Rebirth of the National Marshal

Chapter 188 Blocking the Kwantung Army

"As for the logistics work on the front line, don't worry, Mr. Zhan Ning. I will definitely do my best. For every bullet these people fire, I will give them two. For every shell they fire, I will give them a truckload of them. As long as they are not afraid of death, the Japanese are nothing in their eyes." Mao Yuanshan's words also brought great confidence to the officers around him. For a long time, their training had not caught up with the Japanese, but I have an advantage that the Japanese do not have, that is, our weapons and ammunition can be used at will.

If the Japanese devils want to compete with us in firepower, they'd better forget it. When we prepare our artillery fire, we will directly carry out covering bombing. Especially after the troops are equipped with 100mm mortars, this kind of bombing will be even more powerful.

Although the 100mm mortar has a range of only six kilometers, its firing speed is quite fast. It can fire up to 38 rounds per minute at the fastest speed, which can directly blow the Japanese devils to pieces. Moreover, the power of the shells is still very huge, basically the same as the 105mm howitzer, or even a little more powerful than them.

The military industry department is currently working on a modification, which is to load the 100mm mortar on a vehicle, so that the mortar can be moved everywhere, and it can also be driven directly to the front line, and the artillery can be driven in front of the infantry to bombard the positions, thus making up for the -meter range problem.

Of course, it cannot stay there for a long time. If the enemy finds it, it must move quickly. It becomes a self-propelled artillery. This reform method was proposed by Mao Yuanshan, and the reform was completed by the military department. There are many capable people in the army. Mao Yuanshan only proposed an idea, and others did it well. Now many people in the army are modifying jeeps. You know, jeeps are very good.

If many modern people saw that there were still many Japanese grenade launchers in Mao Yuanshan's army, they would say that this thing is outdated. However, in actual combat, the soldiers liked it very much. This thing is easy to carry and weighs only a few kilograms. A single soldier can carry it. Within a range of 300 meters, it is more convenient than a mortar and can be operated by one person. The explosive power in the past is also not small.

This thing also caused considerable trouble to the Americans at the end of World War II. During the island warfare, the Americans' heavy artillery could not be pulled up at all. In some limited battles, their firepower was even worse than that of the Japanese, and they suffered heavy casualties. Mao Yuanshan learned from this lesson and required that a certain number of grenade launchers must be maintained among the soldiers.

Of course, the main reason is that there were no grenade launchers in this era. If there were grenade launchers, the grenade launcher could be completely retired. That thing is much better than the grenade launcher anyway.

The four security regiments sent out this time are all old troops where Mao Yuanshan started out. They have the largest number of veterans and the strongest firepower. With them leading the charge, Mao Yuanshan believes that they will definitely serve a delicious meal to the Japanese in the Northeast. It depends on whether you can eat it. Your weapons and equipment are also the best, after all, they are old troops.

It has to be said that Mr. Jiang Baili's strategic vision is absolutely ahead of the times. As of now, only one day has passed, and the Japanese headquarters announced that it would dispatch two divisions from the Kwantung Army to sail south to support the Central China Front Army. Just as they made this request, the Kwantung Army immediately suffered a devastating blow. All twelve airports in the territory were visited by the Chahar Air Force, and overwhelming bombs fell directly, almost destroying the Kwantung Army's more than ten years of construction.

More than 100 bombers plus more than fighter jets escorting them are basically the same as a Japanese flying division. Although the Japanese have long known that the Chahar Air Force is relatively strong, they never expected that their aircraft have reached such a level and have exceeded their flying force in the Northeast. The flying divisions in the Northeast were all lost at the beginning of the war and did not take off to fight at all. More than of the more than aircraft were destroyed at the airport, and the remaining ones were transferred to the airports in North Korea and did not dare to come out at all.

The Chahar Air Force destroyed all the airports in the entire Northeast region with only 26 aircraft. Although some simple airports can be built, this also takes time. You can build airports, but can you manufacture aircraft?

The current production capacity of the Japanese is not as terrifying as it was in the late stage of World War II. In the late stage of World War II, the Japanese could produce tens of thousands of aircraft every year, but now they can only produce more than 2,000 aircraft. Moreover, these more than 2,000 aircraft are divided between the navy and the army, not all of them belong to the army. Therefore, if the Kwantung Army wants to supplement this flying division, it is still unknown when it will be able to do so.

The eyes of the whole world were once again focused on Mao Yuanshan. This incompetent general brought them some topics to talk about. They thought he had calmed down a lot, but they didn't expect that he would directly deal with the flower of the Japanese Army at this time. The Kwantung Army was the most elite army of the Japanese Army. The Kwantung Army Command could bypass the Army Department and report directly to the headquarters, so the Japanese headquarters also knew the situation of the Kwantung Army. No matter how they boasted about it in normal times, it was now exposed. That is, the Kwantung Army was bombed every day. After losing the cover of the Air Force, the Kwantung Army lacked some necessary protective equipment. They were now thinking about how to avoid the bombing every day. The security regiment dropped hundreds of bombs on their heads every day.

There were more surprises from Chahar. Seven hours after the bombing, General Sun Liren rushed onto the battlefield with more than 100 Sherman tanks. This was the first time in the entire World War II that armored forces were the main force in the attack, so a perfect report card had to be handed in.

Otherwise, there would be voices within the army. Mao Yuanshan had invested too much in the armored regiment. The armored regiment's monthly expenditure could cover the expenditure of the other three infantry regiments. But Mao Yuanshan also had to let them know that the armored regiment could accomplish things that the infantry regiment could not with this expenditure. Therefore, General Sun Liren must completely annihilate this mixed brigade.

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