Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Malfunction of Artillery
Listening to the words of this soldier, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but look towards the station of the independent artillery regiment, only to see that in the open space not far away, seven or eight people were looking up and down around a Type 54 122mm gun, one of the short and fat soldiers was also holding a washing rod and gesturing at the muzzle, because the distance between them was relatively close, so the conversation between those fighters, Lu Jiadong's side could be clearly heard:
"Company commander, didn't this gun just be repaired? Why is it malfunctioning again?" asked the stocky soldier with the wash rod in his hand, looking at the emaciated soldier who was checking the inner chamber with a flashlight.
And the young soldier who was holding a flashlight and was carefully checking the position of the shell, known as the company commander, was named Qian Aimin, at this time he did not immediately answer the words of the soldier next to him, until he turned off the flashlight after the inspection, and then said hatefully:
"It's not the eggs of those recruits, the medicine package was filled too shallow during the test gun, and the medicine bag was squeezed out when the latch was closed, resulting in the inability to fire!"
"That's not easy to do!" As soon as Qian Aimin's voice fell, the short and fat soldier responded with a smile on the washing rod: "Fill another medicine bag, just hit it out, it's still so troublesome!"
"Nonsense, if they want to know this, do they still need to move the cannon here to repair it?" Qian Aimin stopped as he spoke, and shouted to the soldiers behind the gun mount:
"Lower it a little lower, and you'll have to see how it is loaded!"
The soldier behind the gun mount heard Qian Aimin's order, and quickly turned the rocker, and the gun body immediately fell slowly, and after Qian Aimin fell to the appropriate position at the muzzle, he took action to stop the soldier behind the gun mount from continuing to shake, and then turned on the flashlight again and continued while watching:
"And the soldiers who operated the artillery also told me that they didn't think about it, and when they figured it out, the artillery observation post responsible for guiding them was withdrawn, and they didn't dare to ** without the observation post!"
"Cut! What is there to dare to do?"
"It's really messing with the piano!" Without waiting for the short and fat soldier to finish speaking, Qian Aimin straightened up and glared fiercely at the short and fat soldier beside him:
"In front are our infantry and supply convoys, in the rear are the general command and logistics units, and on both sides are the villages of the villagers, do you want to try it without an observation post?"
As a veteran of the artillery regiment, the Humpty Dumpty soldier naturally knew that the artillery observation post was like the eyes of the artillery, and the specific direction of the target, the terrain, the wind speed, the distance, the type of ammunition to be used, and the optional fuse would be the first time to inform the artillery in the rear.
According to this information, the artillery adjusts the firing angle of the artillery, the amount of ammunition and other shooting parameters, so that the artillery firepower and accuracy can be brought into play to the highest level, on the contrary, if there is no guidance from the artillery observation post, the artillery operated by the artillery is like a giant that has lost its eyes, and it has a powerful fist, and it can only fire blindly, not to mention that it does not work, and it is very likely to accidentally injure friendly troops.
This is the case with other artillery, and this Type 54 122mm howitzer for test training is no exception, not only that, but because the surrounding friendly forces, leading organs and people's residential areas are relatively densely distributed, so it is even more inseparable from the guidance of artillery observation posts.
Because of this, when the company commander finished talking about this question, Humpty Dumpty Warrior couldn't help but be speechless for a while, so he kicked the pebble under his feet in frustration:
"Alas, this group of recruits is really going to cause trouble!"
As soon as the whining voice of the Humpty Dumpty soldier fell, the corners of Qian Aimin's mouth, who was really checking the muzzle, couldn't help but twitch: "Hmph! I look at that, they just don't practice!"
"That's right, after we fix it, we will immediately let these recruits run five or ten kilometers."
"Okay! Let you Guo Chen lead the team when the time comes!" Without waiting for the soldier who called Guo Chen to finish speaking, Qian Aimin said coldly on the side, which made Guo Chen speechless again, but Qian Aimin didn't care about this, but turned off the flashlight and shouted at the soldier behind the gun mount:
"Raise the barrel and keep it level with the ground!" Qian Aimin looked at Guo Chen, who was standing next to him: "What are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you go find a waste inner tube!"
"What do we want that thing for, company commander?"
"I also said that other recruits are eggs, I don't think you can be stronger, what are you doing? Of course you are retreating!" When Qian Aimin spoke, there was a look of hatred on his face, and Guo Chen couldn't help but scratch his head when he saw this:
"Okay, I'll go!" With that, he put down the washing rod and turned around and ran towards the barracks
Liu Liang, who was standing not far from the Type 54 122mm howitzer, looked at Guo Chen, who was trotting all the way to the barracks, and couldn't help muttering to himself:
"It's strange, they just shoot out the bullets, why do they need to take the old inner tube?"
