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

If it had happened before, even if the Second Regiment fought with all its troops, it might not have been able to withstand the fierce attack of an enemy battalion.

After all, a Japanese battalion had about 1100 people, a machine gun squadron equipped with 12 heavy machine guns, and an infantry artillery squad equipped with two Type infantry guns.

In addition, the entire battalion had 556 Type 36 rifles, 36 Type light machine guns and grenade launchers, and the total number of bullets was at least over .

Before, each soldier in the Eighth Route Army had only three rounds of bullets on average, and all the ammunition in one infantry regiment did not exceed 10,000 rounds.

The current 1800nd Regiment of the 518th Column has a total of about 112 people, equipped with 48 Hanyang rifles, 436 Type 14 rifles, 8 Mauser rifles, 6 miscellaneous brand rifles, side-opening Mauser pistols, Jin-made Mauser pistols, and Mauser pistols of other brands.

There were 22 Czech-style light machine guns, 9 Type 3 light machine guns, 2 Maxim heavy machine guns, 4 Type heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers.

As for bullets, the entire regiment has about 40,000 rounds in total, which is enough if used sparingly.

Captain Liu's tactical style is that he is good at fighting smart battles. What he hates most is the hard-hitting positional battles. In the commander's words, Captain Liu fights with his brain and has a lot of clever ideas.

When he received the commander's order, in addition to the two battalions of the main force building fortifications to prepare for defense against the enemy's attack, he also deployed the First Battalion of the Second Regiment, which had the most veterans and the best weapons, with platoons as combat units. They followed the route that the Japanese reinforcements had to take, and constantly used sniper guns and mines at various checkpoints and passes to slow down the enemy's attack speed.

The seven-man grenade production technology developed by the arsenal was spread over a period of time, and basically all bases were able to produce it according to their actual conditions.

The 2nd Regiment of the 9th Column was best at using grenades to make mines and continuously attack the enemy while moving.

There are about twelve platoons in the regiment and the battalion together. Captain Liu asked each platoon to carry two Mauser C94 rifles, two Mauser pistols and a light machine gun. The other soldiers were all equipped with Hanyang rifles, but each fighter carried five grenades.

The soldiers can ensure their own safety and cause as much damage as possible to the enemy's marching troops without any target, even if it is just to detonate a few grenades and injure a few Japanese soldiers with rifles.

According to the enemy's combat regulations, as long as they encounter an attack, the large force will definitely stop, then defend, and then send troops to counterattack according to the actual situation. In this process, time is consumed, which is also the purpose of Captain Liu.

Anyway, we don't expect to kill many Japanese devils. We just want to slow down the enemy's advance and complete the task assigned by our superiors.

Just as Captain Liu and his men were urgently digging the last line of defense, Captain Liao arrived with a company of soldiers and dozens of transport carriages.

"Old leader, the commander sent me to bring a company of troops and the transport materials seized from Xiaobao Village to support the Second Regiment."

Captain Liu was very happy to see his old subordinates coming to support him. It would be good to have one more company of troops, so that it would be easier to use the troops.

However, when he saw the equipment of the first company of the first battalion, he was immediately surprised and said:

"Good fellow, Xiao Liao, you are really a man you have never seen before. The equipment of your company is really luxurious."

"From what I can see, the whole set is the Japanese's equipment, and every soldier has a steel helmet, which is rare in our Fifth Military Division."

"Old leader, you are making fun of me. These are the harvests of our battalion in Xiaobao Village. The regiment commander sent us to meet the Wuyi County Brigade and replace the equipment for the troops. Oh, and we need to transport weapons and ammunition. Our battalion's heavy machine gun company didn't even bring them here."

Hearing that his old subordinate was doing so well, Captain Liu was sincerely happy.

"By the way, tell me quickly, what good things did you bring to our group this time?"

"Old leader, this time we brought a total of 90,000 rounds of various bullets, as well as 3,000 Japanese melon grenades, a mortar and 200 rounds of shells."

"Oh, and there's also a batch of compressed biscuits and canned meat that the Japanese have in stock, as well as 10,000 kilograms of rice and flour."

Upon hearing that he had obtained so many bullets at once, Captain Liu became extremely excited.

All the ammunition of his Second Regiment added up was less than 50,000 rounds. Now the commander sent 90,000 rounds at once, which meant that the ammunition storage capacity had doubled. So, on average, each soldier had more than 70 rounds of bullets.

That's enough. This amount of bullets is beyond everyone's imagination. When did the Eighth Route Army become so wealthy? From only three bullets per person to seventy bullets per person, the gap is indeed a bit big.

The three thousand Japanese melon grenades are also very good stuff. The Second Regiment had seized some of them during previous battles. They were basically used at the most critical moments.

Because this was a blocking battle, Captain Liu took out all the assets of the entire regiment and sent them to the Second Company, a total of 168 melon grenades, which was an auspicious number. Now there were of them at once, which was enough for a long time.

But if the bullets and grenades in front were surprises, then the mortar behind was ecstasy for Captain Liu.

When he saw the cannon, he rushed over, hugged the mortar, and said with a wild laugh:

"After so many years, I finally have a gun."

"This time, my Second Regiment is going to form a machine gun company. As long as we have guns and shells, I can definitely beat the crap out of the Japs. As long as I'm standing here, the Japs' reinforcements won't be able to get through."

After the supplies were handed over, Captain Liu sent out a transport team to provide emergency supplies to the scattered battalion, especially new bullets and grenades, in sufficient quantities.

He also asked someone to inform the battalion commander not to save ammunition and to kill as many enemies as possible. At the same time, he used melon grenades to make booby traps, which were much more powerful than his own grenades. He thought that this would let the Japanese have a good taste of what his own grenades tasted like.

Of course, a large number of compressed biscuits and canned meat were also delivered at the same time. After all, this kind of small-scale ambush would consume a lot of physical strength of the soldiers, and they needed to replenish their nutrition in time.

Since receiving the supplies, the morale of the soldiers in the first battalion has become increasingly high. In the previous ambush, it was originally expected that each person could only fire three to five shots, which would have limited lethality to the enemy.

But now we have enough ammunition, we can use bullets to teach the Japanese a lesson, especially since we have so many bullets, we don't have to aim completely before shooting, as long as we are sure, we can just shoot.

It is best to injure the enemy, which will consume a lot of Japanese personnel to take care of the wounded and slow down the enemy's marching speed.