The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Shangwen's idea of ​​aerial gunboat. In fact, Qin has already thought about it.

The Qin Army needs an air vehicle that can suppress ground forces' offensives. The airship is undoubtedly the best air carrier platform. With the revolution of artillery propellant. Artillery has been launched with smokeless gunpowder. On this basis, Qin Guo also invented yellow explosive. The performance of this explosive is not stable. However, it can also use propellant, and the presence of explosives is more powerful than smokeless gunpowder. In this way, the caliber of the artillery is small, but the power is not small. The Qin Army has considered moving some small-caliber artillery, such as 57 mils or 39mm artillery, to the airship, because the power of these artillery is far more powerful than that of machine guns, and they are much more powerful than machine guns. .

The Qin Army has an airborne machine gun airship, but the effect of the machine gun airship is not very good. First of all, the machine gun must be suppressed to a certain height. Such a height is not very safe. In addition, the airship has a large target and moves slowly. The Shabbats are equipped with artillery, and they can easily deal with low-altitude aerial machine gun airships. It is precisely because of this that the military did not allow machine gun airships to enter ground operations.

Some people in the Army believe that machine gun airships are already a backward weapon. Because with the increase in the power of artillery and rifles, infantry units on the ground can effectively threaten machine gun airships at low altitudes. Although machine gun airships can fly higher, bullets or some artillery shells are not easy to hit. The opponent, but the power of the .50 machine gun equipped by the Qin Army was relatively inadequate. The blockade effect is not very good. In this way, the aerial gunboat project was launched, but for this project, the military only gave a certain experimental effect, but it did not equip the army in a real sense. After all, they have not fully verified the authenticity of the aerial gunboat. The effect of existence.

But on the other hand. The Zhao State Air Force boldly adopted the new weapon of aerial gunboat.

"Our twin airships have a high carrying capacity. They can carry about five tons of cargo, which is a very impressive effect. Therefore, our Air Force personnel are considering whether our airships carry more aerial bombs or use new ones. Weapons." The Air Force adviser of the General Staff said to Li Mu.

"Have you studied the characteristics of Dawan's combat area?" Li Mu asked his air force adviser.

"We have studied this. In those areas, only the earthen castles are mountainous and hilly areas. Most of them are plains and grasslands. They are very open and very suitable for bombing. However, there are not many military targets for the Parthians. Qin's heavenly army found that Reports like this. They think that this kind of bombing is not very effective.” said the Air Force adviser.

"Open your mind a little. I think you should be equipped with large artillery just like Qin's machine gun airship. For example, I think we should install some machine guns. That kind of weapon also has a longer range and power. It's huge, and their caliber can reach an inch, or an inch and a half." Li Mu said.

"There is no problem with power and range. The most important thing is that they can continue to strike, yes. We can also learn from the people of Qin. Their shells are all special shells. I think we can also try it. For example, we can use better incendiary shells, we can try." Li Mu put forward some bold ideas.

"Well, the chief's idea is indeed very bold." The air force adviser said with a smile. The consultants found Li Mu's idea very strange, and at least it was a very powerful idea.

In fact, Li Mu just put an enlarged version of the water-cooled machine gun that Zhao Guo can produce on the airship. It should be accurately said to be a machine gun, because his caliber has reached 27 mm, which is the caliber of Zhao Guoren. , The shell of a machine gun is almost as thick as a child’s arm, and its power is considerable. But the rate of fire cannot be too fast, it can reach 120 rounds per minute, and it can't continue shooting for one minute. The main reason is that the hardness of some parts cannot meet the requirements. They simply increase the size of the cannon. However, after the hardness of some parts is enlarged, the power of the artillery shells has increased greatly. Their solution is Use some mechanical levers to solve this problem, but it will not help at all, because the huge recoil will interrupt these levers. Moreover, the power is too great, and the reliability and operability of the cannon are very demanding. It is impossible to achieve continuous shooting, but for Zhao Guo, this is indeed a very powerful weapon. Because Qin State does not have such powerful weapons.

"Actually, my idea of ​​equipping such artillery is just for air defense." Li Mu said.

