Rise From Eight Hundred

The 28 150-caliber howitzers were the heavy artillery captured from the Austrian army when the German Empire occupied Austria years ago.

Although the transport weight of this artillery produced under the authorization of Bofors reached 5 tons, it can push a 41-kilogram shell up to 9 kilometers away, far exceeding the 150-caliber howitzers currently equipped by the Japanese Army.

The 150-caliber howitzers currently used by the German Empire’s military are basically Krupp’s 150-caliber howitzers. The guns are larger and the performance is inferior. However, due to the influence of Krupp, this batch of captured artillery was not adopted by the German Empire’s army.

In this way, even if Tang Dao tripled the price to get this batch of heavy artillery that was somewhat useless to the German Empire, it would still be a very cost-effective deal.

Tang Dao doesn't have to worry about the shells. As the arms company that is best at developing artillery, Rostav not only transported this batch of artillery from afar, but also prepared 2,000 shells for Tang Dao. The price of one shell is only 30 US dollars.

The total price of 1.4 million US dollars seems to be a sky-high price, but for the Chinese army, which is extremely short of heavy artillery and has no channels, it is good to have something to sell.

Naturally, it is still the old rules. Rostav will split the artillery and transport it to Fengfeng Coal Mine by special train.

During this period, although China and Japan fought fiercely in southern Hebei, both sides tacitly avoided the Fengfeng Coal Mine area controlled by the Germans, which covers an area of ​​tens of square kilometers.

The Japanese now want to hold on to the big legs of the mustache, and use the German Empire to launch a force on the European battlefield until Southeast Asia, which has rubber and oil. Don't say that they didn't catch the sore spot of Krupp Company. Even if they caught it, it is estimated that they would turn a big thing into a small thing.

On the Chinese side, the Japanese were already a great enemy, and they were unwilling to easily provoke the German Empire, which had already taken the whole nation on the chariot. Naturally, they repeatedly ordered not to attack the territory controlled by the Germans.

It was under this delicate political situation that Rostav, with the check of Tang Dao waving and the spying on the future president of the company, started his own sword-tip dance.

In less than two months, under the noses of the Japanese, 28 150 heavy artillery and a German-equipped division were transported to Fengfeng Coal Mine, and then the Chinese transported these equipment to Taihang Mountain in the way of ants moving.

In mid-November, the 921st Division reorganized the entire division.

Except for the two main brigades, the 683rd Brigade and the 685th Brigade, the newly-built troops and columns of each number were reorganized into six newly-formed brigades, namely the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th, and another number was reserved for the establishment of the independent advance detachment.

According to the two leaders, whoever can strengthen his strength in the Japanese-occupied area and compete with the ace brigade like the 683rd Brigade, then the organization of this independent advance detachment will belong to that unit.

This statement greatly discouraged the brave generals in the 921st Division. In their opinion, this organization may have to be shelved.

What is the current strength of the 683rd Brigade?

Not to mention that Brigade Commander Cheng is one of the famous three heroes of Huangpu Military Academy, and his command and combat level is even praised by the one far away in An County, not to mention that the commanders of several major main regiments under his command are all famous brave and brave generals in the 80th Army, not to mention that more than one-fifth of the cadres and soldiers under his command are veterans and elite soldiers who have fought in more than a hundred bloody battles during the long transfer of thousands of miles.

Just talking about the brand new equipment that was just replaced a week ago, it makes people envious.

Just say that the 772nd Regiment, according to Wang Xiaoqiang: the strength of his current 772nd Regiment can challenge the entire 683rd Brigade a year ago.

That's not because the 772 regiment now has 5 main infantry battalions with a total strength of 5,000 people.

That's because each infantry company has 80 1924 standard Mauser rifles, 12 MP28 submachine guns, 24 Mauser pistols, 9 Czech light machine guns, 6 60 mortars, and 3 Maxim heavy machine guns.

And this is only the light firepower of the infantry company. At the battalion level, its direct fire support company has 9 heavy machine guns and 9 82 mortars, and its heavy firepower has exceeded most infantry regiments.

At the regiment level, it is even more exaggerated. The artillery company directly under the regiment has 4 75-caliber mountain guns, 4 150-caliber mortars, 4 37mm anti-tank guns, and 4 Surotong 20mm machine guns.

16 artillery pieces of different calibers and functions are enough to enable any infantry regiment to have independent combat capabilities.

No wonder Wang Xiaoqiang, who received the new equipment, was so confident that he dared to say that he could compete with the 683rd Brigade, which was once feared by the Japanese army. Even if the 683rd Brigade had 6 150mm heavy mortars a year ago, it was not as good as the current 772nd Regiment in terms of heavy firepower, not to mention light firepower.

