Now that the Japanese army had retreated, Feng Guozhang naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and soon ordered the troops to carry out a tentative attack. In addition to advancing the battle line a little, there is also no intention of testing the Japanese army―――――― as long as it is found that there are any flaws in the process of retreating, the tentative attack will soon turn into a fierce attack...

Although he cannot be compared with Cai Yi and Jiang Baili in terms of command ability, as the most famous general in China, Feng Guozhang will not let go of the slightest opportunity.

It's just that perhaps this has been expected a long time ago, and the Japanese army can be said to have withdrawn very cautiously, leaving almost no flaws for Feng Guozhang to take advantage of. In the end, except for a very small group of Japanese troops who were not notified or were dragged down, were eventually annihilated by the army, almost all the others withdrew to the area where the Japanese army belonged.

China and Japan re-confronted each other in the city of Dandong, which had been reduced to ruins

Feng Guozhang naturally wanted to attack, especially after Yan Shao had relaxed the restrictions, and even more wanted to win a big victory in North Korea. In this way, this marshal of his, can be recognized by everyone.

It's just that the reinforcements are still on the way, especially from Shandong.

Originally, Shandong's troops could completely use the waterway, and this was very efficient, but at this moment, the Chinese fleet and the Japanese fleet were in a tense confrontation on the ocean. Beneath the depths of the sea, there are also hidden submarines on both sides. If we do go by water, although it is still just an 'armed conflict' and the two sides have not yet torn their faces, no one can guarantee that the Japanese will not really do it―――――― although there are few armed conflicts in the world that reach hundreds of thousands of people.

So there is no way, neither in the troops in Beijing nor in Shandong. In order to ensure safety, they can only obediently take the road route. Fortunately, at this time, the main areas of the country have been connected to the railway, so the speed of reinforcement is still very fast.

As for Utsunomiya Taro's side. In fact, he is the one who most hopes to give Feng Guozhang a hard blow, but at this stage, the increase of the Chinese Army is coming, and he is not clear about Feng Guozhang's plan and arrangement at all, so naturally he has to be cautious. What's more, he really wants to come up with a method of 'treating others in the way of others'.

It was in such a situation, after the forces of both sides were disengaged, it was supposed to be the most lively Yalu River battlefield on the planet after the end of the war in Europe. All of a sudden, it became extremely silent...

It's just that observers from China, Japan, and other countries can clearly feel that there is a kind of tranquility before the storm...

But while carefully preparing. Feng Guozhang also had some annoyance in his heart. After all, if reinforcements from Beijing and Shandong could be taken by water, then his forces could be assembled quickly. After that, it was possible to directly start a war against Japan before the onset of winter, but the safety of the waterways could not be guaranteed.

After all, no one dares to guarantee that the Japanese will not take the opportunity to carry out a sneak attack when the army is on the waterway ...

Especially the submarines of the Japanese. According to the results of naval reconnaissance. It is likely that several of them have already dived into Bohai Bay. Although submarines of this era were able to operate underwater for very little time, usually on the surface, and only dived to the bottom during combat, this was enough to make the navy vigilant.

What's more, the anti-submarine technology of this era is not very practical, and in the absence of sonar, if the Japanese submarine really dives into the Bohai Bay, even the navy has no particularly good way ...

Submarine...

The Battle of Longkou Bay that year. It taught the Japanese Navy a good lesson, and it also made them immediately understand the importance of submarines as an underwater fleet.

So after the Battle of Longkou Bay. The Japanese government soon introduced some relevant submarine technology from Britain―――――― and the Japanese also planned to buy German submarine technology, after all, China uses German technology, and it is really very good to use, which the Japanese really know deeply. If they can obtain the relevant technology from Germany, they will not only strengthen Japan's technical capabilities in submarines, but most importantly, they can understand the performance of Chinese submarines through these technologies.

Unfortunately, World War I had broken out at that time, and Japan, as an ally of the British, was on the opposite side of Germany. It even attacked Germany's colonies in the Pacific and Asia during the outbreak of war, a kind of species that Japan had the only choice of Britain...

However, in the matter of developing an underwater fleet, Japan has worked very hard.

Within a few years, with the profits earned in the First World War, a considerable submarine force was quickly formed, and thus Japan became the second largest submarine country in Asia after China―――――― although at this time, it seems that only China and Japan had submarines...

Compared with China's underwater fleet, Japan's submarine force is naturally weaker, but submarines are not a kind of arms that can be one-sidedly distinguished by strength and weakness. If it weren't for this, the submarine would not have been rated as one of the best weapons for a small country against a large one ...

