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

Chapter 568 Our militiamen have to pay a heavy price to kill a small Japanese soldier

As for that little Japanese soldier, it was actually simple. He was just a lone Japanese soldier. He was probably left behind during the march, and thus he found his way into the Heyanggou Village as he was unfamiliar with the terrain.

I have to say that this little Japanese soldier was really fierce. He fell into an ambush by 18 of our people, but he still occupied a room in the village and put up a stubborn resistance. When the militia tried to rush in, two of them were injured.

Finally, when he was forced into a corner, Uncle Mo ordered the house to be set on fire. The Japanese soldier couldn't stand the heat and rushed out of the house and was shot to death.

Afterwards, in order to compensate the villagers whose houses were damaged, the whole village came to help build a bigger and better house, and specially named it the Merit House.

After all, in everyone's opinion, exchanging a house for the life of a Japanese soldier is a very good deal.

Being able to kill a Japanese soldier was a huge achievement for the militia of Heyanggou, but when Uncle Mo excitedly went to the district committee to report the victory and handed over the Japanese soldier's equipment to the main force in accordance with regulations.

However, he was told by his superiors that in the future, any equipment captured from the Japanese, except for light and heavy machine guns, the Type 38 rifle and melon-shaped grenades could be kept for his own use, and there was no need to hand them in.

However, eliminating one small Japanese soldier was a great achievement for the village militia. Their superiors also specially rewarded the Heyanggou militia team with five grenades produced by the arsenal and ten cans of meat. They also reported the commendation to the surrounding villages, which made the Heyanggou militia proud.

The days passed slowly like this, until this afternoon, when a team came to the usually peaceful village.

"Tiger boy, how come you have time to go home? Are you guys from the armed work team coming back to carry out a mission?"

"Dad, a war is about to break out, and it's going to be a big one. Our main force will be here soon."

"The superiors sent our third squad of the armed work team here to gather the nearby militia and the district guerrilla squadron to watch all the Japanese in the Majiahe stronghold."

"This time we also brought a lot of mines developed by the base's arsenal, just to block the passage from the base to the county town and delay the Japanese troops."

According to the current plan, a county's guerrillas are divided into county battalions, district squadrons and township squads, and below them are the village militias.

The armed work team is a mobile force, composed of elite soldiers and generals, and they fight in all areas of the county.

Generally, a small county has about 500 people, while Ping'an County is one of the larger counties nearby, and the Guan County Battalion has more than 800 people. Their weapons and equipment are also good, basically a mixture of Hanyang rifles and Type 38 rifles. On average, each soldier has more than 40 rounds of bullets.

It was also equipped with five Japanese Type 99 light machine guns and five grenade launchers, which meant it was quite powerful and had sufficient ammunition.

Ever since our arsenals have been able to mass-produce Czech-style light machine guns, the front-line combat troops naturally began to dislike the difficult-to-serve Japanese Type 99 light machine guns.

Although the Japanese's Type 99 light machine gun's magazine can hold six magazines with thirty rounds of bullets, which is 50% more than the Czech light machine gun's magazine that can only hold twenty rounds of bullets, it can also be used with the Type 38 rifle and has good shooting accuracy.

However, its disadvantages are more obvious, with a high failure rate and difficult maintenance. You also need to oil each row of bullets when shooting, otherwise the gun will jam and stall on the spot, leaving the operator in agony.

Our troops had no choice before. Even if the Type 99 light machine gun was terrible, it was still a weapon that could fire continuously. It was definitely more powerful than a rifle. As for being difficult to serve, the worst that could happen was that we could just send a few more people.

Now, since the various troops learned that we can produce more than 1,500 Czech-style light machine guns and corresponding bullets a month, they have been systematically phasing out the Type 99 light machine guns they are equipped with, generally starting with troops close to industrial areas.

Taking the infantry regiment as a unit, according to the most common standard, a regiment is equipped with 108 light machine guns. Although the monthly output is not much, it can equip fifteen regiments. Together with the original Czech light machine guns, there are twenty regiments. It is estimated that it will not be long before the entire army will be equipped with Czech light machine guns.

Moreover, as the latest Type 40 light machine gun is mass-produced, the Czech light machine gun will gradually be replaced in the future. After all, the firepower output of the two is completely not at the same level.

The Type 6.5 light machine gun that was eliminated by the main force was regarded as a treasure by the local guerrillas. It can greatly enhance the firepower of the team, especially since we still have a large stock of mm bullets, which cannot be wasted.

All the local troops in Ping'an County add up to about two thousand people. At the same time, this is the defense zone of Kong Jie's New Second Regiment. Currently, the New Second Regiment has more than six thousand people, and its combat power is almost the same as that of an enemy regiment in Ping'an County.

The two seem to have formed a balance. We dominate the wild, while the Japanese hide in the county town when we have nothing to do. With our current strength, we really cannot take down the enemy's well-defended county town.

Now that Li Yunlong has arrived with his powerful independent regiment, everything is becoming interesting.

Mo Hu, the leader of the armed work team, continued, "Dad, you have to gather the militia in the village and set off in an hour. This time we are going to do something big."

"Okay, Tiger Boy, I'll do it right away. After training for so long, it's finally our village militia's turn to go on the field."

There is a list of enemies killed circulated in all villages in Ping'an County. The more enemies a person kills, the more respected he or she will be. The current record of Heyanggou Village is one, ranking 48th.

In fact, this battle record was not bad. There were many villages whose records were zero. They only killed a few puppet soldiers. However, puppet soldiers could not be counted as battle records. Only the Japanese devils counted, and everyone wanted to kill more Japanese devils.

The Japanese are such despicable bandits, committing all kinds of evil including murder and arson. Only by killing more Japanese can we save more civilians. At the same time, we must also tell all enemies that if they dare to come and rob, we will fight you to the death.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the guerrilla squads and village militia from the two nearby towns gathered together, nearly two hundred people, all under the leadership of the armed work team.

Mo Hu smiled and said to everyone: "Dear uncles and aunts, I believe this is the first time for everyone to participate in such a large-scale battle. This is also a special request from the county party committee, so that everyone can feel the atmosphere of the battlefield."

"Our enemy this time is a squad of Japanese soldiers and a large number of puppet troops. This is a powerful enemy. Everyone must obey my command. You are absolutely not allowed to shoot in advance or take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, it will easily cause great casualties to everyone."

"In addition, this time we will mainly use ambush warfare. Our superiors have distributed the most advanced mines to us. When the battle starts, we must lure the Japanese into our minefield, use mines to kill the enemy, and keep ourselves safe."

At this time, a man in his forties said loudly: "Hu Wa, no, I should call you Captain Mo, don't worry, we won't do anything reckless. If it were in the past, more than 60 little devils could easily massacre several villages."

"We must obey the command of the armed work team and fight this battle well. This is a good opportunity to bring honor to our family."