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"but……"

The brigade commander changed his tone abruptly: "The Japanese have 100,000 troops this time, so they must have a lot of heavy artillery."

"75mm mountain guns, 105mm howitzers, and even... 150mm heavy howitzers!"

"If fired at close range or in sufficient numbers, a direct hit could still pose a threat to this 120mm armor."

"The idea that 80 tanks alone can completely stop or even defeat 100,000 enemy troops in field battles or defenses remains extremely difficult!"

Shen Wang nodded; the brigade commander's concerns were very valid.

Even a large number of ants can kill an elephant, let alone a hundred thousand enemy soldiers armed to the teeth.

"The brigade commander has considered everything thoroughly!" Shen Wang smiled slightly, then continued, "These 80 Type 59 tanks are just an appetizer. This time, I've also brought an entire Katyusha battalion!"

"Katyusha? What's that?" Li Yunlong looked completely bewildered.

Shen Wang explained, "Commander Li, you can think of it as... an upgraded version of the 107mm rocket launcher with greater power and a faster rate of fire."

"One Katyusha rocket can fire 16 132mm rockets in a single salvo."

"And a Katyusha battalion has a total of 36 Katyusha launchers!"

"What?"

"A 132mm rocket?"

"16 rounds fired in a single salvo?"

"36 vehicles?"

The crowd erupted in uproar again!

This data is even more terrifying than the previous 107mm rocket (12 tubes, 107mm)!

One Katyusha rocket is equivalent to an entire Japanese artillery regiment, and there might even be some to spare!

Zhao Gang quickly did the mental calculations, his voice trembling: "36 vehicles... one salvo would be 576 132mm heavy rockets!"

"With such firepower, we can inflict devastating blows on the Japanese army's assembly points, attack formations, and artillery positions!"

Those present were all seasoned veterans, and they knew all too well what heavy artillery meant to infantry groups!

If the Japanese infantry dared to assemble, a single volley could cripple an entire Japanese regiment!

However, the brigade commander calmly raised the crucial question again: "Mr. Shen, while the Katyusha rockets are powerful, the resupply of these rockets... must be extremely difficult, right?"

"How long can the ammunition stockpile of these 36 vehicles last? Facing a protracted war of attrition against an enemy force of 100,000, I'm afraid..."

This is the crux of the problem—no matter how powerful a weapon is, without sufficient ammunition it's just a stick.

Shen Wang looked at the brigade commander, his smile deepening, and slowly uttered a number that instantly petrified everyone, leaving their minds blank:

"Ammunition supply is indeed a problem, but there's no need to worry too much!"

"This time, I brought a total of... eleven thousand 132mm rockets!"

"Enough for the entire Katyusha battalion to launch 20 battalion-wide salvos!"

……

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

The only sounds were the whistling of the wind through the fields and the low idling of a tank engine in the distance.

"How much...how much?"

Li Yunlong was the first to react, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

"Mr. Shen, you just said 'a lot'? One... eleven thousand? Rockets?"

"Twenty times... the whole battalion fired simultaneously..." Zhao Gang murmured, almost dropping the notebook in his hand.

He couldn't imagine what it meant to have 11,000 132mm rockets piled up together!

Let alone more than 10,000 rockets, before Shen Wang came, it was questionable whether the Independent Regiment even had 10,000 rounds of ammunition!

The brigade commander completely lost his composure. He adjusted his glasses, took them off to wipe them clean, and then put them back on.

"More than 10,000... 132mm rockets..."

Even if each 132mm rocket weighs 20 kilograms, more than 10,000 rockets would amount to more than 200 tons of ammunition.

This number has completely exceeded his previous understanding of ammunition consumption in a battle!

When did the Eighth Route Army ever fight such a rich battle?

This can't even be called wealthy, it's downright extravagant!

The second battalion commander counted on his fingers, his voice trembling: "Even if one...one shot only kills or wounds five Japanese soldiers...that...that's still..."

That would render fifty to sixty thousand Japanese soldiers incapable of fighting!

This simple arithmetic left everyone breathless!

Seeing the stunned expressions on everyone's faces, Shen Wang smiled and asked, "So? Do you all still think that 100,000 Japanese troops are a problem?"

Everyone fell silent.

Immediately, Li Yunlong burst into a deafening laugh.

"Hahaha, excellent! Mr. Shen's birth has truly caused a great stir!"

Faced with more than 10,000 rockets, even 100,000 Japanese soldiers didn't seem so scary!

The brigade commander's solemnity and worry vanished, replaced by a calculating look!

His gaze swept over the massive tank formation and the imagined mountain of rockets once more, and his mind began rapidly sketching out all sorts of bold, even insane, counterattack plans.

How to maximize the value of these weapons!

Or rather, to kill the Japanese to the greatest extent possible!

Shen Wang smiled too.

One hundred thousand Japanese soldiers, that's a minimum of one hundred thousand military merit points!

We must take it!

"Cough cough,"

Shen Wangqing cleared his throat; he hadn't finished speaking yet.

"Gentlemen, in addition to these 80 Type 59 tanks and 36 Katyusha tanks, I've also brought an infantry regiment, an artillery battalion, and an anti-aircraft battalion!"

Seeing that everyone seemed to have no idea, Shen Wang changed his approach:

「呃…也就是18门107火，70具40火，4门85毫米高射炮，12门85毫米榴弹炮，24门100毫米迫击炮，12门37毫米高射炮，轻重机枪上百挺，56式冲锋鎗……差不多3000支吧。

Pfft!

A young staff officer standing nearby suddenly collapsed to the ground, his legs buckling.

The brigade commander, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and others were once again completely dumbfounded.

Infantry regiment, artillery battalion, air defense battalion?

And then there's the tank regiment and the Katyusha battalion...

This time, Shen Wang brought equipment for a full nine battalions!

Although Shen Wang brought equipment for about seven battalions last time, half of it was Nationalist Army equipment and some German and American equipment.

This time, however, it's all brand-new weapons!

A Type 69 infantry regiment, a Type 79 tank regiment, a Type 79 artillery battalion, a Type 69 anti-aircraft battalion, plus a Type 44 Katyusha rocket launcher battalion...

It encompasses infantry, artillery, tanks, air defense, rockets...

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a heavy combined arms brigade of this era!

Possessing such a heavily armed and terrifyingly powerful "combined arms brigade," relying on the advantageous terrain and fortifications of He County, and combined with the flexible tactics that the Eighth Route Army excelled at...

One hundred thousand beasts?

The brigade commander's eyes flashed with a sharp light!

All previous assumptions about defense, hard fighting, and heavy sacrifices were completely overturned.

An incredibly audacious, even insane, idea began to grow uncontrollably in his mind—

Perhaps, this time, it's not just about defending He County.

Perhaps they can... devour these 100,000 beasts!