Mortar This is a crazy type of artillery!

Jinzhou Research Institute makes the mortar even crazier.

Because the caliber of this thing is fully eight hundred millimeters.

It can hit four-ton artillery shells thirty kilometers away.

The most important thing is that such a terrifying thing is actually autonomous.

Li Xiao looked at the Transformers-like mortar and opened his mouth like a hippopotamus.

A four-ton artillery shell, even if a battleship was struck by one of it falling from the sky, it would be cut in half.

Apart from moving a little slower and consuming more fuel, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

If there is a problem, it is that the shells are too heavy and require a crane to load them.

"This thing is so heavy, have you ever considered having a bridge to pass it? Also, just the terrible dirt roads in Russia...,

You're probably going to make a hole when it falls on the ground, and you'll be buried alive by the dirt like a muddy pond before the fight even begins."

Li Xiao looked at this behemoth helplessly, doubting the minds of the people in the research institute.

"Uh...!" Xu Erjue's face twitched. This thing was none other than the masterpiece of his nephew Xu Jianshuan.

Xu Jianshuan was standing in the crowd now, dumbfounded when he heard Li Xiao's words.

When asked by the commander, Xu Erjue was speechless for a moment.

Li Xiao didn't speak, others didn't speak, and everyone didn't speak.

The scene was very embarrassing!

Xu Jianshuan's lips kept trembling. He has been in Liaodong since he was a child, and has been staying in Jinzhou since he was in school.

He felt that all roads in the world were the same as those in Jinzhou.

There are wide roads, bridges over the Daling River and the distant Liao River, all made of reinforced concrete.

That kind of bridge can definitely carry such a giant cannon.

Can……!

But he never thought that in faraway Russia, the roads were so bad that even trucks from Ming Dynasty did not dare to send to the front line.

Daming's logistics support can only be guaranteed by tractors with big wheels.

How could something like this, close to a hundred tons, have battlefield effects?

"Commander...! I am responsible for this, please punish me." Xu Erjue didn't say much and directly admitted his mistake.

"I'm not blaming you for spending money indiscriminately, but the things you create must be in line with the reality of the battlefield, and you can't spend money indiscriminately like this."

Li Xiao's face was as dark as water. Judging from the scale of this thing, you can tell that it must cost a lot of money.

If nothing else, how much does one hundred tons of iron cost?

Now that military spending is so tight, the Jinzhou Research Institute is still building such a useless thing.

"Commander, if you want to punish me, punish me. I am responsible for this project.

Please punish me!" Xu Jianshuan came out, knelt on the ground and apologized to Li Xiao.

"No, Marshal, I am the head of the research institute, and I should take full responsibility for this matter." Xu Erjue immediately stopped his nephew behind him.

The child is only twenty years old this year, which is a good time to make achievements and make a career.

Don’t delay your child’s future!

"Commander, this kid has spent all his sleep and food in order to study this cannon.

I eat and sleep in the workshop every day.

Later, I suffered from severe stomach bleeding and almost died. My elder brother was alarmed and was forcibly sent to the hospital.

Even in the hospital, he was planning and calculating all day long.

My eldest brother was moved by this child's persistence and prudence, so he approved this project.

Look, a twenty-year-old child already has gray hair, and I hope the commander will show mercy."

Xu Ermo also stood up, knelt on the ground and told Li Xiao what happened.

Li Xiao reached out to help the Xu brothers up and looked at Xu Jianshuan who was kneeling on the ground.

“Young people, if you want to do something and are willing to do it, it’s a good thing.

It's just a pity that I didn't think carefully enough before doing something.

When doing things in the future, you must know what the situation is like on the front line. Only then can you do things well and get things done.

The arsenal will send a small team to the frontline units to repair damaged equipment and artillery.

Just take a team there, repair the equipment, and understand what the frontline needs."

Li Xiao actually likes this kind of young people who are willing to do things.

But there is no way. If you do something wrong, you must be punished. Going to the front line for training is also a kind of punishment.

"No! Thank you so much, Marshal." Xu Jianshuan knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The Xu brothers also bowed and saluted Li Xiao.

They all know that Xu Jianshuan will definitely be able to make further progress in weapons research and development when he returns from the front line.

Know better what kind of equipment the front line needs.

It’s far better than what happens now with closed doors!

"Commander, actually there is a remedy for this project." Xu Ermo thought for a moment and said to Li Xiao.

"Oh, how to remedy it?" Li Xiao looked at Xu Ermo, wondering what thoughts he had in his head.

"Although this thing is not suitable for field combat, it is still feasible to convert it into a train gun.

By removing the transmission part from the chassis, the weight will definitely be reduced by more than half.

Then if this thing hits the train and a section of heavy-haul railway is laid next to the track, the cannon can be fired.

And with the locomotive pulling it, this thing can maneuver along the railway.

A shooting distance of thirty kilometers and a four-ton shell.

The destructive power of this thing is still amazing.

Deployed about ten kilometers behind the battle line!

It will definitely be useful for attacking enemy gathering areas detected by aircraft, or ammunition accumulation points on the front line."

Li Xiao thought about it for a moment, and what Xu Ermo said was indeed right.

The reason why this thing is heavy, in addition to the short and thick gun body, is that the most important thing is that the transmission system of this thing is too large.

In order to pull this behemoth, one wheel needs a tank engine to drive it.

Not to mention anything else, just making these engines run synchronously is a systematic project.

Xu Erjue said it was definitely not a lie when he said that Xu Jianshuan was a child who forgot about food and sleep, but his thoughts were definitely spent on this.

"This is a feasible plan. Just build three doors and two doors. There is no need for so many of these things on the front line."

Li Xiao thought about the battle in the direction of Moscow. If Prussia started to attack in the summer, there would definitely be a fierce battle in the direction of Moscow.

The Ming army and the Russian army are not strong enough, so the possibility of retreating to Moscow in the end is very high.

The front line is supported by a fortified city, which is suitable for the use of huge artillery in the rear.

Right or left, it's just a waste of two locomotives and laying more railways.

To Ming Dynasty, it was nothing.

"Right!

How is your research on the radio telegraph going?" Li Xiao asked helplessly.

On the front line, there is an urgent need for small radio transmitting and receiving machines.

Preferably the kind that can be loaded on the plane!

The most advanced transceiver developed by Ming Dynasty is about the same size as a tank.

So much so that every division-level unit must be equipped with a radio truck.

Planes cannot carry tanks, so the radio must be miniaturized.

Tanashige

"Commander, for the time being, there are still many difficulties in miniaturizing the radio station.

Although our Ming Dynasty is already using electric energy, power generation technology and electricity storage technology, these are all under development.

The main reason why the radio car is large is that the battery needs to be very large.

Moreover, you also need to bring a set of power generation equipment.
To be continued...