It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 77 | Discover and Destroy
Budapest is hot and humid in midsummer.

The characteristic of this place is that the temperature may not seem high at first glance, only around 20 degrees during the day, but the humidity is high, so it feels uncomfortable.

In the early morning, horse-drawn carriages and trams shuttled through the streets. Anna bought a chimney ice cream on her way to work at the General Staff Headquarters.

When she arrived at the mail room, she found an intercontinental telegram from Mr. Shang, so she took the telegram and helped to carry it up.

"My telegram?" Shank took it and greeted her, "Good morning, Anna."

"Good morning, Mr. Counselor, are you going to train the Royal Guard today too?" Anna went to make coffee.

"Of course, the guards are still far from qualified in training." Shang Ke said as he browsed the telegram paper.

This intercontinental telegram was sent by my fiancée.

In the letter, Jian Keqiu introduced a series of changes and said that Jian Cheng was very interested in xyleneamine and might start a business again.

Shang Ke’s opinion was that his father-in-law was indeed too cautious and could have insisted on going all the way. However, since things had come to this point, there was no need to regret it and he could just make a comeback.

As for xylidine, it can be used as a gasoline additive to improve quality and rich fuel combustion performance.

The operating state of an aircraft engine is different in different situations. Usually, it is mainly fuel-rich combustion during combat, and mainly fuel-lean combustion during cruising.

High-grade aviation gasoline is difficult to manufacture and has limited production. However, adding xylene amine to lower-grade gasoline can effectively improve its quality, making it a substitute for high-grade aviation gasoline.

This thing usually doesn't attract attention and historically it was only used after the outbreak of war. As long as you plan ahead, you will definitely make a lot of money.

At that time, feeling the trust that Mr. and Mrs. Jian had in him, Shang implicitly recommended xylidine to them.

"Fifty is the age for striving."

Shang Kexin thought that his father-in-law was very motivated. He was about to reach the age of fifty, and he really wanted to start a business again?

The Royal Guards conducted field training throughout June.

For the infantry company, they need to practice spreading out the formation to attack, counterattack, delay, build field fortifications, and coordinate infantry and artillery.

For the motorized chemical corps, they have to practice laying and clearing mines, building pontoon bridges, and blasting to clear obstacles.

Compared with the two, the howitzer squadron, mechanized cavalry squadron, and motorized communications squadron were more valued by Shang, and he was present to provide guidance almost throughout the entire process.

Battlefield intelligence is the key to victory, with firepower and mobility taking a back seat in terms of ranking.

It is no exaggeration to say that a force that has the initiative in obtaining intelligence can still hold its own even if it is inferior to its opponent in all aspects, and even the dumbest commander can handle it with ease.

The mechanized cavalry squad, from soldiers to officers, were all personally selected by Shang, and they are the best group of people.
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Squad headquarters (3 sidecar motorcycles and 2 trucks/14 people)
>Team A (3 armored vehicles/9 personnel)
>Team B (3 armored vehicles/9 people)
>Team C (4 sidecar motorcycles/12 people)
>D Team (4 sidecar motorcycles/12 people)
There are a total of 3 officers and 54 soldiers, all equipped with ZH-29 semi-automatic rifles or ZK-383 submachine guns.

The captain of each armored vehicle is a soldier with telepathic perception ability; in addition, there is a soldier with telepathic communication ability in the squad leader's car, and there is also one soldier at the squad headquarters.

Many people think that such a concentrated deployment is excessive, considering that there are not many supernatural warriors in the royal guard sequence.

Shang Ke insisted that good steel should be used on the blade.

Through this cost-effective organization, the mechanized cavalry squad has extremely powerful observation and communication capabilities, fully capable of carrying out shallow and deep reconnaissance and search, as well as artillery fire guidance missions. When it comes to long-range surveillance, the mechanized cavalry squad is actually no different from an ordinary reconnaissance unit, still relying on visual observation and radio communications.

However, risks and benefits coexist. If a high-risk close-in reconnaissance is conducted, super-powered warriors will demonstrate terrifying efficiency in obtaining and transmitting information, allowing the rear command center to quickly and intuitively understand the battlefield situation.

During this process, if necessary, the motorized communications team will take on the function of relaying communications.

In this way, various means can be used according to local conditions.

In fact, this is just a relatively general process. If you are carrying out an artillery guidance mission, many intermediate processes can be omitted directly.

Any armored vehicle in the mechanized cavalry squad has full guidance capabilities and can immediately mark targets for the field artillery group after establishing contact with the artillery command post.

"Target found!"

Under the scorching sun, a four-wheeled armored vehicle was parked next to the woods. The female sergeant major, who was the vehicle commander, leaned half of her body out, holding binoculars.

Her so-called targets were actually just targets, a dozen or so scarecrows in total.

"This is Gray Fox 3, requesting fire. Enemy infantry unit, located in an open area, coordinates 2376-7455, elevation 120, high trajectory, precision strike, grenade, instantaneous fuse, calibration, ready to fire."

The female sergeant major muttered to herself in a low voice. This was just her personal habit. In fact, it was the same if she recited it silently in her heart.

After about ten minutes of waiting, a training bullet whizzed down, emitting a conspicuous yellow smoke column, and the landing point was nearly a hundred meters away from the target position.

Next, the female sergeant major will guide the artillery to conduct calibration firing. If she is an experienced scout, she can theoretically conduct effective firing directly, but as a rookie, she obviously cannot do it for the time being.

"It's too slow. Nearly twelve minutes have passed."

In the shelter hundreds of meters away, Shang Ke raised his left hand and looked at his watch.

"Sir, it may be impossible to compress the time to less than ten minutes." Squadron Leader Lieutenant Pap Zoltan said helplessly.

"Then create the impossible." Shang Ke stood up from behind the artillery scope.

The reaction speed training target that Shang set for the Royal Guard Howitzer Squadron was 10 minutes, and 8 minutes in clear weather. That is to say, the time from receiving intelligence from the front line to firing the first shell should be compressed to less than 10 minutes.

In this era, without computers, artillery response speeds were generally slow, far from the tens of seconds of later generations. For example, the United Kingdom's Royal Artillery, widely considered the fastest artillery during the Great War, took at least 20 minutes from target detection to firing. With the implementation of gridded maps, this speed gradually increased to 15 minutes in the later stages of the artillery war, and could be even faster if favorable environmental conditions allowed.

To be honest, the standards set by Shang Ke were a bit too strict. Even with the help of Sailor Moon's telepathic communication, it took the howitzer squadron more than ten minutes to open fire at first.

Afterwards, he consulted some experienced retired veterans, brainstormed, and introduced the new concept of map gridding in advance, trying every possible way to shorten the time spent in the intermediate processes.

It can be said that Shang Ke was extremely concerned about improving the reaction speed - because this was directly related to whether his idea of ​​integrating signal and fire could be realized.

At present, there is still hope. No matter how difficult it is, there is only a place where one sets his mind to it. Practicing this trick diligently is enough to stand out.

In addition, Hungary's technological level is insufficient. If it were replaced by the Grand Federation, it could also develop a dedicated mechanical relay computer to speed up the calculation of shooting elements.

(End of this chapter)