Chapter 746: Surprise at Headquarters (First Update!) )
"How powerful can a cannon pipe made of two gasoline barrels be? How can it be? Except for the boss, everyone else in the yard showed a skeptical expression!
"Then go give it a try!" The deputy commander-in-chief made a decision very decisively!
"Hearing is false, seeing is believing!"
"Deputy Chief of Staff, can this Flying Thunder Cannon be used now?"
The deputy chief of staff also had an expectant expression on his face!
How powerful the flying thunder cannon is, and whether it can achieve combat results, he knew it from the telegram of the garrison regiment, and he has not really seen it!
Although he believed that the garrison would not exaggerate the results of the battle, the flying thunder cannon in front of him was too simple, and it seemed that it could not be connected with the powerful power expressed in the telegram!
He also wanted to see the power of this weapon with his own eyes!
If it is really so powerful, the appearance of the Flying Thunder Cannon will definitely be like a tiger for the Eighth Route Army, which is seriously lacking in heavy weapons!
He immediately replied: "The cannon barrels, explosive packs, propellants, and baffles are all made based on the data provided by the garrison regiment!" If the Thunder Cannon equipped by the garrison regiment can be used. The one we made up will definitely work as well! ”
"I'll arrange for the troops to conduct a test launch now!"
"However, if you want to stay away from the headquarters, it is best to go to the inaccessible mountains to avoid attracting the attention of the nearby Japanese puppet army!"
Five hours later, the guard regiment found a test launch site in the mountains, twenty kilometers from the headquarters!
Not only did the seven or eight people who had gathered in the courtyard just now come, but the commanders of several nearby military divisions also rushed over!
In the bunker nearly fifty meters away from the flying thunder cannon, the prospective telescope held the telescope, and the eyes without the telescope widened, wanting to see the next scene with their own eyes!
"Report chief, it's all ready!" The head of the guard rushed over and saluted and reported!
"In order to detect the specific power of the flying thunder cannon, with the consent of the deputy chief of the General Staff. We specially bought 30 sheep and scattered them at the test firing range, some were exposed on the surface of the position, some were hidden in the trenches, and two hidden bunkers were piled up with stones and put two sheep inside! ”
The deputy commander-in-chief was satisfied and ordered: "Then start the test firing!" Let the comrades participating in the test launch pay attention to safety! ”
"Boom ......"
The explosion soon sounded fifty meters away!
The moment the sound came, thick white smoke erupted from the barrel like fireworks!
Disc-sized packets of explosives are sprayed out of gasoline cans and fly forward in the air at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The explosives package didn't explode immediately after it hit the ground!
It took a full two seconds for a shocking image to make everyone jaw-dropping!
A cloud of white smoke mixed with a lot of black smoke suddenly rose from the ground.
When the flood spread like a flood to the surrounding area, a pillar of smoke rushed into the sky together!
"Boom ......"
It was only then that the sound of the earth-shaking explosion reached everyone's ears!
Just by listening to the sound of the explosion, you can see that the lethality of the explosive pack is not much smaller!
In addition, the explosives package was thrown 200 meters away in the first round of test firing of the flying thunder artillery, and the combat distance was enough!
The heart of the deputy chief of general staff who mentioned it suddenly relaxed!
Looking at the deputy commander-in-chief, his eyes were also shining with excitement!
Although the face was still as serious as ever, the chief of staff knew that the heart of the deputy chief of general staff must be very excited at this moment!
The process of making the Flying Thunder Cannon is so simple that almost every base can make it yourself!
Coupled with the powerful power of the flying thunder cannon just shown, it directly means that the Eighth Route Army will have another big killer weapon that can fight devils on the battlefield in the future!
"Boom...... Rumble ......"
Soon, the second explosion came, and a few seconds later, the second flying thunder cannon exploded more than three hundred meters away, raising a large amount of white smoke!
"Boom...... Rumble ......"
Immediately after, the Flying Thunder Cannon threw out two more explosive packets!
But this time, the white smoke rising from the test site has turned into black smoke, and the sound is not as violent as the previous two explosive packets!
"Boss, these two explosives are packed with black powder!" The Deputy Chief of Staff explained!
"In addition to the seizure, only a small part of the yellow explosives are produced by us, and the quantity is limited! And the charge of the explosive package is large, and our Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to use it! ”
"So the telegram sent by the garrison regiment also gave the flying thunder cannon a way to use black powder!"
"Because the yellow explosives are stable, and the propellant is related to whether the flying thunder cannon can throw out the explosive bag, and whether the flying thunder cannon will blow up the chamber, so the propellant must use yellow explosives!"
"But the explosive packs fired by the Flying Thunder Cannon can be replaced with black powder!"
"Black powder can be produced by itself in each base area, and even the guerrillas can make it themselves! Reducing the amount of yellow explosives and increasing the amount of black powder is more suitable for our Eighth Route Army, and it is also more conducive to our promotion of flying thunder artillery! ”
"Judging from the explosion sound in the test firing, although the power of the explosives packaging black powder is a little smaller, it is definitely no problem to kill devils, and now we are waiting for the guard regiment to count the specific lethality of the explosives package."
It took only twenty minutes for the head of the guard to rush over!
