Chapter 21: Artillery Flat (4)

Xiao Linghu patiently listened to what Liu Gensheng said, then smiled at him and said, "I also know what you said!" ”

Battalion Commander Liu blinked his eyes and asked, "Then what else do you want to do with the anti-aircraft artillery?" ”

Xiao Linghu said: "Do you know that you want to break through the wall here, haven't you thought that if we drag the battle defense cannon to the courtyard, we only need to open a wall, and we can stretch out the cannon barrel to aim at the small building occupied by the devil?" ”

Camp Commander Liu was stunned, thought about it carefully, seemed to understand a little, and asked again: "Wait a while, you can make it clearer!" ”

Xiao Linghu pointed to the small building with only one roof exposed in the distance, and said to him: "Look, if you look at that building from here, there is only one room in the middle, so put the anti-aircraft gun in the courtyard of that room, make a hole in the wall, and stick the cannon barrel out, and you can fire directly at the small building!" ”

Battalion Commander Liu's eyes widened suddenly, and he suddenly turned around and shouted to the people behind him: "Stop!" Everyone, stop, don't bother with that! ”

Immediately, the sound of "jingling" from inside stopped abruptly, and Company Commander Guo walked out with a few people, still holding pickaxes and other things in his hands, and asked, "Battalion commander, what's wrong?" ”

Liu Gensheng just ignored it, took out the towel on his body and shook it, and casually wiped the dust off his head and face, but with a wave of anger: "Okay, your surname is Xiao!" Didn't you just say that? Let Lao Tzu spend most of the day's effort? ”

Xiao Linghu was confused by his scolding, and said, "This is what I just thought of!" Camp Commander Liu, what's wrong with you? Could it be that the anti-aircraft artillery has already arrived? ”

Liu Gensheng nodded with a wry smile and said, "Actually, it didn't take long, the battle defense artillery just pulled over, and now it's on Xihuade Road!" ”

Xiao Linghu also said: "Just now I was still thinking about whether I could lure the devil out to fight, but the devil sniper was too cunning that year, and our sharpshooters couldn't help it, so I thought of the battle defense artillery, so I came to discuss with you, and just now, I saw that position, so I thought I should be able to give it a try, so I told you!" ”

Xiao Linghu's words were half-truths and half-truths, when he first heard that the 263rd Regiment still had battle defense artillery, he already had the idea of using battle defense artillery to fight, but before he personally experienced the power of a devil sniper, he still had a trace of luck. It wasn't until after a few tests that he determined that with Zhang Shun's skills, he couldn't defeat that devil's sniper at all, so he thought of using the battle defense cannon again.

As for dragging the anti-aircraft guns into the yard, this is indeed just what came to mind. Since you can't hit it on the street, then put it where you can hit it, and if you can't hit it by devil snipers, that's the only way.

"Lao Guo, don't smash so many walls!" Battalion Commander Liu looked very excited, and loudly ordered Company Commander Guo: "Go and drag that battle defense gun over!" ”

Company Commander Guo is second monk couldn't figure his head, looked at Liu Gensheng, and then looked at Xiao Linghu, and immediately understood that it must be this Xiao Company Commander who thought of some ghost idea. immediately agreed, and hurried to Xihuade Road with a few people.

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The German-made PAK 37 mm combat vehicle defense gun, produced in 1935 and 1936, is a very light towed anti-tank gun, the weight of the entire gun body is only 432 kg, the maximum firing range can reach 4025 meters, of course, at such a distance, it is almost impossible to hit the target. The length and width of this gun is also only 1665 mm, which is less than two meters.

The gun was run on two large wheels with pneumatic tires, required four gunners to coordinate and operate together, and was simple to use.

It is also convenient to transport and travel and can be towed by a car or some similar light vehicle, but there are no problems with motorcycles. It can also be pulled by animal power or even human power.

Nowadays, this German-made battle defense gun was dragged over by Company Commander Guo and several people, because it has tires, so after dragging, it is not effortless, and one person can pull it.

The front of this gun also has a thick bulletproof iron plate, which is mainly to prevent enemy snipers from hitting the gunners. However, in practice, there are some problems, that is, the gunner needs to go around the muzzle of the gun in order to be able to reload the front.

Of course, such a gun can fire armor-piercing shells, as well as grenades. If it is a super-caliber ground artillery grenade, it needs to be carried out with empty shells, but after the distance of more than 183 meters, the accuracy will not be too high, because the body barrel and rifling do not actually give the projectile body effective rotation and the correct flight direction. So in fact, when you really want to hit a tank, in the face of the enemy's dense firepower, this kind of cannon can often only be fired once, and everything will be fine if it hits; If it doesn't hit, a second shot is required, which is a great test for the gunner, because he has to risk his life to reload the shell in front, which also means that the possibility of a second reload for this gun becomes very small.

The entry of this kind of artillery into China is still a matter of the recent past.

During the Battle of the Great Wall, when the Military Commission saw that the Japanese tanks could go back and forth, they had the intention of purchasing anti-tank guns, and then, at the suggestion of German advisers, they began to purchase them from Germany at a huge amount of money in 1935, and the first batch of only 60 guns and 140,000 shells were shipped to China. According to the recommendations of German advisers, in each regiment of the ** German armament division, one anti-tank artillery battery should be equipped, each of which should be armed with six artillery pieces. At that time, it was planned to organize 80 German armor divisions, so the minimum number of anti-tank guns required was more than 1,500, and if you add the additional anti-tank gun battalions attached to each division, the actual number would be at least 2,500 or more!

In fact, by 1936, the Germans had only handed over 124 of these guns and 120,000 shells to China, because the Germans were also equipped with this kind of artillery, and some of the more than 100 guns were drawn from the German army's current use, and the style was relatively old, and they also used wooden wheels, which could only be dragged by animal power, not cars.

The 88th Division was the first division to be equipped with German weapons, so each regiment was also equipped with one or two of these guns. And Zhang Xian also learned the use of these latest weapons in the course of the military academy.

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Several people worked together to drag this battle defense gun to the courtyard that Xiao Linghu pointed to, because the gate of the courtyard was a little narrow, although the cannon body could pass, but the two pneumatic tires that came out could not pass, in desperation, Liu Gen's life made the door of this courtyard completely demolished.

Although this anti-aircraft gun looked small and thin when it was placed on the street, it really felt so large that it almost filled the yard when it was placed in the whole yard.

The gunner skillfully adjusted the angle, facing the middle of the hat building where the devil sniper was hiding, but there was still a brick wall, and once this wall was torn down, the small building would immediately appear in front of everyone.

At this time, Battalion Commander Liu thought of a question: "This requires a hole in the wall, and then poke the barrel out of the hole, so that when the devil can't find himself, he will hit the building first." It's just that what if that building doesn't fall? Who's going to go outside to reload? ”

This is indeed a problem.

In fact, the courtyard where they were hiding at this time, especially the wall that blocked the devil's view, was like the safety of a bunker. If you make a hole in the wall, it's just like a bunker's firing port.

After thinking about it, Xiao Linghu smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? For the sake of safety, we pulled the barrel out of the hole again, and after it was loaded, it was put back into the small hole, and I don't believe it, so many shots and a few shots, and it can't collapse the hat building! ”

"Good! That's it! Camp Commander Liu was also very decisive.