It is precisely because of this that although it seems to be nothing on the surface, in fact the navy is very jealous of Japan's submarine forces. What's more, during the Shandong Campaign, the Navy's submarine force once sank a Japanese troop carrier, causing the Japanese Navy to lose face and the Army to suffer heavy losses.

And this incident has always been in the minds of the Japanese Navy, and it is always thinking about revenge.

However, the anti-submarine technology at this period was still very weak, and even if the navy was very proficient in the use of submarines, there was no guarantee that there would really be no risk at all. Especially now that the main fleet of the Navy is now in a confrontation with the Japanese fleet in the Sea of Japan, it is difficult to draw enough ships to ensure the safety of the transport fleet...

If something really happened on the way to Lushun and Dalian on the way to transport the army ...

Then the Navy is really a sinner...

It is precisely because of this that the army has access to the Guò railway. Instead of going to the Northeast by water...

Fortunately, as mentioned earlier, the domestic railways have almost connected the main areas, so if you take the train. You can also go directly to the Tohoku. It's definitely slower, but it's not too slow...

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After the Chinese and Japanese troops disengaged from contact, the various battlefields along the Yalu River, including Dandong, fell into silence almost immediately. However, no one would think that this was a harbinger of peace, because anyone could feel the calm before the storm.

This tranquility already speaks volumes about the brutality of the war that followed...

In fact, in China, many newspapers have begun to publish relevant news. Some military commentators have even expressed their views in newspapers―――――― and with China's successive victories on the road to foreign wars, even many Chinese people have begun to have some interest in war.

The Chinese people of this era were still very business-minded, so soon a newspaper opened a special military column. An introduction to the wars that took place around the world, as well as some of the famous battles in history. Of course, there are also some comments on weapons and equipment, etc.

Even today, it is still legal to buy firearms.

But in fact, the vast majority of Chinese people don't know much about this. This is in addition to the fact that the illiteracy rate of the Chinese people is too high. Another important point is also important. That is, guns are too expensive, and the gun license required to legally own a gun is even more expensive...

A gun is already expensive on its own, and a government-issued gun license costs almost as much as the gun itself. At this time, although the income of the Chinese people is relatively high, there is still a long way to go compared with the guns that cost tens or hundreds of dollars at every turn.

For ordinary people, it is obviously impossible for them to use their income for one or even two years to buy a gun, and then use the same income to apply for a gun license―――――― at this time the domestic security is relatively good, and the law is also very strict. In addition, the bandits and robbers in the countryside have been almost wiped out, and the captured people have been sent to Siberia or some other region to build railways. There is no special reason for people to spend money on such expensive things...

But men, I always like guns very much, so there are many people who save money to buy guns, and there are even such popular sayings among the people―――――― buy a car and be poor for three generations, photography, no, it is shooting to ruin your life...

In addition, this period was also a period of strong feminism. In order to prove that they are not worse than men, many women also prefer to buy guns and join some shooting clubs, so the sales of guns in the private sector are not bad...

On the other hand, as mentioned earlier, in order to cater to the appetite of ordinary people, many newspapers have set up some military columns to explain some military matters. Among them, there are some military allusions or classic battles, or some current wars, and some are introductions to weapons and equipment.

Since the commentators invited by these newspapers are usually retired military officers or relatively well-known military commentators, professionalism is still guaranteed.

After commenting on many new equipment of the Wehrmacht, some people have commented on the grenade recently, after all, the appearance of this thing is indeed very outstanding, especially the gun-mounted grenade used by the Wehrmacht is still different from the gun grenade...

As mentioned earlier, when it comes to individual grenades, the Wehrmacht opts for gun-mounted grenades, the so-called gun-mounted grenade launchers. That is, the cartridge is somehow attached parallel to the barrel of a rifle or other infantry weapon, and aimed at the rifle itself or with a specially attached sight. This method combines a grenade launcher and a rifle into a single unit, making it more compact, used and carried by individual soldiers, and usually does not occupy the establishment.

As for gun grenades, that is, muzzle-fired grenades.

Since the beginning of World War II, the rifles of some major countries can fire grenades, and the method at that time was to install a barrel, rod or other structure of the firing device on the muzzle of the rifle, fill the special grenade or make certain modifications to the grenade (such as adding a tail tube, etc.), and fill the rifle chamber with empty cartridges, aim with the sights attached to the rifle and fire, and propel the grenade to fly with the gunpowder gas generated by the empty cartridges. The firing device for this type of firing is a muzzle-type grenade launcher, which is usually issued in the form of a rifle attachment. Muzzle-type grenade launchers can usually use shoulder-fired or mortar-type firing methods.

