After the C-type rocket launcher was tested, Nanjing approved the start of mass production. The Jiangnan Heavy Factory in Xi'an accepted the task of heavy industry and began to organize production, and soon the first batch of rocket artillery regiments began to test the equipment of the troops for the defense of Nanjing.

The first rocket artillery regiment attached to the whole army was the 15th Group Army on the Eastern Front in Nanjing. The first commander of the rocket artillery regiment was Zhang Shunshui, the former commander of the guard battalion of the group army headquarters.

After the last incident of the Japanese army's advance team, Zhang Shunshui and Shu Shu were commended respectively. Of course, Zhang Shunshui criticized first and then made a commendation, after all, it was his guard work that went wrong, and the consequence was that he almost let the group army headquarters let the little devil serve it.

After this incident, Zhang Shunshui also made a profound review to the commander of the group army and offered to go to the front-line combat units.

The commander of the group army agreed, and he was assigned to the group organization office as the above corrected regimental position, but the main positions of the troops below were full, and it was really difficult to assign him anywhere.

In desperation, Zhang Shunshui sat on the cold bench for more than ten days, and at this time, he learned the news of the formation of a rocket artillery regiment.

Zhang Shunshui didn't know what rocket artillery was, he thought it was just an ordinary artilleryman, so he signed up to run for the head of the rocket artillery regiment, but he didn't expect to run for the election.

The reason for the election is that there are few people who go to the election. At this time, which of the commanders of the 15th Group Corps is not busy on the front line, who still has the time to run for this?

Another reason is that Zhang Shunshui has really studied these times. After he came into contact with Huang Zheng, he began to read books when he was fine, and when he flipped through them, he found that there were really a lot of new things.

Huang Zheng told him that the more society develops, the more important it is to read! Playing less cards, reading books when you have nothing to do, and cultivating your body and mind are also beneficial.

Wang Maocai used to read little, but later he learned to read and write in a literacy class run by the army. He was not interested in the "Gadfly" and "War and Peace" that Huang Zheng left him, but he couldn't put down the pamphlets such as "Armored War" written by Huang Ke.

He was simply fascinated, and those ideas and narratives about armored and mechanized warfare made Zhang Shunshui fascinated.

When he first saw rocket artillery, Zhang Shunshui felt that the mechanized steel torrent conceived by Huang Ke in the book was the kind of guy in front of him. So after seeing the rocket artillery, he made up his mind that he must be selected and become the commander of this army.

After multi-level selection and consideration, Zhang Shunshui became the commander of the first rocket artillery regiment as he wished.

For reasons of secrecy, this artillery regiment was not named after rocket artillery, but only named the 1st Rapid Artillery Regiment, and the whole regiment was equipped with 36 "Cuihua" rocket launchers, organized into three battalions, and more than 1,000 troops.

This powerful artillery regiment was first put into battle a month after the Battle of Nanjing. At this time, the defense line of the Jurong line had collapsed, and the troops began to retreat to the Tangchi line in an orderly manner for defense.

The momentum of the Japanese offensive continued unabated, and the arrogant Sixth Division relied on its strong firepower superiority to pounce on the soup pond.

It was in this battle that the Chinese army for the first time put into service a large-scale rocket artillery.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, on the eve of the attack of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, 36 rocket artillery guns of the rocket artillery regiment entered the predetermined position and began to prepare for two salvo shots.

The battle continued, in the night sky, flares rose and fell, signal flares of different colors continued to rise, the sound of various small arms accompanied by the wind, and tracer bullets dragging red tail flames continued to move back and forth......

"Prepare for shelling!" Arriving at the predetermined position, the specific direction came from the front, and the artillery regiment began to give orders.

The officers and men immediately took off their gun jackets, adjusted the Zhu Yuan, and loaded the shells. After a while, the cars began to report and were ready.

The regiment commander Zhang Shunshui raised the binoculars and looked forward, the artillery fire in front was still there, and the Japanese infantry, under the cover of armored vehicles and tanks, began to attack the front line of Tangchi. The night was dark, but he could feel the arrogance on the faces of the Japanese officers and soldiers.

"Good!" Zhang Shun sailor waved down and gave the order to start.

The officers and men took their positions and immediately began firing. Moments later, amid an overwhelming uproar, a dense * poured down on the Japanese positions like raindrops during a summer rainstorm.

The attacking Japanese army suffered an unprecedented blow. Years later, the officers and men of the 6th Division still find it incredible when they recall this horrific scene, and when the survivors talk about it, they still feel that it was the most terrifying battle.

The rain of fire that rained down from the sky covered them with no dead ends, and this kind of shell* was different from ordinary shells, they were dense, covered a wide area, and were mainly incendiary explosions. The burning produced a high temperature that could melt steel, and the arrogant 6th Division, the vanguard of the army, was instantly turned into a sea of fire.

