In terms of training, Wang Xuexin didn't pay much attention to it. After all, these three mechanized troops originally had artillery and a lot of artillery. They had the basis and organization for actual combat. For them, adapting the M30 artillery battalion was just an operational problem. At most, it was allocated

A few bear consultants taught them the details, and maintenance logistics became a problem.

If Wang Xuexin had any control, it was to order artillery training to focus on shooting at specified coordinates, and to immediately move positions after three rapid fires.

This again made the troops unable to understand.

It's no problem to shoot at specified coordinates. Long-range artillery can't fire because it can't see the target and has to rely on the artillery observer to report the coordinates.

But the question is...isn't it necessary to test-fire?

The traditional artillery battle method is for the artillery observer to report the coordinates. After the artillery is ready, one to three rounds of test fire are conducted to ensure accuracy. The artillery observer waits until the artillery observer successfully introduces the artillery shells into the target area before firing in batches. This can ensure that the accuracy will not be compromised.

Wasted artillery shells and missed opportunities.

The whole process from test firing to batch firing takes about five minutes. After five minutes, the enemy artillery also needs to test fire and evacuate quickly before batch firing.

Evacuation includes closing the gun, towing, leaving, etc. It will take another three to four minutes depending on the situation.

Therefore, artillery operations are actually very dangerous. If the enemy successfully enters the target area after a test fire, there may not be enough time to withdraw.

Now Wang Xuexin's order to them is to fire according to the coordinates when they come up, eliminating the need for communication with the artillery observers and the test firing, and evacuate immediately after three rapid fire rounds... The rate of fire of the M30 grenade is about 6 rounds per minute, three rounds

It only takes half a minute to fire a rapid shot.

Then immediately enter the withdrawal procedure. It is estimated that the total time required is only more than three to four and a half minutes, which is less than five minutes. At this time, the enemy's artillery observers may have just passed the coordinates to the artillery unit and started test firing.

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To this end, Ding Wei, who was puzzled, also led a remote meeting between the three team leaders using radio:

Ding Wei: "Does your artillery also retreat after three rapid fires? Or is it just my troops like this?"

"Same!" Li Yunlong replied: "They are all three rapid fire shots!"

"Me too!" Kong Jie replied: "I thought this was the Mao Xiong's style of play. After asking the consultant, I found out that it was not the case at all. This was the first time they had heard of this style of play!"

Ding Wei added: "It is safe to attack like this. Our artillery has already withdrawn completely before the enemy started to test fire, but can we hit the target like this? We are a regular army, and we still use guerrillas to fight coldly."

Law?"

The guerrillas actually fought like this. They used small 50 artillery pieces. They randomly fired a few shells at the enemy barracks and then turned around and ran away...

There is no problem for the guerrillas to use this tactic, because its main purpose is not to kill or suppress the enemy, but to harass the enemy and keep him in constant fear.

But the regular army also has this tactic... isn't that a waste of artillery shells?

Li Yunlong said this: "Why are we thinking so much? Isn't it just to save two links? Let's practice first. If it doesn't work when we fight, we don't care about the fucking order. We can fight how we want.

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This is the character of Li Yunlong. He always follows actual combat and doesn't care about orders.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie thought it was right when they heard it. The artillery observers and test firings did not say they should be abolished, and the artillerymen also knew it. When the time came, it would only take one sentence to add it, so they stopped worrying about it.

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Wang Xuexin really has no intention of abolishing artillery observers and test firings, because even with artillery detection radar, these are still needed.

The artillery detection radar can only detect enemy artillery shells, that is, it can only work after the enemy artillery fires.

At the same time, the data of artillery reconnaissance radar is processed by computers, which is much more accurate than artillery observers calculating coordinates and artillery calculating elements. Therefore, when dealing with enemy artillery, the two time-consuming steps of artillery observers and test firing can basically be omitted.

The reason why "basic" is used here is because the Mark 3 radar used by the Eighth Route Army at that time was a medium-wave radar with large errors. On the other hand, the digital map also had errors, so the final result would not be perfect.

But not all artillery is used against enemy artillery.

For example, there are bombing enemy positions, and another example is carrying out interception artillery bombardment when the enemy is charging. At this time, the enemy has no artillery shells flying into the air and the artillery detection radar cannot function. Of course, there is no way to know the enemy's position. At this time, you have to use the old method.

That is to say, the solution is to use artillery observers and test firing.

But Wang Xuexin is still a little dissatisfied with this configuration.

This was mainly because Wang Xuexin was worried that the artillery battalion's combat effectiveness was insufficient.

This is not to say that the power of the M30 is insufficient. In fact, the power of the M30 howitzer is quite amazing: its effective killing area when launching grenades is 60 meters by 20 meters, of which 20 meters is the absolute killing radius. Even if the target is lying in this range

Anyone on the ground who is not hit by shrapnel will be killed by the shock.

The problem is that just as Li Yunlong worried, are the 12 cannons missing?

Moreover, these 12 cannons have to deal with both artillery and infantry...are the artillery shells enough during the battle?

If one or two guns malfunction or are hit by stray bullets during the battle, will the combat effectiveness be weaker?

Therefore, Wang Xuexin thought about improving the lethality of artillery.

There are two ways to increase the lethality of artillery: one is to improve the artillery so that it can fire more accurately and faster, and the other is to improve the shells.

The former is not a difficult task for Wang Xuexin. After all, China copied the Type 54 artillery and improved it into the Type 54-1. Wang Xuexin only needs to transfer this Type 54-1.

The problem is that the Eighth Route Army does not have an artillery production line at all at this time. What can it do if it knows how to improve it? Shouldn't it have to rely on Mao Xiong to make Mao Xiong take advantage of it?

What's more, after the improvement, the failure rate is reduced, and the power is not increased much.

Then the only thing to consider is the direction of the cannonball.

The first thing Wang Xuexin thought of was to change the type of ammunition to incendiary bombs?

It can be considered that incendiary bombs are very suitable in some special occasions, such as when dealing with enemy artillery... In the past, it was difficult to detonate enemy artillery shells without detonating several incendiary bombs.

Another example is that in night battles, incendiary bombs can indicate targets for our army.

But the incendiary bomb is still not ideal... its small projectile space can not hold much napalm, and its killing radius is about 60 meters.

Is there any other way to increase the power of cannonballs?

Wang Xuexin didn't have a clue after much deliberation. He held a cup of coffee in his hand and hung it in the air for a long time without bringing it to his mouth.

But this also inspired Wang Xuexin. He looked at the coffee cup in his hand and thought: Why not make air burst bombs to increase their power?

(End of chapter)
Chapter completed!