Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 63 Rewards and New Cooperation!

Li Yunlong widened his eyes and stared at the 75mm mountain cannon, as if he was looking at a beautiful woman, and was reluctant to take his eyes away for a long time.

34 75mm mountain guns, this is the number of a mountain artillery regiment!
Although the Chinese army organized 12 artillery pieces into one artillery battalion and 1 artillery battalions into one artillery regiment.

But after all, it was an organization, and many artillery units of the National Army were short of soldiers and artillery, and there was a serious shortage of both artillery and cannons.

In the Battle of Xinkou, although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army claimed to have dispatched 10 artillery regiments, there was a scene where conscripted civilians were used to load artillery shells. How could such an artillery unit fight against the Japanese artillery?
34 75mm mountain guns are more than enough to form an artillery regiment.

The Eighth Route Army currently has 8 mountain cannons, which means it is not completely without any cannons. However, there are very few shells, and each firing requires the personal order of the division commander.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was equipped with a lot of mountain cannons and field cannons, but these cannons did not play their due role in the War of Resistance.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Xinkou, the various units of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army quickly collapsed, and even abandoned their artillery in order to "reduce the burden" during the escape.

The eight mountain cannons equipped by the Eighth Route Army were Type 8 13mm mountain cannons made in Shanxi. They were pushed into the Hutuo River by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army during its retreat and then salvaged by the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army also salvaged the Jin Type 18 88mm field gun. Considering that the Japanese were not equipped with 88mm caliber field guns, they naturally could not obtain ammunition replenishment through battlefield seizures in the later period, so the Eighth Route Army headquarters returned the two 88mm field guns to Yan Xishan.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery regiment was later formed with these eight 8mm mountain guns as its main force. The artillery regiment played a significant role in the Hundred Regiments Campaign.

After the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the Eighth Route Army's artillery regiment had been exposed and was afraid of being bombed by the Japanese air force.

So the headquarters transferred the Eighth Route Army's artillery regiment to Shaanxi Province and established an artillery school to continuously supply artillery talents to the front line.

If the Eighth Route Army obtains 34 mountain cannons at present, the only two shortcomings are that it does not have enough excellent artillery and that it lacks anti-aircraft weapons. The Japanese planes pose a greater threat to the artillery regiment.

But something is better than nothing.

Artillery can be trained slowly, but artillery regiments are easily targeted by Japanese planes, so try to march at night or disperse during the day.

Once the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery regiment is completed, it will definitely be a strategic-level force of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong planned to hand over most of this batch of mountain artillery.

The reason was simple: the New 1st Regiment didn't have enough artillery, unless the entire infantry regiment was converted into an artillery regiment. Aside from Wang Chengzhu and a few artillery squad leaders, the new artillery hadn't even mastered infantry artillery, and the artillery's high cultural requirements for soldiers were clearly unrealistic.

On the other hand, artillery firepower must be concentrated together to exert maximum firepower.

Each gun fired 25 rounds per minute, and with over 30 guns covering the entire area, how powerful would the artillery firepower be? Li Yunlong couldn't imagine...

But Wang Chengzhu, who was beside Li Yunlong, dared to think about it.

750 artillery shells attacked the enemy positions every minute. The scene was simply devastating. Just a few rounds of salvos could plow through the enemy positions.

Then the infantry can go up and collect the corn.

I'm not going to be the commander of the artillery regiment, am I?
At this moment, Wang Chengzhu was also surrounded by deep happiness:
"Captain, I'm not going to be the artillery commander, am I? Acting is fine, too."

Li Yunlong's face darkened. "You are dreaming of getting married in broad daylight. You are just daydreaming. How can you be the commander of the artillery regiment? Even if our regiment is reorganized into an artillery regiment, I will be the commander."

"Captain," Wang Chengzhu asked, "can you fire a cannon?"

