The next day, the conference room was full of people early, and when Wang Bin came to the conference room, he looked at the full army officers and did not say any nonsense, but directly pointed out the theme of the meeting.

"I think everyone knows about this meeting, which is to make a summary of the anti-bandit battle a few days ago and make a conclusion on mortars."

Wang Bin directly said the outline of the meeting.

As soon as he finished saying this, an officer got up and said: "My lord, judging from our army's test firing of mortars this time, the power and rate of fire of this mortar are superior, and it is particularly suitable for carrying with the army, and the requirements for firing positions are much lower than the usual artillery. ”

Wang Bin fixed his eyes and saw that the officer who stood up was Liu Wangzhen when he surrounded and suppressed the bandits.

Liu Wangzhen's words can be regarded as a general introduction to mortars, and many officers in the fifth town can be regarded as relatively familiar with mortars, after all, when suppressing bandits, the power of mortars is there, but for He Zonglian, it is a little unbelievable.

How is this possible? It is incredible that a cannon can be carried by soldiers and can be assembled in wartime, even people like He Zonglian who have never touched artillery know how much power artillery will exert once it has achieved such a point.

It's just a pity that since He Zonglian came to the Fifth Town, because she had some opinions about Wang Bin at the beginning, He Zonglian is still quite excluded in the Fifth Town, so this time the bandits did not notify He Zonglian to go and observe.

What surprised He Zonglian the most was that the rate of fire of this mortar reached more than ten rounds per minute, and the price was relatively low, which made He Zonglian have the heart to continue listening, but after hearing the shooting distance behind, He Zonglian did not feel like listening anymore, the ultimate range of this mortar can only shoot three thousand meters, which is not as good as other artillery, so in He Zonglian's eyes, this mortar is just grandstanding.

After Liu Wangzhen introduced the mortar, Wang Bin immediately said: "Everyone already has an understanding of this mortar, and the rest is about what kind of establishment this mortar should belong to?" How to equip? What should be the post-equipment establishment? How much should you equip exactly? “

It was only now that Wang Bin's words made this meeting really begin.

After Wang Bin finished speaking, Chen Dongsheng, who had performed well in the battle against bandits, stood up and said: "In my opinion, this mortar is extremely suitable for use with infantry, both its range and mobility indicate that it should be used with the infantry team, so I still say this, no matter how many mortars there are, they should be directly used by our infantry battalion." “

As soon as Chen Dongsheng's words came out, he was approved by the battalion management bands, who doesn't want their subordinates to have stronger firepower? Not to mention that this mortar is inherently a weapon created for infantry charges, and who is in charge if it is not under the control of the infantry battalions?

Just after Chen Dongsheng finished speaking, Liu Wangzhen stood up again and expressed different opinions.

As the only officer who has commanded a mortar so far, Liu Wangling is the most qualified person among the officers in the room.

I saw Liu Wangzhen open his mouth and said: "I Liu Wangchen was the first to disagree with this sentence of Chen Guan, and I want me to say that this mortar belongs to the artillery category after all, so in my opinion, this mortar still belongs to our artillery." ”

After Liu Wangzhen said this, he said to Wang Bin: "In the eyes of the department, this mortar is like a traditional artillery, which requires certain operating skills, which requires certain requirements for the gunner and commander, and the relevant knowledge of artillery combat that must be understood is not just like the rifle and machine gun as long as you learn to pull the trigger, so in the view of the department, the mortar commander must understand the relevant artillery command knowledge and ability, otherwise the mortar will not be able to exert its original power. Therefore, the ministry suggested that a special mortar battalion should be set up under the command of our artillery. ”

As soon as Liu Wangzhen's words fell, he got the appreciative glance of Tanaka Yu, the artillery commander on the side.

In Tanaka Yu's view, this mortar is really subverting his perception of traditional artillery, integrating power, mobility and rate of fire as one of the mortars is really a military innovation, no matter what effect this mortar will have with infantry charge, but in Tanaka Yu's eyes, this mortar is always a kind of artillery, since it is an artillery is not under the control of his artillery standard, then who is in charge?

Today's question of the establishment of mortars is ostensibly a question of determining the establishment, but to put it bluntly, it is just a dispute between infantry and artillery over the ownership and command of mortars.

After each new weapon appears, it will compete to show its beautiful side.

After the first battle of mortars, it also brought a series of problems, which forced some changes in the tactics of the fifth town, and even caused a dispute between artillery and infantry over mortars.

For the officers of several artillery officers present, no matter how light and easy to carry this mortar is, how close the range is, and it is suitable for use when the infantry charges, but the mortar is always a member of the big family of artillery, and the mortar is also taken over by the artillery unit when the mortar is test-fired, so to speak, when the mortar first appeared, the artillery officers have regarded the mortar as an artillery weapon.

And these infantry officers don't think so, at the beginning of the appearance of mortars, these infantry officers didn't care much about this new weapon, but when suppressing bandits, these infantry officers discovered the advantages of mortars, this mortar is not only about the same power as ordinary artillery, but also the rate of fire is several times faster than ordinary artillery, the most important thing is that the range of this mortar completely considers the distance of the soldiers when charging, and it can also be carried by soldiers to quickly maneuver, It can be delivered directly to the front line of the battle.

At this time, these infantry officers can not calm down, these infantry officers believe that this kind of short-range, high rate of fire, high power, high mobility infantry mobile support weapons are completely tailored for the infantry, so in the eyes of these infantry officers, mortars must be directly assigned to the infantry units, and the infantry officers are directly commanded by the infantry officers in wartime to cooperate with the infantry charge.

It is precisely because of this series of problems that there is now a dispute between the infantry and artillery over the ownership of mortars.

It can be said that the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and the two sides chatter about it.

In addition to the question of the ownership of mortars, the two sides also have some problems with the development and application of mortars.