Chapter 25
My Empire Chapter 25
2020-11-03
Chapter 25 25 Rekindle the flamesThe 7,000 rounds of ammunition in front of us are all distributed, basically a rifle can only be equipped with 8 rounds. With this number of bullets, Chris felt that let alone an offensive battle, even the usual training was not enough.
The limited number of bullets reminded Chris of the hard years known as the War of Resistance. In those days, each soldier in the poor Chinese army had only single-digit bullets to use.
"This number of bullets is definitely not enough. At least 100,000 bullets are needed before I can win a war." Chris's face also became ugly, and he said to Smith: "You I can solve any technical problem for you...but the production capacity of the bullet...you must pile it up for me!"
While speaking, he clenched his fists in front of Smith: "This is a task that must be done! Understand?"
"Ming, I understand..." Smith knew that for Alanhill now, expansion was imminent. As an industry that is the driving force for expansion, it must provide all the necessary materials for this war, including weapons and ammunition, as well as various other products.
This is the interesting point of modern industrial civilization: to expand outward at all costs for industrialization, and in order to expand, it must expand its industrial scale crazily. It looks like a paradox, but within the paradox lies a bloody road to glory.
"Grenade production..." Chris asked about the production status of another Great Killing Artifact. Since the bullets are too precise to be mass-produced, grenades have become the only way to improve the troops' battle strength.
Even in the most difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War, even in the darkest workshops behind the enemy, grenades can be continuously produced, the main reason is that the production process of this thing is really not complicated. .
In the history of the Anti-Japanese War, the production speed of grenades even exceeded the production speed of bullets in some areas, which also proves from the side that the production process of wooden handle grenades is very simple.
Fuses with the most precise structures can also be mass-produced by hand. But this is also tolerable, after all, as long as half of the grenades can be detonated normally, it is enough to suppress the enemy.
The grenade Chris chose for his troops was also the most classic wooden handle grenade, the owned German M24 grenade. This grenade was chosen for a reason.
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 Magic Empire didn't go to war, his troops should be uninhabited in the mortal lands.
Since it is mainly offensive operations, it is natural to use offensive grenades. The egg-shaped grenades with more complex craftsmanship and short throwing distances were rejected by Chris. Because the firepower of the troops is still seriously insufficient, using grenades as a melee weapon is also a way to fill the firepower gap, so the M24 grenade has become a better choice.
In the era of no mortars and submachine guns, close-range fire suppression can only be accomplished by grenades. In this case, the wooden handle grenade, which has a long throw distance and is not easy to roll off, is really much better than a defensive grenade.
Another reason is actually easy to understand: Serris, which is rich in giant trees, has developed a very developed woodworking technology. The wooden handle of the wooden handle grenade is very mature and the materials are very sufficient, so there is no need to worry about production problems.
With this list of reasons, the M24 grenade has become the standard weapon for Alanhill soldiers and has been mass-produced recently - except that the first few batches of grenades often failed misfires. , was later dubbed "Warhammer" by the soldiers...
"The production speed of grenades is very fast." Speaking of this, Smith finally regained a bit of confidence: "We produced 4,000 grenades. 1000 grenades will be produced in ten days!”
Chris finally felt relieved, because if there were supplemental grenades, his troops could prepare more quickly Good fight, used to fire the first shot of Alanhill dukedom's external expansion.
Now he has no way to stop his plans: if he chooses to give up, the Alanhill citizens, who are doomed to go bankrupt, will also tear Chris apart and replace them with a more radical monarch.
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That night, Chris gathered Vagron and the 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 hurried all his subordinates to a meeting in advance. And this time, he has three main attack directions to choose from.
"We have just paid the capital for the Arrant Empire... It is very irrational to start a war rashly at this time." Dez gave his own point of view: "At least recently For half a year, Arrant was a very safe rear area for us.”
