185: Chapter 185 Major Outbreak from the Rear
How was he supposed to answer that?
That was clearly a trap.
If he praised it too much, Zhou Yang felt that Yang Ruoxue would definitely make some sarcastic remarks.
If he didn't praise it enough, that wouldn't work either; he couldn't speak against his own conscience.
Therefore, Zhou Yang could only give a few perfunctory replies to gloss over the question.
Fortunately, Yang Ruoxue didn't insist on him answering seriously, and Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
Upon returning home, Zhou Yang began to ponder how to handle this officially customized game.
He didn't think for long before opening the game livestream.
Since he couldn't think of anything for the moment, he decided to stop thinking about it.
Anyway, there was no deadline, so there was no need to overwork himself.
Now that he had money, why should he continue to be a beast of burden?
This habit had to change; he couldn't ruin his health just because he had money. If that happened, all the money he earned would be for nothing.
Opening the livestream, Zhou Yang scrolled to the Eastern Military Region's livestream room.
At that moment, the scene in the Eastern Military Region's livestream room was set in the middle of a battlefield.
In the rear, sixty-four large-caliber artillery pieces were continuously raining shells onto the Little Devils' positions.
"Hahaha, satisfying, so satisfying."
On the front line, Artilleryman regiment commander Li Weigang watched the scene of dozens of cannons firing simultaneously, a constant smile on his face.
If it were just his regiment, they wouldn't have so many artillery pieces, but the higher-ups had transferred the newly arrived artillery from the rear to them as well.
They had forcefully turned his single artillery regiment into an artillery brigade.
The mission was simple: just hide in the back and fire the cannons.
After three volleys, Li Weigang immediately ordered his subordinates, the Artillerymen, to relocate their positions.
Because the Little Devils' artillery was about to counterattack.
There were also the Little Devils' planes, which were very annoying.
Li Weigang certainly didn't want the artillery he had just acquired to be destroyed by these Little Devils.
That would break his heart.
The artillery production in the rear was already low; every one lost was one less available.
Even if people died, the cannons could not be lost.
"Move faster, move faster! If these cannons are destroyed, you can go practice bayonets with the Little Devils," Li Weigang urged the Artillerymen.
They hooked the artillery onto trucks, and the trucks immediately towed the artillery away.
These trucks were also produced in the rear. After receiving material supplies from Southeast Asia, the rear quickly established several truck production lines.
The production speed of the trucks was not fast; one production line could only produce one vehicle every three or four days on average.
These trucks were first supplied to the Artillerymen.
After all, those artillery pieces weighing several hundred kilograms would be far too slow to transport by horse or manpower if they weren't moved by truck.
In addition, General Huang Wei also summoned the military industrial experts from the military region to personally supervise production in the rear.
He also wanted to see if they could produce planes and tanks.
Having just firearms and cannons wasn't enough; he wanted more equipment.
As for why he called for people, it was because things you built yourself gave a greater sense of accomplishment than things given at the start.
With the trucks, Li Weigang's artillery regiment could be considered a semi-mechanized unit.
Trucks not hauling artillery could be used to transport troops.
One truck could hold a dozen or twenty people.
Sixty-four artillery pieces corresponded to sixty-four trucks, enough to transport the entire regiment.
After leaving their original position, Li Weigang led the entire artillery regiment into the mountains.
The original position was now being subjected to a barrage from the Little Devils' artillery.
On the front line, the 114th Brigade of the First Army under General Huang Wei was resisting the attack of the Little Devils' 16th Division.
However, the situation had already reversed.
Originally, the Little Devils were the attackers, but after the three volleys of artillery fire just now, the Little Devils suffered heavy casualties.
The 114th Brigade commander, Lin Zecheng, immediately issued an order to counterattack.
Blind defense was not the best defense; offense was the best defense.
If they could force the Little Devils to flee in defeat, wouldn't the defensive mission be a success?
The Chinese Soldiers of the 114th Brigade held fully automatic rifles in their hands; although these rifles were a bit unstable, they were still better than the Little Devils' arisaka type 38 rifle.
The "da-da-da" sound of gunfire rang out continuously, and the Little Devils were beaten into a disorderly retreat.
The Chinese Soldiers would not let this opportunity to beat a drowning dog slip by.
They chased after the Little Devils, firing bursts of gunfire.
These Little Devils retreated blindly, not daring to turn back and fire.
Because if they turned back, they would be shot.
They would fire one shot, and the other side could fire a whole magazine; there was no way to win like that.
Their only advantage now was their tanks and planes.
Their infantry had already been crushed; they couldn't win in a head-on confrontation.
"Stop chasing, hide quickly! The Little Devils' planes are about to arrive."
With a shout, the Chinese Soldiers who had been pursuing them immediately retreated.
Now they could consistently win in infantry combat, but they had no effective countermeasures against the Little Devils' tanks and planes.
The Anti-aircraft gun had not been produced yet, so they had to let the Little Devils' air force be arrogant for a little while longer.
The Chinese Soldiers rushed back to their positions and hid in the trenches.
Less than half an hour later, Lin Zecheng heard the roaring sound of planes in the sky.
"Damn it, once the Anti-aircraft gun comes out from the rear, I'll definitely shoot all these Little Devils' planes down," Lin Zecheng cursed.
This feeling of being cut off mid-enjoyment and then having to take a beating was extremely frustrating for Lin Zecheng.
"Calm down, the Anti-aircraft gun can't be far off. Maybe we'll have them by the time we finish this battle."
"Haha, indeed." Lin Zecheng laughed and nodded.
This feeling of creating something from nothing was quite addictive.
Every time something new appeared, it greatly boosted their strength.
At this moment, in the rear of Shancheng, deep within the mountains, countless factories were operating.
Some factories were even located in caves; these natural caves had been renovated and expanded to build factories inside.
During this period, Shancheng was constantly being bombed by the Little Devils.
They were forced to relocate all their factories deep into the mountains.
Because of this, their demand for anti-aircraft weapons became even more urgent.
Now, resources in the rear were concentrated on anti-aircraft weapons, accelerating their production.
Whether it was the Anti-aircraft gun or anti-aircraft machine guns, as long as it was related to anti-aircraft defense, they started producing whatever they could.
In addition, aircraft manufacturing plants were also being built as quickly as possible.
As for what kind of planes to build, there were tons of plane blueprints online, all of which were public.
The reason they were public was that these were all antique planes.
The most advanced aircraft were aerospace planes.
"Engineer Lin, why did you call for me?" Qian Fei arrived at a cave, which was a world of its own inside.
Countless machines were piled up inside, and a group of people were working shirtless.
There was no helping it; the ventilation in the cave was mediocre, and with so many people, the heat kept building up, making it hotter and hotter inside.
"Didn't you say you were into production lines? Help me design one," Engineer Lin replied with a smile.
"Design a production line? Engineer Lin, you actually built a plane?" Qian Fei's eyes widened upon hearing Engineer Lin's words, his heart filled with disbelief.
"Yes, it's already built, and I guarantee it can fly. Help me design the production line first; our plane will begin test flights in the next two days," Engineer Lin nodded with a smile.
In order to build this plane, he had suffered quite a bit over the past few months in the game.
Although he was just replicating it from blueprints, it was by no means easy.