Huishi's memories of the past effectively eased the tension on the ship, and the four Indian kings were full of disbelief, they could not imagine the mentality of the enemy to massacre their own people first.

Even if the Indian caste system is strictly divided, it is better to drive the people to be cannon fodder, than to kill yourself, and after Wu Jianzhang translated the original words, Wu Wenrong, as a Han official, showed a little unbearable, but Gilhanga was full of course!

Although the atmosphere eased, the fighting in the city remained stalemate, the two sides fought back and forth street by street, house by house, houses were destroyed one after another, and in the city full of rubble and ruins, gunfire was heard from almost every street and every house, and even white-knuckle fighting with bayonets abounded.

In fact, the British army did not attack blindly, they had a clear combat goal, that is, the headquarters of the Democratic Alliance Army in the rear of the city, and it was normal that the attack again and again was in vain, although the artillery fire of the Democratic Alliance Army was not as fierce as the British army, but it had the advantage of the home field.

Just like the original Battle of Stalingrad, the German army in the early stage of the war had absolute superiority, and all arms of the army fought together, and the infantry, engineers, artillery and air force coordinated with each other, but after attacking Stalingrad, they immediately fell into the quagmire of war.

It doesn't matter if you fight street fighting equipment, what you need is a steely will, which is gradually different from the Indian soldier's fear of death, not being afraid of death does not mean that you have the courage to win the war, in a considerable way, it is just a kind of expression of submission to fate, and the Indian soldier's fear of death is based on accepting fate!

When the war was at a stalemate, exhaustion and fatigue struck again, the casualties of Indian soldiers began to increase in large numbers, and some of the captured heights and fortifications were gradually recaptured.

The battle continued until dark, although due to the sight of the two sides reached a tacit agreement to strike the battle, and it was a resting place for the two armies, sometimes only next to each street, or only separated by a piece of rubble, at this time. The bad habits of the Indian soldiers caused them great trouble.

Under the influence of the British, Indians also generally smoked, and tobacco played a role in relieving fatigue, at least psychologically, and when the fighting stopped, after a long day of hard fighting, the already sleepy Indian soldiers took out paper cigarettes and swallowed the smoke. The flickering fire was the best target, and there were still sporadic gunshots and explosions in the darkness.

The British commander quickly realized what the problem was. Shouting loudly that no smoking is allowed, but the addiction to smoking can't be held back, so in the end I can only compromise and order all those who smoke to lie down and smoke, and the situation has improved slightly.

In a blink of an eye, four days have passed, and the stalemate of the war not only affects tens of millions of people in Jiangsu Province, but also touches the heartstrings of all forces, such as Yang Xiuqing. Xiang Rong, Luo Xuan, and Qi Shan of the Jiangbei camp, their mutual grudge is no less than that of the Democratic Alliance, and they throw each other into a trap, and no one dares to take the lead before the Democratic Alliance and the British Army are decided. We can only secretly dispatch troops, and once the Democratic Alliance forces are defeated, we will snatch the fruits of victory as soon as possible.

In the evening of this day, just after dinner, a female soldier hurried over and saluted, "Report to the commander-in-chief." The Ordnance Bureau invites you to come and say that a mortar has been prototyped. ”

"Oh?" Wang Feng was overjoyed, hurriedly dropped the dishes and chopsticks, and walked away quickly, and the rest of Lu Dayou, Sheng Xuanhuai, Yang Shuijiao and others also glanced at each other and followed closely.

The camp of the Ordnance Bureau is just a little behind, the site of Nuoda. Stacks of damaged guns were placed, and the workers were sweating like rain as they stepped up repairs in the darkening sky, and on the edge was a lonely artillery piece, supported by a two-legged bracket at a 45-degree elevation angle, and at the bottom was a pot-lid-shaped base, which was obviously a primitive mortar.

The difference between it and modern mortars, without considering the refinement of the process, is that the barrel lacks aiming and positioning equipment, and secondly, the gun is extremely stout, which is obviously dismantled and modified from light artillery.

Wang Feng immediately beckoned: "Try it!" ”

"Yes!" Several staff members of the Ordnance Bureau took a shell, Wang Feng looked at this shell, and immediately rejoiced, this shell, subverted the imagination of any mortar expert in later generations, its propellant is like a flour packet, divided into a few small packets tied to the back of the shell, and the triangular tail is made of wood chips, fixed on a wooden hoop, tightly sleeved the shell.

Wang Feng took it in his hand, pulled the tail wing, it was very strong, and checked the propellant, which was quite strong, but he still asked uneasily: "Can it be done?" ”

A staff member patted his chest and said: "Commander-in-chief, don't worry, we have tried several times, completely to launch out, and can ensure that the tail will not fall off during the flight, of course, we know that it is not suitable for the propellant to hang outside, it is impossible to fix the propellant above the primer of the shell in a short period of time, which requires a redesign of the projectile body, and the wooden tail is not as stable as the iron tail, it is the same lack of iron furnace, can not hit the iron tail, if you are not satisfied, We immediately sent someone back to Suzhou and asked Director Zhang to bring a stove. ”

Wang Feng secretly scolded himself for damning, influenced by later generations, he took it for granted that the iron tail should be welded to the gun shell, but according to the idea of the Ordnance Bureau, it was obviously the same as the wooden tail fin, and the bullet case was hooped with an iron hoop, which was the only way to do it in the absence of welding means, why didn't he think of it?

