Because of the Russo-Japanese War, the mortar in front of him immediately aroused Wang Zhenyu's interest. A tall blonde white man beside Ye Zuwen introduced Wang Zhenyu in a stiff Chinese voice: "Your Excellency General, this cannon weighs 80 kilograms, is 1.3 meters long, has a high and low firing angle of 40 to 70 degrees, and a maximum firing range of 800 meters. ”

The maximum range is only 800 meters, which is too close, and if you encounter an opponent with heavy artillery, you will not have to die. Wang Zhenyu slandered for a while, but thinking about it, this is better than nothing, with this thing, it is still okay to bully and bully opponents who don't even have this thing.

Ye Zuwen can be regarded as having hands and eyes, and he actually went to the Russian concession to get this batch of arms. A total of 20 mortars of this 60 mm caliber were obtained, with 800 shells, and 5,000 Russian-made grenades with wooden handles. haha, it is estimated that the owner of the goods who was talking about business with Ye Zuwen at that time was too drunk, and he took all the goods at the bottom of the box to himself, and even gave him six flower organs.

The price charged by others is not too excessive, a total of 30,000 oceans have been collected, in this era is only the price of a 70-ton coal-fired passenger ship in Shanghai, and it is only the cost of a six-acre manor in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Speaking of freighters, Wang Zhenyu and Ye Zuwen are building a shipping company in Wuhan, and Wang Zhenyu thinks about it or the transportation industry is the most reliable in this era. Don't think about the railway, not to mention the state-owned monopoly, in the event of a war, you have to be requisitioned by the commanders in turn. At present, it seems that the Yangtze River waterway, which is controlled by both the British and the Japanese, is more suitable for the development of the transportation industry, so the shipping company is on the agenda. The first step in shipping is naturally to order a freighter, Wang Zhenyu and Ye Zuwen have summed it up, it is not too difficult to buy a ship, and the supply of goods in Shanghai is sufficient. However, this matter is not easy, after all, it is not enough to have a ship, but also to have someone who can sail a ship, and the recruitment and training of sailors is a problem in itself. It's just that Wang Zhenyu, who is used to being the shopkeeper, will not spend time and energy thinking about these trivial things, and he will no longer ask after throwing them all to Ye Zuwen.

Returning to this batch of munitions, the Russians not only sold the arms, but also sent a few instructors to teach how to use mortars and grenades.

It's just that these Russian ** sons give Wang Zhenyu a very general feeling, in addition to the fact that the amount of alcohol is really large, the military quality is even a little unpopular. After three days, the mortar barely taught his subordinates how to disassemble and use it basically, and there was no more, and it was estimated that they themselves rarely played this thing. Therefore, it is very difficult to master and train a relatively qualified artillery from this, and it seems that you have to continue to explore on your own.

And as soon as the grenade was pulled into the barracks, it became a sought-after commodity, and all battalions and companies rushed to ask for it. Wang Zhenyu thought about it for a while, and each person was equipped with four, and there was no more. However, the Russians promised to transfer another batch from the country, so they can still be replenished, but it will take time. Wang Zhenyu naturally asked Ye Zuwen to pay attention, whether this thing is defending or attacking, it is a necessary weapon for infantry.

Because of the scarcity of numbers, the new bomb throwing training uses all imitation grenades, in short, the explosives and fuses are removed. This kind of training can only allow everyone to practice arm strength and crosshairs, but it can't really make everyone feel the power of this thing.

The bomb-throwing skills are still very easy to master, and the first battalion, under the organization of the battalion commander Xu Yuanquan, has even produced several bomb-throwing experts through short-term intensive training. Put a basket 50 meters away, and these top players will throw it in front of each other, and they can throw it nine times out of ten. That scene was like seeing Ronaldinho's edited free kick highlights in later generations, which made Wang Zhenyu, who watched the training, feel extremely exciting.

For this reason, before Zuihou set off for Nanjing, Wang Zhenyu also specially decided to organize the whole brigade to throw two live ammunition per person at a time. First, let's test the effect, and let everyone be familiar with the practice of courage. As soon as this order was issued, all the battalions were boiling, and everyone wanted to see how powerful this foreign thing was.

Wang Zhenyu arranged the first live-ammunition training of the Ninth Brigade on the first day of February in the Gregorian calendar. Prior to this, the whole brigade was ordered to dig a large slope for two days of civil engineering work on the bank of the Han River. The slope is at an angle of 45 degrees, 20 meters wide, and the slope is 50 meters long. Then, according to Wang Zhenyu's request, waist-high sandbags were stacked in a T-shape to avoid accidents.

Wang Zhenyu was very dissatisfied with the civil engineering operation capacity of the whole brigade. Because according to the standards of sappers in later generations, 1,000 people digging the soil, the basic completion of 8 hours should reach 9,000 square meters. But now 6,000 square meters took two days. Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu couldn't help but bite his mouth, this level of engineering operation ability can't meet the needs of modern warfare. It seems that he still has to go to Nanjing to think of a way, and when the new army was run at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the engineers were built as an important project. Almost every town has a direct engineering unit and a clear German-style equipment. However, the new army on the Hunan side did not have this condition, because of financial difficulties, and the sappers were not formed according to German standards at that time. In this regard, Wang Zhenyu's Jihua went to Nanjing to see if there were any talents in related fields, took advantage of the opportunity of dismissal to recruit some, and then found a way to form his own engineers.

