Valley Emperor

When Li Chunjing, the re-established commander of the Second Army, heard about the front line of the heavy artillery battalion, he was also excited to watch the live ammunition training, but he did not go up to watch it, even a group of senior generals of the Second Army who accompanied him to inspect. are not close. [with_dream] suing1a

Why, because this thing is powerful, but it is also very dangerous.

Now the technology of howitzer is immature, and it is very dangerous to shoot. If the fuze of the shell is ignited, but the fuze of the propellant is not ignited smoothly, there is only one result: the chamber explodes!

Therefore, the engineers dispatched by Zhaoqing Arsenal to provide technical guidance must be very cautious in the operation of this type of artillery. Even, when Zhaoqing Arsenal was conducting research and testing in the early stage, there were several accidents, and even a chamber explosion. In the accident, the test gun crew was reimbursed on the spot, two people were killed on the spot, and seven or eight others were injured.

Therefore, it is specially emphasized to the military that this artillery must not pursue shooting, otherwise there may be errors in actual combat, and once errors occur, it will be the end of the chamber.

The engineer from the Zhaoqing Arsenal even said bluntly: The gunner who controls this heavy howitzer is dancing on the tip of the knife, and a little carelessness will lead to death.

This is also the reason why Zhaoqing Arsenal does not have a long barrel howitzer, because it is too dangerous to shoot.

And short-barreled artillery, although dangerous, but as long as the operation is correct, if there is no error, the safety can still be guaranteed.

After a busy time, and after checking it several times, a major in charge of directing the live ammunition test said to Li Chunjing: "Sir, everything is ready and can be fired!"

At this time, Li Chunjing, who had the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, said: "Since you are ready, let's start. Let's have a good experience of the power of this heavy howitzer!"

After Li Chunjing stopped, the major immediately said, "As per your order!"

It didn't take long for a 24-pound heavy howitzer to be ignited on the front of the artillery position. Then, everyone saw a cloud of white smoke that was extremely thick, but the extremely short barrel was vacated. A thick white smoke, at the same time, they also heard a loud noise!

Just listening to the loud noise made this group of generals shocked. The sound of the gun firing was simply earth-shattering. It was much stronger than those field guns, and even the 6th Army's largest field gun at present, which was far from the other. Far better!

Can this momentum be too big? The heavy-duty howitzer developed and equipped by the Tang Dynasty was originally prepared for the siege of the city, so it needs huge power!

At the same time, limited by the comparison of the explosive power of black powder, in order to obtain a more ideal explosive power, a large charge is required, and a large charge will make the shell larger, larger, and heavier.

, At the same time, because of the short barrel, the energy of the propellant will be greatly wasted, so if you want this kind of shell to hit a long enough distance, you need more propellant.

Heavy howitzers of the same caliber, also known as mortars, often require twice as much shot as a normal cannon, but even so, their range is somewhat inferior.

At the same time, with the increase of the propellant, in order to allow the gun barrel to withstand high chamber pressure, in the case of insufficient material technology, the gun barrel can only be passively thickened.

Therefore, the barrel of the mortar is often twice or even three times that of the ordinary artillery of the same caliber.

These limitations and designs also led to the birth of the heavy short-barreled howitzer, that is, the mortar!

At the same time, because the shells still use arquebus fuzes, they cannot be used in long-barreled artillery. At the same time, the power of black powder is limited, and it is of little practical value to use in the mortar.

Even if it is a caliber mortar, it usually refers to a 12-pound mortar, and a 24-pound or even 32-pound mortar can only be regarded as a medium-caliber mortar, only six. A mortar of more than 14 pounds can barely be regarded as a large-caliber mortar. You have to know that the 6th Army has already entrusted the Zhaoqing Arsenal to develop and produce larger-caliber mortars.

But even so, the 6th Army is preparing to purchase a large number of howitzers of nine catties and fourteen catties, but they are not intended for heavy artillery siege use, but are intended to serve as the infantry's curved fire support fire.

Because despite the large caliber of howitzers, they are actually very light in weight. A 14-pound howitzer, not counting the base, weighs only 130 kilograms, and because it is made of iron, its The cost is quite low. If mass-produced, the price of this kind of artillery will not exceed fifty taels, which is roughly equivalent to the price of ten rifles!

The nine-pound howitzer is only a few dozen kilograms, and the price is even lower!

In fact, the reason that restricts the large-scale use of medium-caliber mortars by the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty is not the cost of the artillery itself, but the cost of the ammunition. If you shoot a few more shells, the price of the ammunition will be higher than the price of these mortars.

Now the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty is still studying how to install these mortars better, but before that, they plan to solve the fuze problem first. The current shooting mode is too dangerous, even the most professional and strictly trained Even the artillery cannot guarantee the safety of firing.

