The two Type 59 tanks were transported back to Nanshan on a flatbed truck and immediately sent to the new time and space, and with these two steel behemoths, the Guangfu Army was even more emboldened. The laborers and captives alike looked in amazement at the two roaring steel monsters running forward, they were used to all kinds of construction machinery, and the excavator with iron claws was even more "vicious". And this one comes with a long nose (jj?). The big guy with a round head and a round brain, but he can't tell what he does.

But not everyone does not see the purpose of the tank. As the tanks passed by the prisoner camp, the British officers who were playing cricket in the open saw the two strange machines. One of the captains asked his companion, "Rick, what do you think those two automobiles are for?" ”

"I think it's for impact." Rick guessed, "That long iron rod looks a lot like a battering ram." I just don't know if it's for engineering use or military use. ”

"These two vehicles are definitely for military use." Colonel Ramsay suddenly spoke, "That long iron pipe should be a cannon barrel." This is obviously a land weapon, and it is a very powerful land weapon. The all-iron shell, I don't think the guns currently in the army can pose a threat to it. ”

"Colonel, if that kind of automaton were to be wrapped in iron armor, it would surely weigh more than a hundred thousand pounds. The steam engine it uses should be larger than the size of the car. Rick, who had some mechanical common sense, was skeptical of the Colonel's words.

"The power plant used in the Chinese's vehicle should not be a steam engine, because it does not have a chimney, but a machine that we do not know about, and it is very small." Ramsey was not angry that others questioned his words, but patiently explained the basis for his opinion. "It should be the same power plant used by those claw cars and iron grinders."

Looking at the tank car that disappeared into the flying dust, the colonel sighed: "This kind of car is a cannon that can be moved at will, and the steel shell provides it with good protection. He turned back to the lieutenant colonel and asked, "Ronald, what if your troops encounter this kind of artillery carriage on the battlefield?" ”

The lieutenant colonel thought for a moment and replied not very affirmatively: "I will try to wreck it with a twelve-pounder cannon." ”

Ramsay shook his head, "I estimate that its iron shell is at least twenty inches thick, and a twelve-pounder gun may not be able to penetrate it." ”

"If the artillery cannot be destroyed, I will order the troops to retreat, and it is a crime for the British lads to fight steel with flesh and blood, hopelessly." The lieutenant colonel of the army said with a cut of gold.

Ramsey nodded in understanding, and everyone else was frustrated. The longer they stay here, the more they understand the facts of the Liberation Army, and the Liberation Army has no scruples about showing its strength in front of them. They now have no hope that the British will win the Liberation Army, and only hope that the British Army will not lose too badly. At the same time, he knew that the British army would be defeated, but he was powerless and could not let go. No one was in the mood to play cricket anymore, and everyone went back to the dormitory without saying a word.

Two tanks were driven to the naval base by the sea and parked. The main base has begun to pour a large area of concrete, and in order to prevent the crawlers from crushing the ground, all the tracked vehicles are parked here.

Regarding how the two tanks were used, the military leadership held a special meeting. First of all, it was decided to form a tank battalion with these two tanks, as well as several wheeled armored vehicles originally in the Humen security zone. Because there were no armored tactical command talents, the position of battalion commander was temporarily vacant.

The meeting also discussed what tactics to use, and the "blitzkrieg" clamored by several German fans was directly ignored by most people, and Ma Angelica even listed several reasons to oppose it. "First, the use of armored lightning tactics should have open road traffic to give full play to the high-speed maneuverability of armored vehicles, do you think the current traffic situation in China can be compared with the Netherlands, Belgium, and France 80 years later? Second, the blitzkrieg must have strong logistical support, and the armored vehicles can be maintained, repaired, and replenished at any time. Third, the greatest use of blitzkrieg is to quickly tear through the enemy's defense line and strike at the enemy's depth and points. It's a very advanced tactic, but it's not very useful for us right now. He raised his hand to stop a "German fan" who wanted to speak: "Listen to me and then refute!" You must understand that the main mode of warfare in China is still siege warfare, there is no so-called defense line and depth at all, and throwing off the walled cities to attack forward will only leave hidden dangers for logistics supplies. As long as the Qing army behind the city wall had enough food, it could hold for as long as it wanted, so the blitzkrieg was not useful in the area south of the Yangtze River in this era, and it was useless. ”

"Aren't these two tanks useless?" Another German fan asked unwillingly.

