Chapter 1297 Comfort and Threat

The shooting target of this mysterious artillery was the same type of target that the twelve-pounder had failed to penetrate at a distance of 800 meters. After the audience heard this explanation, they all realized that the Haihan people were deliberately trying to improve their shooting results.

For comparison, to highlight the performance advantages of the new artillery. But can this strange-looking shell really accurately hit a target at such a distance? Even if it can hit, how much lethality it can retain after flying so far is also very curious.

Focus.

Both Zheng Bai and Dong Yanyun raised similar questions to Yan Chujie, but Yan Chujie was full of confidence and just let them watch with peace of mind. In fact, Haihan had done a lot of preparations before this, not only in the shooting position

Repeated test firings and calibrations were carried out, and the position and solidity of the target were carefully calculated in order to achieve the best shooting effect during the demonstration.

After the artillerymen completed their alignment and aiming, the commander next to them raised a small red flag indicating readiness. The audience immediately raised their telescopes and stared at the targets in the distance, fearing that they would miss any of them.

detail.

Yan Chujie nodded slightly, and the guard beside him immediately raised a small red flag to indicate that shooting could begin. After the sound of the cannon, the audience immediately saw the target stand erected 800 meters away from the field of view of the telescope.

With a slight tremor, it was obvious that one shot had hit the target, and there was a cry of exclamation from the audience. After all, when the twelve-pounder was fired just now, it took five rounds to hit the target, and this was the Haihan Artillery.

If you use your own artillery, you may not be able to hit even one of the ten shots.

Of course, this may also be due to luck. As long as you aim in that direction and fire, isn't it possible to hit? If you can hit every shot, that will be really powerful.

Most of the audience soon had such an idea in their minds, but it was impossible to think about it. Although the Haihan artillery and artillery were very powerful, how could they achieve 100% accuracy at such a distance? Even if a blind cat encounters a dead mouse,

, then it’s impossible to be so lucky that you encounter a bunch of dead rats in a row.

However, the results of the Haihan Artillery's subsequent shooting shocked all of them. Five consecutive shots actually hit the target. This result probably cannot be explained by luck. Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of the Haihan Artillery was already extraordinary.

Well, the shooting accuracy of this artillery is far better than all the long-range weapons they know. And when you think about Haihan's purpose of displaying this weapon, the conclusion is self-evident.

The audience was looking forward to the continuation of the target shooting demonstration to see how many rounds it would take to miss the target, but unfortunately their wish was not realized. The gun only fired five times.

It was announced that the shooting display was over. While the soldiers were carrying the target back from a distance, Yan Chujie briefly explained the situation about the gun.

"This gun is the latest achievement of Haihan Military Industry. As for the accuracy of shooting, everyone has just seen it. In fact, its effective range is far beyond the distance we showed today, but this involves military secrets, and we do not

It is convenient to announce the specific data directly to you." Yan Chujie looked at the complicated expressions on the faces of the audience and continued: "This artillery is still in the technical testing stage, so we will not install it in the army in the short term.

, and will not be sold to outsiders, so you don’t have to worry that the emergence of such weapons will affect the existing peaceful situation in the South China Sea.”

Yan Chujie's words were naturally very beautiful, but most people present could hear the underlying meaning in his words. Even people like Liu Shang who did not have a thorough understanding of the international situation in the South China Sea could understand it.

Half of his words were comforting, and the other half were threats.

Yan Chujie claimed that this kind of advanced artillery will not be equipped in the Haihan Army in the short term, but he is the only one who would believe this. Although what he said is indeed true, Haihan has always been in the army.

As for the operational methods in the field of armaments, the outside world does not believe that the Haihan military will really shelve such a good thing and not make full use of it. What's more, this thing has already produced a finished product that can be used in actual combat, and it is not just a good thing.

If Haihan really wants to mass-produce the imaginary thing on paper, why is he worried that it won’t be possible?

As for Yan Chujie's statement that he would not sell it to external parties, everyone believed it. After all, Haihan had never sold the active weapons of the Haihan Army, not to mention that this was unheard of, and even the Haihan Army had not yet installed it.

new artillery.

