Chapter 940 The first sight of the storm rocket launcher (1)
How could Liu Lang enjoy such a great gift to himself?
Let the orderly Mikawaji call all the school-level officers and above of the whole regiment here as quickly as possible. If this rocket launcher has more than half of the power of the past time and space, then the main artillery of the independent regiment will be finalized. Not only the artillery tactics
As a result, the infantry tactics will also change accordingly. It is time for these military officers to see the trump card of the independent regiment.
It's okay to use infantry artillery coordination with mountain artillery, but if you play with rocket launchers, those who don't know the power of rocket launchers will be blown to pieces by their own rocket launchers.
The rocket launcher test site is actually an artillery training ground, mainly used for artillery training. It will only be given to Su Xiaomei and others when they need to test it.
However, unlike artillery training, once weapons such as rocket launchers that need to be kept secret need to be tested, they will usually be reported two days in advance, and then the security department will conduct an inventory five kilometers away from the training ground. Over the past two years, the surrounding mountain people have become accustomed to it.
, basically will not come within five kilometers of the artillery training ground. For this reason, the independent regiment has also provided certain financial compensation to the surrounding mountain residents.
There were also spies who tried to inquire about the artillery training ground of the independent regiment through the mountain people, so as to analyze what artillery the independent regiment usually used for training. However, retired veterans stationed in the village had long held a meeting to educate them on this.
The mountain residents who have passed by are also very vigilant. Once this issue comes up, armed militiamen of more than ten or twenty people will often surround them. In the past two years, at least six or seven groups of spies have been arrested and thrown into the iron mines.
free labor.
The mountain people also received a lot of rewards for this. Not only did they report quietly, they even learned to dig holes and hook up with outsiders to ask similar questions, becoming more secret agents than agents.
It's just that they did it too hard. By the second half of 1935, this kind of "good thing" had completely disappeared, leaving the mountain people still a little bit disappointed. I guess both the government and Japan were frightened by these mountain people.
That's just treating the spies as fat sheep to sell!
Anyway, the independent regiment is only equipped with some mountain artillery and mortars. How can they also be equipped with 150 heavy artillery? It is several tons and they have to have a car to pull it.
To be honest, both China and Japan think that the simple three-bouncers imported from the Empire that the Sun Never Sets and equipped by the Independent Regiment are not very practical. If you want flexibility, you can use a motorcycle; if you want a large load capacity, you can
Use a truck; products like Sanbengzi, which are in between the two, are not very useful, are not cheap, and consume fuel. In peacetime, it can only be used by a few people.
However, the Security Office of the Independent Regiment would not take this lightly. After receiving the notice that the new artillery was to be tested, it still quickly dispatched a large number of manpower to conduct a comprehensive search around the training ground. They even seconded them because time was tight because they were still there.
Waiting for help from the special forces brigade who have not left home with new equipment.
It wasn't until more than an hour later that a group of people who were already impatient received the news that the front was safe and set off with two heavily covered three-wheelers.
The launch site was in a small mountain col, a full eight kilometers away from the artillery training range. This was basically the range of the 63-type 107 rocket launcher in the past. Seeing this posture, Liu Lang felt slightly relieved. As long as the range could be reached
Eight kilometers, although not as good as the 10-kilometer range of the Japanese invaders' heavy artillery, was enough to deal with the Japanese invaders' mountain artillery with a range of only seven kilometers. It would not be passively beaten because the range was too close, and it basically met his expectations for rocket launchers.
Even if it encounters the Japanese 150 heavy artillery, the rocket launcher with a total combat weight of only more than 600 kilograms is not without the ability to fight back. Its powerful maneuverability will definitely give those big guys who can hardly move when put down a good drink.
As soon as the tarpaulin was pulled away, the true form of the twelve-barreled rocket launcher appeared for the first time in front of all the officers of the Independent Regiment.
"My dear, you are trying to use the cannon as a machine gun!" Zhao Ergou, the artillery battalion commander, never closed his mouth.
The unprecedented structure of the gun body directly caused the school officers who did not know the existence of this weapon to collectively lose their voices. It was really just like what Zhao Ergou had marveled at just now. This really looked like a machine gun, or twelve thick guns.
The barrel machine gun is really not too awesome just from the appearance point of view.
But, is that possible?
"Captain Zhao, you don't know what a storm is. The storm rocket launcher we designed is to sweep away all enemies like a storm." Su Xiaomei's face was so arrogant that she couldn't hide it.
"Captain Zhao, this is not a machine gun, it is called a rocket launcher. Rocket launchers are not a new thing. They have appeared in human history. Our Chinese ancestors have been playing with this thing since the Song Dynasty. By the Ming Dynasty,
It has reached the pinnacle of ancient rocket launchers. However, we missed the best opportunity to promote gunpowder and allowed Westerners to get ahead of us. We fell behind, so we have been bullied repeatedly in the past hundred years." Ye Qisun on the side.
Let’s educate these shocked school officials.
"Have you ever played with sky cannons? If you light a sky cannon at once, it's almost the same as this thing." Liu Tuanzuo directly explained to his gang of thugs in the most crude way.
