The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 50 Assault Team and Sniper Team

...There are no cowards under the M35 helmet. I don’t know whether this statement is true in other battlefields of World War II, but it is absolutely correct when applied to the Eastern Front of World War II.

In Songhu, in Yuhuatai in Nanjing, and on many tragic battlefields.

The heroic deeds of the brothers from the Teaching Corps and German-equipped divisions wearing M35 helmets were absolutely worthy of the glory of the elite of the national army at that time.

Therefore, in my unit, only the bravest brothers are qualified to wear this helmet that carries so much meaning...

...Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Hu Shuo"...

The next day, at four o'clock in the morning of October 10, Director Sun arrived as scheduled with two trucks.

There was quite a commotion, because the compartment of one truck was full of soldiers armed with guns; the compartment of the other truck was naturally filled with the things on the list.

He brought a whole car of people here. I don’t know whether Hu Biao, the cheap big brother, was worried about the safety along the way or worried that Hu Biao and his gang would rob him.

Fortunately, this is not important to time travelers like Hu Biao.

What’s important is that Director Sun brought all the equipment and supplies. Some details were slightly different from the requirements on the list, but the quantity was not reduced at all.

For example, the submachine gun model that Hu Biao and his team were expecting was the German MP28, but the product delivered this time was a domestic imitation.

Fortunately, these submachine guns were copied from the MP18 by the Qingdao Iron Works.

The manufacturer made some modifications when imitating it, changing the side-inserted magazine to a bottom-inserted one; among the domestically-made Chinese imitations, it is considered to be of the best quality.

Compared with submachine guns, the situation of Mauser pistols is a little worse.

The main thing is that these 20-shot Mauser pistols are actually the Jin-made Mauser pistols produced by Yan Laoxi.

According to what Hu Biao and his team learned, although the machines in Yan Laoxi's arsenal were all from Germany, the core workers were all from the Hanyang Arsenal.

However, Shanxi Province's steel system was not as strong as it used to be, as it was only established during the Westernization Movement in Daqing, and its growth in recent years has been very limited.

Therefore, the quality of the steel produced is poor, and the firearms made from it are very prone to wear and tear.

It was usable in the first year, but from the second year onwards it became prone to jamming, accidental discharge, etc. Sometimes even a fall could cause an accidental discharge, and all 20 rounds of bullets would be used up.

However, these are new guns, so there is no need to worry about this issue for the time being.

By the time these Mauser pistols are worn out to the above extent, perhaps the grass on the graves of many of the seven people in this time-traveling team will be three feet high.

In addition, the 500 rounds of bullets required on the list were not less at all; unfortunately, the rounds of steel-core bullets required were reduced by half to only rounds.

Fortunately, Hu Biao and his men used these bullets to attack the Japanese tanks.

500 rounds of steel core bullets can theoretically destroy more than a dozen Japanese tanks, so it should be enough for them to use, and there should not be any big problem.

Finally, there were 50 more original German M35 helmets in the carriage, which was considered as some compensation given by Director Sun for the changes in the above content.

In short, the above batch of supplies came from the Central Army and several miscellaneous troops.

I don’t know where Director Sun found so many equipment from different factions, but it does show that he, or the people behind him, are quite capable.

So even if there were some shortcomings, Hu Biao didn't waste any more time.

As agreed, he happily gave all the remaining pearls and penicillin to the other party.

Then, over the course of about ten minutes, both parties counted the items they had obtained and felt quite satisfied, believing that they had definitely made a good deal.

Even Director Sun's eyes sparkled as he eagerly asked:
"Brother Hu, when can you get the next batch of penicillin? Can you get a larger quantity? I promise you, no matter how much, I can give you enough, and I will satisfy you about the price."

After thinking for a while, Hu Biao gave an answer:
"Wait until the end of the month. I can give you ten times more penicillin then. Since we're brothers, there's no need to raise the price. This price is good enough."

After hearing Hu Biao's answer, Director Sun was immediately overjoyed. It seemed that he did not lose money from it.

Hu Biao's answer was naturally intended to fool this guy, or perhaps the people behind him. He only had two boxes of oral penicillin and one box of injectable penicillin powder left. How could he have any extra to sell to the other party, let alone ten times the price?

It is also uncertain when they will be teleported back to the modern dimension; and no one knows when they will be able to come back with more penicillin next time.

But then again, what does it matter? Director Sun and the people behind him don't know.

After throwing out such a big bait, wouldn’t Director Sun and the others be caught immediately with black carp?
For the sake of what they thought was a huge profit, if Hu Biao and his men encountered the No. 7 position again in the future and were in dire need of reinforcements, do you think they would try every possible means to rescue it?

This is also the biggest reason why Hu Biao and his team deliberately asked for a radio among the supplies.

Otherwise, I won't be able to contact you at this time...

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In the following time, Director Sun and Hu Biao were so eager to chop off chicken heads and burn yellow paper that they wanted to become sworn brothers.

Director Sun then hurried away in a truck in the dim light.

If they didn't leave now, the Japanese artillery reconnaissance steam would rise into the air, and then large targets like two large trucks would no longer be safe on the road.

After watching the two trucks leave, Hu Biao shouted at the top of his voice:
"Brother Zhang, Flathead, after breakfast, take your men and send half of the weapons, equipment, and supplies, except for the radio and gasoline, to the regiment commander.

Tell him that this is all what I, Hu Biao, squeezed out from my teeth, not a bit more."

Hearing this, Deputy Platoon Leader Zhang Yaoge, who was playing with a submachine gun full of gun oil, immediately felt heartbroken as if his flesh was being cut.

They discussed weakly: "Commander Hu, these things are not much, can't we keep them all for ourselves?"

"Stop talking nonsense, just go when I tell you to. You're taking all these weapons, equipment and supplies for yourself, aren't you afraid of starving yourself to death?" Hu Biao started cursing after hearing that.

To be honest, Hu Biao also wanted to leave all this equipment and supplies in their third company.

But he knew even more that if he really did that, then their Third Company would be completely disgraced in the 804th Regiment.

Fortunately, even if half of them were separated, their third company could immediately upgrade their weapons. Their firepower and combat effectiveness were definitely not the same, and they were more than doubled.

He planned to reorganize the third company, first of all to form an assault group.

This assault group consisted of two Czech light machine guns, ten submachine gunners, and ten members wielding two 20-shot revolvers.

It's a bit like the elite pistol teams under the command of major warlords these days.

They all had automatic firepower or semi-automatic weapons. The dense firepower burst out in a short period of time was enough to stun the Japanese soldiers using Type 38 rifles.

Oh, and everyone in the assault team needs to carry a large sword.

Once the critical moment of close combat comes, he can still swing his sword and chop at the heads of the Japanese.

Such an assault team will be led by Black Star, a former PLA veteran, and will be the main shooter of one of the Czech light machine guns.

In addition, Hammer served as Black Star's secondary shooter. One reason was that the Czech light machine gun had a magazine of only 20 rounds, which would be used up in a short time.

In order to maintain firepower, someone must help carry a large number of magazines.

Secondly, the way Black Star brings Reinhardt along is also a glorious tradition of the PLA of mentoring the new with the veteran, allowing Reinhardt, a rookie, to grow quickly.

In addition to the assault team, the third company will also establish a sniper squad.

The main focus is to prioritize eliminating the Japanese commanders, grenade launchers, machine gunners, elite veterans and other threats as soon as possible in battle.

There is no doubt that Uncle Bo will be the squad leader of such a sniper squad.

That's right! The aforementioned assault teams and sniper squads will all be given priority to receive an M35 helmet, a helmet that currently represents elite status and honor...

(End of this chapter)