Chapter 216 New Opportunities

Facing the small fleet that suddenly appeared on the waters of the Pearl River, the Changzhou Fortress and its shore artillery cluster positions, there was no panic. No matter what, naval guns have no advantage in fighting shore artillery.

In the duel between naval guns and shore defense guns, naval guns will undoubtedly be at a disadvantage. The Huangpu Student Army and the vassal army guarding here are all coastal defense teams with rich experience, and their morale has not been greatly affected. The remnants here are basically loyalists within the ** government army.

Through the high-power optical telescope, Xu Jiangwen was speechless and stared at the land not far away, with the rising and falling terrain on the land not far away. In those inconspicuous jobs and breakthroughs, there might be many clusters of shore defense turrets hidden, which pose a great threat to the "small" fleet he led.

Although the situation was not optimistic, Xu Jiangwen had no choice but to put military orders. Besides, he was not allowed to be the cannon fodder, and the task of assisting the combat will not cause him to have too much resistance.

Although warships are in the sea, they also have the advantage of maneuvering. However, when shooting, they are also affected by bumps. In 1927, the Southern Army's naval technology was still very immature. Electronic radar calibration, optical rangefinder and other things have not been produced yet, so they can only rely on the army or the air force to provide shooting elements.

However, the shore cannon can be accurately adjusted according to the water column generated by the shooting, so the naval cannon cannot make relevant adjustments. It can only be fired on the premise of discovering the shore cannon, or aerial reconnaissance proofreading. At present, Xu Jiangwen’s task is to cooperate with the army to attack on both sides in order to crush the enemy’s artillery positions.

In terms of gun performance alone, naval guns have absolute advantages, but shore defense guns generally have concrete fortifications and are arranged in hidden places, so it is difficult for warships to aim directly. Moreover, the angle of naval guns is low and cannot be retracted, and it is difficult to destroy the fortifications even if they hit. Unless the other party fires a gun, it is difficult to judge whether the fortifications are destroyed. The iron steel jacket of a warship is very different from the concrete in meters than the defense.

In layman's terms, the city defense armor is different from heavy armor. Facing the shore defense guns, it is meaningless unless they hit the artillery itself or kill the gunner. But the warship is different, and it is also annoying to be hit by the hull. Facing the never-sinking earth, the navy can only express great pressure.

The only advantage of warships is that they can make breakthroughs from other ports. However, the Southern Army cannot do this, because the current combat goal is mainly to remove the Changzhou Fortress and recover Huangpu District.

Although Zhong Yang did not know the navy, he also knew the fundamental strategy of naval warfare. The significance of warships lies in mobile combat and guarding maritime routes. The shore artillery clusters with similar levels were brainless. In the original time and space, searching for the entire World War II period, the battleship formations never dared to attack fortified turrets of the same level of the same magnitude in the same era.

Any heavy fortified turret newly built in World War II, no matter how large the battleships were, they would not even dare to enter their range at once. As for the turrets that were destroyed during the bombing, they were either garbage from the 19th century or such garbage built in the early days of World War I.

But even so, the shore defense cannons and torpedo arrays are still the nemesis of the fleet.

Fortunately, the team that served as the main attacker was Li Shaojie's main first division and Cheng Wenli's second division, with a total of more than 20,000 people. They cooperated with aircraft cannons, and crawler-type armored vehicles, advancing along the three directions of water, land and air, sweeping across Changzhou like a strong wind.

Relying on radio communications, the Nansha Fleet is adjusting its shooting elements, bombarding ground units without regard for defense from the shore cannon. Although the results and significance are not great, the deterrent power is still there.

In the ground troops of the Southern Army, this division has two brigades under its jurisdiction. The division headquarters directly belongs to one field artillery battalion, one baggage battalion, one communication company, one spy company, one motorized search company, one engineer battalion and two field hospitals.

The brigade headquarters directly under a mountain artillery battalion, a baggage company, a spy company, a motorized search company, and an engineer company.

