Chapter 1674 Melting Steel
Those who can participate in this exercise are not ordinary people. The personnel in the exercise observation center are basically general-level personnel. Although the Chinese Army is very young, every general-level officer who has come from professional training and many wars is qualified. Not only Feng Yuxiang saw the problem, but even other generals also saw this problem. Obviously, the explosion was a bit louder. They knew some data of the rocket launcher. The combat location of this rocket launcher was only 44 kilograms, which is at least 20% less than the previous 55 kilograms. However, judging from the current power, it must exceed 44 kilograms, more than doubled.
The targets of the rocket are very concentrated, and from the first flight to the last flight, there will be no 20 seconds apart in the middle, but the landing time is shorter. The different launch tubes of the rocket launcher have been slightly adjusted at the angle. On the one hand, the landing point will be more concentrated. On the other hand, the flight posture will slightly change, so that the final falling rocket launcher will reduce the fall time by 5-10 seconds.
The launch itself is already fast enough. The rocket launcher with about 18 rounds will be launched within 20 seconds, and the landing time will be compressed to about 10 seconds. This speed and coverage will be difficult to avoid even if you react. This is also the most important feature of the rocket launcher.
At a distance of 12 kilometers, these generals found nothing, but they could not verify. They looked more at their coverage distance. The data of 60 kilometers was not possible. They just needed to look at the landing points. Although the explosion was quite violent, the landing points above could be analyzed. Out of 600 rounds, the most core 100-meter area was already the target area.
As for covering attacks, the accuracy is worth believing. The short-term coverage rate is also very large. Rocket Cars are a very mobile weapon. As long as there is a certain flat road, they can be quickly arranged and transferred. This is a better place than artillery. Even if the artillery pays more attention to mobility, it takes time from spreading to closing. Self-propelled artillery is under research. Small caliber is not very meaningful. It is better to get it on a tank. Large caliber, recoil and protection level are a problem, and the weight will also increase significantly. Rocket Cars without them are so convenient.
The most obvious difference between rocket launchers and heavy artillery is that almost all its technology is on the rocket itself, and the requirements for the barrel are not high. The 207 has a significant improvement compared to the 107, but it is far lower than that of the artillery. This does not require high requirements on the conditions of the vehicle body. As long as the weight of the rocket launcher can be lifted, it can become a launch vehicle. At most, it will be modified accordingly in terms of militarization, making it simpler, easier to repair, and more reliable.
Feng Yuxiang and many generals knew that the accuracy had improved a certain degree of improvement compared to before. Rocket launchers have made up for certain weaknesses. For artillery, it is not impossible to deceive the outcome if they are used in specific places. Even if they are not included in the weapon list, they have the basis for survival. Some combat units can purchase some in small batches to enrich the firepower ratio and play a role in some specific occasions.
It is not that any weapon is universal, but the army must take into account various situations. There are really occasions suitable for rocket launchers to play their role. If there is no rocket launcher on hand, it would be a pity.
The ability to achieve this level today is not only because of the deep cunning, but finally some experience and no opinions were expressed on the spot. Although Yang Yuanzhao supported the rocket launcher, he did not help, which made the person in charge a little anxious. He took the initiative to send an invitation. After all, this exercise was to see the power of the rocket launcher. It was definitely not clear that it was long-distance. Several experiments, including data experiments and live-fire exercises, proved the power of such a weapon. He believed that introducing these officers into the exercise area would change them.
At this time, a fire was still burning in the target area. However, according to the exercise and laboratory data, the target area should be allowed to enter the target area in 15 minutes. He measures the performance of the entire weapon and does not have to enter the core area with the most explosions. He can evaluate it as long as he looks outside.
Most of the officers were welcome to this invitation. They also saw that the rockets were different from before, but what was different was that they still had to go to the scene to see. Although they did not personally check the arrangement of the prosthetics, there were still general data. These are the most standard data. China's system also proved that these cannot be faked. It is seen from a distance. After all, it is just a general power. The real thing is to go to the scene to see.
It is really not easy to get through the 12-kilometer straight line distance. This bunker is completely closed in front and must come out from behind and then bypass the mountains to reach the target location. It is almost 15 kilometers. It is almost 15 minutes under a simple road.
