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Chapter 643: Heartless cannon!

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    It¡¯s 4:30 in the afternoon, and there are still two hours before the action.

    In an open space behind Jiaoshan, Li Guoyao and others were all there, and in front of them were two strange-looking large oil drums.

    This kind of oil drum is an ordinary oil drum commonly used by the Japanese army. It has a diameter of 80 centimeters and an overall height of about 1.2 meters.

    It¡¯s just that the two oil drums now in front of everyone are equipped with a wooden base, and there are two small wheels underneath. I don¡¯t know what they are used for.

    "Commander, is this the heavy artillery you are talking about?"

    Chen Jianzhong, Zhang Shaolin and others all looked confused. This was obviously an iron oil drum, how could it turn into a heavy artillery!

    If this thing can be turned into a heavy artillery, then the Chinese battlefield will be full of heavy artillery.

    Faced with everyone¡¯s doubts, Li Guoyao smiled and said, ¡°You¡¯ll know if it¡¯s a mule or a horse when you go out for a walk. Come on, get the ammunition!¡±

    Following Li Guoyao¡¯s order, a special operations team member quickly brought a round explosive package.

    ¡°Then Li Guoyao came to one of the iron oil barrels, stuffed the explosive package into the oil barrel, and then motioned for everyone to retreat.

    ¡°Following Li Guoyao¡¯s instructions, everyone stepped back more than ten meters, and then they saw Li Guoyao directly lighting a torch soaked in gasoline, and then shaking it at the bottom of the oil barrel.

    No one could see clearly how he did it, and they heard a dull sound of "boom", and then saw the explosive package that had just been stuffed into the oil barrel fly out along the mouth of the oil barrel, and then fell to the ground.  More than a hundred meters away.

    The explosive package exploded quickly after it hit the ground. The huge explosion made everyone's eardrums hurt, and dust was flying in the distance where the explosion occurred!

    This movement and scene are no smaller than the 105mm or 150mm large-caliber heavy artillery, or even worse.

    " Stunned, a group of national army officers came to the place where the explosive package exploded. They saw a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters in the open space. The pit was more than one meter deep, and all the soil on the ground was blown away.

    "CommanderCommander, how did you do it? How did you turn the iron oil barrel into a cannon? This is much more powerful than a mortar or even a mountain cannon!" Zhang Shaolin and others asked with horror on their faces.

    Li Guoyao smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, I call this "heartless gun", it is a simple gunpowder ejector!"

    "Gunpowder ejector?"

    "Yes, you have seen it. The main body of this thing is an empty gasoline barrel. After filling it with propellant, put the explosive package bundled into a disc shape into it, and then ignite the propellant. Ten kilograms of it can be  The explosive package was thrown out."

    Then Li Guoyao continued: "As for the effect, you have also seen it. The strong explosive impact produced by this huge explosive pack will be blown to pieces wherever it passes, no matter whether it is a bunker or some other fortification. Even the enemies who are blown down will be blown to pieces.  There are often no wounds found on the body, and the huge shock wave will cause bleeding from all seven holes.¡±

    ¡°This thing is so powerful, what¡¯s the point?¡± Chen Jianzhong asked in surprise.

    "The principle is also very simple. After all, this thing is somewhat similar to the heavy mortar from 200 years ago. It is used at a high elevation angle and has a short range, but its power is amazing. You can use it as a large-caliber heavy-duty mortar.  Use it for firing cannons." Li Guoyao replied.

    Li Guoyao is very clear about the power of heartless cannons. Military fans who have watched the domestic movies "Armageddon" series and "Assembly" will be familiar with "heartless cannons".  During the Liberation War, the People's Liberation Army used this simple artillery to defeat eight million Chinese troops.

    In the process of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea a few years later, volunteer soldiers also used a large number of this artillery. At that time, a volunteer army was surrounded by the US and British coalition forces and had been retreating to the most dangerous time. At this time, the volunteer soldiers used the "unscrupulous cannon"  "Pull it out and bombard the US military directly.

