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Chapter 155 The flame will purify everything

Zhou Changfeng was silent for a full three seconds before replying: "It's not necessarily a bad thing to avoid, it may also be troublesome."

"Don't you think that suppressing the bandits is not enough credit?" Zhu Lingjing on the other end of the phone spoke calmly, "You are clever, and you know how to ask Xu Zhanming to ask for credit for you."

"The general environment is like this, so I can only do this. I hope that Mr. Xu's words will be effective." Since the last time he was frustrated in the Military and Political Department, Zhou Changfeng has recognized the reality, and he should rely on the relationship, and he must talk about the world's sophistication. .

It's very flexible, it's okay.

In fact, Zhu Lingjing felt that instead of asking Xu Zhanming to declare for meritorious service, it would be more effective to call the emperor herself.

But she didn't say that, but directly asked another question, "Can you project flames at all? Well... a weapon with the ability to incinerate."

Weapons that project fire?
Didn't this topic change too quickly?

Some inexplicable Zhou Changfeng froze for a moment, and affirmed: "Yes, the chemical protection unit is equipped with flamethrowers."

"Okay, take them with you when you head out."

"Your Highness, this... can you tell me the reason?"

"Burn out the snails that cause the epidemic." Zhu Lingjing's question and answer was very concise.

Combined with the recent news that she was in Jiujiang Prefecture to deal with the schistosomiasis epidemic, Zhou Changfeng understood that burning is indeed a good way to eliminate snails.

It's just why this woman is so uncomfortable when she speaks?

Speaking of playing with fire, the Chinese have liked to use arson equipment for city defense since ancient times. "Wu Jing Zong Yao" and "Wu Bei Zhi" recorded many interesting incendiary weapons for city defense.

Long before the European War, the Ming army had been equipped with some advanced compressed gas flamethrowers at that time. Of course, because the Ming Dynasty did not enter the European War, the Germans were the first to apply it in actual combat.

Although the [-]-type flamethrower equipped by the Ming army today uses compressed gas in the same working principle as the mainstream individual flamethrowers, that is, there are two types of tanks, one for fuel and one for compressed nitrogen. Fuel squirts out.

However, there is a slight difference in design ideas. The Ordnance Bureau believes that the deterrent ability of the flamethrower lies in its suddenness, so there is no need for the flamethrower to spray non-stop on the battlefield, approach quietly, and then do it suddenly. It is the most reasonable to flash people after spraying in twos or threes.

Therefore, the fuel tank of the Type [-] flamethrower has only a five-liter capacity, and can only perform three short injections or one long injection.

What follows is that its weight is the lightest in the world, with an empty weight of 16kg and a full fuel and nitrogen gas of only 22kg; at the same time, because the fuel tank is very small, it will be sprayed out in a few strokes in actual combat, and there is no need to Worrying about dying.

These days, Zhu Lingjing is already thinking about the long-term, because Qianyuan Company has initially improved the production line of antimony quinine hydrochloride, and will start trial production soon, and will put it into mass production after that.

The strength of industry lies in this. Once the assembly line in the factory starts to operate, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, a steady stream of products will be produced, and it will not take long to meet the demand.

Once the oral pills arrive and are distributed, it won't be long before the outbreak is suppressed.

In other words, the goal of "treating the symptoms" will soon be achieved.

However, although "curing the root cause" is not within the scope of her mission, she still wants to give it a try.

There are two ways to cure the root cause. One is to improve the medical level in rural areas, including the hygiene knowledge of hospitals, doctors and farmers; the other is to eliminate the snails as intermediate hosts.

The former is a long-term and expensive job, obviously she can only try the latter now.

After so many years, local governments and local hospitals have summed up many ways to eliminate snails, such as poisoning with pesticides, or changing the environment, directly digging new ditches to fill up old ditches.

In addition, the more convenient way should be to burn, but the temperature of burning with firewood and straw is not high enough, and the burning effect is not satisfactory.

Simply put, not violent enough.

So...where can I find the most violent and ruthless thing that can attack with fire?
The answer is obvious. Throughout the ages, people have always used the most advanced technology to kill each other.

Later, Zhu Lingjing sent a telegram to the imperial court, hoping to second the chemical defense unit of the local garrison.

In fact, without her reminding, Zhou Changfeng would definitely bring a chemical defense platoon.

For bandits hiding in complex terrain such as deep mountains and old forests, what else is more efficient than flamethrowers?Purify them directly with a thousand-degree flame, how humane and efficient.

In the next few days, the First Marine Regiment continued to carry out various landing training on the shore of Taihu Lake.

An amphibious tank broke down during flotation training. It was flooded uncontrollably and the pumping device failed.The tank sank, but the two tank men escaped just in time.

Daming was not yet rich enough to discard technical weapons at will, so the First Marine Regiment organized several barges to salvage them the next day.

After a careful inspection, it turned out that, as expected, it was a failure caused by the usual maintenance methods of the pumping device that did not meet the specifications.

"Some people always feel that training is of little value, but 'sweat more in normal times and bleed less in war' is by no means empty words. Look, if this is not the case, it will be remembered for a long time, and I am afraid that two lives will be lost on the battlefield in the future... Oh, more than that, without the timely support of a chariot, the whole battle might be lost.”

Zhou Changfeng took this opportunity to respond to the complaints among the first marine regiment.

"...After that, we won't go back to Jiangxinzhou's garrison. We will directly load the car to Wuhan, and then rush to the Yidu area to suppress the bandits. The whole regiment will go, and no one will be lost."

"...Don't take it lightly. You must attach great importance to it ideologically. This is actual combat, and it will kill you. Whoever neglects his duty or does not take it seriously, I will kill him personally."

The emphasis on military operations is to "prepare well before acting swiftly like thunder", and the same is true for suppressing bandits, there is no rush.

However, the emperor was very dissatisfied with the attack on Yiling Prefecture, and now public opinion is raging, with many criticizing the imperial court and the government for their incompetence.

Therefore, since it has been elevated to this level, the Marine Regiment can't help but prepare slowly.

According to the deployment of the General Staff Office of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the surrounding Yi'an Army and the field units of the two divisions will assist in the battle, but they will not enter the mountain, but will pull a net to support them from the outside to prevent a few stubborn bandits from fleeing and escaping.

Therefore, the only unit that went directly into the mountains to carry out the pursuit and suppression mission was the Marine Regiment.

Due to the special nature of the task and the extreme cunning of the opponent, Zhou Changfeng has been thinking about how to expand the asymmetrical advantage in tactics these days.

Heavy equipment on the ground can't enter the deep mountains and old forests, so it's better to use the ones flying in the sky?

However, fighter jets and attack planes still need to make a large circle to come back after a round of attack, which is easy for the target to take the opportunity to escape, and the ammunition load and time in the air are limited.

So, what aircraft can meet such requirements?
(End of this chapter)