Bright Sword: I have a system for exchanging points for killing enemies

Chapter 361: Seven steps away, the gun is fast; within seven steps, the gun is fast and accurate
"Damn it! Why is it raining all of a sudden?"

Qin Yangming stood in the yard, looking at the thick clouds in the sky that were covering the entire Ping'an County, and the bright light rolling in the clouds. His face looked extremely ugly.

Qin Yangming remembered it very clearly. He had specially observed the weather. There should be no rain in the next two days. It should be sunny all the time.

An hour ago, there were few clouds in the sky over Ping'an County.

As a result, in just one hour, the sky was covered with such a thick layer of dark clouds.

Rainy days and sunny days are two different things.

"It's terrible. Our artillery battalion is still at the independent regiment. If it rains heavily, the roads nearby will be flooded and difficult to walk on, not to mention transporting such heavy artillery!
There is a big problem with Captain Li!"

Zhang Ye, who was standing next to him, understood Qin Yangming's concerns.

At this moment, all the artillery of the Vanguard Regiment is still with the Independent Regiment. If the heavy rain only falls in the Ping'an County area, it will inevitably affect the speed of the Independent Regiment in transporting weapons and equipment.

If the Independent Regiment failed to deliver the Vanguard Regiment's artillery in time, then given the Vanguard Regiment's situation, without sufficient artillery, it would not be able to stop the attack of the Japanese 11th Brigade.

Without artillery, the Vanguard Regiment had no choice but to defend Ping'an County, and their plan to wipe out the Japanese 11th Brigade would fail.

"Fuck, send a telegram to the New Second Regiment and ask Captain Kong to quickly send out cavalry scouts to Gucheng County to see what the weather is like there.

Send a telegram to the brigade commander and ask him to ask the Yi Zhong Military Region and the Wutaishan Military Region to re-observe the weather conditions at Shuiquan.

Then send a message to the New 1st Regiment, asking Commander Ding to send out scouts to quickly observe the weather in all areas of the defense zone.

I want to know if this damn rain is only coming here or everywhere!

I want to see who the hell God is helping!"

Qin Yangming looked at the clouds in the sky, and at the still bright sky in the distance, and gave orders to Zhangye.

Let Zhangye quickly inquire about the weather conditions in other areas.

If this heavy rain only covered the area in Ping'an County.

That would be a big trouble for the Eighth Route Army.

The roads of this era were not like the cement roads of later generations.

All of them are yellow mud roads.

When it is sunny, the ground is covered with sand and dust, and when it is rainy, the ground is covered with mud.

If it rains only in Ping'an County.

Then when it rains, all the roads in Ping'an County will be soaked and turned into mud.

Under such circumstances, it was difficult for ordinary people to walk normally, and every step they took would leave them covered in a thick layer of mud.

If it is a heavy weapon such as artillery, once it gets stuck in the mud, it will be very difficult to pull it out.

Moreover, the roads were all muddy, and every time the cannon's wheels turned one circle, the entire cannon had to be reloaded.

In addition to the fact that the transportation of artillery would become extremely difficult, there is also the cavalry.

Once the heavy rain falls, the temporary cavalry regiment they have just formed will be useless.

If the roads cannot be used normally, the high mobility of the cavalry cannot be brought into play.

Cavalry that cannot demonstrate high-speed mobility will be less effective than infantry in combat.

The most important thing is that if the rain continues, it will not be easy for the independent regiment to attack the Zhangzhuang stronghold.

When the poison gas bomb is detonated, the rain will directly disperse the poison gas.

If the poison gas cannot gather together, it will be impossible to cause effective killing.

The poison gas cannot enter the bunkers in the Zhangzhuang stronghold, so the Japanese and puppet troops in the bunkers will not die.

If they don’t die, it means that the independent regiment can only resort to a violent attack.

And because of the rain, all the roads and open spaces in the entire Zhangzhuang stronghold will be covered with mud.

Under such circumstances, the lethality of artillery cannot be fully exerted.

A cannonball was fired into the trench, and the explosion of the shell finally created a gap.

However, the nearby mud will quickly gather towards the gap and block it again.

Moreover, mud is soft. When a shell hits the mud, if there is enough mud, the contact fuse of the shell may not be activated normally.