    This communication operation directly confused the US military, because they could never imagine why China, a country as backward as China, had such powerful artillery.  Many soldiers who were killed by bombings did not have no scars. Instead, they bled to death. After the war, senior officials in the United States, Britain and other countries knew what kind of weapons the volunteers were using at that time.

    After that, this simple artillery invented by the Chinese quickly became popular all over the world and became the most frequent artillery on the world's battlefields. Even decades later, this seemingly crude homemade weapon was even used by the Irish Republican Army.  He picked it up and did something spectacular - bombarding the Prime Minister's Office!

    Speaking of this matter, Li GuoyaoYou have to admire the convenience of this kind of artillery. At that time, Northern Ireland was caught in the bloody struggle for independence. In order to force the British government to completely withdraw from Northern Ireland, members of the Irish Republican Army targeted major military, financial, and political organizations in the United Kingdom.  Targets took turns launching bomb attacks.  Among them, the target they are most concerned about is the British Prime Minister, the top person in charge of the British government.

    A long time ago, the Irish Republican Army sent elite members to launch a bomb attack on the Brighton Hotel where British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, known as the "Iron Lady", stayed.  Fortunately, the bomb deployed by the Republican Army was not powerful enough to destroy the entire hotel, allowing Mrs. Thatcher to escape death.

    After this, the Irish Republican Army did not give up its attempt to assassinate the British Prime Minister.  Shortly after the Brighton Hotel attack, the top brass of the Republican Army came up with an even more amazing plan - to blow up the British Prime Minister's Office at 10 Downing Street!

    Initially, they planned to plant a powerful bomb in the building across the street to blow up British government buildings in a large area nearby.  However, this will inevitably lead to a large number of civilian casualties, which violates the IRA's purpose of "specializing in attacking the British government."

    So, they came up with an even more astonishing plan, using homemade mortars that were easy to make - the "heartless guns" used by the People's Liberation Army back then to bombard the British Prime Minister's Office!

    The Irish Republican Army sent a total of two elite members to implement this plan. One of them was good at calibrating this homemade mortar, while the other was very familiar with mortar manufacturing technology.  The remaining IRA members rented a garage in London as a factory for manufacturing weapons and rented a van to transport the mortars.

    After several months of preparation, the two men successfully made a homemade mortar out of iron sheets and handed it over to the operational team members responsible for launching the attack.

    On the morning of February 7, 1991, a large number of members of the British War Cabinet, including British Prime Minister John Major, were discussing military action plans against Iraq in No. 10 Downing Street.

    At the same time, an IRA member drove a van loaded with mortars to the intersection in front of Whitehall. He calmly set the timed launch fuse of the mortar, and then rode on a truck that had been prepared on the roadside.  Motorcycles, ready to evacuate the scene quickly after the sound of gunfire.

    At 10:08, just as a police officer tried to investigate the suspicious van, a mortar fired from the vehicle!

    Three mortars were successfully fired, two of which passed over No. 10 Downing Street and hit the front garden.

    The third shell exploded less than 30 feet away from No. 10 Downing Street.

    When the explosion sounded, the British cabinet members who were meeting indoors did not hesitate and hid under the table at lightning speed.

    After the aftermath, the frightened British Prime Minister John Major turned to his cabinet members and said: "We'd better start the meeting again quickly - somewhere else, of course!"

    Although the explosive power of these mortars was astonishing, with each shell containing 20 kilograms of Semdine plastic explosives, because the windows of the British Prime Minister's Office were reinforced with bulletproof glass, no member of the British cabinet was shelling  injured.

    However, subsequent investigation revealed that this group of IRA launched the artillery attack from across a building, and they did not have a direct target indicator for aiming.  From a military technology perspective, this is astonishing.

    "If the muzzle of the gun is deviated by another 5 to 10 degrees, the shell is likely to directly flatten No. 10 Downing Street and bring down the entire British government cabinet. This shows how powerful this kind of artillery is.

    It is precisely because he knew the power and great convenience of this kind of artillery that Li Guoyao thought about getting it out and then using it on the battlefield to make up for the shortage of artillery in the army.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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