Chapter 25: Rekindle the beacon

The 7000 rounds of ammunition in front of me are all distributed, basically a rifle can only be equipped with 8 rounds of ammunition. With this number of bullets, Chris felt that let alone an offensive battle, he didn't even have enough training.

The number of stretched bullets reminded Chris of the hard years known as the War of Resistance. In that era, each soldier in the poor Chinese army had only single-digit bullets to use.

"This number of bullets is definitely not enough. I have to have at least 100,000 bullets before I can be sure to win a war." Chris's face also became difficult to look, and he said to Smith: "I don't know if you have any technical problems. I can solve it for you...but the capacity of the bullet...you must pile it up for me!"

As he said, he clenched his fist in front of Smith: "This is a task that must be completed! Understand?"

"Ming, I understand..." Smith knew that for Alan Hill now, expansion was imminent. As the driving force of expansion, the industry must provide all the materials needed for this war, including weapons and munitions, as well as various other products.

This is the interesting thing about modern industrial civilization: to expand outward at all costs in order to industrialize, and in order to expand, one must madly expand the scale of its own industry. It looks like a paradox, but there is a **** road to glory in the paradox.

"The production of grenades..." Chris asked about the production status of another big killer. Since the bullets are too precise to be mass-produced, then making grenades has become the only way to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Even in the most arduous years of the War of Resistance, even in the darkest hand-crafted workshops behind enemy lines, grenades can be produced continuously. The main reason is that the production process of this thing is really not complicated.

In the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the production speed of grenades even surpassed the production speed of bullets in some areas. This also proves from the side that the production process of wooden handle grenade is very simple.

The most sophisticated fuze can also be mass-produced by hand. The disadvantage is that the detonation rate of this manual fuze is really low. But this is also a tolerable thing, after all, as long as half of the grenade can be detonated normally, it is enough to suppress the enemy.

The grenade that Chris chose for his army is also the most classic grenade with wooden handle, the famous German m24 grenade. There is also a reason for choosing this grenade.

Because of the advanced nature of weapons and equipment, Chris estimates that his troops will be engaged in offensive operations in the next two or even three years. If the magic empire does not participate in the war, his troops should be in a mortal area as if they were no one.

Since it is the main offensive battle, it is natural to use offensive grenades. The egg-shaped grenade with more complex craftsmanship and shorter throwing distance was rejected by Chris. Because the firepower of the army is still seriously insufficient, using grenades as a melee weapon is also a way to fill the gap in firepower, so the m24 grenade has become a better choice.

In the era when there were no mortars and submachine guns, close-range fire suppression could basically only rely on grenades. In this case, the long throw distance, wooden handle grenade that is not easy to roll off, is much better than defensive grenade.

Another reason is actually easy to understand: the original woodworking craftsmanship of Serris, which is rich in huge woods, is extremely advanced. The wooden handle craftsmanship of the wooden handle grenade is very mature and the materials are also very sufficient, so there is no need to worry about production problems.

For this reason, the m24 grenade has become a standard weapon for Allan Hill soldiers, and it has been mass-produced recently. However, the first few batches of grenades often malfunctioned and misfired, and they were later joked by the soldiers. For "Warhammer"...

"The production speed of grenades is very fast." Speaking of this, Smith finally regained some confidence: "We have produced 4,000 grenades. After ten days, we may produce another 1,000 more!"

Chris was finally relieved, because if there was a grenade as a supplement, his troops could be prepared for battle more quickly, and used to fire the first shot of the Principality of Ailan Hill.

Now he has no way to stop his plan: if he chooses to give up, the citizens of Alan Hill who are destined to go bankrupt will also tear Chris to pieces and replace him with a more radical monarch.

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That night, Chris summoned Wagron and others to prepare for a new round of war plans. A careful analysis and inspection before the battle is a necessary condition for victory. Chris didn't want to fight an unprepared battle, so he rushed all his men to meet in advance. And this time, he has three main attack directions to choose from.

"We have just laid down the capital to make good on the Arante Empire... It is a very irrational thing to start a war rashly at this time." Desaier gave his own point of view: "At least in the last six months. , Arante is a very safe rear for us."

