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Platoon Leader Zhang was eventually transferred. Military orders are as heavy as a mountain, and this is no joke.

Of course, he must have some objections in his heart. After all, he is an artilleryman of the regular main force, which is a rare technical branch of the army. Moreover, he is an artillery platoon leader, which makes him even more valuable.

You should know that the regimental commander and the political commissar had revealed some news to him a month ago that their regiment was about to set up a new artillery company, including a 75mm mountain artillery platoon and two 82mm mortar platoons, and he would become the deputy company commander of the artillery company and the platoon leader of the mountain artillery platoon. This was something he never dared to dream of.

It’s a pity that just when the mountain artillery was delivered, Platoon Leader Zhang received a transfer order and left his beloved artillery unit.

The main reason is that, in addition to his superb artillery tactics, he is a native Shanghainese and even an intellectual who has completed junior high school. All of this meets the needs of Shanghai intelligence personnel.

So Platoon Leader Zhang came to his hometown Shanghai in a daze, and stayed in a secret base for several days, mainly to learn how to survive in the city, anti-tracking techniques, and how to disguise his identity as a normal citizen.

What he learned was completely different from what he learned in the army, but Platoon Leader Zhang was an intellectual after all, so he adapted quickly.

But he still likes to stay in the army. After all, they are fighting the Japanese with real guns and swords, and what matters is being open and aboveboard. Doing intelligence work in the city always gives people the feeling of being sneaky and not upright at all.

Moreover, he was an artilleryman, with a platoon of soldiers under his command, and three mortars, one 82mm and two 60mm, as well as all kinds of artillery shells.

A single salvo from three mortars could kill four or five Japanese soldiers. In a battle, it was common for an artillery platoon to fire off a hundred shells.

What's more, in a battle two months ago, their Third Regiment was ordered to stop a battalion of Japanese devils. In that battle, the Third Regiment also risked everything.

In the end, at the cost of 200 casualties, they successfully defeated an enemy reinforced battalion and killed more than 900 enemies. However, they consumed 50,000 bullets of various types, 2,000 grenades, and 1,000 artillery shells of various types.

This kind of consumption would have been unimaginable a year ago. At that time, their Third Regiment was considered the main force, with a total of 2,000 people.

However, all the bullets added together did not exceed 30,000 rounds. As for grenades, almost everyone could get one, and the heavy weapons only included a few grenade launchers captured from the enemy, and the artillery shells were also pitifully few.

As for mortars and mountain artillery, an infantry regiment can't even think about it. They can only be equipped at the division or brigade level.

Basically, the total ammunition of our infantry regiment is not as much as that of the enemy's infantry squadron. If the ammunition captured in each battle cannot keep up with the consumption, it will be a losing business.

But now, just to eliminate more than 900 enemies, 50,000 bullets have been consumed. On average, 60 bullets are needed to kill one enemy. This is indeed a bit wasteful, but it is not a big problem.

This is also thanks to the fact that we have our own arsenals in the bases of several coastal provinces, which can basically provide weapons and equipment, especially various ammunition, to the troops nearby.

In the case of the Third Regiment, one battle consumed one-third of its own ammunition reserves. Our logistics department can replenish the ammunition in one day at most. The Third Regiment only needs to rest for two days before it can be put into battle again. This kind of sustained combat capability is extremely important for a unit.

Our soldiers have finally gotten what they deserved. They no longer have to count the bullets on their bodies while killing the enemy, nor do they have to worry about having to fight the Japanese with bayonets after running out of bullets.

In fact, we no longer advocate bayonet fighting with the enemy, unless in special circumstances. In most cases, our soldiers hide in strong fortifications and shoot at the enemy without worrying about bullet supply. This is simply awesome.

Even after defeating the enemy, they basically looked down upon the enemy's tattered weapons and equipment, and after seizing them, they gave them to the militia for use.

After all, compared to the Ma Sihuan rifle in their hands, the Japanese Type 38 rifle is simply garbage.

At first, Platoon Leader Zhang thought that he would be working on the hidden front in the future, but it didn't matter. Before he joined the artillery, he was also a veteran with three years of military service. His marksmanship was above average, and every shot within a hundred meters was accurate.

He knew that the army equipped sharpshooters with a special rifle with a small mirror that could blow up the enemy's head from three hundred meters away.

It's just that he used to be an artilleryman, and even though his marksmanship was not bad, he had no chance to come into contact with advanced weapons called sniper rifles.

Now that he has become an intelligence officer and has come to a big city like Shanghai, he probably will never see his beloved mortar again, but killing the enemy with a sniper rifle is also nice.

Things were developing as Platoon Leader Zhang had planned, until the day before yesterday, when he was taken to a secret base and given a special task, which was to bombard the enemy's gendarmerie headquarters tonight.

The 60mm mortar newly produced by our base has a shortest range of 100 meters and a maximum range of 2000 meters.

At the same time, in order to adapt to urban combat, a certain degree of modification was also carried out. All the parts of this light mortar together weigh only about 40 kilograms, and are divided into three parts: barrel, base plate, and bipod.

In order to transport the mortars secretly in the city without attracting attention, some special suitcases were designed to carry the corresponding parts and shells of the mortars.

These suitcases are currently the most popular styles in Shanghai. Even if someone carries them directly onto the street, they will not attract the attention of anyone.

This is a concrete manifestation of strong industrial capabilities. In addition to providing the most basic weapons and equipment, it can also customize special equipment according to mission needs.

When Platoon Leader Zhang learned that his mission was to bombard the enemy's military police headquarters, he was so surprised that he went crazy.

He never thought that the old friend whom he had decided not to meet again in this life would suddenly appear in front of him and fight alongside him. This life full of twists and turns is really laughable.

Moreover, according to the plan given by their superiors, their artillerymen will focus on bombing important enemy facilities in the future, use mortars to fight guerrilla warfare in the city, and must tie down a large number of enemy manpower.

The reason why Platoon Leader Zhang was so excited was that with the mortar, he could attack the enemy's vital parts from a kilometer away.

In places like the enemy's military police headquarters, division headquarters, or the Special High Police headquarters, anyone with the rank of second lieutenant can be a squad leader, which is a great military achievement.

You know, even though he had fought for so many years, his best achievement was killing an enemy squadron leader with the rank of captain with a mortar.