The Japanese army is not Chongqing, which has almost no ability to produce weapons except for light weapons, and they have a lot of resources in their hands. If they do recognize the threat, they can at any time mobilize a large number of anti-tank weapons from other sources. Type 94 rapid-fire gun, Type 97 20mm automatic gun, Taisho 11 type infantry flat-fire gun.

Even when necessary, the 92 infantry guns and Type 38 field guns, which were heavily equipped by the Japanese army, could be temporarily used as anti-tank weapons. Even if they wanted, they could equip any unit they wanted in a short time with the new 47mm rapid-fire guns. In the first battle of Tongliao, it was not only the Anti-Japanese Union that learned lessons, but also the Japanese.

Although it has been proven in actual combat, most of these anti-tank weapons of the Japanese army, except for field artillery, are simply unable to fight against the British-made and Soviet-made tanks currently equipped by the United Nations. Not only is it impossible to pose any threat at long range, but even at close range it is almost none. However, at close range, there is still a considerable threat to the Soviet-made light tanks that resist the United Nations.

Especially under the multi-level firepower coordination, the light tanks of the confrontation coalition can even be said to be very threatening. At present, the Japanese do not necessarily know that the Anti-Japanese Union is equipped with Soviet-made medium tanks and British-made infantry tanks. Their original intention in doing this was to deal with the Soviet-made light tanks that had been used in large quantities by the Anti-United Nations in the previous stage of the battle.

In fact, the Japanese army has increased the deployment of anti-tank firepower on the front line of Chadong, which can be said to be both expected and unexpected for the Anti-Japanese Union. What really surprised Yang Zhen and felt that he had to pay attention to it was based on the information that the Japanese army had unloaded a large number of weapons seized from Southeast Asia from the port of Tianjin from North China.

The unloading of this batch of weapons and equipment at the port of Tianjin could only be given to the North China Front. If this batch of weapons and equipment was to be given to the Kwantung Army, it could only be unloaded in Lushun, Jinzhou, and Huludao, and it could only be used by the Japanese army in Central and East China in Shanghai, and definitely not Tianjin.

The Japanese army was not monolithic, and there were many factions and turf wars within it. Just as the supplies to the Kwantung Army will never be unloaded at the port of Tianjin, the supplies to the North China Front will never be unloaded at the port of Jinzhou. One is one, two is two, and the Japanese are very clear.

It's just that the underground party intelligence personnel in Tianjin are not military experts, but ordinary underground workers. Despite this extremely valuable information, it is not clear what the type of weapons is. Just know that there are quite a few artillery, as well as a large number of machine guns and a lot of ammunition. There are also dozens of armored vehicles, more than three hundred cars.

The arrival and quantity of this batch of equipment were kept strictly secret by the Japanese army. When this cargo was unloaded at the port of Tianjin, the port was all received by the Japanese. All Chinese, whether pseudo-workers or laborers, are strictly forbidden to touch the port. All the Chinese who worked in the port that day were taken from the dock to a port warehouse when the ship arrived, and were not released until all the weapons had been removed.

The stevedores used were the directly transferred Japanese garrison in Tianjin, as well as prisoners of war and laborers escorted from the Beiping prisoner of war camp. After loading and unloading, these laborers were put on the cargo ship that transported these supplies, and they did not know where they were sent and were not sent back to the prisoner of war camp at all.

And after the cargo was unloaded, it was sent to a train with a Japanese driver in the shortest possible time. When transshipment from Tianjin Port to the railway, all the Japanese military vehicles were dispatched, and all of them were covered by canvas. The train entering the station is also from outside the city, and there is no stop in the city of Tianjin.

This information was inadvertently learned from a Japanese lieutenant three days later by an insider of the Tianjin underground party stationed in the Japanese army garrison after everything had been completed. It's just that this guy doesn't reveal much, and the guy himself obviously doesn't know much.

However, although he did not know the exact quantity and model of this batch of weapons and equipment that were immediately transported away after being unloaded from Tianjin Port, Yang Zhen still felt the importance of this information. Judging from the current situation of the entire front line of confrontation with the Japanese army, Yang Zhen can be sure that the ultimate purpose of this batch of British equipment can only be the front line of Chadong and Chanan.

And Yang Zhen is even more certain that the amount of this batch of equipment is definitely quite a lot. Although the British army in Malaya is a bunch of miscellaneous cards, it is quite a lot in number. In addition, when the British lost the battle, they basically rarely broke the good habit of not being able to carry equipment. Especially in the event of a rout, they won't spare precious escape time to destroy those equipment.

If you want to talk about thousands of artillery, it is certainly not possible. After all, the vast majority of them were second-rate troops, and with the huge attrition on the battlefields in North Africa, the British would not give them too much first-class equipment. But at least hundreds of artillery pieces, large and small, there should still be some. The British were stingy with their allies, but often quite generous with their enemies.

What really worries Yang Zhen is whether these guns will be used as anti-tank weapons by the Japanese army. In the First Battle of Tongliao, the Kwantung Army used the captured Northeast Army's old-fashioned 77 field guns as large-caliber anti-tank guns with high-explosive grenades, which brought considerable losses to the 2nd Armored Brigade participating in the battle.

