War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 444 How could he be a strong man! (Thanks to 'book friend' for the 500 reward!)
"Hey."

Shang Kun held a gun and sat under a sack with Xu Chaoyang. They were the only two people in the entire defensive position who were unsure. The rest of the people were almost all sitting on the sacks, looking at the sky in the distance that was constantly lit up by artillery fire, as if they were watching fireworks, even though they had just experienced life and death.

"How do we go?"

When Shang Kun spoke, his lips and teeth did not move, and he made a "buzzing" sound like a mosquito.

But this is not a problem for Xu Chaoyang.

He stood up after hitting the sack, and then he lay on the sack with his head exposed and shouted, "Company Commander!"

"The shape of the Japanese machine gun is quite strange. Why does it look like a chicken's neck?"

The company commander and the squad leader and platoon leader were sitting there. Without even turning their heads, they said, "That thing is called 'pheasant neck' in the north. How can it not be strange?"

"Its scientific name is the Type 92 heavy machine gun. The German instructor said this when he was explaining weapons from all over the world to us. This kind of gun... Oh, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten it!"

"First squad leader!"

"Go, use that Type 92 machine gun to fire a few shots into the air and get familiar with the devil's weapons."

After he finished speaking, the squad leader sighed and glared at Xu Chaoyang fiercely. He felt that Xu Chaoyang was looking for trouble. The war was over, why was he still making trouble?

But he didn't dare say this, after all, it was the order given by the company commander.

"Company commander, this machine gun position is not good!" A squad leader entered the Japanese machine gun position and shouted first.

"Why not?"

"The machine gun positions are all covered in oil, so it's too slippery!"

Xu Chaoyang smiled when he heard the words, then retracted his neck and listened behind the sandbag.

"Who would spill oil on a machine gun position? You're talking nonsense!" The company commander also jumped down from the sandbag. When he rushed to the machine gun position, he saw overturned wooden barrels everywhere and oil all over the ground, making people slip when they stepped on it!

The company commander began to frown. When they were fighting the devils, they seemed to have kicked over a lot of machine gun barrels, but they didn't notice it at the time...

"Don't worry about the oil yet, try the machine gun first."

A squad leader squatted next to the machine gun. He picked up a magazine with thirty rounds and inserted it into the machine gun's slot. The bullets on the magazine looked different from the other bullets, but after the magazine was inserted and the trigger was pulled, the Type 92 heavy machine gun seemed to recognize its master and only fired two shots before jamming - da da!
"oops?"

The squad leader was stunned for a moment. He was very sure that there was no mistake in his operation, but he just couldn't understand why the machine gun jammed.

After the squad leader took apart the machine gun with great effort, removed the magazine, took out the jammed bullet, and reassembled the machine gun. This time he inserted the magazine again, and the machine gun still only fired three times - da da da!

Three beams of light flew out in the night sky. The problem was that no matter how he fiddled with the machine gun, it remained the same. The company commander of the 87th Division stood on the battlefield without saying a word. When the fifth platoon leader of the 67th Army came over, he asked, "Type , do you understand?"

The fifth platoon leader of the 67th Army shook his head and said, "Our platoon was originally from the 67th Army's guard battalion. After arriving in the northwest, we were assigned to combat units after the change of the leader. This is the first time we have fought against the devils. How could I tinker with this stuff?" As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers. How could Wu Keren use Wang Yize's guards? What kind of environment was it when he was the head of the 67th Army? Could he not use his own people?

Xu Chaoyang took the opportunity to shout: "Captain, forget it, we have machine guns..."

"How can that be possible?"

Of course the company commander of the 87th Division would not agree to this. If a company was short of two heavy machine guns, how much of a gap would that be if they really had to face the Japanese attack?
The company commander was annoyed by the jamming of the heavy machine gun, and immediately ordered his men, "Messenger! Go back to the battalion headquarters and ask the battalion commander for someone who can operate the Type 92 heavy machine gun..."

"Need not!"

Xu Chaoyang stood up from behind the sack, raised his hand high and said, "I can..." He came closer with a smile on his face. At the same second when the fifth platoon leader and the company commander looked over, Xu Chaoyang squatted beside the machine gunner without saying a word, stretched out his hand to dip a handful of oil on the machine gun position where the oil was so thick that it floated on the floor, then wiped the oil on the ammunition plate with his hand, and then carefully spread the oil evenly before inserting the ammunition plate and said, "Try again."

The machine gunner looked at Xu Chaoyang with great suspicion. Even though his mind was full of doubts at this moment, it did not stop him from pulling the trigger - da da da da da da!
A row of bullets were fired very smoothly, and then the squad leader seemed to be angry. While shooting, he turned his head and glared at Xu Chaoyang again!
The company commander waited until a row of thirty rounds was finished. He looked at Xu Chaoyang and said, "Am I deaf?" Then he reacted!
It seems that this guy was the one who brought up this topic just now!

