Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 784

Chapter 784 Heavy Artillery

Tang Dao must have bright eyes!

Compared with semi-automatic rifles that can enhance the light firepower of infantry, these six big guys can completely upgrade the heavy firepower of the four-line regiment by a whole level.

That is a six-door Liao-made 16-year-old 150-caliber heavy mortar!

The barrel length is 1950mm (L12.8), the actual caliber is 152, the high and low firing range is 45 degrees to 75 degrees, the direction firing range is 13 degrees, the bullet weight: No. 6/8 grenade 19/23 kg, the muzzle velocity is 210m/s; the maximum range: 3340m (Grenade No. 8), the gun body weighs 178KG; the tripod weighs 62.5KG; the seat plate weighs 68KG, and the total weight in the row is 310KG; the total weight is 508KG.

Not to mention its only 3,300-meter range, the 23-kilogram shell of this mortar is comparable to the 105 howitzer.

In fact, in the late period of the Central Plains War, it was precisely because the Northeast Army had a large number of 150-caliber heavy mortars that the anti-Japanese coalition forces quickly collapsed after the Northeast Army left the border.

In fact, its firepower was the highest in the Chinese army's heavy firepower at that time. Although its shooting range was short, even the bunker couldn't withstand that one shot, let alone flesh and blood.

Perhaps this kind of gun cannot compete with the Japanese 105 howitzer and other heavy artillery due to range issues, and cannot suppress the Japanese artillery group, but it is more than enough to support frontline infantry, and it is even easier to attack heavy machine gun positions, except for permanent fortifications. , any other fortifications are useless in front of its 23 kilograms of heavy artillery shells, and it is an absolute weapon for protecting infantry.

Moreover, this 16-year-old heavy mortar evolved from the 11-year-old 150 heavy mortar made in Liaoning. In order to enhance its mobility, a gun carriage and an ammunition cart that can hold 10 rounds of artillery shells are added. Two or three horses The draft horse can drag the cannon and the cannonballs while marching.

For such a heavy artillery, an artillery squad of 20 people is enough, which is about the same as the number of people required for an 82-caliber mortar.

Even the Japanese Kwantung Army was delighted when it seized this cannon from the Northeastern Army camp after the September 18th Incident. It used this cannon extensively in the battle between Nomenkan and the polar bears, causing great losses to the polar bears that had entered the mechanization stage. .

Tang Dao believes that Pang Dahai will like it. However, just don't get excited and get started, that fat body is too good for you.

"Thank you, Brother Gu! In the future, if the 662 regiment has something to ask for, no matter how many mountains and rivers it is, the Four Elements Regiment will still help!" Tang Dao held the hand of the army colonel in front of him and made a solemn promise.

After all, the 49th Army is different from the 67th Army with whom Tang Dao had a life-long friendship.

The 67th Army and the Four Lines Regiment not only relied on each other on the battlefield, but also you and I. At least one-third of the backbone of the Four Lines Regiment came from the 67th Army. The two armies seemed to be separated. They belong to different systems, but no matter in terms of closeness or actual connection, the two armies share weal and woe, and both gain and lose.

The 49th Army is just a friendly force of the 67th Army. Faced with the favors offered by others, if Tang Dao just thanks Comrade Wu and accepts them, it will make others feel that it is not worth it.

Facing Tang Dao's solemn promise, Gu Huize smiled slightly and did not refuse to accept the order.

He had followed his military commander for a long time and knew what he was thinking. These six 150-weight mortars that were not originally in the weapons list were his investment in Tang Dao and the Four Elements Group. If there was an unexpected gain, Of course it was an unexpected surprise. If not, the Northeastern Army, which is still a big business, could not afford to waste these six cannons.

But in fact, Gu Huize didn't know that there were other twists and turns in this. If he hadn't seen that Wu Dajun, who was only below him, valued Tang Dao far more than he imagined, he would have basically secured his position as the first brother of the Northeast Army. Liu Junzuo would not just invest in a small infantry regiment with six 150-meter heavy artillery pieces.

The weapons in this luxurious secret arsenal of the Northeast Army can equip 8 infantry divisions, but they are mainly light firearms. For example, the total number of 150-weight mortars is only 48, which is not so easy to send. out.

That was also the first brother of the Northeast Army who expressed his attitude to Comrade Lao Wu before the war: Our Northeast Army is one, and I not only fulfilled your request for you, but even exceeded the quota.

As for giving Tang Dao a favor, it was just a casual matter.

At least at the current stage, an infantry regiment with a strength of less than 2,000 people is not enough to allow a big boss who can be promoted to a second-level general in the future to be used as a backhand and chess piece in the overall situation he has laid out.

In the game of big shots, if you want to be a chess piece, you must also be qualified to be a chess piece.

But neither Gu Huize nor Liu Junzuo, who made the decision to send the artillery and then put it in the back of his mind, may not have thought that these six cannons would give him the 49th Army in exchange for a huge favor.