“The materials we mobilized did not support us to attack such a huge empire as Arrant, and we only had ammunition for two assaults. In this case, as long as Arrant unyielding convinces us and agrees to make peace with us, we will collapse completely." Deans also looked at the head, analyzing the irrationality of attacking the Arrant Empire from a material point of view.
Chris also thinks that it is a very stupid thing to bite the hardest bone. He thinks that he should attack the earthen fortress. This meeting is also a meeting to unify everyone's voice.
"If we attack the Higgs Kingdom, then our country 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, "Also, bordering the Magic Empire in advance has never been the result we wanted."
"So, we can only attack the earthen fort. Get through the earthen fort and get to North County. , put them in our territory." Chris scratched on the map on the table, indicating to everyone: "In this way, although we still face three enemies, we have gained a lot of substantial benefits."
"First of all, the steel and coal mines of the earthen fort will be included in our country. In this way, the materials we need to buy will be reduced by half, and the funds will be more abundant." Dez explained to everyone in front of him: "We can double our production capacity with just steel."
Today's wars are actually serving Serris's economy. So everyone in the room, except Vagron, was thinking about how to maximize the economic benefits with a victory.
In their opinion, as long as the earth fort and Beijun are opened up, they can connect the trade route to the grassland empire. There is a big buyer of ironware, salt and cloth, and Alanhill can dump a lot of his products.
Having a market is one aspect, and on the other hand, it saves money for the acquisition of mineral deposits. This is also one of the reasons why Chris attaches great importance to attacking the earthen fort. Smith has said before that earthen fort is a production Big iron owners, and coal mines themselves, are the things Serris needs most for industrialization.
"And there is copper in the earthen fort's mines, which is what we lack most right now." Smith looked at the earthen fort's property survey and said hit a person when he's down: "If you can Controlling a copper mine makes it easier for us to produce bullets.”
Now, the production pressure of the arsenal is mainly concentrated on rifles and bullets. What restricts the production speed of rifles is mainly the defects of precision machining, and what restricts the production of bullets, in addition to precision machining, is the scarcity of copper ore.
Under the circumstances, Alanhill's soldiers basically have no copper bullets in their hands. Steel cased bullets mixed with a small amount of iron have become the mainstream, but the performance of this kind of bullets is not as good as copper. Shell bombs, the experimental results are obvious to all.
"Let the 1st regiment set off in three days, and I will personally lead the troops to conquer the earthen fortress..." Chris stared at the map and made up his mind to fight, and said to everyone attending the meeting, "I want the 1st regiment. In fifteen days, take the Fortress in one battle!"
"Unlike Maine and Ferry City, the Fortress has a lot of cavalry. So we can't use our cavalry. Build an advantage..." When it comes to specific battles, Vagron has more say.
He pointed to the map introduced on the table: "The cavalry of the earthen fort is built on the steppe... The battle strength is stronger than our Serris cavalry. We can't drive them to the earthen fortress. 'If we go to the city, we can only fight with them in the wild."
"It's a pity...they must have heard about Mayne and the ferry, and they are very concerned about whether they have taken precautions against us. It's hard to say." Losing the preemptive advantage, Alanhill's troops were faced with the brute force of the empty, but unable to take out the annoying cavalry that came and went like the wind.
The best way to deal with cavalry is actually a machine gun - unfortunately, Alanhill now has only a pitiful less than 10,000 rounds of ammunition, and a machine gun is almost used up after half an hour.
"Send two teams of messengers..." Chris didn't shake his determination to attack the earthen fort, and said: "One team goes to the earthen fort and declares war on them; the other goes to Arrant and tells them that the earthen fort colluded with the grasslands Empire, harass our frontiers..."
"Prepare for war! For the rise of Alanhill! We need war, only fire can make steel stronger! Light the beacon, follow me, and shatter Let us be the shackles of fate!" Chris put his hand on the map and made a simple pre-battle mobilization.
Everyone stood up, clenched their fists against Chris' right hand and pressed it against his chest: "Long live Alanhill!"
(end of this chapter)