Rise From Eight Hundred

Tang Dao must be bright-eyed!

Compared to the semi-automatic rifles that can enhance the infantry's light firepower, these six big guys can raise the heavy firepower of the four-row regiment to a whole level.

Those are six Liao-made 16-year-old 150-caliber heavy mortars!

Barrel length  112.8) actual caliber 152, elevation range 45 degrees to 75 degrees, direction range 13 degrees, shell weight: 6/8 grenades 19/23 kg, initial velocity  210m/s  ; maximum range: 3340m (8 grenades), gun body weight 178kg; tripod weight 62.5kg; seat plate weight 68kg, total weight 310kg in array, total weight 508kg in array.

Not to mention its range of only 3,300 meters, just the 23-kilogram shells of this mortar are comparable to the existence of a 105 howitzer.

In fact, in the late period of the Central Plains War, it was precisely because the Northeast Army had a large number of 150-caliber heavy mortars that the anti-someone coalition quickly collapsed after the Northeast Army left the border.

In fact, its firepower was the best of the heavy firepower of the Chinese army at that time. Although its range was short, even the bunkers could not withstand that shot, let alone the flesh and blood.

Perhaps this kind of artillery could not compete with the Japanese 105 howitzers and other heavy artillery due to the range problem, and could not suppress the Japanese artillery group, but it was more than enough to support the front-line infantry, and it was easy to hit the heavy machine gun positions. Except for permanent fortifications, any other fortifications were vain in front of its 23 kg heavy artillery shells, and it was an absolute weapon to cover the infantry.

Moreover, this 16-year heavy mortar, which evolved from the Liao-made 11-year 150 heavy mortar, was equipped with a gun carriage and an ammunition carriage that could hold 10 shells to enhance mobility. Two or three draft horses could drag this gun and shells to march.

For such a heavy artillery, 20 people are enough for an artillery squad, which is about the same as the number of people required for an 82-caliber mortar.

Even the Japanese Kwantung Army was delighted when it seized this artillery from the Northeast Army camp after the September 18th Incident. It was used in large quantities in the battle between Nomonhan and the Polar Bear, causing great losses to the Polar Bear, which had already entered the mechanized stage.

Tang Dao believes that Pang Dahai, the company commander of the first artillery company, will definitely like it. However, don't get excited to get started, because the fat is too good to be sick.

"Thank you, Brother Gu! In the future, if the 662 Regiment has any requests, the Four-Line Regiment will help it, even if there are thousands of mountains and rivers!" Tang Dao held the hand of the colonel in front of him and promised solemnly.

After all, the 49th Army is different from the 67th Army, which Tang Dao has had a life-and-death friendship with.

The 67th Army and the Four-Line Regiment not only rely on each other on the battlefield, but also have each other in them. At least one-third of the backbone of the Four-Line Regiment comes from the 67th Army. The two armies seem to belong to different systems, but no matter from the degree of closeness or the actual connection, the two armies share weal and woe, and prosper together and suffer together.

The 49th Army is just a friendly army of the 67th Army. Faced with the favors offered by others, if Tang Dao just thanked him like he did to Comrade Lao Wu, it would be unworthy for others.

Facing Tang Dao's solemn promise, Gu Huize smiled slightly and did not refuse to accept it.

He has been following his military commander for a long time and knows his mind. These six 150-ton heavy mortars that were not originally on the weapons list are his investment in Tang Dao and the Four-Line Regiment. If there is an unexpected harvest, it will certainly be a pleasant surprise. If not, the Northeast Army, which is still a big family, can afford to waste these six guns.

But in fact, Gu Huize didn't know that there were other twists and turns in this. If he hadn't seen that Wu Dajun, who was only below him, valued Tang Dao far more than he imagined, Liu Junzuo, who had basically secured the position of the leader of the Northeast Army, would not have casually invested 6 150 heavy artillery in a small infantry regiment.

The arms in the Northeast Army's luxurious secret arsenal can equip 8 infantry divisions, but they are mainly light firearms. For example, the total number of 150 heavy mortars is only 48, which is definitely not so easy to give away.

That was also before the war when the leader of the Northeast Army expressed his attitude to Comrade Lao Wu: Our Northeast Army is one, and I not only did what you asked for, but also exceeded it.

As for giving Tang Dao a favor, it was just a little bit of a hand.

At least at the current stage, an infantry regiment with a strength of only more than 2,000 people is not enough for a big boss who can be promoted to the second-level general in the future to be regarded as a backhand and chess piece left in the overall situation he has laid out.

In the game of big men, if you want to be a pawn, you must have the qualifications to be a pawn.

But neither Gu Huize nor Liu Junzuo, who made the decision to send the cannon and then put it behind his mind, might have thought that it was these six cannons that would exchange a huge favor for his 49th Army.

