The enthusiasm of the African brothers is irresistible, the battalion commander of Soke graciously retained, and the soldiers around him also coaxed, Feng Xiaochen and his party could only stay.

Before the dinner began, Soke received a call from the headquarters, officially confirming that their round of artillery bombardment had hit the opponent's howitzer position, but this news was learned by the intelligence officers, and it is unknown how many artillery pieces were destroyed and how many casualties were caused to the opponent.

However, even so, it was a rare and significant victory. You must know that the two sides have been fighting for several years, and there are very few results obtained through direct artillery battles, and artillery is a kind of weapon that is mainly scary for both sides, and occasionally it can hit some targets, which is the result of the blessing of the gods, and has nothing to do with the technology of artillery.

This time, the headquarters originally thought that the Sok battalion was a blind cat that hit a dead mouse and inadvertently hit the opponent's artillery position. After several reports, the boss ordered Sock to receive several Chinese visitors, and said that the chief of staff of Pragnell would come to Camp Sok tomorrow to inspect the artillery battle on the spot, and meet with the Chinese guests, especially the artillery engineer with "supernatural abilities."

This news filled the dinner party with a joyful atmosphere, and the results of this battle were able to make many people gain battle merits, and this battle merit was all due to Feng Fei. So, the African officers and soldiers who were waiting to toast Feng Fei at the banquet lined up in a long line, Rao is Feng Fei's alcohol consumption is still passable, and the base of local liquor in Africa is also extremely low, he was still put down by the enthusiastic black uncles.

In the middle of the morning the next day, Pragnell arrived at the position of the Sok camp in a jeep with a retinue. He did not go to the artillery position, but accompanied by Suoke, he first came to the tent where Feng Xiaochen and his party lived, which made Feng Xiaochen and his party feel a little surprised. They had heard Hesseth say that Pragnell was the boss of the military and the most powerful man in the country, so they were a little worried that he would not be easy to deal with. But I didn't expect that this gentleman also had an approachable side, and he was able to come to their tent to negotiate with them in person.

"Excuse me, you are Mr. Feng, I'm Pragnell. ”

Pragnell, dressed in military uniform, walked in front of Feng Fei and introduced himself in a gentle tone. He spoke English, and although he was a little stumbling, he was able to understand it.

Knowing that Pragnell was coming to Camp Soke, Feng Fei shaved his beard early in the morning, changed into a suit, and asked Feng Xiaochen and Zhang Heping a lot of details about how to talk to Pragnell. His killing momentum yesterday disappeared after the other party's cannon stopped, and he changed back to his original wooden appearance. However, Feng Xiaochen knew that his second uncle was already a person with a halo in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the government army of the Di Nation country, and even if he coughed casually, some people would interpret it as domineering.

"Your Excellency, it's a pleasure to meet you. Feng Fei cheered himself up in his heart, and replied with the words that he had rehearsed many times with Feng Xiaochen.

"I've already learned about yesterday's events, you're an artillery genius, thank you very much for your help. ”

Pragnell praised without hesitation. There is not much condescension in his tone, this may be the cowardice of a general of a small country in front of the envoys of a big country, according to what Feng Xiaochen heard from Sok at the banquet the day before, when the Soviet advisers were here earlier, they were very unkind to the officers of the Die Kingdom, including Pragnell, and that adviser seemed to be a major or a lieutenant colonel.

"I'm not a genius, I've just been working on howitzers for many years and have some experience with ballistic calculations. There are many experts in our system who are more skilled than me. Feng Fei said modestly for himself, but he didn't know that he was boasting about the capabilities of China's military industry. An engineer who is very ordinary at the domestic level has become a genius in the eyes of others here, and you can imagine how strong your country is.

"I got a call from the Minister of Industry, Hesseth, and he said you want to talk to me, I don't know what you want to talk about?"

Pragnell pulled a chair and sat down, beckoned Feng Fei, Feng Xiaochen and the others to sit down, and then asked bluntly.

"I don't know what the general thinks about yesterday's return fire from the Sok battalion against the rebels. Feng Fei gradually entered the state, and according to the strategy discussed with Feng Xiaochen and them, he asked Pragnell.