Brigade Commander Cheng Da had already laughed his mouth off. He dared to distribute the captured mountain artillery and the 150mm heavy mortars supported by Tang Dao to the three main regiments, so naturally he had better ones.

The 683rd Brigade now has an artillery battalion, an engineering battalion, a communications battalion, a baggage battalion, a special service battalion, and a medical team.

The artillery battalion is under the jurisdiction of: 3 howitzer companies (12 75MM mountain artillery), 1 anti-tank gun company (6 37mm anti-tank guns), and 1 anti-aircraft gun company (8 20MM anti-aircraft guns).

With the heavy firepower of the brigade and regiment, even if a Japanese division came, his 683rd Brigade could fight it head-on.

Originally, Brigade Commander Cheng had been eyeing the high-rate machine guns called "Widow Makers" currently used by the Four-line Regiment, and planned to use MG42 to replace the squad's Czech 24 light machine guns. It was Tang Dao who returned to Zishan who persuaded him.

Although the MG42 has a high rate of fire, it has the most fatal disadvantage - it consumes too many bullets.

An ordinary squad light machine gun only fires 300 to 400 rounds of bullets in a battle, and the chief and deputy shooters can carry guns and ammunition to complete the battle.

But even if the shooters use MG42 sparingly, they still consume 1,000 to 1,500 rounds of bullets. For example, in the Battle of Zhaojiazhuang, some crazy shooters actually fired more than 2,000 rounds of bullets in an afternoon.

That means that if an infantry company has 9 guns, it will have 20,000 rounds. A regiment has at least 12 infantry companies. A main regiment like the 772nd Regiment has 18 infantry companies.

The machine guns alone consume nearly 300,000 rounds of bullets, and that may be just one day on the battlefield.

This horrific amount of bullets consumed, not to mention that Brigade Commander Cheng shook his head and said he couldn't afford it, even Commander Tang himself had a headache.

The four major infantry battalions of the Sihang Regiment, 12 infantry companies plus the rest of the combat sequence, are equipped with at least 200 MG42 machine guns. After a war, just to serve this "master", 500,000 rounds of bullets must be reserved, plus semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, that's a million.

No wonder Teacher Xiao He complained about the frontline officers and soldiers being too wasteful every time he met him. Even though the production line of the bullet branch of the Sihang Regiment Arsenal was running 24 hours a day, the workers worked in two shifts, and the machines didn't stop when people rested, there was not much inventory left after more than half a year.

Can you believe that an arsenal that can produce 800,000 rounds of bullets a month can store less than 2 million rounds of bullets in a year?

Of course, this is also related to the idea that Tang Dao requires new recruits to have a lot of live-fire training. In addition, it is normal to consume millions of rounds of bullets a year, as they are sold to friendly forces such as the 921st Division, the 38th Army, and the 12th Division at cost.

Everyone wants good weapons, but with the current strength of the small arsenal of the 80th Army, it is definitely not enough to supply the MG42, a bullet-eating monster.

So, in Tang Dao's words: It's like falling in love. No matter how much you love someone, the person you eat with picks his toes, the person you read with sings folk songs, and the person you just want to sleep with snores loudly. It's easy to fall in love, but it's hard to stay together. The most important thing is to be suitable!

Although the Czech light machine gun has a low rate of fire, it does not require much bullets, and its performance is enough to suppress the Type 96 light machine gun, which is currently the main equipment of the Japanese army.

Countless battlefields in time and space have proved that this machine gun is very suitable for the current Chinese army!

"Your child may not look at your young age, but you have rich experience in love and marriage! Tell me the truth, have you ever cheated on your sister-in-law?" Seeing that Commander Tang had such a rich life experience even in equipping weapons and equipment, Brigade Commander Cheng's eyes widened.

To be honest, although Commander Cheng is in his early 30s, he is still a novice in love and marriage. Even if he has been married once, it was because they were like-minded. There would be no future little butterfly like Tang Dao with so many things.

At this time, people can break through the shackles of the family and have the power of their own choice to find the person they like, which is already an extremely remarkable breakthrough.

"Don't talk nonsense, you know Tan Tai's personality, she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. If I dare to betray her, I guess the title of anti-Japanese hero regiment commander will not work, and I will be scolded to death by the whole world. I guess only the Japanese will stand aside and applaud." Tang Dao rolled his eyes, and he was quite self-aware.

