Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

Considering China's current situation of poverty and backwardness, Hu Weidong believes that for a long time, the enemies faced by the Chinese army will be stronger than themselves in terms of mechanization, firepower, air and sea control. Therefore, he proposed that we must focus on research on the enemy that is not conducive to mechanized troops.

Mobile guerrilla warfare and urban (or preset defense lines) offensive and defensive warfare are carried out in five special terrains: mountains, dense forests, swamps, water nets, and green gauze tents (and all other fields where ambushes can be used) where heavy firepower is exerted. (This part is mainly to take care of the country.

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Among them, mountain warfare received the most attention from Hu Weidong, because the difficulties of the other three types of terrain were not only easier to overcome, but also had greater restrictions on his own people. Historically, during the Anti-Japanese War, Taizu proposed "independent 'mountain' guerrilla warfare" as the main

The mention of the combat method against Japan is not unreasonable. Since mountain warfare is the best combat method for the Red Army, and later the Eighth Route Army, the People's Liberation Army and other generations of people's armies, then we should do the best in details to maximize the advantages.

Expanding the territory was undoubtedly the right approach, and Hu Weidong also came up with the idea of ​​establishing a professional mountain force.

More than two-thirds of China's territory is occupied by mountains and hills, and China's road conditions in this era are far inferior to those in Europe. In many places, not to mention cars, even mules and horses cannot pass, so let alone large roads

caliber heavy artillery, even the 75mm field artillery, which has always been considered very light, was abandoned by Hu Weidong, and decided to use mountain artillery and mortars as the main infantry support artillery. If there is an opportunity in the future to capture the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun, which is famous for its lightness

, that is naturally better. In short, it must be able to be carried by manpower alone without seriously slowing down the marching speed.

If configured in this way, the lack of suppressed artillery may be a problem, but judging from the characteristics of the people's army that is good at guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, it is not a fatal flaw. Moreover, if it is really necessary to suppress the enemy's artillery, it must be fought in large corps, which is absolutely fine.

It requires friendly force support, and there is no need to equip it specifically with mountain troops and affect the most important mobility capability.

It is inevitable that mountain troops have insufficient heavy firepower, so the firepower of light weapons is crucial. In Hu Weidong's vision, the infantry of mountain troops should be equipped with as many automatic weapons as possible, including submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns, and future assault rifles and general-purpose machine guns.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the biggest threat to the Chinese army (especially psychologically) from the Japs was their aircraft. Therefore, air defense was highly valued by Hu Weidong from the beginning. Starting from the regiment level, the main force must have a dedicated air defense force in the establishment.

.Due to the particularity of mountain troops, small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and high-level dual-purpose heavy machine guns have become the main weapons for field air defense of mountain troops. Considering the high altitude and complex terrain of the mountains themselves, as long as the troops are well-trained

, as long as the tactics are appropriate, the efficiency of air defense operations is still possible.

But with this configuration alone, there will still be some trouble when encountering armored troops, especially tanks. After all, even in mountainous areas, tanks may not be encountered. The Korean War later in history proved that as long as tanks are used properly, tanks

Troops can also work wonders in mountains and hills. Therefore, if the anti-armor capability of the mountain troops of the independent division is too poor, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses in the future. Although historically, the tanks and armored vehicles equipped by Japan during the Anti-Japanese War were thin-skinned and large-sized, even

Anti-aircraft machine guns and even heavy machine guns (using steel core bullets) can easily break their armor, but who knows whether Hu Weidong's crossing will cause a butterfly effect? ​​Moreover, the enemies in Hu Weidong's mind are not just Japan.

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Besides, there are times when mountain troops need to attack fortresses. At that time, anti-armor weapons will also be miraculous. For this, mortar firing is one way, but after modification, it is impossible to return to the normal state, and the armor-piercing ability of mortar shells is not good.

After all, it is only an emergency measure. Letting the blasters use blasting tubes or even cheaper incendiary bottles is also a way, but the casualties will be too high. As for the 37mm combat anti-cannon equipped by the national army, it is not heavy, but the caliber

It was too small, but almost as heavy as a mountain cannon. Hu Weidong really didn't have much interest in it...

Therefore, the mountain troops obviously need a portable anti-armor weapon. Before the emergence of anti-tank missiles, the best anti-armor weapon for infantry was the rocket launcher. However, with the current capabilities of the arsenal, it is not yet available. The lack of equipment is one of the reasons.

, mainly because arsenals often need to be relocated, and when developing more complex weapons, the efficiency often becomes extremely low due to repeated interruptions. Therefore, Hu Weidong had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, choosing a product with a simpler structure than the rocket launcher, and lower production costs.

Lower rifle grenade...

Under the guidance of Hu Weidong, a genius ammunition expert who transcended his time, the development of rifle grenades in the arsenal was much smoother than that of Wu Yunduo in history. Later, after the arsenal was expanded, Hu Weidong presided over the development of hollow charge in addition to the initial fragmentation rifle grenade.

Armor-piercing grenades (including heavy-duty Simon grenades that can destroy masonry bunkers) and other variations are enough to destroy even European and American thick-skinned (compared to Japanese tanks) tanks with one shot. Later, the rocket launcher was developed

It is even more invincible, and even the armor of those heavy tanks cannot withstand it. Due to the time travel of Hu Weidong, the ammunition genius, the competition between the spear and the shield in time and space was once out of balance, resulting in a far-reaching impact that even Hu Weidong himself did not expect at this moment.

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Of course, these are just Hu Weidong's ideas for the time being. Due to insufficient equipment, he can only write this idea into the "Cao Dian". It was not until he had his own large arsenal that Hu Weidong was able to form an army based on his ideas that later became world-famous.

The mountain tiger Ben...

It must be noted that the reason why Hu Weidong was willing to ask Sun Liren to cooperate in writing the "Cao Dian" was largely because the independent divisions were becoming increasingly powerful, which made him feel more relaxed. One of the reasons that cannot be ignored is that the capture of Pingxiang

The benefits obtained, in a sense, even exceeded the captures from the battle between Yongfeng and Xingan...

Pingxiang has a population of more than 400,000, with a high proportion of industrial workers and a good mass base. Coupled with the economic downturn this year, Pingxiang's industrial and mining companies have begun to lay off employees and cut wages (historical facts). Serving as a soldier to eat food is better than fleeing from famine.

Want to be stronger? Therefore, the expansion of the independent division was very smooth. In addition, Pingxiang was not as devastated by the long-term war as the counties in the Soviet area. The proportion of young people in Pingxiang was very high. Hu Weidong was not prepared to develop it into a base area (the transportation was too convenient), so he could recruit troops.

You can recruit as many as you want. And Hu Weidong is not like Zhu Mao who did everything on his own initiative when he came to Pingxiang to expand his popularity. As long as he can get young people who meet the requirements to join, he comes up with a lot of weird ideas.

The county independent division has expanded to more than 10,000 people, and they are all good soldiers...

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