Chapter 494: Three Gun Types
"It's amazing, it's a cross-era weapon, and its emergence will subvert the previous mode of warfare. General Arnold was the first to express his opinion, in an affirmative tone.
In fact, when he first saw the power of black powder, General Arnold had already keenly smelled that the world was about to change.
The emergence of this completely new weapon represents a possibility.
Ordinary people who are powerless can also kill the possibility of a great knight or a champion knight.
This was unimaginable before.
The knightly hierarchy pyramid, headed by the champion knights, firmly maintained the rule of the entire Byron League.
This recognized principle has cracked because of the black powder.
It was precisely because of this awareness that General Arnold, as the commander of the famous side, disregarded his cheekiness as a rat and personally entered the Eternal Night Army.
Sean told him with practical actions that his keen sense was not only correct, but also so fast, and he showed such a strong power when he got started, even if General Arnold did not personally inspect this new weapon, he knew that the research of the Eternal Night Leader in this area was by no means a day or two, and he did not know how much manpower and material resources were invested to have the current results.
The other generals of the Eternal Night Army were not as entangled as General Arnold, and they shouted excitedly one by one.
"It turns out that we have been engaged in coordinated operations for so many years, the real treasure is here, and when the time comes, after the attached engineer corps is equipped with this brand-new weapon, it will directly become a ready-made artillery corps, and before the main corps charges, there will be a saturation coverage shot, no matter how powerful the enemy is, they will be crushed and crushed. Kelman, the chief of staff of the main force, opened his mouth wide in excitement, and all kinds of whimsical ideas flowed wildly in his mind for a while.
In the past, he had repeatedly suggested to his lords that the model of the Eternal Night Army leading a main force and an auxiliary legion was too wasteful, and they could completely disassemble it and transform those subsidiary sappers into weaker sub-legions, ordinary militia or reserves, and provide assistance to these main legions, but each time it was rejected by Sean.
He was puzzled before, but when he saw the infantry cannon for the first time, he understood the reason.
It's not that Sean is too short-sighted, on the contrary, this time he is still too long-sighted, leaving them too far behind, knowing the future development trend of the Eternal Night Lord.
In fact, those attached sappers have been preparing for this new weapon, many of them are masters of manufacturing and operating ballistas and ballistas, and they are out-and-out technical arms, and it is undoubtedly easy to learn this new weapon.
Their main tactical training even revolved around this, establishing impregnable positions, guarding this precious siege weapon, and then defending to find opportunities to counterattack.
Even with this new weapon, the things that the Subsidiary Sappers were previously proficient in will not be discarded, and will still play a pivotal role.
And in a short period of time, they cannot be fully assembled, there must be a step-by-step process in it.
With their accession, the Affiliated Engineer Regiment will no longer be an attachment to the main Corps, and its importance will increase rapidly.
They will be more flexible in formulating military strategies, and they will have countless possibilities.
"Good things are good things, but I don't know how high the cost is, how big the output is, when will the major legions be fully equipped?" said the steady Ban Hebrew, to the point of the matter.
If the cost of such a thing is too high to affect the full loading of weapons, its value will be greatly reduced.
"This issue is not in the scope of today's discussion, what you need to consider is to find out the shortcomings of this weapon in real combat and how to apply it in real combat. Although Sean didn't shy away from this new weapon to General Arnold, he didn't want to reveal where the Eternal Night Army leader went.
"The plan that Lord Lord said at the annual meeting to solve the Crane tribe is not referring to this new weapon, right?"
"That's right. Sean nodded, "Don't you think this weapon is the most suitable for dealing with those undead monsters?"
"Indeed, if there are a hundred of these infantry guns, we can consider bulldozing the territory of those monsters. Kelman, the young chief of staff, was a little excited by this new weapon.
For the young hawk, this powerful weapon of the main attack is very much to his appetite.
"Once you've seen the experiments, you can think about developing a strategic plan for that. Sean said with a smile.
Once the artillery of the Eternal Night Army is deployed on a large scale, the Crane tribe will inevitably be their first test target.
"Anything new?" said Kelman, who was more excited when he heard it.
"They belong only to conventional light guns, and there are several unconventional ones. Sean nodded, "Here we are." ”
In the process of their communication, the process of testing the gun has been going on.
