In addition to heavy howitzers of 210 mm caliber, engineers at the arsenal are also trial-producing heavy cannons of the same caliber.

The Meiji 45-year 240 mm heavy howitzer is a siege artillery used by the Japanese army to destroy enemy fortifications, and is equipped with a siege heavy artillery squadron of a permanent infantry division and field heavy artillery brigade. At the same time, the Meiji 45 240 mm howitzer was also the first cannon fired by the Japanese army during the 918 Incident, and this gun was widely used in the Chinese battlefield at that time, and also participated in the general attack on Bataan Fortress in the early days of the Pacific War, and played a huge role in the destruction.

During the First World War, when the Chinese army attacked Qingdao, Germany, it used this 240 mm and another 280 mm heavy howitzer, but the latter was made of bronze, and although the caliber was not small, the threat was not as great as the former.

The maximum range of the Meiji 45-style 240-mm howitzer is 10,350 meters, which is a little farther than the 9,400 meters of the 210-mm howitzer that has just been prototyped. Although the range of the 45-year-old model is one kilometer farther than that of Yanguang's 210-caliber howitzer, there are also German-made 150-caliber cannons with a range of more than 12 kilometers, but the power is something...

So the Krupp 13-mm heavy rapid-fire cannon with a range of more than 210 km came into being.

"Although the navy is very strong, the army in this era is not as "crazy" as the later generations, and the strength is not as strong as the later generations, especially the artillery strength of the army, which is the scum of the scum..."

Of course, this is an exaggeration, but it is somewhat in line with the facts, because in the army, the large-caliber heavy artillery used for long-range fire strikes is only 150 and 240 caliber howitzers (150 caliber can not be said to be only howitzers, in fact, there is also a 150 caliber cannon, but this cannon is mainly used for fortress defense, but rarely used in field battles, so Yan Guang automatically ignored it, as for why? Because this 150-caliber cannon weighs more than three times as much as the 210-caliber howitzer that Yan Guang is in front of him... ）。 In other words, although Yan Guang can't make heavy guns that exceed 240 and 280 mm (this can be ignored) in caliber, at least Yan Guang doesn't need to worry too much about the army's artillery.

Just when Yan Guang was still thinking about the artillery in his heart, Liu Huixue on the side spoke.

"Governor, the engineer has done the final debugging, is it time to test it first?"

Hearing Liu Huixue say this, Yan Guang nodded, after all, they came to test the artillery this time.

"Okay, let's go over there and hide for a while."

You must know that weapon testing is not a safe life, during the Russian War, I said that I had a bombing accident when testing a light gun, and more than a dozen people around were either killed or injured, it was just a small-caliber light gun, and now this is a 210 mm caliber super heavy gun, in case of an accident, it will be dead and can not die again.

Under the leadership of Yan Guang, Liu Huixue, Yue Chang and others all walked into a fortification made of reinforced concrete. It is more than 100 meters away from the position of the howitzer, and even if the howitzer explodes, it will not hurt the people in the fortifications.

After the group hid in the fortifications, Liu Huixue made an OK gesture to the engineer next to the howitzer.

After receiving the information, several engineers began to load 120 kg of ammunition into the gun.

The test target of this howitzer was a target 5 kilometers away, because the engineers had already prepared the position in advance, so two or three minutes later, only a roar was heard, and an explosion was heard in the distance.

Because the fortifications were built on a mound, and Yan Guang had telescopes in their hands, they could see the effect of the cannon just now.

This cannon...

Missed...

Because there was a correction balloon floating in the sky at the moment, a few engineers below quickly learned about the data just now. After a few adjustments, the second shell burst out of the chamber and hit the target directly.

Seeing that the shell hit the target, Yan Guang and the others all applauded in the fortifications.

"Lao Liu, you did a really good job this time."

The howitzer has a curved trajectory, is lightweight, and is not small, which is just right for the southwestern terrain, and now with this 210 caliber heavy howitzer, it is a tiger with wings for the National Socialist Party.

As for Yan Guang's praise, Liu Huixue just smiled and said.

"It's all everyone's credit, and Huixue doesn't dare to monopolize it..."

If it weren't for them, even if Liu Huixue had drawings and molds in their hands, it would not be a simple matter to try out a qualified howitzer in such a short time, so Liu Huixue would not be humble when he said this.

While everyone was still talking and laughing in the fortifications, an officer suddenly walked in from outside.

"Governor, the telegram from Yucheng just now."

As he spoke, the officer handed a telegram to Yan Guang.

"Telegram?"

