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With suspicion, Xu Shuzheng continued to inspect, and walked to an open field and just saw a few officers fiddling with a few small cannons, although he hadn't seen it, Xu Shuzheng still recognized at a glance that this should be the so-called mortar in the national army, the Beiyang Army and the national army had already fought last year, and they had gone through a whole year of military confrontation, so they were also familiar with the establishment and equipment of the national army, knowing that the strength of a division in the national army was much smaller than that of the Beiyang Army, and the artillery regiment was only thirty-six artillery pieces. It was a third less than the artillery regiment of the Beiyang Army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But they also know that there are still a lot of small cannons called mortars in the National Army. Although the range of these small cannons is not far, but it is lightweight, and the power of the explosion is not small, it is good to use it for the infantry, although the Beiyang Army has also thought about equipment, but because this weapon is made by the National Army, foreign countries do not, and the Beiyang Army has also tried to make its own after controlling the Hanyang Arsenal, but due to various reasons, the cost of the mortar is high, the surname can be poor, and it is not as good as the mountain artillery, so it can be installed on a large scale like the National Army.

Xu Shuzheng has seen the appearance of this weapon and heard it many times, but the first time he saw the real thing, he immediately stepped forward and said: "How about this mortar, have you tried it?" ”

Immediately, a major replied: "This is the mortar we captured, there are four of them, one large and two small, the big one should be eight centimeters, and the small one is six centimeters." Some shells have also been captured, but they haven't been tried yet! ”

Xu Shuzheng said: "Oh, then try a few shots!" ”

The major said: "The lowly officials also have this meaning, because in the battle, this kind of mortar made us suffer a lot, and the five heavy machine guns we were knocked out were all shot down by this kind of small cannon, and now I want to see what this kind of small cannon has a trick." ”

When Xu Shuzheng heard that his five heavy machine guns were all shot down by this mortar, his face immediately became suspicious: "Oh, is this really the case? ”

The adjutant next to him also agreed: "This is indeed the case!" ”

Xu Shuzheng heard this confirmation, and immediately looked more solemn, as a young general, he is not as rejecting new things as those old-school soldiers, in fact, this is also related to the tradition of Beiyang, although the lack of self-made ability and tend to buy, but for weapons and equipment will generally choose new weapons, when the Gengzi Incident, the equipment of the Wuwei Army is no worse than that of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and Yuan Shikai's army has long begun to equip Manlixia, and Manlixia can be regarded as the top advanced weapons back then, Later, the 1888 Commission rifle was not bad, and the equipment was also in active service. And the artillery in the artillery is basically a good product that can be bought, such as the 1903 75-mm gun specially exported by Germany, such as the 38-year-old 75-mm gun in service, and the artillery balloon was also introduced early. The introduction of heavy machine guns was more renewable, as early as the First Sino-Japanese period, there were hand-cranked Hatch Chase heavy machine guns, said that after the heavy machine guns shined in the Russian War, Yuan Shikai even equipped each town of the Beiyang Army with 24 heavy machine guns, this number is no less than the national powers before the First World War.

The large-scale deployment of light and heavy machine guns finally reached the level of hundreds and nearly 1,000 units, which was after the outbreak of World War I.

The reason why the Beiyang Army does not have large-scale equipment is because of practical limitations, on the one hand, there is no way to purchase it, and foreign countries simply do not have similar products, even if foreign countries see the potential of mortars from design to finalization, and then carry out various tests to mass production, it is estimated that it will take one or two years later, after all, it is not a war period, and it is impossible to complete the appeal work in one or two months and mass production. After all, there are so many workers in the Hanyang factory, and there are so many funds, and the production of a mortar can be reduced accordingly, and the output of other ordnance can be reduced accordingly, plus the mortar is still a new business in the end, and whether it can play a great role for a while is another matter, so it is better to continue to build 57 mm mountain guns for the sake of insurance.

All this, coupled with the fact that the 60-millimeter mortars of the National Army specialized in heavy machine guns, did not spread to the ears of the Beiyang high-level leaders, so they ignored them a little.

When he heard that the five heavy machine guns lost were all knocked out by the inconspicuous mortar in front of him, he couldn't help but pay attention to it.

Immediately, a group of people were preparing to experiment with this mortar, because no one had used it, so the process was a little slow, and it was only after half a day that a shell was fired, although the explosion sound came from the open space in the distance, which means that the launch was successful, if you look at it this way, there should be nothing special, Xu Shuzheng didn't understand why his heavy machine guns were shot off by these mortars.

At this time, the major explained: "When we fought just now, those national troops should have fired at close range, the latest one was only two hundred meters, and the hit was very accurate, basically three rapid shots could knock out a heavy machine gun!" ”

Xu Shuzheng naturally saw the lightness of this mortar, after the decomposition, two or three people could carry it on their backs, and they could completely approach the front line covertly and then move the position after firing a few shots quickly.

