HBWnovel Chapter 267 Taihang Type 1 Steam Truck
Chapter 267 Taihang Type 1 Steam Truck
Taiyuan.
"Commander, something bad has happened!"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama pushed open the door and spoke anxiously to Commander Shinozuka who was practicing calligraphy.
"Southern Shanxi, southeastern Shanxi, central Shanxi, northwestern Shanxi, and northern Shanxi, all the Eighth Route Army troops in Shanxi have been dispatched."
"They are attacking our positions and bunkers in regiments."
"The telegram room is filled with requests for help from all over the country."
Unlike the anxiety shown by Kusunokichi Kusuyama, Commander Shinozuka dipped the brush in ink with a calm expression and continued to practice calligraphy while speaking lightly.
"Kunshan-kun, have you heard?"
"Whether to go north or south, the result has been determined!"
"Commander, what time is it? The Eighth Route Army is launching a general attack on us!"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama had an ugly look on his face, and he had no intention of guessing what Commander Shinozuka meant!
"Kunshan-kun, being impatient won't solve the problem!"
Commander Shinozuka put down the brush, looked at the beautiful calligraphy in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.
"The current national policy of the empire is to move south. The Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army have both had their troops drawn from the headquarters."
"So this time we can only wait to die?"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama was shocked and a few drops of cold sweat broke out on his head involuntarily.
"Now we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate!"
Commander Shinozuka patted Kusunoyama Hideyoshi on the shoulder and consoled him: "Send a message to each unit, shrink the defense line, rely on strong cities and large castles, and continue to resist."
"Tell everyone that as long as we can inflict enough damage on the Eighth Route Army, they will retreat on their own."
"Yes."
Hideyoshi Kusunoyama nodded, turned and walked out of the house. Suddenly, Hideyoshi Kusunoyama stopped, looked back at Commander Shinozuka and tentatively asked.
"Commander, Taiyuan is no longer safe. Do you want to change the headquarters?"
"No!"
Commander Shinozuka smiled faintly and looked at the falling leaves outside the window: "As the commander of the First Army, leaving your own headquarters is an unforgivable thing."
Upon hearing this, Kusunokichi Hideyoshi saluted silently and turned to convey the order.
Baotou.
A group of senior officers of the armored division were standing together looking at the helicopter in front of them, trying to lift a Taihang Type 75 mm mountain gun.
“Wake up, wake up!!”
Wei Dayong watched the helicopter slowly lift up the mountain cannon and transport it to the other side of the road, and he couldn't help but shout excitedly.
"Haha, this thing is really interesting! With a helicopter, there is one more option for transporting artillery."
Wang Huzi praised with a smile.
"Commander, I think there are other uses for this helicopter!"
Li Yunlong touched his chin, thought for a moment and said to the domineering man.
"I think we can use helicopters to transport some soldiers with strong individual capabilities to implement decapitation tactics on the enemy's headquarters."
"Good guy!"
When everyone present heard this, they were so shocked that they were speechless.
They were all officers with rich combat experience, and they naturally understood the success rate of Li Yunlong's proposal to use helicopters to carry out decapitation tactics.
“The risk is big, but the reward is big!”
The domineering man thought for a moment and looked at Li Yunlong: "No wonder Brigade Commander Chen said that you have an active mind and can always come up with new things."
"This helicopter is small, fast, and goes straight up and down. If it can really find the enemy's headquarters."
"As long as we can send a small team over, it will be enough to give the enemy a hard time."
"hey-hey…"
Li Yunlong rubbed his hands and moved closer to the domineering man: "Division Commander, please approve six helicopters for me. How about I set up a tactical special forces unit?"
"Just like the team that Yamamoto Ikki messed with last time."
"Li Yunlong, you dare to ask for something from the division headquarters!"
Wang Huzi, who was standing by, laughed and scolded: "We only have five helicopters now. How can we find six for you?"
"Helicopters are valuable right now. We need to use them for offense."
The domineering man said to Li Yunlong: "However, you can train the special forces first."
"How about I give you six helicopters as long as you can satisfy me?"
"A word is settled!"
Li Yunlong was delighted. He had originally wanted to try his luck, but he didn't expect the division commander to actually agree.
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Yan'an, Steam Engine Factory. "Minister, this is the steam truck we just made based on the drawings you gave us."
Wang Bensan pointed at the huge truck in front of him and introduced it to Zhao Tianyang: "The weight of the whole truck is 8300 kilograms."
"Payload: 6000 kg."
"Engine: Three-cylinder steam engine, capable of outputting 1250 horsepower at 100 rpm."
"Top speed: 45 kilometers per hour."
"The coal and water consumption per 300 kilometers is: 400-100 kilograms of wood and 150- liters of water."
"Because the gearbox was replaced with a valvetrain, this steam truck only has three forward gears and one reverse gear."
"The 6000-kilogram payload is great. With it, we can deploy all engines to the military."
Zhao Tianyang said happily: "Let's start mass production. The name will be Taihang Type 1 Steam Truck."
Wang Bensan: “Yes.”
"correct."
Zhao Tianyang suddenly remembered something: "How is the locomotive I asked you to produce?"
“The blueprint has been drawn.”
Wang Benshan took out a blueprint from his arms and showed it to Zhao Tianyang.
"According to the technicians' design, the overall weight of our locomotive is 103.85 tons."
"Traction force: 24.03 tons!"
Looking at the densely packed data, Zhao Tianyang waved his hand and said, "Okay, no need to say more. Just show me how to do it first!"
"no problem!"
Wang Benshan carefully put away the blueprint and said, "Don't worry, Minister. We will be able to build the locomotive in a month at most."
"Well, come on!"
As time went by, the Eighth Route Army's battle to recapture Shanxi became more and more successful.
Basically, it collapsed at the first touch, and what made the Japanese army even more frightened was that they could no longer control the Imperial Army.
These Imperial Army troops would often open the city gates and betray the Imperial Japanese Army as soon as the Eighth Route Army appeared outside the city.
Sometimes, before the Eighth Route Army arrived, the Imperial Army had already captured the Japanese in the city and left them on the roadside waiting for the Eighth Route Army to take them over.
At this time, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army could no longer hold back. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was fighting so smoothly, they could not wait to send troops to fight for the remaining cities.
Unfortunately, there are differences between people. If the Japanese couldn’t defeat the Eighth Route Army, could they defeat the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?
After several siege battles, the huge casualties made the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army subdue.
They began to wave flags and shout slogans, quietly following the Eighth Route Army, picking up some small counties and towns that the Eighth Route Army did not have time to attack.