In fact, there were two British people taking the lead.
One is called William and the other is called Harry. The former is from London, England, and the latter is from Liverpool.
Everyone could see that the two of them were not getting along well and had conflicts with each other.
Harry was transferred from the East India Company to succeed William. He was very unhappy with this decision.
To put it bluntly, Harry does not want to replace William.
Harry was staying in Calcutta, India, and was very comfortable. However, his superiors forcibly sent him to China to replace William. Not only was he demoted, but the situation was extremely dangerous.
Now, the Japanese have long controlled most of China. They are also eyeing the Kailuan Coal Mine.
The Japanese war requires a large amount of resource support. The Kailuan Coal Mine is the largest coal mine in northern China and even the country. How could the Japanese not be moved?
Since there has not yet been a formal war with the British, the current method adopted by the Japanese is to use the pretext of eradicating anti-Japanese elements to arrange military police in the mining area to suppress the British and force them to take shares.
The Japanese forcibly purchased 25% of the equity of the Kailuan Coal Mine in the name of the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. Although the British were unwilling, they had no choice.
At present, there are only two to three hundred British people in the Kailuan Coal Mine. Among them, most of the mine protection teams are Chinese. There are very few British people. The only weapons are some British 77 rifles. Although the number is quite large, it is definitely not as good as
The Japanese have many people and many guns. If they use force, they cannot be their opponents.
The eyes of those extremely vicious Japanese were all glowing green!
They stared at the British as if they were big pieces of fat that could be stripped clean at any time.
"Right now, the roads are blocked."
“There are Japanese people all around.”
"If you want to leave, you are free to leave. We will not stop you."
"If you need our escort, you need to wait for a while. Wait until we defeat the Japanese."
Zhang Chu said methodically.
William and Harry looked at each other.
Of course they want to leave on their own. The sooner they leave, the better.
Especially William. He wished he could spread his wings and fly to Tianjin immediately. As soon as he arrived in Tianjin, he could board the ship and leave this damn place.
However……
There are Japanese people all around!
They are now not sure whether the Japanese will let them pass.
Those damn Japanese, all of them have bright green eyes, like goblins in fantasy stories. No, not like that. The Japanese are simply goblins.
As cunning, ferocious, cold and cruel as Goblins.
During their time in North China, they had fully realized the cruelty of the Japanese to the Chinese.
If they also become the target of cruel abuse by the Japanese, the consequences will be unimaginable.
shudder.
"Mr. Eighth Route Army, when will you defeat the Japanese?"
Suddenly someone asked.
But it was a young female reporter. She was holding a camera.
Looks like he has some skills!
The Japanese didn't confiscate her camera.
The film must have been confiscated. It was impossible for the Japanese to let her pass on the true situation.
"Are you talking about the battle in front of you, or between countries?"
"The battle before us."
"About ten days!"
Zhang Chu set the time relatively loosely.
In ten days, Lulong County can definitely be conquered.
With Chief of Staff Song's ability, he would definitely be able to mobilize a considerable number of personnel in ten days.
It's easy as long as there are people.
"Do you think the Chinese can defeat the Japanese?"
The female reporter continued to ask.
But it was obviously a bit perfunctory. There was obviously no need to answer.
With China's current situation, it is impossible to defeat the Japanese. In front of the Chinese, the Japanese are still too powerful.
Especially the Japanese navy almost surpasses the British navy.
The Japanese warships are no different from the British in terms of displacement or main gun caliber. They are even better than the British.
In the Pacific, apart from Japanese warships, they are all American warships.
The British Far East Fleet, frankly speaking, is more of a display.
The Japanese have so many battleships. However, the British in the Far East and Singapore only had three battleships at most.
Since the war with Germany, especially after the defeat of France, all the battleships of the British Far East Fleet have been transferred back to the mainland. Now in the Far East, the British Far East Fleet only has one cruiser left to show off. How could it be possible for a mere cruiser to be
Are the Japanese opponents with so many battleships?
"Of course!"
"Then how long do you predict it will take?"
"Five years!"
"Five years?"
"right!"
"You said five years?"
"right!"
Zhang Chu answered affirmatively.
No one knows the direction of the war better than me.
Five years later, the Japanese invaders will definitely surrender. And they will surrender unconditionally.
However, don't be too happy too early.
Until then, you British people can't stay out of it.
Your battleship HMS Prince of Wales, as well as the British troops stationed in Singapore, will all be in tragedy.
Of course, he won't say it now.
No one would believe it anyway.
"Why do you defeat the Japanese?"
"We have forty million people."
"But most of your people have fallen under Japanese rule."
"So, we have to mobilize them and then resist."
"But, your weapons and equipment are very poor..."
