A magazine of 30,000 rounds, you call it Hanyang

Kong Jie raised his head and looked where Zheng Kaixuan was pointing.

On the hillsides on all sides of the valley, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion were either setting up machine guns or fiddling with grenade launchers, standing guard vigilantly.

If any enemy dares to launch a sneak attack while everyone is eating, these machine gunners and grenadiers can be ready to fight at any time in the next second.

Kong Jie couldn't help but admire in his heart. Zheng Kaixuan's caution and prudence alone were not comparable to those of ordinary cadres.

He had reason to believe that Zheng Kaixuan was not a boastful person.

In fact, what shocked Kong Jie the most was the number of weapons in the Fourth Battalion.

There were thirty or forty light and heavy machine guns, and more than thirty grenade launchers!

What Kong Jie said was absolutely right. The weapons of Zheng Kaixuan's battalion were almost equivalent to those of a division.

A few months ago, when Kong Jie left the 129th Division and formed his own team, the three regiments of the entire 129th Division combined did not have so many weapons.

"Old Zheng, where did you get all these weapons? Is Old Li's new regiment so powerful now?"

Looking at the Fourth Battalion of the New First Regiment in front of him, the always arrogant Kong Jie suddenly felt a deep sense of frustration.

Kong Jie and Li Yunlong have been comrades-in-arms for many years. They have a friendship that includes climbing snow-capped mountains, crossing grasslands, fighting side by side in wind and rain, and risking their lives together.

Both of them had served as commanders of the main regiment, and later they both formed their own regiments to work independently. Seeing that the New 1st Regiment was already strong in men and horses, Kong Jie felt sad that his own independent regiment had ended up in this situation.

The independent regiment now has no more than 600 people in total, which is not much more than Zheng Kaixuan's Fourth Battalion.

"Captain Kong, our Fourth Battalion is the main force of the New First Regiment. We are the most aggressive and well-equipped of the entire regiment. Last time at Wangjiaping, the battalion commander led over a hundred of us and nearly wiped out an entire battalion of Japanese soldiers."

Chen Shengli explained to Kong Jie proudly.

"hiss……"

"More than a hundred people, almost wiped out an entire Japanese infantry battalion?"

Kong Jie took a breath.

He now finally understood where all these weapons of the Fourth Battalion came from.

I finally understood why Zheng Kaixuan dared to cause trouble for the Japanese infantry battalion with only a battalion.

This combat power is simply amazing! It is definitely the combat power ceiling of all battalions! No, even if you compare it to other main regiments, it is still the combat power ceiling!

"Alright, Lao Kong, hurry up and eat. After dinner, I'll help you deal with the Japs. We have to get our ground back."

Zheng Kaixuan didn't want to say much and just kept eating.

The soldiers of the independent regiment have not eaten for a day and a night.

At this time, everyone was looking at the broth in the bowl and eating the freshly heated steamed buns, and they were so excited that they almost cried.

The food in the Fourth Battalion is so good!

Just think about the life that their independent regiment lived, it was really hard.

This meal alone quickly narrowed the gap between the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the Fourth Battalion.

This is a life-saving meal.

After drinking a bowl of hot broth, the soldiers' bodies warmed up, their lips returned to their normal color, and their mental state recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If it weren't for this bowl of broth, many soldiers would probably not have been able to reach Wei Zhuang and would have frozen to death in the snow and ice.

"Lao Kong, send a team of men to take the wounded and sick with me back to Weizhuang to recuperate first."

Kong Jie nodded.

Many soldiers were seriously injured and could no longer continue fighting.

Zheng Kaixuan arranged several people to lead the independent regiment and rush back to Wei Zhuang’s base along the same route they came.

He took Kong Jie and the remaining 400-odd people of the independent regiment and continued to set off for Dazhai.

Zheng Kaixuan noticed that most of the soldiers under Kong Jie were using old Hanyang rifles, the rifling of which was almost worn out. No wonder their combat effectiveness was not good.

In the eyes of others, the Hanyang rifle is not as good as the Type 38 rifle, but it is different for Zheng Kaixuan. It is a hot commodity.

He has almost completely modified all of the Hanyang-made rifles in the Fourth Battalion, and there are not many left.

Every time we seized guns from the Japanese, it was nothing but Type 38 rifles.

What was seized from the puppet army were either Xinsi-type bolt-action rifles or Type 38 rifles.

If this continues, Zheng Kaixuan will have no Type 38 rifle to modify.

Now seeing the more than 300 Type 38 rifles in Kong Jie's team, Zheng Kaixuan immediately set his sights on them.

"Lao Kong, how about I make a deal with you?"

"What deal?"

Kong Jie looked at Zheng Kaixuan with a puzzled expression. He really couldn't understand what kind of deal the Fourth Battalion, with such a strong strength, could do with his impoverished independent regiment.

"How many Type 38 rifles does your regiment have?"

"Three hundred and fifty, what's wrong?"

"How about I trade you my Type 38 rifles for Hanyang rifles? I won't take advantage of you. One for one, I'll give you 350 Type 38 rifles, and you'll get 30 rounds of ammunition for each one. How's that?"

Zheng Kaixuan’s words completely confused Kong Jie.

It seems that Zheng Kaixuan exchanged his Type 38 rifle for their Hanyang rifle, and Zheng Kaixuan still feels like he got a good deal?

There's nothing wrong with this guy, right?

He and Political Commissar Li Wenying looked at each other and answered somewhat embarrassedly.

"Isn't this appropriate?"

Zheng Kaixuan grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

"There's nothing inappropriate about this. We're all brothers in arms. It doesn't matter who gets hurt or who gets the upper hand. That's settled then."

Zheng Kaixuan quickly ordered people to bring more than 300 Type 38 rifles and replaced all the Hanyang rifles under Kong Jie's command.

The Fourth Battalion carried a lot of guns when they went out. In addition to the gun carried on the back of each soldier, the transport team also carried spare guns.

After all, the Fourth Battalion seized nearly a thousand Type 38 rifles at Wangjiaping last time, which was more than enough for each soldier to have two.

The main purpose of Zheng Kaixuan changing the gun is to facilitate the modification.

Another thing is that Zheng Kaixuan considered that the equipment of Kong Jie's men was too old and too poor, which would affect the subsequent battles, so he took the initiative to find him to exchange guns. This is good for everyone.

We continued walking for more than two hours, crossed another mountain, and not far down, we could vaguely see villages connected together in the distance.

The team stopped and took a short rest in the woods.

Kong Jie and the independent regiment's political commissar Li Wenying came to Zheng Kaixuan.

"Old Zheng, how do you plan to fight this time? We want to hear your ideas."

"How should our two forces cooperate? It's necessary to formulate a plan first."

Zheng Kaixuan smiled faintly.

"I've already drawn up the battle plan. Your independent regiment will be responsible for dealing with the puppet army camp. As for the Japanese infantry battalion, that will be left to our Fourth Battalion."