As soon as Wang Ping walked into the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, he couldn't help shouting: "Chief! Heavy artillery, we have heavy artillery!"
Artillery is the god of war, as has been said since ancient times.
The commander of the military region and the chief of staff are both soldiers and senior commanders, so they know the importance of artillery on the battlefield.
Therefore, when they heard the word "heavy artillery", their eyes shot out two rays of light, and they stared at Wang Ping and asked.
"What kind of heavy artillery, please explain clearly!"
"The power of the 120mm caliber mortar is more powerful than the Japanese field artillery we captured! Our arsenal produces it ourselves, and it is now ready for mass production. I am asking the arsenal to work overtime for production!" Wang Ping replied immediately
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Commander Nie's first reaction was disbelief.
After seeing Wang Ping's affirmative expression, Commander Nie finally believed it and chased Wang Ping and asked: "How is the performance? Are there any technical parameters?"
"Yes, I specially asked the arsenal to test-fire when I came here. All the parameters are on this piece of paper. Please take a look at it!" Wang Ping directly handed the data list in front of the two of them.
Commander Nie was not polite at all. He grabbed the list and started reading it.
The chief of staff stood directly behind Commander Nie, stretching his head to watch together, and the more he watched, the happier he became.
Before Commander Nie could speak, he asked: "Wang Ping, are the data and parameters in the intelligence true?"
"Without a doubt!" Wang Ping affirmed.
"Because the gun barrel does not have special gun steel, it is made of rail steel. To ensure safety, our gun barrel is longer and thicker than the original gun barrel!"
"So, the weight of the entire cannon is 40 kilograms heavier than the original cannon!"
"Forty kilograms is no problem, as long as the performance of the artillery meets the requirements!" Commander Nie said with an indifferent expression.
"After dismantling, the barrel weighs more than 300 kilograms. A mule or horse can easily carry it around to shoot. It weighs 80 kilograms and has no impact at all!"
After saying that, Commander Nie stared at the chief of staff and asked: "If we can equip this mortar to the brigade level, without further explanation, a brigade only needs to equip one company. When facing a Japanese regiment,
, nine heavy mortars can suppress the four mountain cannons of their mountain artillery squadron, and they can also support infantry operations!"
Wang Ping said: "The chief is right. Except that the range is not as good as the mountain cannons equipped by the little devils, the power is definitely no less than that of the mountain cannons equipped by the little devils."
"For ordinary bunker fortifications, if a 120mm mortar is used, only one shell will hit the target, and the masonry bunkers and gun towers will be blown down!"
"The damage to infantry is even greater. Enemies within a radius of fifteen meters centered on the impact point will either be killed or injured."
"Even if a Japs within five meters are lying on the ground, the shock wave will kill them or injure them!"
"The brigade is equipped with a heavy mortar company, the regiment is equipped with an 82nd mortar company plus an infantry artillery platoon that captured the Japanese, the battalion is equipped with a heavy machine gun platoon, the company is equipped with a small artillery squad, that is, a grenade squad, and the platoon is equipped with a
It's a light machine gun. As long as the Japanese don't have aircraft and heavy artillery support, one of our brigade can easily fight against a Japanese infantry regiment."
"Of course, this also has a prerequisite. Our troops are well-trained and have sufficient ammunition!"
"If there is no ammunition, no matter how good the weapon is, it is just a fire stick. If the training is not good, no matter how good the weapon is, it will not be able to exert its power!"
"I agree with Wang Ping, Commander, I think the main force of our military region should be equipped according to the firepower configuration Wang Ping just mentioned!" the chief of staff said with eyes shining.
The most important reason why the Eighth Route Army is called Tubal Road by outsiders is that the Eighth Route Army is poor and poorly equipped, and looks like a beggar army.
If there were enough equipment, no one would not want the Eighth Route Army to be formalized and get rid of the title of Tubal Army.
"What about the mountain artillery we captured on the battlefield?" Commander Nie did not answer, but asked thoughtfully.
Now that the words have been spoken, Wang Ping no longer conceals anything and directly expresses all his thoughts.
"Using military divisions and base areas as units, and based on the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops they face, independent mountain artillery battalions and mountain artillery regiments are formed to specifically resist the artillery brigades and artillery regiments used during heavy Japanese encirclement and suppression campaigns. Otherwise, we in the Japanese artillery brigade,
In front of the artillery regiment, we can only passively take the beating without any strength to fight back."
Commander Nie frowned, neither confirming nor denying.
After hesitating for almost half a minute, he asked: "How is the production of 120mm mortars?"
"If we work overtime for a month, we can produce fifteen guns. I have ordered the arsenal to produce them at full capacity and to get the shells out as soon as possible!"
"Also, according to the estimation of Director Zhang, who is in charge of artillery, the arsenal can build the first self-produced mountain cannon in a month at most, and strive to build the first self-produced field cannon in three months. As for artillery shells and mortar shells,
Mountain artillery shells and field artillery shells, because the equipment is readily available, can be produced in a month at most."
"However, due to insufficient raw materials, production cannot be guaranteed for the time being."
"The limited raw materials will definitely be produced for the shortage of ammunition!"
At this time, Commander Nie finally spoke, analyzing with a thoughtful look on his face.
"One gun for two days means more than 180 guns a year, which can form 20 heavy mortar companies. The total number of brigade-level detachments in our military region is only 15, and they can be deployed in more than half a year."
"Chief of Staff, you are in charge. You can make the specific plan, and you can also discuss it with the following commanders. They are on the front line and deal with the Japs every day. They know what kind of firepower configuration is most beneficial to them in fighting the Japs!"
"Yes, Commander!" the Chief of Staff replied with excitement.
You must know that if all the main forces of the military region are reorganized according to the firepower allocation plan proposed by Wang Ping just now, the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will definitely become the first regularized force of the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, Commander Nie's face suddenly became serious.
He frowned and said: "Wang Ping, the military region has just received a piece of information from the headquarters. You are only a regiment-level cadre, and you are not high enough to know. But considering the importance of the arsenal, and this information is also related to the arsenal, please report it to the headquarters for approval.
Finally, I decided to tell you!"
Wang Ping's face instantly became serious.
Commander Nie did not hide anything and said directly: "According to intelligence, the Japanese are organizing a larger-scale raid, unprecedented, directly targeting our entire Eighth Route Army!"
"However, after our analysis, in this large-scale encirclement and suppression operation, the Japanese must have another target, our arsenal!"
"The Japanese bombed our arsenal twice with no success, and they will definitely not give up. We suspect that the Japanese will send an elite force to specifically attack the arsenal!"
"A storm, a real storm is coming!" These words suddenly came to Wang Ping's mind!
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