"No, these two tanks can play a role in World War I." The new political commissar Wei Bozhi took over the topic. After all, he graduated from a military school, and his military literacy is not comparable to that of ordinary military enthusiasts. "They can be used as support weapons for the infantry, covering the infantry to launch attacks on enemy positions. To put it simply, it is to use the infantry as a shield to block bullets and shells. ”

"We can learn from the U.S. military in the Korean War, drawing a pair of eyes in front of the tank, which can play a role in intimidating the enemy, at least scaring away the Qing army." After the "German fans" shut up, the "US military fans" stood up again.

"You don't need to draw your eyes, the Qing army must be running faster than a rabbit when they see a tank coming." Almost everyone regarded the Qing army as a scumbag of war, and laughed at them anytime and anywhere.

The meeting only temporarily decided on the establishment of the tank battalion, and in addition, Professor Luo Yuan taught the technology of driving tanks for more than a dozen survivors who volunteered to be tank drivers, which can be regarded as a reserve talent for the great development of the tank unit in the future.

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Four 152mm plus howitzers were also issued to combat units. Two were delivered to Stonecutters Island and forts were built on the hill of Stonecutters Island. The other two were arranged in the Chiwan Fortress, and a fort was built on Chiwan Mountain.

The Chiwan Fortress is another major military facility construction of the Guangfu Army. Chiwan originally had the Qing army's fort, located at the top of Shenzhen Yingzui Mountain on the Shekou Peninsula, divided into east and west sides to clamp Chiwan Port, and looked at the Lingding Ocean. During the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1662-1722), the fort was built in Chiwan, and the Chiwan Fort was built in the 56th year of the Kangxi reign (1717). At that time, Yang Lin, the governor of Fujian, was transferred to the governor of Guangdong. He presided over the construction of 126 military facilities such as coastal forts, city walls, and defensive grounds, of which 26 were artillery. Chiwan Fort is one of them, it is recorded that the Chiwan left and right forts set up thousands of soldiers, 6 pig iron cannons, and another 12 cannons are called "Franc machine" guns, which are Western-style weapons, and their production methods were introduced from Guangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Opium War, Lin Zexu defended the Pearl River Estuary and rebuilt the Chiwan Fort. Together with the Tuen Mun Fort, the Chiwan Fort served as a fort on the periphery of the Pearl River Estuary and at the same time guarded the entrance to Shenzhen Bay. It was destroyed in the recent attack on Canton by the Anglo-French forces, and now only a ruin remains.

Because of the pitiful range of the old artillery, the forts on the left and right sides of Chiwan were built on the seaside. When the Guangfu Army built the Chiwan Fortress, it did not use the original fort, but started from scratch, and the fort was built on the Chiwan Mountain northeast of the left fort. Although it is less than 200 meters above sea level, it has a wide view of the entrance to Shenzhen Bay and is at least 1,000 meters from the coast. With the range and hit rate of the Royal Navy naval guns in this era, there was no way to take the battery on the top of the hill.

Facing south and west between Chiwan Mountain and the beach, a series of cement permanent fortifications were built according to the topographical engineering department, and large bunkers stood facing the beach, connected by concrete trenches. Everyone who sees this kind of bunker and has seen the movie "Saving Private Ryan" will have a familiar feeling. This kind of bunker is exactly the same as the bunker of the German army in the film, the same built according to the mountain, the same thick and strong, each bunker is planned to be stationed in a squad, with the barbed wire and deer fence in front of the bunker, forming an impregnable ring fortification on the periphery of Chiwan Mountain, and the crossfire composed of machine guns and mortars will tear all the invading enemies to pieces.