"Then what's going on between you and that little foreign girl? I heard that the American lady and you have something unclear." Brigade Commander Cheng changed his usual smiling face and was rarely serious.

"That's the God of Wealth of our Four Lines Group. Without her, where do you think the food and precision machine tools came from? Moreover, when China was in such a difficult time, I was busy dealing with the Japanese and had no time, so how could I have the time and energy to get involved with a foreign woman." Tang Dao rubbed his nose and could only answer with a wry smile.

"Of course I know you, but since ancient times, beauties love heroes. You don't have that intention, but you can't stop others from having that intention. In personal relationships, I am your brother and comrade, and at work, you and I are comrades-in-arms, so I also take this opportunity to tell you. Keeping a proper distance is a respect for yourself and others, especially now that you have become a benchmark for China's anti-Japanese war, you must not fall in the matter of men and women!" Brigade Commander Cheng warned earnestly.

"Well! I don't need to worry about this. Brother Cheng, please rest assured. Mingyue also knows about Laura and I. She trusts me, and I will never let her down." Tang Dao nodded.

"Okay!" Seeing Tang Dao's sincerity, Brigade Commander Cheng was no longer serious.

This was also a rare time for Brigade Commander Cheng to give a formal warning to Tang Dao about his private life. Tang Dao was too important to the North China battlefield and the 80th Army Group.

Although even Brigade Commander Cheng didn't know who would eventually get the independent advance detachment approved by the An County headquarters and vacant, based on his understanding of the leaders, this organization was probably reserved for someone.

In addition to the Four-Line Regiment, looking at the various units below the division level of the 80th Army Group, who could have the level to face the 683 Brigade, which had been fully refitted?

That almost indicated that in the minds of the leaders, this young soldier who emerged in the Anti-Japanese War was as important as these famous generals.

In the face of the magnificent national war, the love between men and women was originally a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning, but as Tang Dao's guide, Brigade Commander Cheng naturally did not want to see Tang Dao overturn on this.

"Hehe, then, in addition to bringing such a big surprise to me, your brother, did you gain anything else during your trip to Tianjin this time?" Brigade Commander Cheng smiled and turned the topic to another direction.

"Of course, this time, in addition to going to Krupp Company to find Mr. Rostav to finalize this batch of arms orders, I also went to Citibank to meet Miss Laura." Tang Dao did not hide it.

After being introduced to the party by Brigade Commander Cheng during the New Year, Tang Dao reported to Division Commander Liu on his work outside the battlefield in recent years.

The Four-Line Regiment has developed almost by leaps and bounds in the past year, and the reason for the crazy import of various weapons and equipment has finally come to light.

Using a drug invention to earn US dollars crazily in South America thousands of miles away is enough to make the big guys dumbfounded.

But Tang Dao's ability to use negotiations with the Japanese to get in touch with the top executives of the largest arms dealer in the German Empire and to "hook up" with the direct heir of the Rockefeller family by taking some money made a group of uncles sigh from the bottom of their hearts: It's great to be young!

"Not only must you be young, but you must also be handsome, and most importantly, you must have strength! That little guy is such a young man with three qualities." It was still the one who made a summary of Tang Dao with a smile.

Tang Dao's thoughts returned to the day he met Laura.

On the third day after arriving in Tianjin, Tang Dao, wearing a suit, walked into the headquarters of Citibank in Tianjin.

In order to avoid being seen, Laura did not go downstairs to greet him in person, but after Tang Dao, as a customer, needed to withdraw an amount higher than 100,000 US dollars, the senior manager took Tang Dao to the general manager's office.

"Tang, long time no see! I was not able to attend your wedding last time, sorry!" Laura, who was sitting on a wide chair, had a hint of sadness in her blue eyes when the door closed, but she still greeted Tang Dao gracefully.

"Miss Laura, long time no see. My wife and I like the gift you gave me very much. She asked me to convey her gratitude to you! This is a return gift from my husband and me." Tang Dao took out a small box from his arms and handed it over.

"Oh! My God, this is a masterpiece of nature combined with the charm of oriental culture. I really like it."

Although she is the heir of a big family, Laura never pretends to be pretentious. She opened the box in front of Tang Dao.

It contained a jade Buddha, a gift from Mrs. Tan Tai. She originally wanted to give it to her first grandson, but Tan Tai Mingyue felt that in such a war era, children would climb up and down in the countryside every day, which would be easy to damage, and they would definitely be in the nursery with the children of their comrades. Don't stand out because of a precious jade Buddha.

I heard that Laura likes oriental culture. Last time, she bought hundreds of the latest German Empire submachine guns, which were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. This jade Buddha worth tens of thousands of dollars is just the right gift for her.

