Section 115 The new army's artifact is revealed
At present, the stock of "Qin crossbow" rifles is less than 15,000, and they cannot all be distributed, so they have to be equipped while training. In addition to the rifles in the hands of the soldiers, other new goods were also unveiled.
Needless to say, except for a few target officers equipped with M19009mm pistols with ivory handles ordered from Colt, which is commonly known as a gun with two horses and three flowers, the grassroots officers and some technical arms are equipped with domestic improved Mauser C96. In addition to the improved ammunition feed, it uses a 20-round high-capacity magazine feed and an improved scimitar grip, which is much stronger than the broom head. Because this box gun uses a short recoil type operation, the locking tenon is set under the sliding sleeve, the front is snapped into the locking unit, and the top is embedded in two grooves under the bolt.
Since there is an authorization, we can't help but carry forward this anti-Japanese artifact, the weight of this pistol, the complex structure of the gun, the muzzle jump and other problems are not a problem in the face of the advantages of continuous fire and firing range, and the sample gun was sent to Lao Yuan and several governors in the south, and they were very satisfied. However, the Qing Dynasty officials who were superstitious about foreign goods still ordered the original goods of the German Mauser, but unfortunately the Mauser had been authorized to the standard factory, and naturally could not breach the contract for the new army, so the original C96 produced by the standard factory was marked with the Mauser logo (in fact, the original goods were not marked at all) and sold to the domestic new army, all of which were forty-eight taels with 600 rounds of ammunition, compared to the price of 62 and 300 rounds of ammunition for Lihe Foreign Bank, and the overlord clause of the rebate was not given, and the Gude foreign firm in Qingdao was much closer to the people. The price is fair, the arrival is timely, and each order is a rebate of thousands of taels of silver directly stored in HSBC and Citigroup, and the procedures are safe and proper, so several companies, including the Beiyang New Army, have coincidentally chosen the seven Mili six three Mauser pistols of Gude Foreign Company. The new army of Wuyi claimed to have chosen the Spanish imitation of Germany's Dahongjiu, which was actually a product of a workshop of standard ordnance, but changed to use 9x19mm pistol cartridges, and the loading used 20 rounds of magazines, chrome-plated barrels, and iron holsters for shoulder shooting.
Because it is necessary to equip the police forces such as the factory guard team with some low-power weapons, Wu Chenxuan simplified the classic Colt 1896 type point 38 left * wheel, the barrel steel is chrome-plated seamless steel tube, four left-handed rifling, and the length of the barrel is also changed to 9 mm, the original copper shell bullet is changed to a steel shell painted bullet, and even the grip is a directly precision cast iron grip, which must be wrapped with a layer of adhesive tape when applied in a low temperature environment. A year after the mass production of the new copycat Colt pistol, the cost price was less than three taels of silver, and even if it took another 300 rounds of ammunition, it would only cost four taels or five dollars. In order to strengthen the firepower of individual soldiers, Wu Chenxuan simply donated 20,000 taels of silver after completing the orders of various chambers of commerce and various prefectures to catch fast, plus the profits of a batch of large orders of pistols ordered by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, and issued a "Hidden Arrow" revolver to each soldier of the Wuyi New Army, and the Wuyi New Army became a veritable double spearman. New pistols are issued to individuals, according to the regulations of the Wuyi New Army, soldiers and civilians must carry them wherever they go, and other weapons must be handed over to the troops after retirement, except for the "Hidden Arrow" pistol and the multi-functional military * knife awarded at the award ceremony at the end of the recruit training are not required to be handed in, and in the following years, the "Hidden Arrow" revolver nicknamed "Six Wheels" has also become one of the symbols of the Wuyi New Army, and the soldiers of the Wuyi New Army who have returned to their hometowns with guns have also become natural law enforcers in the local villages. The bullies who oppress the good and the good can't get along anymore in the countryside of Shandong, and no one wants to be put on a few skylights by their own tenant farmers with "six wheels" on their heads when they are collecting usury.
In addition to the two guys, one long and one short, the Infantry Association was also equipped with the standard artifacts of the Japanese army that invaded China in later generations - 89 grenadiers and 92 infantry guns. Of course, it has become a tradition for Little Japan to infringe on and steal teachers, and Wu Chenxuan has the right to use it as an interest, who let Little Japan not even design a melon grenade until now.