Hearing what the officer said, Yan Guang was slightly stunned, and he didn't open the telegram soon and read it carefully, and only spoke after half a sound.

"It turned out that someone from the Kuomintang came."

After a period of sailing, the Kuomintang finally arrived in Yucheng.

After receiving the representatives of the Kuomintang, Chen Kan sent a telegram to the weapons test site, asking what Yan Guang should do?

"Governor, are we now?" Yue Chang, who had been standing aside, asked.

"Let's go back and see what those people have to say."

Although some of the later firing tests such as 150 caliber howitzers and cannons were not watched, since I have already seen the tests of 210 howitzers. At least today Yan Guang did not come in vain.

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"Is this Yucheng?"

Looking at the concrete streets, as well as the street lamps and brand-new buildings on both sides of the street, Liao Zhongkai was somewhat stunned.

A few years ago, Liao Zhongkai came to Sichuan once, as the second most important town in Sichuan, Liao Zhongkai naturally came, but compared with a few years ago, the changes in Yucheng seem to be a little hard to believe their eyes, and...

"Mayor Chen, why are your roads here so clean?"

Looking at the neat road under the wheels of the carriage, Liao Zhongkai said somewhat strangely.

Liao Zhongkai once studied in Yuben, and in his impression, it seems that even the roads in Tokyo are not as clean as those in Chongqing, which makes Liao Zhongkai, who has just set off from Shanghai, quite curious.

Hearing Liao Zhongkai say this, Chen Kan first smiled at him, and then opened the window of the carriage. After glancing outside for a while, Chen Kan pointed to a woman and said to Liao Zhongkai.

"Mr. Liao, did you see the woman?"

Looking at Chen Kan's fingers, Liao Zhongkai nodded.

"See."

"They were hired by the Environmental Committee to patrol the streets of the city, and if anyone dared to spit or litter, they would go up and pay a fine, one penny at a time."

It is impossible to make the citizens of a country with a per capita literacy rate of less than 5% consciously maintain the environment around them, at least in Yan Guang's opinion, and even more impossible than Kong Rong winning Lu Bu alone. So in order to maintain the city's environmental hygiene, Yan Guang had no choice but to ask the aunts of the neighborhood committee to come out.

I believe that as long as the people of later generations almost all know the power of these neighborhood committee aunts, and the fact is that they have indeed played a lot of effects, especially in those areas where neighborhood committee aunts wander. After recruiting countless aunts to set up an environmental sanitation committee, that is, the environmental committee, under the threat of a penny each time, the number of people who originally spit and litter was suddenly reduced, and the whole city became much cleaner.

"In the form of a fine?"

Hearing Chen Kan say this, Liao Zhongkai frowned while being disappointed.

Originally, he thought that there was a good solution here in Sichuan, and he wanted to learn from the experience and go back to improve the environment in Shanghai. Today's Shanghai can be said to be mixed, some of the more important areas are not bad, and those minor areas are actually no different from the garbage heap in the future.

However, when he learned from Chen Kan that the current situation was only maintained by fines, Liao Zhongkai frowned, because he did not support this method of coercion.

saw Liao Zhongkai's face, but Chen Kan just smiled and didn't say anything, after all, everyone has their own opinions, and Chen Kan has no interest in changing other people's opinions.

After the carriage drove for a while, Chen Kan arrived at the building of the municipal axe with Liao Zhongkai.

"How is it, have you sent a telegram to the governor?"

After walking into the building, he looked at the secretary Chen Kan who greeted him and asked.

"It's been sent, and the telegram from the governor says they're rushing back." Hearing Chen Kan's question, his male secretary hurriedly replied.

"That's good." Chen Kan nodded, and then said to Liao Zhongkai. "Yucheng is almost half a day's journey from Tongliang, Mr. Liao has been tired all the way, do you want me to arrange a place for you to rest first?"

Although the body does not feel tired when taking the boat, but after such a long voyage Liao Zhongkai still has a kind of exhaustion from the heart, so he moved his somewhat weak body, Liao Zhongkai thought about it again and nodded.

"It's fine."

After getting Liao Zhongkai's answer, Chen Kan said to the secretary with a smile.

"Go, arrange a room for Mr. Liao."

"Yes!"

After more than ten minutes, the secretary reappeared in the office.

"Mayor, I have already arranged Mr. Liao's residence."

Nodding, Chen Kan said to Liao Zhongkai.

"Mr. Liao, you can follow my secretary first, and I'll be busy with other things first."

"Okay, then I won't trouble Mayor Chen."

(To be continued)