Before the test launch, there was still a skeptical expression, but at this moment, the face was surprised in addition to shock!
When he saw the deputy commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff, he excitedly reported: "Chief, the power of the flying thunder cannon is too terrifying!" ”
"The charge of the propellant is fixed, and the launch angle is also set, we only need to simply aim and determine the direction of the launch to ignite, which is simple and easy to learn, and ordinary soldiers can use it in one day!"
"Four explosives packages were shot, and the most biased error did not exceed 15 meters, and the most accurate error was only 3 meters, and the shooting accuracy was exactly the same as that reported by the garrison regiment, which fully met the operational needs!
"There are also explosive packs from the Flying Thunder Cannon, which are more powerful than I imagined!"
"Thirty sheep, except for two who are still alive, the others are all dead, and four sheep have been blown up without a trace!"
"Our judgment is that these four sheep were directly blown to pieces because they were too close to the impact point!"
"According to statistics, the effective killing range of the explosive package containing yellow explosives is 30 meters! Within fifteen days, even if we hid the goats in the trenches, they were shocked to death! ”
"The two goats hiding in the stone castle were not spared, and they were directly shocked to death!"
"Black powder is a little less powerful, but it's still powerful compared to ordinary shells!"
"The killing range is nearly twenty meters, and the killing range of the shock wave is also ten meters!"
The commander, who had just arrived, was excited at that time, and shouted in a hurry: "Boss, we need the drawings and related data of the flying thunder cannon!" ”
"Some time ago, a lot of gasoline barrels were seized from the stronghold, and as long as there are drawings, they can be converted into flying thunder cannons immediately!"
"The enemy can shock him to death when he hides in the bunker, if the flying thunder cannon is equipped with a large number of front-line troops, it will be much easier for us to fight the devil turret again!"
"Dig a trench and advance to the turret, then fire explosive packs at the devil's turret!"
"When the time comes, we don't need to attack, the devil can be shocked to death!"
Not to be outdone, another commander shouted!
"I want drawings too, we also have gasoline drums in our hands, and we have stockpiled a lot of yellow explosives!"
"Several devil strongholds next to the base have long been targeted by us, because they don't have heavy weapons, they have never dared to fight!"
"Now that I have the Flying Thunder Cannon, I will definitely send troops to take these strongholds immediately!"
"According to the intelligence, the devils have hoarded a lot of materials, weapons and ammunition in these strongholds, as long as they can be taken down, the problem of food and ammunition for the troops will be solved, and the captured weapons can be expanded by another regiment!"
Both commanders are battle-hardened veterans, and their eyes are very vicious!
The weapons they fancy are definitely not far behind!
The smile on the face of the deputy commander-in-chief became even stronger, and he seemed to have seen the picture of the Eighth Route Army capturing one Japanese puppet army stronghold after another on the battlefield after it had such a big killer weapon as the flying thunder cannon!
Immediately made a decision: "Chief of Staff, you immediately copy the drawings and data sent to us by the garrison regiment, and distribute it to all the troops above the regimental level of our Eighth Route Army to manufacture and equip a large number of flying thunder artillery!"
"If you don't have a gasoline barrel, you can find a way to seize it, and the devil will definitely be able to seize it if he is equipped with a large number of cars!"
"If there is no yellow explosive, black powder will be used, and each regiment must establish a special flying thunder artillery unit!"
"Of course, the Flying Thunder Cannon is not without weaknesses!"
"The firing range is short, it is easy to blow up the chamber when fired continuously, and the number of uses is limited...... These are all! ”
"Give them the relevant precautions when you give the drawings!"
"How to use the Flying Thunder Cannon, let them figure it out on the battlefield by themselves, the headquarters has no requirements!"
Back at the headquarters, everyone was in a very good mood!
But as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, he is destined to have too much time to rest!
As soon as I sat down, before I could catch my breath, the Director of Intelligence appeared!
"Chief of Staff, this is a piece of information from the intelligence department from within the North China Front of the Japanese Army, specifically an appointment!" The Chief of Intelligence handed the information in his hand to the Deputy Chief of Staff while reporting!
"Nakata Shanlang, in my impression, there doesn't seem to be this person among the dozens of generals of the North China Front!" The deputy chief of staff asked with a frown!
"There is no such person, Nakata Yama Lang was directly transferred from Japan, and he has now left the North China Front Headquarters and is on his way to Laiyuan!"
"The devil doesn't want to see the garrison continue to grow and develop!" The deputy chief of the General Staff saw the purpose of the Japanese army at a glance and replied with a long sigh!
Then he ordered: "Find out who this Nakata Yamaro is right away!"
"Thousands of miles from China to North China, and then directly to Laiyuan. The purpose is certainly not simple, we must know ourselves and know the other in order to survive the battle! ”
"Also, order all the base areas in North China, the intelligence department. Closely monitor every move of the Japanese puppet army! ”
"If they really have their eyes on the garrison, it is impossible to send only one major general over, there must be troops!"
As soon as the chief of intelligence left, the chief of staff walked up to the deputy commander-in-chief: "Boss, the little devils are starting to stop again, no accident, the garrison regiment that has been in the limelight recently has been targeted by them again!"