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Jiang Huating's lookout post on a high place suddenly blew the horn.
"The Han plane is coming! Take cover!" Jiang Huating yelled a few words, then took out his whistle and blew it vigorously.
After staying in the rebel army for a year, Jiang Huating failed to train these rebels with low business interests to look like the People's Liberation Army, so he could only use flexible tactics as much as possible at the command level-this tactic is still very common. It was executed by the deputy commander of the rebel commander and the originals; the second was to teach them anti-reconnaissance and anti-air attack.
When Jiang Huating attended artillery school, it was during the Korean War. The school taught very detailed tactics on how to defend against US air strikes.
Within a few minutes, nearly two thousand rebels followed what Jiang Huating taught them before, and skillfully drilled into the densest part of the woods, hiding with various dead branches and grasses.
"It's too concentrated, we need to disperse." Jiang Huating shook his head, but looking at the terrain, the rebels were walking in narrow slopes and valleys, and sat down to rest when they were tired, so they couldn't disperse.
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Two Tu-36 bombers of the 4th Air Division were circling over Zhegu Lake at this time.Lakes are the easiest ground objects to locate as landmarks. Therefore, the most common tactic used by the bombers of the 36th Air Division is to fly to the vicinity of Zhegu Lake and circle around when there is no call for fire support on the ground, and then fly to the target when there is a situation. above.
30 minutes ago, the lead plane Air Police-1 forwarded a ground radio call, asking Tu-4 to go to a place to search for rebels.
"Lookouts pay attention to the ground observation. Turn on the infrared detector."
Two Tu-4s did the same operation, lined up and pulled a search line to the southwest of Zhegu Lake.
"There seems to be something on the ground," the wingman reported, "There is a large area of infrared anomaly."
"What is it?" Long Daquan, the captain of the lead plane and the team commander, looked at the area pointed out by the wingman, and ordered: "Reduce the distance, descend 500 meters, and our two planes will pass through the sky again."
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On the ground, Jiang Huating noticed that the bomber in the sky flew over and then turned back, feeling puzzled.Looking up and looking around, the 2000 people obediently hid in the coniferous forests on both sides of the road.
Above Figure-4, the second pass is clearly visible.
"Captain, this should be the enemy army?"
Long Daquan: "It must be. Unless there are [-] Tibetan antelopes here."
Tibetan antelopes live in the north-central part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the southernmost active area is Lhasa, and it is impossible to go to the south of the mountain.
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It was too late when Jiang Huating found out that the bombers in the sky were interesting to him.The two planes aimed precisely at the most densely populated place of them, and first dropped a string of bombs at a height of less than 1000 meters above the head. These bombs scattered into hundreds of small dots during the fall, needless to say, they were cluster bombs.
Then the bomber made another sharp turn ahead, still spotting the crowd accurately, and dropped a second bomb, this time napalm.
"Staff Jiang! Staff Jiang!" Sang Pei, the acting commander of the Guards Army, grabbed Jiang Huating who was about to roll down the hillside and shouted, "Didn't you say that there is no problem with air defense?"
Jiang Huating just dropped a cluster bomb submunition from 5 meters away. After the explosion, a large fragment penetrated into his thigh, bleeding profusely, and he could not move his leg at all.
"My lord, times have changed..." After Jiang Huating finished speaking, his head tilted and he passed out.
Chapter 212, Luna [-]A succeeds
In the counter-insurgency battle, the light weapons of our army’s field troops are unified, that is, the standard weapons of our army after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The models and configuration methods will not be described in detail.In addition, most of the guns used by the Tibetan workers' militia and the employees of various farms are old-style rifles that have been modified, mainly including the 7.62-type 7.62-caliber modified and the [-]-caliber Zhongguan. "
The counter-insurgency battle has been carried out so far, and the weapons and equipment participating in the war can be made a preliminary summary.
The first thing to talk about is the performance of light weapons in the counter-insurgency battle. Liu Nai listened to the summary reports of the Tibet Military Region, the Chengdu Military Region, and the General Rear Service Department, while looking at the written summary at hand.
"In terms of team weapons, there are not many opinions on the combination of Type 50 semi-automatic rifles, Type 50 light machine guns, and Type 55 automatic rifles. However, there is a common problem with the use of heavy machine guns. Type 53 / Guoliunov heavy machine gun volume The weight is too large, and many troops tend to leave the heavy machine guns behind when they rush to the theater, and only one-half or even one-third of the heavy machine guns are in place when they go into battle."
"After the battle, the front-line troops found that the light machine gun used by the squad could not meet all the battlefield needs. Some targets were more than 600 meters or even more than 800 meters away, and the Type 50 light machine gun could not effectively suppress targets at this distance; Brick walls, thick earth walls and other common buildings in Tibetan areas are used as cover, and the Type 50 light machine gun does not seem to have enough penetrating power at this time."
Wang Xike, deputy director of the Military Supply Department of the General Logistics Department, said the first improvement suggestion reflected by the troops.
Liu Nai: "I understand that the army needs general-purpose machine guns that fire 7.62 full-power rifle ammunition."
Wang Xike: "Yes, in fact, the army mentioned this idea to the Machinery Bureau of the Ministry of Mechanical Engineering in the early years. It is like MG-34 and MG-42, which can be switched between tripods and bipods, so that the portability will be improved. Much better."
"Of course I mentioned that we started the development of general-purpose machine guns at that time," Liu Nai said. "The project started in 1954, and it has been developed for more than four years now."
Wang Xike: "Then it should be finalized now?"
"Give us another half a year."
