The rocket launcher has a fast rate of fire, a large coverage area, and is powerful.

Chen Fu personally directed the first actual combat use of rocket launchers since their introduction. With an order, ten rocket launchers that had already repeatedly checked and fired at Zhu Yuan fired simultaneously from the launch position. Each rocket launcher was equipped with 16 122mm tail rocket belts.

The yellow tail flame roars towards the target, like a volcano erupting hot magma, pouring overwhelmingly on the enemy target. The sound is like thunder and tiger roar, and the heat is like overwhelming mountains.

A salvo took only ten seconds. After the shooting, Chen Fu immediately directed the transfer to avoid the Japanese artillery counterattack. This is also the only weakness of a powerful weapon like rocket launchers. Rocket launchers cannot be loaded as quickly as ordinary cannons.

, it takes a certain amount of time to reload the rocket after a salvo. During this period, if the opponent responds in time, the artillery can be mobilized to attack the launch position. However, the rocket launcher also has its dexterity advantage. After firing all the rockets loaded,

The gun mount can be towed as soon as it is attached to the vehicle. It can avoid the opponent's counter-suppression in the shortest possible time and then find a suitable place and time to continue firing.

Of course, Chen Fu, as the person in charge of development, knew the pros and cons of this weapon, so he quickly moved it without waiting to observe the shooting effect. Ten minutes later, Chen Fu led the personnel to move to another preset location and followed the original instructions as quickly as possible.

He made a plan and fired another volley, and then led his men to formally retreat.

It wasn't until Chen Fu retreated after firing his second salvo that the Japanese artillery on the opposite side just woke up. The overwhelming blow to the 20th Division from the overwhelming rocket launchers was extremely severe. They didn't even have time to react during the first salvo.

Nearly a thousand officers and soldiers of the 20th Division were enveloped in fierce flames. The entire assembly area was like hell, with broken limbs and injured and wailing soldiers everywhere.

Although the second salvo did not achieve the effect of the first salvo, it still caused a lot of casualties to the 20th Division. After the earth-shattering rocket attack completely stopped, the upper echelons of the Japanese army were stunned. They could not imagine it at all.

When did the Chinese on the opposite side possess such a terrifying weapon that they had never heard of before?

Due to the negligence of the Japanese, the assembled 20th Division suffered a total of more than 2,000 casualties under two salvos. The captain of the 39th Regiment, Colonel Ichiro Nanada, even had no bones left, and more than 30 officers of all levels were killed.

, by the time the dumbfounded artillerymen came to their senses and thought about counterattack, Chen Fu and his men had already disappeared. The Japanese cannon fired like crazy in the direction of the two salvos, but not even a hair on Chen Fu's body was left.

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The rocket launchers blinded the Japanese, and even the Chinese soldiers on the front line were frightened. Who has seen such a scene of thousands of artillery fire? Even the Japanese Army has never suffered such a tragic blow since the Meiji Restoration. Let

What shocked people was not the huge casualties caused, but the overwhelming momentum of the rocket salvo, which left an indelible impression on the Japanese psychology. When the 20th Division gathered the remaining troops in panic

After retreating to a safe area, the entire 20th Division still seemed to hear the earth-shattering sound of rocket launchers echoing in their ears. From the division commander to the next, everyone's face turned pale and they were frightened.

Zhang Zuolin, who was anxiously waiting for the results in Beida Camp, soon received a call from the front line. When he learned that the Japanese 20th Division suffered heavy casualties under the rocket attack and retreated in panic, Zhang Zuolin finally vented the anger in his heart.

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"Hahaha! Hahaha! Little Japan, little Japan. You too have a fucking day today!"

Zhang Zuolin looked up to the sky and laughed wildly at the headquarters. Naturally, someone on the side asked him tactfully: "Why is the commander laughing like this?"

He proudly told everyone about the great victory on the front line. Everyone present was stunned at first, and then burst into thunderous cheers. The 27th Group Army, which had been suppressed by the Japanese since the beginning of the war, was already simmering with anger.

Today's victory made everyone ecstatic. Only Chief of Staff Yang Yuting was excited and asked Zhang Zuolin what was the reason why the Japanese 20th Division had suffered such heavy losses before it launched the attack. Zhang Zuolin was about to talk about rocket launchers,

Suddenly, he suddenly changed his mind and excused himself with a smile on the ground that he did not know the military secrets.

The 20th Division suffered a disastrous defeat before even leaving the division. The power of the rocket launchers shocked the Japanese Army. The officers and soldiers of the 20th Division who fled back in embarrassment suffered from rocket launcher phobia for a while. When the officers and soldiers of other divisions asked them about the situation, they expressed panic.

His demeanor told the other side that the Chinese had a terrifying cannon that was more powerful than naval guns, more accurate in shooting, and denser. Under this new type of cannon, soldiers were almost killed as many as they went up, covering a radius of several miles.

, there is no place to hide even if you want to hide.

"Baga! Who can tell me when the Chinese had this kind of weapon? What kind of artillery is it?" Japanese Army General Headquarters in Kanto Prefecture. Army Chief of Staff Yusaku Uehara, who was nominally dismissed as commander-in-chief, still said:

The top commander of this unit, when he learned the news of the defeat of the 20th Division, he couldn't believe his ears, and immediately asked someone to investigate the real battle situation. However, after the intelligence verification below was obtained, Uehara Yusaku even his own

I don’t believe it. How could the backward Chinese possess such a powerful weapon? And judging from the description of this weapon, Yusaku Uehara had never heard of it, let alone seen it.