The Type 13 vehicle-mounted infantry gun not only showed its fixed-point firing state, but also showed its own mobile state, the only thing that made the generals regret was that its recoil was too great, and there was obviously no way to shoot on the move.
It was just the beginning, and soon behind it, a behemoth was dragged out, both in size and weight, it was quite amazing, and the appearance was not much different from the Type 13 vehicle-mounted infantry gun, but the range and power were greatly improved, and the biggest flaw was that it was slow to move, even if it was dragged by a strong adult Koremon, it was quite laborious.
The generals showed little interest in this type of vehicle-mounted heavy gun, called the Type 13.
It's not that this kind of heavy artillery is useless at all, but its flaws are too obvious, it is difficult to keep up with the advance speed of the corps, in the field, it is not as good as light infantry artillery, and the army must not stand still, waiting for them, right?
Except for the roads of the Eternal Night Lord, the roads in other areas are rotten, which will slow down its movement.
On the contrary, in the siege and city defense, in this more extreme environment, it can exert quite strong power.
No, there's one more place where they can be used – ships.
If the Eternal Night Army's ships were equipped with this new cannon, their combat effectiveness would have been raised to an unprecedented level, if such a weapon had been available in the first place.
With three or five ships, they could also bomb the Third Fleet of the Cummins family and could not find the north.
It seems that it will not be long before there will be a major overhaul in the water warfare mode.
However, there were no naval generals present today, and these army generals somewhat thought of this piece, but they did not go deep into it.
The Type 13 mortar that appeared next made everyone's eyes shine again.
Three people in a group, one carrying the barrel, one carrying the base frame support, one carrying the ammunition, in all kinds of environments, can walk like flying, the assembly speed is faster than the infantry gun, from movement to fire, before and after no more than three minutes, only two minutes, they can enter a new state of movement.
In the face of this kind of super-mobility, their relatively close range and power are within the acceptable range.
If the infantry cannon is described as an artifact for the attached engineers, the scope of application of the mortar gun is obviously wider, and the Centenary Guard level can be equipped with three to five such portable guns for fire support.
At present, the Eternal Night Army Leader can handle these three kinds of cannons.
Around these three types of artillery, the generals engaged in a fierce tactical discussion, discussing how to maximize their power and how many of them are best equipped for each legion, according to the characteristics they exhibit.
On the contrary, the idea that Sean and the Gunpowder Bureau had hoped for them to find the flaws in these new weapons fell through.
These generals are still immersed in the shock brought by this new weapon, and they have not actually operated this new weapon, and they do not have a more three-dimensional feeling at all.
Sean's previous idea of having these generals propose improvements to the artillery based on previous combat experience was a bit too much to take for granted.
Even if there were, it would have to wait until the Gunpowder Bureau produced a large number of them, and arranged for them to be trained and fought in actual combat, so that they could be excavated little by little, and there was no way to omit this step.
Sean listened to these generals for a while, and found that most of their thinking was still stuck in the original mode of war, including the most imaginative young chief of staff, Kelman, who also put forward several new proposals that sounded good in terms of infantry and artillery coordination, which were still largely based on the original attached engineering regiment.
Artillery, a new weapon, is so big that even if we don't wait for the artillery to be equipped in the army for actual testing, we have to wait until they go back and settle down to find a better method.
Sean didn't push them too much and left quietly.
The generals of the Eternal Night, who were in the middle of the debate, did not notice this, and they were still immersed in the discussion of this new weapon, while imagining how to improve the combat effectiveness of their army with the addition of this new weapon, and how to maximize their power.
Is it the main corps that is trying to cooperate with them?
Or do you want them to follow the pace of the main corps?
How many of these weapons of war are there in each corps, and what is the most reasonable?
This weapon is powerful, and its shortcomings are still relatively obvious.
They must find ways to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and they must not wantonly fill this new weapon, thus affecting the original combat effectiveness of their own army, and then the gains outweigh the losses.
