"Now the experimental artillery battalion already has four rear-loading guns, and at the same time, the Luo'an Arsenal has informed that the two 75-millimeter rear-loading guns they urgently tested and produced will also complete a simple test in three days, and will be allocated to the experimental artillery battalion for follow-up in-depth testing."

"And our rear-loading shells, because of the use of metal integrated shells, new collision fuses and primers, the overall process is relatively high, the production is more difficult, the output has not been high, plus the previous rear-loading shells have been consumed more, so at present, we only have a reserve of 1,000 rounds of 75 mm rear-loading cylindrical shells!"

1,000 rounds of rear-loading artillery shells seems to be a lot, but the experimental artillery battalion will soon be able to fully complete the fleet with six rear-loading guns, and now the Luo'an garrison is more dependent on the long-range artillery support of this experimental artillery battalion, which is not enough!

Qiu Honglin continued: "The reserve of rear-loading ammunition is relatively better, our army has installed 23,000 Qingshan rear-loading rifles or Nanhai rear-loading rifles in various units, counting the distribution and the reserves of various units and the reserves of our logistics department, the total number is about 1.5 million rounds, and on average, each rear-loading gun has a reserve of about 65 rounds of ammunition. ”

"But according to our army's previous battles, the bullet consumption of rear-loading rifles is extremely large, and sometimes soldiers can shoot hundreds of bullets in a single battle, according to this situation, we predict that with the current number of rear-loading rifle equipment, it is expected that the southward campaign can consume at least more than two million rounds of rear-loading ammunition, and our rear-loading ammunition reserves are still a lot worse."

"However, the Aoyama Machinery Factory and the Luoan Arsenal are producing rear-loading ammunition day and night, and will do their best to ensure the continuous supply of rear-loading ammunition!"

"In addition to ammunition, we are also relatively well prepared in terms of weapons, at present, our army's various units, there are many front-loading rifles, and even more, rear-loading rifles, a total of 23,000 rear-loading rifles have been installed, of which 13,000 are Qingshan Type 2 rifles, 10,000 are South China Sea rifles, and at the same time, the two arsenals can modify 7,000 Fuyuan muskets every month, and the Luoan Arsenal produces 3,000 new South China Sea rifles every month."

"In terms of artillery, we have captured a large amount of trophies to supplement the troops, plus the arsenal produces its own troops, and at present, our four divisional artillery regiments, three heavy artillery regiments, and other fixed artillery units have all been fully established."

"However, due to the imbalance in the types of artillery, the artillery attached to each artillery regiment is also slightly different, but the artillery regiment in the field unit will be equipped with at least three artillery batteries of 120 mm field guns."

"There is also a slight shortage of horses, and each artillery company can only be equipped with about 100 horses for the time being, which will reduce the mobility of the artillery unit to a certain extent, and we are currently trying to find a way to solve it."

In fact, Qiu Honglin's words, if people from other countries on the Blue Star heard it, they would probably be able to directly despise him.

An artillery company with about a hundred horses, what do you want?

But a nine-pound artillery company with a hundred horses is not very good in Daheng's place......

It is said that decades ago, when the Daheng Army was fighting.

A complete nine-pound field artillery company should include about 150 artillerymen, plus about 150 horses, at least 12 ammunition trucks, at least 20 two-wheeled trailers, a heavy four-wheeled transporter, and a blacksmith's car, and sometimes some auxiliary personnel, sometimes as many as 167 horses, and a personnel of more than 100 people.

And on the entire Blue Star, only the Great Heng people are so extravagant to fight, and if it is replaced by the army of other places, it would be good for an artillery company to have a hundred horses.

There is no way, Daheng is a horse farming nation, there are many horses, and the Shayang horses that are kept in large numbers by civilian use are originally one of the top service horses on this planet.

At the same time, the terrain in most places in Daheng is flat, and the artillery units of Daheng people don't look at their heavy artillery, but in fact, if you look at it according to the standards of other countries, even a nine-pound field gun is used as cavalry artillery.

In good road conditions and good weather, a standard Daheng nine-pound field artillery company can run thirty or forty kilometers a day if it conducts a rapid march, which is much faster than the infantry......

Of course, this is all in the past, and now that the feudal towns have been fighting for so many years, the feudal towns are short of horses.

And horses are indispensable for artillery units!

For an artillery unit, artillery does not cost anything, artillery is cheaper, and the only thing that is more expensive is artillery shells, but artillery shells are only used in battle.

And in peacetime, when there is no war, the cost of horses is the highest.

There are more than a hundred horses, which is much more terrifying than a human taste.

At the time of the Heng Olympic War, the Sixth Legion of Daheng had about 100,000 troops, but it had to supply nearly 400 tons of supplies for horses every day......

As a comparison, during World War II on the earth, a mechanized division of the US army, which had tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery and many other weapons and more than 20,000 troops, consumed only six or seven hundred tons of materials per day in an offensive state!

Note that this is only talking about the offensive state, if you don't attack, you don't actually need much supplies, after all, the armored vehicles don't start, they don't need to burn oil, and they don't need to consume ammunition.

However, the Sixth Army of the Daheng Army, with 400 tons of supplies for horses every day, is not to be moved, and it is needed every day!

In order to supply the more than two million imperial troops who participated in the war, the Daheng Empire was stunned and went bankrupt......

Before the war, the Daheng Empire was a first-class power in Blue Star, but after the war, it collapsed directly......

This has to be said to be a very ironic thing.

But that was all in the past, and now, everyone in the many feudal towns of Daheng is also short of horses.

Lin Ziran's troops are naturally no exception, the war horses needed by the cavalry troops have always been in short supply, although a large number of excellent war horses have been obtained by surrendering and seizing, and even now they control the source of horses in most areas of Luo'an County, and control the officially controlled Lingchang Horse Farm, but there is still a lack of excellent war horses!

How to say it, in fact, it is not a shortage, but no matter how little it is!

Now the cavalry troops under Lin Ziran's command have three independent cavalry brigades in addition to the cavalry regiments and battalions under the division and mixed brigades, and the total number of cavalry has exceeded 10,000 cavalry.

But Lin Ziran still felt that it was not enough.

The terrain of Daheng Maduo is flat, and the importance of cavalry is undoubted, so no amount of more is enough.

With Qiu Honglin's explanation, everyone also had a general understanding of the situation of weapons and ammunition, and finally Qiu Honglin swore that there was no problem with the supply of weapons and ammunition, which was enough to support a large-scale battle.

Since there is no problem with the supply of weapons and ammunition, then there is only one remaining problem, and that is how to fight!

And at this time, the discussion of everyone really began.

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