As the commander of the Eighth Route Army who is best at military research and development, He Zhengdao was able to serve as the director of the arsenal, which has a lot to do with his familiarity with the research on military weapons.

Compared with other Eighth Route Army generals, they may be good at commanding the troops. However, in terms of military research and development, I am afraid that the entire army will not find a commander who can be compared with He Zhengdao.

It is precisely this uniqueness that has made many people who originally wanted to seize power from He Zhengdao, who eventually had to give up this plan. To put it bluntly, experts in the military R&D department only recognize He Zhengdao.

It is not that He Zhengdao monopolized the authority. In fact, the experts from the military R&D department have repeatedly suggested to the Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army headquarters that He Zhengdao should not be a commander and stay in the R&D department of the military factory for research. It is the only way for people to do the best.

Many central leaders did not consider the suggestions of these military experts. But for He Zhengdao, his family knew his own affairs. His so-called expertise was more just to give advice to these experts.

But in fact, he could only give some suggestions to experts from all over the country. If he had time, he would draw some weapons drawings and tell the experts about some of the known situations.

There are weapons drawings provided by He Zhengdao, as well as research directions and specific parameters given. However, He Zhengdao is not good at researching other aspects such as finance and materials. Therefore, he cannot stay in a military factory all day.

In order to convince those experts, He Zhengdao also gave a very suitable reason. That is, any weapon will eventually be used on the battlefield. If you don’t know whether the weapon is suitable for the battlefield, the development of the weapon will have no effect.

If he could stay on the front line and bring the weapons developed by the arsenal to the battlefield in advance for actual combat inspection, then any weapon that has been successfully developed can be finally determined to be produced.

The rocket launcher that is now combined with the first-row attack is also the latest rocket launcher developed by the arsenal. Although this rocket launcher is a primary model, He Zhengdao knows that the performance of this rocket launcher can reach the world's leading level.

Although the Soviet Union has developed rocket launchers, they have not been equipped with troops and are also in the experimental stage. But He Zhengdao is very clear that the performance of the rocket launcher he had developed in the arsenal is not worse than that of the Soviet Union.

It can be said that if it were not for a practical test of the effect of the rocket launcher, I believe that this rocket launcher has been put into the army. He Zhengdao named this rocket launcher as the Huaxia "Li Arrow" rocket launcher.

When the officers and soldiers of the current line were all looking up at the fire of the sky from the direction of the rocket launcher, He Zhengdao also stood outside the command center and watched the scene. He also seemed very happy with the excitement of everyone around him.

Although the first rocket launcher is not comparable to the top rocket launchers in China in later generations. However, for the entire Eighth Route Army, there is undoubtedly another national defense weapon. I believe that the rocket launcher with better performance in time will be researched.

‘Commander, what new weapon is this? Why is it so powerful?’

Wang Tianlin, who was with He Zhengdao, only knew that there was a secret army coming from Yulin. However, they didn't actually know what this army was for.

In order to ensure the confidentiality of the Lijian Brigade, the first batch of officers and soldiers of the Lijian Brigade were all drawn from the special forces division. Even if they came to the front line to assist in the experimental artillery, He Zhengdao still sent a special forces battalion to be responsible for safety alert.

Unless there is a certificate issued by the front-end military command, no unit shall approach. It is precisely this confidentiality system that many people do not know what the Lijian Brigade is.

Although some people think the cars driven by the Lijian Team are a bit weird, the launchers were covered with cloth before the rocket launcher was installed. Unless they were observed at close range, no one knew what it was.

But for Wang Tianlin, the commander of the First Column, he knew very well that the troops that caused such a big disturbance were the low-key but mysterious Arrow troops. Once this troops took action, the movement was indeed different!

Before, Wang Tianlin had been with He Zhengdao for a long time, so he naturally knew what new weapons there were in the arsenal, and most of them were for He Zhengdao to conduct actual combat inspections first. Wang Tianlin felt such amazing weapons for the first time.

Facing the curious eyes of everyone, He Zhengdao smiled and said, "This is the latest artillery developed by the arsenal. The effect of artillery may be worse than that of the same caliber. But this weapon has an advantage, that is, its firing rate is very fast.

You have also seen it before. This is the effect of a shelling attack by the Lijian Brigade. It can fire the shelling effect of a heavy artillery regiment or heavy artillery division in a short period of time. And it is also very fast and convenient to transfer.

If this weapon has good actual combat effectiveness, it will be equipped with our fast reaction troops in the future. Of course, after this weapon is really finalized in the future, I believe that the direct artillery brigade of each column will have the opportunity to be equipped."