"Tang, do you Chinese have a saying: men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha?" Laura happily placed the emerald jade Buddha under her neck. "Isn't it beautiful?"

South Americans are well developed, and their skin is even tighter and fairer when they are young. A large piece of snow-white with delicate and juicy green makes Tang Tuanzu, who is as tough as he is, feel dizzy. He is usually talkative, but at this moment he is a little speechless.

Seeing that Tang Dao, who always had a firm gaze, had a wandering gaze at that moment, Laura smiled slightly.

In front of this steely straight man, she finally regained some confidence.

"I like this gift very much, but this does not mean that I will make unreasonable concessions in the negotiations later. Tang, please understand!" The little foreign girl asked Tang Dao to sit down, looked at Tang Dao with blue eyes, and said seriously.

At this moment, Laura is still Laura, but she is no longer Miss Laura, but General Manager Laura who is responsible for all affairs of the Far East Branch of the Rockefeller Family.

"I need food, more machine tools and these weapons! But your company will definitely be satisfied with the conditions I pay." Tang Dao did not care and gave his answer in the same formal way.

The chips Tang Dao took out were still the design drawings.

In addition to the "Iron Fist" anti-tank rocket launcher that had been handed over to Rostav, and the bazooka rocket launcher invented by the United States, Tang Dao also took out a shotgun and ammunition that completely surpassed the World War II period in advance.

Americans prefer shotguns and use them in the Pacific battlefield to compete with the Japanese army for control of islands.

However, the ammunition they used was too weak and completely lost the charm that a shotgun should have.

Tang Dao provides two types of ammunition, one is a burning type with a large amount of magnesium particles, which will be called the "Dragon Breath Bullet" with sparks and lightning in the future, and the other is a special armor-piercing bullet for future military and police to break through obstacles.

Tang Dao requires that this armor-piercing bullet can break a 12mm steel plate at a distance of 200 meters.

Tang Dao believes that although these two types of ammunition will not be invented until decades later, with the current technology and mechanical processing capabilities of American cowboys, as long as they are given the design, they can realize it.

You know, under the oppression of war, the crazy Americans even put nuclear fission, a terrible thing that is enough to bury the entire human race, on the war stage a few years later.

The German Empire, which announced its surrender in June, actually did not lose anything. Japan, which was two months later than them, eventually became the first nation on this planet to experience the great terror.

Then, they simply knelt down.

With this kind of gun that can shoot a large area, the Japanese can charge and attack the trenches in groups. The front of the trenches is simply too wonderful.

Of course, if it is used in urban street fighting, that is the stage for the shotgun that "sparks and lightning all the way" to show its prowess.

Tang Dao has a hunch that it may not take too long before the battlefield between him and the Four Lines Army will be in those steel jungles.

He must find a melee weapon for his comrades that is more effective in killing people. Even if the damned ones hide behind the wall, they can be blown to pieces with one shot!

"These two rocket launchers have their own advantages and characteristics. With your country's excellent military industry capabilities, you will make the best choice. I hope that after mass production, you can ship me 2,000 units and matching ammunition and mass production design drawings, which will be used to offset the patent royalties. And for this kind of gun, I need 1,000 and 1,000 spare parts within half a year!" Tang Dao made his request.

"You are really a devil born of war as the Japanese said!" Laura looked at Tang Dao's design drawings and various technical requirements and parameters marked, and her face was a little pale.

She certainly knew what these weapons targeting armor and personnel would cause after they were produced, which would lead to more soldiers dying on the battlefield.

"The Japanese are wrong about one thing. I came to this world because of the war they started. If they must define me as a devil, then for my 400 million compatriots, I am willing to turn into a devil and kill them until they bleed!" Tang Dao smiled.

"But I hope to meet you in heaven one day!" Laura looked at the man she loved who seemed gentle and refined but was actually full of murderous intent, and said softly.

"The Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will? But before that, I have to kill them first." Tang Dao shook his head calmly.

There has never been such a thing as empathy in this world. No matter how much Laura sympathizes with China, her country and nation have not been involved in the war. How can she understand the deep hatred of the Chinese people who have experienced several massacres for the Japanese?

If we can wipe out the Japanese pirates and return our mountains and rivers, what does it matter if the Chinese soldiers fall into the abyss of hell forever and never see their loved ones?

"Deal, I will do my best!" Laura stretched out her white hand and shook hands with Tang Dao.

But Tang Dao didn't know that there was a wish in Laura's heart that was never said: "Then I hope that one day, I can meet you by the Forgotten River!"