The caliber of the grenadier is also 50 mm, the length of the whole gun is 413 mm, the length of the barrel is 260 mm, the weight of the whole gun is 2.7 kg, the weight of the barrel is 1.6 kg, the length of the barrel foot is 170 mm, the weight of the barrel plate is 1.1 kg, the height of the foot plate is 60 mm, the width of the foot plate is 67 mm, the maximum firing range is 700 meters, and the effective firing range is 500 meters. However, the grenade used is not a melon grenade from Little Japan, but a redesigned high-explosive bomb and a white phosphorus incendiary shell, and the cost of a grenadier is about one-third of a "Qin crossbow" rifle, which does not account for the establishment, so the grenadier is configured to the squad level in the infantry association, and is usually mastered by the squad leader or squad deputy. The infantry squad has also formed a combat mode with the Madsen light machine gun and this 50 grenadier named "Slingshot" as the core, and there are cheats such as "six wheels" in close combat.
The Infantry Association was also heavily armed with Type 01 70 infantry guns. The full weight of this cannon was only 200 kg, the requirements for transportation were low, and in the absence of a vehicle, untrained animal or human power could be towed forward. In addition to the fact that it can be disassembled for transportation, the requirements for road conditions in the war zone are almost reduced to a minimum. It can be said that the Type 01 infantry gun is an infantry gun that can truly accompany the infantry battalion in combat unconditionally. In fact, in the combat operations of the Wuyi New Army, as long as there are operations of the scale of the company, the mixing of Type 01 infantry guns is almost indispensable.
The Type 01 Infantry Gun is a very short gun, its overall height is only 62 cm, and this is the height of the shield. If the shield is removed, the full height will drop to about 50 centimeters, which is not as high as the Maxim heavy machine gun. This means that the Type 01 infantry gun can be easily hidden. This is a very useful advantage for infantry artillery that needs to fight in the line of fire. Taking advantage of this advantage, the Type 01 infantry gun can be deployed at a very close distance from the enemy's target, giving full play to the accuracy, suddenness and ferocity of firepower, and giving the infantry the support it needs at the first time. In the battles of the Wuyi New Army, there are often scenes where the Type 01 infantry gun and the Maxim heavy machine gun provide fire support to the infantry in the front.
The firing range of the Type 01 infantry gun is very wide: 90 degrees in the transverse range, and the angle of fire in high and low is almost 90 degrees. This is mainly due to the small size and light weight of the Type 01 infantry gun, coupled with the low center of gravity. Therefore, it can withstand a relatively large range of firing angle adjustment. Flexible application of firing angles, especially said to be able to reach elevation angles of more than 80 degrees, the Type 01 infantry gun can shoot at almost all types of targets: flat fire can be used as a cannon, which is enough to deal with civil fortifications and general masonry fortifications, and although the muzzle velocity of the shells is a little lower, it is still powerful enough to hit unprotected vehicles and armored vehicles; The warp shot can be used as a howitzer (this product was originally a howitzer). It can be used as a mortar when firing at large elevation angles. The maximum angle of fire of many mortars is only 85 degrees, because the 01 type infantry gun is a howitzer, the trajectory is more stable than the mortar, so the accuracy is much better than the mortar of the same caliber level (80 ~ 82 mm), and at the same time, with the help of high firing angle, when fighting in the mountains, the 01 type infantry gun can be conveniently deployed on the anti-slope position, so that it can provide timely support firepower for its own troops in the ridge line or frontal position, and hide itself well.
Although the sparrow is small, it has all five organs. The ammunition types of the Type 01 infantry gun are relatively complete. For a caliber 70 mm, in service with the beginning of the twentieth century, we can't ask too much, right? In particular, it is worth mentioning that the Type 01 infantry gun itself is ultra-light, and the shells fired are not light at all, and the high-explosive shells weigh 3.8 kg. It is on the same level as the general 75 mm barrel gun and the high explosive shell of the 80 mm mortar, which gives the Type 01 infantry gun a relatively large power (relative to caliber and weight).
