Chapter 3482: New firepower competition

On the road leading to the Rapp battle group. A large number of Yue soldiers are acting like coolies.

"Hurry up, push it, hurry up." An artillery officer waved his arm and motioned to listen to his movements. This was the cannon provided to them. They were left behind the battle group.

"One or two, hard work, one two, hard work." Everyone shouted loudly. They are pushing the 75mm infantry artillery forward. Originally, this type of artillery was used to deal with them, but now, they have become buyers, and these cannons will be used to deal with the Karachi people. But the prerequisite is that they must transport these cannons to the front line.

"Damn it. These roads." An ensign of Yue's artillery cursed. On the road to the south, Yueshi built fewer roads, especially the road to Indy. Most of the roads are this kind of dirt road, this kind of road is formed naturally. There is no series of measures such as laying stones, or strengthening the foundation, etc. These are all naturally formed. A large number of marches have turned the road here into powder, and the dust is as sparse as cement. The cannon is easy to fall into it, and the dust is flying, every soldier becomes like fished out of the soil, making it seem that they are very embarrassed. But they must move fast, because the frontline is in urgent need of fire support.

Although the fighters of the Rapp battle group are relatively mobile, they lack firepower after all. In order to speed up the advancement, they have to abandon some heavy firepower equipment. They are only equipped with some 20mm light artillery. Those artillery can be dismantled and moved quickly by an infantry squad. The heavy firepower is basically machine guns, and the 37mm artillery is very lacking. Most of the troops that lag behind are equipped with some heavy firepower, and the artillery regiments with 75mm artillery follow them. They must get there as fast as possible, otherwise, they will have a lot of trouble.

Zhao Guo, in the Army Weapons Proving Ground on the outskirts of Handan. Zhao Guo introduced their new weaponry. Tank, this is one of their experimental models.

"Sir, according to the preliminary data we fed back on the Yueshi battlefield, armored vehicles still cannot meet the needs on the battlefield." An army colonel introduced.

"Armored vehicles equipped with machine guns and small-caliber artillery can hardly deal with positions like artillery among the defensive targets, while artillery can easily deal with armored vehicles at a longer distance. This has caused a lot of trouble to the survivability of armored vehicles. "The colonel explained.

"I know these, and armored vehicles cannot cross some obstacles. This requires engineers to provide them with a relatively complete road. This is the biggest trouble for armored vehicles." Li Mu said.

"So, we launched an armored fighting vehicle. It uses a track design that can climb over some obstacles." The colonel said and launched their new tank.

"Boom. Click, click." The new tank appeared. This is a heavy armored fighting vehicle manufactured by Zhao Guo's Handan No. 1 Locomotive Manufacturing Plant. The entire armored battlefield already has the initial shape of a tank and a rotating mechanical turret, which requires manpower to constantly shake the handle to turn it. It is very laborious to rotate. Three members, one driver. A commander, and a gunner. The captain is responsible for a machine gun. The gunner is in charge of the artillery, and the caliber of the artillery is between 20 mm and 37 mm. But most of them are equipped with 20mm artillery. Because with 37mm artillery, the load of the armored combat vehicle will become larger, and his power will be obviously insufficient.

The tank is not very long. It is less than five meters long, but one meter nine, less than two meters high. Equipped with an eight-cylinder gasoline engine jointly manufactured by Zhao Guo and Qinggou, it can provide 120 horsepower. Said that the power provided by the power unit is still not enough, I can only say that it is just right. If you bring something more, such a tank will be overwhelmed by the opponent.

"His front armor has a thickness of 30 millimeters of iron armor. It can withstand accidental shots from a 20-millimeter gun at 200 meters. Thirty-seven millimeters require an accident at 500 meters to withstand it." The colonel introduced.

"Boom boom." The tank screamed and moved forward. His speed was relatively slow, but faster than the infantry.

"Are the infantry ineffective against them?" Li Mu asked with a telescope.

"It is ineffective. Rifle bullets cannot penetrate such a deck. Our artillery can easily destroy any target that is threatening to them." The colonel explained.

"Very well, we need to equip some of these armored vehicles, which is very useful for us." Li Mu said. For Li Mu, the limitations of armored vehicles are too great. Because it is difficult for him to exert a huge effect. Mobility, especially armored vehicles can only be equipped with some machine guns and small artillery, which is extremely disadvantageous for armored vehicles in future operations.

South Korea, Xinzheng, Army weapons test site.

"Bang." The assault armored vehicle developed by a South Korean locomotive manufacturer is being tested.

The Koreans’ development ideas are somewhat conservative, and they did not adopt a crawler style. Because they believe that, in that case, armored vehicles are not called armored vehicles. They still use wheels instead of conservative ones, which use spoke wheels. This can reduce the weight of the armored vehicle by a large margin, but it only reduces some weight, and the maneuverability of the armored vehicle is still not effectively guaranteed.

"Boom." A shell of a 37mm artillery shot directly out, and the shell accurately hit the target. The two gunners quickly completed the secondary reload, and the shells were thrown directly outside.

Facts proved again. The weight of the artillery has higher requirements for the engine, although in the engine, South Korea is ahead of Zhao Guo. But it is only a little ahead, they can provide up to 145 horsepower. No matter how much, their engine won't work. Or shorten the use time, and further signs of scrapping. In this situation. The situation with armored vehicles is not very good.

In order to reduce the burden of the armored vehicle, the armored vehicle with 37mm artillery only has front armor, not even side armor. The driver has a separate position, two gunners, one gunner acts as an observer, while adjusting the angle of the artillery, one loader will be responsible for the ammunition loading, there is no special storage location for the shells because they cannot be put down. The entire artillery has no top armor, so the difficulty can be imagined.

