The first thousand nine hundred and eighty-three chapters are shameless
So you can see that the empire is very supportive of the war between the European countries and the Tatar Kingdom. Even if the Ottoman Empire does not want to fight, the empire will force them to fight.
In fact, the Golden Kingdom of Tatar has been seeking a truce, but they don't want to fight. They have occupied most of Europe, and they also want to slow down.
However, under the pressure of the Tang Dynasty, the European countries continued to fight with them.
Europe must be in a melee!
The purpose is naturally to prepare for future European localization!
The current strategic layout of Datang in Europe is actually the same as that of the Fuso Islands back then.
If you look at it from a purely military perspective, there is no problem at all in directly pushing Europe forward. The Army can even make bold claims to invade Europe in one year and completely restore it in three years.
The one-year and three-year periods are actually not calculated for fighting time, but for marching time...
However, once the war is won, military occupation is of no use.
Even after so many years of melee fighting, that miserable place still has a population of tens of millions. What do you want the Tang Empire to do with so many people? Throw them all into the Atlantic Ocean to feed the fish. This is not possible. The international image of the Tang Dynasty has always been
If you are benevolent and righteous, you will never do such a stupid thing.
So all we can do is wait!
Under this overall situation, the third Western Expedition was delayed year after year. For this reason, the upper echelons of the empire, especially those cabinet officials, did not forget to comfort the army: This Western Expedition to Europe will definitely require a lot of expenditures.
As for ammunition, ammunition is so expensive now, but if you wait ten or eight years and the technical conditions improve, the price of ammunition will naturally become cheaper, and then it will be more convenient for your army to fight.
Why rush?
In this regard, the top brass of the Army are also quite helpless!
In order to solve the problems in Europe, many army generals have proposed the so-called European relocation plan, which is to move the local indigenous people to Africa en masse after conquering Europe.
However, the migration of hundreds of thousands or millions of people is okay. Even millions of people can barely do it, but the migration of tens of millions of people is nothing?
Of course, if your army provides money, the cabinet will definitely have no objection.
The policies implemented by the empire in Europe were similar to those in India.
That is, unless the situation is suitable, the empire will not carry out military occupation. The empire would rather let these natives continue to play on their own.
The same goes for the Kingdom of Carlo!
We came to fight it not to occupy it, but purely to train the weapons and test new guns, and to change the king. As for other things, there is nothing else.
In order to better test the performance of the new rifle, this time Tian Qinyun ignored the objections of the relevant artillery generals and directly refused the artillery unit's thirty-minute artillery preparations.
Are you kidding me? A thirty-minute artillery bombardment from the 18th Artillery Regiment of the 18th Division, coupled with the artillery fire from several gunboats, could blow the entire Carlo City into rubble.
What's the point of having infantry there?
Therefore, Tian Qinyun allowed an artillery company to participate in the battle, mainly to destroy some front-loaded artillery in the indigenous army.
As for the rest, leave it to the infantry to deal with.
However, the artillery troops are also easy to mess with. Although they cannot change Tian Qinyun's decision, they can decide for themselves which artillery company will participate in the battle.
So, before the battle began, the 18th Artillery Regiment pulled up their heavy artillery battery!
Seeing these six 150mm howitzers, Major General Tian Qinyun was a little speechless, and the leaders of several infantry regiments even scolded their mothers directly.
You are paralyzed. You artillerymen have been enjoying themselves all the way. This is the last battle, and you still don’t let go!
You're just attacking a small aboriginal town, and you actually brought up a 150mm howitzer. How shameless are you!
Can these natives resist this thing?
These 150mm howitzers are also the latest new artillery to be installed. They are developed and produced by Northern Arms Company. The Army has designated them as Type 40 150mm light howitzers.
This thing was originally developed as a support artillery for divisions, brigades and other troops. In order to keep up with the maneuvering speed of the troops, the weight control was very strict.
40 howitzer, with a caliber of 150 mm, a total combat gun weight of 2.3 tons, an 11-fold barrel, and a large elevation angle launch, with an effective range of up to 6,000 meters.
This is also the lightest 150mm artillery piece in the Tang Army.
The other models are all heavy artillery.
For example, the main Type 33 150mm howitzer currently in service has a barrel length of 23 times, a total gun weight of more than five tons, and a traveling weight of more than seven tons.
Of course, it is heavy and has a great range, with an effective range of up to eight thousand meters.
In addition, there is a Type 36 150mm cannon used as a strategic-level heavy artillery. The barrel diameter of this thing has reached thirty times, the total gun weight is more than ten tons, and the effective range can reach 12,000 meters.
