"Boom~~Boom~~Boom~~~"

On the test site of the Equipment Test Brigade of the G Military Region, the body barrel of the new 52 times caliber 155mm howitzer was rapidly compressed backwards because of the rapid discharge of the shell, but under the action of the muzzle brake with excellent performance, the brake machine under the body barrel and the re-entry machine, the body barrel returned to the original firing position quickly and smoothly again.

The six artillery soldiers who were surrounding the artillery for maneuvering, after the body tube was restored, cooperated with a tacit understanding to put a grenade like a jujube kernel and a full-charge charge bag on the semi-automatic filling machine, and then the automatic filling machine loaded the shell and the medicine bag from the wedge-type gun latch under the action of the hydraulic system.

Then the bolt mechanism was automatically closed, and the launcher pressed the launch button next to the gun, and a shell surged out from the muzzle again, and so on, with the tacit cooperation of the six artillery soldiers, the three shells were fired from the new 52 times caliber 155mm gun in the blink of an eye.

In the face of such a rapid launch speed, Guo Qingshan, deputy chief of staff of the G Military Region, who came to the scene to observe, couldn't help but smack his tongue a little, and the cigarette he had just lit in his hand didn't have time to smoke quickly, so he hurriedly asked Qian Aimin, who accompanied him and has now been transferred to the heavy artillery unit directly under the G Military Region as the deputy battalion commander:

"Did you just pinch the time, and how long did it take to shoot these three shells?"

"Ten Ten"

Seeing Qian Aimin's eyes staring, looking at the stopwatch in his hand in a daze with an incredible face, unable to say a word for a long time, Guo Qingshan, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but be a little anxious, so he couldn't wait to urge Qian Aimin, and Qian Aimin After listening to Guo Qingshan's words, the whole person also reacted, but the tone of his voice was still with a strong look of surprise:

"It's only sixteen seconds!"

"Sixteen seconds! My obedient!" Listening to Qian Aimin's words, Guo Qingshan reached into the military hat he was wearing with one hand, scratched his head vigorously, and then sighed with emotion:

"This one can shoot three shots in 16 seconds. If this kind of artillery is equipped with an artillery battalion, the rain of bullets poured in just sixteen seconds of rapid fire is enough for the enemy's position to drink a pot, and if it is equipped with an artillery regiment or even an artillery division. That unit's fire support capability has really been unprecedentedly improved!"

"Chief of Staff Guo is right!" As soon as Guo Qingshan's voice fell, Wang Chuanchen, head of the leading group for the new artillery project in the previous stage and director of the Weapons Planning Division of the General Staff Armament Department, came to Guo Qingshan and Qian Aimin with a happy smile:

"In addition to the long range and great power of our new 52 caliber gun, the most important thing is to increase the rate of fire. Especially the rate of fire of the artillery at the very beginning!"

"Oh?" As soon as Wang Chuanchen's words fell, Guo Qingshan frowned twice, and then asked puzzledly: "Director Wang, why does this artillery focus on the initial rapid attack rate of artillery?"

After listening to Guo Qingshan's question, Wang Chuanchen didn't know how to answer for a while, in fact, it wasn't that Wang Chuanchen didn't know the principle, if he was asked to talk about the application of pure tactics, it was indeed no problem, but the new artillery emphasized that in addition to tactical reasons, there are many technical things in this indicator.

And although I understand this aspect, it is not very easy to express it in plain language. You must know that Guo Qingshan is not engaged in technology, but a professional soldier, so the content of the explanation must be explained thoroughly, and people who do not understand technology can understand it, which is indeed very difficult.

Because of this, Wang Chuanchen could only organize some easy-to-understand language in his mind first, and then speak it to Guo Qingshan, it can be seen from Guo Qingshan's frowning eyebrows that Wang Chuanchen's explanation did not let Guo Qingshan understand, and at this moment, Lu Jiadong, who had just finished listening to the data report, also came over. Seeing this, Wang Chuanchen hurriedly pulled Lu Jiadong over, and then said with a smile:

"Xiao Lu, quickly explain to Chief of Staff Guo why our new artillery emphasizes rapid rate of fire!"

"This" Lu Jiadong, who was suddenly pulled over by Wang Chuanchen, was not mentally prepared. I didn't know what to say for a while, and Guo Qingshan, who was standing opposite him, was really very anxious, seeing that Lu Jiadong was slightly stunned, he couldn't help but say eagerly:

"Yes, Xiao Lu, tell me quickly, why do you have to strengthen the rapid rate of fire!"

listened to Guo Qingshan's words. Lu Jiadong reacted at this time, so he smiled and explained to Guo Qingshan and Qian Aimin: "This tactical indicator is mainly based on the statistics of damage in previous artillery operations!"

"Damage data from artillery operations?"

