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"Attack the Japs!"

"Attack the Japs!"

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Xu Le only said one sentence, but it was more useful than any pre-war mobilization!

What is most needed in war?

While having weapons, ensure the supply of ammunition!

5000 soldiers were all equipped with semi-automatic SVTs. They were all veterans or recruits who had received several months of training and had no problem operating them.

300 million rounds of ammunition and 2 artillery shells.

Nothing can boost morale more than this!

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At noon, the troops, led by Jiang Feng, crossed the Yellow River from Fengling Ferry and entered Yongji County, one of the last areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty in Jin Province!

In order to ensure the security of the Tang Dynasty's rear and prevent the evil spirits from Shanxi Province from entering the Longhai Line through the Tongpu Line, the National Guard and the Shanxi Army cooperated and stationed more than 8 troops here.

Xu Le and his guards were naturally the last to leave, because he had to collect the eliminated weapons into the system space and could not let outsiders see them!

"Young Marshal, these Jin soldiers are really looking down on us. Why should we give them 1000 guns? We can keep them for future recruitment!"

Jiang Feng kept complaining because this was the jurisdiction of the Jin Army and the 176th Division had no orders to assist in the deployment of defenses, so the Jin Army would not let them pass.

In the end, Xu Le gave the other side 1000 discarded Lee-Enfield rifles, and the other side's commander agreed to let the 176th Division pass.

"It doesn't matter. This is their territory after all. We are just paying a toll!"

"You don't have to give so much!"

"We can't do anything about it. Anyone with eyes knows why we're here. Besides, we're just a handful of people. If we're all killed in there and they're blamed by the higher-ups, they'll have to take the responsibility for opening the hole without permission!"

Xu Le had guessed this a long time ago, so he deliberately kept 1000 guns and tens of thousands of bullets. If he wanted to make a lot of money, he had to invest the necessary capital!

"By the way, Commander Jiang, have you figured out the route? The purpose of our operation this time is not to kill the devils, but to take the route to Huoyan Mountain. We can't linger in the battle. As long as we enter the mountain, everything will be fine!"

Jiang Feng pointed at the map and explained: "No problem. Only Yongji County and Ruicheng County in Shanxi Province are under the control of our Tang Dynasty. We are now at Zhangming Bridge east of Yongji. 50 miles along the railway is Yuxiang, which is heavily guarded by the Japanese. There is no chance on the railway! We can only go north through Linxian, Ronghe, and Hejin, and then we can enter Huoyan Mountain!"

"Well, let's do this! Let the artillery battalion feint an attack on Yuxiang. The Japs from Linxian will surely come to reinforce. The troops will be divided into companies and platoons. They will take advantage of the chaos to pass through the small roads and gather at Xiyukou, 40 miles north of Hejin!"

Jiang Feng hesitated and said, "Young Marshal, it is indeed the best way to split the troops into small groups and take small roads, but how should the artillery battalion retreat? There is no way to take the small roads!"

"I and the artillery battalion will cover the rear. I have my own way. The rest is up to you!"

Jiang Feng was shocked: "How can this be possible? Feinting an attack is the most dangerous. You are the young commander, and I cannot let you be the last one to leave! Let the young commander lead the troops, and I will cover the last one!"

Xu Le had no way to explain to the other party. He couldn't just say that after firing the cannon, he could make the artillery that affected the march disappear out of thin air.

So he pulled his face and shouted softly: "Jiang Feng, let me ask you, what is the first duty of a soldier?"

Jiang Feng watched Xu Le grow up, and he knew Xu Le was serious just by looking at his expression. From childhood to adulthood, he has been defeated like this countless times!

Moreover, this was different from the past. This was in the army. He stood up quickly, saluted and shouted: "Report, obey the order!"

"Very good, follow the order!"

Xu Le turned around and covered his mouth with his hands and smiled. He didn't expect this trick to be so effective. The original owner really had some skills.

He learned from his memory that the original owner secretly kissed Jiang Feng's daughter when he was young, and was discovered and scolded by Jiang Feng.

The original owner was not afraid at all, but put his hands on his waist and shouted: "Uncle Jiang, my father is a marshal, and I will be a young marshal in the future. In this case, you are still my subordinate. What's wrong with me kissing Tingting? I will marry Tingting when I grow up!"

This sentence grasped Jiang Feng, and the other party took it seriously. He worked very hard for Xu Xiao over the years, as if he really wanted to be Xu Le's father-in-law.

"Yes! Marshal, take care!" Jiang Feng is also a real man. After saying that, he ran to make arrangements!

Each regiment has a direct artillery company under the regiment. Although it is organized there, there are only two artillery pieces. There are nearly 300 people in the two artillery companies, most of whom serve as infantry.

After replacing the equipment, the original two 75mm guns were naturally stored by Xu Le into the system space, and replaced by 10 Bofors mountain guns.

At dusk that day, under the leadership of Xu Le, the artillery battalion and the escort team secretly went to Dongmapotou, which was less than 15 kilometers away from Yuxiang, which was heavily guarded by the Japanese.

Xu Le naturally did not want the artillery battalion to attack the city wall, that would be simply courting death.

His target was several fortresses in the outer defense position.

"Xu Da, the cordon is 500 meters, protect the safety of the artillery camp!"

"Yes!"

Xu Le chose a man he liked from the guard team to be the captain and named him Xu Da.

"Correct all parameters of each gun!"

"All elements have been corrected!"

"All elements have been corrected!"

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As the 10 gunners of the 10 guns finished loading their ammunition, Xu Le shouted, "Fire!"

Tongtongtong.....

