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After hearing this, Captain Fan quickly expressed his gratitude:

"Commander Yun, thank you very much. I won't be polite. I've heard that the food in your Eighth Route Army is excellent, and we are also taking advantage of it."

After saying that, he happily took the telescope and started playing with it in his hand.

To be honest, he also felt that doing so was a bit unfair, but there was no other way. The Sichuan Army was poor, their weapons and equipment were poor, and ammunition was extremely scarce. Every battle depended on the soldiers fighting for their lives. Many of the brothers who left Sichuan that year were already buried in various parts of the motherland.

In the large-scale battles organized by the National Government in recent years, the Sichuan Army never failed. They relied on their flesh and blood to resist the enemy's planes and artillery, and also dealt a heavy blow to the enemy.

However, the military resources of the Nationalist government were limited, and they were all given to the direct Central Army, or to the leading troops such as the Guangxi Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army who served as commanders-in-chief of the war zone. To be honest, the Sichuan Army could only get very few supplies.

If the Eighth Route Army had not sold them a lot some time ago, they probably wouldn't even have the ammunition and logistical supplies to launch an offensive.

Although it was a bit embarrassing to accept the gift, Captain Fan didn't care. Not to mention he was just a small regimental commander, even their division commander was the same. As long as his brothers were well fed and had enough bullets to fight the Japanese, things like face could be put aside.

At this time, Captain Fan was thinking: "At worst, when we charge later, the brothers of the Sichuan Army will rush to the front, so that our friendly forces will suffer fewer casualties."

Of course, this is just Captain Fan's wishful thinking. Now our troops' fighting style has completely changed. If we can solve the problem with artillery shells, we will never let the soldiers risk their lives.

However, when he saw the Japanese defensive position, he immediately took a breath of cold air, and then said in an extremely shocked tone:

"Oh my god, the Japanese have built such horrific fortifications. Under this level of crossfire, our soldiers can't get close at all. If they try to get in, they'll just be sitting ducks. There's no way we can fight this kind of battle."

Commander Yun could only smile wryly and echoed, "We have to fight even if it's difficult. This place is too important. It's blocking our transportation route. Our superiors have ordered us to capture this vital place at all costs."

"We have now completely surrounded the enemy stronghold. The enemy inside has no supplies and will not be able to hold out for more than a few months. Our only concern now is whether the enemy will send a large force to reinforce them."

"But fortunately, our friendly neighboring troops in other directions have also coordinated. This time, we must remove this obstacle and open up our transportation line no matter what."

As the two were talking, two loud noises suddenly came from the position behind our side. Two artillery shells flew directly towards the enemy's bunkers, but only one shell hit the bunker, causing half of it to collapse. It was estimated that no more than three Japanese soldiers inside could survive.

Another shell flew past the edge of the bunker and hit the enemy's trench amid the sighs of our artillerymen, taking away a few Japanese soldiers.

After seeing this, Commander Yun immediately patted the wood on the observation post and complained furiously: "Oh, what a pity! It was just a little bit off. If it was just a little more accurate, we could have taken out both enemy bunkers at once. This kind of luck is not common."

When Commander Fan saw that we had already launched an artillery attack, he immediately shouted, "Commander Yun, are you preparing to launch an attack? I will go down and inform our troops to prepare. As soon as you give the order, we will launch an attack together."

Seeing the friendly regiment commander about to turn around, Commander Yun quickly said, "Commander Fan, please be patient. We don't need to send the infantry in just yet. This was just our artillery practicing their shooting techniques, and it was also a reminder to the Japanese that we shouldn't let them have it too easy."

Upon hearing this, Regimental Commander Fan lost his composure. He asked in an exaggerated tone, "Commander Yun, I just saw the explosion through the telescope. If I'm not mistaken, your army should have used a 75mm mountain cannon. Our regiment doesn't have any artillery of this level, not even at our division headquarters. We only have a small-caliber mortar company."

"For an ordinary infantry regiment like ours, we only have two 60mm mortars for show. This one was recently issued by the division headquarters. Before, our regiment only had one mortar captured from the Japanese."

"It's hard to imagine that your army is wasting mountain artillery shells like this."

After hearing this, Commander Yun could only explain it in detail.

"Actually, this isn't a waste. The main reason is that our military sub-district artillery unit was established very recently, and their shooting skills are not even good enough. The artillery attack just now was already an exceptional performance."

"When we first arrived, the shells would miss their target by a huge distance. Often, we would fire five salvos, consuming ten shells, but only killing a single digit of the enemy. That was a huge loss."

"With no other options, we can only resort to the most foolish method: honestly train our artillery techniques. Every day, the two 75mm mountain cannons assigned to our military sub-district fire three rounds. When we wake up in the morning, we discuss the results, calculate and summarize our experience, and analyze the reasons for our missed shots."

"After we've summarized our experience, we'll fire another round during lunch, and continue summarizing our experience in the afternoon. I don't need to say much about the third round. Although we consumed a lot of ammunition, our artillery skills have also improved by leaps and bounds."

"I'm sure you saw the effect of the artillery attack just now. The technology is also very good. Even compared with the Japanese artillery, it is probably not much better. Who would have thought that our military division's artillery was established less than two months ago."

In fact, with the current strength of our arsenal, we can produce about 80 guns a month. If one regiment is equipped with one platoon, we can equip 40 infantry regiments. If one regiment needs a company of artillery, then 20 infantry regiments can be equipped as mountain artillery companies in a month.

But an embarrassing thing happened. We simply could not train so many qualified artillerymen in a short period of time. As a result, even if we were barely equipped with powerful mountain artillery, it would not be able to exert its due power in a short period of time.

You know, in order to operate mountain artillery skillfully, a lot of people are needed. In addition to the command personnel, an artillery company also has operation, communication and logistics personnel, which together require 120 to 150 people.

In particular, a qualified artillery company commander is responsible for surveying the terrain, the enemy's positions, and the distribution of our troops. The last point is very critical, otherwise it is easy to cause accidental injuries.