"How many shells are there!" Xu Shuzheng asked, this cannon is good, and if there are many shells, it is also good to be able to use it. However, since there are no mortar shells at home, it depends on how many are captured.

The major said: "Not much, only forty or fifty!" ”

Xu Shuzheng said: "Well, less is better than nothing!" ”

Anyway, they are all captured, whether it is a mortar or a machine gun or a rifle and pistol, it can be used as soon as it can be used, there is no unified ordnance in the Beiyang troops, everyone who has captured what belongs to them, and they don't want the same as the national army The captured ordnance must be uniformly distributed to ensure the unity of ordnance logistics of each unit.

Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division did not stay in Mingguang for too long, and soon continued to move south.

The news of the fiasco of the Fifth Mixed Brigade in Mingguang came to Chen Yi and Shen Gang in the staff department!

"This Xu Shuzheng went south so quickly, and there are at least tens of thousands of troops, I think this is basically all the main force of Xu Shuzheng!" Shen Gang said: "The Fifth Mixed Brigade was ambushed less than two hours after it first arrived in Mingguang, and it was facing the enemy's superior forces, alas, it is normal for the Fifth Mixed Brigade to not be able to stop it!" ”

Shen Gang said this, the meaning of excusing Guo Chengdong here is obvious, but this is not because Shen Gang and Guo Chengdong have any friendship, but because the Fifth Mixed Brigade is now fleeing south, the morale of the army is unstable, and the morale has plummeted.

Although Chen Jingyun was a little angry in his heart, he was not the kind of person who came randomly, and he could understand the meaning of Shen Gang's words, and knew that now was not the time to be held responsible.

The Fifth Mixed Brigade was defeated, but this is not Guo Chengdong's responsibility alone, there are also other people's responsibilities, such as the General Staff that formulated this plan, the Fifth Mixed Brigade sent to Mingguang's Second Army Yuan Fang, and the Air Force, which is ineffective in reconnaissance, will implicate a large number of people if it is really investigated.

Moreover, during the war, no one can guarantee that they will maintain victory from the beginning, and it is inevitable that there will be victories and defeats in the battle between soldiers, and one defeat is nothing, but the important thing is to achieve the final victory. If the subordinate generals come to remove Chen Jingyun as soon as they are defeated, then it won't be long before he has no generals available, and it will also make many generals have self-protection Sith when they fight on the front line, and they will have dissent to him because of this.

So after thinking about it, Chen Jingyun did not intend to hold Guo Chengdong responsible, at least he did not intend to hold Guo Chengdong responsible: "Guo Chengdong was injured this time, I will send a telegram to express my condolences later!" ”

"In addition, this time the matter of the Battle of Mingguang has been covered first, and the news must not be revealed!" Chen Jingyun said contemplatively: "At this time, our army needs to win battles and heroes to boost morale, but it is impossible to have something that affects the morale of the army at this juncture!" ”

Shen Gang said: "I will understand, not many people know about the Fifth Mixed Brigade now, and the General Staff has already detained the corresponding information, and when I go back, I will order the Fifth Mixed Brigade to rush to the aid of Shahe Town!" ”

Rushing to the aid of Shahe Town and retreating to Shahe Town are two different things, but outsiders don't know, let alone those ordinary people, even the middle and lower-level officers of the National Army can't know the details of the matter, and only high-level generals can know the truth of this matter.

Although it sounds unpleasant to report good news and not bad news, it is necessary during the war, otherwise the news of a defeat on the front line would have come in three days or two days, and those who supported Chen Jingyun would not have to be greatly disappointed and worried. Of course, some armies' good news and bad news are limited to ordinary people, in order to avoid affecting morale, but some armies report good news and bad news just to deceive their superiors, and the surnames of the two are different.

Therefore, although the Fifth Mixed Brigade was defeated and fled south to Shahe Town, there was not a trace of rumors in the area ruled by the Nationalist Army south of the Yangtze River, and the newspapers talked every day that the Nationalist Army had won a great victory there, and trumpeted the great achievements of the Nationalist Army in capturing Hefei, Taizhou, and Yancheng, which created an illusion for people, that is, the Beiyang Army was already vulnerable, and the Nationalist Army would soon be able to completely take Jiangbei, and then win the decisive battle of life and death.

In this case, the sales of the 'unified bonds' issued by Huaxia Bank entrusted by the Finance Department of the Nanjing Republic began to rise, and many merchants began to buy them, after all, the interest rate of the unified bonds was very high, as long as the Nationalist Army could defeat Beiyang, the ability to repay would be guaranteed, and these unified bonds would allow them to obtain great profits at that time.

Under this seemingly good situation, the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army have launched a large-scale campaign around Chuzhou and even the entire Jiangbei region.

"Before winter comes, our army must take Jiangbei and reach Xuzhou directly!" This was the first thing Chen Jingyun said to the generals who came to attend the enlarged meeting of the State Military Commission!

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