With a caliber of 203 mm and a weight of 16 tons, this is a heavy artillery in the true sense.
For example, the 150mm howitzer equipped by the New Regiment can be regarded as a heavy artillery in the Asian battlefield.
Just like the Panther tank, which can dominate the Asian battlefield and is called a heavy tank.
The 150mm howitzer was only a divisional artillery weapon in the German army.
Even in the Soviet Union, the B4 howitzer was a cannon equipped by artillery units directly under the group army or front army.
During the Soviet-Finnish War, Marshal Timoshenko, the second commander of the Soviet Northwest Front, carried artillery with a caliber below 152 mm that could not destroy various firepower points built with high-standard cement in Finland.
In order to deal with the Mannerheim line of defense built in advance by the Finnish army, Timoshenko applied to his loving father for the use of B4 heavy howitzers.
At the beginning, the B4 heavy howitzer was not reused. After this battle, this cannon was really taken seriously.
Therefore, even in a big country like the Soviet Union, the B4 heavy howitzer is an absolutely strategic-level weapon.
And this B4 heavy howitzer is definitely a killer weapon on the European battlefield.
As for its weight.
Li Yunlong didn't care much, he just used the power and that was it.
This is a real heavy-duty howitzer. How can this thing be transported as easily as a small-caliber gun?
This kind of cannon is used to hit the enemy's reinforced concrete bunkers. It is only used in big battles.
Besides, this thing has tracks, and each gun is equipped with 2 track tractors. Compared with heavy cannons of the same level, it is already easy to transport.
Take the Japanese army's 240mm heavy cannon as an example. The entire gun had to be transported by train and had to be dismantled and transported on the road, which was very troublesome.
It wants to be powerful, easy to transport, and has high output and low cost.
Want to eat shit?
"What a gun!"
Ding Wei's eyes widened.
Although this artillery piece belongs to Li Yunlong and the New Regiment, it still enhances the strength of the Eighth Route Army.
Moreover, now that the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are both partners of Li Yunlong, it should only be a matter of time before they are also equipped with this Father's Hammer heavy artillery.
Kong Jie also opened his eyes so wide that they almost fell off:
"Lao Li, take me out and fire a few shots to test the power?"
With this thing in place, all the thickened steel reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers built by the Japanese around Taiyuan will be useless.
The only drawback may be that there are too few B4 heavy howitzers. There are only 8 in total, 4 each for the headquarters and the new regiment.
"Not yet!"
Li Yunlong stared at the four heavy howitzers with fiery eyes and shook his head:
"We still have to wait for the artillerymen to train for three to five days. If it can be used immediately after delivery, Brother Chen has already arranged for door-to-door delivery. Why wait until now?"
If the artillerymen were able to operate it proficiently, the battle to attack the 10th Division would be much easier.
It's not that exciting to thicken a bunker or turret with one enemy shot.
Kong Jie nodded: "That's true. This thing doesn't look simple. It's probably not easy to fight it. The artillerymen must be familiar with it and train it first."
Ding Wei encouraged: "Lao Li, now that you have this Father's Hammer heavy howitzer, why don't you go to Taiyuan to try it? It's okay to go to Datong instead of Taiyuan. Anyway, Lao Kong and I have some time recently, so we just want to observe.
Let’s take a look at the fighting strength of your new regiment.”
"Forget it!" Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "Our new regiment has just finished a battle with the 10th Division. The troops are in urgent need of rest and replenishment. We are not in a hurry about fighting Taiyuan and Datong. We will find a thickening on the highway in a few days.
Test its power with bunkers and turrets!"
The power of this cannon is definitely extraordinary, but Li Yunlong still wants to see with his own eyes how big it is.
Of course Li Yunlong wants to attack Taiyuan or Datong, but now is not the time.
Although this battle allowed the Japanese to break into the base area, they gained a lot in terms of business.
After defeating the 10th Division, the new regiment received a total of 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition and 2,000 tons of grain. The three regiments earned a total of more than 40,000 tons of grain.
Although the combined casualties of the three regiments were more than 15,000, the Japanese and puppet troops suffered more than 60,000 casualties. This deal was a good deal.
Next, Chen Feng discussed the specific details of receiving the goods with Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, and then said goodbye and left.
However, Yan Shuangying was temporarily retained by Chen Feng in the New Regiment as an artillery instructor, instructing the artillerymen of the New Regiment on how to operate this B4 heavy howitzer.
Yan Shuangying's mind has been systematically filled with all the information, operating techniques and teaching techniques about the cannons of this era.
Now Yan Shuangying is an experienced gunner who knows how to use almost all cannons of this era.
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About two hours later.
Southeast Shanxi.
Yangcun.
Today is also the day for the headquarters to receive goods, and the delivery location is at Yangcun Airport.
Although the location of the new regiment headquarters was from Yangcun in southeastern Shanxi to Zhaojiayu Village in northwest Shanxi.
