In the film and television works of the Anti-Japanese War in later generations, the Japanese artillery that the audience saw seemed to be only as shabby as the small-caliber artillery such as the 92 infantry gun and the 60 mortar. However, in fact, the Japanese army was also equipped with a lot of large-caliber heavy artillery, and although the Japanese army in World War II was poor - even automatic rifles were pitifully few, but the artillery was quite adequate.

In fact, the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War was also very powerful in artillery, before the July 7 Incident, Japan had already formed five heavy artillery brigades, one brigade was deployed in China, and the remaining four brigades were all deployed to China, of which two were deployed by the Kwantung Army, and the remaining two were deployed in the North China Front, and the other was assigned to the Central China Front.

The heavy artillery brigade is already a strategic force for the Japanese, and there are two heavy artillery wings under a standard heavy artillery brigade, including 30-40 heavy cannons of the Taisho seven-year type 150mm caliber, 20 heavy cannons of the 90 type 240 caliber, 10 heavy howitzers of the 96 type 305 caliber, and some heavy artillery brigades are also equipped with 3-6 mortars of the 98 type 320 caliber. The power of these heavy cannons is not a joke, it is really scary to blow up, such as the 240 heavy cannon of the 90 type, the weight of his shells has reached 185 kilograms, and when loading, it needs to use a special loading vehicle to fit into the gun chamber, its range has reached 16 kilometers, and the killing radius when it explodes on the ground is more than 80 meters, if such a shell hits the field fortifications, At least one platoon had to be cut out of the formation, and the people in the fortifications were to be killed not by the bombing, but also by the huge shock wave. As for the larger caliber 320-mm mortar, the shell weight alone reached 300 kilograms, not to mention the power, basically if a shell hit the fortifications, a company would evaporate from the world.

Su Jin knew all of the above knowledge very clearly from the materials of later generations, and Zhou Yusheng, as an excellent senior chief of staff, naturally knew very well about the establishment and equipment of the Japanese army, so as soon as the two of them heard the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, they naturally couldn't be calmer anymore.

Chang took a breath, and Su Jin said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect the Japanese to really look up to me." Even the heavy artillery brigade has been used, how much the Japanese must hate me! ”

Zhou Yusheng's expression was a little bitter: "I didn't expect that in order to deal with our small independent brigade, a heavy artillery brigade was dispatched, it seems that Okamura Ningji still plans to leave us here." ”

Su Jin asked with some curiosity: "Are you so sure of Okamura Ningji's order?" ”

"Of course!" Zhou Yusheng said in an affirmative tone: "The heavy artillery brigade belongs to the strategic force of the Japanese Army, and it will not be used until it is not very timely, and the one who is qualified to transfer it must at least be a general at or above the army commander, so I can't think of anyone else in Hubei who is qualified to mobilize this force except Okamura Ningji!" ”

"Well, that makes sense." Su Jin said approvingly, and then asked: "Chi Yu, you are the chief of staff of our brigade, is there any way to deal with this situation?" ”

Zhou Yusheng shook his head: "If you resist hard, you really can't help it." After all, we don't have air supremacy, and we don't have heavy artillery of the same caliber and range as them, so if we have a hard top, I'm afraid it won't take more than a few hours to estimate that our brigade will be disabled. During the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese relied on naval artillery and heavy artillery brigades to storm our position, and most of our division's troops were destroyed by the Japanese heavy artillery and naval artillery in less than a few hours, and we suffered more than 300,000 casualties in that battle, most of which were killed by the Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft. ”

Su Jin was silent, it was not that he didn't want to cash out some 150 or even 203 caliber heavy artillery to supplement the strength of the troops these days. But firstly, the energy point is tight now, and secondly, the size of these heavy artillery pieces is too big and heavy, and they can only be transported by large trucks or even railways, and now the road situation in Huaxia is particularly bad. So in the end, Su Jin didn't make up his mind to fulfill it, and he never thought that now he would be generalized by the Japanese.

Su Jin stood up and began to pace back and forth in the tent, and after thinking for a while, he slammed his punch on the table, and said sharply: "The Japanese must not be allowed to set up the heavy artillery in peace." Otherwise, our independent brigade will suffer. ”

Zhou Yusheng looked at Su Jin with some surprise: "Luzao, what do you mean?" ”

"It's nothing, what I mean is to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese have come from afar and have not yet gained a firm foothold and served this heavy artillery brigade!" Su Jin's smile looked very gloomy.

Zhou Yusheng blurted out: "But we still don't know the location of the heavy artillery brigade?" ”

"It's nothing hard to guess." Su Jin said confidently: "Although the Japanese heavy artillery brigade is very powerful. But the weight is not light, these big guys weighing more than ten or even twenty tons can only rely on railways and good roads for maneuvering, and then calculate their range and the terrain they need, we can calculate their location. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yusheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he strode to the map and looked at the map side by side with Su Jin, I don't know how long it took, the fingers of the two pointed in one direction almost at the same time, and said in unison: "Daliangzhuang!" ”

"Horn ......"

On a muddy road leading to Daliangzhuang, hundreds of Type 94 six-wheeled military trucks are driving the road, although this kind of truck is the earliest designed and manufactured in Japan, although it is claimed to be able to carry 2.5 tons, but due to the relative weakness of Japan's industrial base, insufficient resources and short-sightedness of strategic vision, the output and performance can not be compared with the main trucks of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union during this period.

In the middle of these trucks, in a black Toyota sedan, Major General Hashimoto looked at the dusty highway through the window, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice when he looked at the snail-like marching speed outside.

"Damn China, damn the highway!"

Yes, Hashimoto Masateng doesn't like Huaxia, as the brigade commander of the heavy artillery brigade, every time Hashimoto Masateng receives an order, the biggest headache for him is the road problem in Huaxia, in his opinion, the road situation in Huaxia is really bad. This is also the most troublesome part of each mission, if it is close to the coastal area or the railway, it is fine, if it is separated from the railway heavy artillery brigade and wants to move, it will undoubtedly take too much energy. If it happened to be rainy again, the heavy artillery brigade would not even be able to move, so after receiving the order the day before yesterday, he began to pray that God would not let it rain. (To be continued.) )