si-mexico Chapter 178: 2 and a half years of study as a 'military expert'
Chapter 178: 2 and a half years of study as a 'military expert'
The various troops had already been trained using the equipment of the original 176th Division before, so they only needed to familiarize themselves with the newly assigned equipment. At the same time, Xu Le also came to the equipment department with several Type 86 grenades.
The Equipment Department not only manages the storage of the military's active equipment, but is also responsible for the maintenance, research and development of the equipment.
It’s just that the troops’ equipment is so good that they have never reported their research and development needs. The only thing they mentioned was the MG42 general-purpose machine gun.
It’s just that the MG42 machine gun is almost perfect and there is no need to modify it, and the people in the equipment department don’t have the ability to develop anything else.
As soon as Xu Le stepped into the door of the equipment department, he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar person. Although the man was doing something with his head down, Xu Le recognized him at a glance.
He signaled the guards to be quiet and then tiptoed over.
I saw the man squatting, and there were several grenades on the ground, including papaya grenades captured from the Japanese and wooden-handled grenades commonly used by the Tang Dynasty army. Each one had been disassembled.
"What are you doing?"
"what?"
The sudden sound from Xu Le scared the other person so much that he trembled violently, just like that.
After Lu Yanhao saw that it was Xu Le, he gently stroked his chest and said, "Young Marshal, it's you. I'm researching grenades!"
Xu Le asked curiously, "You're researching grenades? Are you good at military engineering?"
Lu Yanhao stood up, straightened his chest and said, "That's right. I studied in England for two and a half years. I majored in military industry. Although I didn't study it thoroughly, I am still quite good compared to people in China!"
Xu Le immediately raised his hand to interrupt: "No, why are you here? Who transferred you here?"
After Lu Yanhao's explanation, Xu Le finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that after he fainted, because Lu Yanhao was brought back by him personally and Xu Da had also specifically instructed him to do so, Jiang Feng sent him to the recruit training camp for intensive training.
But later, the company commander of the recruit company reported that Lu Yanhao looked like a new recruit, but he could master any weapon at once, and Lu Yanhao could repair many things in no time that the company commander could not.
After Jiang Feng knew about this, he went to find Lu Yanhao in person, and only then did he find out that the other party had a background in English military industry.
The 88th Army has everything. Even its attending physicians include many top talents from home and abroad. The only thing it lacks is talent in military industry.
The higher the degree of mechanization of the troops, the more military talents they need. Not to mention the research and development of new weapons, at least a large number of maintenance personnel are needed, which is not something ordinary people can do.
Jiang Feng immediately transferred Lu Yanhao to the equipment department and promoted his rank from private to warrant officer. He then ordered people to bring all the weapons of the army over and asked Lu Yanhao to not only study them thoroughly himself, but also teach the structure and maintenance methods of each weapon.
From then on, Lu Yanhao became unstoppable and spent the whole day in the equipment department doing research. In a short period of time, he mastered the light weapons thoroughly and specially developed a maintenance plan.
During the past six months, he has trained at least 1000 maintenance personnel, making his position in the Equipment Department higher than that of the director.
Especially for armored regiments, tanks need maintenance after every battle, which is a huge project.
Although they learned some maintenance knowledge under the guidance of the guards, the guards were elites in handling weapons and were only half-baked in maintenance.
After they learned about Lu Yanhao's legend, people from the armored regiment came to ask questions every now and then.
Lu Yanhao was not stingy either. He spent a whole month studying the Type 59 tank and Type 63 armored vehicle, but he only had a partial understanding of them.
After all, he only had two years of experience in military industry study, and the Type 59 tank was too advanced for him to understand in a short period of time.
Fortunately, there are several experienced military engineering talents in the Equipment Department, including two Soviet experts. With everyone's joint efforts, routine maintenance of tanks and armored vehicles is no longer a problem.
With this maintenance knowledge, the armored regiment did not lose a single tank in several battles.
Looking at the one-bar, two-star lieutenant badge on Lu Yanhao's collar, Xu Le felt complacent.
He brought him back because he valued the other party's cultural level and wild nature. Of course, he inevitably planned to use the emperor to control the princes.
Now it seems like we have picked up a great treasure.
"You look like you're studying the grenade. Do you have any ideas?"
Lu Yanhao was not intimidated by Xu Le being the army commander. He patted the dust off his legs and said, "It's like this. The troops don't use grenades very often, but we have to bring them. They can have unexpected effects in many cases.
However, our troops do not have much grenade reserves, and whether it is the wooden-handled grenade or the papaya grenade, I think the power is too small.
I have calculated that the equipment carried by each infantryman is an automatic rifle and 300 rounds of bullets, plus a bayonet, a water bottle, march rations, a helmet, a field quilt, etc., which is more than 15 kilograms. Some people also have to include an ordnance shovel. This burden cannot be said to be heavy, but it is not small either, especially in Shanxi Province where we are located in harsh conditions.
So I thought, if we can't eliminate grenades when carrying such a heavy load, we should use quality instead of quantity. The Japanese soldiers carry four grenades each, so we can carry two more powerful ones, so that one of our grenades can have the effect of two grenades of the Japanese, and this will reduce the load on the soldiers."
Xu Le was delighted: "What are the research results? Are there any breakthroughs?"
Lu Yanhao shook his head slightly: "I have to say, the Japanese papaya grenade is really good. It is small in size, light in weight, and powerful. It is too difficult to research a better one. So far, I have no idea!"
Hearing this, Xu Le pulled Lu Yanhao to the side, where there was an open space specially used for experimental equipment.
Without saying a word, Xu Le took out a Type 86 grenade, removed the safety, pulled the fuse and threw it into the center of a circle formed by several wooden men more than 30 meters away.
Three seconds later, an explosion was heard and a cloud of dust was raised from the ground.
Lu Yanhao seemed to have noticed something and immediately ran forward to check.
It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at it. Every time he looked at a wooden man, the corners of his mouth curled higher and higher.
A moment later, he picked up a wooden man and rushed to Xu Le, shouting at him like a fool; "The wooden man is about 5 meters away from the explosion point, but there are dozens of craters of various sizes on it. The one 10 meters away also has 10 places hit by fragments. This is what I want, give me the grenade!"