Chapter 311 The Butterfly Fluttering Its Wings (Silver Alliance Extra Update 210)

Chapter 311 Butterfly flapping its wings (Silver Alliance extra update 2/10)

The situation in February was still calm.

Wang Zhong remembered that the Soviet army launched the first Rzhev battle in January of the second year on Earth, and then suffered a bloody head-on attack on the elite Sandezi's fortification area.

It was already February here, and the Ante army had not launched a large-scale offensive.

Wang Zhong speculated that there were two reasons. The first was that most of the quick-victory faction had lost power, and the dominant position was now the moderate faction represented by Wang Zhong.

The reason why it was called the moderate faction was that Wang Zhong read a lot of Gou Daoliu online articles before crossing over, and thought the word moderate faction was good, so he used it.

The second reason was that Proson retreated more thoroughly this time.

After the failure of Sandezi's Typhoon Operation on Earth, there was no such complete defeat. They still held a salient and could threaten the capital of the Russians at any time.

This led to the Russians trying desperately to "eliminate" this salient.

So the Russians launched a large-scale offensive war when their personnel training and commander level were far inferior to Sandezi, and paid a lot of sacrifices in vain.

On this side, Proson retreated to the starting line in October. The threat to Yebao is still there, but not as great as the Rzhev salient on Earth.

Although the Rzhev salient is named after this city, this place is actually only the northern vertex of the salient. The salient also has an eastern vertex, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from the Russian capital.

Rzhev itself is only about 200 kilometers away from the capital.

So this huge salient is like a sharp knife inserted into the front line, which can make the Russians bleed at any time.

But there is no such salient on the central front of the Ante Empire.

If you ignore the curvature of the ground and simply describe it based on the situation on the map, the entire front line is now a diagonal line, starting from the northernmost St. Andrew Fort, all the way to the southern coastal fortress-Borsk.

If the Ante Europa part is regarded as a pistol chicken leg, then the front line is cut at the bend of the leg.

The reason why it has become like this is also easy to understand. There is a large plain in the south, and the infrastructure is relatively good, so Proson has advanced farther.

There are swamps, lakes and a lot of forests in the north, so the Plosson army had a harder time.

Because of this, the Plosson people in the north had better supplies. On the one hand, the road was short, and on the other hand, they were close to the sea and had sea transportation support.

The Plosson people in the south also invested in battleships, but after all, the ports here could not support large ships. It would not take long for the battleship to be withdrawn to the port of the Plosson Empire's ally through the strait controlled by neutral countries for overhaul.

Such large ships need overhauls after one or two years.

There is almost such a diagonal line on the earth, and there is a Rzhev salient in the middle.

This is almost like looking at the map to know why the Russians are desperately trying to take back this salient.

But there is no such salient here.

Wang Zhong took the time to sort out the timeline these days and found that this change may have a great connection with himself.

First, in the defensive operation in Shostka, Wang Zhong's troops, as well as the army led by his superior Kirinenko, and Kashukh's army, firmly blocked the Duva River defense line.

For this reason, most of the hundreds of thousands of troops that were surrounded and annihilated on Earth escaped the encirclement.

This enabled the Ante Empire to send out troops to launch a counterattack when Plosson was most exhausted, and annihilated 100,000 people in Plosson in one fell swoop.

And this was also achieved by Wang Zhong personally leading the team.

This victory greatly boosted the morale of the Ante army and civilians, and it is estimated that it also affected the judgment of commanders at all levels in Plosson, so they retreated to a place where they could stabilize the defense line, leaving no super-large salient that could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

That's right, the Rzhev salient on Earth is very huge. Although there is only one Ninth Army stationed there, this army is about the same size as Paulus's Sixth Army.

The Rzhev salient is even large enough to accommodate the troops withdrawn from the front line for rest. During one of the Russian attacks, there happened to be an armored division that was replaced and rested near the breakthrough point. Then the commander of the armored division, with amazing quality, judged the enemy's attack direction by himself when the army headquarters was in chaos and could not issue effective orders, and launched a counterattack.

It is precisely because the Zhelefu salient is so huge that Sandezi can implement elastic defense here - only with depth can it bounce, and steel plates will only make a banging sound when knocked, and people will not feel elastic.

The flat front line without salients means that if Proson wants to attack Yebao again, he will have to take another 300-kilometer breakthrough.

