Chapter 146: Urgent Anti-Aircraft Weapons (Part II)
Bai Yi was right, because Lao Ge's letter said a lot of details that were not recorded in the war report, in fact, the appetite of the independent reinforcement regiment at that time was still very large, not only to eat the United Nations troops in the 9 highway area in one bite, but even to prepare the classic encirclement tactics to send reinforcements, and the reinforced United Nations troops were dumplings together. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, they did not expect that after the offensive was launched, the US Air Force, which had air supremacy, would be able to carry out uninterrupted bombing of the attacking volunteers with extremely high intensity, especially during the day, countless combat planes unscrupulously bombarded the follow-up echelons, fortifications, command nodes, logistics supply depots, and other strategic points of the volunteers.
As for the front-line infantry of the Chinese People's Volunteers, who were constantly attacking the US defensive formation, they were the key targets of their attack; under the frantic bombing of the US Air Force, Lao Ge and his men completely lost their offensive capability after they only drove the US "mad cow" company-level battle group into the anti-infantry mine formation.
As for the troops responsible for intercepting and sending reinforcements, because they underestimated the offensive intensity of the US fighters in terms of air defense, they were bombed extremely fiercely from the very beginning, and the blocking and reinforcement units suffered heavy casualties.
It is even possible that under the blockade of the superior firepower of the US army, it will be trapped in the position by its powerful counter-assault, and seeing this, the independent reinforced regiment decisively withdrew from the battle, but even so, the US planes in the sky still bombed indiscriminately until the ground forces of the United Nations Army completely withdrew to the south of the Qingchuan River.
It is precisely because of this that many well-conceived encirclement and annihilation battles of the Volunteer Army have turned into rout battles, and the price paid is several times that of the civil war, so that Lao Ge shouted at the end of the letter: "Lao Bai, the front line is in urgent need of anti-aircraft weapons, and it is urgent, urgent, urgent!" ”
The three "urgent" not only express the helplessness of the front-line volunteers, but also entrust the deep desire of the soldiers!
After Chen Yaoyang read it, he also passed Lao Ge's letter to a few people present like Bai Yi, and after the others read it all, the original joy was shrouded in a layer of haze, the volunteers on the Korean front line were victorious, but it was a victory fought with flesh and blood, the result was valuable, but the price was very heavy!
"Chief Bai is right, our air defense weapons should be tightened!"
Chen Yaoyang took a sip of some cold water, and exhaled a long breath, as if he had released all the depression just now, he was a technician, but he was also an iron-blooded soldier who had been on the battlefield.
Now, as a technician, even if he can't go to the battlefield, he should use his mind and hands to increase the victory chips for the soldiers on the front line, such as the Type 50 automatic rifle, the new grenade and anti-infantry mines, and now the volunteers continue to have anti-aircraft weapons, how can he be at ease.
So he clenched his fist and pounded it on the table: "We can no longer let the volunteer soldiers on the front line sacrifice senselessly, so I agree with the opinion of Section Chief Bai, first put aside other research projects, and make every effort to tackle key air defense weapons, I believe that as long as we think in one place, work hard in one place, and concentrate our forces, we should be able to get the initial prototype of air defense out!" ”
There are many people who have the same idea as Chen Yaoyang, and after hearing it, they can't help but nod their heads in agreement, no way, Lao Ge's letter makes it very clear that the powerful US Air Force has become the biggest obstacle to the volunteers, countless unprovoked sacrifices, and many campaign ideas that have to be given up are all caused by the US Air Force.
If the front line can be equipped with an effective air defense weapon, not to mention whether it can turn the tide of the war, but at least it can reduce unnecessary losses, almost everyone in the field agrees with Chen Yaoyang's opinion.
However, just when everyone began to discuss the topic of air defense weapons enthusiastically, a voice that was not high-pitched and not very confident, but extremely harsh, suddenly sounded in this humble office: "I don't understand the design, but I think there may be problems in manufacturing, you must know that the last time we got the 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun, it was a failure in manufacturing......
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately followed the prestige, only to find that it was Ren Xudong, a fitter sitting in the corner, who was talking timidly, and he became the focus of attention in front of him, Ren Xudong's dark face couldn't help but blush slightly, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "I'm just talking, I'm just talking...... Don't mind, don't mind......"
Don't mind listening to it in your ears, but Ren Xudong is like an innocent and romantic child, and he said "the emperor's new clothes" in one sentence, Ren Xudong is right, because of the existence of Bai Yi, Chen Yaoyang, Wang Dehua and others, Baiyun Factory has no problem in weapon design, and the real problem is stuck in manufacturing.
Different from firearms and grenades, some machine tools with acceptable precision, with the skilled processing skills of the masters, can be produced in a steady stream, and many high-power weapons and equipment require more professional equipment to process, not only that, in order to meet some specific requirements, some special materials are also essential.
And these two are the core resources that the whole China lacks the most, and because of this, the ideas of many advanced equipment of Bai Yi and others can only stay in the conceptual stage, and they cannot be turned into reality at all, and the reason for this is precisely here, taking the 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun developed by Bai Yi and others before the war as an example.
According to Bai Yi's original idea, the gun body is made of light alloy materials to reduce weight, and the casing uses riveting and welding to increase structural strength, but due to the lack of light alloy materials, only bulky cast iron materials can be used, and the riveting and welding processes are not up to standard, so they are forced to use stamping technology instead.
As a result, a single-barreled 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun is actually half heavier than the same double-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun in Europe, in addition, because the recoil of the 14.5mm high-power ammunition is too large, the magazine of the stamping structure can not withstand the impact of such high temperature and high pressure, resulting in frequent failures during test firing, and even almost a safety accident.
Not only 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns, but also individual grenade launchers, high-powered rocket launchers, sniper rifles, and other weapons and equipment that Bai Yi and others have conceived for a long time, have encountered similar problems and cannot be realized......