threw Zhang Yayi and the others into the audience, and Hu Fei plunged into the renovation factory and didn't come out. For five days in a row, Hu Fei ate every meal in the renovation workshop, and those experts and technicians were busy around the five modified cars.

The armor plates were installed, the front of the car was rebuilt, and finally there was a disagreement when it came to installing the weapon system. Several firearms experts who participated in the transformation insisted on using Nissan's Type 92 heavy machine gun, that is, the air-cooled heavy machine gun that was jokingly called "chicken neck" by the vast number of officers and men of our army. But Hu Fei was more fond of the Makqin water-cooled heavy machine gun.

The advantage of the Maxim heavy machine gun is that it has strong firepower and strong continuous firing ability, and its bullets can be used together for hundreds or even thousands of rounds, and the disadvantage is that it cannot do without water; The advantage of the Type 92 heavy machine gun is that it has high shooting accuracy and does not need to add water. Due to the fact that it uses a 30-round cartridge plate, it is inferior to the Maxim heavy machine gun in terms of firepower.

Although the Makqin heavy machine gun is heavy and needs to be filled with water, since it is not used for infantry to carry, but is installed on combat vehicles, the problem of water is not a problem. So much space can a big armored truck take up with an extra tank?

Hu Fei had a heated debate with several experts on the power of the machine gun, the water tank, and the amount of ammunition carried. In the end, Chief Engineer Hu, with his eloquent eloquence, refuted those experts whose verbal ability was obviously not comparable to that of hands-on ability.

As a result, a Makqin water-cooled heavy machine gun was installed on the front of each of the armored trucks that were finalized. That guy, usually placed on an infantry position, has a baffle in front and a bracket in the back, and looks as majestic as a small cannon. How does it look so awkward when it is loaded into an armored car? In particular, the apparently thick cooling water tank made the machine gun look extremely bizarre.

Fortunately, as a weapon of killing, its appearance is far less important than its practicality. Standing in front of this strangely shaped armored car, no one will find it funny, and everyone's first impression when they see it is that they feel cold, this guy is really a peerless murder weapon!

After General Wei Lihuang came to visit in person, he also did not like the appearance of this armored car. However, its huge firepower, as well as its excellent defensive performance and maneuverability, made the commander have to accept the fact that his first theater of operations will first be equipped with this armored combat vehicle nicknamed "Chinese Tiger"! Whether it's a good review or a laughing stock, leave it to the battlefield to see!

In September 1941, Anami led the Japanese 11th Army to launch the "Second Battle of Changsha". The Japanese army dispatched four divisions, four brigades, a tank wing, a heavy artillery wing, and a coordinated naval and aviation unit, totaling 120,000 people, to launch an attack on Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan and the garrison of the Ninth Theater.

General Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater, led more than 300,000 people from three group armies, 12 corps, 33 divisions, and a number of guerrilla units under his command to fight bravely in the vast area between the Xinqiang River and Changsha.

China and Japan exerted their elite on the shore of Dongting Lake, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought bloody battles on the battlefield. Only the sky and the earth were dark, the sun and the moon were dark, the corpses were piled up like mountains, and the blood flowed like rivers.

As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Front in North China, who was born to be idle, Okamura Ninji, under the pretext of cooperating with the Battle of Changsha, dispatched troops and gathered heavy troops, and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the hinterland of our Central Plains!

Zhengzhou, a major transportation hub in Henan, was originally the residence of the First Theater Governor's Department, and although now the Theater Commander's Department has moved west to Luoyang, the importance of Zhengzhou's geographical location is still something that no one can ignore. The first choice for the Japanese army to attack the Central Plains was Zhengzhou!

Defending Zhengzhou was the Third Army, commander-in-chief Sun Tongxuan. Okamura Ninji gathered more than 50,000 people, including the 35th, 36th, and 101st Divisions, in northern Henan. On the night of October 1, 1941, a mixed brigade of infantry of the Japanese army, together with cavalry units, mechanized wings, and aviation units, totaling more than 10,000 people, invaded Zhengzhou from Kaifeng. The defenders of the Third Army immediately engaged in fierce battles with the invading Japanese invaders.

The Japanese invaders were fierce, and there were chariots and planes to help. The eastern part of Zhengzhou is an open area with a flat river, and the terrain is not conducive to our army's defense, but it is very favorable to the Japanese army's mechanized troops and aircraft to cooperate in combat.

As soon as the two sides started fighting, our army immediately fell into passivity, and the casualties of the troops surged. The Japanese army was pressing forward step by step, and our army was restrained everywhere.

In order to preserve the strength of the troops so that they could fight the Japanese invaders for a long time in the future, Sun Tongxuan led his troops to withdraw from Zhengzhou on the night of 5 October after sending a telegram requesting instructions to the war zone.

Zhengzhou, a major transportation hub in the Central Plains, has been lost! Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. The news of the loss of Zhengzhou was like having wings, and it didn't take half a day to reach the Military Commission.

The chairman of the committee was so angry that he made a long-distance phone call overnight and made a good number of calls to Wei Lihuang, commander of the First Theater Command. I asked you to study and recuperate in Mount Emei, and you have to go to the front line, what is the result? Xue Yue didn't lose Changsha, but you lost Zhengzhou to the Japanese. Junru, how do you ask me to explain to the Chinese people?

Wei Lihuang put down the phone, and the green tendons on his head rose! As a famous tiger general in China at that time, when did he suffer such a number of falls? The chairman of the committee has always been afraid that he will fight the main force and let him endure and restraint, when did he say that he Wei Lihuang would not fight? It's all this Sun Tongxuan!

The more Chief Wei thought about it, the more angry he became, and he was so angry that he didn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, the commanders of all units were notified to go to the theater headquarters for a meeting! On the morning of 7 October, the conference room of the First Theater Commander's Department was gathered with stars, and Hu Fei, as the chief engineer of the Infantry Armor Research and Development Department of the Theater Command, was also invited to attend the high-level military meeting as an observer.

The atmosphere at the beginning of the meeting was very solemn. Chief Wei first bitterly criticized Sun Tongxuan's abandonment of Zhengzhou for the adverse impact on the war zone and the whole country.

"Yin Ting, you have withdrawn your troops from Zhengzhou too hastily! Zhengzhou can't be lost no matter what, and it must be taken back! You start by talking about your counteroffensive plan. Whatever you think, let me know. Zhengzhou, our war zone must be recovered! Otherwise, I, Wei Lihuang, and all of you here, will not be able to explain to the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and to the people of the whole country. ”

Sun Tongxuan stood up with a red face and a thick neck, "Chief Wei, Zhengzhou was lost by the Third Army, and I am responsible for retaking it." However, the terrain east of Zhengzhou is flat and open, which is not conducive to our army's operations. Therefore, I believe that it is necessary to temporarily retreat to the southwestern mountainous area and make long-term plans for fighting with the Japanese invaders by taking advantage of the favorable terrain of the mountainous area. ”

"I wonder what long-term battle plan Commander-in-Chief Sun has?" A yin and yang strange voice sounded next to him, and when everyone looked at it, it turned out to be Tang Enbo, commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army and deputy commander of the theater.