Chapter 51: Artillery Regiment!
As a matter of fact, Chen Qingzhi's idea is that in an independent mixed brigade, every combat unit must ensure that there is at least one light machine gun in the basic combat unit at the squad level as fire support for the combat unit at the squad level.
In addition, there must be a grenadier that can be carried by individual soldiers, and there must be a fire support team among the combat units at the company and platoon level.
In the regimental combat unit, there must be an artillery company or an artillery battalion!
Only in this way can we ensure that the firepower of the troops is sufficient, and can we ensure that in the face of the Japanese army, we can not be suppressed too hard in terms of firepower.
Chen Qingzhi's set of weapons and equipment was completely implemented in accordance with the Japanese army's weapons and equipment standards!
Although the Japanese army is the enemy, they have a certain reference in the configuration of weapons and equipment!
In the little devil's troops, each of their squads has a machine gun and is also equipped with a grenadier canister, and the squadron-level combat units will be equipped with artillery fire, and the firepower is very strong.
It is precisely because of this configuration that the firepower of the Japanese army is very powerful, and often a wing of the Japanese army can block the attack of a division on the Republic of China side without falling behind.
About this, everyone on the side of the Republic of China knows, but because of poverty and weakness, it is impossible to equip the troops with such weapons, and they can only use the tactics of returning people, using the lives of soldiers, and piling up the Japanese army to death!
And because Chen Qingzhi has an iron-blooded anti-war system, he can use points to exchange for weapons, so Chen Qingzhi's troops can be equipped with such extravagant weapons!
Looking at these jubilant soldiers, Chen Qingzhi also smiled slightly, and walked to the side of Zhu Xiaocheng, the head of the artillery regiment.
Regarding the artillery regiment, Chen Qingzhi can be said to have made a bloody investment.
Exchange weapons and equipment for the infantry Because the Quartermaster Department had sent a batch of Mauser rifles before, plus the capture, Chen Qingzhi only needed to exchange equipment for about 6,000 people.
The rifle plus the machine gun cost a total of about 380,000 points, while Chen Qingzhi had a total of 580,000 points, and the remaining 200,000 points were basically all used to exchange for cannons.
In fact, before the cannons were exchanged, the Independent Mixed Brigade already had a lot of cannons, some of which were exchanged by Chen Qingzhi when he was at the Zhonghuamen position to deal with the Japanese army, some of which were captured from the 115th Wing of the Japanese Army, and some of which were sent by the Quartermaster Department.
Among these cannons, there were 4 82mm mountain guns, 2 80mm mortars, 12 62mm mortars, plus 6 Type 92 infantry guns.
These cannons alone are more than enough to equip an artillery battalion.
So Chen Qingzhi just spent 20,000 points after some serious thinking to exchange for 10 GR· W·34 80mm caliber mortars, in addition, also spent 20,000 points to exchange for 20 62mm caliber mortars.
However, considering that the caliber of these guns was a little small, and he was afraid that the power would not be enough, Chen Qingzhi exchanged eight 82mm caliber mountain guns at a price of 2,500 points each, spending a total of 20,000 points.
In addition, at a price of 4,000 points each, twelve FH18 Krupp 105mm howitzers produced and developed in Germany were exchanged, which cost 48,000 points.
In this way, the artillery regiment of the separate mixed brigade has 12 howitzers of 105mm caliber, 12 mountain guns of 82mm caliber, 12 mortars of 80mm caliber, and 32 mortars of 62mm caliber.
Such artillery fire power is enough to equip an artillery regiment!
As for the artillery companies in each infantry regiment, Chen Qingzhi exchanged all the Japanese army's Type 92 infantry guns.
The Type 92 infantry gun is the most cost-effective artillery in the Japanese army, but the power is not small, and the caliber reaches 70mm!
It is worth mentioning that this infantry gun is very short, with a total height of only 62 cm, and if the shield is removed, the full height will drop to about 50 cm, which means that this infantry gun can be easily hidden.
It can be deployed on the front line of engagements with infantry at the regimental or battalion level, and can be at a close distance from the enemy and not easily detected.
Plus, it's perfect for use on complex terrain.
Whether in field or mountain warfare, it is very handy for infantry support, and can support almost all types of fire support required by infantry battalions.
In addition, he is lightweight, only 0.2 tons of weight, and can be disassembled, and manpower can be dragged forward, and its use conditions are simply outrageous!
Coupled with the simple structure, it is not only convenient for wartime production, but also easy to use and maintain.
It can be said that this infantry gun is simply an extraordinary use!
The exchange price only needs 800 points per mortar, which is cheaper than a 62mm caliber mortar, and Chen Qingzhi exchanged 60 guns in one breath and equipped them with artillery companies in three regiments.
In this way, just exchanging cannons will cost a total of 156,000 points!
In the end, there were only less than 50,000 points left, and Chen Qingzhi spent 20,000 points to exchange eight anti-aircraft cannons for the air defense machine gun battalion, and as for the remaining points, all of them were used to exchange for corresponding shells.
At this point, the 580,000 points accumulated earlier have been exhausted, and there is nothing left!
Although he spent it all at once, Chen Qingzhi did not feel distressed, but there was a kind of slowly sufficient and proud.
Only now has his independent mixed brigade really become combat-ready!
Chen Qingzhi believed that after his independent mixed brigade possessed these weapons, as long as he could be proficient, he would definitely give the Japanese army a big 'surprise' in the next battle of Xuzhou!
Chen Qingzhi led Zhu Xiaocheng to the place where the cannons were piled up, and when Zhu Xiaocheng saw these cannons, he was immediately stunned and shocked him fiercely.
Looking at the dazzling array of cannons stacked there, the muzzles of the cannons pointed obliquely to the sky, and under the illumination of the sun, a cold cold light flashed, and Zhu Xiaocheng's inner shock was incomprehensible!
Since Zhu Xiaocheng graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he has never seen so many cannons!
Suddenly seeing so many cannons, Zhu Xiaocheng's originally calm face suddenly became excited, he didn't know what to say for a while, he opened his mouth to say something but couldn't say it, until the end, he pulled a somewhat hoarse voice and said in disbelief: "Brigade seat, these are really the cannons of our artillery regiment?!" I'm not dreaming! ”
"Of course it's true!" Chen Qingzhi patted Zhu Xiaocheng's shoulder and said with a smile: "As long as you can give me a good fight for devils and train an elite artillery regiment, there will be better artillery equipment in the future!" ”
Chen Qingzhi didn't tell a lie, as long as he can kill the little devil, the more points he will get, as long as he has points, he can redeem any cannon!
"Don't worry, Brigade!"
Hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, Zhu Xiaocheng hurriedly patted his chest and said firmly: "With these cannons, I will definitely be able to train an elite artillery regiment, and when the time comes, the little devil will definitely not be able to eat and walk around!" ”