If the fuse of the shell cannot be ignited, then the shell cannot explode. A shell that cannot explode... will have no lethality at all unless it happens to hit a person.

In addition, because the Zhangzhuang stronghold is located at a high place, there are a large number of ditches throughout the entire Zhangzhuang stronghold. When there is too much rain, the water in the ditches overflows and flows down the slope.

When you encounter downstream mud, it will either be difficult to walk on or become extremely slippery.

Under such circumstances, it was difficult for the soldiers to even walk, let alone charge.

It is possible that the independent regiment will be trapped in front of the Zhangzhuang stronghold and unable to move forward.

Although now with the help of Murakuchi Saburo and others, it is easy to take over the county seat of Ping'an County.

Even if the support from the independent regiment arrived late, or even couldn't get through at all.

With the combat effectiveness of the vanguard regiment and the new second regiment, Qin Yangming is confident that he can defend Ping'an County.

But Qin Yangming now doesn't just want to defend Ping'an County.

He also wanted to surround the Japanese 11th Brigade and then wipe them out.

If there was no artillery battalion, how could Qin Yangming risk his life to fight against the Japanese 11th Brigade?
Without heavy firepower to directly confront the Japanese 11th Brigade, Qin Yangming did not have the confidence to completely wipe out the Japanese 11th Brigade.

After all, the ammunition reserves of the Vanguard Regiment are only enough for the Vanguard Regiment to fight one battle.

Most of the other ammunition is still with the Independent Regiment, waiting to be delivered by the Independent Regiment.

Now the ammunition reserves of the entire vanguard regiment are just over 100 bullets carried by the soldiers, plus the additional machine gun bullets carried for the machine guns.

All in all, a person only has about 150 bullets.

Considering the firepower density of the vanguard regiment, this amount of bullets is only enough for two rounds.

Without enough ammunition and heavy weapons, the Vanguard Regiment would not go head-on with the fully-equipped 11th Brigade of the Japanese enemy... unless it was really necessary.

Otherwise, Qin Yangming would never do such a thing.

Even if they could win, the vanguard group would be wiped out.

After receiving Qin Yangming's order, Zhangye, who was standing next to him, quickly turned around and notified the confidential room next to him, asking the telegraph operator in the confidential room to send the message according to Qin Yangming's request.

After the notification, Zhangye walked to Qin Yangming again, took out a cigarette and handed it to Qin Yangming.

"Captain, with such thick clouds, it's definitely not just Ping'an County where it's raining. Maybe Gucheng County will also rain by then.

If it rains in Gucheng County, the impact on us will not be that great. The road is muddy, and it is difficult for our trucks to pass, and even more difficult for the Japanese trucks.

Moreover, in this kind of weather, the Japanese planes can't come, so we don't need to worry about the threat of the Japanese planes."

Seeing the worry on Qin Yangming's face, Zhangye used his limited combat experience to infer and persuade Qin Yangming to think about the positive side as much as possible.

"I also know that if it rains all the time, it will be a big trouble for the Japanese."

Qin Yangming was in a bad mood at the moment. He took the cigarette handed to him by Zhangye, lit it, took a deep breath to calm himself, and then went straight into the confidential room.

What Zhangye said is correct, if it is raining everywhere.

Apart from the fact that it will make the independent regiment's attack on the Zhangzhuang stronghold much more difficult, there will not be much change in other aspects.

Just as Zhangye said.

If it was raining in the places Qin Yangming asked about, then it would also be a big trouble for the Japanese.

The Eighth Route Army's carts had difficulty moving forward.

The Japanese trucks found it even more difficult to move forward.

After all, truck wheels are larger and heavier than truck wheels, and are more likely to get stuck in mud.

The carts of the Eighth Route Army were stuck in a mud pit, but they were able to get them out by using oxen to pull and people to push them.

But it would not be so easy for the Japanese trucks to pull it up again.

Even if you choose to unload the materials on the truck and reduce the weight of the truck, you can still pull it.

But the difficulties are still considerable, after all, the size of the truck is there.

But the trucks used by the Eighth Route Army for transportation were different.

If you really can't get it out, just unload the supplies from the truck.

If there are no carts loaded with supplies, a young and strong man can lift the cart.

It is much easier than the Japanese to lift the cart out of the mud pit and then put the supplies in.

