Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"How powerful is it?" Wang Erzhuo asked Liu Guifu.

"After the loaded shells are fired, the killing radius can reach 15m." Liu Guifu responded.

Hearing this, the two men couldn't help but asked someone to test it out for themselves. Then Liu Guifu called two soldiers and started preparing with weapons at the test site.

I saw one soldier carrying this light artillery on his shoulder, and another soldier inserted the shell directly into the barrel, pulled the trigger, aimed at the mound several hundred meters away, and fired directly.

Then everyone saw a flash of fire suddenly rushing out, with a tail flame and then hitting a mound not far away, exploding instantly, with a power comparable to that of the Japanese 75mm field artillery. Zhou Xi and Wang Zhuo were instantly shocked by the scene, and after reacting, they began to shout excitedly.

"Brigade Commander, how did you come up with this method to launch artillery shells? I really didn't expect it!" Zhou Shi was excited, and Wang Zhuo next to him was not much better.

"Hehe, what do you think? One person can operate it. It's simply a magic weapon for destroying tanks." Zeng Jiwen did not respond directly, but looked smug.

"Isn't it almost time for the Japanese army to start moving out? This time the Japanese army's forces are much larger than before. The tanks and armored vehicles in those divisions are a big problem. I'm so worried that I can't sleep."

"Last Spring Festival, I saw several children in the village playing with firecrackers. One of the children took a homemade firecracker, held it in his hand and fired it. This idea instantly came to my mind," Zeng Jiwen explained.

"Then I thought about whether I could improve it. After all, the Japanese army's grenade launchers also work on the same principle. However, the Japanese army's grenade launchers require training and rely on the soldiers' intuition. So I thought about trying to aim directly, and I didn't expect the effect to be so good."

After everyone's excitement died down, they began to discuss how to configure this weapon. After a while of discussion, they felt that a platoon could carry two of these weapons, equipped with 10 armor-piercing shells and some other ordinary shells, which would be enough to put pressure on the firepower of the Japanese squad.

After finishing, Zhou Xi turned around and asked, "Chief Engineer Liu, does this weapon have a name?"

Liu Guifu shook his head and said, "I started working on the design as soon as I got the sketch from Brigade Commander Zeng. I notified you guys to come over after I built the prototype. There's no name for it."

Then he turned to look at Zeng Jiwen expectantly and said, "Brigade Commander Zeng, you came up with the design of these two weapons, why don't you name them?"

Zeng Jiwen was immediately interested when he heard this. After thinking about it, his eyes lit up and he said, "I think we should call it the Taihang Type 38 40 rocket launcher!"

"The weapon's shape looks like a rocket, so we used the name of our Taihang Military Factory, plus the date and caliber."

After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up and they thought this was a good name. They also thought that new weapons could be named in this way in the future.

After learning about the first weapon, everyone looked at the second weapon with anticipation. After all, the caliber of this weapon was more than twice as large as the second one. So Liu Guifu took the initiative to introduce the second weapon to everyone.

"This artillery piece is a heavy artillery piece. Its directional tube parameters include a caliber of 107mm, a length of 900mm, and 12 tubes arranged in three rows and four columns. The total weight in marching position is 385kg, and the total weight in combat position is 613kg."

"The missile measures 2600mm long, 1400mm wide, and 1100mm high in its marching state. Its maximum speed is 372m/s, its maximum range is 8500m, and its kill radius is 12.5m. It can fire 12 rounds in 7-9 seconds, with a 0.6-0.8 second interval between rounds. It also takes only one minute to load."

After Liu Guifu finished his introduction, Zhou Shi and Wang Zhuo were immediately surprised by the strange guy in front of them.

Zhou Shi and Wang Zhuo had fought in many battles for many years and had seen all kinds of weapons, including large-caliber artillery, but this was the first time they had seen a large-caliber artillery with 12 barrels.