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Text Chapter 155 Unpopular Soviet Artillery

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    After Yang Zhen's words, Chen Hanzhang, who was very excited by Yang Zhen's name of flying general, stood up suddenly and said: "No. 1, please rest assured and the head of the headquarters, I will definitely hand it over to you and the head of the headquarters.  The chief's satisfactory answer will definitely not disappoint you. Although I dare not say that it is better than the Huo champion, Feng Langju Xu, but I will never let the ancients be more beautiful than before. +"

    In response to Chen Hanzhang's guarantee, Yang Zhen waved his hands and said: "I have always believed that you, Chen Hanzhang, have the ability to do this. But again, it's better to do it once than to say it a thousand times. I don't want it from you.  Promise, what I want is your actual actions.¡±

    "Remember, you are the first real commander of the armored forces in Chinese history, and you control, at least for now, the largest tank group in Asia. Can China's armored forces truly develop and form a strategy that meets our own development conditions?  , tactics, and corresponding military doctrines, my hope rests on you.¡±

    "Old Chen, it's not easy to be the founder. But you don't need to beat the drum with a heavy hammer. Whether you, Chen Hanzhang, can be a good founder, I believe I will not make a mistake. Can your armored forces become the Great Steel Wall of the Chinese people?  "Whether you, the Flying General of Dragon City, can no longer send Hu Ma to Yinshan, it depends on how you do it."

    When it was time to explain what should be explained and what should be encouraged, Yang Zhen stopped talking.  Because he clearly knew that Chen Hanzhang would come up with an answer that satisfied him.  Regarding Chen Hanzhang, I don¡¯t need to say much.  I have given him a stage to display his talents, and he will sing this play well.

    As the countdown to that day had begun, Yang Zhen did not stay too long at the armored training base.  He and Chen Hanzhang also discussed the deficiencies in the training of armored troops and the equipment and use of British aid equipment.  After putting forward strict requirements for the formation of the tank troops of the advancing army, Yang Zhen rushed to several other comprehensive training bases non-stop to check combat readiness.

    Before leaving, Yang Zhen, who was a little worried, made a special trip to the station of the Second Armored Division to carefully check the formation of the division.  In particular, the Second Division used the few German tanks handed over by the British to familiarize themselves with and master the performance of the German tanks. Yang Zhen looked at it extremely carefully.

    It wasn¡¯t until he saw with his own eyes that the Second Armored Division had completed the reception and started training with German-made tanks that Yang Zhen left with peace of mind.  Although the time when the real German-made equipment will be in place is still unknown.  But for Yang Zhen, who also prefers people to wait for equipment rather than equipment to wait for people, planning ahead is a must.

    Even the Second Armored Division currently does not have a single German-made tank except for the dozen or so German-made tanks that have been specially designated for training and that all tank crews must be proficient in.  But Yang Zhen still issued such an order that confused everyone. In order to check the implementation, he would rather delay his trip for half a day and come to the Second Armored Division to inspect it in person.

    Although many people don¡¯t understand what Yang Zhen did, he, the number one in the army, attaches so much importance to it that no one dares to play any tricks.  Although Yang Zhen only stayed at the Second Armored Division's station for less than half a day, the results of his personal trip were immediate.

    ¡°Coupled with the fact that the Anti-Japanese League¡¯s own understanding must be implemented, and even if it is not understood, it must be implemented with the same discipline requirements. The Second Armored Division did not disappoint Yang Zhen in the end.  Although the German-made tanks handed over by the Soviets were a little late, they were fully combat effective before the war.  The speed at which the division formed its combat effectiveness after the equipment arrived did not allow Yang Zhen to waste half a day in vain.

    Actually, I know that I shouldn¡¯t leave the headquarters for too long now, but the situation is pressing.  This time the army has almost undergone a major adjustment, and it will be difficult for him to feel relieved without a detailed inspection.  In particular, the adjustment of the artillery and armor formations is directly related to whether the next stage of the battle can be carried out smoothly.

    It is precisely because of his attention that Yang Zhen has been constantly running between the artillery and armored forces, which are currently undergoing major upgrades and expansions.  After leaving the armored force, Yang Zhen did not return to the headquarters, but went directly to the artillery unit to inspect.  He had to see the key position with his own eyes to truly feel at ease.

    All Soviet-made artillery pieces have been received. The troops are making use of the few artillery shells handed over by the Soviet army and are seizing the time to become familiar with the two types of artillery pieces.  But whether the progress can meet the needs is still unknown at the moment.  Yang Zhen is not the kind of person who only listens to reports in the office. He prefers to see it with his own eyes.

    Especially since some of the Soviet-made artillery originally equipped by the army was quite unpopular and even disliked by many cadres, he had to see it with his own eyes to feel at ease.  This is the case for the Chinese people. If the superior leaders pay attention to it, they will definitely speed up the need.  If you don't pay attention, the progress will definitely be much slower.

    In fact, Yang Zhen also knew that these troopsNo matter how good the performance of the very annoying Soviet-made artillery is, it is still much better than nothing.  The troops hate this batch of Soviet-made artillery, in addition to the fact that these guys have too many inherent shortcomings, their performance is really not as good as that of Japanese artillery, and the other reasons are those miscellaneous artillery they bought.  The troops' mouths were really tricked by me.

    Although the number of anti-Union artillery was originally large, the overall number of Soviet-made artillery was not large.  Except for the part that Wang Guangyu stole from Outer Mongolia, the rest were only the part of the Outer Mongolian army captured on the Hailar front line and the part that the Soviets exported to the Anti-Japanese Alliance at a low price after the war.

