As Wang Feng expected, although the Indian soldiers were loosely disciplined and poorly trained, and their individual comprehensive elements were probably at the same level as the Green Battalion, they had the advantage of being docile and obedient, never questioning the requirements of British officers, and almost unconditionally obeying, while British officers generally had quite high tactical qualities, which made up for their own shortcomings in a certain way.

The British officer and the Indian soldier are similar to the combination of engineers and machines, one side is out of brain, and the other side is out of the body, and the cooperation is extremely perfect.

Moreover, there are many Indian soldiers who are not afraid of death, but this is somewhat different from the fear of death of the Democratic Alliance Army, the soldiers of the Democratic Alliance Army are for loyalty and honor, and Bai Bailin among the Indian soldiers is not afraid of death, and Hindus are even more early to die and reincarnate, waiting to be Kshatriya or Brahmin in the next life!

Don't look at the wilting appearance of the Indian soldiers, but the appearance in the street battle was indeed beyond Wang Feng's expectations, and it was definitely not the kind of one-touch collapse that he had learned in his previous life, and under the command of the British commander, a high level of combat broke out.

The two sides are fighting for each other, repeatedly seesawing, every moment, there are deaths, no one can accurately judge the casualties of their own side, the artillery is also roaring from time to time, the Democratic Alliance Army is a guerrilla way to fight and leave, the British army is relying on the numerical advantage to specifically attack the artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army, in the battle from early morning to noon, Li Changshun although he is careful and careful, but still lost two, this is no way, sometimes the terrain will be limited to the transfer.

"Quick, gauze, hemostats. Here, clean the wound first. Prepare 800,000 units of penicillin, hurry up"

The headquarters where Wang Feng is located. A wounded person was carried over, and the women's medical team led by Yang Shuijiao was busy, and the audience was full of women's voices.

Sheng Xuanhuai stood beside Wang Feng and said with a heavy face: "I finally realized the cruelty of street fighting, this is not only the sudden death, not only the great pain of being injured, but also the fact that people's spirits must always be tight, and if they slack off, they may fall." ”

As he spoke, Sheng Xuanhuai sighed. He added: "It's a pity that we have too few artillery, if the British can attack a year late, there will be no need to fight with him in street battles at all, and the distance of the grenade is not enough, and the close throw is very easy to expose yourself, and the reason why many soldiers died is because of this." ”

"Huh?" Wang Feng's heart moved, and he remembered a necessary weapon for infantry combat units, especially suitable for street fighting, which was mortar. The principle of the mortar is very simple, and the technology is not complicated, so I immediately took out a pen and a small notebook from my pocket and drew a diagram on the spot!

"Huh? What are you drawing? Yang Shuijiao leaned up and asked.

"It's a mortar. It is especially suitable for positional warfare and trench warfare. Wang Feng explained while drawing: "Its principle is that the cannonball slides from the muzzle into the barrel, relying on its own mass to make the bottom of the cannonball hit the firing pin at the bottom of the barrel. Alternatively, the gunner can manually release the firing pin to fire the shell, the point is that there must be a certain gap between the shell and the barrel to ensure that the shell slips off. The problem with this is that it is not possible to rely on rifling to rotate the shell to stabilize the flight direction, so it is necessary to use the tail stabilization device to ensure the flight attitude. You see, this is the tail, and when I have time, I'll talk about aerodynamics."

Wang Feng explained in detail, and the principle of the mortar was simple enough, and most of the people present could understand it.

As far as the present situation is concerned, the average scientific and technological level of the soldiers of the Democratic Alliance Army can reach the level of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army attaches great importance to the popular science education of officers and men at the grassroots level, and the Eighth Route Army can use steel rails to build 75 small steel cannons, can independently develop gun grenades, can produce rifle and pistols on the assembly line, and can manufacture shells, bullets, and single-base smokeless gunpowder.

It's very puzzling to say, not to mention the Eighth Route Army, even Yan Xishan's troops have the ability to make guns and cannons, but Chang Kaishen's million Central Army can't even make a bullet!

After a while, Wang Feng tore off the piece of paper, handed it to a soldier and said, "Go and send it to the personnel of the Ordnance Bureau immediately, and ask them to do their best to modify the mortar, if they encounter technical difficulties, they must come and ask at any time!" ”

"Yes!" The warrior took the piece of paper and hurried away.

Sheng Xuanhuai asked again: "Wang Feng, time is so urgent, can you come in time?" I remember that it took the Ordnance Bureau more than half a year to develop the cannon. ”

Wang Feng sighed slightly, and said: "The principle of the mortar is simpler than the cannon, that is, there is no need for rear-loading ammunition, and there is no need to solve the sealing, so there are not too many requirements for the quality of the barrel, only need to design the primer firing pin, which is nothing more than enlarging the firing pin of the gun and installing it at the bottom of the barrel, and the source of the barrel is not a problem, there are many light guns from the Qing army in our army, it is not difficult to modify, with the experience of designing cannons, the design of mortars should not exceed five days, the only difficulty lies in the shells!"