With an idea, Wang Zhenyu took Zhao Dongsheng and other guards to the training ground.

There are no female students to cheer today, as early as a few days ago, Wang Zhenyu sent these grandmothers back to the concession under the pretext of wanting to pull out. With the first grenade thrown, the officers and men of the brigade quickly completed the transformation from stunned to eager to try.

Wang Zhenyu thought about the current live-ammunition throwing training, two per person, a total of more than 900 people, so that at one time, almost 2,000 small ones will be reimbursed at one time. There is no way, who made this grenade itself a one-time reimbursement, for the combat effectiveness of this army in his hands, now he can only grit his teeth and endure the pain in his flesh.

Since the training had already been reported to the Hubei military government in advance, and the Qing army on the other side of the Han River had also received a military liaison notice, such an earth-shattering scene did not attract much attention.

Wang Zhenyu thought it would be better to just test fire the mortar together, this thing would definitely have to be a joke if it really arrived on the battlefield. There were 20 mortars, two of which were assigned to the teaching team, and the remaining 18 were given to each of the three battalions. Whether it was Xu Yuanquan, Song Xianfu, or Hao Bing, they were all still soldiers, so when the mortar was divided, these people's eyes immediately lit up. These days, as long as he has free time, he will personally go to the newly formed battalion artillery team of the battalion to watch the practice of disassembly and assembly and simulated firing, but unfortunately there is no opportunity for test firing. Now that Wang Zhenyu said that each door could test fire five rounds, they were naturally overjoyed, and immediately took Wang Zhenyu's strip with his manpower, and ran to Ma Xicheng to get the shells in a hurry.

The mortar was really simple to operate, and almost after the third discharge, these mortars, who had been transferred from veterans with strong learning ability, initially figured out the temper of this gun, and most of the second shots in the back accurately hit the target 600 meters away.

Wang Zhenyu was very satisfied and took the lead in applauding the artillerymen. Then the public announcement of these forty artillerymen, each of whom was rewarded with ten oceans, naturally attracted a burst of cheers.

After the mortar test was fired, the grenade throwing training continued. Seriously, although he figured out the joints, he threw two-fifths of these grandsons like this all of a sudden, and Wang Zhenyu, who was a little stingy, was still very painful. But there's no way, if you don't throw a few really out, you can't just throw fake bombs every day. When it comes to the battlefield, there is a good chance that a soldier who is extremely well trained in peacetime will have an accident because of fear or nervousness. If it really didn't blow up the enemy, but blew up your own people, it would not be a joke but a tragedy.

Looking at the things thrown out by the excited soldiers, Wang Zhenyu felt that it was not a grenade, but an ocean of his own white flowers. Hehe, fortunately, Wang Zhenyu has already determined to make a career, and the pain will pass.

After a burst of explosions, the entire training ground was already covered with white smoke, and the air was filled with a very choking smell of gunpowder. Because he was afraid that something would happen, Wang Zhenyu originally wanted everyone to take a break and wait for the medicine to disperse before continuing, but he thought that there would be so much attention to when he really got to the battlefield, so he couldn't help but didn't speak, and then there was a real accident......

According to the order, it was finally the turn of the third battalion, and Hao Bing saw that the brothers in front of him were throwing it with pleasure, and his heart was already itching. So in the bombing practice of the third battalion, he, the battalion commander, was the first to stand on the throwing position, and then unceremoniously threw out the two strings that belonged to him, and after coming back, he hahadaxiao said: "It's enjoyable, it's enjoyable, it's much more enjoyable than the artillery battle during the New Year when I was a child." ”

As a result, Wang Zhenyu rolled his eyes, your grandmother's, your family's artillery is so valuable......

The company commander of the third battalion and the eighth company has been in a very good mood recently, and he was originally just a deputy squad leader because of the appreciation of the brigade commander, so he first entered the teaching team, and after he came out, he actually became a lieutenant company commander. This poor boy from the countryside of Yiyang South County lived for 20 years and never thought that he would become an officer one day, and he was also the company commander in charge of Brother Bailai. Looking at the development of this team, as long as you work hard, this company commander is likely to be just a start.

Therefore, after becoming a company commander, he worked very hard, and every day he must be the earliest one in the company, and at night he was the one who fell asleep, and Wan Yaohuang's training jihua was meticulously and strictly implemented in his hands. Because he didn't like to laugh very much, in just a few days, the platoon commander and soldiers below had an inexplicable awe of him. Respect him because he is strict with himself, and fear him because he is too strict. After a long time, everyone secretly gave him a nickname: "Cold-faced Tiger".

Soon he also knew, but he didn't care, and his daily work training was still his nephew's lantern - as usual.