"It's not the 20th Division that's lying, right?" A staff officer asked hesitantly, but Yusaku Uehara rejected the question without thinking. It may be possible for one person to lie, but it is absolutely impossible for the entire division to lie.

What's more, how could the heroic samurai of the Yamato nation do such a thing? If so, only those despicable Chinese people on the opposite side could do it.

"Sir, did the Chinese army mobilize a large amount of artillery fire?"

"This is impossible! Where did the Chinese army get so many artillery pieces? If calculated based on the number of artillery pieces, nearly two hundred large-caliber howitzers fired at the same time. If the Chinese army on the opposite side had such a powerful amount of artillery support, the war would be

We would never have reached this situation." Without waiting for Uehara Yu's reply, Kaku Nakamura, the governor of Kanto Prefecture, objected. He knew Zhang Zuolin's troops better than anyone else. It was absolutely impossible for Zhang Zuolin to have so many cannons.

Let alone Zhang Zuolin. Even if half of the Chinese army's large-caliber howitzers were added up, there might not be this number.

"Then where did such shelling come from? What kind of weapons does China have?" This thought flashed through the minds of everyone present, but no one could guess the real reason.

"Your Excellency, could it be that Britain and France were responsible for this? You must know that Britain, France and other countries have been making accusations internationally since the Empire of Japan started war with China. If they were responsible for this secretly, it may be possible." Yamaguchi Masaru thought about it for a long time.

a possibility.

"Maybe it's possible, but Britain and France don't have that many cannons in the Far East!" Nakamura thought for a while and shook his head.

"Maybe it's a new weapon from Britain and France. In any case, this kind of thing must be provided by Britain, France and even the United States. Their purpose is to make us give up Fengtian, which we are about to get."

"idiot!"

Yusaku Uehara raised his eyebrows and immediately started to curse. He and Yamaguchi Masaru had the same idea. With the technology and capabilities of the Chinese, it is impossible to produce such a powerful weapon. So based on analysis, it is only other countries that are playing tricks on it.

Countries such as Britain and France, which had strongly urged Japan to cease the war some time ago, have the greatest possibility.

"Inform Tokyo of the situation immediately and ask the War Ministry to lodge a strong protest with Britain, France and the United States through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!" Uehara Yusaku made a decision in an instant.

"Hi!" Adjutant Sasaki responded quickly, and then asked: "Sir, what are the arrangements for the front line? Should other divisions take over from the 20th Division and continue the attack?"

"No need, the entire army is on standby. All troops have temporarily distanced themselves from the Chinese and are waiting for the outcome of the diplomatic protest."

Yusaku Uehara is not a brainless guy. If the opponent uses this secret weapon to attack his troops a few more times, it will really be more than he loses. So he plans to put pressure on Britain, France and other countries first, and then continue to attack after his worries are relieved. In addition.

He was still thinking about whether he could get this new weapon through this protest. When he thought of the tragic situation of the 20th Division, if he had this powerful weapon in his hand, he would be able to swallow half of China with the force he had.

It's also possible.

The news quickly spread to Tokyo through the Kanto Prefecture Governor's Office. When they learned that the Chinese suddenly used an extremely powerful "new artillery" on the Buyunshan front line, the entire upper echelon of the Japanese Army was shocked. Then, the Japanese Army

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted their analysis report to the cabinet, forcing the foreign ministry to launch diplomatic protests against Britain, France and other countries to protest against their unauthorized provision of secret weapons to the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This shameless practice must be stopped immediately, and this weapon must be provided to Japan

Apologize publicly.

After receiving the protest from the Japanese government, both Britain, France, the United States and even Tsarist Russia were at a loss as to what happened. Even though they denied it, they immediately became interested in what happened on the Northeast Front between China and Japan. According to limited intelligence, China*

The * team did use a strange artillery on the battlefield, which caused huge losses to the Japanese army in a very short period of time. After repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the situation, all countries expressed concern about this weapon that appeared on the Sino-Japanese battlefield.

There was a strong desire. For a time, diplomats and intelligence personnel from various countries in the capital made inquiries everywhere, trying to understand the true identity of this weapon.

Regarding the reactions of various countries, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has only one answer: "No comment." In fact, rocket launchers are top secrets in the military industry. Fang Zida listed them as a key secret during the development. Don't say that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not know anything about it.

Even the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff did not know about the existence of rocket launchers. The entire project was under the control of Fang Zida alone. Apart from the developers and core guards, only a handful of people had heard of him.

"Fantasy!" Fang Zida controls the military industry. This is no secret. When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff Department could not find out the true situation, all forces turned their attention to Fang Zida. For a time, many people

Everyone was asking Fang Zida if he really had this powerful weapon, and wanted to try to uncover its mystery. But Fang Zida had been prepared for it, and everyone refused him on the grounds of confidentiality. Unexpectedly, he received a message today

A letter from the British government forwarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first talked nonsense about Sino-British friendship, and then asked to work with the Chinese government to develop this new weapon. The British could send technical personnel to help the Chinese develop this weapon free of charge.
Chapter completed!