To tell the truth, everyone here has heard of the "no conscience cannon", but at most it is also used as an after-dinner conversation, no one takes it seriously, they only think that this is a kind of deification of Jiang Haoran by the outside world, and no one can believe that an oil drum stuffed with an explosive bag can create the terrifying lethality of the rumored one.

Therefore, when Leng Rushuang proposed this, they all had strange expressions, and their expressions were full of disdain, but they didn't dare to brush off Leng Rushuang's intentions, and immediately sent someone to find the oil drums and explosives that Leng Rushuang needed.

The "No Conscience Cannon" was not a high-tech original, and the production was quite simple, and with the skill of cold as frost, a sample was quickly made.

Smart as frost, of course, I know that everyone doubts the power of the "no conscience cannon", so I took the initiative to test the cannon in the field.

Several soldiers carried a "big oil barrel", followed by a large group of lieutenant generals and major generals, the scene seemed a little strange, the cooperation in front was as cold as frost and solemn, and the back was disdainful and whispered.

Under the command of Leng Rushuang, the soldiers quickly set up the field, dozens of straw men were placed in the open space five or six hundred meters away, and a "big oil drum" was swinging at an angle of 45 degrees.

There was a loud bang, and a huge black "cannonball" roared out, and then exploded in the air.

Before the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, everyone rushed to the explosion site, and they were all dumbfounded, only to see that dozens of straw men had been torn apart, so dilapidated that even the wooden sticks supporting the straw men were scattered inch by inch, covering an area of hundreds of meters.

Those present are all on the battlefield for many years, you can see at a glance what this kind of bomb means for the infantry group charge, although the distance is short, but if it is used to deal with, in the morning the Japanese army advanced to a distance of 150 meters, hiding behind the tank to attack, this cannon down the volley explosion, unless hiding under the tank chassis, otherwise there is nothing to hide, basically a dead end.

Chen Mianwu immediately ordered to mobilize all the military experts of the military department and all the divisions to make an "unconscionable cannon", and it was not enough to smash the iron pot, but to send soldiers to the battlefield to collect the bullet casings, and to break the bullet casings and fill them, the thin slices of the bullet casings were far sharper than the iron pans, the texture was lighter, and the lethality and killing area would be enhanced.

After doing this, Leng Rushuang's task was completed, and he immediately prepared to return to the headquarters, before leaving, Leng Rushuang also deliberately called Chen Mianwu aside, and whispered to him not to be obsessed with the rebuke of the general seat, the general seat's temper is relatively stinky, but when he is willing to scold a person, he basically treats him as his own.

Leng Rushuang also told Chen Mianwu that it was basically impossible for Wu Huawen, the former commander of the 75th Army, to return to the position of army commander, and the general seat also intended to push Chen Mianwu to the position of commander of the 75th Army. Moreover, the head office has already asked Chen Chen for this matter, and Chen Chen will also mediate and try his best to facilitate it when the time comes. But the premise is that Chen Mianwu wants to fight the battle in front of him, and the general seat and Chen Chen will have the confidence to speak in the Military Commission.

Chen Mianwu was immediately overjoyed, and unconsciously stepped forward and said that even if Meng Gong confessed his more than 100 catties, he would keep the Japanese army out of Meng Gong, please rest assured that the head seat and Mr. Chen would rest assured.

Chen Mianwu did not doubt that Leng Rushuang's words were false, he was originally from Chen Chen's civil engineering department, such a good opportunity to take the position, Chen Chen would naturally think about himself, and Jiang Haoran was Chen Chen's son-in-law This has long been recognized as a thing, that is, a family, even if there is no Leng Rushuang's words, Chen Mianwu knows what he should do. Of course, with these words, I can be regarded as having eaten this reassuring pill.

Leng Rushuang was escorted by more than a dozen members of the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team, and soon left in a jeep, a distance of more than 100 miles, and there was also the danger of being attacked by a small unit infiltrated by the Japanese army on the way, Chen Mianwu repeatedly insisted on sending his own guards to escort him, but Leng Rushuang politely refused, there was a small team of Snow Wolf Special Combat Team escort, and in his own defense area, in Leng Rushuang's view, any small force of the Japanese army was not enough to be afraid, and Chen Mianwu had no choice but to give up.

But what Chen Mianwu didn't expect was that two hours later, he received the news that Leng Rushuang was attacked by the Japanese army, which scared him out of a cold sweat.

However, a small detachment of more than 10 people in the Japanese army was completely wiped out by the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team, and it was as cold as frost. The reason why Chen Mianwu was informed was to remind him that their backline was no longer absolutely safe.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the entire river defense is more than 100 miles long, and there are too many places where the Japanese army can penetrate, and it is impossible to cover all aspects with the troops of one division alone, and there will always be an opportunity for the Japanese army to take advantage of it.