The sounds of shells being fired under high pressure in the barrel rang out one after another, followed by 10 streams of light shooting out!

This is the tracer bullet that Xu Le specially exchanged. When the light is poor or when fighting at night, the trajectory can be clearly seen, and the direction can be adjusted in time according to the error of the impact point.

Because the artillery was being fired on a plain, in order to maximize the artillery's firing range and to avoid being discovered by the Japanese patrol, fully loaded high-explosive shells were used, with an initial velocity of more than 400 meters per second.

After about 30 seconds, the sound of the artillery shell exploding was heard.

Boom boom boom....

Because the distance was too far, Xu Le could only hear a low, gentle sound.

He immediately put down the telescope and shouted to the observers: "Correction of bearing, 50 meters east!"

All this military knowledge was accumulated by the original owner, and Xu Le took advantage of it!

In order to facilitate long-distance observation of targets, he specially exchanged a telescope in the mall. It has night vision and infrared observation capabilities, which allows him to see at night just like in the daytime, and the maximum magnification can be adjusted to 20 times.

It cost a total of 1000 military merit points. If it wasn't for the purpose of unleashing the firepower of the artillery battalion, Xu Le would not have been willing to spend so much!

"Correction completed!"

"Correction completed!"

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"Fire!" Xu Le issued the order to fire again!

Half a minute later.

"Continue to correct, 30 meters north!"

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In this way, after 5 corrections, the artillery battalion finally destroyed a large bunker!

There is no way, the mountain cannon is too small in caliber and not powerful enough.

Moreover, Xu Le only adjusted the telescope to 10x, which was the maximum magnification his hand could hold steady. If he adjusted it higher, the vision would be blurred due to severe shaking.

"No wonder they say wars are fought for money. It's true! It took 50 shells to take down a fortress. What a waste!"

Xu Le was deeply moved. This was the case when he was observing with a telescope of such high performance. If it was the 6x telescope of the Japanese or the National Guard, it might be difficult to observe and hit a target 9 kilometers away with hundreds of missiles!

Unless it is covered by firepower!

The Japanese had naturally reacted long ago and sent out scouts to investigate the location of Xu Le's artillery battalion.

However, the Japanese extended their troops outward for several kilometers without finding any target, so they dared not go any further because it was the jurisdiction of the Jin Army.

A few miles behind Xu Le, a colonel of the Jin army put down his telescope and said, "This Sichuan army is really bold. They dare to fire at the devils with only 10 guns. Where do they get so much ammunition?"

"Captain, haven't the Sichuan Army always been very poor? Basically, a regiment can't even get a cannon. I'm curious, where did they get these 10 mountain cannons! I heard from our friendly troops that they are brand new!"

The regiment commander sighed and said, "Alas, this is a bargain for Blind Cheng. In order to pass through Blind Cheng's jurisdiction, this unit actually handed over 1000 British rifles. That guy will wake up laughing in his sleep tonight!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. Captain Cheng's jurisdiction is on a major traffic route, so he should make the money. Captain, how about we report this to the higher authorities?"

"No need!" The commander waved his hand, "We are all family, there is no need to play these tricks! I understand the president's thoughts, these local armies will be merged into the National Guard sooner or later, and it is a good thing to reduce the strength of these local armies! By the way, which unit is this?"

"It's from the 20th Division of the 176th Army!"

[Don't compare the fictitious 20th Army with Yang Sen's 20th Army! ]

"The 20th Army? The one that was ambushed by the Japanese not long ago and lost a division and a brigade?"

"Yes, that's the one. It is said that no one escaped alive, and no one was captured!"

"This is a respectable unit, the 20th Army. I remember it was not the Sichuan Army, but the Kang Army. Kang Province is even poorer than Sichuan Province, but it is amazing that they can gather so many troops to the front line!"

The deputy regiment commander hesitated and said, "That's true, but this troop doesn't look poor. They have guns and cannons. The friendly forces won't tell us what their specific equipment is!"

"Humph, this blind man Cheng, after receiving benefits from others, he must be helping others keep secrets!"

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"Young Marshal, several waves of Japanese scouts have sneaked up and have all been wiped out!" Xu Da reported with a deadpan face.

Xu Le nodded in reply, also with a dead fish face, but luckily Xu Da looked rather funny and seemed to want to laugh, so it was barely acceptable.

The system's voice kept ringing in my mind. Every time a subordinate killed someone, the system would notify him.

He knew exactly who did the killing, what rank the enemy was, and how many military merit points he earned!

It was now completely dark, and the mountain artillery had fired more than 2000 shells intermittently.

Xu Leke doesn't care about the life of the gun barrel. The system has a recycling function and can be recycled at 80% of the exchange price.

Xu Le also thought about exploiting the bug. Bofors only had 200 military merit points, so only 200 kilograms of iron would be needed.

So is it possible to exchange it for 800 military merits for an 800-kilogram cannon, and then exchange it for another cannon?

It’s a pity that the system didn’t even give him the opportunity to experiment.

"Ding, system products can only be recycled, not exchanged!"

A basin of cold water almost gave him a cold...

Even the shells of the artillery shells cannot be exchanged!

Originally, after replacing the telescope, the military merit points were only 3000, but now it has increased to 3500, which is equivalent to the escort team and mountain artillery killing 500 ordinary enemies.

"Almost there. How is the transfer of the main force going?"

Xu Da: "The last company also left half an hour ago, but they still have a lot of ammunition left!"

"Uh, this is my negligence. Xu Da, assign 300 people to lead the artillery battalion to retreat as planned. The rest of the people organize the artillery and ammunition. I want to take back the system space!"

"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away!"