Struggle in Russia

Kornilov thought for a while and said: "Although lightweight mortars combined with explosive shells are very good, the problem is that this lightweight support weapon must be deployed in advance because of its short range, and it needs a sufficient number to be effective. . In this way, can our country supply a sufficient amount of explosive bombs with its capabilities?"

Li Xiao smiled and immediately explained: "Explosive bombs and explosive bombs are also different. It is difficult to produce explosive bombs for howitzers and cannons, and it is indeed beyond our capabilities. But our mortars have a shorter range than the muzzle velocity of the shell. Low, the production difficulty is more than a step lower, and the only thing that requires technical content is the fuze. This is also a problem we are trying our best to solve, and now we have solved more than half of it!"

Kornilov nodded and asked: "This kind of mortar...is the mortar barrel easy to deal with?"

"It's easy to solve. It's simpler than an ordinary six-pounder. It uses the smoothbore structure and even has a shorter barrel. What's the trouble?"

Kornilov suddenly realized that the longer the barrel, the more troublesome it is to process it. Mortars do not have high range requirements, so they naturally do not need a particularly long barrel. Moreover, the muzzle velocity of the shell is low, and the strength of the barrel is not required. Not too high, which also allows the barrel wall to be made thinner, so less metal needs to be consumed.

Simple and low-cost to process, this kind of weapon is simply prepared for poor countries. At Russia's level, it may be difficult to build powerful artillery similar to the British and French ones, but it is not difficult to build some low-tech mortars.

Kornilov suddenly became happy, patted Li Xiao hard on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "You are a genius, only you can come up with this kind of weird idea!"

Before Li Xiao could speak, he rushed to say: "How many mortars and artillery shells do you have here? I want them all!"

Okay, Li Xiao almost vomited blood. Do you think it would be easy for him to get some new weapons? He, the rightful owner, was ready to pack them all up and take them away even before he had any use for Kornilov. This is better than the bandits, isn't it?

He quickly said: "No, I still have tests to finish here, you'd better wait a moment..."

Kornilov interrupted him again, waved his hand rudely and said: "If you want to test anything else, let my young man test it for you. No test is more effective than the battlefield. In the end, whether it is useful or not depends on the battlefield." The final say!”

There was nothing wrong with this at all, but Li Xiao felt awkward hearing it. However, he also knew that Kornilov was not an unreasonable person, and there was probably a reason why he was so anxious.

"Ineada is in a hurry?" Li Xiao suddenly asked.

Kornilov sighed and said: "You said that the situation is particularly serious and tight, but that's not true. We just won a great victory and killed about 10,000 Turks and countless British and French troops."

Li Xiao looked at Kornilov quietly, knowing that there must be more to say later. Sure enough, he sighed again and said: "But enemies, especially the British and French forces, are constantly arriving on the battlefield. In the long run, the situation is not optimistic! The most important thing is It’s this guy Paskovich who doesn’t see this at all and thinks that this victory is a sign of some glorious victory that he will win.”

Li Xiao curled his lips and said: "This is not surprising, he has always been like this, he has become a demon!"

Kornilov nodded and replied seriously: "So I can only try my best to prepare for the worst and try to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the boys..."

Hearing this, Li Xiao also felt a lot of emotion. Today's Russia is like a broken car without brakes going down a cliff. Although there were a few sober drivers in the car who tried to control the vehicle and try to slow down, the passengers in the car were all crazy, always making some planes to make this broken car drive faster and more wildly!

Li Xiao has been miserable. If Russia hadn't been destroyed, he would have been implicated. He really didn't want to care about this broken car anymore and let it fend for itself.

It's a pity that there is no way to be alone, so I can only try to work hard.

So he understands Kornilov very well and knows how difficult it is for him. Imagine that you are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemies, and the commander-in-chief behind you not only refuses to retreat but keeps urging you to attack, saying Are you fighting like a mother without eggs? How would you feel?

"Have Paskovich's follow-up troops not landed yet?" Li Xiao asked.

"We're ashore, but it's better not to come!" Kornilov said with a wry smile. "These guys were either exhausted by dysentery or seasickness, and they couldn't fight after getting off the ship. And the area we control in Ineada was originally It's not big. More than 20,000 patients were squeezed in, which greatly deteriorated the local health situation. My people not only had to resist the attack of the British, French and Turkish forces, but also had to take good care of them to avoid being infected by them. What do you call this? Son!"

Even thinking about Li Xiao felt that it was a nightmare. Paskovich was simply doing a disservice. Kornilov and Nasimov had an easy life, trying to make things more difficult for them.

It is conceivable that if the infectious disease is allowed to spread, Ineada will become a hell on earth, but Li Xiao has no good way to do this. Medicine was still extremely underdeveloped these days, and bloodletting was still very popular. Especially for a country like Russia, which was already extremely backward in this field, it was even more deceptive.

The only thing we can do is to take precautions, strengthen isolation, and try to avoid being cheated. If you are really infected, it is best to transport the infected person away, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

"Carry it away?" Kornilov smiled bitterly after listening to Li Xiao's suggestion, "I think so too. The problem is that Paskovich doesn't agree at all. For him, even if he is sick, it is All his soldiers must die in Ineada. I can only transport the infected personnel of the naval infantry."

Li Xiao sighed after hearing this. This is a big problem caused by lack of scientific common sense and old ideas. For Paskovich, who has become accustomed to backward fighting methods, all science is nonsense, and he is just a tyrant.

"Then just let his troops go to the front line to support him." Li Xiao sighed and gave Kornilov a bad move. "He won't think of you even if you work hard to maintain it. On the contrary, I think you won’t fight if you disobey me. Just let him take the responsibility, pull out the naval infantry as soon as possible, throw the blame to him, and let him have a taste of it!”

Kornilov was dumbfounded. He never expected that Li Xiao would say this. It is not impossible to do this, but if he really wants to do it, then all the tens of thousands of troops who have just landed will have to be handed over to Ineada. If he does this Is it too reckless and cold-blooded?