Chapter 157: Type 97 90mm Light Mortar

"Assemble!" While training the artillery battery, a soldier shouted loudly.

A trace of doubt flashed in Liu Gen's eyes, and when he saw a soldier shouting towards the artillery company, he immediately reacted. can make the soldiers so anxious, it is very likely that they have found the traces of the devil Murakami brigade, otherwise they would not be so nervous.

"Stop training! Gather now! Distribute gear! Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

The soldiers trained in the artillery company stopped training, and the veteran artillerymen from the 4th and 716th regiments also reacted, and after saying a word to Liu Gen, they chose to leave. These old artillerymen need to return to their respective units, and when dealing with such hard stubble as Murakami's brigade, the 4th, 716th regiments need these old artillerymen.

When leaving, these old artillerymen were a little reluctant, and after training with the artillery company for a few days, they could feel their own improvement and change. The things that I didn't notice in the past, as well as the irregularities, have been corrected. Such an improvement is also a way for the old artillerymen to be sure to be more accurate.

However, even though these old artillerymen have improved significantly, they clearly know that they can't compare with Liu Gen. Following the artillery company for training, these veteran artillerymen found that Liu Gen, the commander of the artillery company, had an unfathomable feeling, at least not at a level that they could easily reach now.

As for whether they have any hope of reaching the level of Liu Gen, or even surpassing Liu Gen, the old artillerymen did not have too many ideas. In the daily training, Liu Gen, the commander of the artillery company, worked harder than them, which made the veteran artillerymen not have much hope for whether they could surpass Liu Gen. Others are better than you and work harder than you, how can this be surpassed?

"Company Commander Liu, the regiment commander called you to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting!" Some soldiers rushed to the artillery company and informed Liu Gen.

Liu Gen nodded, and after instructing the soldiers of the artillery company to prepare for battle, he walked quickly towards the regiment headquarters with this soldier. Along the way, Liu Gen could see that the soldiers of each battalion and company of the Independent Regiment were moving, which made him more and more sure that he had found the traces of the Murakami Brigade.

"Commander, did you find the traces of Murakami's brigade?" When he came to the regiment headquarters, Liu Gen found that he was the first to come to the regiment headquarters.

Liu Gen could see that Li Yunlong's expression was a little dignified, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang were studying the marching map, and the Murakami brigade was a hard bone, and it would not be easy to take it down easily. Looking at the solemnity on Li Yunlong's face, Liu Gen realized that something should have changed a little, otherwise Li Yunlong would not be like this.

"Yes, the soldiers of our independent regiment have found traces of the Devil Murakami Brigade near Genting Mountain. After discovering Murakami's brigade, in addition to leaving the fighters to continue monitoring, the fighters reported to the regimental headquarters. ”

"According to the observation of the soldiers of our independent regiment, the Murakami brigade of the devil is not more than 500 people, they have more than 700 people, heavy machine guns, 90mm heavy mortars, infantry guns, they all have it." Li Yunlong's expression was solemn, he knew that the combat effectiveness of the Murakami Brigade was not weak, but this kind of equipment was a little too good.

Liu Gen had obvious surprise on his face, the Murakami brigade actually carried a 90mm heavy mortar, which he did not expect. Liu Gen still knows something about the 90mm heavy mortar, the 90mm mortar in the hands of the devil, to be precise, should be called the 97-type 90mm light mortar, yes, it is a light mortar.

In the eyes of the Eighth Route Army, the caliber of 90mm is enough to be called a heavy mortar, but in the eyes of devils, this is just a light mortar.

Compared with the Type 92 infantry gun, the Type 97 90mm light mortar weighs only 67 kg, making it easy and quick to transfer. Moreover, the performance of the Type 92 infantry gun can be effectively exerted in plain areas, while in mountains, hills and cities, the effective range of infantry guns cannot be fully utilized. To this end, the devil began to develop mortars in May 37, and began to distribute them to the troops in 38.

Because the mortar has the characteristics of ballistic bending, very small dead boundary, fast rate of fire, high power, light weight, small size, easy to excite, simple structure, easy to operate, and low construction, the devil has significantly improved its firepower after having the 97-type 90mm light mortar. It's just that due to the intervention of the Japanese upper echelons. As a result, this mortar has not been promoted to all troops, and the main troops are still mainly 92-type infantry guns, and 97-type 90mm light mortars are distributed to second-line troops.

The independent regiment had a lot of battles with the devils, but this was the first time that the devils had a Type 97 90mm light mortar in their hands, and Liu Gen had some expectations. The caliber of 90mm means that the power of this mortar is not weak, and if a 90mm light mortar can be captured, then the firepower of the independent regiment is not a small supplement.

Not long after Liu Gen came to the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao and others also came to the regiment headquarters, and they wasted a lot of time assembling soldiers. Zhang Dabiao and they are not like Liu Gen, they only have one company, and they have a lot more soldiers than the artillery company, so it will naturally be more cumbersome to manage.

"This is the information reported by the soldiers, you can take a look, the devil's Murakami brigade is really a hard bone." Seeing that all the battalion and company cadres of the Independent Regiment had come to the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong said in a deep voice.

The information was passed on to Zhang Dabiao and the others, looking at the information displayed on the data, their faces were quite solemn. The Murakami Brigade, which has more than 500 people, is very difficult to deal with, and now that the strength of the Murakami Brigade has increased, can it be said that the Murakami Brigade has realized something?

"Commander, are these devils aware of the danger?" Zhang Dabiao asked.

Li Yunlong shook his head, "Judging from the performance of the devil, it is not, aware of the danger, the Murakami brigade should go directly to the nearest devil's stronghold." But instead of doing this, Murakami's brigade has been wandering outside and being unscrupulous. ”

"Could this be a deliberate attempt by the devil to confuse us? Is there any movement among the devils in Jing'an, Gujiao, Wenshui and other places? Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan asked with a solemn expression.

"No, we contacted the headquarters, and from the information given by the headquarters, there is no movement from the devils in these areas." Zhao Gang raised his head and said in a deep voice.

Li Yunlong nodded a little solemnly, "What the political commissar said is right, there is no abnormal movement of the devils in these areas, and there is no sign of mobilizing troops. ”

"Lao Li, according to me, you don't have to think about these at all. The only devils in this area are the Murakami Brigade, and they are a lone army. Even if the devils are aware of it, with the distance between Jing'an, Gujiao, Wenshui and Miyu Town, it will take them two or three days to get here. ”

"Not to mention, the headquarters will inevitably choose to send troops to block the devil's reinforcements! If you want me to see it, hit the fuck directly, as long as you kill this devil's brigade in a short time, then there won't be any problems! Kong Jie said suddenly.

Kong Jie was a little excited, there was a blazing battle intent in his eyes, he wanted to kill this devil's brigade, he wanted to see how powerful the ace of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army was! Tigers? If you are killed, you will be a dead tiger!