"This is a new weapon used by the soldiers of the Mirage Kingdom! Hand grenades! It's not our model, and the appearance is very different." Looking at the somewhat familiar equipment, a major among the Tang Army commanders gathered around the captured weapon boxes grabbed Said a grenade from the Mirage Army.
The grenade he was holding in his hand was a grenade produced by the Mirage Kingdom. It looked very similar to the first-generation wooden handle grenade used by the Tang Army.
The Tang Army no longer used that thing, and then handed over the inventory to Beiling's troops at a low price, half sold and half given away.
Later, Beiling's troops also used them on the battlefield, especially in the battle to destroy the Kingdom of Gemelin, which consumed a large number of grenades in stock.
Since that battle, inventory statistics of wooden handle grenades have fallen into chaos, because it is impossible to reconcile battlefield consumption and missing numbers.
I heard that when Beiling began to move, most of the grenades in stock were used for training, but there was still a batch missing.
In short, there are actually many opportunities for the first-generation grenades produced by Datang Military Industry to be taken away and studied.
Of course, in fact, it is just pure research and imitation, and there is no gap in similar grenade technology. The technology of this thing is very simple, and it is easy to produce by workshop technology.
It is not difficult for Cyric, who can produce artillery fuses and even has a large number of factories, to produce grenades, so Tang Jun was not panicked after seeing his opponent's grenades.
"It also refers to our wooden handle design." Another old officer sneered, picked up a grenade that could be used as a hammer, and looked at the white text on it.
"Cyric, Type 1... won't they come up with a new name?" Another officer complained disdainfully.
"Be careful with this thing when you attack in the future." Looking at the enemy's new weapons in front of him, the major who just spoke looked around a circle of officers, and then reminded: "To summarize, report to the superiors! All soldiers must be alerted Attention! Send the remaining samples to the division headquarters together."
In trench warfare, if the opponent unexpectedly starts to use grenades on a large scale, the unprepared Tang Army may suffer a heavy loss.
In fact, in this battle, Tang Army soldiers were killed by enemy grenades. When attacking a trench, the enemy threw seven or eight such grenades. Caught off guard, the Tang army killed four soldiers and wounded more than a dozen.
"It's really annoying." The old officer carrying a grenade looked at the text on the grenade again, and said angrily: "If there is a chance, I will make those damn Cyric bastards pay for their debts with blood. !”
"That's right! But now we want those goblins who massacred humans to taste our anger!" The officer beside him patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry! We will pay every debt. They remember!”
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Anpu, in the Tang Army's high command, a group of technical officers were gathering together to talk about the newly discovered new enemy weapons.
These weapons are actually very interesting: the Mirage army used a new 50mm caliber artillery on the front line. Its gun mount was improved to allow the barrel to be quickly raised and rotated laterally.
To put it simply, this is a very primitive small-caliber anti-aircraft gun, and its aiming speed has been greatly improved compared to the old 76 mm caliber balloon gun.
However, this artillery is not equipped with an anti-air sight, nor is it equipped with corresponding altitude measurement equipment. At the same time, no artillery shells equipped with fixed-height artillery fuses have been found near the position of this artillery.
In other words, Mirage is trying to create anti-aircraft guns with better performance, but they are still exploring. Their weapons are more like semi-finished products. Although they still have no practical significance, they are more advanced than the weapons they used in the past.
Similarly, the Maxim heavy machine gun equipped by the Mirage Army has also undergone lightweight improvements. It has canceled the bulky gun frame and reduced some weight.
Unfortunately, because there is no way to give up water cooling, the total combat weight of this weapon is still very high, and the Mirage soldiers are too short, which still cannot improve the battlefield maneuverability of the machine gun team.
But this improvement does meet the basic requirements of the Mirage troops: their soldiers are short in stature, and lightweight weapons do make sense for them.
In addition, the news that the Tang Army discovered enemy grenades on the front line has also spread back here, which caused uneasiness among many officers.
"If grenades start to be equipped on a large scale, what about landmines?" Beside the conference table, an officer wearing glasses asked.
"We must be careful of cheap defensive weapons like landmines. If the enemy uses similar weapons in the battle, our casualties may increase again." Another technical officer said with a heavy face.
The enemy's technology improvement is uncontrollable, and as time goes by, the enemy's technology will definitely become higher and higher.