An improvised road goes up the mountain to the top of Chiwan Mountain. The so-called forts are two circular cement fortifications, completely open-air, and in consideration of the maintenance of the artillery, two semi-underground bunkers will be built behind the fort as warehouses for parking artillery and storing ammunition. The artillery is parked in it when it is not in use, and it is pushed out when it is needed, so as not to expose the artillery to the wind and sun in the open air, which will affect its service life.

At the same time as the fort was being built, the newly formed 2nd Fortress Artillery Company (the 1st Company was stationed at Stonecutters Island) was seizing the time to train. Unlike infantry units, only officers above the platoon level are modern people, and the proportion of modern people in the fortress artillery is 30 percent. The fortress artillery company is composed of two artillery platoons, a guard platoon, and a baggage platoon, the guard platoon is no different from the general infantry platoon, a modern platoon leader leads a group of local soldiers, responsible for the guard of the battery; The re-platoon is simply miscellaneous, mainly doing some work of moving and lifting, and belongs to armed migrant workers; The artillery platoon is a technical branch, and with the fact that most of the locals are illiterate, it is impossible to train qualified gunners in a short period of time, so they can only do some work of cleaning the gun chamber and carrying shells. Spectators, gunners, and even loaders are modern. And these people were not willing to suffer in rank, so there was a scene of several lieutenants and ensigns circling around a gun.

Han Jialang temporarily put down the work of the reconnaissance battalion and served as an artillery instructor full-time. Ma Angelica accompanied Wei Bozhi to inspect, and happened to see a group of novice artillerymen being driven away by him. When Wei Bozhi's new official took office, Ma Angelica naturally wanted to accompany him to take a look around and familiarize himself with the following situation. Chiwan Fortress is the gateway to Shenzhen Bay, and it is also a key area to inspect.

Standing on the fort that had begun to take shape, Wei Bozhi held up the telescope and looked around. The sea surface is sparkling with phosphorus and phosphorus, a few flat boats are rowing on the surface of the sea, and more than a dozen seagulls are chirping and circling and flying in the sky. To the southwest, there is only a small green dot on Neilingding Island, and a beach visible to the naked eye in the south and east is Lung Kwu Tan in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, which is only five kilometers away in a straight line, and Chiwan generally chokes the entrance to Shenzhen Bay if two sharp corners. Putting down the binoculars, Wei Bozhi asked Han Jialang: "Can the two cannons hold here?" ”

"If you just want to hold this fortress, two guns and these fortifications under the mountain, a company of defenders with plenty of ammunition, no matter how many British people come, it is useless." Han Jialang said confidently, "But if you want to hold the entrance to Shenzhen Bay, two artillery pieces are not enough." I have heard that the British Navy has sent more than twenty warships into battle, and if they try to break in, two guns will not be able to stop them. ”

"Don't worry about that!" Wei Bozhi was relieved after getting Han Jialang's assurance. "If the British could not capture this fortress, he would not dare to enter Shenzhen Bay rashly. Just like in the two Opium Wars, it is a reason that the British did not dare to attack Guangzhou if they did not capture the Humen Fort. Leaving such a big threat in one's own back road would not be done by anyone with a little military common sense. ”

"There are still too few cannons found." Ma Angelica lamented, "If there is enough artillery, another fortress can be built in Tuen Mun on the opposite side, and the two fortresses form crossfire, and this place can be held impregnably." ”

"The gap in artillery is still huge!" Wei Bozhi nodded, agreeing with Ma Angelica's statement. "In the future, we will occupy Guangzhou and use it as a temporary political center, so we must restore the Shajiao, Dajiao, and Weiyuan forts in Humen, as well as the Pazhou, Liede, Chewei, and Huangpu forts on the Pearl River.

"I hope the chief of staff will make a new discovery!" They don't have the technology to build themselves, and the captured British artillery can't be looked down on and won't be used, so everyone can only pin their hopes on the arsenal of the People's Liberation Army.