Li Yunlong said, "Of course. During the last attack on the Daixian prisoner-of-war camp, I personally commanded the artillery and destroyed the main gate. I'm a natural-born artilleryman. However, I, Old Li, don't want to be the commander of the artillery regiment yet."

At this time, Zhong Zhicheng, Zhang Dabiao, Song Daying and other soldiers were still in a state of deep surprise and shock. Li Yunlong smiled and looked at Lin Feng:
"Brother Lin, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. We in the Eighth Route Army have never seen such a good thing, so we were a little out of control for a moment."

"It's okay." Lin Feng smiled and didn't care.

But he felt secretly happy in his heart, as he had finally successfully pretended in front of Li Yunlong and the soldiers.

The Eighth Route Army can use such a good thing as mountain cannon, which is also what Lin Feng hopes to see.

It is now the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The Eighth Route Army will have to establish a base. The Eighth Route Army is poor and in urgent need of weapons, ammunition, food, medicine, fuel, transportation, etc.

But the biggest problem facing the Eighth Route Army was the lack of weapons and ammunition. They could still make do without food and rely on the help of the common people.

However, if there is a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition, the problem will be too serious, and the soldiers can only use their flesh and blood to bear the enemy's artillery shells and aerial bombs.

If you have plenty of weapons and ammunition, nothing else will be a problem.

My neighbor stores food, so I store guns. My neighbor is my granary. I will just rob the damn devils and that's it.

After a pause, Lin Feng continued, "In addition to the 34 75mm mountain guns, we are also equipped with two basic quantities of artillery shells and half a basic quantity of training shells, six German-style artillery scopes, six precision maps, six artillery tables, and a set of precision shooting methods. How to use them is all in the manual."

It doesn't mean that the Eighth Route Army can form combat effectiveness immediately after obtaining mountain artillery.

Having cannons alone is not enough, you also need artillerymen and corresponding artillery technology.

Even if the Eighth Route Army formed an artillery regiment, it would take a lot of time to form combat effectiveness.

"Haha, thank you very much, Brother Lin."

The surprise and shock on Li Yunlong's face were even greater. Lin Dakuan was too thoughtful.

Although he claimed to be a master gunner, he could only pull the fuse and fire the cannon. He didn't know how to aim, and he didn't understand much about precise maps, artillery tables, and precise shooting techniques.

But it sounds pretty awesome...

Zhong Zhicheng, Zhang Dabiao and others were speechless, but the smiles on everyone's faces became more and more intense.

From now on, the Eighth Route Army will have a pretty good artillery force!

Of course, the gap between this artillery force and that of the Japanese is still as huge as a chasm, and even the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is inferior to it.

"Brother Lin, why do I see only two mountain cannons?" Li Yunlong asked, "Are there any other mountain cannons?"

It’s not that Li Yunlong suspected that Lin Feng was making fun of him, but he had to get this batch of mountain cannons as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.

"The mountain cannons and shells are all in the woods behind," Lin Feng said. "Although your Eighth Route Army destroyed the Japanese planes at Daixian Airport, there are still Japanese reconnaissance planes operating in this area, so these cannons must be kept absolutely hidden. Also, as I just said, these two mountain cannons are rewards, so this time you have received a total of 2 mountain cannons."

"Haha...Brother Lin is still the most thoughtful one." Hearing that the delivery could be made soon, the surprise and shock on Li Yunlong's face became more intense, and he hugged Lin Feng tightly.

"This is what you deserve." Lin Feng pushed Li Yunlong away, finally showing off in front of this kid Li Yunlong, and then smiled slightly, "Okay, the first two cooperations have been delivered. Now let's talk about the next cooperation and the number of rifles and bullets you need to exchange for killing 2500 Japanese devils."

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(There was a small error in yesterday's chapter. The Eighth Route Army was already equipped with 8 mountain cannons. It has been corrected in the new chapter. I owed a chapter yesterday and will make up for it today. Data is very important during the new book period. I beg readers to read it, recommend it, and support it with monthly tickets. Thank you! The sequel will be more exciting——)
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