Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 186 Miss Australia

The Deep Blue Alchemy Workshop is located in a secret test base in the valley. A new 95mm gun and a British Armstrong breech gun as a comparison group. A French Mle187595mm field cannon is placed side by side, and the three guns are about 40 meters apart. .

   in front of the muzzle

   Set up a line array of infantry targets, a bunker structure circled with lime powder, wooden houses and dozens of cattle and sheep tied to short pillars to evaluate the shooting effect of the artillery.

  Li Fushou and a group of military officials are sitting on the viewing platform beside the artillery. Telescopes are placed on the table to evaluate the power and range of the new artillery on the spot.

  It's a sunny afternoon

  A few miles away, huge marks made of lime powder are clearly visible, and the wailing of uneasy cattle and sheep can be heard from time to time.

  In the artillery position

  The artillery lined up neatly behind the artillery have made preparations. Rows of artillery boxes opened, revealing the bright and shiny artillery shells inside.

  The artillery commander ran to the observatory, folded his feet into a standard military salute, and asked for instructions;

  "Your Honorable Earl, the artillery is ready, please indicate whether to conduct experimental contrast shooting."

   "Well, let's get started."

   "Yes!"

  The artillery commander saluted again, turned around and ran back to his battle position, raised and commanded him to give the artillery a firing command; "Every artillery position has it, shoot quickly in three minutes, let it go!"

   "Boom boom boom..."

The three artillery guns roared almost indiscriminately, shooting the hot projectiles out of the barrel, and in a blink of an eye, they blew up in the target area, and three black and yellow soils and dusts rose up. The targets and living creatures in the range exploded to pieces.

  It is obvious to see when sitting on the viewing platform

With the launch of the cannonball, the British Armstrong breech gun and the French Mle187595mm field cannon suddenly jumped and slid back about four or five meters at the moment the gun was launched. .

When the new 95mm field cannon is fired, the entire barrel has a sharp backward contraction action, and smoke is everywhere near the vibrating gun position, but it is still firmly anchored on the gun position and did not move. Lost.

  The contrast is very sharp and clear at a glance.

  Also sitting on the viewing platform, Baron Gresca showed a proud smile on his face. He stared at the new artillery and couldn't hold anything else. He couldn't see enough.

  Li Fushou didn’t respond much, but the Chief of Staff Conrad Adenauer, who was sitting next to him, stood up in shock and yelled loudly; "My God...God!"

Konrad Adenauer was a former German artillery lieutenant colonel. He participated in the Franco-Prussian War and more than a dozen European wars. He has been immersed in artillery for a long time and has studied in depth. He is a complete artillery expert in the military. .

  The new 95mm field cannon can be said to be a revolutionary flexible gun mount, which will bring about subversive changes. No one knows it better than Conrad Adenauer.

  This secret research is highly confidential. Prior to the comparative shooting test, Chief of Staff Conrad Ardenne had only heard of this project, but had never seen it with his own eyes. This was really a big surprise.

   "Sit down, Conrad, the big surprise is still behind." A smirk appeared at the corner of Li Fushou's mouth.

   "Watt..." Conrad Adenauer was a little unsure.

  Li Fushou pointed his finger, meaning don’t ask yourself.

  Since the first shell was fired, the three artillery showed completely different artillery operations.

The members of the British Armstrong breech gun and the legal Mle187595mm field cannon group quickly rushed into the battle position. Seven or eight artillery began to force the heavy artillery forward, pushing it back to the gun position and firing again.

   and on the other side

  The artillerymen operating the new 95mm field cannon did not dodge far away, and do not have to fear that the artillery would retreat and hurt the artillery. Instead, they all stayed at the gun position and operated neatly.

  The second gunner quickly opened the breech block and exited the shell shell. The loader filled a new shell into the barrel. The deputy gunner closed the breech block and rotated the cradle for a few times. The command flag in the gunner’s hand was swung down vigorously.

   With a "boom", the shells were fired again...

  The second gunner opened the bolt and exited the shell shell, the loader filled a new shell into the barrel, and the artillery repeated the last action mechanically.

   With a "boom", the shells were fired again...

  In sharp contrast to it is;

  The old artillery was pushed back to the gun position laboriously, all the original shots were lost, and the gun commander was in an intense calculation.

  The new artillery "Boom..." was fired one after another, venting the fire violently. The contrast between the two is really obvious.

  When the legal Mle187595mm field cannon fired its second round, the new artillery had fired its fifth round.

  When the British Armstrong breech gun fired its second round, the new artillery had fired its eighth round.

  The new type of artillery is like a Gatling heavy machine gun. The violent firing formed a dense barrage, blasting the target ahead into a sea of ​​flames, destroying the target and cattle, sheep and livestock.

  At this time, the result of the contrast shooting is beyond doubt.

  Chief of Staff Conrad Adenauer had been standing in his seat and gesturing with both hands, but the sound of the "rumbling" guns drowned out his voice, and he couldn't hear him at all.

  This is the stage where the new type of artillery is performed alone. The old-fashioned imperial and German artillery has become a foil. The performance of the two is one world and the other, which is completely unbearable.

  People are more dead than people, and they have to be thrown away.

  After three minutes of hurried firing, the heavy smoke of gunpowder drifted towards the observatory after the artillery fired, forming patches of black and yellow smoke.

