"New artillery?"

In Ping'an County, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhang Dabiao, Cheng He, Yan Sheng, Xu Husheng and others all looked at Li Yunlong in a puzzled tone.

This time, the regimental commander summoned them to a meeting, saying that it was to discuss equipping the troops with a new type of artillery.

"Yes."

Li Yunlong nodded:

"Although we have a large number of artillery now, with 105 howitzers, 105 mountain guns, 160 mortars, and 240 heavy mortars, considering future offensive operations, there is still a lack of a highly mobile and powerful body-barreled artillery."

"Yes."

After listening, Ding Wei was the first to nod:

"Judging from the last battle, we really need a barrel gun that is more powerful than the 105 howitzer."

Ding Wei went on to explain:

"Although the 105 howitzer is powerful, it can be prevented by thickened field multi-layer civil and engineering bunkers, and now the devils have also begun to strengthen their positions, and the damage to the positions is not as great as before."

Everyone nodded.

They know this very well.

In the past, the position of the devils could be smashed by 75 guns, but at that time, life was hard, let alone 75 guns, and the grenades of the troops were all made in the border area of black powder, and the kind that smoked when thrown out.

Now, the devil's position is digging deeper and deeper, and it is getting stronger and stronger, 105 howitzers and sixteen-kilogram shells, foxholes, trenches, and obstacles are still one cannon at a time, but the field civil fortifications are already difficult to destroy.

The effectiveness of the shelling is getting worse and worse.

Ding Wei continued:

"As for the 160 mortar, this thing is too poor to maneuver and is not suitable for following the troops."

The rest nodded again.

The total weight of the 160 mortar is only 1.5 tons, which is much lighter than the 105 howitzer, but in terms of mobility, it is really far inferior to the latter.

The mobility of a gun depends not only on its weight, but also on the speed of marching, deployment, position transfer, and so on.

At the moment when the half-track traction overflowed, in comparison, it only took a few minutes to redeploy the 2.5-ton 105 howitzer, but the 160 forced at least fifteen minutes, and the accuracy was poor.

If it weren't powerful enough, it would have been eliminated a long time ago.

Previously, the machine plant was still planning to use a half-track vehicle site, plus 160 mortars, to increase mobility, the design was simple, and the prototypes had been successful, but because of production capacity problems, there has been no large-scale modification.

As for the 240 heavy press, let's not mention it, the preparation time for the shelling is more than an hour.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Li Yunlong smiled and was very satisfied with Ding Wei's words:

"Lao Ding is right, considering our next offensive plan, the troops need a powerful and mobile body-barreled artillery to follow the troops to provide fire support."

"Boss Chen's new artillery is coming out again?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up in unison.

With each new weapon, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment increases considerably.

"Yes, there's new artillery, though."

As he spoke, Li Yunlong took out a stack of materials:

"The caliber of the new artillery this time is up to us."

"Decide the caliber yourself?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the materials on the table.

"More than 105, 210 caliber, we choose, the range is also decided by ourselves, Brother Chen is responsible for the design and manufacturing, so the performance of the final finished product depends on our needs."

Li Yunlong continued.

"Interesting."

Ding Wei suddenly became interested and began to carefully look through the information on the table.

"Then what else can be said."

Kong Jie slapped the table directly:

"Directly on the 210 caliber, the firing range is the largest, anyway, now we have no shortage of shells, nor lack of towing vehicles, the greater the power of the artillery, the better."

Although Regiment Commander Kong is no longer in the front line to command operations, and chooses to organize production and construction in the rear and manage the construction brigade, he is still the commander of the new Second Regiment, and the establishment of the New Second Regiment is still there!

He still has a dream of crisscrossing the battlefield in his heart.

"210 caliber, 65 times caliber, standard grenade range thirty-eight km, with electric base, winch, fully automatic loader."

Li Yunlong squinted and glanced at it:

"How's this cannon going?"

"Thirty-eight km range?"

Kong Jie's eyes lit up instantly:

"Then choose this."

The rest of the people also looked at Li Yunlong one after another, and they had an attitude towards this cannon.

The corners of Yan Sheng's mouth twitched and asked:

"It's a naval gun."

210 caliber, 65 times the barrel, this artillery barrel alone is more than ten tons, plus the electric gun mount, fully automatic loader, the minimum is more than fifty tons, who can afford this thing on land.