Although these temporarily rerouted field guns do not have special armor-piercing shells, the lethality of high-explosive grenades against light tanks is not small. A single shell hit at close range can destroy a tank with a huge explosive force. Even a modified light tank could not withstand it due to structural constraints.

The British army in Southeast Asia was not as powerful as the two-pounder guns of the Soviet 45-mm anti-tank guns, and he was not too worried. After the British two-pounder gun arrived in North Manchuria, the Anti-Japanese Union conducted extensive tests on this artillery. As a result, the power of this two-pounder gun is the smallest of all the anti-tank capable guns of the Anti-United Nations.

Its power could not even penetrate the front of the modified T-26 and BT tanks head-on, and the difference in power compared to the Soviet-made 45-mm anti-tank guns was very different. There was almost no threat to their own equipped Matilda II infantry tanks, no matter what the range.

The Maltida II tank was armed with a long time later than the two-pounder gun. When it was designed, the main defensive object considered was the German-made PAK 37 battle defense gun, which had similar performance to the two-pounder gun. The British themselves made this kind of spear, which could not penetrate the shield of their own design.

Even close fire could not destroy such their own tanks. For the threat of Soviet-made T three or four tanks, it is even smaller and almost none. Its power is a little stronger than the Japanese Army's Type 94 rapid-fire gun. It was enough to deal with the Japanese tanks, but it was almost useless to deal with the new tanks of the Anti-United Nations.

What worries Yang Zhen the most now is how many of the 25-pounder field guns that the Japanese army has transported to Tianjin can be used as large-caliber anti-tank artillery. Although the power of this field artillery is not as good as that of large-caliber howitzers, the range is not close. And when necessary, it can also be used as an anti-tank artillery, and the British army did develop special armor-piercing shells for this artillery.

The Japanese army has always used its advanced experience as a magic weapon, and after it has advanced experience in fighting in the Tongliao area, it will not fail to make extensive use of this advanced experience. If the North China Front was able to build a fortified area similar to Tongliao in Chadong, there would be no doubt about the advanced experience gained in the first battle of Tongliao.

In addition to the threat of 25-pounder field guns to tank clusters, another concern for Yang Zhen was whether the British army was a garrison in Southeast Asia and was equipped with the latest six-pounder anti-tank guns. This latest anti-tank gun of the British army, with an armor-piercing depth of 94 mm within 100 meters, is still quite powerful.

The two types of tanks that are ready to be used as the main force in the westward expansion operation still have a certain lethality. At least at a distance of three hundred meters, there was still no problem in destroying the T 34 tanks. At close range, there was also a great threat to the Maltida II tank.

It's just that what makes Yang Zhen a little angry is that he found Brigadier General Ross many times to ask him about the firepower configuration of the Commonwealth army on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, and this guy's answer almost didn't make Yang Zhen vomit blood. As a brigadier general of the British Army, he actually knew nothing about the firepower configuration of his army on a certain battlefield under the already extremely critical situation.

The Commonwealth army on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, how many artillery pieces are equipped with, and what kind of artillery they are, these things no longer have any secret value at this time. He, who was in charge of liaising with Britain's allies in the war against Japan, but he was a man from the British Far East Command, which was in charge of the Southeast Asia theater, didn't know anything.

As for how many of them the British might have lost, he was even more of a mess. Looking at this fool who couldn't provide anything useful except for urging himself to send troops all day long, Yang Zhen didn't know if he really didn't know, or if he knew and pretended not to know. Or maybe there was some instruction from his superiors that made him deliberately pretend to be deaf and dumb.

In the end, Yang Zhen, who was forced to be helpless, could only call the General Wavell directly through the American side. It took a lot of effort to finally learn what artillery the British Commonwealth army had deployed in Malaya and Singapore. And to this point, the British are still playing arrogant there. It was only told the type of artillery equipped by the British Anti-Japanese Union, but the specific number was pushed to 625, and they pretended to be confused.

As for Yang Zhen's question about the power of the 25-pounder cannon and whether the British army in Southeast Asia was equipped with armor-piercing shells, he did not give any answer at all. It is a big joke that the British have already lost countless guns on the battlefield, but the British are still keeping secrets from their allies.

The only useful answer to Wavell was that the British in Southeast Asia were armed with two-pounder anti-tank guns, not the new six-pounder anti-tank guns. This latest and most powerful British anti-tank gun is currently only equipped in the North African theater and not in other theaters. But as for whether the 25-pounder gun, which Yang Zhen was most concerned about, was equipped with armor-piercing shells, Wavell did not give any answer.

Holding Wavell's callback, Yang Zhen couldn't help frowning a little. In addition to scolding these Mi Ying ghost animals who hurt others and are not beneficial to themselves in their hearts, there is not much to do about these British people who are still careful about this bit of. And that Brigadier General Ross finally helped a little after thinking about it.

Although he, a former senior official of the Far East Command, did not know how many artillery pieces the British army was equipped with in the Southeast Asian theater. However, he told Yang Zhen that the British army should be equipped with various types of artillery in the wartime establishment according to the regulations. Of course, he was talking about the establishment that should be in accordance with the regulations when he did not participate in the war during the war, but it was not clear what he would have done for the temporary adjustment during the war.