Anti-Japanese War: Unlimited evolution of arms, becoming the king of the northwest

The Jaap's heavy artillery brigade is definitely a strategic force in the Jaap's army.

Not to mention those mortars with a caliber of more than 300 millimeters.

Just the various large-caliber howitzers equipped by the heavy artillery brigade are quite amazing.

In addition to the mortars, they include 40 Taisho 7-type 150mm caliber heavy cannons, 20 90-type 240-caliber heavy cannons, and 10 96-type 305-caliber heavy howitzers.

The power of these heavy artillery is no joke, it is really scary when it explodes.

For example, the Type 90 240 heavy cannon has a shell weight of 185 kilograms. When loading, a special loading rail vehicle is required to load it into the barrel.

Its range reaches 16 kilometers, and when it falls on the ground and explodes, its killing radius exceeds 80 meters. If such a shell hits a field fortification, at least one platoon of troops will be eliminated from the organization, and the people in the fortification will If not killed by the explosion, he would be killed by the huge shock wave.

As for the larger caliber 305mm howitzer, the weight of the shells alone reaches 300 kilograms, not to mention the power. Basically, if one shell hits the fortification, a company will evaporate from the world.

Under normal circumstances, these extremely heavy heavy artillery basically rely on trains and military trains for transportation.

And every time an artillery position is built, the position cannot be too far from the railway.

When unloading the heavy artillery from the train, it is necessary to lay rails beside the train, then use the crane on the train to assemble the artillery beside the train, and push it through the rails to the constructed position before proceeding. shelling.

Even for the little Japanese artillerymen who have been trained for a long time in this process, if they want to set up the artillery position, it will take at least several hours.

If you encounter complex terrain, it often even takes several days.

The entire Jaap's heavy artillery brigade, with several thousand people, basically serves these heavy artillery.

There were more than 3,000 people just laying railroad tracks, preparing the ground, and building positions.

Then add in the number of air defense troops, security troops, and a heavy artillery brigade, and the total number is tens of thousands.

The position range of the heavy artillery brigade is not to cluster the artillery together. Depending on the needs of the battlefield, when necessary, the artillery position of a heavy artillery brigade can even be ten kilometers wide.

It is because these heavy artillery are difficult to serve, so Hisao Tani knows very well that he cannot continue to wait for the heavy artillery brigade to cross the river.

Otherwise, the yellow flower tea will become cold.

When he saw Tsukii Bridge, Hisao Tani's first thought was the field heavy artillery regiment that was destroyed last night.

Obviously, Liu Yu must have done it on purpose. Although Songjiang is not a big city, the city walls are also very strong.

Without the field heavy artillery regiment, the Sixth Division itself no longer had effective artillery for attacking fortresses.

Therefore, the fire support of the heavy artillery brigade is also needed to capture Songjiang.

And now Liu Yu has blown up the Yuejing Bridge, obviously to control the position of the heavy artillery brigade on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

"Mr. Guangtian, you must be careful. I estimate that Liu Yu will definitely attack your artillery position. Remember the lesson learned last night. You must protect the artillery shells and not let the other side succeed again."

Although Hirota Koki is also a very proud person, he is not a fool.

Last night, he did not want to experience the explosion of the field heavy artillery regiment again.

After all, once the shells used by the heavy artillery brigade exploded, it would be a disaster. It's like destroying heaven and earth

"Don't worry, General, I won't give the attackers any chance. Hirota Hongyi said seriously.

As a professional artilleryman, he naturally knows how to prevent artillery shells from exploding on the position.

After all, this is also an essential skill for artillery. As for the ability of Hirota Hongyi, the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, Gu Hisao really trusted him. After giving an explanation, he immediately ordered the troops to cross the river at the side with the lowest current.

As for the heavy artillery brigade, they did not need the protection of the Sixth Division. After all, the heavy artillery brigade itself also had a powerful force. To protect the troops.

However, when the little devil was crossing the river, round mines suddenly popped up in the water along with the roar of the river.

These mines quickly jumped out of the water, and then under everyone's shocked eyes, They exploded one after another.

With a flash of fire, a large number of steel balls in the anti-infantry jumping mine penetrated the bodies of the little devils next to them like fairy flowers. For a moment, the slightly turbid river surface that had been stepped on by the little devils , was immediately stained red by the blood of a large amount of little devils.

Seeing this scene, Ushijima Mitsuru suddenly had a look of resentment on his face, and loudly ordered:"Continue to cross the river!"

Although hundreds of people were killed, the little Japs still crossed this small river as always.

After seeing that the anti-infantry jumping mines they left behind had taken effect, the eyes of each of the little Japs were all drawn. Attracted.

Liu Yu, who was on the tree crown, quietly came down from the tree crown and lurked under the tree. Under the tree, he had already dug a personal trench.

This was a very deep personal trench. And it was dug directly under the tree roots, leaving only a gap between the big tree and the ground, through which the outside situation can be observed.

At the same time, this observation port also ensures that there is some slight light inside, and Ensure that there is air circulation inside.

Liu Yu entered the trench, picked up a wooden board that had been prepared, and covered the entrance to the individual trench.

There was a thick layer of soil and vegetation on the surface of the wooden board, which was covered with After that, it is the best disguise, and even if there is a kid standing on this wooden board, it can still support it steadily. The woods where Liu Yu is located is on the edge of Yuejing Bridge. The kid wants to stand on the wooden board. To build an artillery position here, only the area near this forest is the most suitable.

As for whether the little devil will cut down the trees, Liu Yu is not worried about this. Even if the trees are cut down, his hiding will not be affected.

After all, the little devil can Without the time to dig out tree roots, the open space on both sides of the road is enough for the Japs to set up artillery positions.

What's more, the heavy artillery loaded on trucks can only build positions near the road.

In this regard, the Japs' heavy artillery brigade , that was absolutely no choice.

As the Sixth Division was crossing the river, the Little Japanese's heavy artillery brigade also began to take action.