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Just two months ago.

When Kong Jie and John met, they talked about the subsequent cooperation between the two sides in the field of arms, and there was such a conversation.

John said: "In the event of a war, the military will give priority to heavy tanks and large-caliber artillery, which are the only weapons in the war, which can directly determine the quality of equipment and the difference in firepower between the two armies."

Heavy tanks and large-caliber artillery have too high production process requirements, and the input cost is also very large, plus the support of a large number of orders from the military.

This kind of business is not something I can afford personally, even the parent company behind me, may not be able to eat it. ”

Kong Jie said: "The cake of heavy tanks and large-caliber artillery has been almost shared.

Rather than fighting with others, there may not be a chance of winning.

It is better to take a different approach and focus on small-caliber follow-up artillery, as well as individual anti-tank weapons, as well as submachine guns, which are advantageous automatic firepower at close range. ”

"You mean the Hua brand submachine gun?" John asked.

Kong Jie smiled and nodded.

And the Hua brand submachine gun in John's mouth.

In fact, it was the American M3 submachine gun, and the drawings of the M3 submachine gun at that time, Kong Jie gave it to John in three times, which whetted John's appetite, and used these three drawings as the first pot of gold to get a lot of ammunition and equipment from John.

But Kong Jie can't tell John that this is called the M3 submachine gun, and before that, you U.S. troops will have other models of submachine guns.

For example, the Thompson submachine gun, the M1 submachine gun, the M1A1 submachine gun, and finally the M3 submachine gun.

This is the transformation and development of generation after generation, right?

Therefore, Kong Jie directly renamed the American-style M3 submachine gun to the Hua-brand submachine gun at that time.

"The performance of the Hua brand submachine gun is indeed superior, and it is much stronger than the Thompson submachine gun currently used by the military in all aspects.

I'm confident that once the guns are produced and put into use on the battlefield, I'll get better feedback.

It is definitely possible to get quite a few orders from the military. ”

But John then sighed: "It's just that the military's standard weapon is always a rifle, and the order for a Chinese submachine gun will definitely not be less, but it won't be too much."

You can't let the soldiers go into battle with a submachine gun in their arms, right? ”

Kong Jie smiled: "John, why worry, this time we are not a magic weapon to win. ”

"As I said, our focus this time can be on some small-caliber follow-up artillery, as well as individual anti-tank weapons."

"In addition to Huapai submachine guns, in the future, once your country enters the war and wars break out with other countries, anti-tank operations will definitely be indispensable on the battlefield."

"If there is an anti-tank weapon that can even be operated by individual soldiers and used portably, and can even reach the power of conventional anti-tank guns, causing mortal danger to enemy tanks, then will such individual anti-tank equipment be favored by the military?"

John was stunned, he didn't rush to speak.

If it came from someone else's mouth, he would have scoffed.

Is it really impossible to rely on lip service for the development of the military industry?

But when these words came out of Kong Jie's mouth, what John needed to consider was not doubt, but what kind of sensational results would be caused once this new weapon was really produced, as Kong Jie said.

After all, according to history, the U.S. Army's individual bazooka, that is, Baguka, was put into production until May 42.

It's not even forty-two years yet!

This leaves a lot of time for Kong Jie to operate.

"That's incredible, Xu, is there really such individual anti-tank equipment?" John was moved.

Kong Jie said with a smile: "There is nothing that can't be done, only unexpected, hundreds of years ago, who would have thought that planes, tanks, artillery, and other terrifying weapons of war could appear on the battlefield?" ”

"That's right!" John said, his expression full of expectation: "Xu, you shouldn't have mastered the design drawings of this kind of equipment that can be used for individual anti-tank warfare, right?" ”

After all, the one standing in front of John.

Not only did he come up with the design drawings of the Hua-brand submachine gun, but he even took out the design drawings of the Zero aircraft, which the Japanese army would definitely regard as the top military secret.

Kong Jie smiled noncommittally, "This kind of anti-tank weapon that can be operated by individual soldiers is actually not complicated in principle and structure, on the contrary, it can even be said to be very simple. ”

He casually picked up the blank paper on the side, picked up a pencil and drew a sketch: "This is a launcher, this is a rocket, the rocket has its special structure, designed to have the effect of armor piercing when hitting a tank...... In the rear is the excitation device, the principle is also very simple, relying on the thrust of the solid rocket back spray to push the rocket out when launched...... In the end, the purpose of destroying armor and anti-tank combat is achieved. ”

Soon, Kong Jie sketched the general appearance of the individual bazooka.