In the past, the 49th Army, a strong army in the Northeast Army, suffered from the Japanese gas warfare in the Shanggao Battle two years later, and lost its elite troops. Since then, its combat effectiveness has been much worse than before. Since then, there has been no record of fighting against Japan in the past few years. Liu Junzuo was even responsible for this and was transferred away by the Supreme Commander on this pretext.

Although the number of the 49th Army was not revoked, it was actually in name only, almost equivalent to the annihilation of the army.

Tang Dao naturally knew this history. He not only wanted to repay this favor, but also didn't want to watch this strong army disappear under the wheel of history.

And Tang Dao believed that if he was given two years, he would have enough financial resources to repay this big favor.

Why did the Japanese risk the world's disapproval and frequently use poison gas? It was nothing more than bullying the Chinese army's limited funds. Even bullets had to be counted, not to mention the equipment of gas masks.

With these six cannons, Tang Dao and Gu Huize were originally quite compatible, and the atmosphere was even more harmonious.

Tang Dao originally did not want to increase the capacity of the Four-Line Regiment to the limit, which would slow down the marching speed, but when he saw that the Northeast Army was so rich, he naturally had to bite his teeth and turn the equipment of one infantry regiment into two.

After the whole regiment was reunited, they all changed their equipment.

The rifles and machine guns currently equipped by the Four-Line Regiment are also varied for various reasons. The bullets of the three rifles, the Type 38, the Zhongzheng, and the Hanyang, are not universal. The battle of Guangde even consumed all the various ammunition stocks.

It happened that we took this opportunity to change the equipment and unify the standard, which also reduced the difficulty of military supply and logistics.

Gu Huize didn't care about Tang Dao's request. The military order from the military headquarters was to give him as much as the Four-Line Regiment could transport. Anyway, the war was imminent. If the weapons were not distributed, it would only benefit the Japanese.

The equipment of the two reorganized infantry regiments not only squeezed the transportation capacity of the baggage company to the limit, but also a large cart was loaded with nearly one ton of equipment, and the packhorse was burdened with nearly 100 kilograms. The new baggage soldiers also realized that the monthly salary of 10 yuan was not so easy to earn.

Even the weakest soldiers carried four rifles and six grenades.

But they had no right to complain. Not to mention that the guards and cavalry companies, the elite of the Four-Line Regiment, were all hung with weapons on their bodies and war horses, even Tang Tuanzuo, Deputy Tuan Gong, and Chief of Staff Zhuang were carrying more than 30 kilograms.

That night, after hosting the three colonel-level officers of the Four-Line Regiment for dinner, Gu Huize only slept for four hours, because the Four-Line Regiment had received and loaded all the equipment and was about to set off. He hurriedly washed his face and rushed to the village to see Tang Dao and his party off. He saw a colonel and two lieutenant colonels carrying five rifles and full of grenades on their waists.

That may be the regiment commander who looks most like a transport soldier that Gu Huize has ever seen in his life, but perhaps that is also the regiment commander who made Gu Huize's throat choke and didn't say a word for a long time.

"Brother Gu! See you on the battlefield someday!" Tang Dao smiled and saluted his colleague who hurried to see him off but didn't say a word, then turned around and left with his warhorse carrying two boxes of artillery shells.

In order to load the equipment of the two infantry regiments, all the troops of the Four-Line Regiment from him became transport soldiers, and the warhorses were naturally no exception. The elites of the cavalry company also became horsemen to lead the horses.

Watching the huge convoy and personnel of the Four-Line Regiment disappearing in front of him, Gu Huize, who had not spoken for a long time, finally sighed: "The strength of the Four-Line Regiment is not in the so-called archery! It is strong in cohesion. With such a group of officers who are willing to treat the soldiers equally, how can the soldiers not die for them? The so-called unity of officers and soldiers refers to this!"

The eyes of the officers standing beside the army colonel flickered, but no one spoke.

Because they knew that even if the commander in front of them could do this, they couldn't do it. If they worked hard to become an officer, but still had to be treated the same as the soldiers, what should they do so hard for? Being an officer is not just to enjoy better treatment than others!

Not only these officers who have been in the old army for a long time know this in their hearts, but Gu Huize, who was sighing, also knows that the four words of unity of officers and soldiers are simple to say, but it is just a mirage in practice. No one is willing to give up the privileges they have obtained for these four words, not to mention that he, a small regiment commander, cannot change all this, even his commander cannot.

Under the guidance of the stubborn idea of ​​"officialism", the cohesion of officers and soldiers that officers dream of can only be a dream.

This point may only be achieved by the army in the Anti-Japanese War. For the "crazy" ideal, those great people were once extremely pure.

However, power is like an addictive poison. Once you have tasted it, you can't extricate yourself. Some people finally forget their original intentions.

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