If you want to cure fire phobia, you must work hard on how to improve firepower. For this, those staff officers who have been tempered by war naturally have Bo Yi's unparalleled rich experience. For example, there are several staff officers who advocate strengthening artillery construction.

The plan explained the importance of artillery support firepower in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and directly brought the tactics of the God of War to the extreme.

There are also those who advocate the development of aviation forces. The reason is very simple. Since the strength of the US military relies on its extremely sharp aviation forces, why can't China build its own powerful aviation forces? Throwing bombs from the sky, whether it is power or accuracy, or

The damage effect and range of action are much better than traditional artillery.

There are also some who are more conservative and propose to make heavy machine guns the focus of equipment for front-line troops, so that the infantry units will be organized around heavy machine guns. In this way, the firepower of the troops will naturally increase exponentially...

There are so many of these!

However, the military chiefs are not satisfied. Although building artillery and aviation is an effective way to solve the problem of weak firepower, the technical requirements of these two arms are high, the equipment development cycle is long, and the formation of combat capabilities is slow. If they are still the focus of future army building,

Yes, but it won't have any obvious effect on the current Korean battlefield.

Equipping front-line troops with a large number of heavy machine guns is an immediate solution, but the problem is that the heavy machine guns currently in the hands of the volunteers weigh at least 30 kilograms, plus two bases of ammunition, which can weigh at least 50 kilograms.

, positional warfare is easy to say, if this is offensive warfare and mobile warfare, with such "heavyweight" equipment, an infantry squad does not have to do anything, just serve this guy.

After all, in the absence of motorized vehicles, such heavy heavy machine guns severely limit the flexible tactical advantages of the volunteers who rely solely on their soles to maneuver, so a large number of deployments is naturally undesirable.

After much thought, the plan proposed by Bai Yi was more reliable. There was no other way, but the two new infantry uniforms really made the armaments chief's eyes brighten.

The two pieces of infantry equipment are none other than the 80mm recoilless artillery and the 40mm individual rocket launcher developed from the No. 1 and No. 2 recoilless artillery.

Since the 40mm individual rocket launcher gained prominence in the Soviet shooting range, the country has quickly re-planned the two recoilless artillery as the key equipment of the army in the future. Therefore, the original names of the No. 1 and No. 2 recoilless artillery were more appropriate.

Replaced by the 80mm recoilless artillery and 40mm individual rocket launcher.

As for the resources required for research and development, sufficient resources were allocated immediately, so these two pieces of equipment, which were originally promoted at a slow pace, finally entered the fast lane of development, and their progress can be said to be rapid.

As the former chief designer and the technical director of two equipment production and supporting factories, Bai Yi was well aware of the trends of the 80mm recoilless artillery and 40mm individual rocket launchers, although none of the equipment had ever been in the Baiyun factory for the first time.

A retrained heavy fire company.

However, these two "heavy weapons" designed to improve infantry firepower have always been Bai Yi's trump card tailored for the heavy firepower company, but the process was much more complicated than Bai Yi imagined.

Needless to say, the performance of the 40mm individual rocket launcher was already fully demonstrated when it was in the Soviet Union. Later, it was requested by many Eastern European countries to purchase a batch of 40mm individual rocket launchers.

Eastern European countries with strong military industrial capabilities such as East Germany and Czechoslovakia even hope that China can transfer technology and production lines. For this reason, they do not hesitate to exchange the same industrial technology. For example, East Germany is prepared to exchange electronic industry technology for 40mm.

A complete set of technical drawings and production lines for individual rocket launchers.

To this end, the two countries have negotiated specific transaction details, and the first batch of East German experts have settled in the industrial planning area on the outskirts of the capital, where they are preparing to build a modern electronic instrument factory.

It’s not a big deal that Eastern European countries are flocking to the 40mm individual rocket launcher. The Soviet Union actually has some eyebrows at this equipment. It’s just that due to face issues, it can’t be as direct as its Eastern European brothers. China is still very generous, since I’m embarrassed to say it.

, then you don’t need to tell me, I’ll just give it to you.

The Soviets were so moved by this that they, without saying a word, assisted China in the exploration, development, and smelting of non-ferrous metals in Mongolia, Gansu, and Suzhou. They then assisted a modern steel research institute.

and a special steel production workshop.

It can be said that a small 40mm individual rocket launcher has become famous all over the world before it has experienced actual combat, and it has also achieved incredible economic benefits. This makes some domestic leaders ecstatic and ready to strike while the iron is hot.

Launch the 80mm recoilless artillery in order to once again exchange for much-needed industrial technology and production lines from the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries.

As a result, there were many viewers, but the answer was yes. The reason is very simple. The 40mm individual rocket launcher was amazing at the Soviet shooting range. The heroic performance of shooting T-54 tanks was like shooting tofu. It really made the military of Eastern European countries who were watching

It means unforgettable.

Although the 80mm recoilless artillery has a larger caliber and is more powerful, in the eyes of these countries, it is just an upgraded version of the 40mm individual rocket launcher. In addition, it has neither seen testing nor experienced actual combat. Its actual situation

What exactly is going on is really heartbreaking. After all, buying arms is not like buying cabbage in the market. What one has to lose is not one’s face, but one’s life, and even the fate of the country!

Therefore, from the perspective of the head of the General Logistics Department and others, they very much hope that this equipment will be put into actual combat, especially in the Korean battlefield where the fierce fighting is fierce, so as to gain attention and exchange for the required industrial technology again; but the troops are not interested in these two items.

There is some ambiguity about equipment and whether it should be deployed in the army.

The 40mm individual rocket launcher is okay. It can be deployed to platoons or squads and become a powerful fire support weapon for infantry. However, the status of the 80mm recoilless artillery is a bit embarrassing. It stands to reason that this kind of recoilless artillery with a caliber exceeding 50mm should be

It was classified as a divisional artillery regiment.

However, the range of this 80mm recoilless artillery cannot meet the requirements of the divisional artillery regiment. If it is transferred to the front-line troops, the organization of this hybrid artillery is somewhat nondescript, and the requirements for the commander are very high, which is slightly different.

Being cautious will cause confusion in command, and if it is not done correctly, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Therefore, the troops still tend to postpone the idea of ​​equipping 80mm recoilless artillery.

Bai Yi, who has been paying attention to this matter, honestly has no good solution. After all, the original intention of developing this 80mm recoilless artillery is to enhance battalion-level firepower, but the problem is that in the army, the concept of battalion-level support firepower has not yet been established.

Establish, if necessary, regiments and divisions can provide fire support to the battalion, and the battalion-level unit does not need to be equipped with much heavy firepower.

In other words, the independent combat capability of the battalion-level troops at this time has not reached the level of its ability to stand alone in the previous life. It is at best a relay guidance between regiments and companies. Therefore, the 80mm fire support as battalion-level fire support has no recoil.

Artillery, it is reasonable for such an embarrassing situation to occur.
Chapter completed!