continuously tested until it was scrapped.

And even if the gun is scrapped, at most it will lose some labor, and the barrel can still be recast.

Weapons such as artillery that require a lot of precious copper to be cast, if there is a mistake in the manufacturing process, resulting in the barrel of the gun becoming scrap, then these bronzes will be recast in the furnace, and it is impossible to say that they are scrapped and throw them away. Otherwise, the cost of this artillery would not be several hundred taels, but several thousand taels.

After the sample gun has completed the limit test, and the data obtained through these limit tests has developed a safe operation manual, then the sample gun has also completed its mission. It will be recast and it will not be long before it can become a brand new nine-pounder artillery and appear in the artillery combat sequence of the Datang New Army.

After watching the test firing of this prototype gun, Li Xuan soon issued a formal order to the artillery workshop of the Ministry of Industry: let the Ministry of Industry build six heavy artillery of this kind first!

These six heavy artillery pieces will form a heavy artillery team under the jurisdiction of the artillery battalion.

These 1000 jin heavy artillery and the 800 jin artillery in the artillery battalion together constitute the main force of the Tang artillery.

The future artillery battalion will be a heavy field artillery battalion consisting of eighteen six-pounder cannons and six nine-pounder cannons. This artillery battalion will provide strategic artillery fire for all current and future new Tang troops. support.

However, it is very difficult to make this artillery battalion full in a short period of time. At present, except for the five 500-jin artillery pieces that have been strengthened for the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Regiment, the current The artillery battalion is actually an empty shelf. At present, there are three artillery pieces of 800 catties, and one of them is an old cannon. Since the capture of Xingquan Mansion, the artillery battalion has only been accepted from the artillery workshop of the Ministry of Industry. Just two 800-jin artillery pieces.

Because during this period of time, among the two artillery workshops of the Ministry of Industry, the artillery workshop in Zhengtai County has been fully remodeled to produce 150-pound shotgun battalion guns, as well as the development and design of larger caliber and more powerful short barrels. Shotgun.

The craftsmen who have experience and the ability to make long barrel cannons have already been transferred to the artillery workshops in Xingquan Fucheng, and they have begun to produce 800-pound and 1000-pound cannons in an all-round way.

The artillery battalion will have to wait a long time to get the full cannons!

The expansion of the artillery unit is only a part of the expansion of the new army of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the expansion of the artillery, the expansion of the infantry is obviously more important.

After confirming the plan to set up the Qianjin Heavy Artillery Team, Li Xuan also officially approved the plan to build the Fifth Infantry Regiment. The new commander of the Fifth Infantry Regiment will be Li Xuan's deputy battalion commander of the Guards and the deputy director of the Privy Council's Department of Operations. Chief Zhou Yibao served and awarded Zhou Yibao the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Li Xuan's mission to Zhou Yibao was beyond the expectations of many people, because although this Zhou Yibao was also born in the guards in his early years, he was transferred to Li Xuan's side as a personal guard very early, and served as the platoon leader of the personal guard team. ,team leader.

A month ago, the Guards were expanded into the Guards Battalion. Many people thought that he would become the battalion commander of the Guards Battalion naturally, but they did not expect that Li Xuan had transferred Bai Yunqi to serve as the battalion commander of the Guards Battalion. Zhou Yibao only served as a deputy battalion commander, and Li Xuan also arranged for him a part-time job as deputy director of the Operations Department.

At that time, many people just couldn't understand Li Xuan's arrangement for Zhou Yibao, but how could they know that Li Xuan had long wanted to release this personal guard who had been with him for more than a year as the main general.

The promotion of Zhou Yibao as the head of the 5th Infantry Regiment~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is not just because of his excellent ability, in fact, his ability is very mediocre. In terms of ability, many infantry battalion commanders They are better than him, but who made him a close person who follows Li Xuan every day.

Li Xuan used to be able to hand over his personal safety to this Zhou Yibao, but now he has been brought up as the head of a regiment, and it is no exception to control the army.

As for the problem of lack of experience and qualifications, it is not a problem. This Zhou Yibao was the deputy battalion commander of the personal guard battalion before, but because of Bai Yunqi's lack of ability, in fact, the more than 400 people in the personal guard battalion have all the big and small matters. He is in charge.

And in the second battle of Lanjiang, he also brought the personal guards into battle.

What's more, the 5th Infantry Regiment is a newly-built unit, there is no airborne, and then there will be a group of capable people to challenge things. As long as Zhou Yibao forms the 5th Infantry Regiment, then there will be no command and so on. question.

After Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Yibao was appointed, he soon took several other officers of the Fifth Infantry Regiment to Liping House.