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Chapter 463 Chapter 462, indirect shooting, changed to flat shooting

"Then... naturally it's the artillery! You see, we've come here hundreds of miles, and we've taken five blockade lines alone. We can't just bring back some mortars, right? How about giving us 5 of the newly-made Qi Lali light machine guns? And 200 assault rifles, too! Don't worry, I brought 200 train axles you asked for this time, which should be enough for you!" said the brigade commander.

"280 and train axles can't exchange for so many machine guns and assault rifles! Lao Chen, are you planning to form a heavy firepower battalion? Do you have so many bullets? But it's really not easy for you to come here, and in that mountain nest in Taiyue District, there are Japanese invaders all around, it's really hard to develop! Besides, your independent regiment, the new first regiment, and the new second regiment are all at the headquarters, and the manpower is insufficient."

"How about this? I'll make the decision. In addition to the 500 Type 100 rifles, 50 semi-automatic rifles, and 50 assault rifles allocated to you this time, I'll also give you an additional quota of 5 Qi Lali light machine guns! For each light machine gun, I'll give you five 30-round magazines, all with bullets. Is that okay? Also, it's difficult to develop an arsenal over there, so bring more grenades back this time!"

"Well... take 6 of them. This is our three-month inventory. They are all military products. They are just right for you!" said Minister Zhang.

"Okay, that's all!" The brigade commander also knew that it would be great to get 50 more light machine guns this time, and there were also 6 extra grenades, which was a big harvest and there was nothing to be dissatisfied about.

"By the way, how do you plan to take these things away? We have to cross the Japanese blockade to go back!" said Minister Zhang.

"I came here with the 18th Regiment. It's a bit difficult to take these things away, so I plan to let the independent regiment go and ask them to help deliver them. With two regiments, one to carry the things and the other to protect the team, there will basically be no problems! During this period, the Japanese are still fighting the final cleanup battle in Zhongtiao Mountain, and we still have a chance!" said the brigade commander.

"Since you have a plan, then hurry up and take your stuff with you! How do you plan to arrange the 20 heavy mortars? Your brigade's mobile force has been assigned to the Taiyue area, which means the situation in the Taiyue area is the most serious. You must have a plan." Minister Zhang asked.

"How to arrange it? The artillery battalion plus two heavy mortar companies will take up 16 guns, and the remaining 4 guns will be allocated one to each of the 772nd, 16th, 17th, and 18th Regiments. As for the New st Regiment and the Independent Regiment, it depends on the subsequent allocation from the headquarters!" said the brigade commander.

"You... okay, there's nothing wrong with this arrangement! Go, this is the warehouse delivery list, take the stuff and go teach the Japs a lesson!" Minister Zhang wrote the list and handed it to the brigade commander.

The brigade commander came and left. When he came, he brought 280 train axles, some newly captured canned food and rice, and various miscellaneous supplies. When he left, the comrades pushed and pulled away 20 120-caliber mortars, 800 mortar shells, 700 guns of various types, and 40 artillery trainees.

That’s right, the newly trained artillery trainees are specifically responsible for operating the 20 120mm heavy mortars, and the headquarters has fully equipped them.

Since January this year, the 1th Brigade has existed as a mobile unit of the division, but now it has been reassigned to the Taiyue Division. This is the strategic adjustment made by the headquarters after the Japanese occupied Zhongtiao Mountain.

To the south of Taiyue District is Zhongtiao Mountain occupied by the Japanese, to the east is Lu'an District and Baijin Railway, to the west is Tongpu Railway, and to the north is Pingyao and other places, all of which are occupied by the Japanese. Without a strong force to support the area, it is really difficult to develop. Therefore, the 386th Brigade went there and brought the latest 120 heavy mortars with them. This is like a tiger with wings and then released back into the mountains. The Japanese are in trouble!
Li Yuexuan actually knew that the brigade commander was coming, but he did not go to him. Instead, he continued to stay in the production workshop and busy himself with production.

The issue of the 120 heavy mortar was completely sorted out in May, and we can let go of it as much as possible. The focus has now shifted to the transformation of the 5 mortar.

Speaking of the modified 82 mortar, it has a deep connection with Director Zhao mentioned above, and also with the one-armed master in the rabbit. These two old predecessors have made the mortar very interesting, and Li Yuexuan is just copying their ideas.

Although the improvements made by the two predecessors were slightly different, the most fundamental point was to change the firing of the mortar to a pull-type firing method, which was the key. With the foundation of the grenade launcher and a lot of information, Li Yuexuan did not waste much time to determine the final plan.

Well, it is to remove the base plate of the mortar and add a part of the barrel to the back, so that it can be pulled. Then, the gun mount is improved so that the mortar can be fired at a large angle and can be laid flat for direct firing, and a direct firing sight is also added. In short, there is basically no problem with the auxiliary panel to help calculate those drawings.

After the plan was determined, the remaining part was to process the required parts, modify a mortar, and finally take out the shells to conduct a live-fire shooting experiment. Not surprisingly, the result of the experiment was very successful, and Minister Zhang decided on the spot to first transfer the 82 mortar that could be mobilized recently for improvement.

Well, this means that the arsenal has another job to do, but the workers have no complaints and are working hard.

Speaking of the mortar's conversion to horizontal firing, Li Yuexuan seemed to have watched a documentary in the original time and space. What did the old veteran in the film say? At first, we wanted to use the mortar to hit the Japanese bunkers horizontally, but when it was horizontal, the mortar couldn't fire, so everyone thought of a way to find sorghum stalks and tie a hemp rope to them.

When firing, the hemp rope pulled the sorghum stalks, which made the mortar shells in the barrel fall back, and then it was fired with a bang. At that time, the people were surprised and called our artillery the sorghum stalks troops! Later, we had mortars that could shoot horizontally, which was amazing.

I remember one time, we went to attack a blockhouse, but a shell flew in through the firing hole of the blockhouse, but didn't explode. We were very anxious.

Guess what happened? The Japanese turret actually took out a white flag and surrendered directly! Later, the Japanese in the turret said that they were all scared and thought that our Eighth Route Army had mastered some mysterious weapon! Hahahaha...

At the arsenal shooting range, looking at the mortar that he had modified himself, and thinking about the voices and smiles of his predecessors, Li Yuexuan couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Well, probably a few decades later, when the TV station was making the program, the old predecessors had no memory of the sorghum stalks, because they just skipped it! Of course, we also have to take away a lot of devils, this is the key point!
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