Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 156: Exchange for Heavy Artillery

After Wang Yaowu left, Gu Changfeng continued to count the supplies, while Ji Hongru began to instruct the kitchen staff to prepare food and heat up the buns.

This time, Gu Changfeng had a good harvest, including six or seven hundred Type 31 rifles, more than thirty Nambu pistols, grenade launchers, and a large number of bullets and grenades.

Many light and heavy machine guns were damaged, but more than twenty were still brought back.

Gu Changfeng did not keep the Type 301 rifle and heavy machine gun. He directly gave these weapons to the soldiers of the st Regiment.

Compared with the 301st Regiment, Gu Changfeng's men had no shortage of weapons. On the contrary, the 301st Regiment suffered heavier losses after two days of fighting.

The two are still cooperating at the moment, so giving it to them is the best option.

After arranging these, Gu Changfeng called Zhao Ziqing over and gave him instructions with a serious expression.

"The Japanese attack must have happened recently. They suffered such a huge loss, they will definitely retaliate!"

"So until I come back, this place is in your hands."

He planned to leave today and get out the heavy artillery in the early morning to deal with the upcoming fierce battle.

Zhao Ziqing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled and assured, "Just leave this to me, don't worry."

He knew that the weapon that Gu Changfeng had mentioned before had arrived, and he was a little excited.

Heavy artillery! Although they don’t know how many pieces there are, if they are really brought back, they will have one more trump card to deal with the Japanese. How can they not be excited?

Gu Changfeng nodded, went to the temporary command center, put on the radio he had prepared in advance, and set off directly.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, this time the target is near the Qinhuai River.

After exchanging it, just contact the command center and send someone to retrieve it. It’s that simple.

After two days of fighting, Gu Changfeng's troops eliminated many devils, and the points on the system page have reached 5284.

The benefit of doubling points has come out. With these points, you can exchange for at least 8 heavy artillery pieces and a large number of artillery shells.

Even when facing the Japanese artillery regiment, it can greatly restrict them.

When it was night, Gu Changfeng opened the system page, and rows of various types of artillery appeared before him.

The Japanese Type 96 150mm howitzer is worth 500 points.

Type 150 500mm howitzer points.

"The heavy artillery the Japs used yesterday should be this type. Should we use this artillery to surprise them?"

Gu Changfeng thought to himself, but then he thought about it and decided to give up.

The page continues down.

sFH18 150mm Howitzer - 500 points.

This thing is a heavy artillery equipped by the German army in 1941. It has a range of 19 kilometers and can fire 43.5 kg high-explosive grenades.

It is worth mentioning that this thing also played a huge role in the Battle of Changsha.

Seeing this, Gu Changfeng hesitated a little. He actually had another choice in his mind.

It was the Katyusha rocket launcher that immediately defeated the German army as soon as it came out.

This thing can overturn the enemy's position with one round of shooting. It has a fast firing rate and can adjust the shooting distance freely, making it more comfortable to deal with clustered Japanese enemies.

The downside is that the demand for shells is huge, and he needs to exchange them with a large amount of points.

Gu Changfeng stayed on the page for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and exchanged for two German howitzers and six Katyushas.

He exchanged all the remaining 1200 points for artillery shells.

The Katyusha is responsible for fire strikes with a range of 8 kilometers, while the howitzer is used to give the Japanese artillery regiment a surprise.

With these two magical weapons, if the Japanese attack Huxu again, Gu Changfeng can definitely give them a surprise!

At three o'clock in the morning, Gu Changfeng took out the radio from the space and began to contact the command center.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhao Ziqing arrived in person with more than 300 people.

Everyone looked at the row of new weapons and their faces showed joy.

Zhao Ziqing was much more direct. He laughed loudly and went to the edge of the battlefield and picked up Gu Changfeng.

This made Gu Changfeng speechless.

"Changfeng, you are so awesome, haha!"

After a long while, Zhao Ziqing's excited heart still couldn't calm down.

Gu Changfeng shook his head and said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's quickly arrange for the soldiers to drive."

Katyusha is mounted on a car, so in his telegram he asked Zhao Ziqing to bring out soldiers who could drive a car.