Xu Chaoyang squatted beside the machine gun and said, "Captain, what do I mean? I just want to say that this ancestor is not an easy man to serve. There are very unreliable problems with its ammunition supply system. First of all, when the bullet is fired, the bullet plate is easily deformed by the strong vibration. The Japanese did make the Type 92 heavy machine gun very solid, and added a lot of counterweights for stability, but they were very stingy with the bullet plate and used very little materials;"

"Secondly, using oil can also reduce friction and wear on the barrel. Also, this machine gun actually has an automatic oiling system, but we have to add oil in time to meet the supply. Judging from the firing frequency of the heavy machine gun in the battle just now, the oil has been used up long ago. It's better to discover these problems now than to find that the gun is not working well when the battle starts, right?"

"Isn't this also for the good of our troops?"

Among the Japanese machine guns, not only the Type 92 heavy machine gun bullets need to be oiled, but also the Type 92 light machine gun bullets need to be oiled, and they are oiled manually. However, the Type 92 light machine gun does not use a magazine to feed bullets, so the probability of jamming is lower than that of the Type 92 heavy machine gun. This is why it only takes three people to operate a Type 92 heavy machine gun, while it takes a squad and several mules and horses to operate a Type 92 heavy machine gun.

This is all knowledge you don’t get from history textbooks unless you go to the battlefield…

Xu Chaoyang still remembers that when he was fighting the Japanese, there were always mule-drawn carts behind the heavy machine gun positions, and other Japanese soldiers squatted there to oil the bullets. This was because the battles they fought were very fierce, and it didn't take long for the oil supply system in the guns to dry up, and other soldiers rarely had the opportunity to refill the oil again, so they had to oil the bullets manually.

The temperature of a heavy machine gun that is fired for a long time and the vibration of the heavy machine gun when firing can easily cause the bullet plate to deform. This situation is generally not experienced by troops that have never used Pheasant Neck. In order for a Type 92 heavy machine gun to work properly, in addition to using special ammunition, a lot of other manpower is required. This is why Xu Chaoyang's troops did not use Pheasant Neck for a long time. They could not afford to serve this ancestor.

Xu Chaoyang picked up the heavy machine gun from the ground by himself. It was very heavy, about 50 to 60 kilograms, plus the machine gun mount, it weighed over 100 kilograms. But in this day and age, people like Xu Chaoyang and Qu Yong, who came from rural areas, could not even hold their heads up in the countryside if they could not lift a weight of over 100 kilograms, not to mention Xu Chaoyang's physique.
Shang Kun watched Xu Chaoyang pick up the Type 92 heavy machine gun that the squad leader had disassembled. His expression changed. It only took him one second to go from squinting his eyes to opening them wide...

But he didn't know that this had become commonplace in the 217th Regiment of Xu Chaoyang. Then who among Chang Zhan, Qu Yong and Liu Gener could not handle this thing?
Even You Kui'er could do it a few times. At most, he would just shake his hands after hugging her. In front of his soldiers, no matter how heavy the body was, he couldn't make a sound.

It's not like now, where people always say "Do you know how heavy the Type 92 heavy machine gun is? Can you just run with it?", like an idiot. If you don't believe me, go to the countryside now and see if there is anyone who can run with a hundred pounds of stuff...

"Captain, what do I mean? I mean that I can figure this thing out, but I can't do it alone. If you want to do it, you have to assign me some people. I don't want too many. Just a few living strong men will do."

"Also, we have to send a few people to the base to get some oil. This thing is not only edible, but also very picky. If there is not enough oil, you really won't work hard."

The company commander of the 87th Division glanced at Xu Chaoyang and said, "Come here, let them pick out a uniform."

After the company commander turned his head, Xu Chaoyang said, "Don't worry, I don't mind the clothes you guys have worn. Even if they are stained with blood and have bullet holes, it's okay..."

“The oil…”

"Squad leader, from today on, you will lead them to form a machine gun squad. Go back to the base and ask the battalion commander for oil!"

"Got it!"

Xu Chaoyang put down the heavy machine gun, turned around and ran towards the corpses on the road. He had to pick out a set of clothes that fit him well, not to look decent, but to avoid so many constraints during the battle.

"Chaoyang, why is there a tail following you?"

"It's a small matter." At that moment when Xu Chaoyang turned his head and smiled at Shang Kun again, Shang Kun seemed to feel that nothing mattered to Xu Chaoyang anymore...

The fifth platoon leader looked at Xu Chaoyang again, and it was like he had found gold in a pile of mud. He quickly said, "I'll go too. You help me lead our platoon first!" He felt that compared to Xu Chaoyang, it would not be a big deal if he lost the fifth platoon in his hands. Having such a subordinate was equivalent to his entire platoon. But he never imagined that how could such a person be an able-bodied man!

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　　Let me say a few things. First, there is no rule that you can only go to the head of the group, as I just asked;

　　Second, this book is very long, so it should be fine as long as you don't play with it on the edge of a knife. It is likely that it will cover the entire war line after the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, it is likely that both the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Civil War will be completed.

　　Thirdly, this book is definitely a hit. There is no need to research it. The author himself is a hit, there is no doubt about it. There is no need to guess about anything else.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)