  Everyone’s ears were buzzing with the sound of the artillery, and Chief of Staff Conrad Adenauer was extremely excited and gesticulated and said something, almost without stopping, but everyone did not hear clearly.

Li Fushou got up and said to Baron Grezka with a smile; "Congratulations, dear Mr. Baron, you don't need to listen to the final report. I can already announce in advance that your performance has been a complete success. The gap is so desperate, even if the artillery expert is not present..."

He cast his eyes to the excited red-faced Chief of Staff Conrad Adenauer, and continued to say slowly; "We can also see that this is not a product of the same era. After the new artillery began to perform, this place became its own. The stage, the enthusiasm, and the endless chattering of cannons, are like enthusiastic ladies. Once the chatterbox is opened, there is no room for others to perform. Let’s just call it "Miss Australia". I think The metaphor is very vivid."

  Miss Australia?

  Everyone wondered that this is really the case. To be precise, it should be the Australian bar lady.

Whenever the rude cowboy attacked their **** abruptly, the fiery Australian lady would greet the cowboy father and mother and the whole family endlessly, and would never leave a chance to refute, causing the guests in the bar to roar with laughter. , This has almost become the most characteristic repertoire.

  This feature is very consistent with the new artillery, so the nickname is "Miss Australia".

  Several military leaders on the viewing platform accompanied Li Fushou to the artillery position, and the artillery commander hurried over to report;

  "Report Dear Lord Earl, the gun comparison shooting test has been completed, please give instructions."

   "Are all shooting data coming out?"

  The artillery commander replied; "Yes, Lord Earl.

  In a three-minute hurried shot, the British Armstrong breech fired 7 shells, 4 shots hit the target area, and 3 shots deviated.

  The legal Mle187595mm field cannon fired 10 rounds, 6 rounds hit the target area, 4 rounds deviated.

  The new 95mm field cannon fired 46 rounds, 41 rounds hit the target area, and 5 rounds deviated. "

  The new artillery not only has an amazing firing rate, but also has a very high firing accuracy, which completely crushes the old artillery in all aspects of performance.

  Looking at the cannon shells piled up in a mess behind the new artillery position, filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, Li Fushou nodded in satisfaction.

  In the follow-up, durability tests will be carried out, as well as the training of artillery commanders and new artillery groups. The two are organically combined to save costs as much as possible.

  Master Earl’s banknotes were not blown by the strong wind, so they could save a little bit.

  Calculated according to the live ammunition training volume of 50 shells per gun group, a total of 1500 shells in the three sets of tests can train 30 qualified gun groups.

  Due to the epoch-making flexible gun mounts, the new gun group commanders are no longer demanding, and low-level officers with formal training can do the job, instead of requiring a mathematician.

"Master Earl, when will our troops be equipped with this new type of artillery? Oh... By the way, it should be called Miss Australia. It is really an impressive name." Conrad Adenauer was impatient. .

   "Master Earl, can our fleet be the first to experiment with some equipment?" Geng Baogui hurriedly squeezed up.

Li Fushou smiled and replied; "Scientific things have to be solved by scientific methods. Miss Australia has to go through a series of rigorous tests and collect more data for the next improvement. Don’t you see that, this Is the lady too obese?"

   "Well, Lord Earl, our fleet prefers fatter ones."

  Iron armored warships are generally large in tonnage and are not sensitive to the weight data of the artillery. The most important thing is the performance of the artillery, whether it can burst out the most violent firepower per unit time.

  And this is precisely the strength of Miss Australia.

  The attitude of giving me 20 cannons quickly made Conrad Adenau very unhappy.

  You like fatter ones, don’t our army like them?

  Fort Cannon in Xuanwu City, let’s find out how fat we are, we all marry home happily, and we promise to treat it like a baby bump.

  As for the original retreat artillery, hum! That thing can also be called artillery?

  Several military leaders can't stop the charming charm of Miss Australia. Perhaps they are willing to surrender from the bottom of their hearts. The new artillery has now become their favorite.

  Several people yelled around Li Fushou, all of them swearing to give up without getting their hands. The Harazi almost flowed three feet long.

"Okay, okay, guys, stop for a while and listen to me..." Li Fushou was surrounded by them, feeling like 50 flies around his ears, he could only interrupt their request and said; "Everyone. Don’t be jealous of your brother, there is a process for Miss Australia to order the troops. This is like marrying a daughter-in-law. You can’t just drag it home if you like it. I can understand the feelings of Xiongtai, but it does not mean that I can condone you to do so. The next installation plan is under consideration. Small-scale trial production is mainly used for testing. This requires a process and presumably time. It won't be long.

  The meat is already in the pot, is it far from being cooked?

  Everyone said that this is the reason. Now if you fish out and eat half-baked ones, you are not afraid of eating them out of your stomach? "

   "Lord Earl, our army has good health and good appetite. I don't dislike the half-baked. Let me first change 50 doors." Conrad Adenauer was the first to roar.

Geng Baogui was soothed by Lord Earl, and he suddenly jumped three feet high when he heard him; Put on Miss Australia and give our fleet 80 doors first."

  Li Fushou listened to the black line, and said with both hands and back; "You guys all give me a roll."

  After speaking, Shi Shiran with his hands behind his back and left.

  (End of this chapter)