Lao Jiang finally believed it, but there were too many things he didn't understand in his mind.
"Nang Xipi, is it possible that the Soviet Union sold it to the Eighth Route Army? Also, have you figured out how big this heavy artillery group is!"
"Heavy artillery is not ordinary artillery. It must be transported by road. If you want to check it, you can definitely find it!"
"I haven't found any information about the heavy artillery group yet!" Dai Li replied helplessly.
"Ever since the Eighth Route Army used it to attack iron mines, this heavy artillery group has disappeared. Not only have we not found any news about the heavy artillery group, there is no news from the Japanese either!"
"Look, we must find it!" Lao Jiang said with a serious face.
"The power of heavy artillery is too great. If the Eighth Route Army really has a heavy artillery group, it will be a strategic force. I will never allow our opponents to have such a powerful force in their hands, no!"
"Nang Xipi, the Eighth Route Army is so cunning. It actually brought out heavy artillery without a sound. Yunong, no matter how much you pay, I want to find out the source of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery. As for this heavy artillery unit, find out the specific location.
Finally, we can find a way to tell the Japanese. Since the Eighth Route Army went to North China to resist the Japanese, their heavy artillery units should appear on the anti-Japanese battlefield to fight against the Japanese, instead of hiding them!"
Wang Ping did not know that the flying thunder cannon, his weapon for attacking iron mines, had become a heavy artillery group in the eyes of the Japanese army and the Nationalist Government, and they were now searching for this so-called heavy artillery group at all costs.
It was not until Wang Ping returned to the military area that he took the flying thunder cannon with him to see if it could be promoted throughout the army, and then Wang Ping got the relevant information from the chief of staff.
At the Military Region Headquarters, the Chief of Staff couldn't help but curse when he saw Wang Ping.
"Wang Ping, you are so generous. I heard from the Fourth Division that when a battalion seconded to you returned, each of them brought an extra 38-meter cap and a hundred rounds of ammunition. In addition, they were given six
Crooked handle, two heavy machine guns, one mortar, six grenade launchers, and nearly 30,000 rounds of various ammunition!"
"You can give away a whole reinforced battalion's equipment and ammunition as you say. Don't forget, you still owe thousands of guns to the brigade directly under the military region. The equipment sent to the military region today is less. I will definitely not agree to it.
So does the commander!"
"Please rest assured, chief, I will definitely satisfy you!" Wang Ping answered confidently.
"This is the list of weapons and ammunition!" With that, Wang Ping handed a piece of paper to the chief of staff, and then continued to report.
"A total of 1,000 rifles, 20 light machine guns, six heavy machine guns, three mortars, 12 grenade launchers, and a total of more than 300,000 rounds of various types of ammunition. There must be many mistakes in equipping a regiment!"
"In addition, I also brought more than 2,600 absentees, more than 200 of whom were our captured comrades, and more than 1,100 Imperial Army soldiers who rebelled on the battlefield. As for how many people can be mobilized to join our Eighth Route Army, then
It all depends on the capabilities of the military region’s political department!”
"In addition, there are three months' rations for a thousand people, 30,000 yuan, and 20,000 yuan worth of gold, all of which were seized from the Jaap Iron Mine. We didn't take a single piece of it, and all of it was handed over to the military region!"
"You've passed the test this time, Chief of Staff. Arrange someone to take over these materials and personnel immediately!" Before the Chief of Staff could react from the shock, the commander's voice suddenly came from the headquarters. Wang Ping knew the commander's mood as soon as he heard it.
very good!
"Hello, Chief!" Wang Ping quickly walked in and reported.
"Although we only captured one iron ore this time, the harvest far exceeded our imagination!"
"After the equipment was shipped back, Professor Li, who was in charge of machinery, directly discussed with me how to assemble a one-day bullet production line!"
"The bullet production line and the reassembly production line have an additional set of bullet case stamping equipment. Professor Li said that with the existing equipment in the arsenal and the newly seized equipment, it is completely possible to process some parts and then create bullet case stamping equipment!"
"What do you think?" Commander Nie did not answer directly, but stared at Wang Ping and asked.
"I think if a reloading bullet production line is operating at full capacity, it can already use the bullet casings sent by the frontline troops. If we build a reloading bullet production line, there will be no bullet casings available. So, I plan to agree with Professor Li.
The idea is to start producing bullets directly!"
Commander Nie replied without thinking: "You are the director of the arsenal. You can do whatever you dare. I will not participate!"
"Thank you, Chief, for your support!"
At this moment, the chief of staff walked in. As soon as he saw Wang Ping, he asked: "What's going on with those gasoline barrels outside? I heard the soldiers said that those gasoline barrels are called thunder cannons, and you asked the arsenal to make them."
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"If I'm not wrong, the reason why you were able to capture the Guizi Iron Mine in one night was that this flying thunder cannon must have played a big role!"
"You don't know, the Japanese have been crazy in the past two days. Planes, reconnaissance troops, and intelligence personnel are all looking for one of our troops, and it's also a heavy artillery unit!"
"I didn't understand at the time. Our Eighth Route Army was so poor and didn't even have an organized artillery unit. How could we have a heavy artillery unit? Did the Japanese make a mistake? I just saw a flying thunder cannon made of gasoline barrels. I was shocked.
Understand."
"Could it be that the heavy artillery troops that the Japanese are looking for are the thunder cannons you brought, the ones made from gasoline barrels?"
Wang Ping was stunned at first. He didn't expect that the Japanese really regarded the flying thunder cannon as a heavy artillery, and also spent a lot of manpower and material resources on the search.
Then he quickly reacted: "Chief of Staff, I guess so!"
"Don't look at the thunder cannon. It's just two gasoline barrels put together. The explosive power is indeed comparable to the Japanese's 105mm command heavy artillery shells. If you add more fuel, the power is even more powerful than the 150mm command heavy artillery shells!"
"The only drawback is that the range is a little short and there is no accuracy!"
Under the eyes of two pairs of people full of shock, Wang Ping explained the distance, advantages and disadvantages of the flying thunder cannon in as much detail as possible.
"It is indeed the credit of these flying thunder cannons to capture the iron ore!" the chief of staff asked, staring at Wang Ping.
"Yes, even though not a single turret or bunker was destroyed. But as long as the explosive package fired by the thunder cannon falls next to it, the Japanese in the turret will be shocked to death or stunned and lose their combat effectiveness!"
The chief of staff's face quickly became serious: "Commander, although this flying thunder cannon has its drawbacks, as long as it is used properly, it can be called a battlefield killer. It is a murder weapon. It is no less powerful than the Japanese heavy artillery, and it is very light.
, it can be carried by two people and is very suitable for those of us who are good at fighting guerrillas and mobile warfare. I suggest that it be promoted immediately in the military region, no, the entire Eighth Route Army."
"If each regiment can have three flying thunder cannons, when we encounter enemy bunkers and gun towers again, we won't need to use human lives to fill them as before."
"If you pass a few explosives from the thunder cannon, you can easily blow up these gun towers!"
"Then promote it. But Wang Ping also said just now that this weapon has too many drawbacks and shortcomings. You must pay attention when using it. You must explain it clearly to the commander below!" Commander Nie affirmed.
After searching for nearly half a month, neither the Japanese nor the Nationalist Government found the heavy artillery group they imagined.
It wasn't until the first division used flying thunder cannons again in a siege battle that the Japanese realized they had been fooled.
What I spent a lot of manpower and material resources looking for was not an advanced weapon, but a homemade weapon that they didn't like at all!
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