Accompanied by the festive mood, Yevlov and the entire artillery battery advanced leisurely towards the Blacksmith Village.
As an artilleryman, it is really shabby to only have a few large-caliber mortars as the only heavy weapons! The current company commander Doronin really hopes that his troops can be equipped with more heavy firepower weapons.
He has seen recoilless rifles, but has never used them personally. Because in the original battle sequence, he was serving the 152 mm caliber heavy artillery. After being reduced to today's situation, Doronin no longer dares to think so much. Maybe he retreated to the swamp.
The local 284th Division may still have the majesty of the past, but it will also have an unknown tomorrow.
"At least the artillery manufactured independently by the arsenal can at least make up for the lack of firepower. At least the artillery can finally look like artillery." Doronin argued with himself, full of hope for what will happen next.
The journey of a few hours was not long, and they all arrived at the Blacksmith Village before noon.
Yang Mingzhi, Yelenkina and others were waiting on the road with great interest. They saw a team marching in neat steps.
Naturally, the first thing waiting for them was a sumptuous lunch, but Doronin hoped to see the legendary weapon earlier.
Yang Mingzhi patted Doronin on the shoulder: "Comrade, you are too anxious. Let's eat first, and then the whole company will come and see the new weapons we have developed."
"There's no need to rush. My soldiers can't wait to be equipped with new weapons!" After saying that, Doronin smiled honestly.
"Okay, come with us! Eat first, eat first."
Yang Mingzhi shook his neck, and the entire team continued to maintain its formation, led by the militiamen.
Yevlov clasped his hands behind his back and reflected on the conversation just now.
"Berekov, you have set up a weapons design bureau here. It is said that you will provide three types of weapons. The first is the individual rocket-propelled grenade that we became famous in World War I. I am really looking forward to this. The second is
The third type is a recoilless rifle, and the third type is a mountain cannon. It is said that in your Chinese slang, mountain cannon is also a word to describe a fool."
This old man had indeed been in the Far East for a long time, and Yang Mingzhi smiled knowingly.
"Let's go, you two men can chat at the dinner table if you have something to do." Yelentina urged impatiently.
This lunch was requested by Yang Mingzhi. In addition to the ordinary Russian food, some Chinese food was also deliberately added. The sumptuous dishes were to celebrate Christmas and applaud the success of the new weapon.
Yang Mingzhi was very proud to pull Xangtao, who was still wearing an apron, to the front desk and praised him: "Many of the dishes in this meal were cooked by our Bessika, and she also guided the chefs in the Blacksmith Village. These days
God, the soldiers can eat very well."
Everyone's applause made Yang Tao very embarrassed. She acted very mature, but she was still a little girl at heart. She was shy and immediately hid behind her husband. Furthermore, there were several old and hairy men gathered at the table, and
Several large bottles of wine, this was real, but the little girl still had the good sense to avoid it.
"Everyone has a good meal and a good drink. I have to go to the kitchen to instruct those people to continue cooking. I'm leaving first." Yang Tao found someone and walked away immediately, leaving Yang Mingzhi full of words.
There is only one woman in the private room of this cafeteria, Yelentina. However, this woman is also a strong woman, and she can even be treated as a man.
Everyone drank a drink to each other, and then lunch started.
It was natural to talk about things while eating together. Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but tease Doronin. "Now the strength of the army has increased. Originally our 284th Infantry Division had two artillery regiments and many heavy artillery. After the defeat of the war, the two artillery regiments
There is actually only one artillery company left in the regiment. Doronin, you and your people are the last essence of the artillery."
This compliment made Doronin somewhat complacent.
Yang Mingzhi continued: "I discussed with the division political commissar that our army's artillery must be expanded to cope with the new situation. Perhaps you, Doronin, should be promoted to battalion commander, and the artillery company should be upgraded to an artillery battalion. Replenishment of personnel is imminent.
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Yang Mingzhi turned to look at Yevlov again: "This is my intention as the chief of staff. The decision must be made by the division commander."
"I completely agree! It's not just artillery that needs to be expanded, we are now facing many military development plans. New units will be reorganized after the increase in troops. Our 284th Division has great discretion to deal with the war situation of guerrilla warfare. We don't have to be rigid.
The army establishment for positional warfare in the past. Now Black Earth Village wants to build a cavalry battalion for mobile operations adapted to local conditions. Chekov's tank π is also of great use. Not to mention the air force, there is only one fighter jet, and finally Doronin's artillery.
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Yang Mingzhi nodded: "We really can't produce heavy artillery. Artillery with short reflex range, high efficiency, easy and flexible movement is what we need most at the moment. So Comrade Doronin, just this month, your people will be equipped with
Ten recoilless guns. For this reason, the artillery battalion must be established quickly, and you will soon be promoted to battalion commander!"
A true man fights to protect his family and country, and also to build a career. Army soldiers in most countries have this attitude. The opportunity is before Doronin. In peacetime, it is really difficult for him to continue to be promoted. If this war did not happen,
, he continued to serve until the time came to retire.
The cruel and bloody opportunities of history were in front of him. Him! In peacetime, an ordinary artilleryman could not be promoted from platoon leader to company commander because of the expansion of the army. This was almost the motivation for promotion.
All his comrades were wiped out, and only he and a few of his subordinates escaped. If he doesn't get promoted, who will get promoted?
Doronin immediately stood up like a spring and saluted! Tears filled his eyes.
"It seems that you are very excited, Comrade Doronin." Yevlov said with a smile. "Now hurry up and eat, Battalion Commander Doronin, your people will actually operate our recoilless rifle in the afternoon."
Including Doronin's men, the soldiers of this company came empty-handed this time. They had a very sumptuous lunch and ate a lot of meat. Everyone could realize that this was for the important moment in the afternoon.
At the same time, routine maintenance on the first recoilless rifle was completed that morning.
Speaking of this gun, Liguschkov is very satisfied. It has a simple structure and is unlikely to be damaged. This thing is just an iron pipe for launching projectiles. Due to its limited power, the chamber pressure cannot damage the steel.
, and the nozzle behind its butt is to relieve pressure in the gun barrel to offset the recoil.
The biggest shortcoming is the residue and smoke of black powder. In the previous cannon tests, soldiers used the gun bolt to clean out the residue. This behavior seems to have returned to the last century.
After calculation, this first recoilless rifle was tested with a muzzle velocity of 300 meters per second and a maximum range of three kilometers when launched at a 45-degree angle. These parameters were recorded and it was used as a long-range fire support weapon.
The ability is better than that of a mortar. Of course, it is also theoretically good as a cannon to blast German tanks with flat fire. (To be continued.) u