But now Yangcun is still one of the most important villages of the 129th Division. Now the headquarters is directly under the special agent group, which is stationed in Yangcun and Yangcun Airport. And now almost all of southeastern Shanxi is the territory of the Eighth Route Army, not just Yangcun
, many villages are also connected to the county seat by highway.
Since the past two days, the special agents stationed in Yangcun and Yangcun Airport have been on alert.
The common people in Yangcun have moved away long ago. Those who usually walk around the village wearing common people's clothes are all soldiers of the special service group.
On the road in the rugged area, three jeeps and five Jiefang trucks drove towards Yangcun. Each Jiefang truck was loaded with soldiers from the headquarters guard battalion who were armed with live ammunition. These soldiers all had uniforms hanging on their chests.
Holding a submachine gun.
After approaching Yangcun, the eight cars turned around and drove towards Yangcun Airport.
When we arrived at Yangcun Airport, eight cars stopped one after another, and then all the heads of the headquarters got out of the cars.
The commander, chief of staff, division commander, brigade commander and other leaders all arrived. Upon seeing this, the head of the special service group quickly ran over to salute.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The brigade commander is now the commander of the Taiyue Military Region and the commander of the 386th Brigade. This time, after returning from Yangquan, he went to the headquarters for a meeting. He happened to hear that the head of the headquarters
I wanted to come to the airport to watch the delivery in person, so I came along to have a look.
"Commander, chief of staff, division commander, what kind of weapon did that boy Li Yunlong hand over this time?"
"Is it worth having your three giant Buddhas come to the airport in person?"
The brigade commander, who was wearing a black leather jacket, looked increasingly surprised in his expression and tone.
Since the new regiment has now become a force directly under the headquarters, there is no need to send a copy to the 386th Brigade in telegram exchanges with the headquarters.
Therefore, although the brigade commander knew about the tanks equipped by the new regiment, he did not know about the B4 heavy howitzer. This was top secret at the headquarters.
Of course, with the rank of brigade commander, he must be qualified to know, but the leader, chief of staff and division commander deliberately let it slip this time.
Don't tell him.
Sure enough, the brigade commander couldn't help but ask again and again.
Seeing the three chiefs laughing and saying nothing, the brigade commander laughed and said: "Isn't it just a tank? It's made to look mysterious."
Then, the brigade commander walked quickly to the chief and said: "Chief, the weather is good today."
Chief: "Huh?"
The brigade commander coughed lightly: "The tanks will arrive later, so what, chief... Do you think you can divide our 386 brigade into more than a dozen vehicles?"
"Boy, when you opened your mouth, there were more than a dozen tanks." The commander smiled and asked, "Don't you have a tank company in the 386th Brigade?"
"Hi!" said the brigade commander, "My tank company is just a bunch of pod tanks. How can they compare with Li Yunlong's heavy tanks?"
The division commander smiled and said: "You just started talking about a dozen tanks. It's a pretty idea. As a division commander, I don't even have a direct tank unit. Why do you want to create a tank battalion?"
The brigade commander hurriedly said: "Division Commander, isn't my tank battalion your tank battalion? Can you help tell the commander and chief of staff to allocate a tank company to our 386th brigade?"
Although one tank company is allocated to the 386th Brigade, there are only two tank companies, but the two tank companies can also be organized into a simplified version of the tank battalion.
Contrary to the expectations of the brigade commander and division commander, the commander said: "If the division commander doesn't mind, I can allocate a tank company to your 386th brigade."
"Oh?" The division commander and brigade commander were both stunned.
The chief of staff smiled and said: "That's right. This time Li Yunlong handed over a total of 32 conventional tanks and 13 fire-breathing tanks."
"Fire tank?"
The division commander and brigade commander were stunned again.
The fire-breathing tanks of the new regiment were exchanged for 150mm howitzers during the battle. At that time, the division commander and brigade commander were leading large troops to the Taiyuan and Yangquan areas, so they did not know about it.
"That's right, it's a fire-breathing tank. It seems to be called a Satan fire-breathing tank."
The chief of staff nodded: "Isn't there 32 tanks in a tank battalion? Among them are 22 Panther tanks, 10 Joffre tanks, and now there are 13 more Spitfire tanks, for a total of 45 tanks."
"The headquarters originally planned to mix these 45 tanks and organize them into 4 tank companies to form a reinforced tank battalion. Each tank company is about 5 Leopards, 3 Joffres and 4 Spitfire tanks."
"Later, after research by the headquarters, it was decided to assign a tank company to the 129th Division as a tank company directly under the division."
When the teacher heard this, his eyes suddenly became hot and he said hurriedly: "Of course I mind!"
Then, the division commander looked at the brigade commander and said with a smile: "You already have a tank company, so just use that tank company, and this tank company will return to the division headquarters."
The brigade commander couldn't help but sigh. If he had known better, he would have handed over the tank company to the division headquarters.
He heard that the Leopard tanks of the new regiment performed brilliantly on the battlefield in Xinzhou. One Leopard can defeat more than a dozen enemy tanks.
At this moment, there was a faint sound of "da da da da da" in everyone's ears, and everyone quickly raised their telescopes to take a look.
This chapter has been completed!