Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

The reason for choosing the howitzer is simple. Lin Qiang cannot just abandon this base.

Wanting to launch a large-scale war is not a trivial matter for the Japanese. Without the consent of that bastard Yoshio Shinozuka, other Japanese in northwestern Shanxi would not dare to act on their own.

During this time, we can vigorously produce howitzers and join forces with other teams to resist the Japanese attack.

Kong Zhuoyin and Ding Zhaqiao have worked together before. I believe that they will definitely not refuse if we ask for their help.

Of course, to be honest, Lin Qiang was not sure whether Chu Yunfei could help him this time.

After all, there has been no explanation for the Dagu Town incident yet.

Even without the help of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Lin Qiang was not worried about losing the base unless the Japanese dispatched large-scale bombers and tanks.

A 150mm howitzer can be produced in half a month. This is the source of Lin Qiang’s confidence.

How destructive is the 150mm howitzer?

Enemies within a radius of 20 meters from the center of the shell will be mixed with mud with one shot, and countless shrapnel will be scattered in a radius of 50 meters, causing greater damage.

More than a hundred meters away, even if you don't die, you will lose the ability to move for a short time.

One artillery shell weighs about 30kg. The destructive power caused by the explosion of such a shell is truly huge!

Even when faced with a tank that is running rampant on the battlefield, it can be easily blown to pieces with one shot.

The Type 96 150mm howitzer has a range of over 10 kilometers. How far is the base from the county town?

As long as we don't care about the safety of the people inside and outside the city, and advance more than 30 kilometers towards the county town, we can feed the shells into the mouths of the Japanese.

With such a powerful weapon in hand, Lin Qiang was not worried at all that the Japanese would send a large army to attack the base.

As long as they dare to come, we can make them lose their battle within ten kilometers!

Even if there are no trucks in the base, five or six horses can serve as tractors.

If the Japanese could give Lin Qiang a month, he would be more confident about the upcoming battle.

Two howitzers with a firing rate of 4 rounds per minute can definitely allow the Japanese to eat and drink enough and rest on the spot.

Even if the Japanese could withstand the howitzers and rush to the close point, what awaited them was a series of bombardments from infantry guns and mortars.

Closer?

That is the combined welcome of assault rifles and Garands, along with light and heavy machine guns and rifles.

Ideas are just ideas, and Lin Qiang is not really that optimistic yet.

After the entire team withdrew to the base, Lin Qiang immediately began to prepare the howitzer production workshop.

At the same time, the manufacturing drawings of the howitzer and the drawings of the artillery shells were used on Xu Lin.

After doing all this, Lin Qiang stopped the production of Garand and infantry gun shells except for the assault rifle production line.

Xu Lin didn't know what was going on. When the knowledge of howitzer manufacturing came to his mind, he understood. He excitedly went to Lin Qiang and said, "Platoon leader, as long as you give me enough manpower, I guarantee that I can build a howitzer in less than half a month!"

This was the most comforting thing Lin Qiang heard. He patted Xu Lin on the shoulder and said, "Okay! I'll give you as many people as you want, but you must produce them in the right quantity and quality!"

"Keep the mission complete!"

The emergence of howitzers will completely change the course of the battlefield.

Xu Lin was happier about this than Lin Qiang.

Assault rifle and Garand ammunition continue to be produced, and the consumption of these two types of ammunition far exceeds that of other ammunition.

The Garand can be replaced with Type 38 rifle bullets, but if it is not produced continuously, it will not be able to keep up with consumption.

Now the team conducts live-fire shooting from time to time, and relying solely on captured items is far from enough.

After arranging the production issues, Lin Qiang returned to the house and began to think about how to deal with the enemy.

The best way is to use howitzers to consume the enemy from ten kilometers away. Moreover, there are no villages where civilians can live in the area between the base and the county town, so there is no need to worry about accidentally injuring civilians.

"It seems that when the team grows stronger, we will have to build some defenses in Xiaowangzhuang!"

Otherwise, there would be no obstacles between the county town and the base, and the Japanese could reach the foot of the mountain where the base was located smoothly.

Until now, Lin Qiang is still wondering why the system did not distribute the rewards separately this time, but he suddenly thought of a function that he had forgotten for a long time.

"System, how many resistance points do I have now?"

[Querying...]

[Query completed, the host currently has a total of resistance points:! ]

"There are actually so many?"

Lin Qiang was surprised to see this number, but then he thought about the recent battles. So many Japanese soldiers had been killed, so there must be many Japanese soldiers at the lieutenant level. It was normal to have so many anti-Japanese war points.

I remember that the system said that the system mall could be opened when the resistance points reached 5000. I wonder what fun things are in it.

"System, activate the system mall."

[Activating the system mall, please wait...]

【Activation completed! 】

Lin Qiang had an idea and couldn't wait to see what fun things were in this system mall.

"This... is really black!"

After just a few casual glances, Lin Qiang couldn't help but curse.

Let’s not talk about whether there are any good things in the system mall. Just a Type 100 rifle requires 100 anti-war points. You need to buy at least 10 bullets at a time, which requires anti-war points!

The Type 1000 rifle and the Czech-style rifle are even more expensive. The gun costs 10 resistance points, and the bullets cost 100 resistance points for rounds.

Of course, there are many things that can be purchased, such as infantry guns, mortars and artillery shells, as well as materials needed to make ammunition, such as gunpowder.

You can also purchase weapon manufacturing blueprints, but they are currently gray and cannot be purchased.

The more he read, the more Lin Qiang wanted to curse.

There are tanks, armored vehicles, Katyusha, and even missiles!

but!

It's all gray, and I don't even know how many anti-Japanese points I need to exchange!

"System, why are these items gray?"

[The system mall level is not high enough to purchase! ]

"I still need to upgrade the mall level? How do I upgrade it?"

[Every time the host consumes a certain amount of resistance points, he can upgrade the system mall. There are five levels in total! ]

After hearing this, Lin Qiang’s wish to be a squirrel was shattered.

If you want to buy the good stuff later, you have to upgrade the system mall. If you want to upgrade the mall, you have to spend resistance points. After spending resistance points to upgrade, what if you can’t afford it again?

"System, you damn well didn't intend for me to buy it!"

[After the mall reaches level 3, the host will gain resistance points for every battle. The amount of resistance points is determined by the rewards issued!]

[In addition, the host and his soldiers will gain corresponding resistance points for every Japanese soldier of the rank of lieutenant or above they kill. A large amount of resistance points will be gained for every traitor they kill!]

Killing traitors can earn you more anti-Japanese war points than killing Japanese devils. It seems that this system also hates traitors and running dogs!

After learning about this, Lin Qiang no longer worries about not being able to afford those enviable equipment in the future.

"Is it time to consider forming an anti-traitor team?"