But the lack of salients also means that Proson's command only needs fewer troops to fill the defense line, and he has more power to do other things.

After the enemy resumes the attack, the pressure on the southern line will increase sharply.

On the other side of the earth, it is precisely because of the existence of the Zhelefu salient that Sandezi has to take out hundreds of thousands of troops to defend the salient. When attacked by the Russians, he continued to ask for reinforcements, and a large number of troops were dragged in the Zhelefu salient.

There should be no such good thing this time.

Wang Zhong, this little butterfly, finally blew the direction of history astray.

Maybe the Proson Empire, which has more mobile forces, will really push down Kuba in one wave, and then Ante will have to continue fighting with the Proson Empire in the state of lack of oil and heating fuel.

Wang Zhong could imagine that the battle would be very difficult.

The enemy's intention to occupy Kuba must be crushed at all costs.

But this is not what Wang Zhong needs to worry about now.

The earliest attack by the Prosons was in April, after the mud had completely improved.

There were still three months for Wang Zhong to prepare.

On February 10, the review committee held the second review of new equipment. This time, the vortex-type 100mm gun carrier, which had been tested for more than a month, was also added to the approval list, and was placed on the second to last stage.

The second to last, this is regarded as the finale.

Before the 100mm gun carrier, the finale, appeared, there were 17 improved weapons waiting for approval.

Most of the improvements were made based on battlefield feedback.

Only three weapons were innovative in production technology, so the design drawings were modified to adapt to the new technology.

Only five of the 17 improved weapons were judged to be qualified and transferred to the Ordnance Bureau to start organizing manual production.

Then it was Wang Zhong's turn to be the proud work, the "vortex" tank destroyer.

Chief Engineer Ke Jing walked into the review hall in high spirits and asked his assistant to hang the drawing of the vortex tank destroyer on the blackboard.

Wang Zhong could see that this drawing was much more detailed than before.

When the drawing was hung, the representative of the army in the review committee widened his eyes.

"What is this?" he asked, looking at Ke Jing at first, but then turned to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "Tank destroyers, because they need to be equipped with larger artillery, they have to adopt a turretless design. When the machine tools imported from the United States are in place, we can manufacture tanks equipped with such powerful main weapons! The kind with a turret!"

The committee members all showed an "I see" expression, nodded repeatedly, and seemed to vote to pass this design.

No one even wanted to ask questions.

Wang Zhong originally thought that he would need to argue with many scholars before the vortex plan could be passed, but he didn't expect that it was passed calmly, as if it was a matter of course.

After sending Chief Engineer Ke Jing away, the last review item appeared.

Tokarev took his masterpiece and entered the review room.

Facing the judges sitting behind the long table, he stared at Wang Zhong alone: ​​"General Rokosov, I made a new sample gun according to your instructions. You told me that this is a submachine gun that can still hit people at a distance of 200 meters. I think I have made a weapon that meets your requirements."

Tokarev walked directly towards Wang Zhong with the sample gun, and several judges immediately opened the side door of the room and rushed in, pressing him to the ground.

Wang Zhong: "Let him come over, but how can he hand the gun to me?"

As a result, one of the judges took the sample gun from Tokarev's hand, and then held it in front of Wang Zhong with both hands respectfully.

While Wang Zhong was fiddling with the gun, Tokarev was also freed from the grip of the judges.

He hurriedly explained: "I further shortened the length of the bullet and reduced the amount of powder. In this way, the weight of the rifle when fully loaded was greatly reduced.

"Shrinking the bullet brought about the attenuation of range and power. We tested it many times and finally adjusted the amount of propellant in each bullet to the appropriate level.

"If there is less propellant, the trajectory will be obviously bent and it will not meet your required 200-meter shooting accuracy.

"If there is more propellant, the accuracy will increase, but according to you, this increase in accuracy is not very meaningful."

"Very good!" Wang Zhong praised, "Tokarev Davarishi, you have understood what I mean."

He lowered his head and carefully examined the sample gun in his hand.

It looks... a bit like the VSS "Thread Cutter" silent rifle.

The biggest feature of the thread cutter rifle is the very thick silencer barrel. Wang Zhong didn't know why this gun also has such a thick barrel.

He asked Tokarev: "Why is the barrel so thick?"

