The road to national restoration that began at the end of the century

"According to the data and what we have so far, the 60mm mortar that is most accepted by soldiers is this model with a firing selector adjustment knob. The smoothbore front-loading 60mm caliber mortar weighs 20.46 kilograms, including the gun The body weight is 7.25 kg, the gun mount is 7.42 kg, the seat plate is 5.97 kg, and the sight is 2.38 kg; the gun body is 819 mm long, the muzzle velocity is 157 meters per second, the maximum range is 1814 meters, the minimum range is 45 meters, the direction of fire is 14 degrees, high and low fire The boundary is between positive 40 and 85 degrees. Operated by two gunners, the standard high-explosive bomb weighs 1.6 kilograms, the theoretical rate of fire is 30 rounds per minute, the actual maximum rate of fire is 18 rounds per minute, and the absolute killing radius is 13 meters. The first arsenal responsible for R\u0026D and production sold it to our army at a price of 3,500 pesos per gun. Of course, since the arsenal had been blown up by the black-haired kobolds, there were not many surviving employees and it could not be maintained. production reasons, so we can buy their designs directly at very low prices.”

"Minister Howlett, since the army bought their design drawings, then... I can give them another subsidy to rebuild the arsenal and develop better mortars."

"You mean that the army cannot..."

"The reason why I built the regeneration chamber is to allow the soldiers to fight longer outside. I don't want the army to have the production capacity of all weapons and equipment. And my personal limit is to only allow the manufacturing of regeneration chambers. Infantry weapons, such as heavy artillery, and missiles with higher technical content are not allowed. What's more, Bourne, you have to let the employees of the arsenal have food. What we have now depends on your money. A living enterprise.”

"Your Majesty, what you said..."

indeed.

Bourne, who came to Zelen specifically to discuss weapons projects that could be produced in the regeneration room, really wanted the regeneration room to take care of everything, but unfortunately, neither Zelen's polite refusal nor the actual production capacity of the regeneration room allowed him to do so.

Zelen: "In fact, I have now enabled the latest model of the regeneration chamber to produce all the current military-standard infantry weapons of the Krurod Empire and their corresponding mainstream physical ammunition. But there is no way, beam weapons cannot do this."

Bourne: "Your Majesty, you don't want to?"

Zelen: "There is this reason. But more importantly, the complexity of beam weapons is higher than I imagined. Even if I am wearing a modified wristband now, there is no way to use a wave energy pistol similar to that of a pig-headed man. Copy it. So Bourne, since Congress has given you a lot of funds for the Ministry of Defense, I hope you will not take it all for yourself, but use it for charity. After all, I know that there are many retired soldiers who need relief from the Ministry of Defense. In this way, you can spend your money on these retired soldiers and participate in jobs that suit you. I believe that the Krurod Empire has their place to continue to shine, and I will make a suggestion to Congress that all companies that recruit retired soldiers, The enterprise can be exempted from part of the tax. If a certain number of retired soldiers are employed by a company, national projects will prioritize them for negotiation. At the same time, these retired soldiers will be exempted from any obligation to pay taxes for life, and they will even be included in the department's official appointment list. ”

Bourne: "Got it."

Zelen: "I hope that being a soldier should be a kind of wealth and honor, both for society and the soldiers themselves. And, Bourne, you can actually let retired soldiers enter arsenals or schools."

Bourne: "Basically, I was sent to school to be a teacher. But Your Majesty, regarding beam weapons..."

Zelen: "There's no point in begging me. I'm not in charge of beam weapons, let alone a researcher specializing in research and development. But I can guarantee one thing, the soldiers will not be disappointed."

Bourne: "Huh?"

Obviously, Zelen, who did not say everything out loud, had told something very important. In response, Bourne naturally nodded lightly.

Zelen: "Just understand. Therefore, Apo Island must be captured as soon as possible."

Bourne: "Yes."

At the same time, Mailin and Pierre, who had received the first batch of 60mm mortars, stared at their guns without blinking.

Pierre: "Good stuff."

Mailin: "It's more than that. With it, the black hair and pigskin at the foot of the mountain really have no way to survive."

The reason why they are like this is just as Mailin said. In mountainous jungles and even urban areas with dense buildings, a mortar can often prevent the enemy from easily hiding in certain buildings or in certain large open pits. Even lighter armored vehicles and small ships would not dare to try the top attack advantage of mortar shells, not to mention that there have been two cases of using mortars to shoot down fighter planes in the past.

At the same time, what is more meaningful is that they, the scouts, can directly hold 60mm mortar shells and throw them like grenades.

Yes.

You heard it right, just hold a 60mm caliber mortar shell and throw it like a grenade.

Ever since, in the history of the Crurod Empire, there have been many times where a 60mm mortar shell blew away more than a dozen enemies trying to swarm.

Even in the previous operation to eliminate poisonous boils, the power of a mortar shell was definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary grenade.

In addition, Pierre and the others are now guarding the high ground. If they don't fire and just throw mortar shells down the mountain... the scene is absolutely too beautiful to look directly at.

Pierre: "I have an idea. What would happen if we sent a cannonball to the camp at the foot of the mountain from time to time?"

Mailin: "Huh? Do you really think they are all deaf or blind? Especially those black-haired kobolds. They are born with night vision. They are more suitable than us for...wait? You won't do this, right?"

Pierre: "Not at night, just during the day. I don't believe they have the ability to guard against our cold shots from time to time! And even if they come with mechas, don't we have that big discus for them?"

The so-called large discus, as the name suggests, is an anti-tank mine. After all, one of the most powerful weapons against tanks or mechas is mines.

You must know that in other countries, if landmines are used well, they can reduce the pressure on soldiers stationed as much as possible, and even block the opponent's supply lines.

Although the Crurod Empire has not tried this, there is a human power country in the north that has tried to use landmines to blow up the invading demon monsters, which has drastically changed the situation.

It's just a pity that landmines are not commonly used infantry weapons, and Riku doesn't have the ability to "change" them. Otherwise, there would be no need to use sonic cannons to deal with the black-haired kobolds during their desperate charge at night.

At the same time, Kashina took the opportunity to apply to his superiors to see if more mountain vehicles could be provided as soon as possible. After all, the current siege is only a temporary situation. In the future, he will definitely start from the mountain villages, gradually encircle the cities with too convenient transportation, completely cut off drinking water and even some food from the mountain villages, thus cutting off The black hand of the Akijin Empire who relies on war to support war.

"What? This is...okay? Thank you."

Obviously, since the sea lines of communication have not entered a completely safe and free-flowing state, Cash can only receive relatively simple supplies and a small amount of military assistance so far.

It seems that he has to find a way to destroy the Akitsu Imperial Navy Fleet Base closest to him, so as to possibly lift the maritime blockade. But does he have this ability now?

No.

With the mountain troops in his hands alone, there is no way to destroy the Akitsu Empire's ships. Unless there are other generals who deal with this matter somewhere he doesn't know about.

He shook his head at this, and focused on consolidating the fortress and expanding his power control area.

Of course, he very much hopes that someone can do a favor and make the Akitsu Empire ships disappear around Apo Island. But... is this possible?

Is it really not him that Cash is daydreaming there?