"That's right!" Looking at Guo Qingshan, who was puzzled, Lu Jiadong nodded affirmatively: "Before developing this new type of artillery, we drew on our army's experience in the application of artillery in previous wars and the damage effect, and carefully studied several classic examples of our army's large-scale artillery application operations, combined with the experience and damage of artillery in World War I and World War II, and then synthesized these data to establish a mathematical model with the help of the large-scale computer of the provincial computer center, so as to draw a conclusion!"

As soon as Lu Jiadong finished speaking, Guo Qingshan's eyes widened and he couldn't wait to ask, "What conclusion?"

"We have come to the conclusion that 80 percent of the casualties of the living forces on the battlefield are caused by the rapid firing of the first 10 to 15 seconds, after which the suddenness of the firing is lost, the living forces will be concealed nearby, and the standing personnel will lie down as soon as possible, and the damage effect will be greatly reduced! Not only that, but sometimes they will even be hit by the enemy's counter-battery fire!"

As he spoke, Lu Jiadong glanced at the artillery on the distant position that had stopped firing and was carrying out new test statistics, and then continued:

"Therefore, when we design the new artillery, we emphasize the suddenness of the artillery firing, especially in the first 20 seconds of rapid fire, which must have a fast rate of fire and fierce firepower! However, because of the large weight and complicated operation of our traditional artillery, it is difficult to achieve this indicator, so we have added an auxiliary power system to the new 52 times caliber artillery.

In addition to giving the artillery a certain amount of power, you can also use the hydraulic system to drive the true semi-automatic loader on the artillery, with this mechanism plus the new gun latch, while greatly reducing the burden on personnel, it can also increase the rate of fire of the artillery, it is relying on this system, the new artillery can reach 3 rounds \ 16 seconds of rapid fire or 6 rounds per minute of steady rapid fire!"

"3 shots \ 16 seconds of rapid fire or 6 rounds per minute of steady rapid fire!" As soon as Lu Jiadong's words fell, Qian Aimin, who was standing next to Guo Qingshan, nodded and said:

"I see that there are only 6 operators of this new artillery, which is nearly half of the number of people in our current Type 59 130mm cannon, it is really remarkable to be able to reach this rate of fire, these people should have been trained for a long time, right?"

"From seeing the artillery to actually manipulating it, it took these six people less than a day!"

"Less than a day?" Listening to Lu Jiadong's words, Qian Aimin's eyes suddenly protruded twice, and his incredible expression was even more overflowing, and Lu Jiadong, who was standing opposite him, nodded affirmatively with a faint smile on his face:

"Because we use an optimized design for easy handling of artillery, which greatly simplifies the training time of personnel, the gunner can operate the gun after a short training, usually six people, and in an emergency four people can operate the gun to strike.

Not only that, but the speed of deployment and retraction of the new artillery is also very fast, for which we have developed a tactical target of one and a half minutes, that is, one and a half minutes from the unloading of the tractor to the completion of combat readiness, and one and a half minutes after the completion of the firing of the artillery to withdraw from the battle, at the same time, we have also made full consideration in the maintenance and reliability of the artillery, in order to achieve a balance of performance!"

"In an emergency, it only takes one and a half minutes for 4 people to operate, deploy and evacuate!" Lu Jiadong said this, Qian Aimin couldn't help but gasp, as a senior artillery commander, Qian Aimin is very clear about the application value of artillery rate of fire in actual combat, not only that, but he can also examine the performance of this new artillery in front of him from a more professional point of view, you must know from the beginning to the present.

Qian Aimin's eyes never left the towering new artillery, from the artillery into the position, to the initial 30 rounds of endurance shooting, and then to today's three rapid fire, every link in the artillery, every action Qian Aimin watched with full attention.

But the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the huge tactical value contained in this cannon was, and even some of them were gearing up to try the beauty of this new artillery with their own hands, so when Lu Jiadong said this, Qian Aimin couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and gave Lu Jiadong a thumbs up:

"Master Lu, you are really amazing! It is wonderful to design this new artillery! It should be one of the best in the world!"

"No wonder Xiao Lu you can make such an excellent artillery!" As soon as Qian Aimin's voice fell, Guo Qingshan nodded with a satisfied smile:

"Just based on your summary and analysis of various artillery operations, you can see that Xiao Lu has really put a lot of effort into this new type of artillery, and the achievement of these tactical indicators such as 3 rounds \ 16 seconds or 6 rounds per minute and double one and a half minutes is the best illustration!"

"Chief of Staff Guo, Battalion Commander Qian, you are really awarded, in fact, the new artillery can have today's results, it is the result of the joint efforts of the entire artillery team members, my role in it is some, but it is not so big as to be important!" As he spoke, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but sigh slightly, and then continued with a hint of helplessness:

"Not only that, but there are many unsatisfactory aspects of this new artillery, and some flaws are difficult to make up for at present!"

"Is there still a flaw in this artillery?" As soon as Lu Jiadong's voice fell, whether it was Guo Qingshan, Qian Aimin, or Wang Chuanchen beside him, they all looked at Lu Jiadong in front of him with a look of surprise (to be continued. )