The 28 150mm howitzers were the heavy artillery captured from the Austrian army when the German Empire fully occupied Austria years ago.
Although this artillery transport weight, produced under license from Bofors, reaches 5 tons, it can push 41 kilogram shells up to 9 kilometers away, far exceeding the 150-caliber howitzer currently equipped by the Japanese Army.
The 150 howitzers currently used by the German Empire's military are basically Krupp's 150 howitzers. The guns are more important, but their performance is inferior. However, due to the influence of Krupp, these captured artillery were not used.
Adopted by the German Empire Army.
In this way, even if Tang Dao triples the price to acquire this batch of heavy artillery, which is somewhat useless to the German Empire, it is still an extremely cost-effective deal.
As for the artillery shells, Tang Dao didn't have to worry about it. As the arms company best at developing artillery, Rostav not only transported these artillery thousands of miles away, but also prepared 2,000 rounds of artillery shells for Tang Dao. The price of one artillery shell was also
But it’s only $30.
The total price of 1.4 million US dollars seems to be a sky-high price, but for the Chinese army, which is extremely short of heavy artillery and has no channels, it is good to sell it.
Naturally, as per the old rules, Rostav will dismantle the artillery and transport it to Fengfeng Coal Mine in a special train.
Despite the lively fighting between China and Japan in southern Hebei during this period, both sides have a tacit understanding to avoid the Fengfeng coal mining area, which is controlled by the Germans and covers an area of dozens of square kilometers.
The Japanese now want to hold on to the thick legs of the mustache, and use the German Empire to launch military campaigns in the European battlefield and reach Southeast Asia, which has rubber and oil. Not to mention that they have not grasped the painful leg of Krupp, they have grasped it.
I guess a big deal has been reduced to a trivial matter.
On the Chinese side, there was already a formidable enemy like the Japanese, and they were absolutely unwilling to easily provoke the German Empire, whose entire population had already embarked on battle chariots. Naturally, they repeatedly ordered not to attack territory controlled by the Germans.
It was under this delicate political situation that Rostav started his own dance on the edge of the knife while waving checks and spying on the future president of the company.
In less than 2 months, under the eyes of the Japanese, 28 150-meter heavy artillery and a German armorer's equipment were transported to Fengfeng Coal Mine, and then the Chinese moved these equipment using ants.
Transported to Taihang Mountain.
The 921st Division will reorganize the entire division in mid-November.
Except for the two main brigades, the 683rd and 685th brigades, the establishment remains unchanged, and the new units and columns of each designation will be reorganized into six new brigades: the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th.
Another number is reserved for the establishment of an independent advancing detachment.
In the words of the two leaders, whoever can strengthen his strength in the Japanese-occupied areas and compete with an ace brigade like the 683rd Brigade, then the establishment of this independent advance detachment belongs to that force.
This statement greatly discouraged the warriors in the 921st Division. In their opinion, this organization could only be shelved.
What is the strength of Brigade 683 now?
Not to mention that Brigadier Cheng Da is one of the famous Three Heroes of Huangpu, and his level of commanding operations was highly praised by even the man as far away as An County. It is also not to mention that the commanders of several main regiments under his command are all from the 80th Army.
He is a well-known brave general and a strong general, not to mention that the army under his command has more than one-fifth of the cadres, and the soldiers are all veterans and elite soldiers who have fought in more than a hundred bloody battles during the great movement of thousands of miles.
Just talking about the brand-new equipment that was just changed a week ago, it makes people greedy.
Let’s just talk about the 772nd Regiment. To use Wang Xiaoqiang’s words: His current strength of the 772nd Regiment can rival the entire 683rd Brigade a year ago.
That's not because the 772nd Regiment now has 5 main infantry battalions, with a total strength of 5,000 troops.
That's because each infantry company has 80 1924-style standard Mauser rifles, 12 MP28 submachine guns, 24 shell guns, 9 Czech light machine guns, 6 60-force machine guns, and 3 Maxim heavy machine guns.
And this is only the light firepower of an infantry company. At the battalion level, the fire support company directly under the battalion has 9 heavy machine guns and 9 82mm mortars. The heavy firepower has exceeded most infantry regiments.
At the regiment level, it is even more exaggerated. The artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters has 4 75-caliber mountain guns, 4 150-caliber mortars, 4 37mm combat anti-aircraft guns, and 4 Sulotong 20mm machine guns.
16 artillery pieces with different calibers and functions are enough to allow any infantry regiment to have independent combat capabilities.
No wonder Wang Xiaoqiang, who received the new equipment, is so confident that he can compete with the 683 Brigade, which was feared by the Japanese army. Even if the 683 Brigade a year ago had 6 150-gun heavy firepower, it was not as good as the current 772 Regiment in terms of heavy firepower.