Since the Japanese attack in the morning, the Japanese did not carry out any further action for the rest of the day. Nearly 20 tanks were destroyed, more than half of the infantry casualties of a wing, which was also a lot of casualties for the Japanese army, and the Japanese army also needed to adjust its tactics after such a heavy loss in the first battle, and after this battle, they could also see that it was not enough to rely on strong artillery fire and air support, and the infantry was still the key to capturing Menggong.

This also gave Chen Mianwu enough time to build artillery positions and anti-slope trenches, and at the same time several fake artillery positions were also built in the valley to confuse the Japanese army's high-altitude reconnaissance.

The next morning, the sun casts thousands of golden rays on the earth, indicating that it is another hot sunny day.

The plains are no better than the jungle, there is no fog in the morning, and the visibility is extremely high. Therefore, at about 8 o'clock in the morning, Japanese planes appeared densely over Menggong and carried out a carpet bombardment of Menggong's front again, and the entire forward position was suddenly shrouded in a rumbling explosion, and gunpowder smoke was everywhere. Several fake artillery positions that deliberately exposed their flaws and attracted the fire of enemy planes were completely blown up by enemy planes in the first round of bombing, and countless enemy aerial bombs were consumed. The real artillery positions built on the mountainside were unscathed because of their clever camouflage

At the beginning of the attack by enemy planes, more than 20 antiaircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the expeditionary force began to frantically strafe the enemy planes in the sky at the main positions in the front line and in various hidden areas in the rear.

At the very beginning, the enemy came up with low-altitude strafing and dive bombing, and soon paid the price, three or four fighters and bombers were swept down by the dense bomb net, and the Japanese army, which had suffered the bitter fruit, pulled up the planes and carried out high-altitude bomb drops.

The anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the expeditionary force are all provided by the United States and Britain, and the anti-aircraft machine guns use the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun, which has a caliber of 17.7 mm, strong firepower, stable ballistics, and an extremely long firing range, with a rate of fire of 450 to 550 rounds per minute, which is much stronger than the 7.7 mm rotary machine guns equipped on Japanese aircraft.

In terms of machine guns, both sides are using the same Swiss Erikon 20 mm cannon, the difference is that the expeditionary army uses the British imitation version, while the Japanese army uses the 991 type developed on the basis of Erlicon, and the actual firepower is almost the same.

However, the firing accuracy of the aircraft and the firing accuracy of ground weapons are incomparable, the anti-aircraft fire on the ground is strong, and the aircraft has no choice but to pull up, which leads to a decrease in the accuracy of aircraft bombing.

The effective firing range of the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun and the Erikon cannon is 1,800 meters, which means that the Japanese planes must drop bombs at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters.

After losing the significance of the airdrop, the Japanese planes quickly left the sky over Meng Gong, and immediately, the Japanese artillery fire began to cover the forward positions.

The anti-slope trenches began to play a huge role, and in the rumble of artillery, the officers and men of the expeditionary force in the trenches still sat leisurely in the trenches, smoking and watching the excitement. They found that both the curved and direct-fire guns of the Japanese either fell in the main trenches of the ridge, flew over their heads, and fell directly on the valley behind them, and in any case did not fall on their heads.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese army finally began to attack, and this time it was a cluster charge of tens of thousands of people, yesterday's fiasco made them sum up their experience, only by attacking the mountain with superior forces, they could take the Meng Gong position.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the officers and men of the expeditionary force also quickly entered the main position on the top of the hill from the anti-slope trench, the sappers quickly waved the sapper shovels to build the collapsed trenches, and the infantry carried ammunition boxes and heavy weapons, entered the position and began to defend themselves.

This time, it was Chen Mianwu's 55th Division that was in charge of the defense, but in the team, just yesterday, on the same defensive position, Chen Feng, commander of the 340th Regiment of the 93rd Division, still appeared.

Yesterday's battle, so that the last 5,000 people of the 93rd Division suffered heavy losses again, nearly half of the casualties, and most of them died from the Japanese army's crazy grenadiment bombardment, basically only guaranteed the personnel of one regiment, strictly speaking, they are not even in order, should have retreated to the rear to rest and recuperate, but the more than 2,000 soldiers who survived asked for their lives last night, asking to go to the battlefield again today to avenge their dead brothers. Even the commander of the 93rd Division, Lu Guoquan, and the chief of staff, Wu Chaowen, were mixed in with the team asking for their lives, raising their arms and shouting, and the momentum was so great that Chen Mianwu's blood boiled and he couldn't bear to refuse.

As a commander, everyone wants to see the soldiers have a strong sense of combat and morale, and the 55th Division is also a unit with a serious shortage of soldiers, Chen Mianwu immediately agreed to their combat request, and reduced the 93rd Division to a regiment on the front line, and the commander is still Chen Feng, the commander of the 340th Regiment.