Similarly, on a rainy day like this, if the Japanese planes don't want to be struck by lightning, they have to take a detour.

Even if they risked being struck by lightning and flew into the rainy area, the Japanese planes would still be useless without light.

How can we support their troops if we can’t even see what’s going on below?

What if a bomb is dropped on one of our own people’s heads?
Moreover, in such heavy rain and windy weather, if bombs are dropped from the sky, there is no telling where they will be blown to by the wind.

Although bombs are made of iron and are difficult to be blown away by wind, it still depends on where they are, right?
In the sky, the air flow rate is already very high. If there is a little wind, as long as the bomb moves a little bit in the air, then when it falls to the ground, it is possible that it is one or two kilometers away from the target point.

If it is raining all the time, then the weather is indeed favorable for their Eighth Route Army.

No one was able to bring heavy weapons with them, so they could only go into battle lightly, and the Japanese aircraft were unable to provide support.

By then everyone will be light infantry.

In this situation, even without the support of the independent regiment, Qin Yangming was confident that he could keep the entire 11th Brigade of the Japanese.

His vanguard regiment was equipped with so many pistols and submachine guns. If they were just light infantry, the firepower density of Qin Yangming's vanguard regiment would be several times that of the Japanese.

In this situation, it would be easy for a soldier of the vanguard regiment to kill three or four Japanese devils by himself.

After all, heavy rain not only affects transportation, but also interferes with vision.

With their vision blocked, no matter how good the Japanese's shooting skills are, they will be useless.

How can you shoot when you look down upon everything in front of you?
The individual combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers mainly comes from their marksmanship and bayonet fighting techniques.

But when no one can see clearly what is in front of them, what’s the point of having a good shooting skill and being able to shoot far?
Everyone’s fighting distance was forty to fifty meters, or even ten to twenty meters.

In this kind of close-range combat situation, a bayonet is much more useful than a bolt-action rifle.

At a distance of 10 to 20 meters, while you are pulling the bolt, the enemy has already rushed towards you with bayonet pointed.

Therefore, in this kind of close-range combat, a bolt-action rifle is definitely not as effective as a bayonet.

But it is limited to bolt-action rifles.

The vanguard regiment's marksmanship might be able to compete with that of the Japanese devils.

However, Qin Yangming did not dare to guarantee that the soldiers of the vanguard regiment could defeat the Japanese in a bayonet fight.

This kind of bayonet fighting requires very high skills and experience.

The Japanese soldiers are indeed more experienced than the vanguard regiment's soldiers.

But don't forget that the Vanguard Regiment is equipped with a large number of pistols.

As the saying goes, seven steps away, the gun is fast, and within seven steps, the gun is both fast and accurate.

In this kind of close-range combat, Qin Yangming believed that the pistols and submachine guns equipped in his vanguard regiment were enough to make all the Japanese devils in front of him be reborn.

Just like when the Japanese and the Americans fought later, the long live charge that the Japanese were so proud of was directly smashed into pieces by the large number of pistols and submachine guns equipped by the Americans.

So if both sides really face the problem of slippery roads in rainy days, and can only engage in close combat.

With the ratio of weapons and equipment of the Vanguard Regiment, it would be easy for it to fight against the Japanese 11th Brigade.

The difficulty is indeed not high.

After all, what Qin Yangming was worried about at the beginning was that the Japanese had heavy weapons, but he did not.

Without heavy weapons and sufficient ammunition supplies, the vanguard group will surely be defeated over time.

As for exchanging with the system...there are only so many system points left now, and Qin Yangming wants to keep them for emergency use later.

If there is really no other way at that time, Qin Yangming can only give up the plan to wipe out the Japanese 11th Brigade.

Anyway, the original plan was just to capture Ping'an County and hold on to it.

Now we are only a short while away from taking over Ping'an County.

As long as those two guys, Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Kiichi, don't do anything rash and just follow the plan honestly.

Maybe the vanguard group can capture Ping'an County without any casualties.

At that time, the Vanguard Regiment and the New Second Regiment will be able to wait in Ping'an County for the Japanese 11th Brigade coming from Shuiquan.

Waiting for work with ease.

There was no rain in Gucheng County, but there was rain in Ping'an County. After the Japanese 11th Brigade entered Ping'an County, they still faced the problem of impassable roads.

(End of this chapter)