The regiment headquarters directly under a newly equipped Type 12 mortar company, a baggage platoon, and a spy platoon. There were more than 10,000 people in total. As for the remaining two thousand people, they could only be considered as logistics servants and were not in the front-line combat sequence.

The Second Division of the Southern Army, which was expanded during the training of the Nansha Military Academy, also had this organization. Only those foreign troops commanded by foreign generals such as Li Zongren, are still called the old troops of the First Division of the Xingui Army, and are also the large organization of the Ninth Regiment of the Third Brigade, and there are more direct troops of the Brigade Department of the Division.

Just by gathering the soldiers of the regiments who have entered the camp to train, then putting on the airs of the division and brigade, accepting cadres supplemented by the Nansha Military Academy, and then formulating division-level training plans, Li Shaojie and Cheng Wenli have been busy with all their might. Not to mention, they are now in charge of combat missions for the peace and peace of Guangdong Province.

The battle situation did not last long, and the Changzhou Fortress was not a barrier that was the best in the universe. Three days later, under absolute military pressure, it was finally captured by the Southern Government forces without any surprise.

The chaos in Guangzhou has just begun. Li Jishen has led the remnants to escape to Qujiang overnight and is preparing to continue to retreat to Shaoguan. Both Li Shaojie and Cheng Wenli must shoulder the important task of sweeping away the defeated troops and reorganizing the situation in Guangdong Province, so naturally there is not much time to pursue.

Although mechanized maneuver combat does not have much pressure on the pursuit mission, the current situation does not allow this. Gasoline replenishment and emergency repairs along the way are enough to cause headaches in the logistics system. Moreover, Xiangshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Foshan and Zhaoqing generations still have many so-called base camp guerrilla troops.

That is, the so-called civilian army recruited by the ** Party at that time, and the "green forest heroes" were also clear about the style of the Southern Army. They cannot be allowed to continue to cause trouble under such circumstances. The most important thing now is to calm down the situation in Guangdong and facilitate the execution of the next stage of combat tasks.

The journey of Guangdong Province is just the beginning. Zhong Yang is also very interested in Guizhou, which has extremely rich non-ferrous metal minerals. Li Jishen is still useful and can be borrowed to divide the title of Jiang Ruiyuan within the ** Army. After all, Li Jishen is also the vice principal of the Huangpu Army Officer's School, and he has the title of teacher and student with many students, so he cannot be ignored.

The situation had just stabilized, and at the end of March, a military visiting regiment was welcomed by the Nansha Military Academy. Its main members include Lin Hu, Ye Ju and Chen Jiongming himself. As for the famous Chaoba Tian Hong Zhaolin, on his way to Shanghai on December 9, 1925, he was assassinated by the killer Wade sent by the ** party.

"After two years in the army, can you show me your hands?" After pinching the strong muscles of a soldier, Lin Hu suddenly made this request. Although the soldier didn't understand what the commander in front of him was, he still stretched out his hands. Lin Hu and Ye Qiao walked up and looked at the hands carefully.

"There is a thin layer of calluses on the first and second knuckles of your index finger. This proves that you often shoot. Can you grow such calluses in just two years?" Lin Hu was a little unbelievable about what the young soldier, who was less than eighteen years old, said.

"Report to the officer, we have a live-fire training volume of 90 bullets every month, and the simulated shooting training we have to conduct every day. Two years is enough." The soldier's name is Yuan Jiansheng, and he was speaking loudly with great pride at this time.

"90 a month? Do you have any?" Ye Ju shouted in surprise. You know, even the most direct guard of the Guangdong Army did not have this number every month to train. If you really want to do this, the provincial government will have to file for bankruptcy in less than a year.

The soldiers next to them nodded and stretched out their right hand at the same time. Lin Hu and Ye Ju looked over one by one, and they saw that the soldiers had different thicknesses of calluses on their index fingers. Lin Hu took a assault rifle and asked the other party to demonstrate dismantling, and then went to see the details inside.

