The Type 92 infantry gun was one of the most outstanding weapons equipped by the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War.
The three major advantages are very obvious.
First, it is light in weight and easy to transport. It weighs about 200 kilograms, which is much lighter than Western artillery of the same caliber.
For example, the French 75mm M28 mountain gun weighs 600 kilograms, the American 75mm M8 disintegrating howitzer also weighs 607 kilograms, and the German 75mm lelG18 howitzer also weighs 400 kilograms. Transportation is a problem.
But the Type 92 infantry gun, which is also a 75 mm caliber, only weighs about 200 kilograms.
It is no exaggeration to say that even without a vehicle, two soldiers can pull the Type 92 infantry cannon around. In addition, the Type 92 infantry cannon can be broken down into several parts, making it even more convenient to transfer and transport. .
Second, it is very easy to conceal. The reason is very simple. Even with the protective shield, the height of the Type 92 infantry gun is only 62 centimeters. If the protective shield is removed, it is only about 50 centimeters, even the same height as a heavy machine gun. almost.
In this way, the Type 92 infantry artillery can fully take advantage of its convenient concealment and place the artillery's firing point very close to the target, giving full play to its precise, sudden, and violent power.
Third, the Type 92 infantry gun has a wide range of uses.
Because of its small size, low weight, and low center of gravity, it can withstand a larger range of shooting angle adjustments.
The design has a low center of gravity and a unique curved shaft, allowing the gun to withstand a relatively large firing angle adjustment range, and can flexibly launch between -10° and +75°.
If fired at a high elevation angle, it can even be used as a mortar.
Whether it is a mountainous, plain, or hilly environment, this Type 92 infantry gun can exert considerable power.
It can also be used as an artillery for attacking fortresses. Not to mention the three masonry turrets outside Xiao'an Town. With the power of Type 92 infantry artillery grenades, they can be destroyed in just a few shots.
Even Kong Jie had long thought about capturing one from the little devil.
What confused Kong Jie was that such infantry artillery was normally only equipped by troops at the Japanese battalion level and above. How could it appear in Xiaoan Town? After all, there is only one reinforced squadron here.
Perhaps by luck, the Japanese happened to transport an infantry gun and prepared to equip it to the army. As a result, it passed through Xiao'an Town and fell into the hands of Kong Jie.
It would be too difficult to capture such a sharp artillery weapon in a head-on confrontation with the Japanese army.
Kong Jie looked at Ding Wei and smiled sincerely, "Old Ding, who of us will follow whom? We have agreed that for the equipment seized during this operation together, yours is mine, and mine is yours. Speaking of this Type 92 infantry cannon, how damn good would it be if there were two of them? But now...it can't be split in half."
Ding Wei secretly scolded Kong Jie for being cunning. If Shen Quan hadn't been quick to talk, this kid might have swallowed up the infantry cannon for himself.
But then I thought about it, Kong Jie was the main force in winning Xiao'an Town this time, and he did take advantage of it.
Then... "Forget it, Old Ding, don't imitate Old Li. Isn't it just an infantry cannon? I, Ding Wei, can't compete with my old comrades."
At this time, Kong Jie was stunned. He knew Ding Wei's temperament very well. If Ding Wei opened his mouth to fight with him for the infantry cannon, or even cursed, he would think it was normal, but he gave it up so freely in front of him. It made him a little suspicious.
Sure enough, Ding Wei, who had a free and easy tone at first, changed the subject and said, "The infantry cannon belongs to you, and we will share the other guns and ammunition equally. However, I want 70% of the grenade launchers and the captured mortars!"
In other words, the grenades and mortars were originally divided 50-50 between the two of them, but now Ding Wei wants 30% more.
It makes sense.
Ding Wei has a sharp vision and his asking price is very accurate, just at the acceptable critical point of Kong Jie.
The Independent Regiment still had some grenades, but the main reason was the lack of artillery for attacking fortresses. For the sake of infantry artillery, Kong Jie gritted his teeth and said, "Deal!"
Ten minutes soon came and the team began to evacuate. Of course, before evacuating, they burned down the granary and arsenal in Xiaoan Town, and blew up the gun towers.
Chen Quan pretended not to see Kong Jie's cannibalistic expression, and then reported: "Reporting to the regimental commander, the battlefield has been completely cleaned, and the Japanese warehouses, arsenals, and materials and equipment hoarded in the artillery towers have all been removed. Come on, there are a lot of trucks in Xiao'an Town, which come in handy, and we also captured two transport trucks, which have been driven by two puppet soldiers who can drive."
"Where's the radio?" Kong Jie asked. He was still obsessed with the radio. He finally seized one at the Changpo stronghold, but was robbed by the brigade commander.
Chen Quan said helplessly: "The little devil is too cunning. Seeing Xiao'an Town fall, he sent people to blow up the radio station."
"Damn it!" Kong Jie yelled, but there was nothing he could do. The Japanese were not vegetarians either.
Even if there is no radio station, this time they took the lead in taking down the turrets, and then sneaked into the outer fortifications. After some seizures, plus the supplies and equipment that the Japanese had hoarded in Xiao'an Town, they returned home with a full load.
"Comrades, go home!"
Kong Jie led the team to evacuate. Behind him, three Japanese artillery towers had been blown up from the inside by soldiers using explosives. Xiao'an Town, a transportation hub, and the warehouses used by the Japanese to store supplies and equipment, gradually turned into ashes under the blazing fire. coke.
From the time when Kong Jie and his party were exposed, to the capture of Xiaoan Town, cleaning of the battlefield, and looting of the warehouse where the Japanese stockpiled materials and equipment in Xiaoan Town, to finally blowing up the gun towers, setting fire to the warehouses and evacuating, there were less than three days before and after. fifteen minutes.
Amidst the roar of trucks, the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the rear, mixed with the surrendered puppet soldiers, pulled the carts, carrying large and small bags of materials and equipment that could not be loaded.
The mighty group marched towards the base of the Independent Regiment, and the faces of the soldiers were all filled with the joy of victory after the battle.
After nearly thirty minutes, there was the roar of a large number of trucks.
The truck's lights illuminated the road leading to Xiao'an Town.
After the truck stopped, the Japs filed out of the back compartment one by one. Two to three hundred Japs jumped out, quickly formed a combat formation, and approached Xiao'an Town.
The Japanese reinforcements finally arrived.
Unfortunately, they arrived a step too late, and all they could see were the bombed and collapsed turrets, and the still-burning fire in Xiao'an Town.
"idiot--"
Angry roars broke the dead silence of the dark night in Xiaoan Town.
Boom——
At some point, several violent explosions suddenly sounded, and the sound spread for several kilometers in the completely silent night.
Kong Jie, who had led the team completely away from Xiao'an Town, paused, turned his head and looked in the direction of Xiao'an Town, and smiled.
"Chen Quan, it seems that the booby trap your boy set was triggered by the Japs, and I don't know how many Japs were killed."
Chen Quan chuckled and said, "It must be quite a lot!"
As for what booby traps are, after Shen Quan explained to the doubtful people, the soldiers all took a breath of cold air. These devils must be very unlucky...