"Should we change the tactical manual so that soldiers are more aware of landmines and grenades and take better precautions?" the officer holding his chin gave his own suggestion.
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"Okay, let's reprint a batch of tactical manuals and list some of the enemy's new weapons in as much detail as possible." Chief of General Staff Loew, who presided over the meeting, finally gave the order.
As the chief of general staff of the army, he must think about the problem from an overall perspective: more and more similar weapons will definitely appear on the battlefield, and the Tang army must be prepared at that time.
"Here! Here's another interesting thing!" As he spoke, a semicircular iron lump was placed on the conference table.
It was a hemispherical iron sheet, hollow inside, with a sunken hole in it, which looked like a bullet hole.
"Steel helmet?" Tang Jun has been fully equipped with M35 steel helmets for a long time, so of course he is no stranger to this stuff. When he saw it, an officer directly called out its name.
"Yes, it's a thing from the Mirage Kingdom." The officer who took out this thing nodded and said, "It was found on the battlefield. The holes in it were made by our snipers, and the person who died was an officer from the Mirage Kingdom."
Compared with the exquisite Tang Army M35 helmet, the Mirage helmet on the table in front of me is actually quite rough. Its structure is simpler and it doesn't even have protruding edges.
Its shape is half a sphere, with the edges polished. This thing is not yet commonly equipped with Mirage soldiers, and is only distributed in small quantities by frontline officers.
"In this way, soldiers can no longer simply look at their helmets to judge whether we are the enemy or not." The officer on the side said with regret on his face.
This is a very important method of identifying friend and foe. Before this, taking a look at whether you are wearing a helmet is an obvious way to judge whether you are an enemy or a friend.
"If you give these bastards a few more years, will they also be able to build airplanes?" Recently, they often find some novel gadgets on the battlefield, so a Tang general couldn't help but complain.
"There is nothing we can do. We can't stop others from copying our homework." Loew also felt helpless.
Something like a steel helmet can be copied just by looking at it casually. As for performance, no one cares.
It doesn't matter if the design is unscientific. Anyway, it is an improvement to be able to issue steel helmets to soldiers. Don't you see, the Qi State has perished, and the soldiers of the Qi State have only worn soft hats?
This means that the aircraft cannot be built based on its appearance. If it could be built, it is estimated that Cyric would have a serious air force by now...
"It seems it's time for us to let them know that our weapons cannot be copied casually." A general looked at Loew aside and said, "Your Majesty is not ordering us to speed up the attack. ? Invest in some new equipment?”
"Okay!" Loew approved the other party's suggestion: "Let the rocket launcher unit have a try, and let our enemies know how powerful we are!"
In the far south of Beiyuan City, the Tang Army had just built a simple station, and the train slowly stopped on the platform.
On the flatbed train, new weapons covered with canvas, which could only be seen as trucks, were transported to the front line.
Until the trains were unloaded, the carriages of these trucks were covered with canvas. The soldiers around them could only vaguely see that behind the trucks was a row of shelves pointing diagonally toward the sky, which looked quite strange.
Soon, these trucks arrived at the area that had been designated long ago. The surrounding security forces were driven further away, and no one knew what weapons these trucks were.
This weapon is still under the highest confidentiality, and the soldiers on the front line do not know that there is a rocket launcher battalion behind them ready for battle.
When the loaders belonging to the rocket launcher unit hung the rockets on the launch track, the world's first rocket launcher was ready for battle.
The observing infantry generals and testing technicians, and even Tiger participated in this actual rocket launcher shooting feast.
With the order, everyone immediately felt the shock brought by this weapon. Smoke filled the entire artillery position, and the blown dust swallowed up all the launch vehicles in an instant.
Watching the smoke pillars pointing diagonally into the sky gradually receding into the distance, this spectacular sight made everyone watching widen their eyes.
In just a few dozen seconds, a battalion of 24 rocket launchers fired a total of 384 rockets at the predetermined enemy positions.
This is almost equal to the ammunition pouring capacity of all the artillery on the southern front of the Tang Army. The instantaneous pouring ability of the rocket launcher is so powerful that it can be seen.
Seeing all this, Tiger didn't know what to say. Six years ago, he was still ecstatic about getting a revolver. But now, he no longer knows what adjectives to use to describe the weapon in front of him.
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