"General, when the scheduled time for shelling has come, is there an order to stop shelling?" The adjutant came over to remind Chen Xin, who was already out of the world. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The shelling lasted a full hour.

70 infantry guns, firing continuously for an hour at a rate of 1 round per minute, that's 4200 shells.

Because the 10 6-pound guns of each infantry gun are made of copper and can be reused, if you don't count the guns, a shell is a 3-pound warhead plus 1 pound of gunpowder.

The total weight of the ammunition used is 16,800 catties, which is converted into Xuanjun's own unit of measurement, which is a full 8.4 tons.

100 10-pound long-barreled heavy guns of the Navy, firing continuously at a rate of 2 rounds per minute for an hour, that is 12,000 shells.

And a shell warhead of a 10-kilogram long-barreled heavy gun weighs 10 kilograms, plus 2.5 kilograms of propellant, 12,000 shells are 150,000 kilograms, that is, a full 75 tons.

Combined, the total number of iron warheads, propellants, and explosives used is 83.4 tons.

Scattered to the heads of the enemy army, if calculated on average, it is basically 13.9 catties of gunpowder and iron per enemy, which is too extravagant in this era.

Of course, it is impossible to be so even, and it cannot be counted that way.

This is just a little obsessive-compulsive disorder of Chen Xin's own, just entertaining himself.

During the artillery bombardment, the enemy troops rushed out, but under the care of hundreds of guns, they quickly broke up, and after several successive times, the enemy troops no longer dared to take the lead.

Seeing that the enemy army had not launched any effective counterattack from beginning to end, Chen Xin was bored and began to calculate the account himself, which was part of the calculation of artillery expenses just now.

At the beginning of the shooting, in the rumbling sound of artillery fire, everyone's mood was very surging, and after half an hour, others were still so excited.

But Chen Xin, who was accustomed to all kinds of blockbuster bombardments in later generations, was drowsy after listening to this monotonous and mechanical sound, and if he didn't find something for himself, he might be ugly.

Chen Xin was reminded and finally came back to his senses, "Oh, is the time finally up, then order to stop the shelling." ”

"Yes."

After giving the order, Chen Xin got up and climbed towards the lookout car that had been erected on the side, a kind of high platform cobbled together by several cars, which could accommodate two or three people to stand up and observe the situation on the opposite side with binoculars.

From the collection of the Ming Dynasty soldiers, there is a detailed production method of this kind of car, standing on this kind of car can effectively observe the situation of the enemy, Xuan Jun is naturally to learn, manufacture, improve.

In the telescope, the camp on the opposite side was in shambles, all kinds of flags and tents were pushed to the ground, stumps and broken arms were scattered everywhere, and the corpses were piled up in piles one after another, without a trace of the breath of living people at all.

"The god of war really lives up to his name."

"Order the whole army to thoroughly inspect the enemy's camp."

The various units of the Xuan army slowly approached the enemy camp with their rifles, and the surrounding fences were basically all broken, and they fell to the ground in a mess, and the soldiers covered each other to step on these debris.

After entering the camp, what greeted me was a bloody hell scene, under the bombardment for an hour, there was no body at all, and many soldiers of the Xuan Army had dizziness, vomiting and other adverse symptoms, and they were frightened by the tragic situation at the scene.

On the other side, many officers were talking about things together, "Artillery is used intensively, and it is so powerful?" It's completely beyond my imagination. ”

"I didn't expect that there would be dozens of infantry guns firing salvos before, but at that time, it seemed that the effect was far less shocking than today."

"Lao Zhang, you're talking about the Lishui counterattack, right?"

Lao Zhang nodded and said, "Yes, that's it, Lao Lu, I just don't understand, we also used dozens of infantry guns at that time, but the effect is not as good as today." ”

Lao Lu's eyes swept around and said, "Actually, the effect of this artillery bombardment is so good, all because of those naval heavy artillery, infantry artillery is just a foil, when used alone, it feels good, but compared with heavy artillery, it is far worse." ”

Lao Zhang was very dissatisfied with Lao Lu's words of erasing the army's merits, and retorted excitedly: "You are talking nonsense, the navy's heavy artillery is only 100 guns per shot, and our infantry artillery also has 70 guns, how can the results of the battle be completely counted on the head of the navy's heavy artillery?" ”

"Hey, don't be convinced, I have proof."

"Then take it out and let me have a look."

"Come on, look here." The officer who spoke pointed to shrapnel near a pile of corpses and said to the others, "Look, what does such a big piece mean?" ”

"What does it mean?"

"It shows that all the grenades that came here were 10 pounds of grenade shotguns from the navy's heavy artillery. Infantry artillery shells were shelled with cloth, and only naval heavy artillery was equipped with cast-iron flowering shells in order to destroy people at a distance. If you look around, the divisions of this shrapnel, and the distribution of scattered pieces of infantry artillery shells, you will know who is the protagonist today. ”

Lao Zhang was silent for a long time, and suddenly raised his head, gritted his teeth and said firmly, "Our army also needs to have this kind of heavy artillery." ”

Lao Lu looked at Lao Zhang in disbelief: "Are you crazy?" How much does this naval heavy gun weigh? The cannon body alone weighs 1,040 kilograms, and the corresponding artillery carriage weighs 3,000 kilograms. Korea, the Wa Kingdom, these places, are mountainous and hilly terrain, how to transport this kind of heavy artillery, have you thought about it? ”

Lao Zhang was unmoved, and said firmly, "Lao Lu, I must report to the detachment headquarters, if the detachment is disbanded after this battle, then I will report to the General Staff, if it is not possible, I will report to the general, the army needs heavy artillery."

Didn't you see what you saw today? What if we encounter such heavy artillery in one of our battles in the future? Count on infantry artillery? Do you dare to take your squadron to a position with such heavy artillery defense? ”

As if frightened by what the other party said, Lao Lu's mouth opened and closed, and after a few times, his eyes swept over the corpse on the ground with a cold look, and he looked at Lao Zhang firmly and said, "I am willing to sign your report, you are right, our army needs heavy artillery." I don't want to lead my boys with my men to look at the heavy artillery on the opposite side and launch a desperate charge one day in the future.

I am not afraid of death, but we should not bear this kind of thing, we have the most advanced laboratories in the world, and we have this huge armory factory, we should always be ahead of the enemy, and strangle the signs of danger in the cradle. ”

"Good brother, you're so right." The hands of the two men were tightly clasped together.

On the commanding heights outside the camp, Chen Xin looked at this scene, and the corners of his mouth twitched a little, "The officers should have been married a long time ago, and the home economics school I established back then cultivated such virtuous and virtuous wife candidates, and aren't there many nurses in the barracks?" Couldn't these tie the hearts of the two hearts? ”

Chen Xin shook the goosebumps on his body, and secretly made up his mind that he must bring in more excellent female soldiers and female officers, and not let my troops become a tragic scene of everywhere.

"I can break steel straight, I don't believe I can't break two. If you want to make a plan, it's called saving. Chen Xin firmly remembered the names of the two officers in his heart, and was ready to find time to solve this matter after the battle.