Mortar: It's a crazy gun!

Jinzhou Research Institute has made mortars even crazier.

Because, the caliber of this thing is a full 800 millimeters.

It can shoot a four-ton shell 30 kilometers away.

The most important thing is that such a horrible thing actually has its own.

Li Xiao looked at the transformer-like mortar, and his mouth opened like a hippopotamus.

Four-ton shells, battleships have to be cut in half when they come down from the sky.

Except for moving a little slower and more fuel-guzzling, there seems to be nothing else wrong.

If there is a problem, it is that the shells are too heavy and need a crane to reload.

"This thing is so heavy, have you considered a bridge to pass through? And, in terms of Russia's terrible muck roads......

You can probably smash a hole in the ground and be buried alive in the muddy pond before you can fight. ”

Li Xiao looked at this behemoth helplessly, and was very suspicious of the brains of these people in the research institute.

"Uh......!" Xu Erjue's face twitched, this thing was none other than the masterpiece of his nephew Xu Jianzhuan.

Xu Jianzhuan was standing in the crowd now, and he was stunned when he heard Li Xiao's words.

was asked by the marshal, Xu Erjue was speechless for a while.

Li Xiao doesn't speak, others don't speak, everyone doesn't speak.

The scene was awkward at one point!

Xu Jianshuo's lips kept trembling, he has been in Liaodong since he was a child, and he has been staying in Jinzhou since he went to school.

He feels that the roads in this world are the same as those in Jinzhou.

There are wide roads, and the bridges over the Daling River and the Liao River in the distance are all made of reinforced concrete.

That kind of bridge can fully carry this kind of giant cannon.

Can......!

But he didn't expect that in distant Russia, the roads were so bad that even Daming's trucks didn't dare to send to the front.

The logistics support of the Ming Dynasty can only be ensured by relying on tractors with big wheels.

How can such a thing that is close to a hundred tons have a battlefield effect.

"Handsome ......! I am responsible for this matter, and I ask you to punish it. Xu Erjue didn't say much, and directly admitted his mistakes.

"It's not that you are blamed for spending money indiscriminately, but the things you make must be in line with the reality of the battlefield, and you can't spend money like this."

Li Xiao's face sank like water, and this thing knows by looking at the scale, it must cost a lot of money.

If nothing else, how much does a hundred tons of iron cost?

Now that military spending is so tight, the Jinzhou Research Institute is still building such useless things.

"Dashuai, if you want to punish me, you will punish me, I am responsible for this project.

Please! Xu Jianzhuan walked out, knelt on one knee and pleaded guilty to Li Xiao.

"No, Dashuai, I am the head of the research institute, and I should be fully responsible for this matter." Xu Erjue immediately stopped his nephew behind him.

The child is only 20 years old this year, and it is a good time to make a contribution.

Don't delay your child's future!

"Dashuai, this kid can be called a waste of sleep and food in order to study this cannon.

Eat and sleep every day, in the workshop.

Later, I had a stomach problem and was bleeding profusely, and I almost died, which alarmed my eldest brother and was forcibly taken to the hospital.

Even in the hospital, he was planning and calculating all day long.

My eldest brother was moved by the child's persistence and prudence, so he approved the project.

Look at it, a twenty-year-old child already has gray hair, and he still hopes that the handsome man will be gracious. ”

Xu Ermo also stood up, knelt on one knee and told Li Xiao what had happened.

Li Xiao stretched out his hand to help the Xu family brothers and looked at Xu Jianzhuan who was kneeling on the ground.

"Young people, if you want to do things, it's a good thing to be willing to do things.

It's just a pity that I didn't think carefully enough before doing things.

In the future, we must know what kind of situation the front line is like, so that we can do things well and get things done.

The arsenal was to send a squad to repair damaged equipment and artillery to the front-line troops.

You go with a team, repair the equipment, and find out what is really needed at the front. ”

Li Xiao actually likes this kind of young people who are willing to do things in his heart.

But there is no way, there must always be a punishment for doing something wrong, and it is also a punishment to go to the front line for training.

"No! Thank you, Sir. Xu Jianzhuan knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The brothers of the Xu family also bowed to Li Xiao.

They all knew that when Xu Jianzhuan returned from the front line, he would definitely be able to make further progress in weapon research and development.

I know more about what kind of equipment is needed on the front line.

