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

They used to bully the Chinese army like this, so smug and arrogant. Now they're the ones being bullied.

Captain Lin nodded in agreement. He deduced that the Jin-Sui Army's main objective was Goose City, while Lan Pass was merely a diversionary tactic.

Once the enemy's artillery barracks are destroyed, the subsequent defensive battle will be much easier.

The Type 92 infantry guns assigned to their battalion can be effective. Under the suppression of their absolute range, even if the Jin-Sui Army had more 60mm mortars, they would not be of much use.

As for recoilless rifles, after such a long period of brutal beatings, the other Japanese soldiers have figured out the basic parameters of this weapon and have also taken many preventative measures.

However, since they learned about the power of this weapon, the Japanese have rarely deployed organized armored units when facing the Chinese army.

The cost of a recoilless rifle shell and a light tank is more than a thousand times different, and given the stingy nature of the Japanese, they certainly wouldn't do something so stupid.

Furthermore, research by Japanese military engineers revealed that this recoilless rifle could easily destroy their light and medium tanks, and even their heavy tanks under development could not withstand more than a few shots. This turned the enemy's proud armored forces into scrap metal, effectively crippling the Japanese.

It was precisely because of this that the Japanese navy seized the opportunity to propose the cancellation of all armored units in the army, using the saved steel to produce more warships and compete with the United States for hegemony in the Pacific.

After all, Japan is an island nation with an endless love for the ocean, and in addition, it is preparing to seize territory in Southeast Asia, so its demand for steel is extremely urgent.

Just as the Jin-Sui Army's mountain artillery units were bombarding the enemy's forward bunkers as usual yesterday, and the fighting was in full swing...

Suddenly, a shell hurtled from Languan toward our mountain artillery position. The artillery reconnaissance officer, responsible for observing the effects of the shelling, saw it and immediately shouted:

"Damn it, the enemy also has mountain guns. Everyone be on guard against artillery fire."

Although the message had been relayed back via walkie-talkie, it would take time for the other side to receive the information and react. By the time the artillery received the order to move, enemy shells had already been raining down, and at full speed.

Fortunately, when our artillery was hit by the first shell, all the artillery operators saw this and immediately withdrew from the firing position.

This was something their instructors had repeatedly emphasized during previous training sessions, and they were determined to strictly adhere to it.

In our army, those who can be selected for artillery, especially mountain artillery units, are rare talents. At least a primary school education is required, and an artilleryman who can command a mountain gun must have at least a junior high school education.

For the base area, cultivating such a talent is no easy task; it would take at least several years.

A mountain gun can be produced in a few hours at most on the assembly line, so even if it is lost, the impact will be minimal.

That's why we specifically formulated these countermeasures to protect our valuable professional and technical personnel.

The company responsible for guarding the area was an infantry company of the Jin-Sui Army. The company commander, seeing that his own artillery was being bombarded by the enemy, led his men to rush into the artillery position to rescue the artillery and personnel.

This was a death order given to him by Commander Zhang: to ensure the absolute safety of the mountain artillery position. In the eyes of other Chinese armies besides the Eighth Route Army, artillery with a diameter of 75mm or larger was more important than anything else.

In the company commander's mind, the combined value of all the men in the company couldn't compare to that of a single mountain gun.

This was mainly because the Chinese army was severely lacking in artillery, especially heavy artillery, which was more important than their lives to all the soldiers.

Sometimes, even if a platoon couldn't conquer a fortified enemy stronghold, a mountain gun might be able to take it down with just two shells. This is the powerful effect of firepower superiority.

There are currently three 75mm mountain guns and several hundred shells on the artillery position. If the enemy destroys them, their losses will be enormous.

However, as they approached the position, they encountered artillerymen who were retreating from the position.

Instructor Wang stopped the Jin-Sui Army soldiers who were rushing towards the position and specifically asked:

"Company Commander Xie, what are you doing? The positions ahead are under enemy artillery fire, it's too dangerous, we can't go in now."

"Instructor Wang, you lead the artillerymen to find a place to hide, and we'll go and take back the artillery and shells from the position."

Upon hearing this, Instructor Wang was greatly alarmed and hurriedly ordered all the artillerymen to block the Jin-Sui Army soldiers who were rushing in with red eyes.

"Company Commander Xie, there's no need to take the risk. If these cannons are destroyed, they're destroyed. Everyone's lives are the most precious thing. If they die, they're really gone."

"But these are three 75mm mountain guns. It breaks my heart to see such powerful artillery destroyed like this."

After hearing this, Instructor Wang offered heartfelt words of comfort:

"Actually, it's not a big deal. Our base area's industrial zone is already capable of large-scale production, so this kind of mountain gun is not unusual."

"However, we were caught off guard this time, which is also our fault for being too careless. We had been fighting too smoothly before and did not move our positions in time according to the artillery training standards."

"Who would have thought that the enemy at Languan would be so treacherous, hiding the mountain guns. We bombarded them all day yesterday without any reaction, waiting for us to completely lower our guard before delivering a fatal blow. What a vicious mind, what a treacherous scheme."

"Actually, when you think about it, we still suffered from a lack of battlefield experience. I'm not afraid to admit it, but since our mountain artillery company was formed, the biggest role of our mountain artillery has been to suppress the enemy's Type 92 infantry guns. But these two types of artillery are not even in the same league. It would definitely be easy to fight them."

"Actually, the mountain guns equipped by the Japanese army are one or two levels inferior to ours in terms of range, accuracy and power. We are not afraid of a real artillery battle between the two sides."

"But their artillery combat experience is too rich, and we probably won't be able to catch up in a short time. However, this is also a good thing. We can learn from this defeat and make up for it next time."

There's no way around it; this is the weakness of hastily trained artillery. Before, when they were shelling enemy bunkers or suppressing Type 92 infantry guns, it was just easy to beat them up.

However, there are many lessons to be learned that cannot be acquired simply by firing shells on the training ground.

If Kong Hao knew about today's situation, he'd probably laugh like a pig.