Only warships can get up and down.

"The total weight of a single tube is sixty tons, and the total weight of a duplex is ninety tons."

Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie:

"You went to the front on your back?"

Grand Master Kong came back to his senses from the excitement, thought about it carefully, and immediately smiled.

He was too excited to hear about the new artillery just now, and he had hardly gone to the front line to direct operations recently, and he had been obsessed with developing the rear economy, so he didn't think too much about it for a while, just thinking about the artillery, the more powerful the better, and the longer the range, the better.

"This cannon can be used as a shore defense cannon in the future."

Master Kong's eyes rolled, and he immediately changed the topic.

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Li Yunlong unceremoniously scolded:

"In these days, aircraft carriers and planes are king, and coastal defense artillery has a fart use."

Grand Master Li has heard Brother Chen say that future naval warfare is not only the world of aircraft, but also missiles, although Grand Master Li still does not know what is missile, but he has already remembered it.

"Look at what you can."

Kong Jie rolled his eyes and stopped speaking.

At the same time, he also began to think about going to the front line more in the future.

"An artillery, the important thing is to consider the comprehensive performance, weight, range, power, etc., not too much emphasis on one or the other, but also to consider the weight of the shell, too heavy shells will increase the burden on the artillery crew."

Ding Wei finished reading the information in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Our next combat target is the devil, the north, and the northeast, what the troops lack is an artillery that can follow the troops and destroy the devil's standard field civil bunker."

"As for the heavy fortresses, there were 240 heavy bombs, there were bombshells dropped by aircraft, infantry support and fire suppression had 105 guns, 120 mortars."

"Considering the weight, range, and mobility, I recommend choosing the caliber in the range of 120 to 130, and the firing range is about 18 kilometers, the caliber is too large, and the range is far, the weight will exceed the standard."

"Our country's infrastructure is simply not able to meet the long-distance mobility of artillery of more than five tons, and the batch of German-made 150 of preserved fruit has suffered losses in this regard."

"Lao Ding, let's coincide."

Li Yunlong smiled again.

The rest of the people, including Kong Jie and Yan Sheng, the commander of the artillery battalion, also nodded one after another.

All of you here are front-line commanders.

The advanced equipment in the hands has increased, the problem of starting from scratch has been solved, and even the number has begun to overflow, and everyone has begun to think deeply about what weapons the troops need.

After such a long battle, everyone has a deep understanding that artillery is not even powerful, and the longer the range, the better, and it is also necessary to consider the environment of the battlefield, the mobility of the troops, and the situation in the face of the enemy.

The caliber is in the range of 120 to 130, the firing range is about 18 kilometers, the power and range are enough, and it can also follow the troops at any time.

Of course, the more the better, and there is no need to discuss this.

"Then, let's choose 122 caliber."

Iwamori spoke.

As an officer who had been trained by instructors in the north, he had been angry for a long time about the Soviet-style 122 howitzer, which was very powerful, and the government once asked if he could support a few, but the other party ignored it at all.

"Nope."

Ding Wei said suddenly:

"Boss Chen said that this new artillery is different from any kind of artillery in various countries, and it will not only be equipped, but also produced equipment and technology, that is to say, this is a brand-new artillery, which is our own artillery."

"Then we have to choose a new caliber, our own caliber."

"Our own caliber."

Thinking about this sentence, everyone's eyes lit up and their hearts were excited.

"So, I think, you should choose 125 caliber."

Ding Wei said and took out a form of information:

"125 shells, the standard anti-personnel grenade weighs 26 kilograms, the power is enough to destroy field civil fortifications, the weight of the shells is also within the tolerance range of the artillery, if you choose the range of 18 kilometers, the weight of the whole gun is only a little more than 3.2 tons, the maneuverability is guaranteed, and it can also shoot directly at the anti-armor and artillery towers."

"Moreover, 125 caliber, the main artillery of the current countries of the world, does not have this caliber."

Although the Soviet-style 125 tank guns were famous in later generations, they are not yet bubbling.

"Then it's settled."

Li Yunlong clapped his hands:

"Brother Chen said that the new artillery can be supplied within three days, then, starting from this month, the first battalion of artillery and the second battalion of artillery will begin to fully replace with 125 howitzers."

"Yes."

Iwamori stood up and saluted.

Subsequently, Li Yunlong pressed the iron communicator in his hand and informed Chen Fan of the decision.

