Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 438 The storm broke out (fourth update!)

The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Command Headquarters, as soon as Wang Ping walked in, he couldn't help shouting: "Chief! Heavy artillery, we have heavy artillery!"

Artillery is the god of war, and this saying has existed since ancient times.

Both the commander of the military region and the chief of staff are soldiers, and they are also senior commanders. They are very aware of the importance of artillery on the battlefield.

Therefore, as soon as they heard the word "heavy artillery", the eyes of the two shot out two bright lights, staring at Wang Ping and asking.

"What heavy artillery, tell me clearly!"

"The 120mm caliber mortar is more powerful than the Devil's field artillery we captured! Our arsenal produced it ourselves, and it's ready for mass production now. I'm making the arsenal work overtime to produce more!" Wang Ping replied immediately .

Commander Nie's first reaction was disbelief.

After seeing Wang Ping's affirmative expression, Commander Nie finally believed it. He chased Wang Ping and asked, "How's the performance? Are there any technical parameters?"

"Yes, when I came here, the arsenal specially asked the arsenal to test-fire, and all the parameters are on this piece of paper, please take a look at it!" Wang Ping directly handed the list of data in front of the two of them.

Commander Nie was not polite at all, he grabbed the list and began to look at it.

The chief of staff stood directly behind Commander Nie, stretched his head to watch together, and the more he watched, the happier he became.

Before Commander Nie could speak, he asked, "Wang Ping, are the data and parameters in the intelligence true?"

"Without a doubt!" Wang Ping affirmed.

"Because there is no special gun steel for the gun barrel, it is made of rail steel. To ensure safety, our gun barrel is longer and thicker than the original gun barrel!"

"So, the weight of the whole cannon is [-] kilograms heavier than the original cannon!"

"Forty kilograms is no problem, as long as the performance of the artillery meets the requirements!" Commander Nie said indifferently.

"After taking it apart, the gun barrel weighs more than 300 catties. A mule and horse can easily carry it around to shoot, and the weight of [-] catties will not affect it at all!"

After finishing speaking, Commander Nie stared at the chief of staff and asked: "If we can equip this kind of mortar to the brigade level, not to mention too much, a brigade only needs to equip one company. , nine heavy mortars can suppress their mountain artillery squadron and four mountain artillery cannons, and they can also support infantry in combat!"

Wang Ping said: "The chief is right. Except that the range is not as good as the mountain cannon equipped by the little devil, the power is definitely not lower than the mountain cannon equipped by the little devil."

"For ordinary bunker fortifications, if you use a 120mm mortar, you only need one shell to hit the target, and those masonry bunkers and gun towers will be blown down!"

"The damage to infantry is even greater. With the impact point as the center, enemies within a radius of 15 meters will either be killed or injured."

"Even if a devil within five meters lies on the ground, the shock wave can kill him or injure him!"

"The brigade is equipped with a heavy mortar company, the regiment is equipped with an 82 mortar company plus an infantry artillery platoon that captured the devils, the battalion is equipped with a heavy machine gun platoon, the company is equipped with a small artillery squad, that is, the grenadier squad, and the platoon is equipped with a It’s quite a light machine gun. As long as the devils don’t have aircraft and heavy artillery support, our brigade can easily fight against an infantry regiment of the Japanese army.”

"Of course, there is also a prerequisite for this. Our troops are well-trained and have sufficient ammunition!"

"If there is no ammunition, no matter how good a weapon is, it will be a fire stick. If the training is not good, no matter how good a weapon is, it will not be able to exert its power!"

"I agree with Wang Ping. Commander, I think that the main force of our military region should be equipped according to the firepower configuration that Wang Ping just said!" said the chief of staff with bright eyes.

The most important reason why the Eighth Route Army is called the Tuba Road by outsiders is that the Eighth Route Army is poor and poorly equipped, and it looks like a beggar army.

If there is enough equipment, no one wants to formalize the Eighth Route Army and get rid of the title of Tuba Road.

"What about the mountain artillery we seized on the battlefield?" Commander Nie did not answer, but asked thoughtfully.

Now that the words have been spoken, Wang Ping no longer conceals them, and directly expresses all his thoughts.

"Using the military divisions and base areas as units, according to the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops they are facing, set up independent mountain artillery battalions and mountain artillery regiments, which are dedicated to fighting against the artillery battalion and artillery regiment when the Japanese army is heavily encircled and suppressed. Otherwise, we will be in the Japanese artillery battalion. In front of the artillery regiment, they can only be beaten passively, without any strength to fight back."

Commander Nie frowned, neither affirming nor denying.

After hesitating for almost half a minute, he asked, "How about the production of 120mm mortars?"

"Working overtime can produce fifteen guns a month. I have ordered the arsenal to go all out and get the shells out as soon as possible!"

"Also, according to Director Zhang, who is in charge of the artillery, the arsenal can produce the first self-produced mountain cannon in a month at most, and strive to produce the first self-produced field cannon in three months. As for artillery shells and mortar shells, Mountain artillery shells, field artillery shells, because the equipment is ready-made, all can be produced in a month at most."

"However, due to insufficient raw materials, the output cannot be guaranteed for the time being."

"Limited raw materials will definitely be produced with scarce ammunition!"

At this time, Commander Nie finally spoke, and analyzed thoughtfully.

"One gun every two days, more than 180 guns a year, can form [-] heavy mortar companies. All brigade-level detachments in our military region add up to only [-], and it can be completed in half a year."

"Chief of Staff, you have a boss. You can decide the specific plan, and you can also discuss with the following commanders in detail. They are on the front line, dealing with devils every day, and know what kind of firepower configuration is most beneficial for them to fight devils!"

"Yes, Commander!" The chief of staff replied excitedly.

You know, if all the main forces of the military region are reorganized according to the firepower configuration plan proposed by Wang Ping just now, the main force of the Jinchaji military region will definitely become the first regularized force of the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, Commander Nie's face suddenly became serious.

Frowning, he said, "Wang Ping, the military region has just received a piece of information from the headquarters. You are only a regiment-level cadre, and you are not high enough to know. But considering the importance of the arsenal, and this information is also related to the arsenal, report it to the headquarters for approval." Finally, I decided to tell you!"

Wang Ping's expression became serious in an instant.

Commander Nie didn't hide anything, and said directly: "According to intelligence, the Japanese are organizing a larger-scale raid, which is unprecedented and will directly target our entire Eighth Route Army!"

"However, after our analysis, the devil must have another target in this large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign, our arsenal!"

"The devils bombed our arsenal on a large scale twice and returned without success. They will definitely not let it go. We suspect that the devils will send an elite team to attack the arsenal!"

"Storm, a real storm is coming!" Wang Ping suddenly thought of this!
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