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Chapter 532 Chapter 531, Important Grouping

Use the chassis of the Type 94 ultra-light tank and part of the body, load it with a shotgun, a powerful weapon for close combat defense, hang a launch tube for a long-barreled grenade in the middle, and add a loader if necessary.

This is the attack weapon that Li Yuexuan "pieced together" for the Eighth Route Army by combining existing technology and materials. Although this weapon has no additional suspension and fire control, and the weapon's accuracy is simply impossible to mention, it only requires a headstrong assault capability. But for the Eighth Route Army, which lacks offensive weapons, this is enough!
Minister Zhang was pulled by Li Yuexuan to watch the experiment, but he was actually well aware of the modification of the vehicle, after all, materials and other things needed his approval. Looking at the craters on the hill caused by the long-range grenade, he knew that it was time to express his opinion.

"From the test results just now, this vehicle has good defense capabilities. It can drive directly into the enemy's stronghold without any casualties! Of course, the attack power is also good! The bad thing is that we have captured too few tanks of this type, and we can only improve three. For the remaining three, Comrade Song Hao needs to study the self-propelled mortar you mentioned."

"However, with this as a model, once our tractor factory in northern Shaanxi goes into production, we will be able to make some modifications and equip the troops with such equipment!"

Listening to Minister Zhang's words, Li Yuexuan complained in his heart: "The complete production line of large tractors obtained from the Russians. Although they are backward products of the Russians, they can be converted into light tanks with a slight modification and the addition of suspension! The key is that the light tanks of the Russians are medium-sized tanks on the Japanese side... But thinking about the Japanese armored forces, it seems that the Eighth Route Army does not need to develop large-scale tanks!"

"So, what Minister Zhang said really makes sense! Moreover, for the Eighth Route Army, self-propelled mortars are much more important than tanks. After all, self-propelled mortars are more adaptable and more suitable for the Eighth Route Army! Even if they are fighting bald heads or eagles, as long as they are constantly upgraded, they will not fall behind! They can even be used when the big Mao fights the second Mao..."

"I totally agree with you!" Li Yuexuan complained in his mind, but he quickly responded.

"Well, what you asked Comrade Song Hao to study is still very meaningful in our opinion, so the organization will fully support it!" At this time, Minister Zhang mentioned.

"That's what I thought!" Li Yuexuan said, but his eyes were looking at the modified assault vehicle that was driving back, and then he said, "Do you want to take a look at the modified part of the truck?"

"The one where the trucks are modified? You can go and take a look! If they are suitable, the headquarters artillery regiment will adopt some of them!" said Minister Zhang.

The so-called truck modification is actually to add some bulletproof shields to the truck, increase the bulletproof capabilities of the front and cab, and add a vehicle-mounted machine gun to the truck. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the back of the truck will tow a 120mm heavy mortar, and the front and cargo bed of the truck will carry 6 soldiers and 40 rounds of artillery shells.

Actually, Li Yuexuan originally wanted to see if he could use a truck to directly mount the mortar and change it to a truck-like howitzer structure. However, due to technical limitations, he simply returned the heavy mortar to its original state. That's right, when the Russians were at home, they used trucks to tow the heavy mortars during marches and battles, so Li Yuexuan simply let the truck tow them.

Although the Japanese Type 94 truck has a limited load capacity of only one and a half tons, after removing some unnecessary weight, adding some bulletproof shields, and loading machine guns, etc., it is still capable of pulling mortars. According to Li Yuexuan's careful calculations, the modified truck is 300 kilograms heavier than the original truck, but the combined load of the crew is about 1100 kilograms.

Well, this ensures the performance of the truck while still having enough power to pull the heavy cavalry forward! Of course, Li Yuexuan did not use the truck to tow the original small cart that could hold 20 rounds of artillery shells. Two soldiers could easily tow such a small cart, and they could also let donkeys and mules help pull the cart, so there was no need to add load to the truck.

In fact, Li Yuexuan's main purpose in modifying the captured trucks was to follow the principle of waste utilization, so that the Eighth Route Army's heavy troops could increase their mobility on roads, railways, dirt roads that can be passed by cars, mountain roads and other places, to ensure the troops' timely support and strike capabilities!
In the past, most of the trucks captured by the Eighth Route Army were burned because there was really no place to use them! In recent years, with the consolidation of the base area and the construction of the arsenal, the captured trucks that could be driven back were basically driven back, so many trucks stayed at the arsenal, the headquarters and the division headquarters, and no one knew what to do with them for a while.

We can't dismantle all the truck engines to use as the power source for the lathes, right? We can't afford the gasoline!

So, Li Yuexuan started to rack his brains, looking for feasible solutions from group files and chat records, and designed such a modification plan.

As for the effect? ​​? You will know after you see it.

In the square outside the factory, seven trucks that looked very sturdy were lined up in a row. Soldiers in camouflage uniforms stood next to the trucks, all standing straight! Next to the soldiers were boxes of mortar shells, and behind the ammunition boxes were 7mm mortars with towing frames.

When Li Yuexuan, Minister Zhang and others arrived at the factory, the soldiers stood at attention and looked at Li Yuexuan in unison, waiting for his orders.

"You have been training for two weeks. Now it's time to check your training results!" Li Yuexuan stood in front of the soldiers and shouted loudly: "Now, prepare to march!"

As soon as Li Yuexuan finished speaking, the soldiers scattered from their standing position and ran to their respective positions. The truck driver walked around the truck, checked the condition of the vehicle, then opened the door of the cab, took out the crank, put it in front of the truck and started shaking it to start the vehicle.

The other soldiers worked in pairs to put the ammunition boxes on the truck bed, placing them in a row on each side of the truck bed. At the same time, two soldiers worked together to lay the 120mm mortar flat, opened and fixed the towing frame, and hung it on the towing hook behind the truck.

After everything was ready, the truck driver started the truck and got into the cab, and a soldier also got into the co-pilot seat. The other five soldiers closed the baffle and got into the truck bed, with one soldier standing directly behind the vehicle-mounted machine gun.

In less than 10 minutes, the soldiers were ready to march, waiting for Li Yuexuan's order, and then they could open up a narrow gap and go into battle at any time.

(End of this chapter)