As Rigushkov said, fit the sentries with big ears and let them listen to anomalies in the air.

This kind of measure is indeed an important measure for countries to warn enemy aircraft before the birth of radar, especially during World War I. At that time, anti-aircraft weapons were fighter jets, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns, and early warning relied entirely on manpower. The sentry hears the anomaly through the "big ears", stares at the area with high-powered binoculars, and immediately reports to the command post by wired telephone or flag when he sees the dark shadow.

In the absence of early warning radar, this is undoubtedly the best measure, and Yang Mingzhi is also very pleased to hear this.

"At least, rabbit ears can hear the special noise of aircraft in advance, and even if we know ten minutes earlier, air defense preparations can be done better."

Rygushkov affirmed the commander's judgment, but he was very worried about the air defense situation of the troops, because the anti-aircraft fire of the troops did not shoot down the enemy planes. He said stupidly: "I don't know if our firepower is too weak, or the enemy's aircraft are too strong." If the enemy sorts out a large number of planes and we can't even shoot down a single one, we are like blind boxers, and we can only be beaten unilaterally! ”

"So, that's one of the reasons I found you. As for our anti-aircraft weapons, I do have some ideas, so we two old military workers just came to talk. ”

"Hey, you can really afford to drive me."

Rygushkov's anxious heart was much more relaxed, and the commander saw himself entirely as a military worker, not as a commander of an army group from above. The two workers sat down to talk, and the psychological pressure was gone.

The topic of air defense warning continued, and Ryguskov, based on his experience, decided that the ruins of Khomnich were an excellent early warning station, and besides, it was now also a military station, and it was also a radio relay station, which now gave the defenders another task, and it was not time-consuming.

According to this line of thinking, Yang Mingzhi suddenly became ambitious. "I believe that your rabbit ears can allow our army to detect enemy aircraft in advance, so you now have an additional task, that is, to make more rabbit ears, and reproduce them for me according to what you saw twenty years ago!"

"Yes!" Riguskov had no reason to refuse, how could he let go of such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and besides, in addition to early warning, he also had measures to strengthen air defense.

He asked Yang Mingzhi to take a break here and drink a cup of black tea. And he immediately sent someone to hire someone, and the whole process made a bit of Shintoism.

Yang Mingzhi took the hot tea and waited for the arrival of the so-called "nobleman".

After a while, a slightly chubby man walked into the office.

"It's you! I know you! Yang Mingzhi stood up and poked his head out to stare at the man who was covered in the smell of gun oil.

This person is none other than the pilot Podovich! In Yang Mingzhi's impression, this person is a little thin.

"Well, you don't have to salute! Podovich, you've been working in the arsenal since your car fell. You're here, but I've ignored you! I can't believe it, it seems that in the past few months, your food has been very good, and the whole person has gained weight! ”

Podovich still looked serious: "Yes! Comrade Commander! ”

"No need to be formal, I heard that you are here in the arsenal, the first to pick up a machine gun and shoot at enemy aircraft?!"

"That's right! Comrade Commander! ”

"How do you feel?"

"Feelings?!" Podovich came this time because Rigushkov asked him to report to the commander himself, which he had complained about at an internal meeting of the arsenal. Since the commander deliberately asked these questions, he also said it excitedly.

"Comrade Commander! You ask me how I feel. I feel like enemy planes are like turtles! You know, I'm a professional fighter pilot, I've shot down a lot of enemy planes, and I'm familiar with how to aim and shoot at enemy planes. I am confident that my bullet must have hit the enemy plane, and as for not being able to shoot it down, I have nothing to say. It's not that my shooting skills are bad, it's just that my weapons are so bad.

Is there an easier way to deal with air strikes than to shoot down enemy planes?

We need reliable anti-aircraft machine guns, and in my opinion, a large number of German-made MG34s captured by our army are excellent anti-aircraft machine guns! We can connect two, four, in parallel! And the bullet chain should also be connected, such as a larger ammunition box, and the chain of bullets connected is up to 2,000 rounds! ”

He had just come over and said this, apparently he had come prepared.

Yang Mingzhi patted his thigh and stood up when he heard this: "It seems that you must tell me these suggestions!" I am happy. Then Balian! Eight MG34s in parallel! ”

Podovich was stunned: "Eight-link? Did you really decide on the Eight-League? Ah, you support my suggestion too? ”

"Yes!"

"However, Commander, you should know very well that anti-aircraft shooting is a very waste of bullets, and even if it is eight, after dumping bullet casings on the ground, it may not necessarily shoot down enemy planes!"

"I don't know that! Unless our bullets, shells have long eyes! We have no choice but to consume a lot of ammunition to shoot down enemy aircraft. Human life is more important than ammunition. ”

On this issue, Yang Mingzhi knew that he had no reason to save ammunition. In this era when VT fuzes have not yet been used in actual combat, whether it is ground or sea air defense, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, must rely on the dense barrage brought by the high rate of fire to form a powerful firepower network, so that the enemy planes that dare to approach are smashed into pieces by shrapnel.

There is only one Deshka heavy machine gun in the guerrilla republic, and the ammunition reserve of this 12.7 mm caliber is really limited! The heavy machine gun, which Timoshenko ordered to be airdropped, was placed in the corner of the ammunition depot before it had even been put into actual combat.

Thinking that this machine gun is really useless at present, the Soviet Union has made a large number of these large-caliber machine guns, and they have been widely modified into anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns. All this is built on a steady supply of a large number of 12.7 mm bullets, which the guerrilla republics simply cannot afford!

The only thing that can be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun is the German MG34. After all, the universal machine gun is universal precisely because of its rate of fire of 1200 rounds / min, even if it is prepared for air defense!

Yang Mingzhi paused and continued: "Last time, the Germans blew up our airfield, so that the airdrop after the superiors became very passive. If the airport exists, we can take off and land transport planes here! What a shame.

Therefore, we must not blindly be passive in the face of the enemy's future air attacks! Besides, we have captured a large number of machine gun shells from the Romanians, these are Mauser shells that are common to the MG34, and at this stage we are definitely not short of 7.92 mm ammunition! ”

"In this case, the arsenal can indeed quickly convert those machine guns in stock into anti-aircraft machine guns!" Riguskov patted his chest, "weld a bracket, eight machine guns in parallel, and the trigger mechanism is integrated." Even! Speaking of this, he was also on a whim: "Even, we can set up the bracket on the jeep, so that when the enemy aircraft appears, my air defense vehicle can quickly change places!" ”

"Then do it!" Yang Mingzhi trembled with excitement, and said casually: "I order, the arsenal will use the shortest time to make eight eight-link anti-aircraft machine guns for me!" ”

Yang Mingzhi, who was on the rise, immediately wrote down the technical and tactical indicators he needed:

Eight machine guns have four boats on each side, arranged in an arc.

Each machine gun had two thousand rounds in each chain.

A system for adjusting the angle and direction of ejection is required.

Installation of a mechanical sighting mechanism.

These technical indicators alone were enough for Riguskov and Podovich to be amazed, and they could see that the commander had indeed asked the arsenal to produce it according to the standards of a real anti-aircraft machine gun.

He has already boasted about Haikou, and now he says that he refuses, even if he hesitates, he is disobeying the commander's order.

Rigushkov gritted his teeth again: "I promise to complete the task!" ”