Pragnell said: "It's very exciting. Sock has already reported to me, and he says that they were able to achieve this result entirely because of your excellent calculations. Before that, we never knew that it would be possible to estimate the artillery positions of the opposing side by calculating their ballistics, and if we had known this, the whole course of the war would have been accelerated. ”

Feng Fei said: "Actually, speculating on artillery positions through ballistics is not a particularly advanced technology. …… The artillery of many countries is capable of doing this. ”

Originally, he wanted to say that countries with more advanced artillery technology can do this, but as a kind person, he felt that it was not appropriate to point at other people's noses and say that other people were backward, so he could only be vague.

"No, no, no, Mr. Feng, what you are talking about is the artillery level of your developed countries, and the army of our country of Di cannot do this, our government army cannot do it, and the rebels on the opposite side cannot do it either. Pragnell said frankly.

He doesn't have so many scruples, and he knows how much his own army has. In his opinion, it is not a shame to say that he is backward in front of people in developed countries. As for whether China is a developed country, he didn't think about it before, but after yesterday's incident, he began to realize that China should also be called a developed country, at least any engineer can be like this.

"But, General, have you ever thought about what you would do if the rebels had obtained the corresponding technology from the British and the Americans, and had mastered this method of speculating on artillery positions?" Zhang Heping interjected beside him.

Pragnell was stunned for a moment, and then his brows furrowed. Zhang Heping said this, he really didn't have time to think about it, he just thought that it would be great if he could master this technique on his side, but after Zhang Heping reminded him, he found that there was such a hidden worry. The rebels defected from the original government army, and the level of officers and soldiers was not very good. But after their rebellion, Britain and the United States and other countries gave a lot of support to the rebels through their own proxies, mainly in weapons, so that the rebels had a certain strength.

According to the information he had, the West had sent advisory missions to the rebels, but apparently had not taught them how to use artillery. But just because it hasn't been taught in the past doesn't mean it won't be taught in the future. If the rebels had mastered this technique of calculating the positions of the opponent's artillery, wouldn't the artillery of the government army suffer in turn?

"General, in the modern battlefield, artillery must be highly mobile, and it cannot stay in one position like traditional artillery, unless your artillery is more advanced than the opponent and can have a longer range. In fact, yesterday I made a suggestion to the commander of the Sok battalion, hoping that after they fought back, they would quickly shift their positions so that the other side would not retaliate. You know, if the other side is an experienced artillery unit, now our place will definitely be completely covered by the enemy's artillery fire. Feng Fei introduced.

"Are you saying that the artillery of the advanced countries is transferred as soon as the artillery is fired?" Pragnell understood what Feng Fei meant.

Feng Fei said: "That's right, we must do it with one shot to change a place." If yesterday the artillery of the rebels had such experience, they could not have been hit by us. ”

"However, it is too difficult for the artillery positions to be transferred. "Howitzers are very heavy and need to be towed by trucks, and the roads in our country are very poor, and it is very difficult for trucks to tow a howitzer to move a position." ”

Hearing this, Feng Fei and the others all turned their heads to look at him, and a thought surged in their hearts at the same time: Brother, you won't be the childcare we arranged, right? We were worried that we couldn't lead the topic to this, so you should have said it first.

Of course, Feng Fei knew that he didn't arrange any childcare in the country of Di, and the staff's worries were actually the problems of traditional howitzers. He smiled slightly and said: "This gentleman said very well, it is very difficult for howitzers to shift positions, and because of this, various countries are now abandoning traditional howitzers in favor of developing new howitzers. We came to the country of Dee this time to recommend to you the general two new products we are developing, one is a light howitzer weighing less than 2 tons, and the other is a self-propelled howitzer with a walking mechanism, I don't know if His Excellency the general is interested. ”

"What, a howitzer weighing less than 2 tons? How much does it differ in firepower from a conventional howitzer?"

Pragnell's interest was aroused by Feng Fei, as an army chief of staff, he still has a good understanding of the performance parameters of the main equipment. The Soviet-made 152-mm howitzers they are currently equipped with weigh almost 6 tons, which is very bulky, which is the main reason why they cannot move artillery positions at any time. If the weight of a cannon can be reduced to less than 2 tons, then several soldiers can be pulled and run without the need for trucks, and the mobility will be greatly increased.

In the past, he may not have paid much attention to artillery mobility, but after yesterday's events, he suddenly realized that his artillery position had always been in danger. It is a very important thing to improve the mobility of artillery.