It is such an armored vehicle, its mobility is still greatly restricted. It cannot move quickly. Once it moves, it will have a big problem, which makes everyone feel a headache.

"The war is like this, and we can only watch this situation happen." An army captain on the test field was not interested in such a weapon at all, because he felt that an unprotected armored vehicle was just a mobile artillery. It’s just a turret, and the 37mm artillery is good for some small infantry machine gun positions. Once the opponent deploys 50mm artillery, armored vehicles like theirs are difficult to resist. In fact, the defense of this armored vehicle is very weak. , An infantry detour can cause a lot of casualties behind. Plus his front armor is very thin. Iron armor less than twenty millimeters. Cannonballs penetrate easily. This is simply a weapon for joking.

On the battlefield of the Rapp battle group. The Yueshi people have already completed such a modification.

"Bang. Bang. Bang. Suddenly." The battle was very fierce. Some Karachi combat units slowed down. They tried to reopen the path of retreat, so they were very desperate. In addition, they have all experienced wars, and the battles are very difficult to fight.

"We need reinforcements, we need reinforcements." Captain Li Kai shouted loudly. The sound on the other end of the phone was obscured by gunfire.

"Hello. Loud." Li Kaizhi asked loudly. The situation is not good for them. They only have more than a hundred soldiers, but the other party has a few hundred people. They are very cunning. They keep advancing, looking for shelter, and then alternately advancing. Their riflemen are very clever. Knowing to avoid, in this way, their positions were eaten by the opponent bit by bit. This made him very anxious, his firepower was relatively weak.

"Reinforcements have been sent out. Don't worry." The other party shouted loudly. I could only hear the faint voices in the phone. These phones were bought from Zhao Guoren, and some of the phone lines were purchased from Koreans. The telephone has spread to the battlefield. This can make the opponent's position extremely sensitive.

"Damn it. The Karachis are about to break through our defenses. Some Karachis are coming around from the position of the third company. We are now fighting on two sides. Officer." A sergeant reported anxiously.

"Damn it." Li Kaizhi quickly picked up the binoculars and looked at the situation. Sanlian had already retreated. Their troops were extremely weak, with fewer than forty people defending there, and now they retreated. Only they are still holding on.

"Stick to your position. Reinforcements will arrive soon. Hold on. Keep your position." Captain Li Kai shouted loudly. He hopes his own people can do this. The sergeant reluctantly executed the order. He knew that now he had to make some choices.

"We can't stand it anymore." The Yue soldiers in the trenches fired anxiously, but few bullets could hit those cunning Karachis. Many stupid Karachis were killed, and the rest were cunning. The soldiers know how to avoid bullets and how to survive the retreat, so as to save their lives, but now is not the time to save their lives. They must fight on.

Just when everyone felt desperate, they could think of the rest of the battle. The extremely cruel hand-to-hand combat was definitely a game of death, and no one could survive. Many people have accepted this fact. But at this moment. The sound of artillery moved them.

"Bang." There was an explosion. Several Karachi people who were running were hit. They were immediately killed and wounded. They fell to the ground anyway.

"Tututu. Tututu. Tutu." The machine gun made a rhythmic shooting sound. This sound made all Yueshi soldiers feel very relaxed.

"Hahaha. It's an armored vehicle unit, hahaha." The soldiers in the trenches exclaimed very excitedly. They knew that they had come for reinforcements. In this way, they don't have to be afraid of the opponent launching a larger offense.

"Bang." There was a sound of artillery firing, and an armored vehicle was parked far away. They were artillery-type armored vehicles modified by the Yueshi people themselves. This type of vehicle uses 20mm artillery. The shooting speed is faster. There is no cannon top. The armor was reduced to a minimum. In the open back door, some gunners stuffed them some shells from below. The shells were thrown directly outside. There is no way, after installing the 20mm artillery, there is simply no place to put extra ammunition. They can only move forward like this. This may be an advanced weapon modified by the Yueshi people themselves.

The two armored vehicles were not modified. After all, in many places, machine guns were extremely effective against infantry. The captain stretched his head to shoot. The driver acted as a temporary shooter, and the armored vehicle moved from time to time to shoot.

Under the counterattack of the armored vehicles, the Karachi attack was quickly dismantled. They can only escape. Originally their morale was not very high, but now their situation has become extremely bad.

"Fortunately, there are armored vehicles. Otherwise, our threat will be even greater." Li Kai said with a sigh of relief, squatting in the trench. Indeed, if there is no armored vehicle arrived in time. They can only fall into a bitter battle, facing the Karachi people who have an advantage in numbers, they really don't know what to do.

In Laizhou, the Goguryeo naval personnel kept entering the Qi State Naval Shipyard, and they put forward various requests.

"According to what we have learned, we know from all aspects that the Koreans and the pirates supported by the Chu people are equipping a new type of destroyer. Twenty-millimeter guns are even more powerful, and we are very worried that such consequences will happen.” said a navy colonel in Goguryeo. They have submitted a real letter.

"We require that the new cruiser be equipped with guns of more than two hundred millimeters. In this case, our guns will exceed the caliber, power, and possible range of our guns. We must have a higher firepower to suppress it." Colonel Goguryeo said .

With some information coming. The sources of intelligence in this area are very complicated and are the result of some intelligence dealers selling in the middle. But Goguryeo was very vigilant. They believed that the 120mm artillery had no great advantage anymore. They hope to replace with new powerful artillery. A new arms race has risen again. This surprised Qi Guo.