Alexei was shocked, and he said to Li Xiao in stunned silence: "Isn't it good for you to do this? They are all volunteers, so we can't favor one over the other!"
But Li Xiao snorted and retorted: "This does not mean favoring one against another. Although they are all volunteers, can Leonid's ten thousand people listen to us? Can they help us defend Wallachia?"
This is not wrong. Duke Mikhail's meaning is very clear. The ten thousand people are actually just using the name of volunteers and borrowing their skins. They will definitely not be given the right to command. To put it bluntly,
These troops are Leonid's private army and have nothing to do with Wallachia.
But Alexei still thinks that different treatment is a bit excessive. After all, we are all good friends. Although there are conflicts and differences, we cannot go too far.
"I'm not going too far!" Li Xiao snorted contemptuously, "Have you forgotten what Leonid's attitude was when we changed our clothes before? He was completely dismissive of our new equipment and said that it was
Some weapons and equipment are good enough, but you still say that a bayonet is a hero, have you forgotten?"
Alexey was stunned. This was indeed said by Leonid, and he was indeed not interested in new weapons. He believed that the new copper-cased bullets were a complete luxury and waste and should be resolutely banned. He also said that he and Li Xiao were
A prodigal son.
"Even so, that's not good!"
Li Xiao waved his hand and said: "There's nothing wrong with it. He doesn't appreciate it if you give him new equipment! Maybe he will get angry and ask you to return the old equipment to him, not to mention..."
"What's more?" Alexey asked.
"What's more, it's not necessarily a good thing that he is equipped with too advanced weapons, and the logistics supply will be particularly troublesome!"
Speaking of this, Alexey suddenly remembered that Leonid would definitely participate in the offensive operations and would not be able to stay in Wallachia with them. And Duke Mikhail's main force's weapons and equipment were not truthful.
The average ***1812 is not much stronger.
Not to mention breech-loading rifles, it would be dangerous if they had enough ammunition. If Leonid's troops were equipped with new rifles, they might not be able to supply enough ammunition after leaving Wallachia. At that time, his new rifles
The equipment turned into a fire stick instead!
Dmitri also said: "The new rifles you are equipped with are indeed good, but they are completely incompatible with our army's logistics system. You can make do with them in Wallachia, but after entering Bulgaria, I am afraid it will be very troublesome. It is better to
Give them old equipment and at least have plenty of ammunition in stock."
Dmitri's words make sense. Although Wallachia has begun to fully popularize metal cartridge breech-loading rifles, the supply of bullets is indeed a big problem. Russia is simply unable to produce this new type of ammunition. It all depends on Wallachia alone.
The factory that has just been put into operation is producing, and its production capacity and output are very limited, and at least temporarily unstable.
Wallachia previously had a large inventory of paper-cased ammunition, so meeting the needs of Leonid's 10,000 men was not a big problem.
At this point, Alexey suddenly interrupted and asked: "Has the problem of the ammunition factory been solved?"
Speaking of this, Li Xiao gets a headache. A metal-cased bullet looks inconspicuous, but it involves too many problems. The copper-coated warhead alone is enough to give you a headache for several days. The stamping and molding of the cartridge case and
There are a lot of process problems with the flash cap.
It has been about a year since the Wallachian Ammunition Factory was built and put into operation, but it has always been bumpy and unfavorable.
He sighed and said: "The problems of technology and machines have been almost solved, but there is a problem with the supply of brass. Our demand is too large, so we can only import it from China. However, because China has to prepare for war, copper
I’m also very nervous!”
Alexey and Dmitri looked at each other. They didn't have a good solution to this problem. First of all, it was a problem of industrial base. Secondly, Russia was busy preparing for war, and copper mines were the most important strategic resource.
It is necessary to make guns and cannons. It is impossible for the country to follow you and use it.
"Can it be imported from abroad?" Alexey asked.
Li Xiao sighed again and said: "It is possible, but one is that it is expensive and it is easy to be ripped off at this time. The other is that the supply chain is unstable. Austria is not reliable after all. They can cut off the supply at any time. The impact is too great!"
This matter is indeed troublesome, and you definitely cannot bet your money on foreigners. No matter Britain, France, Austria or Prussia, even Russia is unreliable.
Even if the Austrians abide by the commercial contract, Wallachia does not have enough financial resources to be slaughtered as pigs. The price of copper is frighteningly high. It is no wonder that Leonid despised copper-cased bullets before and called them prodigals.
.Because it’s really expensive!
"Let the troops recycle the bullet casings!" Dmitri sighed, "Recycle all the bullet casings as much as possible to reduce losses!"
This is the only advantage of copper-cased bullets. It is relatively simple to reload and use. Just replace the primer with a new one, load the gunpowder and warhead. If the army can really recycle every used bullet casing, then it is not a problem.
Too big.
Li Xiao sighed and said, "Let's do this for now. At least there will be no problem during training."
Indeed, the battlefield environment is absolutely different from the training environment. It is difficult to ask soldiers to fire a shot and recover a bullet casing in a battlefield environment. Who can care when they are really desperate!
The three of them discussed for a while, and could only deal with this problem temporarily, because compared with this trouble, the advantages of copper-cased bullets are also very obvious, firstly, they have good accuracy, secondly, they are easy to load, and finally they are moisture-proof.
Don't underestimate these three points, they are critical factors on the battlefield. The simplicity of loading alone greatly simplifies the difficulty of training new recruits. The cumbersome loading process of muzzleloaders long ago made even well-trained veterans arrive.
In a real battlefield environment, it is inevitable to make mistakes while busy.
Li Xiao once inspected the actual use of weapons by Russian soldiers on the battlefield and found that many soldiers loaded ammunition incorrectly more than once. He once saw a musket loaded incorrectly seventeen times, and more than a dozen lead bullets were completely loaded.
The barrel of the gun is blocked.
Once such a mistake occurs with a muzzleloader musket, it is really like burning a fire stick. What's more, this phenomenon is very common. After all, when people are nervous and fearful, any low-level mistake may happen.
Breech-loaded copper-cased fixed-loading ammunition can fundamentally solve this problem. Except for misfires caused by quality problems or firing pin problems, the bullet itself cannot be loaded incorrectly.
Coupled with its high-quality moisture-proof ability, this makes fighting in humid environments or rain and snow environments in winter more secure. Anyway, people who have used new rifles will really not miss those old antiques!