Tokarev: "In order to ensure better stability, we set up a gas guide in the barrel to guide part of the gunpowder gas generated during shooting out of the gun to reduce recoil. What is more surprising is that this design makes the muzzle flash and smoke of this gun smaller when firing, especially the sound, much smaller.

"We speculate that part of the energy of the gunpowder gas is dispersed by the gas guide device, resulting in the bullet being fired at a speed of only 320 meters per second when it leaves the muzzle, which is lower than the speed of sound, so the bullet will not make a loud noise when breaking the sound barrier.

"Also because the gas guide structure disperses the gunpowder gas, the sound waves formed by the gunpowder gas impacting the surroundings when the bullet leaves the barrel are also smaller."

Good guy, in order to improve the stability during shooting, a silent rifle was created by accident.

At this time, the representative of the army asked: "Wait a minute, is the bullet fired from this gun so slow? Will the trajectory be very curved?"

Tokarev replied: "It is a little more curved than ordinary bullets, but after all, it is only 200 meters, and it will arrive in about 0.5 seconds, so the total amount of fall is actually not bad.

"If you want to shoot, this kind of fall is actually irrelevant. If you raise it to aim accurately, we can take this fall into account on the ruler, so that the shooter will actually raise the barrel to an almost imperceptible angle when aiming."

Wang Zhong asked worriedly: "But if the speed is slow, will the bullet's lethality be insufficient?"

Tokarev replied: "We have tested it with soft rubber. When it hits directly, this thing has relatively small kinetic energy, so it rolls inside the soft rubber that simulates the human body, and the energy is converted into destruction, while most of the energy of ordinary bullets is taken away by the bullet that passes through the other end.

"Of course, in terms of penetration ability, this thing is indeed not as good as a high-speed bullet. You can also remove the gas guide device and use an ordinary barrel to shoot."

Tokarev made a gesture, and the assistant took out another gun, which looked like a shortened version of the Dragunov sniper rifle.

Of course, it is a version without a scope and an extended magazine.

Tokarev: "Be careful, this thing jumps a lot when you shoot."

Wang Zhong was shocked: "Which version should I approve? I have to try it myself."

The secretary of the committee immediately replied: "Next to it is the indoor shooting range of the Crusaders, which was converted from the People's Gymnasium. You can go there for test shooting."

"Okay, let's go there. ”

Thirty minutes later, Wang Zhong fired about thirty or forty rounds from both guns. The one without a gas tube and with a fast bullet speed was really difficult to use when firing, which made people suspect that he was not loading reduced powder bullets at all. Therefore, if this gun wants to maintain a good hit rate, it needs short bursts, three or four rounds at a time.

The "thread cutter" version is very comfortable to shoot. Even if you empty the 20-round magazine by pulling the trigger at the hip, you can still hit one or two rounds on the target. This is a 200-meter target!

After the test, Wang Zhong made a conclusion in his mind. He asked Tokarev: "Which one has a lower production time?"

Tokarev answered in seconds: "Of course it is the one with a normal barrel."

Wang Zhong made the decision: "Then mass-produce the one with a normal barrel."

Tokarev was shocked; "I think you prefer the subsonic bullet version!"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, I prefer it, but this thing may have to be mass-produced 6,000 to 7,000 or even tens of thousands a day in the future to meet demand. There is no time for this kind of slow and meticulous work. ”

Tokarev added: “But the processing of that barrel only took half an hour longer, because I made a productive modification to the barrel gas guide device, making it easier to produce.”

Wang Zhong: “Half an hour is a lot! If half an hour is wasted on one gun, and 10,000 guns are produced a day, then 5,000 hours of work will be wasted!”

Tokarev shook his head: “General, you can’t calculate it this way. Both weapons can reach a speed of 10,000 guns a day, but the factory that produces the subsonic bullet version will have more workers because there is an extra step to make the barrel.”

Wang Zhong fiddled with the “thread cutting machine” in his hand.

Tokarev: “And the two barrels are universal, so the factory that makes the barrels can be separated, so that both guns can start production. According to the output of the barrel factory, which one to produce more, just hire a few hundred more workers. And the larger the scale of the assembly line, the lower the cost.”

Wang Zhong thought about it and finally nodded: “Produce both, and the troops will use whichever version they are issued. ”