The school officials nodded one after another. Compared to Professor Ye's sighs that were both from the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Liu Tuanzuo's explanation was obviously more down-to-earth.
It's just that this "sky cannon" can hit 8,000 meters away, which is a little too weird! Moreover, can the "sky cannon" shoot so accurately? Although I haven't read many books, as a soldier who has been in battle for a long time, the school
The officials quickly grasped the two most important key points of the rocket launcher: range and accuracy.
Without these two points, the rocket launcher will be useless no matter how many shells it can shoot at one time.
As the chief officer of the artillery battalion, although Zhao Ergou was eager for new artillery, he still asked: "Professor Ye, can this thing really hit as far as 8,000 meters? It is almost as good as the treasure of my artillery battalion.
Already."
Although he did not directly question the range of the rocket launcher, he also expressed his distrust. The main reason was that Liu Tuanzuo used the "sky cannon" as an example, which inevitably cast a shadow.
"Battle Commander Zhao, didn't you bring your treasure to the camp for comparison? You can fire twelve cannons first to see how much fried noodles you can cover, and then you will know after looking at our scientific research results."
Su Xiaomei's cheeks bulged cutely and she said angrily.
There are two Bofors Mountain Cannons in the artillery battalion. One was brought to the teaching team for training, and the other is still at the base. It was just ordered by Liu Lang to pull it over to compete with the new rocket launcher to compare the range and impact point accuracy.
Zhao Ergou didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and commanded a carefully selected artillery squad under him to start aiming at the bombardment area prepared for them by the shooting range. The specially set up telescope showed clearly that the blue chess piece had been inserted.
The hilltops that were bald by the shells were the targets of the Bofors Mountain Cannon.
Liu Tuanzuo obviously attaches great importance to this new artillery test. He specially approved eighteen rounds of Bofors Mountain Artillery shells for live-fire drills. The artillery squad under him is going to have a good time today. You know, a Bofors gun
The purchase price of mountain artillery shells is as high as 80 oceans. The live ammunition training of the artillery battalion is not so luxurious. An artillery squad can fire 18 rounds a year, which is considered good.
"Boom!" As the artillery squad soldiers used professional artillery rangefinders to professionally report data and adjust the muzzle, the Bofors Mountain Cannon let out a deafening roar amidst Zhao Ergou's command, and used a cannon to target the shooting area.
Artillery coverage was carried out.
The officers observing through the telescopes nodded one after another, especially the infantry battalion commanders headed by Ling Hong, who gave Zhao Ergou several thumbs up. Although Ergou Battalion Commander was not usually very reliable, in his case
The professional field is still very strong. The smoke columns rising in the telescope show that except for the three test guns in the shooting area, the other ten guns have completely hit the target. With such artillery supporting the rear, their infantry can certainly rest assured.
a lot of.
Liu Lang also nodded slightly. Judging from the performance of this artillery squad, the huge investment in the artillery battalion over the years was obviously not in vain.
Artillery, the god of war, is really a money-spending ancestor. That does not mean that it is like filming a TV series. Wherever the cannon is fired, the shells are loaded, the little red flag is waved down, and the enemy is wiped out. If you want to shoot accurately, you must both
The level of artillery observers is high enough, and the artillery operators who operate the cannons must be able to adjust the muzzle accurately according to the observer's data. An error of one millimeter may mean that the impact point of the artillery shell is a few hundred meters away. And that requires a lot of live ammunition.
train.
The unit price of a Bofors Mountain Artillery shell is as high as 80 oceans. The minimum live ammunition training volume for an artillery squad is 20 rounds a year, and an artillery company with nine artillery squads is 180 rounds, and Zhao Ergou's artillery
There are three artillery batteries in the battalion, and the basic training volume is as high as 540 rounds.
Not counting this, because some of them were sent to the base garrison camp, the artillery battalion was filled with a group of new recruits, and the amount of training increased significantly. In 1935 alone, the artillery battalion consumed as many as 80,000 shells of various types.
Coupled with the newly established artillery unit of the base garrison camp, the independent regiment's annual expenditure on artillery training will definitely make all other units, including the Central Army's German artillery divisions, despair.
Because no one has the ability of Liu Tuanzuo to make money abroad like crazy.
Now it seems that it is certainly worth it. Having a high-quality artillery can improve the combat effectiveness of the infantry by several levels. If the little devils were not supported by mountain artillery and heavy artillery, no matter how powerful their infantry combat effectiveness is, they would still be in trouble in China.
Less than eight years.
Su Xiaoniu put down the telescope in her hand and curved the corner of her mouth slightly. Although the Bofors Mountain Cannon, known as the most powerful mountain gun in China, has a firing rate of 25 rounds per minute, in order to pursue the accuracy of shelling, the artillery squad under Zhao Ergou took 2 minutes.
Only thirteen shells had been fired, and there were probably five more shells that they had secretly left behind because they were reluctant to shoot them all at once.
The shot was very accurate, and the smoke and dust that exploded showed that it was quite powerful.
However, the rocket launcher she and her partners developed can fire out all twelve rockets weighing 18 kilograms in just eight seconds!