Rao Zhengxi: "A machine gun has been developed for more than four years, and then it will be developed for half a year?"
Liu Nai: "A machine gun is a small weapon, but there are many ways to do it. We made a prototype gun in 1956. From the end of 56 to now, there have been two major internal changes. Several batches of prototype guns have been tested before and after. Millions of bullets were shot, in order to improve the accuracy and ergonomics of the entire weapon as much as possible, and it can be said that it is close to completion.”
Tang Hua: "Minister Rao, the development idea proposed by Lao Liu is correct. Although light weapons are small, they have a large output, and after mass production and distribution to troops, it is difficult to make up for design defects. It is too troublesome to recycle and modify. .So the design and testing phase must be carefully crafted, not sloppy."
Tang Hua interjected, and there was no question mark for Rao Zhengxi. After all, half a year is not a long time. It took almost half a year for the troops to formulate a replacement plan and adjust their equipment.
Now this general-purpose machine gun may be called the Type 59 general-purpose machine gun.Like the Type 67, it is a general-purpose machine gun changed from the RP-46 with a light machine gun.But the past few years have not been in vain. The reliability of the 59 general-purpose machine gun is quite good. Tang Hua thinks that it may have reached the level of 67-2, or even better than 67-2.
Liu Nai: "In the past few years, we have tested new general-purpose machine guns and different ammunition. In addition to the current Soviet-style 7.62 full-power ammunition, we have also tested other ammunition. So today, taking this opportunity, I still want to mention that I hope the Ministry of National Defense , the General Staff, the General Staff and the Machinery Bureau of the Mechanical Engineering Department held a demonstration meeting to discuss whether to replace the Soviet-style 7.62 full-power bombs."
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"Old Liu, what kind of ammunition have you tested in the first machine bureau?"
During the break, Tang Hua quietly asked Liu Nai.After the Ministry of Mechanical Engineering and the Ministry of Heavy Industry came home, even if Tang Hua crossed the border, he would only look at the missile, ship, and aviation bureaus of the Ministry of Mechanical Engineering as an expert. work.
"I have tried six or seven kinds before and after. The American 7.62 x 63 ammunition, we think it is better than the Soviet-style ammunition, but the ammunition is slightly longer. However, the most perfect rifle ammunition is our new 7.62 x 54 ammunition. [-]mm rimless rifle cartridge."
Tang Hua: "This, is the length of the American rifle bullet shortened, or is the bottom edge of the Soviet rifle bullet canceled?"
Liu Nai: "Actually, the length of the American-style rifle ammunition is shortened. Moreover, the charge has not been reduced. I have brought the data of the new ammunition, you can take a look."
The ammunition produced by Lao Liu really means that the United States is higher than the 7.62 NATO ammunition.Tang Hua looked at the data and found that the first page was actually the accuracy data of the Bayi-style sniper rifle after it was replaced with new ammunition. Under the same conditions, the spread of the new ammunition was 5% to 10% smaller than that of the Soviet-style rifle ammunition. , is this the effect of the bottomless edge or the effect of the shell modification?Probably both.
The muzzle velocity is also slightly higher than that of Soviet-style rifle bullets.
Then came the tests on a general purpose machine gun.In 1957, Yiji Bureau actually produced three general-purpose machine gun samples of three calibers, each with 5 rounds of ammunition.The result of the test is that the ammunition of the Soviet-style rifle is the most broken, and the failure rate of the ammunition supply system is significantly higher than that of the American 7.62 ammunition and the new 7.62 ammunition.
"It's a big deal for the whole army to replace the 7.62 full-power bullets," Tang Hua said to Lao Liu after reading the materials. "It is true that the three headquarters must review and discuss the decision together, and it is necessary for Mr. Peng and Su Shuai to nod and sign. But if it is true It is necessary to change the ammunition standard, and it is still too late.”
Liu Nai: "I think so too. Now is the last chance. Once the general-purpose machine guns are equipped to the troops, the Soviet-style 7.62 ammunition equipment in the entire army will be too common, and they may not be able to be replaced in the future. Now in light weapons, use The Soviet-style 7.62 bombs only have the Bayi-type sniper rifle and the 53-type heavy machine gun, and the 53-type will be replaced by general-purpose machines, and the Bayi-type sniper is equipped with a small amount.”
Tang Hua: "After the counterinsurgency war is completely over, we should be able to hold this meeting."
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"In terms of air-to-ground weapons, I found that the Air Force still has a few hands, so some air-to-ground ammunition has not been verified on the battlefield in this counter-insurgency battle?"
After the light weapons meeting agenda is over, it's the big guy's turn, and Tang Hua asks first.
Rao Zhengxi: "There are some weapons that have been hidden. This is the meaning of Chief Su. In terms of heavy weapons, uh, there is not much to say, but the army hopes to expand the scope of equipment for white phosphorus bombs. In addition to vehicle-mounted smoke tubes and mortar shells, It is also hoped that the rocket launcher will be equipped with a warhead for white phosphorous bombs, 108 rockets, and aerial bombs."
Wang Xike said with a smile: "The instructions issued by the factory before said that the white phosphorus bomb is a kind of smoke and arson bomb, which can produce a smoke screen. When doing arson, it is equivalent to about 70% of the effectiveness of napalm bombs. In fact, it is not the case at all. .The factory instructions are too modest."
Tang Hua responded to the two suggestions one by one, but what was on his mind was why Suyu hid some of the most powerful air-to-ground guided ammunition.Could it be that Su Shuai planned from the beginning that India would have a strong reaction?If this is the case, then the Indian army may become a lucky spectator to try out China's second-generation air-to-ground strike system.