Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 31 This is the respect the 200th Division deserves!

As the saying goes, a man's confidence comes from the money in his pocket.

The army's confidence comes from artillery.

When they saw the artillery company pushing the 105mm howitzer, at least Long Wenjian and Lu Yuyan opened their mouths wide and remained silent for a long time.

But from the excitement on their faces, it can be seen that they are full of fighting spirit in heading south.

"So many guns aren't cheap, right?" Long Wenjian said suddenly while touching the 105mm howitzer.

"It's indeed not cheap." After Lu Yuhua sighed, his face looked distressed.

too expensive.

A 105mm howitzer actually costs dollars.

This is all acceptable.

The prices of key shells are also outrageous.

The cost of making one shell was 100 dollars.

This price is really outrageous.

The daily mining income is only enough for one thousand shells.

No wonder they say that a cannon shot is worth a ton of gold.

It is no wonder that the Japanese army had stockpiled more than one billion yen in gold, but it was all spent within a few months of the war.

We really can't afford to fight this battle.

In fact, the shells look quite expensive, but sometimes they are out of stock.

Before the war, a 105mm howitzer shell cost $45, which was about 150 yuan.

Now Lu Yuhua sells a shell for three hundred dollars. Although the price is a bit high, there is no demand for it. Both Shancheng and Guangxi clique have to bite the bullet and buy it.

Because he is the only one who has the goods now.

This is a seller's market, he sets the price.

As for Su Xie?

Compared to Lu Yuhua, who only wants money and no other additional conditions, this is really a good deal.

Do you think Su weapons are so easy to get?
Fortunately, his price was not too outrageous, only two or three times higher.

The prices of poorer miscellaneous armies, such as the Gan Army, Guizhou Army, Northwest Army, etc., are naturally cheaper.

You can't let people bleed and cry, can you?
The prices of richer miscellaneous armies, such as the Guangxi Army, Yunnan Army, Guangdong Army, etc., will be slightly more expensive.

As for the mountain city, there are many faction leaders, and each of them is extremely wealthy, so it will be a little more expensive.

In this way, they offset each other, and the price is really not that outrageous, and you only make a tiny bit of money.

The poor ragtag army was equipped and fought more fiercely.

The wealthier miscellaneous troops also had the equipment to continue expanding their forces and fighting the Japanese.

Shancheng also became more confident in the war of resistance, as at least they could see hope.

"Then how do you have the money to buy so much equipment? Even if you spend all your wealth, you can't buy more than a few cannons, right?" Long Wenjian asked doubtfully.

He knew that his leader was rich, but his wealth was probably not that high.

"Have you forgotten my identity?" Lu Yuhua asked with a smile on his face without any deliberate explanation.

"Captain of the 714th Regiment? This identity is not worth the price of a cannon." Long Wenjian scratched his head. Since when did the leader of a militia become so valuable?
Hearing this, Lu Yuhua's face was full of black lines.

"I'm talking about the identity of the German arms agent."

"For weapons, the factory price is one, the purchase price is one, the sale price is another, and the price when I sell it to others is another."

"Swindler..." Long Wenjian was not a fool. He immediately understood that this was a way of making a profit from the price difference.

How daring!

He actually dared to raise the price and sell it to those army commanders and division commanders. He was really bold.

If Lu Yuhua knew what Long Wenjian was thinking, he would definitely sneer at him. What kind of unscrupulous businessman is he?

Further on, there was another ruthless person who, single-handedly, cheated people out of their deposit of $150,000 out of nothing.

As for arms?

What arms?
I'm not okay at all.

"What kind of profiteer? I'm making money in a reasonable way. There's no benefit. Why would I take such a big risk to sell arms for the Germans?" Lu Yuhua said indignantly. "Damn it, I'll spend all the money I made on arms this time."

"If you dare to be afraid of fighting when you meet the Japanese, I will kill you or not."

"Don't worry, if I dare to run away, you don't have to waste your bullets, I will shoot myself." Long Wenjian patted his chest and guaranteed.

"That's good enough. Hurry up and continue to move south. The fighting ahead is said to be very fierce. The 36th Army has suffered heavy casualties. We have to support them as soon as possible." Lu Yuhua urged.

Although Long Wenjian was very curious as to why Lu Yuhua knew so much, he did not ask any further questions. He returned to his Second Battalion and urged his men to hurry up.

In fact, the fighting on the front line was indeed brutal, but the one who suffered the most casualties was the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army.

They had already been severely damaged, and now faced with the German-equipped regiment of the 36th Army, they were pinned to the ground and hammered.

Especially under the successive bombardment of a large number of 50mm mortars and a small number of 81mm mortars, the Japanese troops in Batang finally couldn't stand it anymore and chose to give up defending the Batang position and retreat to Liutang and Qitang.

This is a great victory.

You must know that the 200th Division attacked fiercely for seven days but failed to capture Batang.

As a result, the 36th Army captured Batang in three days.

Now the 36th Army’s reputation has greatly increased.

But then, the 36th Army saw how brutal the Japanese revenge was.

More than 20 fighter planes continuously bombarded the 36th Army's positions.

As a result, the 36th Army's offensive was in vain and it suffered heavy casualties.

The casualty rate of the 2,000-man German-equipped regiment was as high as 30 percent.

The casualty rates for the rest of the troops ranged from ten to twenty percent.

The overall reduction in personnel was more than 3,000, most of whom were veterans.

Now, there are less than 30% veterans left in the entire 36th Army.

The rest are all new recruits, and their combat effectiveness has seriously declined.

Only the German-equipped regiment still has some combat effectiveness, and it is considered good enough that the other troops can hold the defense line.

So Lu Yuhua was very anxious. He had to go south as soon as possible to support the 36th Army.

According to his understanding, Japanese reinforcements will arrive within these two days.

According to the Japanese army's combat habits, they would inevitably make a roundabout move to cut off the 36th Army's retreat.

It is no wonder that Kunlun Pass was lost again later and the commander of the 36th Army, Yao Chun, was dismissed and investigated.

Is it his fault that he fought poorly?
You really can't blame me.

They really fought to the death, but they were outnumbered and outnumbered.

Fortunately, this time, Lu Yuhua rushed south, which should be able to change the fate of the 36th Army.

"Commander, there are friendly troops ahead." Just when Lu Yuhua was thinking about how to stop the Japanese army, Liu Yi's voice sounded in his ears.

"Friendly forces?" Lu Yuhua was stunned. Where did these friendly forces come from?
If he remembered correctly, it seemed that only the 36th Army was heading south, while the other miscellaneous troops were still resting in Guilin, waiting for orders.

Could it be the Fifth Army?

"The Fifth Army? Which division?" Lu Yuhua asked.

"Yes, it's the 200th Division." Liu Yi explained quickly.

"Dai Anlan?"

Who doesn’t know the name of the 200th Division?

"Notify the troops to make way and let them pass first." Lu Yuhua pondered for a while and decided to let the other party pass first.

In any way, this is the respect the 200th Division deserves.

"Yes." Liu Yi responded and then asked the signalman to convey the order.

The officers and soldiers of the 200th Division were bewildered.

This was the first time someone had given way to them.

I originally thought there would be a quarrel, but who knew that the other party didn't have one at all.

As a result, when they saw the troops in front of them, they were completely shocked.