The RM-105 experimental gun has been built a complete prototype, which is also the basis of the tests, otherwise Horch would not have had great hopes for this weapon, but after the first two blows, Horch's expectations for the RM-105 have become stronger and stronger.

For the sake of fairness, the debugging of all elements is chaotic, and even the muzzle of the gun is biased, after receiving Eric's order, Horch did not leave the risk control range of the artillery, which is to express his confidence in this weapon. Different from the relationship between Eric and Faulk, Horch is very different from Eric in terms of appeal and age, but Fokk, who is similar in age and interests, has formed a deep fate with him. Horch's risky approach didn't move Eric much, but stared intently at the gun being debugged, unable to take his eyes off it.

The RM-105's gun loading, adjustment method, and aiming method are completely different from the current mainstream artillery, which can be regarded as a rebellion against traditional artillery, and it is also an extremely bold attempt.

The RM-105 gun has a steel bracket as the only load-bearing structure standing upright on the ground, and the part between the base and the gun carriage is inserted into the middle disc, which is used to adjust the direction, which is a very risky behavior, if it is not very confident in the material, Eric is very sure that this bearing can break with only one shelling, after all, the recoil of the gun is unimaginably large, although the effect of the brake can relieve some of the opposing force, but the remaining kinetic energy is still terrible.

This oddly shaped gun has six carefully selected operators, a gunner, who is responsible for adjusting the elements and firing, a deputy as an assistant, two loaders, and finally two dispensable loading off-takers, whose main responsibility is to clean the chamber, and when there is no need to clean up, it is the same work as the loader.

After the gunners were adjusted, the four loaders began to carry the shells twenty meters from the cannon into a huge tin box, and after stacking one of the tin boxes, they also filled the next tin box.

"Isn't that redundant?" Brauchitsch, who was somewhat incomprehensible, said sullenly.

With the previous failures, it was not only Brauchitsch who no longer had hope in Hoch, but everyone in the Ministry of Defense.

"I'm a little scared to hear you say that." Eric had the feeling that his eyelids had jumped a few times after hearing Brauchitsch's words without warning, and a very bad premonition filled his mind.

"Are you afraid of an explosion? Why don't you let them stop? Brauchitsch thought that the president was afraid of an accident and wanted to stop the test.

"You're back! Take a good look! Eric's sudden frenzy made everyone present a little puzzled.

"Can anyone answer our question Mr. Minister?" Eric took a few deep breaths and tried to find someone with the discerning eye in the group. But the next scene verifies the eyelid fluttering.

"Do you know what are the advantages of countersunk bullets over traditional bottle bullets?" Eric asked unrelentingly.

"The caliber has become larger, the overall size has been shortened, and the penetration ability has become stronger..." Answers like these were heard in an instant.

"Okay, I'm too lazy to teach you a lesson, the most commander, if you all don't have confidence in burying your head, how can you convince the soldiers below?" Eric waved his hand to stop the discussion and said, "Open your information." ”

"The overall length of the ammunition is shortened not only because of the so-called penetrating ability, but also by what we will officially call it penetrating power in the future. And this effect is by no means to make the caliber larger. Eric pointed the information in his hand at the front and pointed a few more places with his finger and said, "It's here, here, here's changed." ”

"I think people who have some basic knowledge can still find the difference if they look closely, as the ammunition is shortened, the entire barrel, that is, the overall length of the original performance indicators required by the gun body, is also shortened, and the benefits are not only reduced in weight and material requirements, but also opportunities for other aspects of the weapon, or to expand capabilities." Eric turned to the schematic diagram of the 30mm cannon designed by the Rheinland company, which everyone was not optimistic about before, and said: "The reason why some people think that this gun can be stuffed into a tank is because it is small enough, the weight is not difficult, and it can also have a very fast rate of fire." ”

Then Eric pointed to the RM-105 gun that had been prepared in the distance and said: "Just like the RM-105 that is being tested now, it also uses a feed system, and Minister Brauchitsch's "extra move" is to get the shells into the pre-launch position, you can understand that because of the limitations of materials and the design of the ammunition feeder, it is not as beautiful as a small-caliber cannon, and it needs to be loaded manually, instead of getting him a shell magazine." Eric frowned and looked at Brauchitsch and said, "If I hadn't been here today, I'm really afraid that you would have messed me up, no matter how practical this gun is now, this design concept alone can make this weapon last for decades." ”

When you hear Mr. President talk about the design concept that has been used for decades, you can't help but breathe heavily, because the weapons that have been used for decades with the design concept are all weapons of mass destruction. The eyes that everyone looked at RM-105 again were not mocking or cold, but hot. This is Eric's charm, his undefeated record, his fabulous means of operation and appeal have cast a halo on him, and what he says is a beacon of life.

Horch was too far away to hear what Eric was saying, but the telescopes could see that the expressions of the men were very different from before.

After Eric's firing order was delivered, the RM-105 finally fired the famous shot according to the command flag of the commander on the side.

There was no bluffing movement that looked black and stupid, but the moment the flames erupted, everyone present held their breath.

Horch was also nervous, as he was not sure how well the gun would perform, and the previous tests had not been fully assembled, at least not with the clumsy bearing.

Because it was broad daylight, the trajectory of the cannonball was not easy to identify under the sunlight, everyone had to look at the position of the target, after a few seconds, the cannonball fell on the side of the target, almost fell on it, Horch thought it was hit because it was too far away, but with the red flag floating in the distance after shaking it three times, after the dust cleared, he saw the intact target, not to mention how disappointed.

It's just that Horch also kept comforting himself that it was already very good to be able to get close to the target for the first test firing, this idea was only known to him, but the shocked Wehrmacht generals in the stands and the somewhat surprised Eric didn't think so.

Eric never expected such a good result in the first test shot, but he seems to have found two key factors, one is the general introduction of sights and cost. Presumably, the 110,000 Federation Mark gun must be equipped with some extremely expensive accessories, and the sight should be one of them, because the cost of any weapon without accessories is not so high.

The second shelling soon began after the second round of adjustments by the gunners, and the shell finally landed on the target, and the Wehrmacht in the stands applauded, but Horch could not see it at all.

After hitting the target for the second time, Horch looked at the connection of the bearing with some concern, because of the weather, the structural parts were clear at a glance, Horch checked it and found that there was no problem, and after hesitating again and again, he said: "Trouble to have a rapid fire of 6 consecutive rounds, hard work." ”

Horch left preoccupied after his instructions and got into the car to the stands.