Not to mention light firepower.
Brigadier Cheng Da had already burst into laughter. He dared to distribute the captured mountain artillery and the 150 heavy troops supported by Tang Dao to the three main groups. Naturally, he had better ones.
The 683rd Brigade is now directly under the jurisdiction of an artillery battalion, an engineering battalion, a communications battalion, a supply battalion, a special agent battalion, and a health team.
The artillery battalion has: 3 howitzer batteries (12 75MM mountain guns), 1 combat anti-aircraft battery (6 37 combat anti-aircraft guns), and 1 anti-aircraft gun company (8 20MM anti-aircraft guns).
With the heavy firepower at the brigade and regiment levels, even if a Japanese division comes, the 683rd Brigade can go head-to-head with it.
Originally, Brigadier Cheng Da had been coveting the high-rate machine gun called the 'widowmaker' that was currently the main equipment of the Four Lines Regiment. He planned to use the MG42 to replace the Czech 24 light machine gun used by the squad, so he returned to Zishan.
Tang Dao persuaded him.
Although the MG42 has a great rate of fire, it has the most fatal flaw - it consumes too many bullets.
An ordinary squad light machine gun can only fire 300 to 400 rounds of bullets in a battle, and the first and second shooters can carry the guns and ammunition to complete the battle.
But even if the shooter saves money on shooting the MG42, it still consumes 1,000 to 1,500 rounds of ammunition. For example, in the Battle of Zhaojiazhuang, some crazy shooters fired more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition in one afternoon.
That means that if an infantry company has 9 units, it will need 20,000 rounds. A regiment may have at least 12 infantry companies. For a main regiment like the 772nd Regiment, there must be 18 infantry companies.
The machine gun alone consumes nearly 300,000 rounds of ammunition, and that may only be one day on the battlefield.
Such a terrifying amount of bullet consumption, not to mention frightening Brigadier Cheng Da to the point where he shook his head and said he couldn't afford it, even Tang Tuanzuo himself felt a headache.
The 12 infantry companies of the four major infantry battalions of the Four Lines Regiment, plus other combat sequences, are equipped with at least 200 MG42 machine guns. After a war, just to serve this "master", they will have a reserve of 500,000 rounds of ammunition.
Coupled with semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, the number is in the millions.
No wonder Teacher Xiao He complained that every time he met him, the frontline officers and soldiers were too wasteful. Even the production line at the bullet branch of the Sixings Regiment Arsenal ran 24 hours a day. The workers worked in two shifts, and the machines never stopped for most of the year.
There wasn't much inventory left.
Can you believe that an arsenal that can produce 800,000 rounds of ammunition per month can store less than 2 million rounds of ammunition in a year?
Of course, this is also related to Tang Dao's concept of requiring recruits to undergo extensive live-fire training. In addition, selling to friendly forces such as the 921st Division, the 38th Army, and the 12th Division at cost, it is normal to consume millions of rounds of ammunition in a year.
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Everyone wants good weapons, but with the strength of the current small arsenal of the Eightyth Army, it absolutely cannot afford to supply this bullet-swallowing beast like the MG42.
So, in Tang Dao’s terms: It’s like falling in love. You love someone again, but when you eat, the person picks his feet, when you read, the person sings folk songs, and when you want to sleep, the person snores loudly. Falling in love is easy.
It’s hard to stay together, but the most important thing is to be right!
Although the Czech-style light machine gun does not have a high rate of fire, it does not require a large demand for bullets, and its performance is sufficient to suppress the Type 96 light machine gun that is currently the main equipment of the Japanese army.
Countless battlefields in time and space have proven that this machine gun is very suitable for the current Chinese army!
"Despite your young age, your child has quite a lot of experience in love and marriage! To be honest, have you ever cheated on your younger siblings?" Seeing that Tang Tuanzuo has such a rich set of life experiences that he can even equip himself with weapons and equipment.
, Brigadier Cheng Da stared with his eyes wide open.
To be honest, even though Brigadier Cheng Da is already in his early 30s, he is still a novice when it comes to love and marriage. Even if he has been married once, it was because they were together because they share the same goals. Then there will be someone like Tang Dao.
There will be so many little butterflies in the future.
At this time, it is an extremely remarkable breakthrough for people to break through the constraints of family and have the power of their own choice to find the person they like.
"Don't be ridiculous. It's not like you don't know Tantai's nature. She's soft on the outside but strong on the inside. I dare to betray her. I guess even the title of leader of the Anti-Japanese Heroes is not good. I'll be scolded to death by everyone in the world. I guess I won't.
The Japanese just stood aside and slapped each other." Tang Dao rolled his eyes, very self-aware.