Zhao Ziqing paused, then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, let's go back first and talk about it later."

Obviously, he was still very excited, but Gu Changfeng ignored him and got on the first car directly.

The place he chose was too close to the Qinhuai River. If it was noticed by someone with ulterior motives, it would be a troublesome situation.

When the soldiers heard the order, they began to divide the work and cooperate with each other, some pulling the heavy artillery, some carrying the shells, and some driving the car.

Everything was in order. Ten minutes later, a group of people came back in a mighty procession.

Zhao Ziqing licked his face and sat in the passenger seat of Gu Changfeng, and asked with a smile.

"Changfeng, what kind of artillery are these two? Especially the one above us, it looks very powerful."

Gu Changfeng chuckled and said, "Why rush? Let's talk about it when we get back to the camp."

He didn't want to explain himself twice, so he just went back to the camp and talked about it together.

Zhao Ziqing was a little disappointed, but he knew from Gu Changfeng's expression that it was impossible to get an answer in the car.

Just wait and see, these things won’t run away anyway.

Gu Changfeng was actually a little helpless about the base number of artillery shells, especially Katyusha, which only had 120 shells in total.

If a war really breaks out, it will only be enough for one launch.

I have to say that this kind of gun is still very bad in this regard.

Each shell weighs 42.5 kilograms, and 16 shells can be fired at a time. If 6 tanks fire at the same time, they can almost empty the target in one go.

If it weren't for its powerfulness, Gu Changfeng really wouldn't want to choose it.

The main reason was that he liked this feeling too much, so he had to deal with the Japanese attack first.

Find an excuse to go out and exchange the shells later.

By the time everyone returned to Huxu, it was already 5:30 in the morning.

Huxiu, which had been razed by the Japanese, was not suitable for storing these things, so Gu Changfeng directly arranged for the soldiers to transport them to the back mountain.

Fortunately, there is a road in the back mountain leading directly to Chunhua Town, otherwise it would be difficult for him to make arrangements.

When these heavy artillery returned, they alarmed everyone and they gathered at the command center.

Ji Hongru was not clear about this matter and looked at Gu Changfeng and asked curiously.

"Changfeng, where did you get these heavy artillery?"

Gu Changfeng didn't need to answer this question himself, Zhao Ziqing explained it directly.

"Changfeng has a secret channel for purchasing new weapons from abroad."

Then he turned to look at Gu Changfeng and said, "Can you explain it now?"

Gu Changfeng glanced at everyone with a smile, then said.

"Six of the tanks are Russian-made rocket launchers called Katyusha."

"The caliber is 132mm, the maximum range is 8.5 kilometers, and a tank can fire 16 rounds at a time, with a firing time of only 10 seconds."

"The other is a German-made 150mm howitzer with a maximum range of 19 kilometers."

As soon as the words fell, everyone opened their mouths and looked at Gu Changfeng in shock.

After a while, Huang Zhengkui said excitedly: "With these two heavy artillery pieces, we don't have to worry about the Japanese heavy artillery anymore!"

Huang Zhengkui's words made everyone nod in agreement involuntarily.

Everyone was now thinking that they no longer had to worry about the Japanese heavy artillery.

With these two things, even if an entire Japanese division comes, they won't be able to gain any benefits.

Gu Changfeng didn't feel strange about everyone's reaction. He looked at Lu Daya and gave instructions.

"These heavy artillery pieces are now in your hands. Take good care of them. I'm going to give the Japanese a big surprise this time."

Lu Daya was already very happy. After seeing the heavy artillery, his two big buck teeth were exposed to everyone.

After hearing Gu Changfeng's explanation, he immediately made the promise.

"They are certainly more important than my life. As long as I am in these heavy artillery, there is no way they can be lost."

His words caused a burst of laughter.

However, the battalion commanders of the 301st Regiment nearby were different, their eyes full of envy.

After arranging these things, Gu Changfeng discussed the Japanese attack with everyone, and then went to rest.

At this time, the Japanese division commander Yoshizumi Ryosuke had no idea how much of a shock his next attack would cause the Huxu defenders...