This time, a lot of ammunition in the Jingzhou Battle was produced by the factory before, and after the follow-up troops entered Jingzhou, this large-scale ammunition vehicle located in Dongdingzhou, which is closest to the front line, will also become the most important ammunition replenishment arsenal for the Jingzhou Battle Army!

However, such a Dongdingzhou Ordnance Bureau is still only one of the many ammunition factories under the control of the Daheng Unification Army.

In fact, many of the newly controlled arsenals of the Daheng Unification Army, because of technical limitations, equipment limitations, etc., there is no way to easily and quickly switch to the production of new Luo'an III rifles or breech-loading rifled guns, the technical content of these two things is too high, even if you want to produce, you have to transport the raw materials from the iron and steel factory in Luohai City or Chongke City, it is better to complete the production directly in the arsenal in Luohai City.

These arsenals that are not skilled in technology have basically been transformed into ammunition production factories or gun repair factories, and the original firearms and artillery technical experts have been transferred to several other factories that produce firearms or artillery.

This can be regarded as a kind of resource integration.

Therefore, the ability of the Daheng unified army to supply ammunition has been greatly or even several times higher than that of last year.

And this, for the Daheng Unification Army, is more important than simply getting more Luo'an III rifles or rifled guns.

The Daheng Unified Army has always paid attention to the superiority of firepower in previous wars, especially when it likes to launch fierce artillery bombardments during offensive operations.

However, the amount of shells consumed in this way is too large, and it was actually very difficult to supply the Daheng unified army in the past, and the artillery generals of some units were so happy for a while, after they shot out the shells they carried, they could basically only watch the drama in the later battles, so that Lin Ziran reiterated several times that he wanted to save ammunition.

And this time, in order to be able to cross the Mihe River, in order to be able to go all the way north to kill the Beijing Division and even capture the Beijing Division, it has prepared a large amount of ammunition.

Just the bullets, the logistics department has prepared more than 50 million rounds for the combat troops in the direction of Jingzhou, even if it is evenly distributed to 230,000 soldiers, the per capita number can exceed 200 rounds, but in fact, the combat infantry or cavalry who really go to the front line is far less than 230,000 rounds, and the ammunition ration that the front-line combat infantry can get is far more than 200 rounds.

At the same time, about 350 rounds of shells were prepared for each of the barreled guns!

Don't look at the small average number, this is a shell with large-caliber artillery!

The logistics department's estimate of ammunition consumption is based on a series of battles last year, especially a series of battles in Zishengzhou last year, and the ammunition consumption of this series of campaigns is very large.

One of the more typical is the Battle of Chongke City, which only a few days ago a large number of infantry were dispatched to attack the enemy's defensive positions on the outskirts of the city, and the infantry units that actually participated in the battle were only about three divisions, and how many bullets were consumed?

One million and six thousand bullets were consumed in three days!

At the same time, 36,000 shells were consumed in three days, not counting rapid-fire mortar shells.

And this was just one of a series of battles last year, and only the first three days of the entire Battle of Chongke.

And if you attack Jingzhou, the Battle of Mihe will definitely be a large-scale battle, after the Battle of Mihe, it is estimated that it will not be easy to go north this way, at least one or two more battles, after all, the coalition forces of Jingzhou and other states will not let the Daheng unified army swagger and go directly north to the Beijing Division.

After arriving in Jingshi, you have to attack the big city of Jingshi, which is a super city with a population of more than one million people and is even larger than Luohai City and Chongke City.

After defeating the Jing Division, he had to go north along the Jing River to conquer and control many major cities along the Jing River.

After this battle, the Logistics Department estimated that only the first and second phases of the operation in Jingzhou would consume more ammunition than the total ammunition consumed in last year's Dongdingzhou, Zishengzhou, and Quyang Prefecture battles.

This is due to the fact that more body-barreled artillery is used, rapid-fire mortars are also equipped on a large scale, and heavy machine guns have been newly added as a large consumer of ammunition.

In short, the logistics department is estimated according to three times the average ammunition consumption of a series of battles last year!

In order to prepare such a large amount of ammunition in advance, the logistics department has transferred most of the ammunition that can be transferred to combat units in the direction of Jingzhou.

For example, the sad Eleventh Army, they did not have a single 13 mm all-metal bullet in the whole army, because the higher authorities did not allocate them the Luo An III rifle at all, only gave them 18 mm modified rear-loading rifled rifles, that is, 18 mm Fuyuan rifles, and the bullets issued were all 18 mm paper case fixed ammunition that was mass-produced and stocked in the early years.

Similarly, the Tenth Army was similar, with only 100,000 rounds of 13 mm all-metal bullets, because the weapons they were issued were mainly 18 mm Fuyuan rifles, and the Luo An III rifles were only equipped with a mere regiment!

These two armies on the southern front are a tragedy!

And the Daheng Unified Army in the other three directions of the northern front, now life is not very easy, they have been relying on the stock of ammunition for a period of time, although the ammunition is still useful, but in a short period of time do not expect to be able to get ammunition replenishment, so the troops in the three directions of Zhongluozhou, Quyang Prefecture, and Zisheng Prefecture have to be leisurely.

Anyway, Lin Ziran has already clearly instructed the troops in the above three places, and they will be lying on Lao Tzu's stomach for the next two months, don't make trouble, just guard the territory, don't wave, and don't waste ammunition, you can't replenish it in large quantities if the ammunition is exhausted.

In the past few months, and even in the coming months, the weapons and ammunition production capacity under the control of the Daheng United Army will give priority to the combat units in the Jingzhou direction.

Not only the newly produced, but even the weapons originally equipped by the troops, especially the artillery, are replaced with new guns in advance in consideration of the barrel life, and the second-hand guns are reserved for other troops.

After all, artillery, especially the barrel, has a lifespan, with the current steel smelting and processing technology, plus in order to control costs and increase production capacity, this quality is actually very average.

The short-barreled howitzer is okay, and the barrel life is longer, but those field guns, cannons, naval guns and other long-barreled guns with different names are not good for barrel life.

For example, the navy's 150 mm and 30 times the naval gun has a meagre 500 rounds of barrel life!

Although the army's 100-millimeter 30-fold cannon has a rated barrel life of 800 rounds, in actual use, the propellant used by the army is all reduced charge, modified for naval artillery to be used on warships, and when the navy uses conventional or even strong charge, the inferior quality of the barrel is exposed in minutes, and under normal charge, the life of the barrel will not exceed 300 rounds, and as for the strong charge, it will be blown up in minutes......

The navy dislikes this thing, and for good reason!