Anti-Japanese War: Developing on my own, I brought back a US-equipped division

Once these coal resources fall into the hands of the Japanese, they will have more capital to invade China.

This is definitely not possible!

Liang Fei nodded and said, "Yes!"

After a while, Duan Peng came to Su Zheng and said, "Captain, we found more than a dozen barrels of gasoline in that direction!"

gasoline?

This is good stuff!

Although there is an oil field in the Xinzhongcun base now, the production capacity was still limited in the beginning.

At present, it can barely supply daily use for independent camps.

If tanks and trucks are used too frequently, there will be an embarrassing situation where there is no gasoline.

If we can seize a dozen barrels of gasoline now, we can meet the short-term needs of the independent battalion.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Su Zheng came to a warehouse.

There are more than a dozen barrels of gasoline in the warehouse, all of which are still in the barrels.

Completely unopened.

This is a good deal for Su Zheng.

Windfall.

Su Zheng: "First, push all the gasoline onto the truck, don't leave any barrels behind... Take it all."

"Oh, and take all these gasoline barrels with you!"

Take the petrol barrel with you too?

This surprised Duan Peng: "Here... Captain... what is the function of this gasoline barrel? Is it used to make iron?"

Su Zheng smiled and said, "The gasoline barrel can be very useful...just wait and see!"

Seeing these gasoline barrels, Su Zheng thought of a powerful artillery piece - the conscienceless cannon!

The real name of the conscienceless cannon is the flying thunder cannon.

It is worth mentioning that the conscienceless cannon is a homemade cannon invented in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War.

Although the Unscrupulous Cannon was invented during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was not until later that it was truly put into actual combat and demonstrated good combat effectiveness.

That is to say...in mid-1940, the Eighth Route Army had not yet seen any homemade equipment like the conscienceless cannon.

In fact, the principle of the conscienceless cannon is very simple.

The general method of production is to place propellant at the bottom of the gasoline barrel to make a simple launch stand, then place the explosive pack in the gasoline barrel, ignite the propellant, and use the thrust force generated by the explosion of the propellant to push the explosive pack out of the gasoline barrel in the launch stand.

The power of the conscienceless cannon is not small, because it can launch a large number of explosives, which can give the enemy a strong psychological and physical shock. At the same time, the explosive power can produce a strong impact force, enough to shock the enemy to death and die with bleeding from the mouth.

It is worth mentioning that the Heartless Cannon is a homemade artillery and naturally has many shortcomings.

For example, the conscienceless cannon has absolutely precise accuracy and can only fire in a general direction. At the same time, the weight of the explosive packs it ejects varies, making it difficult to determine how much primer to use.

There is less gunpowder and the projectile distance is very short.

It can't even be ejected.

There was too much gunpowder and the attack deviated from the target area, etc.

These are all difficult to judge and require experience.

It can be said that the Unscrupulous Cannon is just a kind of temporary emergency artillery made on the battlefield when there is a lack of artillery. It has disadvantages such as short range and high risk.

Moreover, the conscienceless cannon can only be used in low-intensity, low-tech wars. If facing a highly mechanized enemy or one with advanced artillery, it will not be able to play a big role.

In short, the "Unscrupulous Cannon" was an emergency homemade artillery invented by the Eighth Route Army when it was short of artillery. It was a helpless act.

But this cannot deny the power of the conscienceless gun!

It is now 1940, and the conscienceless cannon has not yet appeared, so Su Zheng decides to develop it.

Although the independent battalion's artillery capabilities are very strong, the conscienceless artillery can be regarded as a supplement to large-caliber artillery.

The caliber of the unscrupulous cannon depends on the caliber of the gasoline barrel.

On the other hand, the independent battalion has a strong artillery strike capability, but the other brother units of the Eighth Route Army are extremely lacking in heavy artillery.

The Eighth Route Army was poorly equipped and lacked heavy artillery, so it had no way of conducting offensive operations against the Japanese strongholds and artillery towers that were well fortified.

The Japanese knew that the Eighth Route Army was at a disadvantage due to its crude weapons and equipment, so they built many artillery towers, bunkers, strongholds, etc., trying to divide the Eighth Route Army's base, trap the Eighth Route Army and defeat them one by one.

So now Su Zheng has invented the conscienceless cannon, which will also benefit other brother units of the Eighth Route Army.

Although the conscienceless cannon has many disadvantages, it also has many advantages.

It can effectively supplement the Eighth Route Army's heavy firepower strikes.

The invention of the conscience-free cannon was extremely beneficial to the independent battalion and the entire Eighth Route Army.

Maybe... this will be another great achievement!!

In fact, when Su Zheng developed the conscienceless cannon, it shocked the bosses at the headquarters...

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Chapter 367 Inventing the Unscrupulous Cannon! Shocking the Headquarters Boss (First Update, Please Subscribe)

The production of the conscienceless cannon is very simple. It does not require any high technology or complicated craftsmanship. All you need is a gasoline barrel.

This means that unscrupulous cannons can be manufactured and promoted on a large scale.

This would be a good thing for the Eighth Route Army, which has a weak military merit foundation!