The shells we are currently using, the charge and the projectile are separated, and if the mortar wants to hit far and accurately, the two must be combined, and the position of the primer is fixed at the tail of the shell, and the other point is to install the tail foil on the shell, which is a great test of human wisdom, but I believe that the Ordnance Bureau will have a solution. ”

Installing the tail wing is very simple for modern people, and it can be welded by a variety of methods such as gas welding and electric welding, but the welding method at that time was only forging welding, that is, heating the metal and hitting it with a hammer to make it weld, it is conceivable that with this method of welding, the shell shell will be hit and deformed, so Wang Feng has the words to test people's wisdom, Sheng Xuanhuai also nodded understandingly.

And on the Duke Wellington, seeing the stalemate of the battle, Whish and Lambert both frowned, and like Wang Feng, they also lost direct control of the front-line soldiers, after all, there was no communication equipment at that time, and the two sides, or it can be said that the Democratic Alliance and the British commander were fighting completely on instinct.

Standing on the bridge to see clearly, from the front and middle of the entire Baoshan City to the middle, you have me, I have you, piles of melee together, outside the range of artillery, that is, the rear of Baoshan City, there is no war for the time being, this is obviously the headquarters of the Democratic Alliance.

Lambert couldn't help but say: "I never thought before I came that this battle would be so difficult, according to the current situation, I can't judge how long it will take to completely occupy Baoshan, I have to say that the Democratic Alliance Army has disrupted our war deployment and successfully carried out this war at their pace." ”

Hui Shi felt the same way, nodded and said: "In the Qingying War more than ten years ago, I was just a naval major, and I participated in the battle against Zhenjiang at that time, I clearly remember that day was July 14, 1842, our army captured the mountain, and then the next day, as a member of the Marine Corps, after the fierce shelling of the fleet, I landed in Jiaoshan with the team, annihilated the Chinese defenders, and then turned to attack the east wharf opposite Jiaoshan, the Chinese army scattered and fled into the city, and in the afternoon occupied Jinshan without losing a single soldier, Zhenjiang China has lost all its defenses.

On the 21st, our army with 7,000 troops, with the support of naval guns, captured Beigu Mountain, and then used heavy artillery to bombard the fortress of the North Gate, conquering it in one fell swoop, I entered the city with the team, and the army attacking the West Gate and the South Gate were met with some resistance, let's call it a street battle, and finally our army at the cost of 44 dead and wounded, besieged the capital at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, forcing the commander of the Chinese side, Hai Ling, to commit suicide with his family.

Zhenjiang is an important city in China, choking north-south communications, but was lightly conquered by our army, and the battle of Tongguò completely exposed the weak and ignorant nature of the Chinese army and the Chinese people, and this fact was confirmed again and again in the subsequent wars.

But today, a small treasure mountain has become a meat grinder, I don't understand, what has happened in China in the past ten years, why the Chinese Democratic Alliance Army has been able to gather such a strong combat effectiveness, and why the Chinese army more than ten years ago is vulnerable, if the Mini gun equipped by the Democratic Alliance Army has brought a heavy threat to our army, but his artillery is obviously inferior to ours, can you tell me why? ”

Lambert shrugged: "Mr. Huishi, I think you should listen more to Mr. Bonham, after all, he has been staying in China for the past few years, especially since last spring, he has been observing the Democratic Alliance forces in the concession, and he has the most say in this regard." ”

"Bonham?" Hui Shi muttered to himself, shook his head, to be honest, he doesn't like Wen Xian, Wen Xian has a strong taste of politicians, he is the purest soldier, because of his military exploits step by step to the position of lieutenant general, in his heart he despises people who rely on flipping their mouths.

After a while, Hui Shi seemed to think of something, and said: "By the way, at that time, Hailing's whole family committed suicide, and I thought he was martyred, but I found out later that it was not the case at all, guess what?" ”

"Oh?" Lambert cast a puzzled gaze.

Hui Shi said with a smile: "This starts from the composition of China's ethnic group, in China, the dominant is the Tatar people, the ruling is the Han people, Hai Ling is the Tatar high-level figure, and the Tatar people have always adhered to the theory of preventing the Han and controlling the enemy, before our army attacked, this person thought that the Han people in Zhenjiang would collaborate with the enemy in wartime, so they slaughtered more than 10,000 Han residents in advance.

Later, when the capital Tongfu was besieged by our army, Hai Ling knew that he was guilty, and he was worried that he would be caught by the Han people in Zhenjiang and eat it, you may not know that the Chinese have the habit of cooking and eating the enemy, so hanging themselves early can still end up happy, for the same reason, Hai Ling's Tatar soldiers also committed suicide in fear of crime.

Isn't it funny that before our army attacked, Hailing not only organized and mobilized the people, but slaughtered the people in the city, and it was the first time I had seen such a thing in my decades of war. ”

"Hahahaha~~" Lambert couldn't help laughing. (To be continued......)

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