Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Of course, these are future plans, and we will talk about them later.

Jiuzhang received the information from the intelligence reconnaissance personnel who went forward, and immediately notified artillery platoon leader Zhang to adjust the artillery firing parameters.

After doing all this, he roared loudly:

"Fire, fire!"

This roar also represents the roar of millions of Shanghai residents against the invaders, a roar that everyone has been holding in their hearts for too long.

After hearing the order, Platoon Leader Zhang quickly picked up a mortar shell and loaded it into the barrel. The next step was to fire all the shells as quickly as possible and then quickly disguise and evacuate.

Two shells made sharp sounds and hit the place where the enemy gendarmerie was gathering, while the Japanese gendarmerie was still making their final speech.

For many of the Japanese soldiers here, this is probably the last time they will hear lectures from their superiors.

Colonel Hirata had just said a few polite words when he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the air.

Just as others were still wondering why there was such a strange sound in the sky so late at night, they all looked up at the sky.

However, some veterans from the battlefield still heard something unusual. Their faces changed drastically and they shouted out:

"Nani, no, it's a mortar shell, hide quickly."

Although the Chinese armies are equipped with more and more 60mm mortars, the ordinary Japanese soldiers hate this weapon, just like when we faced the Japanese grenade launchers.

It can even be said that only troops equipped with enough 60 mortars can completely suppress the enemy with firepower.

Especially in the confrontation between our infantry company and the enemy infantry squadron, we have mortars, while the enemy only has grenade launchers, which is a complete crushing situation.

If the Japanese tried to launch another sudden attack on the position, they would be greeted with endless bullets and artillery shells.

Except for a very small number of reinforced squadrons, the enemy's other ordinary infantry squadrons are not equipped with Type 92 infantry guns. This is our biggest advantage at present.

While some new recruits were still looking around, some veterans had already laid down randomly according to their experience on the battlefield. Standing there foolishly at this time was seeking death.

But the place is so small, and most of the enemies are gathered together, so crowded that there is no room to hide.

In addition, our artillery position was less than two kilometers away from here, and the shells exploded among the enemy crowd in a moment.

The Japanese military police never dreamed that they would be bombarded in a heavily defended place like Shanghai. According to their usual reasoning, this was simply impossible.

To be honest, their gendarmerie is not a very important department. Although they have done a lot of things that have angered the people, most of them are soldiers, so there is no need to bombard them with artillery.

It was precisely because the enemy's gendarmerie was carrying out some arrest missions and was far away from the battlefield's artillery fire that we caught them off guard.

Two shells exploded directly in the crowd, blowing dozens of people away at once. After all, these were high-explosive mortar shells produced by our base, filled with the most powerful yellow explosives on Blue Star. Their lethality is greater than that of the most powerful shells of the same caliber from the Hans Country.

Who says our base has the best processing equipment in the world, coupled with reckless investment and future technology?

After all, in other industrial powers, mortars are not mainstream artillery. People care about the better the caliber. On the European battlefield, 75mm guns are embarrassing to show off. The main artillery are 105mm, 155mm howitzers, and even 203mm heavy artillery.

Every large-scale battle involves the bombardment of thousands of heavy artillery pieces. The grand scene makes people's blood boil.

The 60mm light mortar has a range of only two kilometers. To be honest, it doesn't even have the right to speak on the battlefield.

But we have no other choice. China's transportation conditions are too bad, and artillery larger than 100 mm requires heavy trucks to transport, and we don't have that many troops.

At present, our troops have only formed three heavy howitzer regiments, which are still in the secret training stage. They will give the enemy a big surprise in the decisive battle in the future.

When there was no other choice, our military industrial forces gave priority to developing mortars of various calibers, especially 60mm mortars, which were company-level support weapons.

As the saying goes: If you don’t have enough caliber, you can make up for it with quantity.

China's army is basically light infantry, and only this kind of weapon, where three or five people can carry mortar parts and shells all over the mountains, is most suitable for our army.

At present, we have opened three mortar production lines in the Eighth Route Army base, and there is also one on the New Fourth Army side. We produce 2,000 mortars and more than one million shells every month.

It is precisely because of this foundation that the Chinese army was able to withstand the invaders' attacks on all fronts, continuously kill a large number of the enemy's manpower, and even slowly recover lost territory in some places.

Although it may be possible to recapture three or five less important county towns in a week, this is an excellent phenomenon.

In the past, when facing unprecedentedly powerful enemies, most Chinese people lacked confidence in victory. After all, the invaders' industrial strength was overwhelming us.

But now it is different. Although there is still a big gap between the industrial strength of the enemy and us, at least in terms of light weapons, we are not bad, and we even surpass them.

In addition to regular troops, a large number of militias are also equipped with mortars, and their offensive capabilities are also very strong.

If a guerrilla team of fifty people has a mortar, it will be no problem to ambush an enemy infantry squad. Even if they cannot defeat them, they can rely on the advantage of the terrain to defeat them quickly and thoroughly. An enemy squad is equipped with a few grenade launchers at most and cannot defeat our mortars at all.

Sometimes small victories, when accumulated, can become a big victory. As long as we persist, we will be the winner in the end.

This time we also caught the enemy by surprise in Shanghai, but this good thing can only be effective tonight. If we want to use mortars to launch a surprise attack in the future, it will be much more difficult.

However, it is not without benefits. At least the enemy will definitely strengthen their vigilance in key departments in Shanghai, which is equivalent to indirectly forcing a large number of the enemy's manpower. For us, it is also a profitable business.