Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1312 Dilemma
After the meeting, when only Wang Xuexin and Su Xin were left in the office, Su Xin poured a cup of hot water for Wang Xuexin, and complained in a calm manner: "Tell me, what is it for today? Did you just come?"

Wang Xuexin heard the meaning of Su Xin's words, and quickly explained: "I'm busy, right? This little devil comes here one after another, I..."

"All right, all right, I know you're busy!" Su Xin gave Wang Xuexin a blank look.

In fact, although Su Xin blamed Wang Xuexin in her mouth, she didn't think so in her heart... Although Su Xin didn't meet Wang Xuexin during this period of time, she has always followed Wang Xuexin's news, knowing that Wang Xuexin is busy fighting devils and has made a lot of money. .

What could be more proud and exciting during this period?
Therefore, when Su Xin sat back at the desk, she calmed down and changed back to a capable look again, jokingly said: "Tell me, my hero, what makes you have time to come to our arsenal in spite of your busy schedule?" review!"

Wang Xuexin smiled helplessly, and replied: "That's right, I want to know if our arsenal can produce artillery?"

"Cannon?" Su Xin asked suspiciously: "Aren't we already producing cannons? You forgot... You were the one who made the idea at the beginning!"

Wang Xuexin was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Su Xin was referring to Ghost Cannon.

This thing was really proposed by Wang Xuexin. He used the train axle stolen from the devil to make the gun barrel, and produced other parts by himself, and then a ghost cannon came out.

Wang Xuexin shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this kind of gun. What I want is a gun that can hit more than ten kilometers, the kind that can fight face to face with devil artillery!"

Su Xin shook her head with embarrassment, and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult, why? Have you encountered difficulties on the front line?"

Wang Xuexin originally didn't want to discuss this issue with Su Xin, for fear that she would be worried.

But after thinking about it, if you want the arsenal to produce artillery, you have to clarify the demand no matter what!
So I can only explain: "We suffered a loss in the last battle because the artillery was almost empty... The devils attacked our army at night, and our army's air supremacy could not be exerted at night. The devils blatantly placed artillery on our army The bombing in front of the defense line covers the rapid breakthrough of its mechanized troops! This is the shortcoming of our army, and it is easy to be exploited by devils."

Su Xin frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "Can't the rocket launcher be suppressed?"

After all, Su Xin is the director of the arsenal. As the director, it is necessary for her to have some basic knowledge of equipment and military affairs.

Wang Xuexin replied: "Rocket launchers are more suitable for hitting fixed targets or calibrated coordinates for focused fire strikes. The Devil's artillery retreats as they attack, and it is difficult for rocket launchers to pose a threat to them! What's more, rocket launchers are too inaccurate. To suppress the enemy's artillery, it takes a certain amount of time." quantity!"

Su Xin nodded to express her understanding.

She actually knows the weakness of the rocket launcher, and knows that the rocket launcher is more suitable for guerrilla warfare, that is, it pops up suddenly and shoots a rocket at the enemy and then withdraws.

Or shoot a rocket towards the enemy's position before attacking and then charge.

These are all feasible, but it is not suitable if you want to accurately suppress the enemy's artillery that immediately shifts its position after firing a few shots.

"So!" Su Xin said thoughtfully, "You still have to use artillery to suppress the enemy's artillery!"

"Of course!" Wang Xuexin replied with certainty: "In the past, our army was on the defensive, and the rocket launchers were barely enough, because we could mark the coordinates of the position before the battle and even complete the test firing. Fight! But now we are attacking, and we are still fighting regular battles with the enemy on the plains, it is difficult for low-precision rockets to replace high-precision artillery!"

This point is actually very easy to understand. Regular warfare on the plains is more about mobile warfare... The trench warfare of World War I was a stalemate between the enemy and us each digging a trench. This is a rocket launcher that is useful, but everyone did not play this in World War II. It's all set, all mechanized troops are advancing and fighting at the same time, and the rocket launchers are powerless to suppress the enemy's artillery.

Su Xin thought for a while, then flipped through a pile of documents, then took out a few forms and handed them to Wang Xuexin, and said, "Look, this is the steel output and production situation of our army. Although the steel output in the direction of Yuncheng is There are many, but most of them are low-quality steel, and a few of good quality are used to produce barrels for Springfield rifles. Daqingshan Iron and Steel Works produces high-quality steel, but it is mainly used to supply automobile engine production lines. If I The army wants to produce artillery... Leaving aside technical issues, the barrel must be made of high-quality steel, right? Should we reduce the barrel or reduce the engine?"

Hearing this, Wang Xuexin couldn't help being stunned. He is not in charge of the family and doesn't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. He never thought that the steel used for the gun barrel is not enough.

Reduce the barrel?
Absolutely not, without the barrel there would be no Springfield Rifle, and without the Springfield Rifle, the combat effectiveness of troops would not be improved... and the rifle is obviously more important than the artillery, the barrel of a artillery can at least produce hundreds of guns Forget it, and throwing a cannon into the battlefield won't even make a splash.

Reduce the engine?

That's even worse. You must know that the Eighth Route Army relies on this thing to produce half-track vehicles to complete the mechanization of its troops. This also has a great impact on combat effectiveness, and it is still a pain.

"There are also artillery shells!" Su Xin said: "We can only produce round-nosed bullets until now. If we want to shoot more than ten kilometers away, we must produce sharp-nosed bullets. More importantly... how do we rifle the barrel? ?”

These Wang Xuexins have thought about it. His original plan was to use the dollars in his account to import production equipment from Yingjiang.

But now it seems that there is even a shortage of steel, and it doesn't make much sense to import these production equipment.

Su Xin came to a conclusion helplessly: "Other equipment may be okay, but artillery... With the current level and conditions of our military arsenal, it is almost impossible to do it!"

Then Su Xin suggested: "Why don't we import artillery from Mao Xiong or Ying Jiang to solve the urgent need?"

Wang Xuexin sighed, he had thought about this a long time ago.

Although Wang Xuexin has always been reluctant to import and advocates self-production, on the one hand, he will not be stuck, and on the other hand, he can also expand the industry of the Eighth Route Army and cultivate talents.

However, if the battlefield is urgently needed, importing is also possible.

however……

Wang Xuexin said: "The guns can be imported, but what about the shells? How many guns and shells are enough to import? It can be fired in a few minutes after being transported by plane from thousands of miles away?"

So Su Xin understood that artillery is something that can only be used in batches on the battlefield, and the speed at which artillery consumes shells is quite amazing.

Given the current traffic situation between the Eighth Route Army and Ying Jiang and Mao Xiong, it would be inappropriate if even shells had to be imported.

Now it's troublesome: imports are not suitable, and self-production is unconditional...

(End of this chapter)