But then again, if the fuze problem is solved, then the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty does not need to equip the medium-caliber short-barreled mortar, because they can completely insert these grenades into the existing long-barreled artillery, so as to obtain more Good actual combat effectiveness, and by that time, the Datang Dynasty will officially enter the era of blooming bullets!

However, these Li Chunjing naturally have no intention to consider. That is something that the Ordnance Department of the Privy Council and the engineers of the Ministry of Industry should consider. What Li Chunjing should consider is how to make good use of these twelve big guys to knock down the Ming Army. the turtle shell!

If you can use these big guys to break Nanchang's tortoise shell in the autumn and winter offensive, I am afraid that no one will dare to make irresponsible remarks about himself being promoted to lieutenant general!

As long as he wins Nanchang, his military exploits can fully match the rank of lieutenant general!

He wants to make his 6th Army Lieutenant General deserve his name!

When Li Chunjing took office as the commander of the Second Army a month ago, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General of the 6th Army. He was also the second lieutenant general in the Wang Division of the Tang Dynasty, and the first was naturally Hao Bainian.

Hao Bainian was promoted two months earlier than he was promoted in May.

Li Chunjing also knew very well why His Majesty would promote himself to the military rank, in order to let him suppress a group of arrogant soldiers under the Second Army, which is also considered to be full of talents.

There are Wang Danxu, the earliest veteran of the Dragon, and Brigadier General Gu Shizhong, the leader of the Fourth Mixed Regiment, who performed extremely well in the battles of Chenzhou and Guiyangzhou.

During the temporary reform of the regiment, Li Xuan added a first-level military rank in the 6th Navy, and between the colonel and the major general, the brigadier general was added. It is necessary to strictly control the number of people above the rank of major general, but the size of the mixed regiment is almost the same as that of the previous infantry brigade, and it is not appropriate to use the rank of colonel, so the rank of brigadier general is added.

The other regiments, etc., are mostly veterans with outstanding military exploits.

Although Li Chunjing is also highly qualified, he is not as good as Hao Bainian. When Hao Bainian was promoted to lieutenant general, no one even said a word of gossip, because Hao Bainian's military exploits were there.

However, when Li Chunjing was promoted to lieutenant general, it caused a round. The reason is because Li Chunjing has been tossing with the 4th Infantry Division in western Guangxi, western Guizhou, and eastern Yunnan in the past year, without fighting. over a large-scale battle.

However, this did not affect Li Xuan's appreciation for him. In the past, Li Xuan had more appreciation for Li Chunjing, but he also felt that Li Chunjing was more aggressive in terms of tactics, but he took the 4th Infantry Division and fought the Ming army in the southwest. Years, after drilling for a year in the ravines, his tactical style has become more stable.

Aggressive and steady, this is what Li Xuan wants to see!

The task of war in Jiangxi is very heavy. If you want to pry open the turtle shell of the Ming army, Wang Danxu, a veteran who is not creative enough, is not enough to do it. Huguang continued to support the overall situation, so after thinking about it, Li Xuan still chose Li Chunjing~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Since he chose to use Li Chunjing, he must naturally support him, and a lieutenant general is the best. Supported!

When Li Chunjing took the Second Army north to prepare for the battle, Li Xuan did not forget to provide him with various support. First, he established the Fourth Supplementary Brigade in the direction of Ganzhou. The role of this supplementary brigade was the same as that of other supplementary brigades. Front-line troops provide new recruits to maintain the situation by the way.

Although military spending is tight, this year, after taking control of southern Jiangxi and the areas south of Hengyang, Huguang, and Hengyang, it has provided a lot of taxes and soldiers for the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the actual needs of the strategy, the establishment of the fourth supplementary brigade is Imperative.

According to the current plan of the Datang 6th Army, the supplementary brigade is combined with the provincial recruit training camps.

The training time of the recruit battalion is still the same as the previous month, but it is also stipulated that after the recruits complete the basic physical fitness and discipline training, they must continue training in the supplementary brigades of each province to ensure a complete training time of at least three months.

According to this system, the existing three supplementary brigades are not enough, so Li Xuan set up a supplementary brigades in each province to train recruits and shoulder the task of rear bombing.

For the previous three supplementary brigades, the first supplementary brigades were in Huguang, the second supplementary brigades were in Guizhou, and the third supplementary brigades were in Guangxi. Therefore, Li Xuan set up two new supplementary brigades, the fourth supplementary brigades in Jiangxi. Brigade, the newly established Fifth Supplementary Brigade in Guangdong.

The supplementary brigade and the provincial recruit battalions are combined with each other, mainly to shoulder the middle and high-level training tasks of recruits, to provide qualified recruits for the front-line troops, and to shoulder the task of rear bombing.

With the supplementary brigade, the frontline troops can fight with confidence without worrying about recruiting recruits and rear rebellion!

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