Before the smoke of gunfire in Rozin had cleared, three freighters appeared outside the port, loaded with food and munitions. After a big battle, Qin Wei's Northern Front Army also consumed a large amount of supplies and urgently needed to replenish them.

He personally brought people to the port, and it was Liu Shaoqing who was responsible for the delivery, and he has now been promoted to the director of the Quartermaster Procurement Department, and has a major say in the procurement of all kinds of weapons and military supplies, and even Zhang Tinglan's opinion has been rejected by Liu Shaoqing several times.

However, the more this is the case, the more Liu Shaoqing will be prosperous and highly used in the Feng army, after all, the issue of military supplies is too important, and there is an iron-faced, selfless, and shrewd figure staring, everyone can rest assured.

After getting off the cargo ship and seeing Qin Wei, he smiled and said: "Old sir, you have eliminated a Japanese division, but your reputation is so famous that everyone in the world knows about it!" ”

"It's nothing, the 19th Division is not the main force, and it is not all wiped out, it is just two main wings, it is not as good as Lao Sun!"

Although he said so, Qin Wei's face still showed a look of joy, he was also very satisfied with this battle, but he was not able to capture the military flag, which was far less brilliant than Sun Anhu's victory in Gaizhou, and he still had a little bit of competition in his heart.

Liu Shaoqing also smiled and said: "Old sir, you don't have to worry, there is another good thing to find, it's up to you to show your skills." ”

When Qin Wei heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "Your kid has been promoted to a senior official, and he will not come to the front line easily, there must be something good to come over this time, hurry up and talk to me." ”

"Don't worry, sir, I'll show you something first."

A lot of things had been unloaded from the boat as he spoke, and Qin Wei noticed that in the middle, there were more than a dozen squares covered with tarpaulin. It looks like a classic car, but it seems to be a little bigger.

Liu Shaoqing took a few steps, brushed it, and tore off the tarpaulin, revealing the true face of Lushan inside, although this thing is also the same as a classic car, it is a four-wheeled thing, but there are obvious differences. The body is wider and stronger, the wheels are larger and wider, and the most special thing is that the car is completely open-top. There is only one metal frame on it.

Looking at this strange-looking thing, Qin Wei frowned: "Shaoqing, what is this, what's the big deal?" ”

Liu Shaoqing said with a smile: "Sir, this is our latest military off-road vehicle. The code name is Mustang, and the off-road performance is outstanding. It can both fit people. It can also carry weapons, compared to armored vehicles and tanks, this thing can be called an assault light horse. ”

Liu Shaoqing calmly introduced the situation to Qin Wei, in fact, the so-called Mustang off-road vehicle is very similar to the concept of jeeps in later generations.

With the construction of mechanization, the Feng army faced an important problem. That is, to make the infantry fast, to put wheels on the infantry. Zhang Tinglan also knows that the jeep is a very versatile and can complete almost any task, but this thing was developed by the U.S. military before World War II. It has not yet appeared at this time.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan retreated to the next best thing, got the production line of pickup trucks, and wanted to temporarily use pickup trucks to undertake some military tasks. However, after Liu Shaoqing took charge of the issue of munitions procurement, he focused on sorting out all the major procurement items and carefully studied the problems.

Originally, Feng Jun had never doubted Zhang Tinglan's judgment, and even to the point of blind obedience, questioning Zhang Tinglan's decision was like a crime. However, Liu Shaoqing found that the project of introducing pickup trucks had many problems and could not meet the needs of the army. For this reason, he studied for three days without sleep, and then Zuihou gritted his teeth and decided to visit Zhang Tinglan and report the problems he found.

The problems found by Liu Shaoqing can be summarized into three aspects: difficult production, high price, and insufficient capacity. For the United States, which can mass-produce sedans, pickup trucks are naturally nothing remarkable, but for Fengjun, jishu is still quite difficult, and even if there is a production line, a large number of excellent technicians must be invested.

In addition, the production cost of pickup trucks is almost close to that of a classic car, and no matter how rich Fengjun is, it is impossible to afford to equip it. As for the problem of capacity, the problem is mainly in the engine, the later Pikala has no problem with more than a ton of cargo, but now it is absolutely not, the gap between the engines is too large, at best it can only carry machine guns, and it is impossible to tow small and medium-caliber guns.

When Liu Shaoqing, who was red-eyed, stood in front of Zhang Tinglan, our Lan Shuai also discovered his own problems, and in dealing with many problems, he has tried his best to look at the problem with the current vision, rather than the concept of later generations, but sometimes it is inevitable to have preconceived ideas.

"Shaoqing, your opinion is right, but what do you think should be done, is it to give up the pickup project?"

"Dashuai, I think that if the child is disobedient, education is enough, and there is no need to kill with a stick, and we really need a multi-purpose military transporter. And the pickup is not without merit, it depends on how it is used. ”

Liu Shaoqing immediately put forward a suggestion to Zhang Tinglan, pickup trucks are relatively comfortable, and there is a certain transportation capacity, there is a market in China, especially the people who became rich first in the Northeast can afford to consume, so they might as well use pickup trucks to make money. In addition, the main market for pickup trucks is still the western part of the United States, Liu Shaoqing suggested that the United States in turn sell pickup trucks, or simply establish a factory in the United States, or cooperate in production, in short, the patent of pickup trucks is in the hands of Fengjun, as long as you can make money, you can do anything.