With the rise of air weapons, anti-aircraft weapons have become the main point of attention. After all, Qin’s airships can fly to Handan, and their scale is very large, and Zhao’s airships can also fly to Xianyang. However, in Handan Before the explosion, the State of Zhao didn't have the ability to blow Qin State Xianyang into the air, the only way was to do it. air defense.

But air defense is another very difficult problem. First of all, it is difficult to find the enemy, and people have not yet discovered the role of radar. Secondly. The airship’s attack is usually a mid-air assault. The aircraft can reach this position, but the airship can fly higher, and the weapons that the aircraft can carry are also very limited, at most air-cooled machine guns, but know that the caliber is very limited. At most, the airship was seriously injured. But to destroy the other side, they still need a lot of effort, they need to mount high-performance bombs, but these operations are not realistic.

If the aircraft is equipped with artillery, it is impossible. At this time, the aircraft is still made of wood planks and canvas. Zhao Guo introduced internal combustion engine technology from Qin State, and their fuel was not good enough, so the plane could not carry heavy weapons at all. And the only thing that can be carried is the airship. The airship has a large load capacity. The most important thing is that it can load weapons such as cannons, in Li Mu's view. No matter how powerful the airship is, no matter how strong it is, it cannot withstand the continuous bombardment of the cannon. It can be said that Li Mu's idea was originally aimed at air defense, not at all.

As the war in Dawan unfolds, the Zhao State Air Force will also participate in the war. In this war, it appears that various countries help Dawan to participate in the war, but in fact it is not. This has the meaning of weapon propaganda, and there are also the results of military weapons competitions among countries. If countries cannot produce good weapons, they will look down on Qin. In that case, they will adopt a series of military suppression. The country is unfavorable. Therefore, Li Mu decided to put such a big killer on the battlefield. A weapon originally used for air defense was used in ground combat.

"Does the officer keep such weapons?" the air force adviser asked worriedly.

"No. We must go to the battlefield. This is the best way to fight for peace. Although the State of Qin will not pose a big threat to us at the moment, in the future, we must deal with such a situation, when Qin’s airpower is bombing. Very powerful, they can fly to our heads and drop a lot of bombs, and we must tell them that we have weapons to suppress them, and we also have weapons of offensive, let them be more careful, only in this way, peace will come. Only the current peaceful environment of Zhao State can be maintained." Li Mu said forward-looking.

"Okay. Sir, we will implement this idea as soon as possible, and then let them participate in air operations." Air Force adviser said.

While Zhao Jun was experimenting with their new aerial gunboats, some important airships of the Qin State Army and the Qin State Army’s Air Force arrived at the airport near Xinshidu one after another. They will adjust there, and then they will invest in the right. The rest are fighting, but their logistics supplies are also in tight transportation.

The fuel and ammunition of these airships are very large numbers. Qin suspended the transportation of the equipment of the two Dawan infantry divisions to complete the initial deployment of the air force. Later, they needed more wagons to complete the military deployment. Mainly ammunition, fuel, and some parts and components, but this will greatly affect the logistic supply of the Dawan army. There is no way, but there is only one railway in Dawan. The railway is carrying full load, but this still cannot meet the supply demand of Dawan.

Inside Li Xin's headquarters.

"We initially organized those cavalry units. They were temporarily organized into two dissatisfied cavalry brigades. One brigade and two cavalry regiments, and some small-scale infantry units were organized. Their main task was to blockade." Speaking to Li Xin. Li Xin was sitting next to the small stove. It was very cold outside, and the fighting situation was still very unfavorable for the Dawan people. Reinforcements from the Parthians came. If they launch an attack, they still don't have much confidence in suppressing the other party.

"The strength of the two cavalry brigades is still not enough, and the strength of the Parthians is too much. We can't form an effective strike surface at all, unless they can lose more troops under the Golden City, then they will be greatly injured." Li Xin sat Speaking by the stove.

"What? Sir?" the staff member asked inexplicably.

"The Reinforcement of the Parthians, we could have dragged them to death, but they still have some fresh forces, which is very detrimental to us. The only way we currently have is to let them launch a bigger offensive. Consume their troops. , But, we can’t do this yet, the Golden City, unless the Golden City can greatly consume the offensive power of the Parthians, otherwise. The two cavalry brigades are consumables.” Li Xin said.