Listening to Kong Jie's narration, John's eyes gradually brightened.

The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway.

Although John is not an expert in military production, as an arms dealer, he still knows a little about some concepts in military production.

After Kong Jie described the structure and principle of the anti-tank equipment of this individual rocket launcher, John realized that this simple structure and convenient operation of the individual rocket launcher was absolutely feasible for anti-tank combat.

"Xu, does this weapon have any name?" John asked, looking burning as he seemed to be witnessing the birth of a new type of man-in-man anti-tank equipment.

Kong Jie was silent for a moment and then asked with a smile, "The name hasn't been given yet, John, what do you think the overall shape and structure of this weapon looks like?" ”

"Like what?"

John was stunned, looked at the sketch drawn by Kong Jie, and after a moment, suddenly realized: "It looks like a large tubular bazooka instrument." ”

"Xu, if you don't call Bazooka directly, forget it."

Is Bazooka again......

Kong Jie shook his head not very satisfied, "John, you know, we Chinese are not very familiar with your Western musical instruments. ”

The implication is that this individual rocket launcher is now designed by the Chinese, and it must be called a Chinese name.

"What's that going to be called?"

"Blowtorch!" Kong Jiedao.

“What？”

"Blowing torches, a kind of bamboo tube used to blow stove fires in our rural China, John, don't you think it's very similar to our individual bazookas?"

John was a pragmatist, and he didn't bother to care what this bazooka looked like.

He only cares if he can get a large number of military orders from the military for himself after this weapon is produced, and earn the money he wants.

For Kong Jie's insistence, John catered to and agreed: "This name is too vivid, yes, it's called a blowtorch, when this weapon is produced, I will definitely use this name, I can swear by my character."

Xu, I would like to call you the father of the blowtorch! ”

Father of the Blowtorch......

Kong Jie: "......"

It always sounds a little weird.

In order to encourage John, after both sides made up their minds to produce and develop this kind of anti-tank bazooka for individual combat, the blowtorch, Kong Jie said:

"John, you see, after our anti-tank rocket launcher is officially born, perhaps, the best way to fight anti-tank warfare is to attack with tanks, and even waver."

"Of course, Xu, I'm looking forward to the birth of our masterpiece!"

……

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Nakajo Mountain area.

The confrontation between the Japanese army and the 4th Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army continued in the form of local operations.

At this time, the Uchida Brigade of the Kwantung Army, the most vanguard of the Japanese army, had been wiped out by the Fourth Regiment in one fell swoop.

After Wang Huaibao ordered the division of troops to break through the encirclement, the combat units of each company of the Fourth Regiment easily broke through the encirclement of the Japanese army from multiple directions with the help of sophisticated American-style equipment and powerful firepower, completely breaking the net of the devil's advance and sweeping.

The Japanese army immediately adjusted its operational deployment, re-shrunk its forces, and united with the troops in the direction of the county town to attack on two fronts.

And at the same time, an armored unit consisting of a dozen tanks and armored vehicles was sent to assist in the operation.

The contest between the two sides gradually escalated.

...... "Regiment commander, the little devil really dispatched tanks and armored vehicles. ”

The commander of the first battalion, who rushed to the headquarters of the forward provisional regiment, reported to the regiment commander Wang Huaibao with some helplessness.

Wang Huaibao nodded, but there was no surprise in his expression.

"Our American-style equipment frightened the little devils, and it is reasonable for the devils to dispatch tanks and armored vehicles."

He then asked, "Jiang Hu, how are they preparing?" ”

The commander of the first battalion said: "The regiment commander can rest assured, Jiang Hu brought the anti-tank combat team that the old regiment commander reinforced this time said that it was all ready.

The kid also said that he wanted to invite our four regiments to watch a classic anti-tank combat performance! ”

said so, but the commander of the first battalion always felt a little unreliable: "It's just...... Regiment commander, just a dozen or so pieces of equipment like trumpet blowtorches, can they really deal with the devil's tank? ”

Wang Huaibao said: "This batch of individual combat rocket launchers is one of the American-style equipment sent by the old regiment commander to send the transport team together.

I heard that it is the latest development and production of the Yankees' military production factory, but the specific design seems to be related to our old regiment leader, and the name is also given by the old regiment leader, which is called a blowtorch.

As for how powerful it is, and whether it can conduct anti-tank warfare, we don't know now.