"Then what's going on between you and that little foreign girl? How did I hear that the American young lady had something to do with you?" Brigadier Cheng Da changed his usual smiling face to a rare smile.
serious.
"That is the God of Wealth of my Four Elements Group. Without her, where do you think those grains and precision machine tools come from? Moreover, when China is in such hardship, I am too busy to deal with the Japanese and have no time. How can I have the time and energy?
Go and have sex with a foreign woman." Tang Dao rubbed his nose and could only answer with a wry smile.
"Of course I know you, but beauties have loved heroes since ancient times. You don't have that intention, but you can't stop others from not having that intention. Personally, I am your brother and comrade. At work, you and I are comrades-in-arms and comrades, so I
I would also like to take this opportunity to tell you. Keeping an appropriate distance is a sign of respect for yourself and others, especially since you have now become a benchmark for China's anti-Japanese war. You must not stumble on matters between men and women!" Brigadier Cheng said with serious heart.
warned.
"Well! I don't have to worry about this. Brother Cheng, don't worry. Mingyue also knows about Laura and I. She can rest assured that I will never betray her trust." Tang Dao nodded.
"Okay!" Seeing Tang Dao's sincerity, Brigadier Cheng no longer looked serious.
This is also a very rare formal warning given by Brigadier Cheng to Tang Dao's private life. In fact, Tang Dao is currently too important to the North China battlefield and the 80th Army.
Although even Brigadier Cheng did not know who would end up with the vacant independent advance detachment approved by An County Headquarters, based on his understanding of the leaders, this establishment was probably reserved for someone.
Except for the Fourth Army Regiment, looking at all the units below the 80th Army Division, who can have the level to face the enemy head-on with the 683 Brigade, which has been fully refitted?
That almost marked that in the minds of the leaders, this young soldier who suddenly rose to prominence in the War of Resistance Against Japan was as important as famous generals like them.
The relationship between a man and a woman was originally a trivial matter in the face of the magnificent national war, but as Tang Dao's guide, Brigadier Cheng naturally did not want to see Tang Dao overturn on this.
"Hey, apart from bringing such a big surprise to my brother, did you get anything else from your trip to Jincheng?" Brigadier Cheng smiled and took the topic in another direction.
"Of course, this time, in addition to going to Krupp Company to find Mr. Rostav to finalize this arms order, I also went to Citibank to meet with Miss Laura." Tang Dao didn't hide it either.
After being introduced to the party by Brigadier Cheng during the New Year, Tang Dao reported to Commander Liu one by one the work he had done outside the battlefield over the years.
The Four Elements Group has developed by leaps and bounds over the past year, and the reason for the crazy import of various weapons and equipment has finally been revealed.
Using a drug invention to make crazy money in the South American continent thousands of miles away is enough to make the bosses stunned.
But Tang Dao's ability to use negotiations with the Japanese to establish a relationship with the top brass of the German Empire's largest arms dealer, and to 'hook up' the direct heirs of the Rockefeller family with a little money, made a group of uncles sincerely sigh: It's good to be young.
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"Not only must you be young, but you must also be handsome, and most importantly, you must have strength! That little guy is such a three-pronged young man." It was the same person who summed up Tang Dao with a smile.
Tang Dao's thoughts returned to the day he met Laura.
On the third day after arriving in Jincheng, Tang Dao, wearing a suit, walked into the Citibank headquarters in Jincheng.
In order to avoid being noticed, Laura did not go downstairs to greet him in person. Instead, after Tang Dao needed to withdraw more than 100,000 US dollars as a customer, the senior manager took Tang Dao to the general manager's office.
"Tang, long time no see! I couldn't attend your wedding last time, sorry!" Laura, who was sitting on the large chair, had a trace of sadness in her blue eyes when the door closed, but she was still generous.
Say hello to Tang Dao.
"Miss Laura, long time no see. My wife and I like the gift you gave us. She asked me to convey her gratitude to you! This is a return gift from me and my wife." Tang Dao took out a small box from his arms and handed it over.
passed.
"Oh! My God, this is a masterpiece of nature that combines the charm of Eastern culture. I really like it so much."
Although she was the heir to a large family, Laura never acted pretentious and opened the box directly in front of Tang Dao.
Inside was a jade Buddha, a gift from Mrs. Tantai. She originally wanted to give it to her first grandson, but Tantai Mingyue felt that in such a war era, children would climb high and low every day in the countryside.
It's easy to damage, and it will definitely be in the nursery with the children of comrades. Don't look different just because of a precious jade Buddha.
I heard that Laura likes Eastern culture. Her last purchase was hundreds of the latest German submachine guns worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. This jade Buddha worth tens of thousands was just a gift in return.
