Chapter 880: I have no strength to use

"But isn't it a bit extravagant to use missiles to attack bunkers?" Nowadays, things like "missiles" still have a very high status in the minds of comrades. They always feel sorry for it and think it is too expensive.

The Defense Committee shook his head and said, "It's not extravagant. It's fine as long as we can knock it down. It's much better than charging up with explosive packs. That's not how it's calculated. And... missiles are not as expensive as you think, especially the Chijian-61 anti-tank missile. For this, we have to thank Comrade Gao Zhendong, the chief designer of this missile."

Needless to say, those who knew the situation, and even those who didn't, turned their eyes to Gao Zhendong.

Is it him again?
Seeing that everyone turned their attention to him again, Gao Zhendong explained, "The most expensive part of this system is the infrared angle-measuring optical guidance device, but that device is reusable. There aren't many very expensive things on a disposable missile, except for a low-precision gyroscope."

The Defense Work Committee and the comrades involved in the work related to Chijian-61 finally understood at this time why Gao Zhendong wanted to create such a strange-looking structure and split the entire system into many parts.

He integrated the most expensive items together and made them reusable. The items that were blown up once were cheap. In order to save money, he only used a pair of gas rudders! He used a pair of gas rudders to solve the control problem in two directions purely by technology.

Comrade Zhendong went to so much trouble and pushed himself to the extreme technically, just for one sentence.

I can afford it!
He really is, comrades are crying.

"If that's the case, then this is a good suggestion. We don't need many. A platoon can have three launchers and about ten missiles. That would be very useful."

"I never thought that we would have such a luxurious day when we can use missiles to attack bunkers." Some old comrades almost shed tears, in a physical sense.

"This weapon is good, we should produce more of it. If the output increases, the cost will go down, and we will be able to afford it more!" Some leaders thought more.

"Then what are the other two things you mentioned?" The army leader laughed. This is only one, what are the other two?
"The second one, which we have actually used, is the Changying-62 portable anti-aircraft missile. My idea is to at least allow the battalion-level troops to have the ability to strike enemy helicopters. In this way, when facing enemy helicopters, the battalion-level troops will have sufficient response capabilities instead of relying solely on anti-aircraft machine guns."

They say that if the machine gun is to be lowered horizontally, there will be a military court, but there is nothing that can be done unless the machine gun is lowered horizontally. This thing is of little use in hitting targets in the sky.

After all, when a real war breaks out, helicopters start firing from a few kilometers or even tens of kilometers away. They won't fly dozens of meters away to let the protagonists get close to them to deal damage like in movies and TV shows.

"You mean to say that the battalion-level troops should have at least one anti-tank missile platoon and one portable missile anti-aircraft platoon, which can attack the sky and the ground, and additional reinforcements when necessary?"

"Yes, that's what I mean. Otherwise, it's okay to deal with tanks, but we have almost no ability to fight back against helicopters and ground-to-air tactical aircraft, and we will be very passive. After all, our opponents are not all dirty... Sindhu people. Even the Sindhu people give our portable air defense missiles a place to use."

That was a close call. I was so used to saying it that I almost blurted it out.

The fact that a missile shot down a major general in the first battle made everyone laugh. It's true. I can do without it, but I can't live without it.

"Yeah, that makes sense. What about anti-ship... Oh, no, no, we really don't need to consider that." The army's leaders wanted to take care of everything themselves, but they soon realized that this matter was too outrageous.

His greed for more made everyone laugh.

He turned around and looked at Gao Zhendong: "What about the third one?"

No wonder the chief said it was Gao Zhendong’s book. He found it interesting after reading it. This guy does have some ideas.

Weapons are just weapons. Although we have them, no one has figured out how to use them. However, he has some ideas, and they make sense.

"As for the third one..." Gao Zhendong kept it a secret.

He raised his head and turned to the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion: "Comrade Battalion Commander, is the grenade hanging on the gun useful?"

Seeing Gao Zhendong turning to him, the battalion commander even felt proud. This was a great scientist, asking him the question in person.

"It's useful! It's very useful when facing a small group of enemies. It can also be useful when facing weak fortifications."

This is not surprising. This grenade has a shaped-charge armor-piercing warhead, which is somewhat similar to a self-forged fragment. It can penetrate 65mm average steel armor and is indeed effective against less solid fortifications.

Gao Zhendong tempted him like a big bad wolf: "What would happen if you had this kind of grenade 'machine gun' in your hand?"

This sentence immediately lured the battalion commander into a fantasy. If I had this thing, I could suppress the enemy's firepower points during the attack, not to mention the defense. I could set it up on the position, and with a "boom boom boom" sweep left and right, a platoon of enemies would be wiped out, and a company of enemies would crawl back home.

