Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Therefore, throughout the history of China from ancient times to the present, the Miao people have always been very brave in fighting. They consider it an honor to die in battle. If anyone deserts the battlefield, he will be executed on the spot once discovered, and his entire family will be despised for generations, and will never be able to hold their heads up.

Therefore, once the Miao people go into battle, they fight desperately and are extremely brave. Running away and surrendering rarely happen, because cowards cannot survive in the Miao village.

The 79th Army of the Chinese government fought many tough battles in all the battles with the Japanese army, and the Provisional 6th Division belonging to the 79th Army was even more so. None of the officers and soldiers in the division were cowards, and the defensive combat capability of the Provisional 6th Division was extremely tenacious.

However, the initial Sixth Provisional Division was basically despised by everyone because it was a ragtag group of ragtag groups. After the Sixth Provisional Division was formed in 1938 and rushed to the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government to participate in the First Battle of Changsha, Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government, personally went to inspect the unit.

When Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, saw the newly formed Provisional Sixth Division, he was shocked because he was a professional soldier.

The Provisional Sixth Division was originally reorganized from the bandit forces in western Hunan. In terms of weapons and equipment, it could be said to be the worst among all the armies in China.

When Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, inspected the Provisional Sixth Division, he was stunned because he found that the weapons carried by the officers and soldiers of the Provisional Sixth Division were simply varied. When Commander Xue walked past the officers and soldiers of the Provisional Sixth Division who were lined up in a square formation, he found that a soldier of the Provisional Sixth Division was carrying a large-caliber rifle, which made Commander Xue, who had been in the army for many years, very curious.

Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth Theater of the Chinese government, took the strange rifle from the soldier of the Provisional Sixth Division. After looking at it for a while, he still couldn't figure out what kind of rifle it was. So he pointed at the rifle and asked the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfeilong, who was accompanying him for the inspection: "Commander Long, what is this?"

After taking a look at the large rifle in Commander Xue's hand, Commander Long of the Provisional Sixth Division replied to Commander Xue naturally: "Commander Xue, this is a nine-shot Mauser rifle, which can fire nine shots in a row."

After hearing the introduction of the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, was even more puzzled. Is there such a gun as the Mauser? He has been in the army for so many years and has seen countless guns, but how come he doesn't know about this kind of gun?

"Captain Long, our Chinese government's own rifles can only hold five bullets. How come the caliber and ammunition capacity of this gun are so large?" Commander Xue, commander of the Chinese government's Ninth War Zone, also became curious.

When the commander of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese government, Commander Xue, was curious about the gun, the commander of the 9th War Zone of the Provisional 6th Division, Long Yunfei, said a little embarrassedly, "Commander Xue, this gun was bought from Germany in the late Qing Dynasty. It has been used for at least 60 years. Moreover, this gun uses bullets filled with black powder, not smokeless powder, so the caliber must be large, otherwise it can't shoot far."

Xue, the commander of the Ninth Theater of the Chinese Government, listened to the explanation of the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, and his expression gradually became more interesting. When the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, finished introducing the origin of the gun, Xue was stunned. Xue thought: A gun bought from Germany sixty years ago? This gun is much older than himself. Can this gun still fire?

After sighing for a while, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government also thought of the current practical problems, so he said to the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, with some dissatisfaction: "Commander Long, we are fighting the Japanese army this time. You know, the Japanese army is well-equipped. Your division is using these antiques from the Qing Dynasty to deal with the Japanese aircraft and artillery. Isn't this a joke?"

After hearing what Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, said, Commander Long Yunfei of the Provisional Sixth Division was speechless. You know, the weapons currently equipped by the Provisional Sixth Division were actually pieced together.

The commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, actually wanted to tell Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, that his Provisional Sixth Division, a 20,000-man division composed of two original bandit divisions in western Hunan, had only 7,000 rifles, including some homemade guns and muskets. This nine-shot Mauser rifle was already considered a good rifle in his own troops.

After figuring out the origin of this strange rifle, Commander Xue of the Ninth Theater of the Chinese Government continued to review the newly formed troops. But before they had taken a few steps, Commander Xue pointed at a soldier with his head wrapped in blue cloth and asked the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, beside him: "Commander Long, why is this soldier not wearing a military cap?"

The commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, looked at Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth Theater of the Chinese Government, and said with some shame: "Commander Xue, this is the custom of our Miao people. We have been wrapping our heads with cloth for generations. Wearing a hat is really not something the brothers are used to."

After listening to the explanation of the commander of the Provisional 6th Division, Long Yunfei, the commander of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese government, Chief Xue, was also stunned for a moment, and then said: "Even if you are not used to it, you have to wear military caps. You are now the regular army of the Chinese government, not the local militia. The regular army of the Chinese government has requirements for clothing. According to the regulations of the Chinese government army, if you don't wear a military cap or helmet, you can be put in solitary confinement immediately."

After finishing his words, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government suddenly discovered that many soldiers were not wearing shoes, but were barefoot, so he asked the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, again: "Commander Long, where are the soldiers' shoes? Haven't you been issued enough military uniforms, shoes and hats? Didn't you distribute them to the soldiers?"

The commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, said to Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Huaxia Government, with a red face, "To be honest with you, Commander Xue, the Quartermaster Department of the War Zone has issued enough uniforms and shoes to our division, but the officers and soldiers of our division are all mountain people of the Miao ethnic group. They have no habit of wearing shoes before and usually go barefoot. Not to mention him, even I feel uncomfortable wearing shoes and I wish I could take them off and walk barefoot."