"General Wang, please see, this is the grenade and mortar I produced according to your intentions."

In the arsenal, Sergei said to Wang Bin.

Sergei has been working hard to invent mortars since the last time Wang Bin proposed a plan for the improvement of grenades and a model of a mortar, and today he has finally come up with his own results.

And after Wang Bin knew that the mortar had been manufactured, he didn't care about the grenade, but went directly to the arsenal to see the mortar that had just been made.

But after Wang Bin saw this mortar, he suddenly showed doubts on his face, this thing in front of him didn't look like the mortar in his impression.

Looking at the rather heavy artillery in front of him, which is a man high, how can he see that it is at least three or four hundred kilograms, and the caliber of this mortar is too large!

Sergei on the side said to Wang Bin in a proud tone: "In order to design this mortar, we referred to some small-caliber artillery and a variety of mortars from other countries, and we also paid attention to his range while designing. “

After Sergei finished speaking, Wang Bin frowned and said: "Mr. Sergei, I don't doubt your ability to make artillery, but as far as the cannon in front of me is concerned, its performance is indeed good, although it is a lot less weight than similar artillery, but the current location of this artillery is not suitable for the equipment needs of the Fifth Town." ”

After listening to Wang Bin's words, Sergei asked, "What does General Wang mean?" ”

Wang Bin said: "For mortar, my definition of it is a small support and strike artillery, which is responsible for striking and supporting from 500 meters to 1,000 meters, and is a kind of lightweight support artillery.

In addition to the requirements of weight and range, I also wanted this artillery to have a large angle trajectory, which would allow our shells to strike the enemy behind bunkers and fortifications.

And it allows the soldiers to do it, transfer the artillery with their bare hands and quickly establish the artillery position, of course, I know that this rapid mobility is a problem for the design of the artillery, so my suggestion is that if the weight is not as I expected, then consider the weight of it. “

Wang Bin's words were just based on his own understanding of mortars in his previous life.

At this time, Sergei was not dissatisfied with Wang Bin's words, but took out a small notebook and recorded what Wang Bin had just said.

However, Wang Bin was still not very reassured, so he emphasized again: "What we need is not artillery to conquer the fortress, but a light infantry support artillery that can quickly maneuver!" “

Then Wang Bin drew the appearance of the mortar in his impression, and also marked some relevant data.

In the opinion of Sergei on the side, the picture drawn by Wang Bin was not very good, but what Wang Bin told him opened the door to a new artillery design.

In order to let Sergei know more about the weapon of mortar, Wang Bin took the trouble to explain the concept of mortar several times.

After Wang Bin gave several explanations, Sergei and Wang Bin had several exchanges, and with the addition of your words and my words, the general design points of the mortar were quickly integrated, and at the same time, the caliber of the gun was set at 80 millimeters, and the weight was set at less than 100 kilograms.

At this time, Wang Bin had already set its initial tactical positioning for the mortar, that is, the infantry support artillery of the battalion level.

After discussing the mortar, Sergey took out another grenade.

This grenade was made so that Wang Bin couldn't find any problems, after all, there was a grenade as a weapon in this era, and Wang Bin just proposed a little bit of this weapon.

However, in order to be cheap, Wang Bin instructed to use black powder to reload, and after seeing the grenade in front of him, Wang Bin motioned for the soldiers on the side to try the grenade.

In fact, there is a very important factor in Wang Bin's production of grenades, that is, although his own troops have begun to conduct live-fire training, due to various factors, the intensity of live-fire training of soldiers is far less than that of those Western powers.

So Wang Bin thought of the grenade, which was extremely popular in later generations.

In history, no matter what war is indispensable, the grenade is indispensable, no matter what new weapons and new tactics appear in the back, how many old weapons are eliminated, the grenade is like a veteran standing aside quietly watching the changes of the times have led to the elimination of countless weapons, coldly looking at all kinds of high-tech weapons competing for beauty, while quietly occupying a place in the army's equipment.

Moreover, the grenade weapon does not require any live-fire training, only needs to be trained with a stone in peacetime, and there is no requirement for the quality and skills of the soldier, you just need to throw the grenade out.

Several soldiers, under the guidance of the technicians of the arsenal, began to prepare for the bomb, and after a while one soldier threw the grenade in his hand, and after a few seconds a ball of fire began to rise, followed by a loud explosion.

As soon as the bomb was dropped, Wang Bin said to Sergei: "This grenade is at least more than 30 meters away!" ”

"Yes, my lord, in our early tests, most of the distances thrown by the soldiers were concentrated between thirty and forty meters, but only a very few soldiers were able to exceed the distance of forty."

Sergey replied.

"Now the total weight of the grenade is about 900 grams, the charge is 150 grams, and the black powder proposed by the adults is used, although the price is cheap, but the power is a little small, if TNT can be used, then the power of the grenade can be improved."

Obviously, Sergei said this to Wang Bin, and apparently Sergei was a little dissatisfied with Wang Bin for letting him use black powder instead of TNT.

Regarding Sergei's dissatisfaction, Wang Bin just smiled in his heart, use TNT, just kidding, so that the production cost of this grenade makes him talk about a lot of equipment!

Later, after watching the experiment of multiple grenades, Wang Bin said with great satisfaction: "This grenade still seems to have met my expectations, although the power is a little smaller, but there is no hindrance." “

After finishing speaking, Wang Bin turned his head to Sergei on the side and said, "Your husband produces a batch of grenades and sends them to the barracks, I will try them out for a while and then introduce this weapon to Lord Yuan, and then place an order with the arsenal." “

After seeing that the grenade he produced was affirmed by Wang Bin, Sergei's heart was also extremely satisfied.