"The materials we mobilized do not support our attack on a huge empire like Arrant. We only have ammunition for two assaults... In this case, as long as Arrant does not yield to us and agrees to negotiate with us, we will collapse completely. ." Deans also shook his head, analyzing the irrationality of attacking the Arrant Empire from the perspective of materials.

Chris also thinks that it is a very silly thing to chew the most difficult bones when he comes up. He thinks that he should attack the fort. This meeting is also a meeting to unify the people.

"If we attack the Higgs Kingdom, then our land will become a long and narrow strip, separating Arrant from the various countries in the north...In this state, our defense area is too long." Chris pointed to the map and said. : "Furthermore, bordering the Magic Empire ahead of time has never been the result we wanted."

"So, we can only attack the Tubao. Open the Tubao to the two places in North County and put them into our territory." Chris scribbled on the map on the table and motioned for everyone to see: "So, we will We still face the enemy three times, but we have obtained many substantial benefits."

"First of all, the steel and coal mines of Tubao will be incorporated into our country. In this way, the materials we need to buy will be reduced by half, and the funds will be more abundant." Desaier opened the mouth and explained to everyone in front of him: "Just With steel, we can double our production capacity."

Today's wars are actually serving Serris's economy. So everyone in the room, except Wagron, is thinking about how to maximize economic benefits with a victory.

In their view, as long as the two places of Tubao and North County are opened, they can connect to the business road to the steppe empire. There are big buyers of ironware, salt and cloth, Ailan Hill can dump a lot of their own products.

Having a market is one aspect, and another aspect is to save money for acquiring mineral deposits. This is also one of the reasons Chris values ​​attacking Tubao most. Smith has said before that Tubao is a big iron producer, and it also has coal mines. , Are the things that Serris needs the most for industrialization.

"Moreover, there is copper in the mines of Tubao, which is what we lack right now." Smith looked at Tubao's property survey form, and said, "If we can control a copper mine, our bullets will be easier to produce. Up."

At present, the production pressure of the arsenal is mainly concentrated on the rifle and bullets. What restricts the production speed of rifles is mainly precision machining defects, and besides precision machining, there is another thing that restricts the production of bullets is the scarcity of copper ore.

In the absence of a solution, the soldiers of Ailan Hill basically did not have copper bullets in their hands. Steel shells mixed with a small amount of sphinx became the mainstream, but this kind of shells was indeed inferior to copper shells in performance. The results are obvious to all.

"Let the first regiment set off in three days, and I will personally lead the troops to conquer the fort..." Chris stared at the map and made up his mind to fight, and said to everyone participating in the meeting: "I want the first regiment within fifteen days. Take down the earthen fort in a battle!"

"Unlike Mayne and Ferry City, Tubao has a large number of cavalry. So we can't use our cavalry to build an advantage..." When it comes to specific combat links, Wagron has a better say.

He pointed to the map on the table and introduced: "The cavalry of Tubao is built on the grassland...the fighting power is stronger than our Serris cavalry. We can't drive them to the city of Tubao, we can only Fight with them in the wild."

"It's more regrettable... They must have heard about Mayne and Ferry, and it is hard to say whether they have guarded against us." Losing the advantage of preemptive strike, Ailan Hill's troops are faced with emptiness. A brute force, but unable to kill those annoying cavalry coming and going like wind.

The best way to deal with the cavalry is actually a machine gun. Unfortunately, Ailan Hill now only has less than 10,000 rounds of ammunition. A machine gun is almost exhausted after half an hour.

"Send two teams of messengers..." Chris did not shake his determination to attack Tubao, and said: "One team goes to Tubao and declares war on them; the other goes to Arrant and tells them Tubao colluded with the steppe empire and harassed us. Border..."

"Prepare for war! For the rise of Ellen Hill! We need war. Only flames can make steel stronger! Light a beacon and follow me to break the shackles of our destiny!" Chris pressed his hand. On the map, a simple pre-war mobilization road was made.

Everyone stood up, fisted against Chris and pressed his right hand to his chest: "Long live Ailan Hill!"