Then use the funds earned from the pickup project to hire professional automotive talents to design a military car for the needs of the Feng army. The new car can completely borrow the mature jishu of the pickup truck, and it can also take advantage of the pickup production line to train workers.

Zhang Tinglan also calculated, so that there was almost no need to invest anything, and there was still money to be made if it was done well, so he readily agreed. As a result, after the matter was handed over to Liu Shaoqing for operation, within four months, two automobile experts in the United States initially came up with a brand-new design plan.

After optimization, it was handed over to Zhang Tinglan, and at this time this thing was almost the same as the jeep of later generations, and Zhang Tinglan simply made some changes according to the appearance of the jeep.

Zuihou's brand-new military transport vehicle was determined, and then he used the patent of the pickup truck to get a car production line from the United States, and after the installation, it was completely possible to produce qualified jeeps.

Before the war, the Feng army produced a total of nearly 500 vehicles, and this time Liu Shaoqing sent 350 vehicles to Qin Wei, basically all of them were sent over.

Liu Shaoqing said with a smile: "Old sir, the marshal has specially explained, I hope you can use these vehicles to quickly raid along the river, and Zuihou can hit all the way to Wonsan Port, so that the northern half of Korea will fall into our hands." ”

Hearing Liu Shaoqing's words, Qin Wei was also short of breath, he knew the situation in North Korea very well. The peninsula's railway network takes on a huge X-shape, with Seoul in the center and then outward, and it is on this section of the railway on the northern coast that he is now in.

The Japanese were still concentrated in the relatively flat south, between Pyongyang and Sinuiju, and those Japanese soldiers were the targets of the central and southern fronts of the Bong army. Two legions were enough, and Qin Wei's northern front legion would be redundant if it went over.

On the contrary, the northern army is empty, if he can use jeeps to carry out a quick assault, he can take advantage of the weakness to seize the railway line, just like Liu Shaoqing said, he can directly hit Wonsan, and even quickly threaten Seoul, this attraction is too great.

Thinking of this, Qin Wei unconsciously circled around the jeep a few times, and his eyes also showed surprise, although the protection ability of this thing cannot be compared with tank armored vehicles, but it is fast in speed, flexible in mobility, strong in off-road ability, suitable for the mountainous terrain of North Korea.

And from Rojin to Wonsan, there are not many Japanese garrisons along the way, they are all garrison troops, and even the puppet army of North Korea, these people have limited combat effectiveness, and using armored vehicles is a knife to kill chickens!

Thinking of this, Qin Wei's face showed joy, and he stepped on the accelerator suddenly, and the jeep roared violently, spit out a cloud of black smoke, and rushed out quickly, full of energy, like a wild horse, violent and powerful.

ran around, and when he got out of the car, Qin Wei couldn't help but hahadaxiao: "Shaoqing, with this thing, North Korea can't run!" ”

Qin Wei immediately modified these jeeps, erected machine guns and mortars on them, and at the same time extracted one of the most elite infantry regiments from the Seventh Division, allowing them to ride in jeeps and act as the assault vanguard of the troops.

More than 300 jeeps lined up in a neat queue and rushed down the railway line frantically. In order to save face, the Japanese government did not tell the news of the elimination of the 19th Division of the defending army along the way.

But they were also asked to blow up the railroad and then retreat as quickly as possible, and the Japanese also knew that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly carried out the blasting and prepared to escape.

However, the speed of the Feng army was far beyond their imagination, and the huge jeep convoy rushed up with its buttocks, and the machine guns on the car fired at the sight of the Japanese, and the bullets rained down like bullets, and before they could react, they were all killed on the spot.

The assault corps is also fighting more and more crazy, the distance between them and the large army has reached more than fifty kilometers at most, Qin Wei is both happy and uneasy in his heart, the performance of the assault corps is beyond imagination, but he also knows that these jeeps have almost no protection ability, once they encounter an artillery attack, they will suffer a big loss.

Fortunately, the assault troops seized Cheongjin, which is also an important town in the northwest of the Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese soldiers stationed in Cheongjin did not have time to resist before they wiped out the Bong army, and at the same time the Bong army also captured five trains.

With these trains, everything became easier, and the follow-up troops were able to use the railroad to maneuver, and their speed became faster and faster, like a storm, and all the Japanese strongholds along the way were reduced to fallen leaves and swept away.

Qin Wei's Northern Front Army advanced one hundred and ten kilometers in one day, which even exceeded the speed of the German blitzkrieg, not to mention that the Japanese couldn't believe it, even the Feng army himself couldn't believe it, and Qin Wei was a little trembling when he reported the situation to Zhang Tinglan again.

However, Zhang Tinglan's call back to him was relatively simple, with only one word: rush! (To be continued......)