In the time and space of the past, the 49th Army, a powerful force in the Northeastern Army, encountered Japanese poison gas warfare in the Battle of Shanggao two years later. There was no record of success in the Japanese war, and Liu Junzuo took the responsibility for this and was transferred by the supreme commander as an excuse.

Although the designation of the 49th Army has not been revoked, it exists in name only, which is almost equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army. Tang Dao naturally knew this period of history. Not only did he want to return the favor, but he also didn't want to watch this powerful army disappear under the wheel of history.

Moreover, Tang Dao believed that given two years, he would have enough financial resources to repay this great favor.

Why the Japanese are willing to risk the world and frequently use poison gas? They are just bullying the Chinese army, which has limited funds and has to count bullets, let alone equip gas masks.

With these six cannons, Tang Dao and Gu Huize were already on good terms, and now the atmosphere became even more harmonious.

Tang Dao originally didn't want to increase the transportation capacity of the Four Infantry Regiment to the limit, which would slow down the marching speed. But seeing that the wealthy Northeast Army was here, he naturally had to bite his back teeth and receive equipment from one infantry regiment into two. .

After the whole group is reunited, everyone changes their clothes.

The rifles and machine guns currently equipped by the Si Xing Regiment are all kinds of rifles and machine guns for various reasons. The 38-type, Zhongquan, and Hanyang-made rifles have no common bullets. In the Guangde Battle, all types of rifles were used. The inventory of ammunition was depleted.

It just so happens that we take this opportunity to change the equipment and unify the standard, which also reduces the difficulty of military logistics.

And Gu Huize's request for Tang Dao didn't matter. The military order from the military department was to give him as much as the Four Lines Regiment could transport. Anyway, the war was imminent. If the weapons were not distributed, it would only be an advantage to the Japanese.

The equipment of the two reorganized infantry regiments not only squeezed the transport capacity of the baggage company to the limit, a large vehicle almost carried nearly a ton of equipment, and the pack horses carried nearly a hundred kilograms, and the baggage recruits also experienced this. The military salary of 10 yuan a month is not that easy to earn.

Even the thinnest soldier carried four rifles and six grenades on his back.

But they have no right to complain. Not to mention the guards and cavalry companies, the elites of the Four Lines Regiment, whose bodies and horses are covered with weapons. Even Tang Tuanzuo, Deputy Gong Tuan, and Chief of Staff Zhuang are carrying more than 30 heavy loads. catty.

That night, after entertaining the three school-level officers of the Fourth Army Regiment for dinner, Gu Huize only slept for four hours, because the Fourth Army Regiment had already collected and loaded all the equipment and was about to set off, so he hurriedly washed his face and rushed out. When I went to Zhuangkou to see off Tang Dao and his party, I saw a colonel and two lieutenant colonels carrying five rifles with grenades on their waists.

That was probably the commander who looked most like a transport corps that Gu Huize had ever seen in his life, but maybe that was also the commander who made Gu Huize's throat tremble for a long time without saying a word.

"Brother Gu! See you on the battlefield tomorrow!" Tang Dao smiled and saluted his colleagues who hurriedly came to say goodbye without saying a word, and then turned around and left with his horse carrying two shell boxes.

In order to accommodate the equipment of these two infantry regiments, all the troops in the four ranks below him became transport troops, and the war horses were no exception. The elite cavalry companies also became grooms leading the horses.

Watching the huge convoy and personnel of the Four Elements Regiment disappear in front of his eyes from a distance, Gu Huize, who had not spoken for a long time, finally sighed: "The strength of the Four Elements Regiment is not the so-called shooting skills! It is the strength of cohesion. How can the soldiers not die for such a group of officers who are willing to be treated the same as soldiers? This is what the so-called officers and soldiers are integrated into, right?"

The officers standing beside the army colonel flashed their eyes, but no one spoke.

Because they knew that even if the regimental commander in front of them could do this, they couldn't do it. If they worked hard to become an official, but they still have to be treated the same as the soldiers, then why do they have to work so hard? Being an official is just to enjoy better treatment than others!

Not only these officers who have been in the old army for a long time know it in their hearts, but Gu Huize, who is sighing, also knows that the four words of officers and soldiers being one are simple to say, but in practice it is just a mirror. No one is willing to give up himself for these four words. The privileges he had obtained, not to mention that he as a small regiment leader could not change all this, even his military position could not.

Under the guidance of the stubborn idea of "officer-based", the cohesion that generals and schools dream of, such as the integration of officers and soldiers, can only be a dream after all.

Perhaps this was only achieved by the army in the Anti-Japanese War. Those great people were extremely pure for their "crazy" ideals.

It's just that power is like an addictive poison. Once you taste it, you can't get rid of it. Some people eventually forget their original intention.

(End of this chapter)

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