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

Wang Xikui is a recognized military king and a sharpshooter.

He had followed Li Yunlong in battles across the country and had experienced dozens of battles, large and small. He was an iron-blooded warrior who crawled out of a pile of corpses. He was very rich in both tactical skills and combat experience.

This was also the reason why Li Yunlong appointed Wang Xikui as the deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion.

Zhang Dabiao from the first battalion, Shen Quan from the second battalion, and Wang Chengzhu from the third battalion are all experienced veterans. Among the four battalion commanders, only Zheng Kaixuan is not a veteran.

However, Zheng Kaixuan has many ideas and can coordinate the overall situation in battle. Li Yunlong had good intentions and assigned Wang Xikui to him. Since with Wang Xikui's assistance, it is no exaggeration to say that Zheng Kaixuan has become even more powerful.

Zheng Kaixuan was naturally relieved when he handed the soldiers over to Wang Xikui for training.

Even he himself wanted to train with Wang Xikui to improve his military skills.

Wang Xikui was a man who was efficient and effective in getting things done. He immediately set up a shooting range in the mountains and arranged for the soldiers to conduct shooting training.

There were a total of one million blank bullets, and on average each soldier could get more than 20,000 rounds.

This is a terrifying number.

Most soldiers may not consume so many bullets even if they fight on the battlefield for their entire lives.

Firing so many rounds would wear out the rifling of the Type 38 rifle. Zheng Kaixuan estimated that each soldier would have to use up at least a few rounds of the rifle.

But he didn't care. In his eyes, only the Hanyang rifle was a treasure. He had plenty of Type 38 rifles, and he could never use up all the ones he captured.

Zheng Kaixuan believed that after each soldier had fired more than 20,000 rounds of bullets, everyone in the Fourth Battalion would not be a sharpshooter, but they would probably be very close. It was exciting to think about it.

The 2nd and 7th Companies were brought together to train with the Triumph Grenade Thrower.

The third company trained the Triumph mortar, while the fourth and fifth companies practiced and learned everything.

In the past, due to the shortage of artillery shells, many soldiers had never fired a cannon themselves. Even those who had fired a cannon did not have much experience. When they arrived on the battlefield, they would inevitably be nervous, fearing that they would not be able to shoot well or accurately.

Now there is no such concern. There are enough blank shells and every soldier can fire as much as he wants!

The feeling of firing blank bullets is actually not much different from that of firing real guns and cannons.

For example, taking bullets, these blank bullets can also make crisp gunshots when shooting, produce flames at the muzzle, and even have recoil, but the recoil is not that strong, and the experience is very realistic.

"boom!"

Wang Xikui loaded the magazine with blank bullets and fired a shot into the distance.

"Everyone, please note that when firing blanks, you must be at least thirty meters away from the human body. Otherwise, it will cause certain damage to the human body..."

"Don't shoot at vulnerable parts of the human body, such as the eyes..."

Seeing that Wang Xikui was so professional and had arranged everything in an orderly manner, Zheng Kaixuan was completely relieved.

"Kaixuan, just go back to the camp and leave everything here to me. I'll help them improve their shooting skills first, and then I'll train them in positional attack, defense, and confrontation..."

Wang Xikui and Zheng Kaixuan had a very good relationship, as close as brothers. He only called him battalion commander when there were many people around, and when there were few people around, they just called each other by their first names.

Zheng Kaixuan nodded and rushed back to the battalion headquarters with a few guards.

He does have some things to do.

Li Yunlong said that the Japanese 109th Division's logistics troops were likely to pass through the Heiyunkou area near Wei Zhuang.

If the Japanese didn't pass through here, that would be fine. But if they did, he would never let them transport even a single grain of rice! This was also his promise to Li Yunlong.

Zheng Kaixuan sent out dozens of soldiers at once, scattered over a dozen kilometers around Heiyunkou, specifically responsible for gathering information about the Japanese supply troops.

What was frustrating was that a whole week had passed and the soldiers had not yet found out any news about the Japanese.

"Maybe it's because the snow is too heavy and the Japanese supply troops haven't set out yet." Zheng Kaixuan guessed.

There were two heavy snowfalls this week, one lasting three days, the other lasting four days...

However, the soldiers' enthusiasm for training is unprecedentedly high. They still insist on training every day despite the biting cold wind and heavy snow.

Everyone also understands the principle of enduring more hardships during training and shedding less blood during battle.

The soldiers trained very hard. In seven days, almost every soldier had used up a full ten thousand rounds of bullets!

The shooting skills have been trained to a very mature level.

Although they are not sharpshooters yet, most soldiers can hit seven or eight rings without much aiming when shooting at a target one hundred and fifty or sixty meters away. They can just raise their hands and hit it.

There are even some outstanding company and platoon leaders who can hit the ten-ring at a distance of 200 meters.

The rapid training method using blank bullets had a very significant effect, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness was rapidly improved.

Although they have not yet started training in coordinated operations and simulated position attacks and defenses, the overall combat capability of the 4th Battalion has increased at least several times compared to before!

On the eighth night, the heavy snow that had lasted for many days finally stopped.

On the morning of the ninth day, the weather was still as cold as ever, and the snow on the ground crackled when stepped on.

More than ten kilometers east of Heiyunkou, a Japanese convoy appeared on the road just as daybreak began.

"Commander, Heiyunkou is about ten kilometers ahead. It's said that Heiyunkou is not very peaceful. A while ago, a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers were causing quite a stir. Why don't we wait before going there..."

A young Japanese officer ran to the Japanese captain's car window and tried to dissuade him.

"Eight Route Army? They're making a lot of noise? How aggressive are they?"

The young Japanese officer had obviously done his homework and answered immediately.

"There was once a newly formed puppet army battalion that was wiped out by this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers. There was also a locust army infantry battalion stationed not far ahead, and it is said that they also fell into the hands of this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers."

"I've received news that the Sakata Regiment of the 4th Independent Brigade of the Locust Army is not far from us and should arrive in two days at most. In my humble opinion, we should wait for two more days and pass through here together with the Sakata Regiment. This way, we can ensure that nothing goes wrong..."

"Nani?"

The Japanese captain snorted coldly.

"Ishikawa-kun, do you really think that our entire transport brigade can't defeat a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers?"

"You don't understand the Eighth Route Army. They mainly rely on guerrilla warfare. I don't believe that this group of Eighth Route Army dares to hold on here when the entire eastern Shanxi has been occupied by the locust army."

"But……"

The young Japanese officer wanted to dissuade him, but the Japanese captain immediately frowned.

"Ishikawa-kun, it's nothing to worry about. Our 136th Regiment is in urgent need of food and fodder. We can't afford to lose any time. Once the snow melts in a couple of days, the roads will become even more muddy and difficult to travel on."

"Besides, if our 136th Regiment has to ask Sakata Regiment for help just to transport food and fodder, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the 136th Regiment's commander and make Sakata Regiment laugh out loud?"

"If this group of Eighth Route Army troops doesn't come out, they're lucky. If they dare to come out, we can wipe them out and claim credit for it from the regiment commander."

"set off!"

As he spoke, the Japanese captain closed the car window, and the Japanese convoy drove on the slippery snowy road towards Heiyunkou.

A fast horse ran back to Wei Zhuang quickly. A soldier dismounted and ran into Zheng Kaixuan's camp headquarters.

"Battalion Commander! Battalion Commander! Something's happening! The Japanese supply troops are here!"