However, we just can't trust this bazooka, and we should be able to trust our old leader! ”

"That's for sure!" The commander of the first battalion said without hesitation, and then seemed to be cheering himself up, "Since the old regiment commander sent us this anti-tank team, and only sent these dozen blowtorches, this thing will definitely be able to knock out the devil's tank." ”

"Then we'll wait and see!" Wang Huaibao said with a smile.

As the supreme military commander of the Fourth Regiment, Wang Huaibao was much calmer, and he prepared a number of plans if the anti-tank team could not defeat the devil's tank.

He can still calmly lead the soldiers to evacuate, avoiding the edge of the devil tank force.

It's a big deal to rely on sophisticated equipment to re-encircle the devils, drill into the mountains again, and rely on the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare with the devils.

Look at how much manpower and material resources he still has for his little devil, and how many more sweeps he can launch.

…… Time passes quickly.

In order to avoid casualties on his own side, Wang Huaibao's orders for the scattered combat units were very clear:

Avoid any form of head-to-head confrontation with the Japanese tank units that collide with them.

Once you encounter the Japanese tank troops, you will immediately choose to evacuate and temporarily take the lead.

Although the tanks and armored vehicles of this devil are left to the anti-tank combat group to deal with, although the other combat companies are well-equipped, they may not be easy to deal with tanks, and there will be unnecessary casualties if they are not careful, which Wang Huaibao does not want to see.

In this way, the tank units used by the Japanese army soon appeared to run rampant, but whenever they encountered the combat units of the Eighth Route Army on the way forward.

The Eighth Route General Association evacuated in a hurry.

Japanese tanks and armored vehicles immediately chose to pursue.

In the eyes of the Japanese, this scene must have been the power of the Eighth Route Army taken by the tank forces of the Great Japanese Empire, and they did not dare to engage in a head-to-head confrontation at all.

The news reached the rear command of the Japanese army.

The corners of the devil commander's mouth also hung a smug smile.

It turned out to be a wise move to use tank units against the well-equipped 4th Separate Regiment.

Seeing that the attack of the tank troops was effective, and even directly drove the troops of the Eighth Route Army backwards, the Devil Command immediately ordered the infantry to continue to advance with the tank troops.

In this way, it is accompanied by the contraction of the main force of the devil's sweep.

The Japanese commander judged that sooner or later these dirt roads would have to engage the tank forces of the Japanese Empire.

At that time, with the help of the edge of the tank, it will definitely be able to defeat the Fourth Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

Somewhere deep in the mountains of Mt. Nakajo.

Jiang Hu, leader of the third antitank combat group of a detachment, rushed to the temporary regimental headquarters of the fourth regiment with 30 crew members and reported to the regiment commander Wang Huaibao.

"Report to the regiment commander, our anti-tank combat team is all ready and ready to go into battle at any time to destroy the Japanese tanks!"

Looking at the anti-tank combat team standing neatly in front of him and confident with all members, Wang Huaibao nodded with satisfaction, and then only asked:

"How do the main forces need to assist you in the battle?"

Jiang Hu patted the bazooka that was carried in his left hand, only a dozen pounds in weight, and replied:

"Regiment commander, our blowtorch against the devil's tank has an effective range of only about 100 meters, and the longest range is less than 400 meters."

"In order to ensure the effective destruction of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, it is better to be able to reduce the range to within 60 meters."

"So ......"

Wang Huaibao nodded and said, "Understood, rest assured, lure the enemy deep and lure the Japanese tanks to the attack area of your anti-tank combat team, and I will arrange for the troops to carry out the task." ”

He pointed out a few of them on the map, "These three points are excellent places for anti-tank warfare.

The tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army may not always be together, once the devils divide their forces to fight, I will send a team to divert the armored troops of the devils to these three areas, and your anti-tank combat team will also prepare in advance. ”

"Yes!" Jiang Hu responded.

Wang Huaibao finally instructed: "Jiang Hu, if you want to defeat the devil's armored vehicle unit at the lowest cost, you can only ask your anti-tank combat team."

This battle must be successful, otherwise in the follow-up sweep carried out by the Japanese army, our army may fall into passivity. ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, Jiang Hu swears to complete the task! Jiang Hu replied loudly, his eyes full of determination.

Wang Huaibao immediately glared at him and scolded:

", you have to knock out this devil's tanks and armored vehicles for me, and none of your anti-tank teams are missing, you have to come back alive for me.

You are the precious soldiers of the old regiment commander, and I can't turn around if there is one less one! ”

"Hey, yes!" Jiang Hu replied with a smirk......