"That's true..."
Zhang Chu nodded. Then he saw a group of soldiers walking by.
This is a mixed infantry company with only about seventy people. However, it is fully equipped with all kinds of weapons and equipment.
There are mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and rocket launchers.
Of course. This is not the key.
The key point is that everyone's body is full of various ammunition.
"This is……"
The British couldn't help but be a little stunned.
They have been in North China for so many years and are no strangers to fighting.
In fact, many British people present are retired from the army. They also pay attention to weapons and equipment.
Didn’t you say that Tubal Road’s weapons and equipment were very poor?
how……
Doesn't seem right?
This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are well equipped with weapons and ammunition.
Everyone has a full supply of ammunition. Is there any shortage of ammunition?
"oh……"
"They are the exception."
"The equipment of our Eighth Route Army is really poor..."
Zhang Chu hurriedly covered it up and said.
I secretly complained to these guys, couldn't I go a little further away? I had to pass by the British.
Well, now the British are beginning to doubt life.
"I'm sorry, we..."
The female reporter said.
The sound suddenly stopped slowly.
But another company passed by, also armed to the teeth.
Everyone has at least two weapons.
A semi-automatic rifle is standard equipment. Not only does it carry bullets, it also carries rockets.
The consumption of rockets is indeed very high. Therefore, those who can carry them should hurry up and carry them to meet the consumption on the battlefield. Each person carries three rockets. Ten people carry thirty rockets.
"What kind of weapon is that?"
"Oh, this is a homemade weapon we made ourselves. It is very weak..."
"boom……"
Before he finished speaking, there was a loud noise next to him.
But it was an Eighth Route Army soldier who aimed a rocket launcher at the Japanese firepower point in the distance and fired a rocket at it.
boom!
The Japanese invaders' firepower points were blown away.
The Japanese invaders inside the firepower point were blown up into the sky.
"laugh!"
"boom……"
There was another loud noise.
Another Japanese firepower point was blown up.
It turned out that the previous Eighth Route Army unit was specially sent to attack the Japanese invaders' firepower.
Don't seek to kill a large number of enemies.
Just do it piecemeal.
Specialized in using rocket launchers to eliminate the Japanese invaders' firepower points.
It also trains more rocket launcher shooters.
After all, it is a new weapon. It requires continuous improvement in actual combat. It just so happened that the Japanese invaders had a lot of firepower, so they slowly knocked them out one by one.
"boom……"
"boom……"
In the distance, there were constant sounds of explosions.
All were the sounds of rocket launchers exploding. With every explosion, a Japanese firepower point was blown up.
With the explosion of the rocket launcher, more or less, a few Japanese invaders were killed.
Although it seems that the number is not much if it happens once or twice, but if it happens more often, the number of casualties of the Japanese aggressors is still considerable.
In the entire Lulong County battlefield, there were more than two hundred, if not three hundred, rocket launchers used by the Eighth Route Army.
Everything has become a piecemeal weapon. The nightmare of the Japanese invaders.
"ah……"
"ah……"
Several British people exclaimed.
They all have battlefield experience. They immediately realized that this weapon is very useful!
The firepower used to deal with the enemy is simply perfect.
There is no need for artillery support. There is no need to use explosive bags.
It's a distance of three hundred meters, just like shooting a gun. Aim and fire. Then you can destroy the enemy's firepower point.
"What kind of weapon is that?"
"Oh. That thing is for fighting tanks."
"What?"
The British suddenly became even more looking forward to it.
Fighting tanks?
Can this thing still hit a tank?
"Actually, it's not very powerful. It can only penetrate 300 millimeters of armor at most..."
"What? Three hundred millimeters?"
The British immediately became excited.
This is really a weapon against the lightning assault of German tanks!
What are the weapons the Germans are best at?
It’s just tanks advancing quickly!
This is how blitzkrieg came about. It relied on the high speed of tanks.
The British did not have very good anti-tank weapons.
Anti-tank guns are too weak.
Anti-tank guns are too bulky.
If there was a powerful and lightweight anti-tank weapon, wouldn't it be...
Zhang Chu wanted to speak but stopped.
It seems that you have revealed something terrible?
Anti-tank rocket launchers are a nightmare for German tanks! Even the German Tiger tanks cannot stop the rocket launcher attack.
Whether it is Tiger or King Tiger, the armor on the front is relatively thick. The armor on the sides and rear is relatively weak. This 40mm rocket launcher can completely penetrate the soul with one shot.
If it is equipped in large quantities, it will be a nightmare for German tanks.
The No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, etc., in front of the rocket launcher, will only be massacred.
but……
Would such a good weapon be given to the British?
Unless they are willing to pay a high price to buy...