"Tang, do you have a saying in China: men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha?" Laura happily placed the green jade Buddha under her neck. "Isn't it beautiful?"
South Americans are already extremely well-developed. When they were young, their skin was even firmer and fairer, with a large expanse of snow-white color and a stunning green color. It made Tuanzuo, who was as tough as Tang Dynasty, a little dizzy. He was usually as talkative as he was. At this moment
I was speechless for a while.
Seeing that Tang Dao, who had always had a steady gaze, actually had a wandering gaze at that moment, Laura also had a slight smile on her lips.
In front of this steely straight man, she finally found some confidence.
"I like this gift very much, but this does not mean that I will make unreasonable concessions during the negotiations that will take a while. Tang, please understand!" The little foreign girl asked Tang Dao to sit down and looked at her with blue eyes.
Tang Dao said very seriously.
At this moment, Laura is still Laura, but she is no longer Miss Laura, but Laura, the general manager of the Far East Branch of the Rockefeller family who is responsible for all affairs.
"I need food, more machine tools and these weapons! But your company will definitely be satisfied with the conditions I pay." Tang Dao didn't care and gave his answer formally.
The chips Tang Dao took out were still design drawings.
In addition to the 'Iron Fist' anti-tank rocket launcher that has been handed over to Rostav, and the bazooka rocket launcher invented in the United States, Tang Dao also brought out a shotgun and ammunition that completely surpassed the World War II era.
Americans are very fond of shotguns and used them in the Pacific battlefield when they competed with the Japanese army for control of the islands.
However, the ammunition they used was too weak and completely lost the charm of a shotgun.
There are two types of ammunition provided by Tang Dao. One is an incendiary type containing a large number of magnesium particles, which will be called the 'dragon breath bomb' with sparks and lightning in the future. The other is specially used by the military and police to break obstacles in the future.
Special armor-piercing bullets.
According to Tang Dao's requirements, this armor-piercing bullet can break 12 mm steel plates at a distance of 200 meters.
Tang Dao believes that even though these two types of ammunition will not be invented until decades in the future, with the current technology and machining capabilities of American cowboys, as long as they are given a design, they can realize it.
You know, under the oppression of the war, the crazy Americans even put nuclear fission, a terrible thing that could bury the entire human race, on the stage of war a few years later.
The German Empire, which announced its surrender in June, actually suffered no loss at all. Japan, which was two months behind them, eventually became the first nation on the planet to experience great terror.
Then, he knelt down neatly.
With this kind of gun that can shoot a large area with one shot, if the Japanese attack the trenches in a group, the front of the trenches will not be so wonderful.
Of course, if it is used in urban street fighting, that is the stage where the "sparks and lightning all the way" shotgun will show its talents.
Tang Dao had an intuition that maybe it wouldn't be long before the battlefield between him and the army of the Four Elements Regiment would be in those steel jungles.
He must find a more efficient melee weapon for his comrades. Even if he is hiding behind a wall, he can destroy the wall with one shot!
"These two rocket launchers each have their own advantages and characteristics. With your country's excellent military industry capabilities, we will make the best choice. I hope that after mass production, 2,000 rocket launchers and supporting ammunition and mass production design drawings will be shipped to me.
The rights should be used to offset the patent royalties. For this kind of gun, I need 1,000 guns and 1,000 spare parts, within half a year!" Tang Dao made his request.
"You are really, as the Japanese say, a devil spawned by war!" Laura looked a little pale as she looked at the Tang Dao's design drawings and the various technical requirements and parameters marked on them.
Of course she knew what would happen if these weapons targeting armor and personnel were produced, which would lead to more soldiers dying on the battlefield.
"The Japanese are wrong. I came to this world because of the war they launched. If they insist on defining me as a devil, then for the sake of my 40 million compatriots, I am willing to become a devil and kill them all.
It flows into a river!" Tang Dao said with a smile.
"But I hope to meet you in heaven one day!" Laura said softly, looking at the man who seemed gentle and gentle but actually full of murderous intentions.
"Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will? But before that, I have to kill them first." Tang Dao shook his head calmly.
There is no such thing as empathy in this world. No matter how much Laura sympathizes with China, her country and nation have not been caught in the flames of war. How can she understand the deep-rooted feelings of the Chinese who have suffered several massacres towards the Japanese?
What about hate?
If we can wipe out the Japanese pirates and return our mountains and rivers, what if the Chinese soldiers will fall into the abyss of hell forever and never see their loved ones?
"Deal, I will do my best!" Laura stretched out her white hand and shook Tang Dao's hand.
It's just that Tang Dao doesn't know that there is a wish in Laura's heart that she has never said: "Then I hope to meet you by the Wangchuan River one day!"
This chapter has been completed!