However, Yan Chujie claimed that the test firing just now did not show the true power of this artillery. Its effective range will also be a mystery to the outside world. To solve this mystery, the only way to solve the mystery is to act as a naval force on the battlefield.

It is enough to defeat the enemy. As for the various artillery currently installed in various countries, it is probably difficult to match this new artillery in terms of accuracy. The only question is what kind of new artillery shells are used by this artillery?

It's lethal.

The answer was found after the soldiers pulled the target back on a flatbed trailer. There were five clearly visible holes in the target, and the edges were relatively rounded. There were not even obvious cracks. It is conceivable that the artillery shell penetrated

The target flew extremely fast, and penetrated the three-third-thick iron plate with ease. But just now when I used a 12-pounder gun to shoot a target of the same material thickness at the same distance, the shell only left a mark on the target.

A pit, and the difference in power between the two is immediately apparent.

Since it can easily penetrate an iron target at this distance, it has proven that the effective range claimed by Yan Chujie is not a boast. Even if the target is moved farther away, it should have the same penetration effect. Each company's

The officers secretly considered their existing artillery. If they want to hit the opponent at this distance, they basically have to take advantage of the situation, let alone have any precise lethality. If they encounter the equipment on the battlefield,

The opponent of this kind of artillery, coupled with the other two big weapons in Haihan's hands, the telescope and the sniper rifle, then his own artillery positions and senior officers will probably be named one by one.

Even if Liu Shang doesn't know much about himself, he has been able to realize how terrifying this weapon is in actual combat after sitting here and watching it for so long and listening to the discussions of others.

The huge advantage can undoubtedly dispel the hidden ambitions of other countries in the region to a large extent. Anyone who wants to take action against Haihan must first weigh and weigh whether he has enough weight to challenge the powerful Haihan army.

The terrifying aspects of the Haihan Army are not limited to what everyone realizes. What's even more terrible is that no one can imagine how many secret weapons that have never been revealed in Haihan's arsenal. Take them out today.

Are the weapons on display already Haihan’s entire family fortune? I’m afraid no one would think so. Even Liu Shang feels that Haihan must have some reservations. The real weapon of the country will probably not be given a chance to the outside world to see its true appearance.

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After showing off the artillery target shooting results, Yan Chujie announced that today's military exercise would end here. Later, he would invite the guests to board a ship and go to Weizhou Island nearby to rest for a night before continuing the maritime military exercise tomorrow. Although everyone was interested in this

I was a little disappointed that the arrangement came to an abrupt end, but there was also a little bit of inexplicable joy in my heart. This may be because Haihan did not bring out more new weapons for display, and finally kept his mentality from collapse.

However, the several field artillery pieces shown just now did attract the attention of most of the guests who were responsible for arms purchase. As soon as Yan Chujie finished speaking, several people had already gathered around him to inquire about the sale of related weapons. These people were related to

Haihan has been dealing with it for a long time, and everyone knows that this kind of military purchase order is one step at a time, and it is best to place the order in advance so as to get an earlier delivery date. Even if Haihan still has to engage in limited bidding,

You must first understand this set of tricks, and then carefully plan how to arrange your own bidding strategy.

This is the first time Liu Shang has seen such a scene. The title of the number one arms dealer in the South China Sea is indeed well-deserved. Haihan artillery is famous for its high price, but so many countries still flock to it, and the Haihan people must have profited from it.

There were a lot of bowls full of people. Although he didn't recognize anyone, several of them were obviously dressed as Ming gentry. Most of them came from Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places where Haihan had already set foot. There were also a few blond and blue-eyed people.

Westerners are also among them. It seems that Haihan's arms are not just for sale in the South China Sea.

On such an occasion, Liu Shang had a humble status and naturally couldn't get in. He could only watch from a distance. However, Yu Xiaobao soon asked everyone in the inspection team to gather and leave the exercise ground to return to the ship. During these negotiations on the arms purchase trade

It will involve some international affairs and Haihan's external attitude. Yu Xiaobao does not want his helpers to pay attention to this kind of information that has nothing to do with their current work.