I saw that the inside was well maintained, without a trace of dust and dirt. After taking out the rifles of several other soldiers, Lin Hu asked, "Did you take care of this gun?"

"Yes, our army has regulations that guns are our lives and we must always think about how to maintain them." Leng Su's face showed vitality and perseverance, which was also the military spirit and fighting spirit that Ye Ju and their long-lost had.

Not to mention these new assault rifles, Ye Ju and Lin Hu didn't know each other, and even Chen Jiongming, who was standing aside silently, was shocked. Unexpectedly, the inconspicuous civilian military armed forces had now become such a climate, and the general trend was already in his hands.

"Is this the machine gun you just used?" Although there is an assault rifle, the equipment of the squad machine gun still exists. The continuous shooting ability of the assault rifle is always difficult to match the machine gun, let alone a universal machine gun with reliable performance.

"Yes, sir." Facing the torrent universal machine gun, the soldiers' faces of confidence and pride appeared. This powerful weapon is in their own hands. What a heroic power it is

"Can I try to shoot?" Lin Hu just saw these machine guns spitting out fierce flames. He had long wanted to experience the machine guns that made continuous sounds in his ears.

For safety reasons, the platoon leader called a heavy machine gun frame that was only equipped with the firepower company. After setting up the machine gun, Lin Hu, who was already eager to try, came forward to enjoy it. This military officer, who was originally a powerful general in the army, is now showing his heroic spirit, shooting rapidly and accurately hitting the target rate.

There is also the quick and convenient barrel that replaced it with its unparalleled powerful power, which made Lin Hu fall in love with this machine gun at once. After firing three bullet links frantically, he reluctantly left the machine gun.

"It's so satisfying. If I give each platoon such a sturdy strut, I can walk across the south." Lin Hu's ambition and words in his mouth all represent his affirmation and love for this machine gun. The metal torrent shot with a scorching and destructive aura is the favorite of the army generals.

"Old Chen, how many such divisions do you have?" He didn't look at the mortars and howitzers anymore. Chen Jiongming and the others already knew that with this kind of firepower, a regiment could attack his two divisions' people all over the ground, and here he had already seen a division composed of two brigades.

"Not many, only three." Chen Ze had no intention of hiding the strength of the Southern Army at all. He knew that just by these three divisions and nine regiments, not even those artillery battalions of the divisions, was enough to shock the southeast region. This did not include the second-line servant army led by Li Zongren and Mo Rongxin. Even if the equipment was somewhat different, it could definitely be comparable to the German infantry division in the middle of World War II.

"Just three?" Ye Ju heard Chen Ze's words, and even wrinkled together. He was obviously thinking about something. Even if there were only three divisions, it was enough for the current situation. No wonder the ** Party was unwilling to launch a "strike" under the rule of the coalition government. It turned out that it had concerns in this regard.

"Yes, only three, the Grandson of the Soldier Saint said more than two thousand years ago that soldiers are more important than elites. I believe that three of them can understand that such a division not only requires a lot of money and materials to be equipped, but just training such excellent soldiers will cost me a lot of money and time. However, in addition to these three A-level main divisions, I also have six B-level garrison divisions, but the equipment and training levels of those troops are not as good as the A-level main divisions you see now."

"Old Chen, in just a few years, you have armed such troops in the Nansha area. You have built such advanced equipment by yourself?" Lin Hu couldn't help but ask, you know, since 1919, it is difficult for China to have such a powerful force under the arms embargo of various countries.

As for how many warlords are developing their own weapons and equipment, they are also doing it themselves, but their achievements are obvious to all. The ability to imitate alone is not good, let alone develop it independently. Didn’t Chen Yongshan run the Shijing Arsenal by relying on the development capabilities of Tianyu Group?

But even so, Chen Jiongming and others were still surprised by Tianyu Group's technical research and development capabilities. Many weapons have never been seen before, not to mention that they have never heard of them.

"Haha, this is what I want to take two of you to see below."

