Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Mizuta Mingyuan followed Hasegawa Shigeo out to the station of the Main Artillery Chariot Regiment. Regiment leader Kumamoto Masaichi knew in advance that the two were coming and was already waiting outside the camp.

Shigeo Hasegawa said to Masaichi Kumamoto: "Kumamoto-san, we are here to see the Type II main artillery tank, can you arrange it for us?"

Masaichi Kumamoto said: "Of course, some of our Type II main artillery tanks are stored in the warehouse, please come and see with me,"

Hasegawa Shigeo then brought Mizuta Mingyuan and others to the warehouse with Kumamoto Masaichi, Hasegawa Shigeo said to Mizuta Mingyuan: "Mr. Mizuta, you have seen a type of main artillery tank before, so you can take a look first." Let’s see the difference between the Type [-] main artillery tank and the Type [-] main gun tank.”

Mizuta Mingyuan nodded, and Kumamoto pointed to a row of houses next to him and said, "Please come with me, there are Type II main artillery tanks inside."

The crowd followed Masaichi Kumamoto to the door of the row of houses. An old soldier opened the door of the house, and the crowd walked in. When Mizuta Mingyuan saw the main artillery tank, he said in surprise: "Why is its barrel so long? , "

Kumamoto pointed to the back with his hand and said, "Fujita Izumo, come here and explain to the head of the Mizuta Division." Following the voice, Fujita Izumo came to Mizuta Mingyuan, Kumamoto pointed Said: "Commander of the Water Field Division, this is Fujita Izumo, the head of the equipment section, he risked his life to transport the key parts of the Type II main artillery tank from Japan. The transport ship he was on was first attacked by the Lin Yuan warship. bombardment, and later encountered mines in Wonsan Port, he is a warrior of the Japanese Empire, "

Mizuta Mingyuan nodded repeatedly, and said, "Fujita-kun is doing very well,"

Fujita Izumo said humbly: "The commander of the Shuitian division once fought against Lin Yuan's troops with real swords and guns. You are the real warrior of the empire. I dare not compare with you,"

Mizuta Mingyuan smiled and said, "Since you are the head of the equipment section, please tell me why the barrel of this type of main artillery tank is so long."

Fujita Izumo said: "To put it simply, the longer the gun barrel, the faster the shell will fly, and the stronger the lethality against the enemy's armored targets. In previous battles, our shells were often unable to hit them. It pierces the armor of Lin Yuan’s army’s main artillery tank, so we lengthened the barrel, not only that, but also improved the shell, now this type of shell is a tungsten-core armor-piercing shell, and its armor-piercing ability is very powerful,”

Mizuta Mingyuan asked: "Tungsten-core armor-piercing bullet, what is that?"

Fujita Izumo replied: "The armor-piercing ability of the armor-piercing bullet is closely related to the material used for armor-piercing. The harder the material, the stronger the armor-piercing ability. Therefore, the imperial experts used very hard tungsten as the material of the armor-piercing bullet."

Mizuta Mingyuan nodded, and went to look at the Type [-] main artillery tank, and found that the turret of the Type [-] main gun tank was much smaller than that of the Type [-] main gun tank, and the size of the entire tank was also smaller than that of the Type [-] main gun tank. The Type [-] main artillery tank is much smaller, so I couldn't help saying: "This type of main artillery tank seems to be much smaller than the Type [-] main artillery tank. With such a small body, can the protection be enough?"

Fujita Izumo smiled when he heard this, and said, "Commander Mizuta, this type of main artillery tank doesn't need protection at all."

Shuitian Mingyuan was stunned after hearing this, and said, "If it doesn't need defensive power, then wouldn't it be impossible for it to survive on the battlefield?"

Fujita Izumo said with a smile: "Commander Mizuta, please listen to my explanation slowly. I said it has no protection, because it has no protection against the main artillery tank of Lin Yuan's army. We analyzed the main artillery tank of Lin Yuan's army. The armor-piercing projectiles we used found that their armor-piercing projectiles have a very deep armor-piercing depth. If we want to defend ourselves, we need to thicken the armor. However, the armor of our main artillery tank is already very thick, so we need to thicken it The mobility is gone, so we made an ingenious design, since it cannot be prevented, then simply not to prevent it,”

Mizuta Mingyuan said in surprise: "Simply not guarded, what do you mean?"

Fujita Izumo said: "Simply not defensive means: this type of main artillery tank can defend against the heavy machine guns of Lin Yuan's troops, but it cannot defend against the shells of Lin Yuan's troops. mobility so that it can fight and run on the battlefield,"

"We discovered in the previous stage of the battle that the main artillery tanks of Lin Yuan's troops can fire while on the move, but our main artillery tanks cannot do this. However, after our light weight improvement, the Type II The mobility of the main artillery tank has been greatly improved, and now the short-stop shooting time is already very short, enough to cause fatal damage to the main artillery tank of Lin Yuan's army,"

"Besides, this type of main artillery tank is petite, especially suitable for the battlefield environment with many forests and mountains. Our main artillery tank can advance and retreat freely in these environments, and use the environment to attack the main artillery tank of Lin Yuan's army. Lin Yuan The combat effectiveness of the troops is all because of their powerful main artillery tanks. As for the combat effectiveness of their infantry, there is still a certain gap between the infantry of our Imperial Japanese Army."

"So the combat purpose of our main artillery chariots is no longer to cover the infantry and fight, but to fight against the main artillery chariots of Lin Yuan's army, to play the role of the main artillery chariot killer, and to wipe out all the main artillery chariots. There is nothing to be afraid of if the troops from far away."

Shuitian Mingyuan nodded again and again, and said, "Very good, it seems that our battle will surely win,"

Fujita Izumo continued: "Moreover, the Type II main artillery tank has another great advantage, that is, it is cheap to manufacture, simple in structure, and can be mass-produced quickly. Now we have produced more than 300 vehicles, and they are easy to operate. It's very easy, it only takes three days to train a gunner, and it's equipped with new communication equipment, so you won't be afraid of interference from Lin Yuan's troops when you talk at close range."

Mizuta Mingyuan nodded again and again, at this time Hasegawa Shigeo smiled and said: "Mizuta-kun, how do you see it, if you see it enough, come back with me, we can discuss the battle,"

Mizuta Mingyuan followed Hasegawa Shigeo back to the command room, and Kumamoto Masaichi also participated as a representative of the chariot unit. At the meeting, Hasegawa Shigeo first said: "The main purpose of our battle is to get through Jizhou to Xian Jingshan Mountain, to rescue the Second Division in Hamgyong Mountain, so we must focus on attacking here, "

After Hasegawa Shigeo finished speaking, he clicked heavily on the map and said, "Meixiangli, we are going to focus on this place. Meixiangli controls the access to and from Mount Hamgyong. The Second Division must pass through here if they want to come out. So this is also the place where Lin Yuan's troops focus on defense,"

Shuitian Mingyuan said: "That's right, we should really focus on attacking there, but there is one thing, Lin Yuan's troops have extremely strong defenses, we may not be able to attack them,"

Shigeo Hasegawa said: "I have already thought of this possibility, so we will take advantage of the weakness of Lin Yuan's troops and take Mei Xiangli in one fell swoop."

Shuitian Mingyuan hurriedly asked: "The weakness of Lin Yuan's army, what are the weaknesses of Lin Yuan's army?"