In fact, from the overall performance point of view, in addition to weight and volume, the other performance of the Type 01 infantry gun is lagging behind the Western infantry cannon of the same caliber and canon and howitzer, but the quality of the weapon depends on the use environment. In Asia, the level of road traffic and the transportation capacity of the army are far inferior to those in Europe, and the same 2-ton artillery can be called light artillery in Europe, and it can run lively, but in Asia, it is necessary to set up a special unit for it. In this case, mobility is a relatively high priority in the proportion of the value factor of artillery. At this point, the Type 01 infantry gun did a good job. Moreover, in the battles in Asia, the combat intensity of artillery is far lower than that of Europe, and the living environment of artillery is much better than that of Europe, so the Type 01 infantry gun can make up for its lack of range, accuracy and power by firing at close range. And give full play to its multi-purpose characteristics, turning "average performance = mediocre performance" into "average performance = everything is universal", which truly reflects the characteristics of "one inch short, one inch risk".
As for the several new equipment of the artillery target, I will not introduce them one by one, lest the officials say that it is too watery, and then the spirit hunter attaches a list of weapons specially introduced in a chapter.
Let's talk about our lovely flying team, after the "Swift" battle was finalized, Feng Ru was banned from flying by Wu Chenxuan, Xiao Maozi and Feng Ru were designed to fly one tube and one tube, so all the work with the fly was Xiao Maozi alone, and Xiao Maozi's large "Wei Lihuang" also appeared in the list of officers of the Wuyi New Army. At present, the flying squadron has expanded to the size of a battalion, and the first to third "Swift" combat squadrons are all half full, but the 60 planes are already the largest flying group in the world. The Swift is no longer an aerial grenadier, and can be equipped with up to 8 20 kg aerial bombs or 2 50 kg thermite* incendiary bombs using a dedicated mechanical bomb pylon. The 20-kilogram high-explosive aerial bomb was almost a big deal in World War II, but the professional bomber that appeared in the late World War I was only 1-2 tons.
The fourth squadron is a full-fledged two-seater fighter squadron, because the machine gun and synchronizer were not taken out by Wu Chenxuan in advance to equip the troops, and the two-seat fighter that can be used as a fighter for air combat and as a trainer is still very cost-effective. Although it was not possible to shoot from the nose, considering the level of equipment of the pilots of both sides who often threw bricks and pens at each other in the early days of World War I, this full-time fighter equipped with a rear-seat machine gun and a front-seat wing-fixed machine gun was still a well-deserved Airlord for ten years. Equipped with forty two-seat "Swifts" in one go, Wei Lihuang's pilots who had just trained were overstretched, and there was no way to continue to pick out one hundred and ten bold and careful guys who could know two words from several infantry standards to continue training, but fortunately, there were no other instruments on the planes of this era except for the fuel gauge, airspeed gauge and barometric altimeter, and those who knew a few Arabic numerals and could read maps could become pilots. There is also a fifth squadron of 20 two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, which is also used as a training aircraft in normal times.
The ground support and guard strength of the flight brigade with 120 planes in full operation reached two battalions, and because they did not know how to report the establishment of the flight team to the imperial court, they simply counted the flight team and the ground troops at the airport as standard mechanical workers, and they were not included in the establishment of the Wuyi New Army. Who knows that the treatment of the standard factory is slightly higher than that of the new army of Wuyi, and the guys of the flight team are all at the level of technicians, and the air crew serves in a small stove on weekdays, and a family of three large tiled houses and a single courtyard near the airport are divided, and when the national defense force was established later, these guys with wings can't look down on the iron-gray national defense uniform, and they have no choice but to separate the flight team and set up a standard group flight team, and the army and air force have been separated from the beginning. It has also led to the fact that the Chinese National Defense Force, which has the highest combat effectiveness and is second to none, does not have an air force, and the absolute hegemon of the world's air force is actually a security department affiliated with an industrial and commercial group, which is strange enough.
After half a year of flying around, the surrounding villagers have become accustomed to these big kites buzzing overhead, and it is a waste to even look up. On the ground, the old peasants in cardigans and big braids took their heads with iron teeth and buried their heads in the ground, completely ignoring the fact that one or two hundred meters in the air were groups of biplane fighters roaring into the air. Sometimes the naughty children in the shade of the trees sit cross-legged on the branches, holding the slingshot of cow tendons with one eye open and one eye closed to practice anti-air shooting, and from time to time you can see the empty canned boxes thrown by the pilots and uncles to bomb the ammunition, this picture of the unity of the military and the people is really full of harmonious beauty.