Chapter 419: Pillar, do you want to have a few shots?
About ten minutes passed.
The sound of some helicopter motors could be heard in the sky.
Everyone raised their telescopes and looked, and saw more than twenty Dragonfly aircraft flying towards them, and more than ten of them had clearly visible cannons hanging underneath.
The members of the New Regiment looked at the cannons hoisted by planes in the distance, their eyes gradually brightening.
Hiss! Someone is gasping.
The barrel of this cannon is so thick and long, and the barrel is so big. Could it be a legendary heavy cannon?
At the same time, Chen Feng personally fired a red flare, and with a sharp and long whistle, a red flare slowly rose into the sky.
More than twenty helicopters flew directly towards this direction.
Soon, the Dragonfly aircraft placed the 12 cannons, artillery shells and orbital equipment at the shooting range, and then quickly flew away on the original road.
Looking at the big things that were not neatly arranged, Captain Li looked at these heavy cannons with a harvest smile on his face, like an old farmer looking at a fruitful harvest.
Others were also full of surprise, their eyes widened, especially the artillery battalion commander Wang Chengzhu's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"The gun this time is still a German gun, an FH18 howitzer."
"Caliber, 150 mm, weight is more than 11,000 kilograms..."
Chen Feng pointed at the 150 heavy artillery in front of him and introduced.
Listening to Chen Feng's introduction of performance data, everyone's eyes were as bright as light bulbs. It was indeed a heavy artillery!
But upon hearing the weight of the cannon, everyone's eyes dimmed subconsciously.
too heavy!
It weighs more than 11,000 kilograms. How do you get rid of this thing?
The 105mm howitzer weighs less than 4,000 pounds and requires 2 to 3 horses to pull.
The weight of this heavy artillery is almost as much as that of three howitzers, and it requires more than 6 horses to pull it.
The Japs' planes are not ambiguous. Such a good heavy artillery cannot be ruined by the Japs' planes.
Needless to say, this heavy artillery is very powerful and can kill dozens of Japs with one shot, but its shortcomings are also obvious.
Very poor maneuverability!
Even Deputy Commander Xing and Chief of Staff Wang think so.
Chen Feng continued: "The effective range is 15 kilometers, the firing rate is 4 rounds per minute, and the maximum towing speed is 60 kilometers per hour. The car used for towing will be sent after your road is repaired."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed slightly, and their eyes suddenly lit up again.
If you build roads and have cars, then this 150mm heavy artillery will have a place to be used.
After all, if there were no roads and cars, it would be difficult to get these heavy artillery from the back mountain to Zhaojiayu Village below.
With cars and roads, mobility is guaranteed, and cars can also pull artillery shells in addition to cannons.
The effective range is 15 kilometers, which means that this gun can hit the Japanese at a distance of 15 kilometers with relatively accurate shells, and the fire suppression range is huge!
The original German FH18 150mm howitzer has an effective range of only 13,250 meters.
However, the system has improved this heavy howitzer when it was produced, making its effective range reach 15 kilometers, and adding a muzzle brake, but the accuracy has not been affected.
At the beginning, the Nationalist Government planned to import 24 150mm howitzers of the same model from Germany, and required a firing range of 15 kilometers.
In order to meet the requirements of the Nationalist Government, Germany's Rheinmetall Company specially designed the same type of howitzer with a range of 15 kilometers for China.
Although it is very heavy, the mobility problem has been solved. In addition, it has a long range and great power. I can only say that this heavy gun is very good!
Chen Feng waved his hand, and Yan Shuangying beside him nodded, stepped forward to open a container, and took out a box of shells from inside.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang are both familiar with this type of container. This type of container was used when airdropping artillery bombs in the past.
Yan Shuangying used a short knife to pry open the wooden board. Chen Feng introduced: "This 150mm howitzer mainly fires high-explosive grenades and armor-piercing projectiles. This is a high-explosive shell. It weighs 87 kilograms."
The wooden box was opened, revealing a high-explosive artillery shell inside.
Looking at the shell, which was larger than a 105mm howitzer shell, everyone's eyes suddenly went straight.
This artillery shell is a bit larger than everyone imagined, and the 75mm artillery shell is even more incomparable.
If the Japanese were hit by a bullet, they probably wouldn't even be able to find the bones.
"Boss Chen, how powerful is this shell?"
"Describe it?"
Cavalry builder Sun Desheng asked.
"How big is it?" Chen Feng was stunned and looked around:
"About one shot, the effective attack range is about the same size as this shooting range."
He originally wanted to cover a football field with one shot, but these people probably don't know how big a football field is.
So big?
Everyone couldn't help but take a breath, looking at the heavy artillery in front of them, their eyes became even hotter.
Moreover, Boss Chen just said that in addition to high-explosive bombs, there are also armor-piercing bombs.
Then the attack capability of this heavy artillery must be excellent!
Chen Feng asked Yan Shuangying to take out another shell box. As Yan Shuangying opened it, Chen Feng said: "In addition, this shell is a rocket extended range projectile with an effective range of 19 kilometers, but this rocket has an extended range.
The bullet is not very powerful."
"19 kilometers?"
Wang Chengzhu suddenly exclaimed.
The effective range of 15 kilometers is already excellent, but he didn't expect it to reach 19 kilometers, which was far beyond his expectation.