As for the propellant, it is not a big problem, modern mortar shells are generally temporarily loaded with propellant according to the need before launch, but the propellant is generally installed in the base, which is slowly improved, and if necessary, the propellant is occasionally plugged out.

Shaking his head secretly, Wang Feng said noncommittally: "Try it first!" After speaking, he adjusted the angle of the cannon body by aiming at the target 300 meters away, and then in the standard posture of dropping a mortar, he placed the bullet above the barrel with both hands, and at the moment of letting go, his body shrank back violently.

"Boom!" With a muffled sound, as if beating a drum, a swift black shadow flew out of the barrel, and then a violent explosion occurred thirty meters behind the target, indicating that the shell was successfully launched, but did not successfully hit the target.

The staff around were a little embarrassed, Wang Feng adjusted the angle again, and put in the second shell, this time, it still did not hit, but hit fifteen meters in front of the target.

One of the staff members of the "commander-in-chief" had a flushed face and a dodgy gaze.

Before he blurted out, Wang Feng had already interrupted: "This is just the beginning, and it is in a hurry, and there is no need to blame yourself for not being able to fight for the time being, as long as you can launch the shells, and then take into account the accuracy, you will be modified in a large number of ways, and when you return to Suzhou, you will slowly adjust." ”

"Yes!" The personnel of the Ordnance Bureau showed signs of gratitude.

Wang Feng beckoned again: "You all come and try, but remember, you must also tell all the fighters, you must avoid repeated reloading, from now on, it seems that repeated reloading is not very powerful, but the mortar is extremely fast, twenty or thirty rounds per minute, when in the high-intensity combat environment on the battlefield, as soon as people are nervous, it is easy to mechanically load the shells into the barrel, if the previous shell fails to be successfully launched due to various factors such as failure, then the result of loading the next shell, It was inevitable that two shells exploded together, and the shells were destroyed and people died, and I hope that enough attention will be paid to them in the army, and that they will not wait for an accident to occur and then keep it in mind.

In this way, I have set a discipline, when using mortars in the army, unless there is only one person left, it is not allowed to operate alone, there must be more than two people, and the other assists the gunner to observe whether the shells are successfully fired, and now you can begin. ”

"Oh!" Sheng Xuanhuai nodded, followed Wang Feng's example, carefully slid a cannonball into the barrel, and after firing it, he also looked into the cannon.

"Knock knock~~" for a while, the muffled sound continued, firing mortars is indeed simple, and it is easy to form mechanical habits, one after another to release shells, fortunately, everyone can remember Wang Feng's advice, remind each other, in order to confirm the successful launch of the shells.

At this time, a person in charge took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Wang Feng: "Commander-in-chief, before you came, we just received good news from Director Zhang, that the Suzhou Ordnance Bureau has developed a method for producing sulfuric acid in large quantities. ”

"Oh?" This is joy on top of joy, Wang Feng immediately unfolded the letter.

Sulfuric acid is the basis for the production of nitric acid, according to the production method of sulfuric acid passed down by Wang Feng, in fact, the efficiency is very low, about a ton of pyrite to distill a kilogram of sulfuric acid, can only be reluctantly used in the manufacture of thunder ~~ tubes and fuses.

It was Wang Feng who asked the Ordnance Bureau to concentrate on the research and development of smokeless gunpowder, the principle of smokeless gunpowder is very simple, nothing more than nitrification of absorbent cotton wool, and then different passivation according to needs, with the current production of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, there is no way to produce even a small amount of smokeless gunpowder, can only maintain the production of real yàn, so the Ordnance Bureau came up with a local method.

They created three reaction towers with granite containing less mica and higher acid range, and connected them with pottery pipes to produce sulfuric acid uninterruptedly, because the concentration of sulfuric acid produced at the beginning was not enough, so they used clay pots to build a stepped concentrator device, which was concentrated layer by layer, and finally produced concentrated sulfuric acid for explosives.

The whole process, from the idea to the success of the realization, only took 17 days, although it is still pyrite as the main raw material, but the fully enclosed reaction tower to prevent the natural volatilization of sulfuric acid, the efficiency has increased nearly ten times, as long as the supply of pyrite is not a problem, the average daily output is stable at about 400 kilograms.

Of course, this is a relatively primitive method of producing sulfuric acid, which is more polluting to the environment, but it is the first time to achieve large-scale mass production, as long as you are willing to invest, build more reactors, fully meet the military demand for sulfuric acid, and even can be applied to the people.