In Hexi Prefecture, the wild wolf regiments in the defensive state were the first to be strengthened with weapons, and their artillery numbers were greatly strengthened. This made Zhao Laosan and Zhang Zhen very happy, because this meant that there was still a lot of room for improvement in their combat effectiveness.

In order to increase the firepower of the defensive combat units, the Republican Army first replenished the mountain divisions in a combat state with a large number of artillery, except for a part of the direct-fire artillery, most of which were mortars that could be fired in a curved manner, as well as field artillery. The number of mortars occupied by them is very large.

Because according to the information fed back on the battlefield, the use of curved artillery is the most beneficial.

As the IRA became more and more at war, they fought almost all the major military forces in the North, and the other side became familiar with the way the IRA fought. First of all, the massive frontal charge quickly disappeared, because such an attack was difficult to carry out and the casualties were huge. For the enemy, they pay for flesh and blood, while the Republican Army can achieve this point with only a few ammunition consumption. In such a situation, it is still very difficult for them to accomplish all kinds of advantages, and in such a situation, it is almost impossible to accomplish such something for you.

On the contrary, whether it was the imperial army in the south or the Huns in the north, they began to follow the example of the republican army and adopt some offensive methods to deal with such methods, for example, they would take the digging of trenches, little by little, in this way to dodge the shells, the frenzied fire of fire. It's a very effective way, and although it seems very cowardly, it is very effective.

This is the same way of fighting against the expeditionary force of Tsarist Russia back then, even if the other side has the advantage in troops, but it is still unable to confront the crazy shooting in firepower, because in fact, it has been proved many times that the Republican Army has become more and more mature in the application of firepower, and if you want to carry out large-scale attacks, you will make them pay a greater price of casualties, such an approach will only bring them greater disasters, and even, make it difficult for them to continue, in such a situation, They simply can't step further than that.

After using trench warfare, not only can they greatly reduce the disadvantages of various offensive operations, especially the disadvantages of attack, but under such an attack, they will gain a wider advantage, and even, they will gain a greater degree of superiority, in such a situation, they will not be able to achieve such a situation at all.

The Republican Army suddenly discovered that trench warfare was somewhat detrimental to enemy attacks.

Most of their artillery are direct-fire artillery, even if you can use ** curved fire, but the distance will increase significantly, for close attacks, the development is very unfavorable, the shells can not threaten the enemy because of the angle, at this time the shells can not be made larger, the effect of the bombing is far lower than expected, the enemy hiding in the trench is easy to dodge the killing of fire, in such a situation, the Republican army needs a new weapon, he can fire from the head of the enemy in the trench, This requires his ballistics to be extremely curved, and at the same time, they are not too heavy, and they can be configured to the first line of infantry companies. Because under normal circumstances, infantry company operations are the basic combat units deployed at the forefront of operations.

Mortars were laid out in such a situation, and the weight of the republican mortars was still relatively large, and there were only three such mortars in an artillery platoon, and most importantly, they consumed relatively large firepower. In such a situation, a lot of things are actually not going very smoothly for them.

A mortar platoon of the Republican Army has nearly 50 people, mainly because the weight of the mortar is relatively heavy, and his firing speed is not very high in comparison, but the bad thing is that because of the limitations of the barrel technology, his artillery can not fire too fast, and at the same time the time can not be too long, which is the shortcoming of the first generation of mortars, after all, they can come up with such equipment is already very good.

If the mortar is fired very quickly, it will form a great disadvantage, and even in many cases, it will be in a very difficult situation to control, and in such a situation, many of their things are actually in a very unfavorable situation, and this situation is a great difficulty for them, which will bring them a great disadvantage.

The infantry company reinforced an artillery platoon, and the infantry battalion, reinforced an artillery company. The regiment has strengthened the artillery battalion, so that the firepower of the entire regiment and the infantry division will be greatly increased, and their attack power and bombardment ability will pose a huge threat to them, and in such a situation, their combat capability will be greatly increased to an astonishing level.

