There is no way, the Kwantung Army, which is the most priority for the weapons and equipment of the Japanese army, has begun to be equipped with Type 90 field artillery and the new Type 95 field artillery one after another. This old-fashioned howitzer with a range not as far as the Japanese army's 94-type mountain gun, although its power is not small, but when it is used on the battlefield, it is to find its own death.

At that time, these bulky guys with poor mobility will not be able to reach others, and they will be too cumbersome to withdraw. And with the training of the Japanese artillery, the losses of these guns on the battlefield would be quite high. And this has already been a painful lesson. Therefore, after this battle, this batch of 122 howitzers was directly withdrawn.

Even the more than 70 F-22 guns with a long range that were bought from the warehouses of the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia or snatched by Wang Guangyu were not as popular as Japanese-style field artillery because they were too cumbersome. Although the number is not small, it has not been the main position in the Anti-Japanese Federation.

When it comes to new equipment, the Soviets have always placed more emphasis on the West than on the East. The latest equipment is equipped in all military districts in the western region. The military regions in the east are basically equipped with second-rate equipment. What's more, during the Battle of Nomenhan, the Soviet army was also expanding a lot, and the new equipment that had just begun to be mass-produced could not meet the needs.

During the Battle of Normenheim, the Soviets fought with old-fashioned artillery. The most widely used are the 1902/30 field guns and the M1910/30 122mm howitzers. Of course, at that time, the A-19 howitzer with the best performance in the Soviet army, as well as the ML-20 152 howitzer, were also numerous, and they were used as artillery directly under the army.

In the artillery battle with the Japanese army, it mainly relied on these two types of artillery. It was precisely by relying on the high power and long range of these two guns that the Japanese artillery was suppressed and severely damaged. As for the divisional artillery that participated in the most battles, it was still two old-fashioned guns, and the two old-fashioned guns suffered the most battle losses.

At that time, the F-22 field artillery, which had the best performance among the Soviet troops, did not participate in many battles at that time. The ones that the Anti-Japanese Federation purchased from the warehouses of the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia were transferred from the Western Military Region, which had already been reequipped, after the Soviet army transferred the original F 10 field artillery to the Outer Mongolian army.

However, although it was the latest division main artillery of the Soviet Army at that time, this kind of artillery was too long in length, difficult to maneuver, and had almost no weakness in cross-country ability. Using this artillery is a very troublesome and tiring thing. It is quite tiring to drag up the position and then withdraw again. It was quite strenuous to move under artillery fire.

When participating in the war, many artillerymen would rather use the old-fashioned Japanese-made 38 field guns than replace them with Soviet-made field guns with a much longer range. And these bulky Soviet-made field guns and their performance were not as good as the 122 howitzers of the Japanese army, which also directly affected the impression of the anti-United Nations artillery on Soviet-made artillery.

It was precisely because of this concern that Yang Zhen made a special trip to the artillery unit that was being reequipped. lest these guys play any tricks with themselves. Just like in the previous stage of the battle, at least half of the F-22 field guns equipped by the artillery units participating in the battle were left in the rear, and only more than 30 were brought to the front to participate in the battle.

Even the few guns of this kind were concentrated in frontal use. All the roundabout troops, not equipped. After the previous stage of the war, the artillery units reported that the demand for the withdrawal of these two types of artillery was quite strong. Some commanders even stated that the continued use of these two guns was irresponsible to the fighters.

At present, the medium-caliber artillery of the Anti-United Nations was originally dominated by Japanese-style and miscellaneous artillery. The troops did not welcome Soviet-made artillery, especially Soviet-made field artillery. Compared with the miscellaneous artillery used by the Anti-Japanese Federation and the original Soviet-made field artillery, these two types of Soviet-made artillery not only have excellent performance, but also have great differences in structure.

The most important thing is that the ZLS III 76-mm cannon, whether it is a flat-firing field fortification or an anti-tank, is far from being the same as the existing anti-Japanese cannon, and the more than 70 bulky Soviet-made F-22 field guns can be compared with each other.

Yang Zhen has great expectations for whether this cannon with excellent performance can replace the miscellaneous field artillery in the army. He didn't go on a trip himself, so he was a little uneasy. The lessons of the past were there, and he didn't want the matter of the F-22 field artillery to be repeated in his own troops.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that these two Soviet-made guns were far more popular than the Soviet-made guns that the original Anti-Union received. In particular, the ZLS-3 76-mm cannon was quite popular. The enthusiasm of the troops to change their uniforms is quite high, and Yang Zhen doesn't need to worry about it at all.

The troops who received this Soviet-made cannon were only slightly heavier than the Japanese Army's lightest Type 38 field gun, and lower than the Japanese Army's latest Type 95 field gun. However, the firing range is comparable to the Japanese army's best-performing Type 90 field gun, and the recoil is the smallest among all the artillery guns of the Anti-Japanese Union, the muzzle velocity of the shell is also the fastest, and the Soviet-made cannon with excellent ballistic performance is quite favorite.

This artillery relies on a high muzzle velocity, a high rate of fire of up to 25 rounds per minute, a maximum firing range of more than 13,000 meters, and high precision, and can easily suppress even the best performance of the Japanese army's Type 96 150mm howitzer. Except for the Japanese Type 92 105 cannon, none of the artillery equipped by the Japanese army's front-line field divisions can surpass this artillery.

Originally, when they received it, according to their original experience, the troops who were very resistant to these two Soviet-made guns fell in love with this artillery gun not long after they took over. The receiving troops were in full swing, and the speed of formation of combat effectiveness was very fast.

