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Chapter 338 Cannonballs Are The Cheapest (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
The violent explosion swept across the earth like a whirlwind, and all living beings within a radius of tens of meters were wiped out in the violent explosion. Struggling in a pool of blood, screaming.

"Quick! Hurry up..."

Although the fort was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder, in this fortress-style field battery composed of logs and earthen baskets filled with earth, the gunner who operated the gun shouted loudly, and a soldier held a beige gun. The spherical cannonball that was as big as his head, he just put the cannonball into the muzzle, the loader standing at the muzzle immediately pushed the [-]-pound cannonball on the push rod into the chamber, and the gunner behind him skillfully inserted it with copper nails After piercing the gunpowder bag through the fire transmission hole, the fire tube is inserted into it again.

"Shooting angle... Let it go!"

After completing the adjustment of the shooting angle, the gunner standing on the left side of the gun breech yanked the matchlock!

"boom!"

With a loud bang.The gun mount of the nine-inch Dahlgren gun then sat back, and the heavy iron gun carriage retreated to the gentle slope at the rear before stopping the rear seat, and then began to move forward slowly along the slope under the action of the weight of the gun body, while The gunners pushed hard to reset the cannon.

Such a scene was played out in many similar fortresses, most of which were equipped with nine-inch or ten-inch Dahlgren cannons. Although the iron cannon carriages were heavy, they gave these heavy cannons a certain degree of mobility. During the Paraguayan War, such heavy guns showed their prowess time and time again, and their prowess is evident.

But for the infantry, it is the mortar that is more deadly!

The mortar used by the Argentine army is an old product from the Civil War - a 4-inch mortar. This mortar weighs only 160 kilograms. Although its range is only 1.3 kilometers, its shells are very powerful. What is even more astonishing is the rate of fire.

When the offensive troops advanced in depth, they were immediately shelled by the Argentine army. The vertically falling mortar shells and those heavy artillery shells made the officers and soldiers of Nanhua feel the threat of artillery for the first time.

In the violent bombardment, everything on the battlefield was burning, and at the same time as clouds of black smoke rose in the violent explosion, scorching shrapnel scattered in the air, and the shock waves of the shells tore the soldiers' uniforms into pieces. At the same time, twisted shrapnel claimed many lives.

"Concealment, concealment..."

After being hit by artillery fire, the officers with sabers lying in the crater, they stared ahead, and the exhausted soldiers around them were mostly staring forward nervously, and all of them fell to the ground and fell to the crater , although they were not frightened by the intensive artillery fire.

But the instinct of survival made them choose to avoid the shelling.

No one would use their lives to force artillery fire. After the attack was blocked, the officers did not force the troops to attack. They had already completed the battle plan. Now that the enemy has reacted, let's wait for the next time!

The fierce battle lasted less than three hours. After three hours, the Nanhua army, which advanced one kilometer as planned, finally compressed the Argentine army into a narrow area of ​​less than 7 square kilometers.

For the people guarding here, they are desperate. They are afraid of encountering the almost destructive artillery again, but what is certain is that they also use artillery fire to fight back against the South China Army to suppress their forces. attack.It even forced them to switch from offense to defense on the spot.

"cannon!"

In the bunker, General Adolf Alsina, holding a telescope, stared at the field fortifications of the South China, and then said.

"Since they tore through our defenses with heavy artillery before, they will definitely do it again. The witch cannon is enough to destroy any kind of fortress. However, I guess their range must be very limited..."

Staring at the defense line of the South China Army, General Alsina pondered for a while.

"Pay attention to the movement of their defense line. If you find that there are forward artillery positions, immediately attack with mortars and use cannons against cannons. Don't give them a chance to approach."

As a battle-tested general, Alsina's judgment is undoubtedly without any problems. He is keenly aware of the biggest shortcoming of the Type 68 mortar - the limited range, which limits their application. After the decisive adjustment and deployment, without the devastating blow of heavy mortars, the South China Army's offensive was weaker. When the generals on the front line were about to attack, Zhu Xianhai directly ordered him to reject it.

"It is extremely stupid to attack the fortress with human life!"

Compared with a fortress, Zhu Xianhai values ​​human life more!Pay more attention to your own life!

"Remember, for Nanhua, the most precious thing is human resources, especially men in their prime, who are not only the main force in marching and fighting, but also the basis for conquering and occupying this land in the future! Therefore, when fighting, you can Use cannonballs, try to use cannonballs as much as possible. Compared with human life, cannonballs are the least valuable. A cannonball is only a few dollars, but for a soldier who is killed in battle, the army needs to pay 500 yuan in pensions, as well as supporting their bereaved families In terms of time, it takes at least eighteen years for a baby to grow into an adult and join the army. In comparison, how long does it take to produce a shell? It’s only a few minutes..."

In the headquarters, Zhu Xianhai once again instilled the concept of "human life is precious" to the officers around him. This is not because he is influenced by modern ideas, but because in Nanhua, the most precious thing is human resources.

Especially the Chinese immigrants from South China, they are the precious "seeds" of the Chinese nation to survive and multiply on this land. In Zhu Xianhai's eyes, any Chinese male is not just one person, but dozens, thousands of people. Ancestors of a hundred people.

If all goes well, a Chinese man will have at least 5 children after marrying a white or mixed race. Twenty years later, his children will also have the same number of children. What about [-] years later?His family will multiply and become a large family with hundreds of people.

It is precisely because of this that these middle-aged men are the fundamental guarantee for Nanhua to conquer South America - without them, there would be no high fertility rate, and even if they were conquered, they would be driven away or assimilated by the locals sooner or later.

Therefore, human power is the foundation of the empire's conquest and rule!
"Marshal, everyone understands this truth, but now our heavy artillery can't be delivered, and the Argentines use mortars to suppress it, unless the railway is repaired to the front line, and then..."

Before Sun Hu could speak, Zhu Xianhai spoke.

"Don't hang yourself on a tree. Since this method doesn't work, let's change our thinking."

Looking at Sun Hu, Zhu Xianhai said solemnly.

"War, the purpose of war is nothing more than to kill the enemy as much as possible and save ourselves. If we don't hesitate to sacrifice our lives in exchange for victory in a war, even if we win, it will be a war. For us, the loss outweighs the gain."

Looking at everyone present, Zhu Xianhai thought for a while, and then continued.

"You have to figure this out, that is, Nanhua is completely different from China. We don't have enough human resources to squander and sacrifice. So in this case, we can squander shells. What are our advantages? ? It’s firepower, it’s the full use of firepower.”

Then he said earnestly again. .

"I hope you can firmly remember this in the future. What is the purpose of fighting? It is to kill the enemy and save yourself. If a few shells can save a life, why should we waste human life? Of course..."

Staring at the "fortress" of the Argentines on the sand table, Zhu Xianhai thought for a while, and then said.

"Right now we do encounter a little problem, but it's not a problem at all. They prevent us from giving full play to our advantages, so just change the style of play. In addition to cannons, we have other weapons. For fighting, It’s just about giving full play to your strengths…”

(End of this chapter)