After 15 minutes, if it were other artillery exercises, the smoke might have not yet dissipated, but the heat on the battlefield had disappeared. However, this time, it was obviously different. The armored prosthesis in the central area was still burning with a fire, but the temperature around the radiation was already very high, and the heat waves were hit.
The officers in charge of security have long known that heavy people have arrived. This group of people can be said to be one-third of the leading cadres of the Chinese Army. If Yang Yuanzhao is included, they are basically important leaders of the Party and the country. If they have problems when they go abroad, there will be earthquakes in the whole of China. Therefore, those involved in security include not only the responsible personnel of the exercise field, some personnel from the Security Bureau, the General Staff and the Intelligence Bureau. They even wore protective clothing and entered the core of the exercise area. The temperature zone measured was measured, and the area was absolutely safe.
As senior generals, of course, they could not enter the core area. Moreover, on the periphery, it was not impossible to judge the power of the entire rocket. Soon, heavy people surrounded a position, which was a standardized position, including trenches, protective sandbags and a heavy machine gun. At this time, the position could no longer be seen. The traces of the fire were still there, the machine guns were no longer found, and even the prosthetic people were missing. The scene was in a mess. Several careful generals found several black objects in it, and picked them up as if they had caught treasures. After cleaning up the marks on the surface, everyone was overjoyed.
Because this irregular object should be composed of two parts, part of it should be the barrel of the rifle, and the other part is the helmet. Obviously, both of them were destroyed in the explosion, and then there were signs of melting when they were mixed together.
Melting, everyone has already had an idea about this situation. In the past battlefields, the power of artillery was huge, enough to blow the helmets and steel into pieces, but those were fragments composed of violent external force tearing. The breaking and combination were the result of external force action, rather than melting like now, that is to say, the temperature in this explosion was huge.
Many experienced generals quickly determined from the wreckage of these exercise fields, and it was revealed that the core area was almost completely melted, and the equipment, weapons and so on were melted. In other words, a heavy tank maintained its original appearance, but the shell was also melted very quickly.
The rocket launcher's attack on armor is not effective as long as it is not directly hit by the warhead. This is the thickest one, such as heavy tanks. Some of the weaker ones are enough to defeat him, even if the power is evacuated, it is enough to destroy him. After all, no matter how powerful the structure is at room temperature and at high temperature, the metal melts, and eventually destroys the overall strength. Except for the heavy tank, the protection of homogeneous armor above 100 mm is temporarily safe, the others have been damaged to varying degrees.
In 1 minute, 50 vehicles, at least 3,000 kilograms of explosives and his fuel fell on this, and basically carried out a carpet bombing in this area. It may not have much coverage for heavy tanks, but these light tanks, armored vehicles, and even unprotected motorcycle infantrymen operating at the same time, have huge lethality and high damage effect in the lethality area.
The focus of rocket launchers is not on heavy tanks at all, and even armored vehicles are not on the list of rocket launchers to deal with. When designing rocket launchers, the greatest effect is to carry out sudden attacks on the moving motorized forces, artillery troops that have not yet been launched, as well as stations and arms distribution centers. In this sense, the goal has been achieved.
Even in China, the popularity of heavy tanks is not high. An armored division has at most 108 heavy tanks in a heavy armored regiment. As for the others, it is mostly medium-sized light tanks and armored vehicles. After all, in addition to tough battles and tank wars, heavy tanks are not as good as light tanks and armored vehicles in flexible combat. Just the issue of crossing the river is enough to bother many heavy tanks. To build a bridge that can handle the passage of heavy tanks, it will not be repaired in a short time. On the contrary, light and armored vehicles, their own weight is slightly modified, and a few floats are added. After being closed, they can even swim across the river. This is the difference. When the opponent does not have armored power or the anti-tank power is weak, many armored divisions like to be lighter.
This view will completely dissipate after this exercise. The 207 rocket launcher replaced the rocket launcher and became the number one killer of light tank armored vehicles. With more than 50 rocket launchers away, it is enough to dismantle a brigade under the premise of a sudden attack. The limit is the power of a division's banker. Such a weapon, even if it is not capable of continuous combat, cannot cover up its advantages even if it has only a moment of power. It is dazzling. (To be continued.)
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