    Among them, there are twenty-four ml 20-type 152 howitzers organized into a regiment directly under the artillery. It is also the longest-range and most powerful howitzer among all the artillery of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.  However, all the original artillery shells have been consumed in the first stage of the battle.  In addition, the number is too small, and there are only these twenty-four in the entire army. At present, the Anti-Japanese Alliance does not have the production capacity.

    The caliber is relatively special. The 152mm is only used by the Soviet Union in the world, and the shells cannot be used with other artillery.  Moreover, this artillery is too bulky for the Anti-Japanese War and China's traffic environment.  Therefore, the Anti-Japanese Alliance did not specifically produce artillery shells for them, but turned them all into reserves after the war.

    However, Yang Zhen has promised the Soviets that if the Soviets can hand over some of the German 150 howitzers they captured and these 24 Soviet-made ML20 152 howitzers to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Anti-Japanese Alliance will return them all to Zhao intact.  to the Soviet Union.  Before the Soviet military production capacity was restored, there was a shortage of large-caliber howitzers due to the previous rout of the Soviet army.

    As for the 122 howitzers, plus the twelve A-19 type howitzers that Wang Guangyu procured from the Soviet army warehouse in Outer Mongolia, the total number is quite a lot, more than sixty.  However, the original artillery shells were also consumed in the first stage and very few were left.

    Fortunately, these sixty 122 howitzers have the same ammunition as the M30 howitzers transferred by the Soviets this time. This problem can be said to have been solved now.  However, this batch of 122 howitzers, which were standard for the Soviet Army at that time, were very unpopular within the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    Among the batch of 122mm howitzers purchased by the Anti-Japanese Alliance from the Soviet Union, except for twelve A-19122 plus howitzers with excellent performance, the rest are old-fashioned 1910/30  Type 122 howitzer.  Both the range and performance are far inferior to the new M30 howitzer.

    The maximum range is only more than 7,000 meters, which is not even as good as the Polish second-hand 100 melons originally used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.  Compared with the Japanese Army's 91 Type 105 Pommel, the gap is quite large, but the weight is much heavier.  Even when facing the Japanese 38-type field artillery, there was almost no power left to fight back.

    "Compared with the A-19 plus howitzer, which was so majestic on the Linxi battlefield and suppressed the artillery of the 23rd Division with its large range and had almost no room to fight back.  This batch of Soviet-standard 122mm howitzers are quite unpopular among the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and many cadres even get headaches when they mention these Soviet-made howitzers.

    However, the Anti-Japanese Alliance lacked the number of medium-caliber artillery before the previous stage of the battle. Although it was unpopular, the power of the artillery shells was relatively high.  At least it is much more powerful than the Japanese 75mm mountain artillery shell.  And it also exceeds the main medium-caliber artillery currently used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the 100-mm grenade made in Poland.

    ??Besides, anything is better than nothing.  But Yang Zhen did not dare to put these artillery pieces on the battlefield and use them directly as the main suppression artillery.  The range is too short, and the Soviet-made artillery has always been heavy and has poor maneuverability. Using it as the main suppressive artillery is asking for trouble.

    After careful consideration, these forty-eight artillery pieces could only be incorporated into each division.  Equipped with four divisions, it is used as a howitzer battalion among the division's artillery.  However, during the battle, this artillery suffered heavy losses due to performance and range.  By the end of the battle, only twenty-seven of the forty-eight guns remained.

    The Anti-Japanese Alliance is not a Soviet army with a comprehensive artillery system and complete light and heavy artillery. This old-fashioned howitzer is only used to suppress Japanese infantry groups.  In the battle against the Japanese artillery, they mainly relied on the A-19 plus howitzer and the 152-gun howitzer, which had much better performance.  This kind of one-two-two grenade will become the main artillery once it is incorporated into the combat force.  When the range is not as good as humans, the losses are huge.

    Compared with this medium-caliber howitzer, the main force of the Soviet army, which is not popular, the Soviet-made 76mm field guns previously received were obtained from the Soviet army, plus a large number of them were captured from the Outer Mongolian army, but  Not too much.  But compared with the Soviet-made 122 howitzers, they are even less popular among the troops.

    These field guns are either too bulky, have been overused, or are old-fashioned models that have no use value.  Among them, the dozens of old Soviet-made mountain field guns captured from the Outer Mongolian Army had a very short range, heavy weight, and poor accuracy.??The power of long-range shots is extremely small and almost impossible to make any corrections.

    Used as fire support, it can only be used reluctantly.  These old-fashioned field guns of the Mongolian army were directly transferred to reserves after being captured by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and none of them were distributed to the frontline troops.  Even though many newly formed divisions lacked divisional artillery, they were not issued to front-line combat troops for use.

    Just like the Japanese would not give the best equipment to the puppet army, the equipment the Soviets gave to the Outer Mongolian Army, except for the reserve of infantry weapons, were all old-fashioned second-rate equipment.  While the Soviet army has completely replaced the F-22 field guns, the Outer Mongolian army is still equipped with the old-fashioned F-10 type with average performance.  And even the F-10 type is not many, and even the older Type 02 field gun used during the Soviet Civil War.

    This batch of mountain and field guns were basically produced in the 1920s, or even earlier.  In addition, the technical capabilities of the Outer Mongolian army are very poor, and they are generally poorly maintained. If they are to be used again, they will need to make great efforts to repair them.  Although this batch of artillery was captured, it has basically no use value.  Not to mention staying and occupying the establishment, it would also be a waste of the Anti-Japanese Alliance's already valuable artillery talents.

    In the end, we negotiated with the Soviet Union and simply used these old-fashioned mountain field guns that had basically reached the end of their service life to exchange a batch of much-needed 45mm artillery shells with the Soviets.  These old artillery pieces equipped by the Soviet army to the Mongolian army were handed over by Yang Zhen and returned to the Soviets.
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