Thank you all book friends for your concern. In fact, I have tried to use voice input before, but I am an otaku who is not good at words. One is that my Mandarin is not standard, and the other is that my brain cannot think when speaking and it is difficult to substitute, so voice input cannot be considered.
I tried typing while standing today and it felt pretty good. I will try my best to update it stably in the future.
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No wonder Chu Yunfei said that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army was more effective than theirs.
Let's put aside factors such as the artillery's cost, labor hours, maintenance and other factors... Chu Yunfei didn't know the information and data about the rocket launcher at this time, so naturally he couldn't compare.
From a practical perspective alone, the value of rocket launchers is far greater than that of artillery.
This does not mean that artillery will be eliminated by rocket launchers, but in this specific situation where there is no air superiority and the enemy's and our artillery are disproportionate, rational use of rocket launchers can be more effective.
For example, at this time, the Jin army's artillery battalion was not unable to use guerrilla tactics with rocket launchers.
The Jin-made 18-year-old artillery weighing more than 1,000 kilograms may be a bit heavy.
However, Jin Zao also has a 13-year-old mountain gun, which has a range of up to 7,000 meters. It has high shooting accuracy and is easy to disassemble. It only requires two mules and horses for towing. After being disassembled, it can be carried by 6 horses or 13 soldiers for marching and towed.
There is no problem at all in getting to the car and maneuvering quickly.
The problem is...
If the 13-year-old 75mm artillery is used to fight guerrillas, how many guns are needed to have the output of three rocket launchers?
The three rocket launchers have a total of 36 launch tubes, which means that 36 cannons are needed to achieve equivalent results.
It is not impossible to find 36 guns. The 13-year-old Jin-made artillery has a large output and a lot of equipment. It is not difficult for Chu Yunfei and the 358th Regiment.
What's more important is the series of questions that follow:
Does 36 guns require 36 cars to tow?
With 36 vehicles towing 36 guns, how large an artillery position is needed to spread it out?
How can such a large artillery position be covered with smoke so that enemy aircraft cannot detect it?
With so many cars and artillery, how wide a road is needed to evacuate quickly without being blocked by enemy aircraft bombing?
All of these are unsolvable.
But multiple rocket launchers can solve this problem very well... Three rocket launchers are carried by three vehicles, and at most one more, and two ammunition trucks follow, so the entire army only has five vehicles.
Small size makes it easier to conceal.
Quick to evacuate quickly.
There are fewer vehicles and less congestion.
The instantaneous output of multiple gun barrels is similar to 36 artillery pieces...
Therefore, the rocket launcher can "shoot once and change the place" and become a guerrilla weapon. Even the Japanese planes can't do anything with it.
Anda 23 originally wanted to attack, but immediately received a warning from the aviation force: "We cannot find the target and destroy it. If we continue to attack, we may be hit by the enemy's new artillery!"
Just when Adachi Twenty-three was hesitating, Okamura Neji sent an order: "Stop the attack!"
So Anda 23 had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
It turned out that Okamura Neiji also received the news of the discovery of the Eighth Route Army's new artillery.
The news was reported directly to Neiji Okamura by the Army Air Corps... Neiji Okamura hoped to obtain first-hand information on the battlefield in a timely manner. He believed that only in this way could he grasp the battlefield situation more completely and timely and command operations.
In fact, this is because many generals of the imperial army have a tendency to "report good news but not bad news". Out of selfish motives, they usually choose not to report when the battle situation is unfavorable, and only report how they defeated the enemy until the battle situation reverses.
This will not happen with the information coming from the aviation force.
When he saw the information, the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably even though Okamura Neji was calm and composed.
Yoshio Shinozuka sighed at the side: "Your Majesty Lieutenant General, what you were worried about has happened. The Eighth Route Army has developed a new type of weapon. This time it is an artillery gun, and it is probably also modified from a 'spray-in' bomb."
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Okamura Neji's expression is very complicated.
He did not expect that this weapon that the Empire had been researching ten years ago and was considered to have no future would actually play such a big role after being captured by the Eighth Route Army. It has now developed into a new type of weapon that cannot be effectively suppressed by aircraft and artillery.
Moreover, all these equipments appeared one after another in such a short period of time.
Are the weapons experts of the Eighth Route Army so terrifying?
After hesitating for a long time, Okamura Neji gave the order: "Stop the attack!"
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General!" Shinozuka Yoshida was a little anxious when he heard this order: "Is that all? If the Eighth Route Army is given time to breathe, they will probably fill up the weak defense on the flanks!"
"No!" Okamura Neiji shook his head and replied: "Shinozuka-kun, the Eighth Route Army takes action to coordinate the Jin Army's defense. Even if we can successfully invade the Jin Army's defense area and bypass the Eighth Route Army's flank, what do you think the result will be?"
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly understood and replied: "What do you mean, Lieutenant General, that the Jin army will join forces with the Eighth Route Army to fight against our army?"
Okamura Neji nodded slightly, this was what he least wanted to see.
Before, he thought that the Eighth Route Army had no possibility of assisting the Jin Army.
It was unrealistic to directly send troops for reinforcements. The two armies were already at odds with each other, and the Jin army also set up a blockade on the border.
Use artillery for long-range reinforcements? The Eighth Route Army's artillery is pitiful. The furthest one is only more than two kilometers. What effect can it have?
Therefore, when the empire attacked the Jin army, the Eighth Route Army could only watch helplessly.
When the Eighth Route Army was attacked, the Jin Army secretly stabbed them, and when the Jin Army was attacked, the Eighth Route Army sat back and ignored them. This would deepen the conflict between them, and then the Imperial Army could defeat them one by one.
But now...
However, at this critical moment, the Eighth Route Army came up with a new type of artillery with a range of nearly six kilometers to reinforce the Jin army. The situation was different.
If the fight continues, the imperial army may achieve partial victory, but it will help the two armies unite their front to face the outside world, and the imperial army is that "outside".
Okamura Neji thinks more about issues from a strategic level, and he will not do such a thankless and stupid thing.
However, Yoshio Shinozuka was still a little unwilling. He hesitated and asked Okamura Neji: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, if this is the case..."
Yoshio Shinozuka didn't say anything further, but Neji Okamura understood what he meant.
If you can't fight now, does that mean you can't fight in the future?
If we can't fight in the future, then we can only attack from the front?
Okamura Neiji was silent for a while and replied: "It's very possible... Chongqing is the breakthrough!"
After being reminded by Okamura Neji, Shinozuka Yoshida instantly understood.
Chongqing's army had conflicts with both the Jin Army and the Eighth Route Army, and the two strategic goals of the empire were in line with Chongqing's interests:
In attacking the Jin army, Chongqing's army had long wanted to kill this warlord who was clinging to Shanxi and would not let go. However, due to the situation, they could only adopt a soft policy.
Not to mention the detour to attack the Eighth Route Army, which was what the Chongqing army wanted to do.
Therefore, if Neji Okamura's attack slows down, the situation will change.
And this change is likely to be beneficial to the imperial army.