Sean's main consciousness, which had quietly left, reappeared on the body of the Thunder Golden Eagle and said to the director of the Gunpowder Bureau: " This new weapon, subverted the generals' perception of the way of war, the current thinking has not changed, let alone put forward constructive suggestions, as far as I am concerned, we have thought quite well in all aspects, for the time being, I can't think of a better room for improvement, can only wait for the actual combat, through the actual combat test, and then improve, your gunpowder bureau can organize an artillery recorder, every time a gun leaves the factory, follow one, record the operation of these guns throughout the process, and then take the relevant records directly back to the gunpowder bureau as a reference material for follow-up improvement。 ”
"That's a good idea!" Director Tobias's eyes lit up, and he laughed, "It's better for the lord to think about it, and I'll send someone to do it, so that they can not only record the various conditions of the artillery, but also carry out different degrees of maintenance on the artillery, and count it in one fell swoop." ”
"Artillery training can also be put on the agenda, and your side will compile a book on the operation methods of the three types of artillery, including those common problems and simple maintenance techniques, and send someone to the northern fortress after sorting it out. Sean made another request.
"My lord, this is going to use the space of consciousness for artillery training?" asked Director Tobias guessedly.
"That's right, I can simulate all the artillery in the consciousness space and carry out virtual combat operations, so that after they have enough theoretical knowledge in advance, when they actually operate, it will naturally be much easier, but this kind of virtual combat is simulated reality, so the more detailed information you provide and the more possibilities listed, the more comprehensive the preparation will be on my side, and the more things they will learn from it." "Sean has been thinking about virtual combat for a long time, but there have been no good projects, and artillery technology is just right.
Unconsciously, Sean's consciousness space has been running wild on the road of virtual reality, and there are many shadows of Sean's previous life computer games, and there are many technologies that even only exist in the imagination.
No way, who made Sean familiar with this?
His space of consciousness is also inspired by this.
"Your Excellency, rest assured, we will do our best to sort out all the techniques we currently have. Director Tobias patted his chest.
"I'm sure the Director won't let me down. Sean gave the other party a high degree of affirmation, and it is precisely because of staff like him who are willing to remain incognito and silently dedicate themselves that a series of new technologies of the Eternal Night Military Leader have been introduced, and their importance is no less than that of those generals who are famous throughout the military leader.
They always have enough respect for Sean, who can give back too little to them compared to their contributions to the leader.
This compliment made Director Tobias look excited and said, "Thank you Lord for your trust, I just did what I could." ”
"If everyone is like the director and does what they can, our military leaders will not be worried about prosperity. Sean said with a smile, "You can arrange for the subordinate arsenal to produce at full capacity, for the time being, the production of Type 13 vehicle-mounted infantry guns and Type 13 mortars is the mainstay, the ratio is one to two, at the beginning of next year, I need at least one hundred Type 13 vehicle-mounted infantry guns and two hundred Type 13 mortars." ”
"A hundred infantry guns and two hundred mortar guns?" Director Tobias knew that the military commander had a great demand for artillery, but he did not expect the order to be so tight and urgent.
"What's the matter? Don't worry, I will note the relevant departments to fully assist your production, and try not to hold you back in terms of raw materials. Sean added.
"Raw materials, I don't worry too much, our steelmaking technology, has been improving for several years, over the years, a lot of top steel, have been intercepted and hoarded by us, our inventory alone can meet most of the production needs, the main problem is the craftsmen, especially the kind of outstanding mature craftsmen, more rare, this is directly related to the yield rate, if the yield is too low, it will not only cause a lot of waste, but also affect the output. Director Tobias said with a sad face.
"If you want technical talents, just say it, don't beat around the bush, it just so happens that this year is the first graduation season of the technical college, and I will give you a priority to choose a hundred outstanding graduates from them. Sean couldn't help but laugh and curse, and debunked Director Tobias's little trick.
If it is said that the Firearms Bureau is unable to complete the task because of raw materials, Thaksin.
It is said that the Firearms Bureau has no way to complete the task because of lack of manpower, and it is not believed that Sean was killed.
When the Independent Engineer Regiment was converted into the Firearms Bureau, although the personnel was reduced, nearly 3,000 people were still retained, and a research unit was established to establish a research unit, which was already the largest number of commanders of the Eternal Night Army.
In the years that followed, the personnel of the Firearms Bureau only increased, but did not decrease, and the total number of the General Bureau alone exceeded 10,000, not to mention those affiliated arsenals.
Many of the affiliated arsenals were not set up by the Firearms Bureau, but because of production needs, they were successively merged under the Firearms Bureau, and Lin Lin finally counted down, and there were as many as eighteen named arsenals that Sean knew alone, not to mention some slightly smaller directly affiliated arsenals.