Struggle in Russia

Alexei was shocked, and he said to Li Xiao dumbfounded: “You can’t do that well, are you? They are all volunteers. You can’t favor one another and the other!”

But Li Xiao snorted and retorted, “This is not called favoritism. Although they are all volunteers, Leonid’s 10,000 people can listen to us? Can they help us guard Wallachia?”

This is not wrong. Duke Mikhail’s meaning is very clear. The ten thousand people are actually named as a volunteer army and borrowed a piece of their skin. They will definitely not be given command. To put it bluntly, these men and horses are Leonid’s private army, and they have nothing to do with Wallachia.

But Alexei still thinks that the distinction is a bit too much. After all, everyone is a good friend. Although there are contradictions and differences, we can’t do so too much.

“How am I going to be too much!” Li Xiao snorted contemptuously, “You forgot, what was Leonid’s attitude when we changed clothes before? He was completely dismissive of our new equipment, saying the original Some weapons and equipment are good enough, and what bayonet is a hero, have you forgotten?”

Alexei was taken aback for a moment. This was indeed what Leonid said, and he was really not interested in new weapons. He believed that the new copper shell bullets were completely extravagant and wasteful and should be resolutely banned. He also said that he and Li Xiao are the same. Prodigal son.

“Even so, it’s not so good!”

Li Xiao waved his hand and said, “There is nothing wrong with him. You give him new equipment and he doesn’t appreciate it! Maybe he will get angry and ask you to return the old equipment to him, let alone…”

“Not to mention what?” Alexei asked.

“What’s more, it is not necessarily a good thing that he is equipped with over-advanced weapons. Logistics supplies are particularly troublesome!”

Speaking of this, Alexei suddenly remembered that Leonid must be involved in offensive operations, and it is impossible to stay in Wallachia with them. And the main force of the Duke Mikhail said that weapons and equipment were not ordinary. In 1812, it was not much stronger.

Not to mention the breech rifle, their supply of sufficient ammunition is probably dangerous. If Leonid’s troops are equipped with new rifles, they may not be able to supply enough ammunition after leaving Wallachia. At that time his new equipment turned into a fire stick instead!

Dmitry also said: “The new rifle you are equipped with is really good, but it is completely incompatible with our army’s logistics system. It will be very troublesome to use in Wallachia. After entering Bulgaria, I am afraid it will be very troublesome. Give them old-style equipment and at least have sufficient stock of ammunition to supply.”

Dmitry’s remark is reasonable. Although Wallachia has begun to fully popularize metal cartridge breech-loading rifles, the supply of bullets is indeed not small, and Russia is unable to produce this new type of ammunition. It depends on a factory in Wallachia that has just started production, and its capacity and output are very limited, at least temporarily unstable.

The stock of paper shell ammunition previously equipped in Wallachia is not small, and it is not a big problem to meet the needs of Leonid’s 10,000 people.

Speaking of this, Alexei suddenly interrupted and asked: “Has the problem of the ammunition factory been solved?”

Speaking of Li Xiao, it hurts. A bullet with a metal shell looks inconspicuous, but there are too many problems involved. The copper-clad warhead alone is enough for you to have a headache for a few days, and there are a lot of problems with the stamping and forming of the rear cartridge case and the craftsmanship of the flash hider.

It has been about a year since the Wallachia Ammunition Factory was built to put into production, but it has always been stumbling.

He sighed and said: “The problems of craftsmanship and machinery are almost solved, but there is a problem with the supply of brass. Our demand is too large and we can only import from China. However, because of the preparation for war, copper It’s also very nervous!”

Alexei and Dmitry looked at each other. They didn’t have a good solution to this problem. First of all, this is a problem of industrial foundation. Second, Russia is busy preparing for war, and copper mines are the most important strategic resource. You need to make guns and cannons. It is impossible to let the country hold you tightly.

“Can it be imported from abroad?” Alexei asked.

Li Xiao sighed again: “It’s okay, but one is expensive. Now it is easy to be slaughtered. The other is that the supply chain is unstable. After all, Austria is unreliable. They can cut off the supply at any time. The impact is too great!”

This matter is really troublesome. It is definitely not possible to bet on foreigners. Whether it is Britain, France, Austria or Prussia, it is unreliable, even Russia is unreliable.

Even if the Austrians abide by the commercial contract, Wallachia does not have enough financial resources to be a pig slaughter. The price of the current copper is terribly high. It is no wonder that Leonid despised the copper shell bullets before and said that they were a prodigal. Because it’s really expensive!

“Let the troops recycle the shells!” Dmitry sighed, “Try to recycle all the shells to reduce losses!”

This is the only advantage of the copper shell bullet. Reloading is relatively simple to use. Replace the primer with a new one, and fill it with gunpowder and warhead. If the troops can really recover every used cartridge, then the problem is not too big.

Li Xiao sighed and said: “Let’s do this first, at least there is no problem in training.”

Indeed, the battlefield environment and the training environment are absolutely different. You can hardly ask soldiers to take a shot in the battlefield environment and recover a cartridge case. Who cares when you are really desperate!

The three of them discussed for a while ~www.wuxiax.com~ can only temporarily deal with this problem, because compared with this trouble, the advantages of copper shell bullets are also particularly obvious. Firstly, it has good accuracy, secondly, it is easy to reload, and finally Moisture-proof.

Don’t underestimate these three points, they are a key factor on the battlefield. Simple loading alone greatly simplifies the difficulty of training recruits. The cumbersome loading process of the musket a long time ago, even the well-trained veterans would inevitably make mistakes in the real battlefield environment.

Li Xiao once inspected the actual use of weapons on the battlefield of Russian soldiers and found that many soldiers incorrectly loaded ammunition more than once. He once saw a musket loaded by mistake 17 times, and more than a dozen lead bullets were completely loaded. The barrels are blocked.

Once such an error occurs in a front-loaded musket, it is really to burn a fire stick. What’s more, this phenomenon is very common. After all, people are nervous and afraid of any low-level errors can happen.

The copper shell fixed-loading bullet loaded with the breech can fundamentally solve this problem. Except for the misfire caused by the quality problem or the firing pin problem of the bullet itself, it is impossible to be loaded by mistake.

Coupled with its high-quality moisture-proof capability, this makes fighting in winter wet or rainy and snowy environments more secure. Anyway, people who have used new rifles will never miss those old antiques!