Regarding this strange behavior of hiding himself and surrendering, the deputy general staff and Lao Cui could only respond with silence.

The strategy of having better equipment but leaving it in the warehouse to eat ashes, and preferring to be sieveed by the enemy's armored forces rather than train in advance, is really outrageous enough.

After the milk method became invisible, Lao Maozi adjusted his mood for a moment, and then said to his allies with an expectant face:

"Zuo, Huang, let's try the cannon together!"

"The data on paper is not as intuitive as a few shots, and I want to see with my own eyes the power of this anti-tank gun."

In Lao Cui's cognition, the speed of updating and iteration of the Japanese armored forces is slow. After the Battle of Normenheim, it seems that the other side only upgraded the original tanks.

In terms of the armor protection of the ninety-five type light tank and the ninety-seven type medium tank, they simply cannot withstand this 47 mm giant root.

This means that there is a high probability that the SA37 in front of you has not been tested by war.

Combined with the information that Huang had previously revealed, he had reason to suspect that the data just given by his allies was directly inherited from the Gallic Army.

If that's the case, then the problem arises.

It is well known that during the Second World War, countries had different standards when testing new weapons.

It's like the French, who like to use simple and crude vertical homogeneous armor plates as targets. It is difficult to test anti-tank weapons with this honest armor without angles, and the penetration data obtained is difficult not to be doped with moisture.

In contrast, the whole process of De 3 is much more rigorous.

Even the heavy tanks of France, the European hegemon, have never been known for their inclined armor. However, Germanic engineers will still give priority to testing weapons with armor targets with an angle of 30 degrees.

After all, the terrain of the European continent is not only plains, and the undulating ground will cause the angle of incidence of artillery shells to not reach a vertical state.

All the weapons in this experiment may become the standard equipment of their own Eastern Front troops in the future. In this way, Lao Cui must of course show a serious and responsible attitude to ensure the authenticity of each piece of data.

The request of the allies did not surprise Huang He. He first glanced at the deputy general staff, and then ordered the soldiers not far away:

"Comrades, prepare for shelling!"

"Target, a 100-meter, 500-meter, 1,000-meter target position in front!"

Hearing this, the artillery of the headquarters immediately went into action.

The six soldiers quickly unfolded the gun mount, and then adjusted the high and low planes and the direction machine according to the pre-calculated elements, and the smooth movement was very pleasing to the eye.

After making sure, the shooter pulls the latch handle and cooperates with the ammo hand to reload a special armor-piercing round.

"Put!"

As the indicator red flag fell, the shells flew straight towards the target position in front of them, and the shock wave shook the surrounding dust around the center of the gun.

It is worth mentioning that the SA37 used rubber tires and shock springs, and the entire anti-tank gun did not undergo significant displacement after the end of the shot.

Rumble!

One shot into the soul!

The artillery at the headquarters was very solid and did not rejoice because of the first hit. They adjusted the high and low planes and the direction machine again, and fired on the spot at the remaining targets.

Although he has not seen the test results with his own eyes, the movement on the scene alone is enough to make Lao Cui's blood boil.

It was as if the shells were not hitting a fixed target, but their own infantry was blocking the advance of tanks No. 3 and No. 4.

After the shelling, the comrades at the shooting range immediately delivered the armor plates for the test to the three people. Looking at the three batches of pierced targets, Lao Maozi's face was full of satisfaction.

"Good stuff! The actual combat capabilities of this anti-tank gun will definitely not be bad! It is exactly what our front-line troops need. ”

As if he was not satisfied with observing from a distance, Lao Cui first asked for the consent of the Yellow River and the deputy commander-in-chief, and then walked quickly to the vicinity of SA37, and said while stroking:

"In addition to the weight of the march, its various statistics are far better than our current M1937."

"I have a strong hunch that this gun will definitely surpass the Pak38 of the German 3 on the battlefield, and eventually become a nightmare for the 3rd and 4th tanks."

Hearing Lao Cui's unstingy praise, Huang He, who followed closely behind, couldn't help but nodded.

The Pak38 is indeed a good anti-tank weapon, its role in the North African theater is far greater than a 37mm stepping stone, and the 60x diameter design is also quite avant-garde.

But! Without the use of APCR, the Pak38 has a much lower penetration depth than the SA37.

It can only be said that the artillery power France has a deep heritage, and even if it surrenders, it can leave a lot of good things.

"Lao Cui, be a little more promising. This is just a 47-mm anti-tank gun, which is not a treasure on the Eastern Front in Europe. ”

"From what I know about the German Army, they will soon develop a new tank with more firepower and thicker armor, which will be used against your T34 and KV1."

"But it doesn't matter, our anti-tank guns will also be upgraded at that time."

As soon as these words came out, Lao Maozi was first happy, and then showed a puzzled expression.

It is naturally a good thing that the Eighth Route Army can come up with more advanced anti-tank weapons, and the stronger the allies, the stronger the assistance, who would refuse a reliable friendly army with the same ideology.