Liu Shang really wanted to stay and watch the various military attachés bargaining with Yan Chujie, but he could not disobey Yu Xiaobao's instructions and could only follow the team back to the ship. The arrangement of the inspection team was the same as the others.

Take a boat to nearby Weizhou Island to spend the night.

Weizhou Island had been included in the jurisdiction of the Central Dynasty during the Han Dynasty. During the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty, immigrants from Leizhou came to Weizhou Island to colonize the island. It was originally under the jurisdiction of Hepu County, Lianzhou, and this place became

It was a place under the dual jurisdiction of Leizhou and Lianzhou. But because of this, and because there were no special products on the island, this island, which was only twenty nautical miles away from the mainland coastline, quickly became an abandoned island that no one wanted to take care of.

place.

When Haihan took over the place a few years ago, Lianzhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture pretended not to know about the change of sovereignty of Weizhou Island, and did not even bother to ask Haihan for an explanation. However, the residents of the island had no knowledge of Haihan.

There was not much resistance to the arrival of the Han people, because before that, the Haihan merchant ships that intensively traveled between Hainan Island and the Guangxi coast had already employed most of the island residents, and many people had gone there with the ships.

Danzhou and other places have witnessed with their own eyes the "peace and prosperity" under the rule of the Executive Committee, and there is no shortage of precedents for people who even changed their family and became naturalized as Haihan. After dealing with and expelling a few stubborn landowners, Weizhou Island and the neighboring Xieyang Island

They were all placed under the jurisdiction of the Danzhou Administrative Committee and became part of the legal territory of Haihan.

As the largest island near the coast of Guangxi, Weizhou Island actually does not have very good agricultural development value. The traditional industry is fishing and related shipbuilding, net weaving and other basic handicrafts. After Haihan took over here, there was no

An attempt was made to carry out large-scale renovation and development here, but only to use it as the logistics base of Xieyang Island. In addition to various shooting ranges and large and small arms warehouses on Xieyang Island, there are only residences for the troops stationed on the island.

There are no barracks available, so Yan Chujie can only arrange for the guests visiting the military exercise to stay one night on Weizhou Island. Although the accommodation conditions on the island are also very average, it is better than wandering on the sea for one night.

The living conditions here are far inferior to those at the previous stations visited by the inspection team. Although there is still a lot of seafood on the table, the cooking method is mainly boiled, which is not as rich as the Haihan cuisine eaten in towns.

taste.

The amount of information Liu Shang came into contact with on this day was too great and he couldn't digest it for a while. This also caused him to have no appetite to enjoy seafood. He wanted to discuss what he saw today with Yu Xiaobao and Lu Ting.

These weapons, but the hateful Zhang Qianzhi appeared at the dinner table to have dinner with them at this time, so Liu Shang had to give up his original idea and shut his mouth obediently to eat.

Regarding the content of the military exercise for the next day, the accompanying officers did not reveal much information to them. Liu Shang was too lazy to guess anymore because he found that Haihan knew much more than he imagined, and what he knew about military matters

Not much, and guessing is probably in vain. Wait until tomorrow, and everything will be revealed.

The next day, everyone still got up early and had breakfast, and then took a boat to go to sea again. Yesterday, all the military's combat fleets docked at Xieyang Island, so it took some time for the several ships that the guests took to board after going out to sea.

Rejoin the fleet.

The accompanying officers then disclosed to them the content of today's exercise, which was to simulate attacking enemy ships at sea. Liu Shangxin said that with the density of artillery fire that attacked the port yesterday, how many ships in the world can withstand a round of this fleet?

Bombardment? If we drag a few wooden target boats out to shoot, I'm afraid they will be sunk in a few hits and call it a day.

However, it turned out that Liu Shang was overly worried. Haihan had naturally thought of everything he could think of. Haihan's navy did not set up target ships at sea, but painted several targets with paint on the steep coast of Xieyang Island.

Eye-catching targets. At first glance, this seems to be no different from yesterday’s attack on Haihan Fortress, but today’s shooting requirements are different. Each ship must complete its naval gun shooting hits on all targets individually, and the time is limited.

, the one with the shortest time is the winner. If there are missed targets during the shooting process, the corresponding time will be added to the final timing result as a penalty.
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