After more than ten days of work, deducting the five wasted days when the gyroscope was impounded, and deducting the unqualified scrap products...the scrap rate is still quite high. The main reason is that many parts have not yet been mechanized and rely on the work of craftsmen.
Eye-catching, purely handmade.
Coupled with the bumps and bumps during transportation on the road, when it comes to the testing stage at Wanxian Airport, two or three out of ten often fail.
Sometimes Professor Su wants to take apart these unqualified "high fires" and integrate them into a qualified one...but the reality is not that simple.
Since the hand-made production standards are not uniform, parts cannot be converted, and the result can only be abandoned.
After final statistics, there were a total of 157 "high fire" pieces available for use.
Seeing this number, Wang Xuexin breathed a sigh of relief.
With more than a hundred, it would be no problem to fight one battle, and two or three heavy artillery regiments could deal with it even if the Japanese came in.
Now let's see if the Japanese have that many artillery pieces...
To be exact, there are Japs, and there are quite a few of them.
For example, the Type 89 cannon was widely used by the Japanese on the Chinese battlefield and was also intended to be used to bomb Yuncheng. This thing was mass-produced in 1929 and has been in production for more than ten years. It can be seen in many important battles in China.
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I feel helpless when I think about it. In 1929, the Japanese were able to produce this kind of heavy artillery that could shoot 18 kilometers away, but China has not been able to produce its own artillery to this day... Nianjun said that he could "produce it by himself"
", but the so-called "in-house production" is just a slap in the face, as all key components are imported.
In comparison, Yan Laoxi's Shanxi-Sui Army is still somewhat impressive. It can produce some small-caliber artillery, but it is a pity that it is not popular.
The problem for the Japanese at this time is whether they have the ability to mobilize more heavy artillery to attack Yuncheng.
The frontal defense line on the stubborn side must be taken care of, and the Pacific battlefield must be prepared for Yingjiang's counterattack. In addition, there are other battlefields that require the coordination of heavy artillery.
Wang Xuexin believes that the production speed of the base area can cope with the "high fire".
This almost means that Yuncheng is safe.
On the other side, within the Taiyuan Military Headquarters, Okamura Neji was also troubled by this problem.
He still has a batch of Type 89 heavy artillery in his hands.
In fact, Okamura Neiji originally prepared three heavy artillery regiments with a total of 87 heavy artillery pieces to take turns to carry out non-stop bombing of Yuncheng.
Although the loss of 23 heavy artillery pieces was not too small, it was not enough to prevent Okamura Neiji from bombing Yuncheng.
However, the question before us now is:
Will we continue to bring in heavy artillery units?
What should I do if I am blown up by the enemy again after being transferred?
Make another batch to give away?
Neji Okamura walked around the headquarters impatiently, then suddenly stopped and asked: "Is there any progress in the intelligence department?"
"Your Excellency, General!" the staff officer in charge stepped forward and replied: "I'm very sorry, we were unable to obtain valuable information from the Eighth Route Army. Almost all of them believed...that it was done by scouts who sneaked into the artillery positions!"
This left Okamura Neji speechless.
This can be said to be a kind of irony. The Eighth Route Army was probably kept in the dark even more than the Imperial Army, and even Okamura Neji had the desire to wake them up.
At this moment, a correspondent came forward with a telegram and reported: "Your Excellency, this is a secret telegram from the 'shoemaker'!"
"Shoemaker" is the codename of a spy, a grassroots enemy cadre who was instigated by the Japanese to rebel.
Okamura Neji perked up and immediately received the secret message and unfolded it. Then he saw a few lines: "The lack of 'special bombs' in the Eighth Route Army is probably related to Taika-chan's gyroscope!"
This was Wang Xuexin's secret. He just intuitively kept the "high fire" secret, but he did not expect that the enemy's agents were pervasive and very good at contacting the "special bomb" through other things.
For example, the spy codenamed "Shoemaker" did not choose direct questioning, eavesdropping or other methods after receiving the reconnaissance mission.
"Shoemaker" analyzed it this way:
If this is the new equipment of the Eighth Route Army, then 80% of it is related to Xiaobei.
If it is related to Xiaodongbei, then do we only need to pay attention to Xiaodongbei when looking for new equipment?
If you can't get in touch with Xiao Dongbei, do you only need to pay attention to Wanxian Airport where he is located?
This idea is quite correct. All the "shoemaker" has to do is to know what Xiaodongbei has been busy with recently.
These are no secrets. The Eighth Route Army even requested a batch of gyroscopes from Yingjiang, and the fact that these gyroscopes were temporarily detained by the recalcitrant army has long made a fuss.
What is a gyroscope used for?
I have heard before that it is used to improve the accuracy of rockets.
And the things used by the Eighth Route Army to bomb the Japanese artillery strongholds were rockets equipped with gyroscopes to solve the problem of accuracy?
Otherwise, the stubborn army temporarily detained these gyroscopes. Why is Wanxian Airport so anxious?
You even have to use Yingjiang's connections to force the stubborn army to let him go?
As soon as the stubborn troops were released, Wanxian Airport immediately sent people and vehicles to transport the gyroscope to Wanxian...
All these things were connected, and the "shoemaker" guessed that this equipment was probably related to a gyroscope.
Okamura Neji looked at the secret message in silence for a while, and then frowned.
He suddenly realized that he had missed an opportunity, a good opportunity.
Okamura Neji secretly hated it, why didn't he think of it?
Even if Xiao Dongbei can develop equipment, there are some things that the Eighth Route Army cannot produce, so he can only use Yingjiang.
The period when the recalcitrant army temporarily seized the gyroscope should be the best time for the imperial army to attack. At that time, the Eighth Route Army was likely to be short of "special bombs" and unable to fight back.
However, he was distracted by this "special bomb" and completely ignored this tactical opportunity.
But of course, Okamura Neji would not say these words. If he said these words, he would slap himself in the face and make himself incompetent.
At this time, Okamura Neji was only concerned about one issue:
Did the Eighth Route Army fill this gap in time?
Then, Okamura Neji realized that he had no other choice.
If the Eighth Route Army fails to fill the gap, it should launch an offensive against Yuncheng at this time.
If the Eighth Route Army did not fill the gap...should there be no fight?
Do we have to avoid facing the Eighth Route Army in the future?
This is not a matter of losing face, but a problem that cannot be solved by avoiding it. If you take a step back today and a step back tomorrow, where can China have a foothold for the imperial army?
Unless we withdraw from China, we will have to face new equipment like the Eighth Route Army!
At this moment, Okamura Neji finally figured it out.
He coldly ordered to Yoshio Shinozuka who was busy collecting intelligence: "Send the order to launch the offensive tonight as planned!"
Shinozuka Yoshio was stunned and wanted to ask something, but when he saw Okamura Nei's murderous eyes, he quickly swallowed back what he was about to say and only stood up and said "yes".