As for the doubts, it is also very simple, against the scrap copper and rotten iron of the Japanese army, the 25-mm Hatch Kaisi SA34 and the 47-mm SA37 are absolutely enough, why continue to develop new weapons?

Who to guard against?

Could it be that the Japanese will form new armored forces in the future?

After a while, Lao Cui simply gave up thinking. Anyway, the muzzle of the gun won't be directed at him, so why worry about these things.

"Zuo, Huang, let's keep walking."

"I heard that the Eighth Route Army is the best at using mortars in the world, and any caliber can be played in your hands, so let me see it."

In the face of repeated urging from their allies, the deputy general staff and Huang He were not ready to disappoint people's appetites, and the three of them continued to move forward to the next shooting range.

Regarding the name of the French mortar of the Eighth Route Army, Lao Cui can be said to have heard of it for a long time. But even with sufficient psychological preparation in advance, he was still shocked by the equipment on display at the next test launch site.

Without him, because Lao Maozi saw a 120-mm mortar.

"Sukka! You've copied the entire series of Blonds! Is this Taiyuan or Paris? ”

As the commander of the army group in the Winter War, Choi was once ordered to test the attributes of the PM-38 mortar in Finland.

He has always praised this kind of high-quality and inexpensive large-caliber support equipment.

In the early battlefields of the Eastern Front, the 120-mm mortars made a deep impression on the German three. They even reverse-engineered the captured PM-38 to develop and produce GrW 42.

The weapon that his family regarded as a treasure appeared in another form in the Republic of China, how could this make Lao Cui not surprised.

Looking at the yelling allies, Huang He said with some disdain:

"First of all, the mortars of the Eighth Route Army are not imitations, we have a license and authorization for the production of the French. Civilized people don't do anything like adding a millimeter and changing the name in an attempt to get by. ”

"Secondly, compared to the Mle 1935, our 120mm mortar is much better. So, almost copy Brown's PM-38 and don't get on the sidelines. ”

"In the end, it won't be long before the Eighth Route Army will be armed with 160mm mortars, and that's the pinnacle."

The production license in the mouth of the Yellow River was naturally something that was obtained from another ally, Lao Dai.

According to Huang's words at the time, the French Third Republic was defeated and surrendered, and those old arsenals also became the pockets of Desan.

Let you open a few production licenses in the name of Free France, is it difficult or troublesome?

What? Gotta add money?

Is there enough equipment for an infantry battalion? It's all authentic French infantry weapons, and I would never have mixed them with Lebel 1886 and Shocha.

As for the 160-mm mortar, which has just been mentioned, it is a new project of the Border Weapons Experimental Bureau, and the finished product is expected to be produced in the first half of 1943.

Although the sample cannon has not yet been completed, and even the design drawings have not been completed, this does not prevent the Yellow River from fooling people with PPT.

In the following period, Lao Cui began to test them one by one from 50 mm, and at least fifteen mortar shells of each caliber were fired.

As for the results of the test launch, it was naturally extremely satisfying.

After all, with the exception of the 37mm spade mortar, the mortars in service in the north were more or less of French origin, and the early models were imitations that did not buy a production license.

Who doesn't love a more advanced weapon of the same origin as themselves?

If this batch of aid is delivered to the battlefield, the front-line soldiers can definitely master it in the shortest time, which is not several times better than ugly domestic products.

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Five minutes later, a jeep arrived at the shooting range.

Seeing that the deputy general staff and Huang He had the intention of leaving, the tired old Cui forcibly cheered up and asked:

"Huh? Is it already over? And what about the M1897 Type 75mm cannon? ”

"As far as I know, you installed a 75mm barrel gun in May of this year. And with the current scientific research speed of the Eighth Route Army, I think that your army is likely to be equipped with a 105 mm howitzer. ”

Faced with the questions of his allies, Huang He glanced at the other party out of the corner of his eye.

“105？”

"No, it's too heavy for us to pull."

In fact, Huang He lied, some time ago he did unlock the 105 howitzer with the system. But the new howitzer and the Type 41 122-mm self-propelled rocket launcher are not included in the list of this test launch.

The reason why the former did not participate in the exhibition is very simple, it is the secret weapon prepared by the Yellow River for the second battle of Xinkou, and it is still in the stage of internal secrecy, and only the artillery brigade directly under the headquarters knows about the existence of the new equipment.

The latter is something that is kept for sale money, and it is not intended to be added to the Lend-Lease Act.

As for the selling price, it is now tentatively set at eight taels of gold, who will let their current allies be poor ghosts.

"Let's go, follow me."

"Next is the finale of this visit, those things can be said to be the equipment I tailor-made for your north, absolutely satisfying you."

"On the way, you first look at this document, it is in Russian. It took me days to get the knowledge points into concepts that you can understand. ”

After finishing speaking, Huang He handed Lao Cui a folder with eight big characters on it: Radio Detection-Radar Station.

Let's start with a chapter.

(End of chapter)