So when Su Zheng invented the conscienceless cannon and demonstrated it in front of the boss, division commander, deputy chief of general staff and others, the bosses at the headquarters were all shocked.

They did not expect that this homemade artillery was so big and had such a long range. They all praised the "Unscrupulous Cannon" as being very good and a great military achievement for the Eighth Route Army.

Subsequently, in order to enhance the artillery strike capability of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army headquarters decided to promote the manufacture of unscrupulous cannons throughout the army.

Su Zheng, with his own strength, made the Unscrupulous Cannon appear several years earlier, and greatly enhanced the artillery strike capability of the Eighth Route Army, which brought the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness to a new level.

The conscienceless cannon also performed well on the battlefield.

Although it had many shortcomings, it was used extensively by the Eighth Route Army.

Of course...all this is a story for later.

Now when Su Zheng saw these gasoline barrels, he thought of using the conscienceless cannon.

Although Duan Peng didn't know why Su Zheng wanted these gasoline barrels, he still strictly followed Su Zheng's orders and began to load these gasoline barrels onto the truck.

The entire Xinfengkou was completely under the control of the independent battalion.

Clean up the battlefield.

Statistics of battle losses.

Post-war processing.

Confiscate supplies.

Everything is proceeding in full swing.

I have to say that the independent battalion fought very beautifully in the battle of Xinfengkou.

It fully utilized the tactical advantages of infantry-tank coordination, and at the same time simply tested the power of blitzkrieg tactics.

The most important thing is that the combat effectiveness of the independent battalion after expansion was verified as a whole.

Overall it's pretty good.

Soon, the combat losses of each company and unit were counted.

In this battle, the independent battalion suffered a total of 421 casualties and 253 injuries.

The Yoshizawa Battalion and 2454 Japanese and puppet troops were completely wiped out, and 243 puppet troops were captured!

This record is quite impressive!

The battle loss ratio reached an astonishing 1:6!

This once again set a new record for the independent battalion's casualty ratio.

You know, the Battle of Xinfengkou was not an ambush or encirclement battle, but an offensive battle!

The Japanese and puppet troops had strong fortifications and terrain advantages...but even in such circumstances, the independent battalion was still able to achieve a casualty ratio of 1:6, which is extremely awesome.

It’s quite awesome.

Moreover, the Battle of Xinfengkou lasted less than two hours.

Xinfengkou was captured within two hours, completing the offensive.

This is quite incredible.

Previously, the 9th Brigade and the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army attacked the Xinzhongcun base, but they failed to take it after fighting for five or six days.

This is the difference.

Apart from anything else...if the independent battalion had 5,000 soldiers, it would not have been possible to win so easily.

Now all the equipment of the independent battalion has been updated, with many M1 Garand rifles and M134 Gatling machine guns installed.

Coupled with the increase in various types of artillery.

There were also four tanks.

The comprehensive strength in all aspects has been greatly improved, and the overall combat effectiveness has definitely been improved.

At the same time, the number of troops dispatched this time reached 10,000, who were well-equipped and had strong combat effectiveness...that's why they achieved such a beautiful record.

This is also the benefit of the War of Affluence.

If only a company of more than 1,500 people were sent to attack Xinfengkou, they might be able to capture Xinfengkou in the end.

But the casualties will certainly be huge.

Therefore, when the conditions permit to fight a war for abundance, Su Zheng will definitely fight a war for abundance so that he can win a quick victory.

After hearing the post-war statistics, Su Zheng nodded and said, "Well... not bad, this battle was fought beautifully. We took Xinfengkou at such a low cost!"

Zhou Weiguo at the side grinned and said, "Hehehe... Commander, this battle is not satisfying at all. There are only more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops, and many soldiers haven't even killed the enemy yet, and then the battle is over!"

"The entire platoon of our third company, the second platoon, didn't kill a single enemy... and two soldiers were injured because they ran too fast and fell!"

"I was speechless when I heard this... I pointed at the platoon leader's nose and said... you guys are so slow, you really can't even eat shit without getting warm! Hahahaha!"

"I have to say... it's really fun to fight like this."

He didn't kill a single enemy and ended up getting injured.

It turned out that he was injured in a fall.

This scene turns out to be somewhat familiar!

Because more than 10,000 independent battalion soldiers killed more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops.

There is not enough time to deal with one enemy per person.

Especially after the bombardment, the coordinated operations of infantry and tanks, and the attack of the cavalry company, when the main infantry units in the rear rushed up to fight the Japanese and puppet troops, there were not many Japanese and puppet troops left in the defensive positions... You need a gun to kill the enemy.

With such a disparity in the number of troops, it is natural that some troops or soldiers will fail to kill the enemy.

Some soldiers didn't even fire a single shot.

It’s not that he didn’t want to shoot, it’s that he had no chance to shoot.

Headquarters can’t just fire a shot into the sky, right?

So when many soldiers were just getting excited and ready to fight hard and kill one more enemy, they found that the battle was over.

This is really not satisfying.

Whether Zhou Weiguo kills many enemies or not...the battle is over.

Killing the enemy depends on stealing their heads... Can you believe this?

Su Zheng listened to Zhou Weiguo's words and smiled, "Hahaha, it must be fun to fight such a rich war!"