Although the two-day visit was a bit urgent, I could only take a quick look at it, but even so, Chen Jiongming and his group of three were still tested by the visits one after another for two days.

The bullets produced continuously from the assembly line, the shells assembled and stored in the ammunition box, and the busy steel mill, more than 100,000 students studying tirelessly, various dazzling products, and extremely fruitful grain production are all training the hearts of the two people one by one.

"Yin Qing, after these two days of observation, what do you think?" Back at the hotel arranged for the three of them, the three of them sat on the seats in the room and discussed without any fatigue.

Lin Hu's name is Yinqing. Chen Jiongming has always attached great importance to Lin Hu's opinions on military matters.

"Oh, I don't know much about other things, industry and agriculture, but just because they have completely made guns and cannons and have their own energy consumption and self-supplying to these two, we are already at a disadvantage. And the agricultural foundation, even meat can be supplied in sufficient supply. With the physical fitness of the soldiers, the best soldiers in our place may not be able to attract them here."

Relying on the soft sofa, Lin Hu recalled what he saw and heard during the day, and still felt deeply moved.

Ye Ju, who was standing aside, also added to the discussion after pouring the two of them wine: "The military qualities of those soldiers, whichever is at our level, is at the level of the guard level. Not to mention the weapons and equipment, the standard equipment of the Southern Army is already assault rifles, and the British rifles that we soldiers can use are already eliminated products here."

"They don't look down on light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns at all, but they are used in the B-type garrison troops. Just thinking about those torrent machine guns, I sigh. The sniper rifles, grenade launchers, shotguns, and 75mm caliber infantry guns that can be equipped at the company level, the 106mm field guns and the 105mm howitzers at the battalion level are all equipment that we never dared to think about before, let alone trucks and armored vehicles."

After saying these things in one breath, Lin Hu's breathing was a little confused. As for each company of the Southern Army, each company has its own communication class and is equipped with radio intercom communication equipment. This is simply incredible for Lin Hu, who has only played wired telephones occasionally in his life.

Such troops have existed for several years under the militia system, which really makes the Chen Yue army very ashamed.

"Ruoqing, what is Lao Chen's proposal in the letter?" Chen Jiongming still had doubts about Chen Ze's intention to recruit him. The Southern Army had such power, but he refused to help him. He sat down and watched Guangzhou being poisoned by red transformation and said he didn't recommend it, that was bullshit.

"...Jingcun, let me be honest. Before I met and saw these things, I, Ye, could have made me dare to say that we were not afraid of any one in China, but now... I am so angry that people are more angry than others..." Ye Ju and Chen Jiongming had a very good relationship. Lin Hu was also a brother who trusted me to death, so he naturally did not speak politely.

"Serious."

"...Jingcun, I'll tell you, don't blame me."

"Tell me, I don't blame you." In fact, Chen Jiongming himself also became enlightened, but he also cared about Ye Ju and Lin Hu's opinions, and wanted to hear what they mean first.

"Those unpleasant past are just taken as if they had never happened. The party's minions in Guangdong have been cleaned up, not to mention Li Zongren, who is in charge of defense in Guizhou Province, knows that they are wearing the same pair of pants. For Chen Ze's sincere invitation, it is better for us to accept it."

The fact that he had not saved his side might not have had no intention of slapping his strength. No one here is the innocent and romantic girl next door. There are still some power-minded and ingenious changes. But what can this happen? If you are not as skilled as others, can you still blame the failure on the Southern Army?

Holding grudges is meaningless and will only worsen their relationship. Even Lin Hu, who is strong and upright, will not be in trouble in such a major event. He is convinced of Chen Jiongming's decision. Therefore, all this must be decided by Chen Jiongming himself. Whether he wants to accept the invitation from the coalition government and participate in political work is all within his mind.

For Chen Jiongming, who was in a down-and-out state, this may not be a new political opportunity in politics. In order to realize his dream, personal honor and disgrace are nothing. The past has passed. He clenched his fists and decided to choose a different future. For himself and for the people...

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