It's much better than being closed now!

"Dashuai, in fact, there is still a remedy for this project." Xu Ermo thought for a moment and said to Li Xiao.

"Oh, how can I remedy it?" Li Xiao looked at Xu Ermo, not knowing what he was thinking in his head.

"Although this thing is not suitable for field combat, it is still feasible to change it to a train gun.

Removing the transmission part on the chassis will definitely reduce the weight by more than half.

Then this thing hits the train, lay a section of heavy railroad on the side of the tracks, and the cannon can be fired.

And with the locomotive pulling it, this thing can also maneuver along the railway.

Firing range of thirty kilometers, shells of four tons each.

The destructive power of this thing is still amazing.

Deployed about ten kilometers behind the battle line!

It must be very useful to attack the enemy's concentration areas detected by aircraft, or to accumulate ammunition on the front line. ”

Li Xiao thought about it for a while, and what Xu Ermo said was really good.

The reason why this thing is heavy, in addition to the short and thick gun body, the most important thing is that the transmission system of this thing is too large.

In order to pull this behemoth, a tank engine is needed to drive one wheel.

If nothing else, just getting these engines running in sync is a system project.

Xu Erjue said that Xu Jianzhuan forgot to sleep and eat, it was definitely not a lie, but his mind must have been spent on it.

"This is a feasible plan, just build a three-door two-door one, and the front line doesn't need so many of these things."

Li Xiao thought of the battle in the Moscow direction, and if Prussia started attacking in the summer, there would definitely be a fierce battle in the Moscow direction.

The Ming army and the Russian army are insufficient, and I am afraid that the possibility of finally retreating to Moscow is very high.

There is a fortified city on the front line, which is just right for the play of this kind of giant cannon in the rear.

Left and right, it's just a waste of two locomotives and a little more railroad.

For Da Ming, it's nothing.

"That's right!

How's your research on radio telegraphs? Li Xiao asked helplessly.

At the front, there is an urgent need for small radio machines for sending and receiving telegrams.

It's best to be able to load it on an airplane!

Now the most advanced transceiver that Daming has developed is about the same size as a tank.

So much so that every division-level unit must be equipped with a radio car.

Airplanes certainly can't carry tanks, so the radio must be miniaturized.

"Dashuai, for the time being, there are still many difficulties in the miniaturization of radio stations.

Although we are already using electric energy, power generation technology and energy storage technology, these are all developing.

The main reason why the radio car is large is that the battery needs to be very large.

Moreover, it is necessary to bring a set of power generation equipment.

This thing is no better than weapons and ammunition, and it can be achieved by constant experimentation.

The other thing is that we don't have enough talent in this area.

So......! ”

"So you're saying that there's no way to connect planes to each other in the short term?"

"There's certainly no way around it, the source of the electricity is a big problem.

If the aircraft engine is used to generate electricity, it will affect the power of the aircraft.

But we thought that maybe from the other direction, we could look for a breakthrough. ”

"In what direction?" Li Xiao was interested.

Xu Ermo always has a whimsical idea in his head. He wanted to know what he was thinking this time.

"Since the size and weight of the radio station cannot be reduced, we can increase the carrying capacity of the aircraft.

The latest bomber, which can carry sixteen tons of ammunition.

We worked hard to reduce some unnecessary accessories and reduce the weight of the entire radio unit to less than fifteen tons.

In this way, our planes will be able to fly in the sky with radios on board.

Moreover, the latest bombers carry more fuel and have a large range.

The air supremacy is very long, and it can be used exclusively for reconnaissance on the ground.

As long as you find the enemy's artillery positions on the ground, or the assembly site, the logistics supply point or something.

Rear artillery can be called in immediately to bombard, and even the ballistic parameters of the artillery can be corrected according to the point of explosion.

How's the idea, you say? ”

After Xu Ermo finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiao's face inquiringly.

He had this idea for a long time, and this time it happened that Li Xiao asked, and Xu Ermo wanted to know what Li Xiao meant.

After all, the bomber costs a lot of money, and it is a bit of a waste of resources to use it to install a radio station and turn it into a full-time reconnaissance plane.

It's a good idea, and only a ghost like Xu Ermo can think of it.

We can't reduce the size and weight of the station, so we can just make it bigger.

