Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 784 Heavy Cannon
Tang Dao must have his eyes shining!
Compared with the semi-automatic rifles that can strengthen the infantry's light firepower, these six big guys can raise the heavy firepower of the Four Lines Regiment to a whole level.

Those are six Liao-made 16-year-style 150-caliber heavy mortars!

炮管长度 1950 mm(L12.8)实际口径152，高低射界45度至75度，方向射界13度，弹重:6/8号榴弹19/23公斤，初速 210m/s ;最大射程:3340m(8号榴弹)，炮身重178KG;脚架重62.5KG;座板重68KG，放列全重310KG行列全重508KG。

Not to mention that it only has a range of 3300 meters, just saying that the 23 kg shell of this mortar is comparable to the existence of a 105 howitzer.

In fact, in the later period of the Central Plains War, it was precisely because the Northeast Army possessed a large number of 150-caliber heavy mortars that the anti-someone coalition forces quickly collapsed and disintegrated after the Northeast Army left the customs.

In fact, its firepower can be called the crown of heavy firepower of the Chinese army at that time. Regardless of its short range, even a bunker can't hold it, let alone a flesh and blood.

Perhaps this kind of gun can't compete with the Japanese 105 howitzer and other heavy guns because of the range problem, and it can't suppress the Japanese artillery group, but it is more than enough to support the front-line infantry, and it is easy to hit the heavy machine gun position. , any other fortifications are false in front of its 23 kg heavy artillery shells, and it is an absolute weapon to cover infantry.

Moreover, this 11-year heavy mortar, which evolved from the 150-year-old 16 heavy mortar made in Liao Dynasty, has added a cannon carriage and an ammunition cart that can hold 10 rounds of shells to enhance its mobility. The horse can drag the gun and shells to march.

For such a heavy artillery, 20 people in an artillery squad are enough, which is about the same as that required for an 82-caliber mortar.

Even the Japanese Kwantung Army, after the September [-]th Incident, seized this cannon from the camp of the Northeast Army. It used this cannon extensively in the battle between Nuomenkan and polar bears, causing great losses to polar bears that have entered the mechanized stage. .

Tang Dao believes that Dahai will definitely like Pao Yilian when he grows fat.However, just don't get excited and get started, that fat body is too tired.

"Thank you, Brother Gu! In the future, the 662 regiment will have something to ask for, and the four-element regiment will help you no matter the distance!" Tang Dao held the hand of the army colonel in front of him and solemnly promised.

After all, the 49th Army is different from the 67th Army where Tang Dao had a life-long friendship.

The 67th Army and the Four Elements Regiment not only rely on each other on the battlefield, but also you and I are among you. At least one-third of the backbone of the Four Elements Regiment comes from the 67th Army. The two armies seem to be divided They belong to different systems, but no matter in terms of closeness or substantive connection, the two militaries share weal and woe, one prospers and the other loses.

The 49th Army is just a friendly army of the 67th Army. Faced with the favors offered by others, if Tang Dao just accepts the favors as he did to Comrade Wu, it will make people feel worthless.

Faced with Tang Dao's solemn promise, Gu Huize smiled slightly, and did not refuse to accept everything.

He followed his military officer for a long time, and knew what he was thinking. These six 150-heavy mortars that were not in the weapon list were his investment in Tang Dao and the Four Elements Group. If there are unexpected gains, Of course it was a surprise, if not, the Northeast Army, which is considered a big family, can afford to waste these six cannons.

But in fact, Gu Huize didn't know that there were other twists and turns. If it wasn't for seeing that Wu Dajun, who was only below him, valued Tang Dao far more than he imagined, he would have basically secured his position as the number one brother of the Northeast Army. Liu Junzuo would not invest in a small infantry regiment with six 6 heavy artillery pieces at will.

The ammunition in this luxurious secret arsenal of the Northeast Army can equip 8 infantry divisions, but they are all light firearms. The total number of 150 heavy mortars is only 48. It is by no means easy to send out.

That was also before the war, the first brother of the Northeast Army expressed his attitude to Comrade Wu: We are one in the Northeast Army, and I not only fulfilled your request, but even exceeded the quota.

As for giving Tang Dao a favor, that's just a matter of a little help.

At least at the current stage, an infantry regiment with a strength of no more than 2000 people is not enough to allow a big man who can be promoted to a second-level general in the future to be used as a backhand and a pawn in the overall situation he has laid out.

In the game of big shots, if you want to be a pawn, you have to be qualified to be a pawn.

But whether it was Gu Huize or Liu Junzuo who made the decision to send the cannons and then put them behind his head, they probably didn't expect that it was these six cannons that gave him a huge favor from the 49th Army.

