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The next step is to adjust the artillery of the artillery brigade and motorized infantry regiment. As for the artillery of the armored division and mechanized infantry division, self-propelled artillery is the most suitable.

However, the motorized infantry division is currently mainly engaged in mountain warfare. The artillery regiment is equipped with the Type 66 152mm cannon, which weighs nearly 6 tons. Except for being towed on a very small number of roads, there is no way to march quickly in other mountainous areas, which makes it impossible to directly provide fire suppression for ground troops.

The artillery battalion of the infantry regiment is equipped with the Type 83 122mm howitzer, which weighs 2700 kg. The power of the towing vehicle is good enough, so it can be barely used in mountain warfare.

Moreover, because the Japanese were not used to the mountainous terrain of the Tang Dynasty, they concentrated their main forces in the plains, which just happened to solve this problem.

Therefore, only a small number of artillery pieces need to be replaced to be used for mountain artillery battles when necessary.

This time, Xu Le chose not an ordinary cannon, but a rocket launcher.

The first rocket launcher to be put into actual combat was the EM39 vehicle-mounted rocket launcher, which was put into final production by the Soviet Union in 13. It began mass production and service in 41. This is the famous Katyusha rocket launcher in world history.

The Type 63 107mm rocket launcher is a towed rocket launcher designed and finalized by China in 63. It is an independently developed equipment by China and is recognized by the world as one of the three major guerrilla warfare weapons. Even in the 21st century, it is also a fire support weapon for many countries.

Its total weight in marching state is only 385 kg. After fixing the gun position and loading 12 rockets, its combat weight is 613 kg. Its maximum range is 8500 meters. The rocket launching interval is less than 1 second, and all 10 rockets can be fired within 12 seconds.

It can fire explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and armor-piercing bombs to attack tanks and fortifications.

This rocket launcher has two great features. One is that the gun body can be disassembled into several parts and carried by manpower. Even if it is not disassembled, it only needs a horse to tow it, so it is very suitable for mountain warfare.

Another feature is that the rocket can be launched in many ways. At critical moments, there is no need for a gun mount and it can be launched directly by using electric ignition at the bottom of the rocket.

Armored divisions and mechanized infantry divisions cannot use it, but for motorized infantry divisions, it is a super weapon that can meet all-round firepower strikes.

The price is 2000 military merit points per gun, and 100 guns are purchased.

In addition, there is another type of rocket launcher that Xu Le is interested in, that is the Type 63 130mm self-propelled rocket launcher.

The gun uses the NJ230 off-road vehicle as its chassis, with a total weight of 5570 kg in marching state, a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 10 kilometers, 10 launch tubes on the upper level and 9 on the lower level, and a launch interval of half a second. It can also fire all 10 rockets in 19 seconds.

This is the basic model. What Xu Le wants to buy is its advanced model, Type 63-1.

The chassis was upgraded to the Dongfeng 240 off-road vehicle, the magazine was enlarged, and the gunner's seat was increased. The entire artillery squad can move together in the vehicle, and the ammunition base is 95 rounds.

63-1式130毫米自行火箭炮价格为3000军功点，同样是购买100门。

至此，摩步师摩步团的炮营更改为两个83式122毫米榴弹炮连和1个63式107毫米火箭炮连，数量分别为12门和6门。

[The artillery of the motorized infantry division has not yet been mechanized, so it is better to change the infantry regiment into a motorized infantry regiment. ]

In addition, the infantry companies of all infantry regiments have added a fire support platoon consisting of three 3mm rocket launchers towed by BJ107 jeeps.

With the addition of this rocket launcher, the ability of each infantry company to fight independently has been further strengthened, and its firepower is comparable to that of a Japanese battalion.

而摩步师的牵引式炮团也更改为2个66式152毫米加农炮营和1个130毫米火箭炮营，分别是36门和18门。

The artillery brigade's four L4 howitzer battalions were all disbanded as their caliber was too small and they were originally used as temporary replacements.

全旅更改为4个66式152毫米加农炮营和2个130毫米自行火箭炮营，外加两个高射炮营。每营数量同样是18门。

In addition to the reconnaissance battalion consisting of 18 helicopters directly under the brigade headquarters, the artillery brigade has 9 battalions under its jurisdiction, and the conditions for all-round precision firepower strikes are completely mature.

At this point, the organization and equipment of the army have been basically completed. If there are any changes in the future, they will only be slight adjustments. For example, like this time, adding a company-affiliated fire support platoon, there will be no major changes.

轻武器方面也是不会再有变动，后续部队挺进平原地带的话，顶多是将66式152毫米加农炮换成86式152毫米加榴炮，也就是83式152毫米自行加榴炮的牵引式版本。

In fact, there is another cannon with more powerful firepower, the Type 89 155mm howitzer, but given that the caliber of the self-propelled gun is 152mm, in order to unify the caliber, Xu Le had to give up the deployment of the 155 caliber.

Xu Le, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, finally bought a large amount of ammunition and controlled the balance of military merit points to more than 50 rockets, which was enough to make the people in the equipment department suffer.

There is still one month left before the combat at the end of January. After receiving the new equipment, each regiment will intensify training, especially the helicopter training and rocket launcher training of the reconnaissance battalion.

Fortunately, 200 escort members have already been transferred to various combat units, so training is not a difficult task. In addition, each division has already started helicopter training independently in the first half of the year, so it is no problem to complete basic operations in one month.

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The efficiency of the National Guard has also become unusually high, perhaps because of the declaration of war on Japan, coupled with the importance of the 88th Army's operations. The construction of the Fenglingdu Naval Training Base has begun, and the Fenglingdu River Bridge is also being built simultaneously.

The number of people involved in these two projects reached tens of thousands. They were organized by the National Defense Army government and the people in the rear areas. Many engineers returned to China urgently after the declaration of war on Japan to participate in the war of resistance and rescue.

However, the issue of Yuncheng Airport has not been settled yet. Although the entire country's army is now dispatched by Commander Jiang, a special general, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is ultimately a local army. Suiyuan Province and Jin Province are Commander Yan's territories, which naturally includes the Yuncheng Airport that Commander Yan has vigorously built.

Commander Jiang wanted Commander Yan to hand over the Yuncheng Airport with just one sentence, but it was not that easy.

In addition, the 88th Army has had many frictions with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in recent times, especially the incident in Yicheng, which almost turned into a military conflict.

After obtaining a large amount of territory that originally belonged to him, Commander Yan seemed to be getting carried away, and his attitude towards Xu Le became a little confusing.

In order to complete the construction of Yuncheng Airport as soon as possible, Xu Le and Commander Yan made an appointment to hold talks in Linfen, and Commander Li, a member of the National Guard Government Supervisory Committee, acted as the intermediate coordination.

Commander Li is the leader of the Gui Army and one of the first-class generals of the National Guard. He is currently the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone and one of the highest military leaders of the Tang Dynasty. He once commanded troops in the Battle of Taierzhuang in 38 and achieved a major victory by annihilating more than Japanese troops.

In early January 42, at the Linfen 1th Mechanized Infantry Division Command, Xu Le, Jiang Feng, and Lu Shiyu participated in the meeting with Commander Yan and Commander Li.