Chen Feng nodded: "In order to increase the effective range, there are special rocket-extended range shells. However, due to the reduced projectile charge, the effective range is increased, but the power is reduced, and the accuracy is not high, so there are not many such shells.
"
It seems a bit useless, but this thing can be used without it, but it cannot be lived without.
Wang Chengzhu nodded, and then regained some sense. The distance became farther and the power remained unchanged. How could it be such a good thing?
Next, Chen Feng and Yan Shuangying taught Wang Chengzhu how to operate this 150mm heavy gun.
One of the artillerymen held a projectile weighing nearly 90 kilograms, and the other artilleryman used a long rammer to forcefully push the projectiles into the barrel, and then the artilleryman on the left charged the specified amount.
The gunner was supervising the operations of the artillerymen.
Wang Chengzhu, as the artillery battalion commander of the new regiment and an expert gunner, quickly learned how to operate this 150mm howitzer.
Of course, in addition to cannons and artillery shells, there are also auxiliary tools such as artillery scopes and camouflage nets.
"What a damn good shot!"
Li Yunlong reached out and touched the cannon. The entire cannon body was filled with the smell of technology and hard work, and a cold feeling was also felt.
Li Yunlong's expression and eyes are full of surprises.
The larger the enemy officer you kill, the better the weapons you will get. If you have the chance, be sure to kill the larger enemy officer.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Li Yunlong's mind, and he asked Chen Feng: "Brother, what kind of weapons can our new regiment get if we kill the Japanese locusts one day?"
Zhao Gang and everyone looked at Chen Feng expectantly.
"Celestial locust?" Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Brother, you really dare to think about it."
Li Yunlong rubbed his hands and said in a serious tone: "Doesn't this person have to have a little rush to live? If he doesn't have a rush, life will be meaningless."
Li Yunlong's life was not to eat, drink and enjoy himself, nor to get promoted and get rich, but to fight for this country and the liberation of this suffering nation.
"If you can really kill the Japanese locusts." Chen Feng looked solemn and said, "I'll give you some Miss Qiu."
"Miss?" Li Yunlong was stunned and waved his hands repeatedly, "Brother, you are really good at joking. Why are you giving me a few girls? Forget it, this deal is not worth it!"
Everyone laughed, thinking that Chen Feng thought it was impossible for the new group of locusts to kill the Japs and deliberately made a joke.
Everyone thought about it, how could the new group kill the locusts?
Chen Feng also smiled and said nothing.
Then, Chen Feng asked: "Brother Li, have you chosen the location of the airport? Where are you going to build the airport?"
"The location of the airport has been selected," Li Yunlong said. "There is a basin 5 kilometers due west of Zhaojiayu Village, which is suitable for building an airport."
"Okay!" Chen Feng nodded, "Then start building the airport the day after tomorrow. Starting from the day after tomorrow, I will arrange for transport planes to airdrop the materials for the airport construction."
"Thank you very much, brother!" Li Yunlong nodded.
"That's right!" Chen Feng asked again, "Are all the 24 37mm anti-aircraft guns sent to Zhaojiayu?"
Li Yunlong thought for a moment and then said: "Please arrange for half of these anti-aircraft guns to be sent to me and the other half to the base area in southeastern Shanxi."
There are many artillery guns in the southeastern Shanxi base area, but the anti-aircraft firepower is relatively weak, so Li Yunlong still wants to leave 12 anti-aircraft guns for the headquarters.
"no problem!"
"Then I'll take my leave!"
The goods had been delivered, and Chen Feng was ready to say goodbye and leave.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang persuaded him to stay, but Chen Feng had something to do and he had to go back to direct his men to build an underground military base.
After seeing Chen Feng off, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang returned to the shooting range and looked at the heavy artillery in front of them.
"The effective range is 15 kilometers?"
Li Yunlong's heart became increasingly hot.
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Chengzhu: "Zhuzi, can you master this cannon?"
Everyone looked at Wang Chengzhu.
Wang Chengzhu imitated Li Yunlong and rubbed his hands, nodded and shook his head: "Yes, I can, but I haven't used it before, so I may not be able to hit it accurately, for fear of wasting shells."
"It doesn't matter, we have plenty of cannonballs. Besides, the artillerymen are all fed with cannonballs." Li Yunlong said, "Zhuzi, do you want to do some cannonballs?"
Wang Chengzhu said impatiently: "I want to! Captain, what should I do?"
Li Yunlong said: "There is a Japs stronghold in Dagu Town, about 10 kilometers away from us. There is a detachment of Japs and a platoon of puppet soldiers in the stronghold. Let's use this son-of-a-bitch Japs stronghold as a target."
There are about 60 Japanese and puppet troops in the Dagu Town stronghold. It is a typical small stronghold. They used to go into the village to bully the people and shoot them whenever they disagreed.
Although there were militiamen in nearby villages, they had too few guns and few bullets to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops. As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops came out to rob things, the people in the village had to retreat into the mountains.
However, after the Japanese and puppet troops heard that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had arrived, they did not dare to step out of their stronghold for several days.
During the 10-kilometer morning exercise of the Sharp Sword Squadron, they had a clear picture of the information about the Japanese stronghold in Dagu Town.
Wang Chengzhu's eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded heavily: "Yes, use the son of a bitch's Japanese stronghold as a target!"