Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

The First Battalion of the New Third Regiment also had five Mauser pistols with 120 rounds of ammunition, and six Turtle Box pistols with 400 rounds of ammunition.

There were three Czech light machine guns, one of which had a damaged bipod but was still usable. The total number of bullets was only over 700.

The Japanese devils' box pistol, which was despised by the main force, was considered a rare and good weapon in the eyes of the soldiers of the New Third Regiment.

At least this pistol can fire continuously, which is much better than the single-shot pistol produced by the base. The legendary Juebazi, this simple pistol, can only fire one bullet at a time. It is the main weapon of the guerrillas. However, the first battalion is the most powerful in the new third regiment. The weapons and equipment of the second and third battalions are even worse. It is embarrassing to tell others about it.

This was also after Captain Wang heard from the guerrillas that they had seized more than one hundred rifles, two light machine guns and tens of thousands of bullets.

Regardless of the consequences, he led a main battalion on a forced march overnight and arrived at the secret base of the Railway Guerrillas in five hours.

"Captain, why did you come here in person?"

"Where's Wang Jinbao? Why can't I see him?"

"Captain, our captain has gone out to carry out a mission with the brother troops. I will be the one handing over the supplies to you."

Captain Wang was a little surprised to hear this answer, but when he thought about the mystery of this legendary arsenal chief consultant, he expressed his understanding.

The military district headquarters had previously issued the latest order, requiring the railway guerrillas under their regiment to cooperate with the special operations team to launch operations in Taigu County.

Within the Eighth Route Army, Kong Hao, the chief consultant of the arsenal, has the reputation of being a kind of good fortune boy. As long as you follow him to carry out missions, you will definitely make a fortune.

You can understand what the Independent Regiment was like before by looking at its current strength. It is basically at the same level as the New Third Regiment.

However, the combat effectiveness of the current independent regiment is estimated to have surpassed that of the two main regiments, the 771st and 772nd.

Every time the independent regiment commander Li Yunlong went to the military district for a meeting, his heroic spirit was unmatched by ordinary people.

Now I heard that the size of the independent regiment has reached more than 3,000 people. Not only has every soldier been given a rifle, but they are all the Japanese's Type 38 rifles. There is not a single unknown brand rifle.

On the contrary, the New Third Regiment of the Third Military Sub-district of the Taiyue Military Region had recently been allocated more than 50 rifles of various models, including old-style rifles, Hanyang-made rifles, and dozens of Liao-13 rifles, as well as more than 1,000 rounds of bullets.

Anyway, there are still many soldiers on the New Third Regiment side holding swords and spears. They will accept any rifle as long as they can get the kill.

As for the fact that having too many rifle models in a troop will put a lot of pressure on logistics, Captain Wang said that there is no problem at all. After all, even if having too many rifle models makes it difficult to supply, you still need to have enough rifles.

For a unit like the New Third Regiment where one rifle is allocated to every three soldiers, any rifle is extremely valuable. Even a civilian musket is more lethal than a sword or spear.

As for the logistical pressure, just hire more people, it’s not a big deal.

For example, a general regiment logistics department needs 50 people, but now it is possible to recruit 100 people to specifically manage rifle ammunition.

In the Eighth Route Army base, there were many young men who wanted to join the army, but what they lacked were various weapons and ammunition. As long as they had a gun, it was a symbol of strength.

The unification of weapons is something that only main force regiments with strong combat effectiveness, such as the 771st Regiment, the 772nd Regiment, the New st Regiment and the Independent Regiment, consider.

However, basic regiments like the New Third Regiment of their military sub-district were never picky and would take any kind of weapons.

Next, Instructor Huo led Captain Wang to where the weapons were stored.

Captain Wang saw four assembled Czech light machine guns placed in the most conspicuous position in the temporary material warehouse, and he shouted loudly:

"Oh my god, there are four Czech light machine guns here, it's incredible."

After he finished speaking, he quickly walked forward, picked up the nearest light machine gun and began to feel it carefully:

"This Czech light machine gun is 80% new. It's really rare. It's a good thing."

It's no wonder that he was so excited. His New Third Regiment had only six light machine guns in total. Except for two Type 99 light machine guns captured from the enemy, the remaining four Czech-style guns had been used for many years. Two of them were allocated by superiors when their regiment was formed.

This light machine gun has been used for a long time, and its most important rifling has basically been worn out. During combat, the bullets fired fly everywhere, and the system can only fire when the enemy is very close.

Although everyone knows that such interception is very ineffective and the soldiers will suffer greater casualties, this is also the only solution.

The barrel of the light machine gun was badly worn, and there were few bullets, so people didn't dare to fire without certainty.

This is also why the New 1st Regiment usually targets a squad of Japanese invaders. In every battle, they gather all the people in the regiment to ambush a maximum of one squad of enemy troops.

If they encountered an enemy squadron, Captain Wang would lead his troops to turn around and run without saying a word. This was simply not something their regiment could contend with.

Even so, there is no guarantee that we will win every time.

There were several times when the New Third Regiment relied on its numerical advantage to get close to the Japanese troops, but it did not expect the enemy to hold on by relying on its terrain advantage.

Despite their advantage in manpower of more than a thousand, they were unable to break into the defensive circle of more than sixty Japanese soldiers. In the end, they wasted five hundred bullets and sacrificed more than eighty men, while the Japanese only suffered more than twenty casualties.

Captain Wang considered that battle a great humiliation. If he had a mortar in his hand at that time, the outcome would have been completely different.

It’s a pity that mortars are rare even for the main force, so if the New Third Regiment wants to obtain one, they can only rely on capturing it on their own.

But if we cannot completely wipe out an enemy squadron, there will be no chance of capturing the mortar, which is another vicious circle.

At this time, the battalion commander of the first battalion and three company commanders also walked in. When they saw the weapons and ammunition in this room, they were so shocked that they all shouted loudly.

The battalion commander first took a light machine gun and held it in his arms, as if it was the most precious treasure in the world, and he would probably not let go even if he died.

The other three company commanders followed suit, but unfortunately there were only two guns left on the scene, and the third company commander failed to grab one, so he could only stand there at a loss.

After a long while, when everyone had had enough, Captain Shi said excitedly:

"Commander, I request that these four light machine guns be kept in our First Battalion."

After hearing this, the three company commanders' eyes suddenly lit up and they all echoed the words.

"That's right, Commander. Our First Battalion is the most powerful of the three regiments. If there are good weapons, they must be equipped to our First Battalion."

"With the addition of these new guys, our first battalion can be said to have upgraded its muskets and cannons."