At the same time as receiving the news, the system interface opened, and a new artillery barrage unfolded.

"125 Howitzer (based on D30)"

"28 times caliber, triangular frame, semi-automatic vertical wedge bolt..."

Beginning the morning of the next day, 500 new artillery pieces appeared in batches in the Zhao Jiayu unloading area and were transported to the artillery battalion by road. Yan Sheng organized the artillery team for the first time and began to explore.

As for the 105 howitzers that were reequipped, of course, they were given to other base areas.

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Meanwhile.

Jin City.

Twenty-five Devil planes have already arrived near the airfield and have begun to descend in altitude.

"It's a big airport."

At the first glance of the airport, the devils were red-eyed.

At present, the airport has three main runways, and each one is two kilometers long, there are more than 50 aprons, and even a closed hangar, which does not look like a field airport at all.

Instead, it's a permanent airport.

"The first group, attack, the rest hovering and standby."

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, the devil commander ordered.

Five bombers, including the lead aircraft, then began to dive, leaving the remaining ten bombers circling and the remaining ten fighters spreading their vigilance to the perimeter.

When those five bombers descended to an altitude of two thousand meters.

"Fire."

Fumino immediately let out a loud roar, and the one hundred and twenty anti-aircraft guns that had already been ready to fire fired in unison, and more than two hundred lines of fire were like tongues of fire, entangled the devil plane team in the sky.

In the air, the five planes seemed to be caught in a rain of fire.

"Yaga"

The captain of the devil command, who was preparing to dive and bomb, watched this scene, and immediately felt a tingle on his scalp.

Looking back, what he saw in Heyuan County was the same scene as it is now, such a dense anti-aircraft fire network, at that time, the five bombers he led were all shot down at an altitude of 3,000 meters.

Damn the independent regiment, it actually deployed anti-aircraft fire at the level of an integrated division and regiment at the airfield.

Isn't this a field airfield that has just been formed?

"Pull up, pull up."

Cursing in his heart, he was not satisfied with his movements, and immediately pulled up the altitude and loudly reminded the rest of the pilots.

But it was too late, and the five bombers that were caught in the fire net, except for the devil leader who reacted the fastest, the remaining four were shot down on the spot.

"Nani?"

Four bombers were shot down on the spot, which made the devil leader stunned.

Is it so efficient?

There are not only many anti-aircraft guns below, but are the shooters who control them all top shooters?

"Haha..."

Looking at the four planes that fell, the commander of the air defense battalion, Fumino, laughed proudly.

In order to train the air defense technology of the air defense battalion, after consulting with the regiment commander, he used real aircraft for training, both to practice air defense with real aircraft.

An electrical master used radio and other equipment to assemble a set of radio remote control devices, although it cannot fight, such as throwing bombs, but it is no problem to control the plane at close range and fly in a straight line and at high speed.

After consuming more than 150 fighters, the air defense battalion has extremely rich combat experience and its air defense efficiency has greatly increased.

"Go on the offensive."

Gritting his teeth, the devil leader ordered the flying squadron to continue the attack.

This time, he learned his lesson, five bombers attacked in multiple levels, and even sent fighters to disperse the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, creating a breakthrough hole for the bombers, and placing the bomb drop at a height of 2,300 meters.

This height made it possible to avoid the threat of 20-mm anti-aircraft guns.

But.

In the face of the anti-aircraft battalion that has been in 'actual combat' for a long time, the effect of this hand is still very poor.

Of the last five bombers, only two successfully dropped bombs at an altitude of 2,000 meters, and the remaining three were shot down and dropped at an altitude of 2,300 meters.

"Yaga, keep attacking..."

Gritting their teeth, the devil pilots attacked again, this time lowering the bombing altitude and again using all the fighters to attract anti-aircraft fire, but the attack had just begun, and the highly maneuverable fighters were attracting anti-aircraft fire from the separate regiment.

Suddenly, five fighters sprang out of the clouds.

Huang Quan made a move.

Seeing that the devil fighters were all attracted, he immediately led the team to rush out and launched an attack on the devil bombers circling around.

"Nani."

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Three hours later.

Central Henan, the front command of the Japanese army.

"General."

A staff officer rushed out:

"The flight group that bombed the Jincheng airport suffered heavy losses, and only five planes came back."

"Nani!"

Gangmura Ningji stood up suddenly.