Here's the problem. By the time of Yan Shao's time, because the muzzle grenade launcher was slow to react due to the cumbersome preparation for firing. Aiming difficulties have become rarely used.

However, no matter how convenient the above two types of equipment are to use, after all, they are just a kind of equipment that enhances the firepower of individual soldiers, and they are indeed useful. Especially for the destruction of open areas and the concealment of living targets in fortifications, it provided quite good fire support for the infantry. And it also has a certain armor-piercing ability, which can destroy lightly armored targets...

Naturally, those main battle tanks of later generations must have nothing to do with them, but these Renault tanks at this stage. There are still some ways to do it. Even the tanks currently equipped by the Wehrmacht can cause some damage as long as they are aimed at weak units.

But for this kind of Cheng dù's firepower intensity. The Wehrmacht, however, was still a little dissatisfied.

It was in this context that the Wehrmacht began to consider developing a more powerful piece of equipment. This is the grenade launcher that was mentioned earlier.

Well, it was wrong to say earlier, it should be two grenade launchers to say correctly.

Of course. Just talk about grenade launchers. This name is a bit too vague, after all, the gun-mounted grenade used by the Wehrmacht at this stage is essentially a type of grenade launcher.

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Although the gun-mounted grenade is indeed good, it is also much more effective than the gun grenade. However, the Wehrmacht was still not satisfied, so two new grenade launchers were developed.

The first, a revolver-type grenade launcher ...

As the name suggests, it is a grenade launcher with a runner method. Single-handed, the wheel is a six-shot type. The grenade can be lightly mounted inside the runner. The ammunition is a 35mm grenade, which is essentially the same caliber as the gun-mounted grenades currently used by the IDF.

Besides. The effective range of this weapon is about the same as that of a single grenade, at a distance of 400 meters.

In the case of gun-mounted grenades, after all, they are still a little worse in terms of fire density. Therefore, in order to make up for this shortcoming, the army has asked the following various military enterprises to begin to develop this similar new grenade launcher to enhance the intensity of individual firepower―――――― which can be regarded as deeply influenced by Yan Shao, because after the establishment of the National Defense Force, Yan Shao emphasized the role of training and morale (spirit), especially the role of equipment.

Although it is not necessarily impossible to win a battle without good equipment, it is not necessarily impossible to win a war without good equipment, but good equipment can make a good army like a tiger.

In the same way, good equipment allows troops to reduce meaningless losses in battle...

And in many battles after the establishment of the Wehrmacht, what Yan Shao said was also proved correct in the war...

And this new rotary grenade launcher can indeed bring the required firepower to the troops, especially when the infantry needs to suppress the fire in the process of some operations, this equipment can become a very good infantry support equipment.

At least at this stage, the Wehrmacht is very satisfied with this equipment.

But...

Although it was clear what exactly the equipment was needed, it was also satisfied with the design. But this is a completely new thing after all, so so far, this new equipment has not really been designed and finalized, and the designs provided by various military enterprises have also dazzled the Wehrmacht somewhat with the meaning.

It is true that the Yushi Group has always been in a monopoly position in terms of many equipment, and many of the equipment currently equipped by the Wehrmacht are indeed supplied by the Yushi Group. Coupled with the deep background of Yushi Group...

But the problem is that the design of several other armament enterprises is also very good, after all, the design of this equipment is still relatively simple, as long as you have a certain foundation, it is difficult to say how big the gap between them will be.

Naturally, if the background is taken into account, the Wehrmacht is destined to choose the design scheme of the Rainstone Group. But Yan Shao has already said that fair competition, reasonable competition, and the fact that weapons designed by the Yushi Group were usually selected in the past have caused some criticism. There is no way, even if the design of the rain stone is indeed the best, but in the background of Yan Shao, some unwilling people can still use this as an excuse to criticize, this kind of thing cannot be suppressed.

And in the eyes of people who don't know the truth, there is some truth in such words...

Therefore, when faced with the choice of new equipment, the defense force also felt a little headache.

Although the various munitions enterprises have already come up with the design plan and the initial physical object, the Wehrmacht has been unable to make a choice for a long time. This also leads to the fact that the grenade launchers currently owned by the army are only gun-mounted grenades at this stage.

Fortunately, the power of this equipment is very good, so much so that the Wehrmacht is extremely pleased―――――― by the way, this design is provided by Yushi Ordnance.

Because at the beginning of the bidding, almost all the solutions offered by other groups were in the form of gun grenades, but Yushi provided a very novel gun-mounted grenade.

In addition, although the cost of this method is high, the combat effectiveness is far stronger than that of a gun grenade. Therefore, the army did not hesitate to choose Yushi's plan. (To be continued......)