In the past time and space, the 49th Army, a strong army in the Northeast Army, lost its elite two years later because of the poisonous gas warfare of the Japanese army in the Battle of Shanggao. There was no record in the Japanese battle, and Liu Junzuo was transferred away under the pretext of being responsible because of this.

Although the designation of the 49th Army has not been revoked, it actually exists in name only, which is almost equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army.

Tang Dao naturally knew about this period of history. Not only did he want to repay the favor, but he also didn't want to watch this powerful army disappear under the wheel of history like this.

Moreover, Tang Dao believes that, given him two years, he already has enough financial resources to repay this great favor.

Why the Japanese are willing to use poisonous gas so frequently in spite of the world's shame is nothing more than bullying the Chinese army with limited funds, and even the bullets have to be counted, let alone equipped with gas masks.

With these six cannons, Tang Dao and Gu Huize were considered speculative, but now the atmosphere is more harmonious.

Tang Dao originally didn't want to increase the capacity of the four-element regiment to the limit, which would slow down the marching speed, but seeing the local tyrants of the Northeast Army come here, he naturally had to grit his teeth and change the equipment received from one infantry regiment into two .

After the whole group reunited, they all changed their costumes.

The rifles and machine guns currently equipped by the Four Elements Regiment are of various types for various reasons, such as the [-]-type, Zhongguan, and Hanyang-made. The bullets of the three types of rifles are not common. This ammunition stockpile was consumed seven or eighty-eight.

Just in time, taking advantage of this opportunity, changing the equipment and unifying the system also reduced the difficulty of military logistics.

And Gu Huize didn't care about Tang Dao's request. The military order from the military department was to give him as much as the Four Elements Regiment could transport. Anyway, the war was imminent. If the weapons were not distributed, it would only benefit the Japanese.

The equipment of the two reorganized infantry regiments not only squeezed the transport capacity of the baggage company to the limit, a cart almost loaded nearly a ton of equipment, and the pack horses even carried nearly a hundred kilograms. The recruits of the baggage soldiers also experienced this The salary of 10 yuan a month is not so easy to earn.

Even the thinnest soldier had four rifles and six grenades on his back.

But they have no right to complain, not to mention that the guard company and cavalry company, the elites of the Four Elements Regiment, are all covered with weapons on their bodies and horses, and even Tang Tuanzuo, Deputy Gong Tuan, and Chief of Staff Zhuang are all carrying more than 30 catty.

That night, Gu Huize, who had had dinner with the three school-level officers of the Four Elements Regiment, only took a light sleep for four hours, because the Four Elements Regiment had already received and loaded all the equipment and was about to set off, so he hurriedly washed his face and drove away. I went to Zhuangkou to see Tang Dao and his party off, and what I saw were a colonel and two lieutenant colonels carrying five rifles with grenades in their waists.

That may also be the most transport commander that Gu Huize has ever seen in his life, but maybe it is also the commander who made Gu Huize's throat choke for a long time without saying a word.

"Brother Gu! See you on the battlefield tomorrow!" Tang Dao smiled and saluted his colleagues who had rushed to see him off but didn't say a word, then turned his head and left with his horse carrying two shell boxes.

In order to accommodate the equipment of the two infantry regiments, the entire army of the four regiments below him has become transport troops, and the horses are no exception. The elite cavalry companies have also become horsemen leading the horses.

Watching the huge convoy and personnel of the Four Elements Regiment disappear in front of his eyes, Gu Huize, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally let out a long sigh: "The strength of the Four Elements Regiment is not in the so-called archery! It's in the cohesion. How can the soldiers not die for such a group of officers who are willing to be treated equally with the soldiers? The so-called unity of officers and soldiers refers to this!"

The eyes of the officers standing beside the colonel flickered, but none of them spoke.

Because they knew that even if the group leader in front of them could do this, they couldn't.If they worked so hard to become an official, but they still have to be treated the same as the soldiers, then what are they working so hard for?Being an official is not just to enjoy better treatment than others!

Not only these officers who have been in the old army for a long time know it in their hearts, Gu Huize, who is sighing, also knows that the word "one officer and soldier is one" is easy to say, but it is just a dream in practice. No one is willing to give up themselves for these four words The privileges obtained, not to mention that he, a small regiment leader, can't change all this, even his military seat can't.

Under the guidance of the stubborn ideology of "official standard", the cohesion of officers and soldiers as one, which the generals and schools dream of, can only be a dream after all.

This point, perhaps only the army in the War of Resistance Against Japan has ever achieved. For the "crazy" ideals, those great people were once extremely pure.

It's just that power is like an addictive poison. Once you taste it, you can't extricate yourself. Some people eventually forget their original intentions.

(End of this chapter)