By the time Yang Zhen arrived at the artillery training base, the artillery personnel involved in the reception had basically mastered the technology of using this artillery. With two temporary artillery battalions, rapid deployment, withdrawal, single-artillery precision shooting, and artillery group interception and suppression shooting were completed. The entire training progress has entered the training of anti-tank firepower and single-gun anti-tank shooting.

Qiu Jintang, deputy commander of the artillery unit, who personally led the artillery redress training team for training, and several operational staff officers of the artillery headquarters personally explored the tactical use of this kind of artillery according to its performance during the training. When Yang Zhen arrived here, Qiu Jintang had already roughly come up with a new tactical training outline. Although further improvement is needed, the foundation has been laid.

In fact, the ordinary tactical suppression and fire interception of this artillery, and the ordinary direct aiming training of counter-fortifications are not much different from the Japanese-style field artillery. Only minor adjustments are required to suit the performance of this gun. The biggest difference is that as a medium-caliber anti-tank gun, anti-tank training is carried out. In particular, anti-tank group training, as well as mobile ambush training, must be started from scratch.

Although the Anti-Japanese Federation was originally equipped with 37 Bofors anti-aircraft guns, a small number of Soviet-made 45 anti-aircraft guns, plus the two-pounder anti-tank guns sent by the British this time. However, the performance of these miscellaneous small-caliber anti-aircraft guns is too far behind this gun, which can not only suppress firepower, but also conduct anti-tank combat. Neither the caliber nor the power, nor even the rate of fire can be compared.

At a distance of 1,500 meters, this gun can easily destroy the latest Type 97 tank of the Japanese army. It's just that the backwardness of sighting equipment limits the long-range degree of this artillery. But at a distance of eight hundred meters, there was no problem in destroying any Japanese tanks. Qiu Jintang made improvements in the use of tactics, with emphasis on anti-tank tactics.

The troops who changed their outfits here are in full swing, and the troops who continue to use miscellaneous mountain artillery over there are looking at the direct drool. In fact, according to Yang Zhen's original intention, each infantry division of this batch of artillery was given a cannon battalion directly under it, and the rest was organized into several cannon battalions directly under it as a mobile force.

However, considering that the second-hand artillery currently used by the troops, after long-term and high-intensity use, a large part of it has reached the end of life. In order to reduce the caliber of artillery in the troops, there are many artillery pieces with a small caliber in the troops, such as the Skoda Mountain Artillery and the 105 Field Artillery with only a dozen guns, and there is no need to produce artillery shells, and all of them have withdrawn from the front-line troops.

and the expansion of troops, the expansion of the number of artillery requirements of the original divisions. The 100-mm howitzer regiment that was originally directly under the artillery headquarters was all dispersed and equipped with various infantry divisions in caliber. The deficiencies will continue to be used with 75-mm mountain guns until later adjustments.

Therefore, after careful consideration, the artillery of the original part of the infantry division was adjusted. The original mountain artillery, excluding the scrapped ones, will be deployed by the headquarters in a unified manner. The artillery regiments of the infantry divisions numbered 1 to 12 were composed of two mountain artillery battalions and one field artillery battalion. Changed to two battalions of seventy-six-mm cannons, one battalion of hundred-mm howitzers,.

The divisions numbered 12 to 20 were equipped with a battalion of 76-mm cannons, a battalion of 75-mm mountain artillery, and a battalion of Polish-made or French-made field artillery. After the 20th, the newly formed divisions were all equipped with Japanese-made mountain artillery, but a six-gun cannon company directly under the division was added to be used as long-range direct-aim artillery.

As a result, a large part of the troops could not be replaced with this excellent cannon, and could only continue to use the original Japanese-style and French-made mountain artillery. Therefore, during training, those troops who have not changed their outfits can only salivate at these new guns with excellent performance.

When they saw Yang Zhen, the leaders of the troops who didn't catch this new cannon followed Yang Zhen and couldn't stop nagging and wanted to change their outfits. For these cadres, Yang Zhen can only tell them to wait patiently. Sooner or later, bread will be there, and these miscellaneous artillery that they are currently equipped with will be eliminated one day.

The current situation of the troops using too many calibers of artillery and the high logistical pressure is also clear to the headquarters. However, at present, there is not enough new artillery, and the old units can only be reequipped. When the Anti-Japanese Federation can produce itself, their troops will be redressed, but at present, it is the extreme to equip each division with a company. The most important thing now is to quickly master the skills of using new artillery, rather than rushing to change equipment.

It took Yang Zhen a lot of words to settle these grassroots artillery cadres who stretched out their hands to ask him for artillery. Fortunately, his prestige in the army is enough, and the troops below who have not changed their outfits are a little resentful. Under Yang Zhen's prestige, the cadres did not dare to be too entangled. Whether he really figured it out, or just figured it out, he didn't entangle Yang Zhen on this issue for too long.

However, Yang Zhen also knows that the problem of too many artillery calibers in the army will be solved sooner or later. It's just that the mass production of this gun will take time. The most important thing at the moment is to solve the current situation of insufficient shells for this batch of artillery, especially for the armor-piercing shells used.

However, there are not many armor-piercing shells that can be used by this artillery at present, but this artillery can be used universally, and there are still many explosive anti-personnel shells used in the F-22 field guns that are still in stock. If there is a shortage of artillery shells, the main ones are new armor-piercing shells and high-explosive grenades. As for ordinary anti-personnel blasting grenades, the number is barely sufficient. At least to meet the training of these cannons, it is still basically not a problem.