Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

May in Northeast China is a season of rapid growth!

The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing,

Willows are green everywhere and lilacs are in bloom.

Bin County,

At the foot of Xianglu Mountain,

Mulan Military Sub-district Second Battalion Shooting Training Ground,

The sound of gunfire continued uninterruptedly.

Dozens of machine gunners are conducting shooting training.

Machine gunner Xuan Yong held the Browning M1919A4 machine gun that had just been issued to him, and he fired four 4-round ammunition belts in one breath!

Compared with his previous Type 92 heavy machine gun, this machine gun is much better. It is more than half lighter, and has very good firepower sustainability. It is comfortable to fire in short bursts and will not jam.

Since late last month,

All the heavy machine guns in their battalion have been replaced.

He who is close to the water gets the moon first, so Yin Xinjun naturally equips all the new weapons to his own troops first for trial use!

The compilation has also been adjusted.

Each infantry squad is still equipped with a Type 96 light machine gun, which is still an excellent weapon!

There is a fire suppression squad in the platoon, which consists of two three-person machine gun teams and two two-person grenade launcher teams!

Each machine gun team was equipped with a Browning machine gun!

As for the MG42, apart from being equipped on some armored vehicles, Yin Xinjun gave up on large-scale deployment. After all, this thing consumes too many bullets, and in modern warfare, artillery is becoming more and more important for grassroots troops and will become the decisive factor in victory!

Following a shout from behind,

"Training is over for today!"

Xuan Yong stood up immediately, and the other two machine gunners beside him, Ren Qingming and Li Wei, hurried over, and the three of them disassembled the machine gun together!

In their group, Levi is the team leader, but the positions of the three people can be rotated!

The three men were carrying equipment including two Browning M1911 automatic pistols for self-defense and a lightweight M1 carbine!

Because of its small size and lightness, this carbine was also selected by Yin Xinjun as standard equipment and began to enter the arsenal's production line. This gun will be equipped as a self-defense weapon to drivers, baggage soldiers, artillery soldiers, communications soldiers, and even machine gunners!

Because the Type 38 rifle is too long and not convenient to carry, and the automatic rifle is too heavy, neither is suitable for second-line personnel. However, the proportion of these second-line personnel is now increasing, and the possibility of them being able to open fire and fight is very small, which means that they have few opportunities to directly face the enemy on the battlefield!

In Yin Xinjun's eyes, he does not want the infantry to rely on experience in combat, although this is the traditional mode in the past. In the future, he hopes to rely on technology and equipment to fight. In other words, even if a recruit goes to the battlefield, there is not much difference between him and the veteran!

For the entire Second Battalion, the proportion of second-line personnel has reached 40%, so the demand for M1 carbines is naturally very high!

Six trucks, carrying the trained soldiers back to the camp,

The three infantry companies of the Second Battalion lived in different places. Li Wei and his men were stationed in the western suburbs of Binxi Town, which bordered Acheng. When passing through the town, Li Wei saw that a jeep of the company headquarters was parked in front of a blacksmith shop.

Amidst the sparks, the blacksmith shop owner was welding the machine gun bracket he had just made!

This jeep was brought back from the front line for repair. Some of the damaged equipment captured from the front line would often be brought back by the convoys transporting ammunition.

There was a soldier smoking next to the jeep. He saw Levi in ​​the car and waved to him.

Li Wei knew him, Zhang Runpeng, the guard who was responsible for driving for the company commander. The two were fellow villagers from Dunhua. When the Japanese surrendered in 45, Yin Xinjun’s convoy passed through Dunhua, and they joined the army together!

Li Wei jumped out of the car quickly. It was close to the barracks anyway.

"What's up? Runpeng!"

Zhang Runpeng smiled mysteriously.

"I have good news for you. We are going to go on an expedition!"

"Going to war?"

"Well, the company commander just came back from a meeting at the battalion headquarters. Our Second Battalion is heading south to join the battle!"

Levi immediately became excited. After serving in the army for several years, he was still a machine gunner and had not even become a squad leader. He was promoted slowly because he had too few opportunities to fight in wars!

I heard from old soldiers that the company commander was the one who fought his way out of the Japanese's sea of ​​blood and corpses. He was promoted to squad leader after three days of service, platoon leader after one month, and company commander in less than three months!

After parting with Zhang Runpeng, the excited Li Wei went to the delicatessen to buy a bag of pork heads, a bag of ear skins, and also went to the winery to get a pot of wine!

When he was almost at the barracks, he saw a construction site opposite the barracks where construction was in full swing. It was a new military barracks, all made of bricks and tiles. It was said that it would be completed in two months!

The new barracks compound has two three-story buildings, two rows of bungalows, a boiler room, a warehouse, a guard room, a medical room, and a basketball court! Levi was looking forward to it. Maybe after returning from this expedition, he could move in and no longer have to sleep in a wooden house!

company headquarters,

An emergency meeting is being held.

Company commander Liu Ziming looked at the platoon leaders and said,

"This time, the battalion asked us to select 20 people from each company as the remaining troops. Each of your platoons can leave 5 people behind! Report the list to me tonight!"

A platoon leader said with a smile,

"We finally have a chance to fight a big battle, who would be willing to stay? Or why not just draw lots, whoever draws the lot will be unlucky!"

The other platoon leaders all laughed!

Instructor Shu Yue said seriously,

"Comrades, you must take this matter seriously. Some soldiers who are in poor health or have disabilities should be mobilized to stay. Some who have just married and have no children should also be mobilized to stay!"

Liu Ziming said,

"That's right. It's not that you can only contribute by going to the battlefield. Staying in the camp is also a contribution. We can't take all our belongings with us. Someone must stay to look after the house. And one more person. We will have to move in a while, and there are a lot of things to do!"

Several people nodded!

A platoon leader said,

"Back then, we fought the Japanese like cutting a watermelon. These Kuomintang soldiers will probably collapse at the first blow. Who can be reluctant to miss such a good opportunity to make meritorious service?"

Shu Yue said,

"In terms of combat effectiveness, I admit that our team should be the best in the entire army. In terms of equipment, we are also the best in the entire army. However, the enemy's New First Army and New Sixth Army are also elite troops to fight against the Japanese. We must not underestimate the enemy!

Another point is that the idea of ​​the military sub-district leaders is that fighting a war depends more on technology and equipment, not on individuals, so you must also change your thinking and guide your subordinates to adapt to new equipment and new tactics!"

Shu Yue is a political cadre transferred from a unit of the 50st Column. In order to strengthen party building, the Mulan Military Sub-district transferred more than political cadres from the st, nd and th columns to strengthen the party building work at the grassroots level of the subordinate troops!

When Shu Yue came here, he quickly became friends with the soldiers. The characteristic of the team here is that many veterans were used to being free and undisciplined under the previous loose management model. They were proud of their military achievements and did not take others seriously. In particular, they had a serious tendency to underestimate the enemy!