Listening to what He Zhengdao said, Wang Tianlin also said happily: "Commander, if we want to be appointed as a unit, then our column should be the first one, right?"

‘What? You are the commander of the First Column, and you have to hug you all the good things! The specific distribution needs to be approved by the headquarters. If you want to install this weapon, I am afraid you all will have to wait for a while.’

After laughing and scolding Wang Tianlin, he also knew that such powerful weapons would not be missed for any commander. But when there were too many people and too little porridge, He Zhengdao could only give priority to the required troops.

Compared to the Eighth Route Army's joy and beauty, the 8th Japanese Division, which was responsible for defense, seemed a little unhappy. Looking at the artillery troops shrouded in a sea of ​​fire, everyone knew that the artillery troops were probably over.

With such fierce and concentrated artillery fire, as long as the artillery troops stayed in it, there was basically no place to hide. This also means that as soon as the war started, the artillery force of the 8th Division was severely damaged.

Without artillery troops providing artillery fire support, how long can they last in the face of the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army?

Listening to the report sent back from the front line, Tsukada Oshi, the commander of the Japanese 8th Division, said in disbelief: "What about you? The Eighth Route Army used hundreds of heavy artillery to counterattack at one time. How is this possible?"

‘General, according to the news from the frontier observation post, this is indeed the case. After our artillery troops began to counterattack, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire began to counterattack soon, and hundreds of heavy artillery were used at one time.

Because the front-line observation post dared not get too close, but judging from the frequency of the opponent's heavy artillery, it was at least a salvo effect that could only be formed by hundreds of heavy artillery. Our artillery troops were afraid of heavy losses!’

Regarding such a positive answer, Tsukada Oshi still had some difficulty believing it: "How is this possible? According to the information we obtained, although the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was equipped with heavy artillery troops, it was not large in scale.

Most of their heavy artillery were formed by seizing our heavy artillery. If they want to use these heavy artillery, they also need to seize the same type of shells. In this way, they will probably not be able to use them many times.

Now tell me that they actually used hundreds of heavy artillery at one time. How is this possible? Looking at the current Chinese troops, even the best equipped Southern Army, I am afraid they cannot afford to equip so many heavy artillery, right?"

The Southern Army mentioned by Tsukata Oku actually refers to the national army commanded by Chiang Kai-shek. In the eyes of the Japanese army, most of the weapons and equipment used by the Eighth Route Army were obtained through confiscation. This heavy artillery was also the spoils of the Eighth Route Army in the past.

At this moment, the chief of staff of the 8th Division suddenly said: "General, I think the front-line observation post should be true. We had contacted the artillery troops just now, but their contact was already interrupted.

This means that our artillery troops deployed on the front line are in a bad situation. As for where these heavy artillery from the Eighth Route Army came from, I think they can also obtain foreign aid in addition to seizures.

Now the Eighth Route Army has occupied the Suiyuan and Xilin Dunle League areas, and our main force is fighting fiercely with the Soviet Union there. If they provide these weapons to the Eighth Route Army, the purpose is to restrain our troops, which is also possible!”

Listening to the Chief of Staff, Tsukada Oku still shook his head and said, "Although the Soviet Far Eastern Army is not inferior to ours, how could they provide such a large number of heavy artillery to the Eighth Route Army at this time?

We will quickly pass this information to the Special High School, so that they must investigate the military situation of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible. The information provided to us by these damn intelligence officers is too different from the actual situation every time."

As the commander of the division, Tsukada Oku was often very angry about the actual situation he learned during this period, which was often inconsistent with the information provided by the Special High School before. In his opinion, it was this kind of information that caused him to suffer a lot.

The defensive forces deployed on the front line are now under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army. Before the Eighth Route Army launched the attack, the Special High School did not provide any information. In the eyes of Tsukada Oshi, this was a completely intolerable mistake.

Even if I hate the Special High School in my heart, I cannot provide them with detailed information and information on opponents as I did before. However, in the face of the unfavorable situation at this moment, Tsukata Oku could only send the reserve troops to the front line in advance.

In any case, the Chaoyang line, which is currently defended by their division, must not allow the Eighth Route Army to break through. Once the Eighth Route Army breaks through their defensive line, it will not take long before the main force of the Eighth Route Army can advance to the Fengtian border.

In this way, the threat of the Eighth Route Army to the Kwantung Army will be several times higher than it is now. If Chaoyang is lost, Jinxi, who is still struggling to support it, will face a collapse.

Thinking of this consequence, even though Tsukada Toru was anxious, he still had to choose to do his best. After all, they were the main division of the Kwantung Army, and it was impossible for them to admit defeat so easily. No matter what, they had to live a few tricks with the Eighth Route Army!
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