With the festive mood, Yevlov and the artillery company marched to the blacksmith village in a graceful manner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As an artilleryman, it is shabby to have only a few large-caliber mortars as the only heavy weapon! The current company commander, Doronin, wants his troops to be equipped with more heavy firepower weapons.

He had seen a recoilless gun, but he had never used it himself. Because in the original battle sequence, he served a 152 mm caliber heavy gun. Reduced to today's point, Doronin no longer dares to think so much. Perhaps the 284th Division that withdrew into the swamp will have the majestic demeanor of the past, and it will be in an unknown tomorrow.

"At least the artillery manufactured by the arsenal can at least make up for the lack of firepower, at least the artillery can finally have some artillery appearance." Doronin argued with himself and was hopeful about what was to come.

A few hours was not a long journey, and they all arrived at the blacksmith village by noon.

Yang Mingzhi, Yelenkina and others waited on the road with great interest, only to see a team, marching forward in a neat row

A hearty lunch awaited them first, but Doronin preferred to see the legendary weapon sooner.

Yang Mingzhi patted Doronin's shoulder: "Comrade, you are too anxious. We'll eat first, and then you'll all come and see the new weapons we've made. ”

"Don't be in a hurry, my fighters can't wait to equip them with new weapons!" With that, Doronin smiled innocently.

"Alright, come with us! Eat first, eat first. ”

Yang Mingzhi shook his neck, and the entire team continued to maintain formation, led by the militia.

Yevlov put his hands behind his back and felt the feeling of the conversation just now.

"Berekov, you have a weapons design bureau here, and it is said that you will supply three weapons. The first is the individual rocket-propelled grenade that we became famous for, and I'm really looking forward to this. The second is a recoilless gun, and the third is a mountain cannon. It is said that in your Chinese slang, mountain cannon is also a word to describe stupidity. ”

This old Maozi really stayed in the Far East for a long time, and Yang Mingzhi smiled.

"Let's go, you two men have something to do at the dinner table and talk again." Yerenkina urged impatiently.

This lunch was asked by Yang Mingzhi to add ingredients, in addition to the general Russian food, but also deliberately added some Chinese food. Hearty dishes are all about celebrating Christmas, as well as applauding the success of the new weapon.

Yang Mingzhi proudly pulled the star fruit, who was still wearing an apron, to the front desk and praised it: "Many of the dishes in this meal were cooked by our Besika, and she also instructed the chefs in the blacksmith village. These days, the fighters can eat very well. ”

Everyone's applause made star fruit very embarrassed, she was very mature, and she was still a little girl in her heart. Shy, she immediately hid behind her husband, and besides, there were several old hairy people gathered at this table, as well as a few bottles of wine, which was real, and the little girl still avoided it with interest.

"Everyone eats and drinks well, and I have to go to the kitchen to guide those people to continue cooking. I left first. "Carambola found someone who flashed immediately and left Yang Mingzhi full of words.

In the private room of this cafeteria, there was only one woman. However, this woman is also a strong woman, and she can even be regarded as a man.

Everyone toasted each other, and lunch began.

It was natural to talk about things at dinner together, and Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but ridicule Doronin. "Now the strength of the troops has increased, originally our 284th Infantry Division had two artillery regiments and a lot of heavy artillery. After the defeat of the war, the two artillery regiments were actually left with the only artillery battery. Doronin, you and your men are already the last essence of artillery. ”

This lift made Doronin a little complacent.

Yang Mingzhi continued: "I discussed with the political commissar of the division, and our army's artillery must be expanded in response to the new form. You Doronin, perhaps, should be promoted to battalion commander, the artillery company to an artillery battalion, and the replenishment of personnel is already imminent. ”

Yang Mingzhi turned his head to look at Yevlov again: "This is what I mean as the chief of staff, and the division commander has to make a decision when the decision is made." ”

"I couldn't agree more! It's not just the artillery that needs to be expanded, we are now facing a lot of military development programs. After the increase in troops, the new units will have to be reorganized, and our 284th Division will have great discretion to deal with the war situation of guerrilla warfare, and there is no need to stick to the previous positional warfare army establishment. Now Heitu Village wants to build a cavalry battalion for mobile operations adapted to local conditions, Chekov's tank π is also of great use, the Air Force does not say much, there is only one fighter, and finally Doronin's artillery. ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded: "We really can't produce heavy artillery, the artillery with short reaction range, high efficiency, and easy and flexible movement is what we need most at present." So Comrade Doronin, just this month, your men will be armed with ten recoilless guns. For this, the artillery battalion must be set up quickly, and you will quickly rise to the rank of battalion commander! ”

The eldest husband fights to defend his family and country, and also to make meritorious contributions. This is the attitude of the soldiers of the armies of most countries, and the opportunity is in front of Doronin. In peacetime, it is really difficult for him to continue to be promoted, and if this war had not happened, he would have continued to serve until the time came to retire.

The cruel and bloody opportunity of history was in front of him. He! In peacetime, an ordinary artillery cannot be in an ordinary artilleryman, because the expansion relationship is promoted from platoon commander to company commander, which is almost the momentum of promotion.

His comrades were wiped out, and only he and a few of his men escaped. If he doesn't get promoted, who will be promoted?

Doronin immediately stood up like a spring and saluted! I couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Looks like you're very excited, Comrade Doronin." Yevlov said with a smile. "Now hurry up and eat, battalion commander Doronin, your men will actually operate our recoilless guns in the afternoon."

Including Doronin's men, the soldiers of this company came empty-handed this time. They had a very hearty lunch and a lot of meat, and everyone was aware that it was for the important moments of the afternoon.

In the meantime, routine maintenance of the first recoilless gun was completed that morning.

Speaking of this gun, Rigushkov was very satisfied, its simple structure made it difficult to have damage problems. This thing is just an iron pipe that fires the projectile, because the power is limited, the chamber pressure cannot break the steel, and the nozzle behind the butt is to relieve the pressure of the gun chamber to counteract the recoil.

The biggest drawback is the residue and smoke of black powder. In the previous test guns, the soldiers used the cannon to clean off the residue, which seemed to go back to the last century.

The first recoilless gun was calculated to have a muzzle velocity of 300 m/s and a maximum range of 3 km at a 45-degree angle, which was recorded as a long-range fire support weapon, better than mortars. Of course, as a cannon flat fire to bomb German tanks, the effect is theoretically good. (To be continued.) )