In this way, the firepower of one of the combat divisions of the Republican Army has been greatly increased, but the number of their infantry has been greatly reduced, which is also a helpless move, after all, in such a situation, it is unlikely that the personnel will be expanded too much. If there are too many troops, it will be very difficult to control the entire military spending.

Lijiazhuang.

"This is indeed a problem, the increase in firepower has increased to an uncontrollable state. On the other hand, some of our situations will also be in a very bad state, for example, the transportation of our logistics and supplies will be in a very unfavorable situation, in such a situation, many of our things will become extremely difficult to control, and even, many of our situations will become extremely difficult to control, in such a situation, our situation is really bad. Shang Wu said so.

As a result of the reorganization and military reform, the IRA began to evolve from a tactical center to a firepower center, and the firepower center brought increased pressure on logistics and supplies, because the extra artillery units needed shells and ammunition consumption increased to an uncontrollable state. If the battle lasts longer, the outcome of their battle will become more difficult to control, and in such a situation, they will need to make greater supply improvements.

"Although the transportation capacity of our four-wheeled ox carts has increased significantly, the amount of ammunition and material supplies for an infantry division has increased by more than 200 compared with the past, and his material consumption may exceed 30,000 stone in a month of fighting. With the addition of ammunition, this number will exceed 150,000 stones, and if it lasts for a long time, this number may exceed 300,000 stones. Although the amount of food needed has been relatively reduced, the supply of ammunition has increased considerably. This requires us to have at least 10,000 of these supply ox carts to keep them running, and the logistical pressure is too great. Jia Xu said with such a report.

He is very worried about such a thing, there is indeed nothing wrong with increasing firepower, in this way, the war will become very easy to fight, the army will not take great risks, and parallel advance can achieve the tactical results they want, but the problem is that their supply materials, coupled with the continuous advancement of the combat area, the logistical pressure is very high, and Jia Xu has a headache for the whole problem.

"I have to say that your idea is also very good, and commercial operation can also be achieved, to solve such problems, for example, the trade demand for Hexi Prefecture, the continuous supply of materials to the Huns exceeded 300,000 stone every month. Again, it was difficult to carry out because of the weather. The subsequent material needs will become even greater. But the problem is that the condition of the roads and the increase in the combat distance will increase the cost of transportation a lot, and the war will become more and more difficult to fight. Our shells had to change hands twice before they could reach the front line, and the pressure was really high. Jia Xu said embarrassedly.

"Well, what you said has exceeded the transportation conditions of four-wheeled ox carts, and our solution is to use the method of transshipment, and at the same time, such vehicles have high requirements for the road, and the difficulty of future operations will increase greatly, if we can't advance along the road, our logistics supply will be easily cut off by the enemy." Shang Wu said this, and as he spoke, Shang Wu found a report.

"You can check this out." Shang Wu said and handed a report to Jia Xu.

"This is a way to transport coal near Handan, and this way in Luzhou also transports iron ore and coal resources, and if we promote such a method on a large scale, it is also a very effective way for us." Shang Wu said.

Shang Wu said that the way before the early train, but the traction is not the train locomotive, but the ox, the use of animal power for the traction of the rail car, laying rails on the ground, can be to a large extent of fast transportation of a large number of mineral resources, which is much higher than the individual transportation efficiency, in such a case, although they use animal power, but can use more animal power, if the use of relay transportation, can also transport more wagons to transport, although the transportation is very troublesome, But to meet their demand for iron ore and coal, which is a completely new mode of production, in such a situation, Shang Wu believes that their future mode of transportation will be carried out in some such ways.

"Popularizing such a way to carry out?" Jia Xu asked Shangwu like this.

"Yes, that's very important for us, and if we can do that, it will be in our best interest." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Oh." Jia Xu looked at the report.