Intensive* brings not only tactical destruction, but also psychological shock. After two volleys, the vanguard of the 6th Division, a brigade, lost almost all of its combat effectiveness, and the vehicles that matched it were all reduced to molten steel. This incident spread in the 6th Division and even in the entire Japanese army in East China, and as soon as they heard the sound of swishing rocket artillery, they would rush to inexplicable fear.

After two volleys, Zhang Shunshui looked through the telescope at the sea of fire that was burning several kilometers away, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Report, two salvos completed!" An officer ran over and reported to Zhang Shunshui.

Zhang Shunshui nodded, and continued to wave his hand: "Withdraw!" ”

After only an hour, the rocket artillery regiment immediately put on the camouflage of artillery jackets and branches, and then the group of vehicles began to withdraw to the rear.

This is the first time that rocket artillery units have attacked the enemy in a structured manner, and there is no doubt that this weapon has achieved good results.

After this battle, the Japanese military top brass was also extremely shaken. In less than an hour, one of their vanguard infantry brigades was lost, what is this concept?

In East China, the Japanese army even organized a group of military experts to conduct a special investigation at the scene of the rocket artillery attack, in an effort to find out what exactly this weapon was newly used by the Chinese army.

In addition to this, Matsui Ishine and Hatohiko also approached an intelligence agency specifically to investigate the matter and asked them if they had such information.

The Mei organ in Shanghai learned through intelligence that this is a new weapon codenamed "Cuihua", which can be classified as a type of artillery, and there is no other information.

Aoyama Tanaka, head of the intelligence section of the Mei Agency, had just been transferred from Japan, and he was still in the stage of exploring China's intelligence. This guy is different from ordinary Japanese, with a slender and thin figure, angular facial features, and usually wears a pair of gold-wire glasses, which is quite sven and chic.

However, under Sven's appearance, this guy is extremely vicious.

In Japan, he uncovered a number of Chinese, Soviet, and American spy networks. Once these intelligence officers are caught by him, they are basically worse than dead. After a beautiful Soviet spy ravaged him, he was thrown into the military dog training place and was bitten to death by the dog.

It can be said that Aoyama Tanaka's hands are stained with the blood of intelligence officers of various countries.

Because of this, he was highly appreciated by the chief of Kenji Dohihara and transferred him to Shanghai, China.

However, when Aoyama Tanaka's ruthlessness cannot be exerted in Shanghai. Shanghai Tang is an intelligence distribution center in East Asia, where intelligence organizations from many countries have flexed their muscles, and battles of wits and courage in all aspects have been staged.

This was the first time that Aoyama Tanaka had been asked to investigate the matter, and he was ready to do it with all his might.

However, because of Wang Jingwei's rebellion, the intelligence personnel in Nanjing were basically swept away, and none of the intelligence networks that had been painstakingly operated were now complete, and now they can only rely on some people on the periphery to get some gossip. So it took a long time to get some brief information.

Aoyama Tanaka found someone to study it, but I really didn't know what this thing was, so I had to find No. 76 together. After all, No. 76 is also their own person, because the head is more familiar, and sometimes No. 76's information is more detailed than them.

After Wang Maocai saw it, he also ordered his subordinates to investigate, but he didn't find anything famous.

Aoyama Tanaka asked him, what is the special significance of this "green flower"?

Wang Maocai said to him: "This 'Cuihua' is a very common name for Chinese women, and it has no special meaning. ”

He really couldn't figure out why he used the name of such a rural woman as a code name for his weapon.

"Could it have something to do with the location of the study? Or does this 'emerald flower' have other meanings? Aoyama Tanaka asked.

Wang Maocai shrugged: "I really don't know this." ”

Aoyama Tanaka glanced at him suspiciously, his face full of disbelief.

Wang Maocai also ignored him, whoever he loved, a small Zhongzuo in Qingshan dared to be presumptuous in front of him.

The intelligence agencies had no choice but to present this information and annotations to the Japanese military top brass in East China. Matsui Ishine shook his head after reading it, is this considered intelligence? It's just useless. However, it is not entirely to blame for these intelligence personnel, because it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain Chinese intelligence information.

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The rocket artillery test made the Ministry of Defense realize the enormous power of this weapon. Its rapid mobility and firepower intensity have allowed many people to regain confidence in fighting against Japan. As a result, the Ministry of National Defense approved the construction of rocket artillery. Huang Ke personally instructed that every group army should be assigned a rocket artillery division to make up for the lack of firepower in the war against Japan.

More than half a year later, the front-line units of the whole army were basically equipped with new-type rocket artillery units, which were originally named Yangtze River rocket artillery, but the officers and men were accustomed to calling them "Cuihua."