I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 159 Type 90 [-]mm Light Mortar
"Assemble!" When the artillery company was being trained, a soldier shouted.

A trace of doubt flashed in Liu Gen's eyes, and he immediately reacted when he saw a soldier shouting towards the artillery battery.To make the soldiers so anxious, it is very likely that they have found the traces of the devil Murakami brigade, otherwise they would not be so nervous.

"Stop training! Gather immediately! Distribute equipment!" Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

The soldiers of the artillery company stopped training, and the old artillerymen from the 4th and 716th regiments also reacted, and after speaking with Liu Gen, they chose to leave.These old artillerymen need to return to their respective units. When dealing with hard stubble like the Murakami brigade, the 4th and 716th regiments need these old artillerymen.

When they left, these old artillerymen were a little bit reluctant. After training with the artillery company for a few days, they could feel their own improvement and changes.The places that I didn't notice in the past, as well as the irregularities, have been corrected.This kind of improvement also allows the old artillerymen to be more confident in shelling devils more accurately.

However, even though these old artillerymen have improved significantly, they clearly know that they cannot compare with Liu Gen.Following the training of the artillery company, these old artillerymen found that Liu Gen, the commander of the artillery company, had an unfathomable feeling, at least not at the level they could easily reach now.

As for whether they have any hope of reaching Liu Gen's level, or even surpassing Liu Gen, the old artillerymen didn't have too many ideas.In daily training, Liu Gen, the commander of the artillery company, worked harder than them, which made the veteran artillerymen not have much hope that they could surpass Liu Gen.Others are better than you and work harder than you. How can you surpass this?
"Lien Commander Liu, the regiment commander called you to the regiment headquarters for a meeting!" A soldier rushed to the artillery company to inform Liu Gen.

Liu Gen nodded, and after ordering the soldiers of the artillery company to prepare for battle, he quickly walked towards the regiment headquarters with the soldier.Along the way, Liu Gen could see the soldiers from each battalion and company of the Independence Regiment moving, which made him more sure that he had found the trace of the Murakami Brigade.

"Regimental Commander, did you find the traces of the Murakami Brigade?" When he came to the regiment headquarters, Liu Gen found that he was the first to arrive at the regiment headquarters.

Liu Gen could see Li Yunlong's serious expression, while Kong Jie and Zhao Gang were studying the marching map. The Murakami brigade was a tough one, and it would not be easy to take it down easily.Looking at the seriousness on Li Yunlong's face, Liu Gen realized that something must have happened, otherwise Li Yunlong would not have been like this.

"Yes, the soldiers of our independent regiment discovered the traces of the devil Murakami brigade near Yunding Mountain. After discovering the Murakami brigade, in addition to leaving the soldiers to continue monitoring, the soldiers reported to the regiment headquarters."

"According to the observation of the soldiers of our independent regiment, the devil's Murakami brigade has more than 500 people, and they have more than 90 people. They have heavy machine guns, [-]mm heavy mortars, and infantry guns." Li Yunlong looked dignified, He knew that Murakami's brigade was not weak in combat effectiveness, but this kind of equipment was a little too good.

There was obvious surprise on Liu Gen's face. The Murakami Battalion actually carried 90mm heavy mortars, which he did not expect.Liu Gen still knew a little bit about the 90mm heavy mortar. The 90mm mortar in the devil's hand, to be precise, should be called the Type 90 [-]mm light mortar, yes, it was a light mortar.

In the eyes of the Eighth Route Army, the 90mm caliber is enough to be called a heavy mortar, but in the eyes of the devils, this is just a light mortar.

Compared with the Type 90 infantry gun, the Type 67 37mm light mortar weighs only 5 kilograms, making it easy and quick to transfer.Moreover, the performance of the Type 38 infantry artillery can be effectively exerted in plain areas, but in mountains, hills and cities, the effective range of infantry artillery cannot be fully utilized.For this reason, the devils began to develop mortars in May [-] and began to distribute them to the troops in [-].

Because the mortar has the characteristics of curved ballistic, small dead zone, fast rate of fire, high power, light weight, small size, easy to excite, simple structure, easy to operate, and low cost, etc., the Japanese have the characteristics of the 90-type 90mm light mortar. After firing the cannon, the firepower has been significantly improved.It was only due to the interference of the upper echelons of the Japanese army.As a result, this mortar has not been extended to all troops. The main troops still use the Type [-] infantry gun, and the Type [-] [-]mm light mortar is distributed to the second-line troops.

The Independent Regiment fought many battles with devils, but this was the first time they encountered devils with a Type 90 90mm light mortar in their hands, and Liu Gen was looking forward to it. The 90mm caliber means that this mortar is not weak. If a [-]mm light mortar can be captured, it will also be a great supplement to the independent regiment's firepower.

Not long after Liu Gen came to the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao and others also came to the regiment headquarters, and they wasted a lot of time gathering soldiers.Zhang Dabiao and the others are not like Liu Gen, they only have one company, and they have a lot more soldiers than the artillery company, so the management will naturally be more cumbersome.

"This is the information reported by the soldiers. Take a look. The devil's Murakami Battalion is really tough." Seeing all the battalion and company cadres of the independent regiment come to the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong said in a deep voice.

The information was being passed on to Zhang Dabiao and the others. Looking at the information displayed on the information, their expressions were quite serious. The Murakami brigade with more than 500 people is very difficult to deal with. Now the strength of the Murakami brigade has increased. Could it be that the Murakami brigade has realized something?

"Captain, are these devils aware of the danger?" Zhang Dabiao asked.

Li Yunlong shook his head, "From the performance of the devils, it is not true. Realizing the danger, the Murakami brigade should go directly to the nearest devil stronghold. But the Murakami brigade did not do this. Instead, they have been wandering outside, unscrupulous."

"Could these be made by the devils to confuse us? Commander, is there any movement from the devils in Jing'an, Gujiao, Wenshui and other places?" Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan asked solemnly.

"No, we have contacted the headquarters. According to the information given by the headquarters, none of the devils in these areas have made any movement." Zhao Gang raised his head and said in a deep voice.

Li Yunlong nodded solemnly, "The political commissar is right, the devils in these areas have not made any abnormal movements, and there is no sign of mobilizing their troops."

"Old Li, according to me, there is no need to think about these things at all. The only remaining devils in this area are the Murakami Brigade. They are a lone army. Given the distance between the valley towns, it would take them two or three days to catch up."

"Not to mention, the headquarters will definitely choose to send troops to block the reinforcements of the devils! In my opinion, just beat the **** directly. As long as the devil's brigade is killed in a short time, then there will be no problems!" Kong Jie Suddenly said.

Kong Jie was a little excited, with a fiery fighting spirit in his eyes. He wanted to kill this brigade of devils, but he wanted to see how powerful the trump card of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army was!Tigers?If you kill it, you are a dead tiger!

(End of this chapter)