"I guess it's to remove the fuse first!" Although Liu Liang's voice was not loud, Lu Jiadong heard it very clearly, and Liu Liang listened to Lu Jiadong's words, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said with a smile:
"Section Chief Lu, I didn't expect you to know this!" Lu Jiadong's official position in Wanshan Factory is the head of the technical section, and Liu Liang has always been commensurate with this title out of respect for Lu Jiadong.
And Lu Jiadong has long been accustomed to the title of Liu Liang, so when he asked, he just smiled: "Hehe, it's okay, I've read it in a book before!"
"It's better to follow Section Chief Lu to grow your knowledge, and teach me how to withdraw when you want!"
"Why are you learning this?" Listening to Liu Liang's words, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but look at him suspiciously: "We don't need this."
"What this, that, you two are from that company? Why are you still standing here, don't you know that it is dangerous here? Why don't you go back to the barracks?" Before Lu Jiadong finished speaking, Guo Chen, who had already taken a waste inner tube, happened to walk past them, and looked at them too close to the Type 54 122mm gun that was about to be discharged, and couldn't help but step forward and say.
Lu Jiadong, who was interrupted by Guo Chen's words, was a little confused, when did he still have a company? Not only Lu Jiadong, but Liu Liang next to him was full of question marks, and then stepped forward and replied:
"We're not that company, we're we"
"Oh?" Before Liu Liang finished speaking, Guo Chen's eyebrows stood up, and his hands involuntarily crossed his waist, putting on a veteran posture:
"If you don't recognize your army in military uniforms, I think you recruits are really going against the sky!" After Guo Chen finished speaking, without waiting for Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang to answer, he turned his face to a soldier in charge of vigilance:
"Xiao Sun, send these two recruits back to the barracks, the pestle is here to get in the way, I don't want to see a platoon of shells hurt my own people!"
"Yes, old squad leader!" The soldier named Xiao Sun stood up to Guo Chen, and Guo Chen nodded to him, and trotted in the direction of the Type 54 122mm gun with a waste inner tube, while the soldier named Xiao Sun came to Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang and glanced at the two of them coldly:
"Two comrades, let's go!"
However, the soldier's words did not make Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang move for half a minute, but made the two of them laugh, it turned out that Guo Chen's sentence "wearing a military uniform" made the two of them remember that they were not wearing a 65-style military uniform in order to facilitate access to the barracks.
But unlike the cadres and soldiers of the army, the two of them did not wear red collar badges, if they could still distinguish clearly during the day, but in this dark night when they couldn't see their fingers, this small difference was easy to be overlooked, and it was precisely because of this that Guo Chen mistakenly thought that they were recruits in the regiment!
However, although Guo Chen's tone was very blunt and his attitude was also very rigid, Lu Jiadong and they did not complain about him for this, after all, Guo Chen was also out of a good intention, you must know that it is a very dangerous thing to leave the shell in the chamber and return the shell, and if you are not careful, there will be a danger of explosion and boring, not to mention the damage to the artillery, it may also cause casualties, because of this, when Ming Xiaosun came to prepare to "escort" the two to the barracks, Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang did not refuse, but actively cooperated!
When Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang were about to leave for the barracks, Guo Chen also came to the company commander with a waste inner tube, and Qian Aimin raised his neck in the direction of Lu Jiadong and Liu Liang:
"What were you muttering there?"
"Oh, two recruits, standing there stunned and not afraid of danger, wearing military uniforms and not admitting that they are from the army!"
"Is there such a thing? What is the name of the company?" Hearing Guo Chen's words, Qian Aimin's eyebrows also rose, but Guo Chen shook his head helplessly:
"I'm in a hurry, and I didn't have time to ask!"
After listening to Guo Chen's words, Qian Aimin turned his head, glanced at Lu Jiadong's young and childish face, and pursed the corners of his mouth: "Ya's recruits are becoming more and more lawless, and I have to practice them more when I have time!"
After speaking, Qian Aimin looked at Guo Chen in front of him: "Okay, leave them alone, cut out a ring pad with the inner diameter of the muzzle, push the washing rod to the shell to cushion it, and then use the washing rod to rush me hard until the shell is washed out!"
"Yes!" Guo Chen responded, and immediately prepared, and several other soldiers also stepped forward to help, so in a blink of an eye, the preparations were done, Guo Chen took the washing rod and began to violently rush at the cannonball in the chamber, every impact, let the washing rod and the cannonball have a fierce impact, and then the metal impact sound of "oh~oh~" was transmitted from the inside of the cannon chamber to the outside, and continued to echo in the silent night sky.
It just so happened that at this time, Lu Jiadong happened to pass by the Type 54 122mm howitzer, and when he heard the impact sound of "oh~oh~", he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong, which slowed down the pace of progress a lot, but when the impact sound sounded again, Lu Jiadong stopped, his eyes couldn't help but open wide, and he immediately let out an exclamation:
"Not good!"
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