Rise from the sword

Chapter 476 New cannon!
The information in Zhao Gang's hand reads——

The Awamaru, built in Japan, was launched on March 43 this year (3) to complete sea trials. Its gross tonnage is 5 tons. It is a merchant ship in name, but it is actually built in accordance with military purposes and requirements. The bow is equipped with anti-aircraft guns. Originally It is planned to be used for Japan and Singapore routes, temporarily changed from transporting recruits and weapons and ammunition to the mainland, and transporting food and sugar to the mainland.

"A ship of more than 1 tons..."

Seeing the introduction of the ship, Zhao Gang finally sighed.

Recently, he has almost left the management of the independent regiment, and is mainly responsible for the economic construction and industrial development of the base area. With Boss Chen's great supplies, equipment, technical materials, and the support of experts and masters, he has various talents continuously mobilized by his superiors. The speed of development can be said to be the best in the past and present.

With Zhao Jiayu as the center, in just one year, from having nothing at the beginning to now——

It has a large-scale machinery factory even in foreign countries, with a maximum steelmaking capacity of 150 tons per day. It can produce high-quality gun steel, most basic machine tools, 75 caliber cannons and shells, and even 105 caliber. Technical ability, able to manufacture a complete set of steam-powered trains, and cooperate with the headquarters arsenal to produce [-] Czech machine guns and [-] Mauser rifles per month.

But the sum of these things is not as good as a devil's ship, which makes political commissar Zhao feel a deep gap.

Industry, especially heavy industry, requires a large amount of technology, basic accumulation, and a large number of talents. All of this requires a lot of time, ten years or even decades, tens of thousands or even millions of professional Millions of machines and equipment.

"Transporting troops?"

Li Yunlong obviously didn't pay attention to this. He saw the business opportunities on this [-]-ton giant ship and licked his lips:
"Transport more than [-] soldiers at one time?"

Not long ago, he used more than 4000 troops, consumed hundreds of tons of weapons and ammunition, and spent several days, but only wiped out [-] devils, and there were more than [-] devil recruits on this ship.

If you find the right timing, you only need a few torpedoes, and none of the four thousand devils can escape.

interesting!

Zhao Gang also understood what Li Yunlong was thinking, and he continued:

"Wang Gensheng sent back a telegram. Although he has gained a firm foothold in the coastal area, he only has a slow wooden boat. Even if there are torpedoes, he can only have a chance to attack at night, and the night route of the Awa Maru is 100 meters away from the coastline. Many kilometers away."

The ocean is no different than land, the environment is complex, and there are more problems at night. Using wooden boats to attack merchant ships is inherently problematic.Although they have a specific timetable for merchant ships, there are no markers on the endless sea, and it is not easy to locate at night.

"Send someone to give the information to Wang Gensheng."

Li Yunlong waved his hand:
"It's meaningless for us to discuss here, and leave the specific formulation of tactics to Gensheng himself. If it works, they will find a way to overcome these problems. If it doesn't work, they will naturally give up."

"Too."

Zhao Gang nodded.

Without actual investigation, it is the most stupid behavior to make a decision directly on the head, and the superior remotely controls it.He was deeply touched by this point.

"correct."

Li Yunlong suddenly asked:
"Didn't Heyuan County say to build the shell fuze production line first? Why are they also building the explosives production line together?"

After Yoshio Shinozuka returned, Brother Chen provided a complete production line for shells with an explosives factory, and it was not katung explosives, but a high-tech factory that could produce dynamite and dynamite.

The maximum output is designed to be [-] tons.

According to the original plan, this explosives factory was established last. After all, the explosives used to fill shells can be replaced by potassium tungsten explosives. However, Li Yunlong discovered yesterday that the explosives factory was actually built together with the fuze factory, and the priority of talents is only lower than that of the fuze factory. level one.

"There is a synthetic ammonia plant over there, using coal."

Zhao Gang explained:
"This set of equipment can directly produce fertilizer without any improvement."

"fertilizer?"

Li Yunlong was stunned.

Having worked in the rural base area for many years, he naturally knows the role of chemical fertilizers and grain production-increasing agents, and he also knows that as long as it is used properly, one kilogram of chemical fertilizers can increase grain production by [-] kilograms or more.

"Correct."

Zhao Gang nodded:
"I consulted with the masters who came here together. After adding some equipment, the maximum annual output of nitrogen fertilizer can reach more than 2 tons. We also have small phosphate mines in our base area."

"Great."

Li Yunlong was surprised.

40 tons of chemical fertilizers, if used well, can theoretically increase grain production by [-] tons. This is self-produced and will not disappear with the disappearance of the devils.

After Zhao Gang left, Li Yunlong called the guard company and arranged for someone to deliver the new information to Wang Gensheng. At the same time, he received a message, which was reported to Li Yunlong by Zhang Dabiao.

"Captain."

After saying this address, Zhang Dabiao subconsciously paused.

He has just done statistics. After the integration of the three regiments and below, the independent regiment currently has more than 150 combat troops, more than 150 troops in training, more than [-] artillery pieces, [-] tanks, and more than [-] armored vehicles. But still a group...
"what happened?"

Seeing Zhang Dabiao stunned, Li Yunlong frowned.

"News from Ping'an County."

Zhang Dabiao continued:
"The little devil is strengthening the city wall fortifications around the county seat, digging tunnels, and even built a large number of reinforced concrete bunkers outside the city, the thickness is not small..."

Zhang Dabiao's tone was a little worried.

Although the 160 mortars in the regiment are powerful, not to mention the power of the 8.8 kg black ladder explosives, but facing the thick concrete bunker, they may not be able to chew it down.

"Reinforced concrete bunker?"

Contrary to Zhang Dabiao's expectations, Li Yunlong not only did not have any worries after hearing this, but suddenly smiled, and even murmured to himself:

"interesting."

"Head? What's new and good?"

Zhang Dabiao immediately guessed the reason.

It must be that Boss Chen gave him a new weapon, and it was a super powerful weapon.

"See for yourself."

Li Yunlong threw a stack of materials to Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao opened it, his eyes widened immediately:

"240mm mortar? The total weight is 4 tons, the shell weighs 130 kilograms, and the range is 53 meters." "Prototype M_[-]"

"hiss···"

In the end, Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but gasped.

No wonder the regiment leader was not in a hurry at all. No matter what kind of reinforced concrete bunker, as long as the 130-kilogram shell hits it, it will be done easily with one shot.

"Good stuff."

Zhang Dabiao smiled and closed the documents in his hand.

Although this cannon weighs four tons, and the structure of the mortar makes its maneuverability extremely poor, the speed of road movement is good, and it is very easy to be towed by a truck, but the deployment speed is comparable to those mortars during World War I, but it is powerful enough what.

Anyway, this is not a troop support artillery, and there is no need to follow the troop to maneuver.

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong also smiled, and then he said seriously:

"It is estimated that the little devil is planning to build Ping'an County into a fortress. There may be a big battle in the county, and the people inside must be evacuated first."

"right"

Zhang Dabiao also agrees.

Although there are fewer and fewer people in Ping'an County due to the increasing number of devils and the attractiveness of the base area, there are still many people who lived in the county town who were reluctant to leave. Inevitably.

　First off, I'm really sorry...
　　Send the rest tonight.

　　There's some trouble at the hospital, and I have to deal with it, and if it doesn't come tomorrow morning, it won't.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)