"Hmmm! That's a good idea, it's a little late today.

I'm going to see the bombers at your place tomorrow, and if your plan is feasible, it will save our army a lot of trouble.

You don't know, now a reconnaissance plane has been sent out, and only some photos can be taken back.

The artillerymen shelled according to the photographs, or according to the pilot's dictation, with very poor accuracy.

There are also some targets, when they see the plane coming, everyone has moved.

This makes us blow up even if we blow up, wasting ammunition in vain.

Helping the artillery to correct the impact point is not even a thought about it.

If the bomber can do the job, it would be great.

In particular, it is particularly important and crucial to observe the effect of the shelling on the spot and help correct the trajectory. ”

Li Xiao was very interested in Xu Ermo's suggestion, after all, now the Ming Dynasty occupies air supremacy.

Even if there were large bombers hovering in the sky, the coalition forces on the ground would not dare to do anything.

If an artillery position dares to open fire, it will immediately summon ground fire and cover the area where there are anti-aircraft guns.

Now Stuka is wreaking havoc on the heads of the coalition forces all day long, and the coalition forces dare not do anything.

Anti-aircraft guns, even more so were not allowed to fire without an order.

What they were afraid of was that all the anti-aircraft guns were wiped out by Stuka, and the Ming army sent heavy airships out.

That thing, long range, can land at any time.

Moreover, the load capacity is large, and it is a big killer to hang on a bomb and carry a 25-mm rapid-fire gun.

There really were one or two airships flying to the positions, and the ground forces quickly collapsed.

There's no way, they can hit you, but you can't beat people, it feels so fucking aggrieved.

And the even more powerful 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, the coalition forces can hide and hide, and this thing is a sharp weapon against tanks.

So, now the coalition forces simply do not have a weapon capable of effectively dealing with aircraft.

Many times, the coalition forces felt very aggrieved.

Because of Stuka, they can throw bombs on their heads with impunity, and they have no choice but to burrow into the hole like a mouse.

Fortunately, Stuka had a short range and a small amount of ammunition, which allowed the coalition forces to survive.

Li Xiao visited the institute for more than four hours and saw a lot of strange things.

I have to admire that these people's brains for studying things are really too big.

There is a minesweeper, which uses a tank chassis.

Behind the rocket, there was a tube filled with explosives.

After the rocket was ejected, the tube was also sent out.

As soon as this thing explodes, it can clear a large area of landmines.

In a very short time, a large area of minefields can be cleared, opening the way for the advancing troops.

It's fast, it's also cost-effective.

In the past, the Ming army had to use howitzer shells to do this.

For one, the shells of howitzers will not be so tightly distributed.

Second, a howitzer shell costs fifty silver dollars per shot.

Rockets are only a few bucks!

There is one more ferocious thing, the tank is not equipped with artillery, but with a fire-breathing thing.

This thing is actually a tank with a flamethrower on it.

Although the combat distance is only fifty meters downwind, it is a sharp weapon against trench warfare.

Those who are hiding in the bunker, or in the bunker, are stubborn, as long as this thing drives over and sprays, it all stops.

When people went over, except for the disgusting smell of barbecue, they could no longer effectively kill the Ming army.

There's another thing, after this thing hits out and lands, it will blow up a warhead directly into the sky.

The warhead exploded in the air about three meters above the ground, and more than 500 steel nails burst out with the explosion.

The coverage area can reach more than fifty squares.

In other words, as long as there is one such thing, there can be no living people on the surface of more than fifty square meters.

This thing is quite average when used in field conditions, but if it is in urban street fighting.

It doesn't matter how many people are hiding in your house, just one of these things ...... in!

The coalition forces could not fight on the ground, and often had the habit of digging holes in the ground.

Whether it is to avoid artillery or to avoid the bombing of the Ming army, it is very useful.

Even the German army, specializing in bunker tactics, advanced one or two kilometers or two.

The Ming army and the Russian army, which had made insufficient troops, had no way at all.

Well, now there's an incendiary bomb.

Just throw it into the bunker and it will burn the air inside in an instant.

No matter how good you are, you can't hold your breath for two minutes, but you can't go without breathing for the rest of your life.

As long as you breathe, that scorching air will burn your airways.

The coalition troops, who lacked medical care and medicine, could only wait for death after suffering such injuries, and they still waited for death in pain.

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