Then the army is also equipped with 150mm fortress heavy artillery, which is basically a naval gun on land. The gun length of these naval guns can reach 35 or even 40 times, the effective range is easily more than 10,000 meters, and the accuracy is also high.
, but the weight is hard to say, far more than ordinary field artillery. Therefore, these heavy artillery are generally attached to coastal forts.
For example, Denmark's coastal defense forts are equipped with these new 150mm naval guns, which are very effective in blocking the strait. Anyway, the Tatar fleet is completely divided.
Although the Type 40 howitzer of the Tang Dynasty Army is only a light howitzer, it is still a solid 150 mm.
This artillery fire was much more powerful than the previous artillery force's 75mm artillery bombardment.
This allows the heavy artillery company to fire a few more times, so what else does the infantry have to do?
However, Major General Tian Qinyun pretended not to have seen the artillery unit's actions. These 40 guns were also within the scope of the test.
This howitzer, which was just finalized this year, was developed by the Army to solve the problem of the 150mm cannon. The howitzer was too heavy to accompany the troop maneuvers. It had just been distributed to the troops, and Tian Qinyun naturally wanted to see the actual combat effect.
If Major General Tian Qinyun does not object, then the next battle will be particularly boring.
Six 40-gun light howitzers opened fire. Although the rate of fire was not fast, the huge power was enough to blow up the defenders of the Carlo Kingdom on the opposite side.
This is a 150mm grenade, and it is a cylindrical projectile from a breech-mounted rifled gun. The charge is very large. When this artillery explodes, it is enough to cover a range of tens of meters, even if you are hiding in the
In fortifications, the vibrations caused by it can also shock people to death.
Several infantry officers saw that no, there would be no fun if this continued, so they went directly to Tian Qinyun to complain, and this was the end of the display of the artillery unit.
The next step was for the infantry to come forward to fight. Each of the infantrymen came forward in skirmish formation and fired when they saw the people on the other side. As a result, after about ten minutes, the other side simply surrendered.
Army Major General Tian Qinyun saw this scene and nodded. How should he write a test report for the new rifle this time?
Could it be that our own infantry had only launched the attack for about ten minutes, but before they even rushed forward and fired a few shots, the other side surrendered.
However, the 40 light howitzer is pretty good. It doesn't fire many shells, but it's very powerful. It's much stronger than those 75mm small-caliber artillery.
Although the range is similar to that of cannons and howitzers, it makes no impression at all.
For the current Datang Army, there is actually no difference between artillery with a range of 3,000 meters and 30,000 meters, because they are all unilaterally defeating the enemy.
Therefore, as long as the range is four to five thousand meters, the generals of the Datang Army basically have nothing to say. They pay more attention to the portability, rate of fire, and accuracy.
If it were changed to another time and space, then in the normal development trajectory of artillery, range should be very important.
Because in this way, we can win artillery battles against the enemy and then support infantry operations.
But in the Tang Army, range is only a secondary factor. As long as it reaches a certain standard and has an advantage over front-loaded artillery, generally speaking, five thousand meters is enough. Even an army of about four thousand meters can
accept.
Outside the range, they pay more attention to the three major factors of maneuverability, rate of fire, and accuracy.
Needless to say about the rate of fire, the higher the rate of fire, the higher the rate of fire. However, since the cannon is retracted, the rate of fire is the same.
As for accuracy, naturally, it is because artillery shells are very expensive. The army and navy all work hard to practice artillery skills and strive to kill a hundred enemies with one shot, so the accuracy requirements for artillery are relatively high.
As for mobility, this needs to be discussed separately.
If it is in the local area, the requirements for mobility are actually average, because the Tang Dynasty has a complete railway system, inland rivers, and offshore transportation systems. In addition, the official roads in various places are in good condition, and the maneuverability of artillery is relatively convenient.
But it doesn't work overseas.
The Army of the Tang Dynasty is a globally deployed army, and troops deployed overseas can basically not expect to have any railways available.
There is no way to even ask for roads. Those indigenous countries will not build any cinder roads or cement roads. They are basically all dirt roads. In some places, there are no roads at all.
This is also the reason why the Tang military's overseas operations were basically carried out along the coastline or rivers. The reason is very simple, that is, they can move by ship and provide supplies.
Overseas transportation is backward, so the Datang Army has always attached great importance to the maneuverability of its equipment, especially for troops deployed overseas. The artillery equipped is basically light artillery, such as the Type 32 75mm light howitzer and other comprehensive
Cannons weighing only a few hundred kilograms are the most commonly used.
Although the test report is difficult to write, since the battle is over, there is naturally no way to continue the actual test. After cleaning up the Karo Kingdom, support the new king sent by the Indian Affairs Office to become the queen.