"This thing is great! Where is it?" Before the battalion commander came out of his sweet dream, some old comrades could no longer contain their excitement. As long as it's firepower, it's a good thing!
Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Our comrades at Beijing University of Technology are working on this thing. I saw it in class not long ago. It's already been completed, but it hasn't been accepted yet. Maybe it won't be used in this battle, but it will be fine in the future."

"Okay! I will ask the comrades from the Army Equipment Bureau to contact Beijing University of Technology to try it out as soon as possible to see how it works. We can temporarily put this thing in the battalion to build a firepower platoon, and then strengthen it to the company before the battle. It can be used in a concentrated manner, which sometimes has unexpected results." A leader touched his chin and thought.

"Dear leaders, I have an idea, but I don't know if it is appropriate." The commander of the spearhead battalion hesitated to speak, thought for a long time, and finally spoke.

"You say." The army leader nodded with interest. He liked to listen to the ideas of comrades on the front line the most.

"It's good to have grenades mounted on the gun, but there are only two grenades per squad, and sometimes they are not enough. Can we remove this thing and use it directly without hanging it on the gun? In this way, when we want more firepower, we can just use two guns, one assault rifle and one grenade rifle."

After hearing what he said, Gao Zhendong really wanted to ask: Comrade, when did you wear it?
Isn’t this the Citigroup’s M79?

The Citigroup guy quite likes this thing, mainly because it is lightweight and easy to carry, and when he wants to increase the firepower, it will hardly affect anything.

After hearing this, the Army turned to look at the Defense Work Committee and his meaning was very clear: What do you think of this idea?
The Defense Work Committee looked at Gao Zhendong and asked, "What do you think?"

Gao Zhendong saw everyone looking at him and did not think twice.

"That's not a problem. There's no need to do additional research. Ask the comrades at Beijing University of Technology to make a rack with a folding bracket, and just hang the Type 61 grenade launcher on it. The launcher already has an integrated sight, so it won't interfere with anything. When the time comes, we can just distribute it like hand grenades, which is not bad. It's really useful for teams that need to temporarily increase firepower."

Seeing that his ideas were taken seriously by the leaders, the spearhead battalion commander was very happy. He touched his head and laughed.

"That's about it for this question. Go on, tell me if there's anything else worth noting."

"Okay." The sharp knife battalion commander said a lot more, and the leaders were trying their best to solve them one by one, but there was no need to make any changes to the organization.

For example, in an emergency, when the target and our own artillery group have reliable positioning data, it is recommended to cancel the test firing according to the procedures, and directly launch a heavy firepower raid to increase the suddenness.

The commander of the forward command actually has more issues to consider than the spearhead battalion.

"Dear leaders, I have been thinking about a question these days. Can we be bolder and more in-depth in the joint land and air operations?" He expressed a question that he had been thinking about in recent days. This question came to his mind after he listened to the report of the scouts at the broken bridge in Huikou and passed by the broken bridge when he moved the command post forward during the pursuit and saw the situation of the enemy after the bombing.

Gao Zhendong didn't say much about this. It was a problem between the two military branches.

But comrades in the army and air force were very interested in this.

"What do you think? Let's discuss it." The Air Force comrade said with a smile.

Before this, joint land and air operations were more like land and air fighting on the same battlefield, but there was basically no organic combination.

"In the first battle, the air force comrades launched multiple attacks, helping us to directly cut off the enemy's retreat route, creating good conditions for our encirclement and annihilation. Moreover, the air force comrades' strikes were very effective, especially after the introduction of precision-guided weapons. I was wondering if this kind of joint strike could be decentralized one step further, not only for the strike of key nodes, but also expanded to ordinary battlefield targets."

"You mean we are not bold enough in the tactical use of the Air Force?" said the Air Force comrade.

"Yes, I feel that the Air Force is not using its strength right now. Yes, that's the feeling." The comrade at the front command thought for a while and finally figured out what he had always felt was inconsistent.

"I didn't use my strength... I understand..." The Air Force also thought about it for a long time and finally knew where the problem lay. After all, only they themselves knew their own thoughts best.

"We are not used to having special aircraft and precision-guided weapons for ground attacks! Therefore, the combat plans and methods of use are still following the old ways, which are somewhat conservative. We have a lot of tactical attack aircraft and precision-guided weapons, but we are using them with the idea of ​​non-precision strikes." The hardware has improved, but the software has not caught up.

Although there are not many planes at Xueshan Airport, compared with the Shannan area, there are already a lot of tactical attack aircraft.

(End of this chapter)