Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Zhou Qianli and Gu Changfeng thought it was normal, but the new recruits who joined the team later were shocked.

Especially those who gathered in Wu County, their expressions were shocked.

Looking at the broken limbs of the Japanese soldiers on the ground, there were quite a few of them, but in the hands of Gu Changfeng and the others, they were like paper and broke into pieces at the slightest touch.

"Are these the new devils? When did it become so easy to kill devils?"

Some of the recruits began to mutter.

They all came from the Battle of Shanghai, and they knew how brutal the entire battle was.

The fact that 300,000 Chinese soldiers were buried in Shanghai was enough to prove the strength of the Japanese devils. But now, all the Japanese devils were killed in just a short while. They couldn't help but be shocked.

"You don't know this, right? When we were rescued before, it only took a short while for an entire squadron of Japanese soldiers to be wiped out. What's the big deal?"

The person who spoke was Luo Xiong's subordinate, and anyone could see the pride in his expression.

"Before, when I heard that Commander Gu and his men had defeated a large group of Japanese soldiers, I was a little skeptical, but now I am convinced."

The recruits communicated like this, their eyes becoming more and more eager.

Although everyone is now holding the Zhongzheng Hanyang-made guns, they believe that as long as they follow this team, they will be able to fight the Japanese as well as Gu Changfeng and his men!

Zhou Qianli listened to the discussion with a smile on his face, and happily followed Gu Changfeng to check the treasure.

There was a lot of discussion, and of course Gu Changfeng heard it, but he didn't interfere too much in such a good thing, and started to open the first car on his own.

He now feels like he is opening a blind box.

"Hey, Lao Zhou, this first car is canned food. Not bad, not bad. Everyone will have something to eat again."

Gu Changfeng smiled and said that it was not surprising to have such a thing, and he did not look at it too much.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qianli walked towards the second car without much interest.

"No need to look, they are all cotton clothes and beddings." Zhao Ziqing's voice came from behind the car.

"Cotton-padded jacket, this one is fine." Zhou Qianli's eyes lit up and he immediately ran to the second car to check.

The new soldiers are still wearing very thin clothes. If they had a batch of clothes like this, this winter would be much easier.

Of the weapons they had seized, each person only took one set, and the rest were burned, leaving no spare ones.

"Lao Luo, bring your brothers over to move the supplies." Zhou Qianli shouted.

Luo Xiong was a little reserved at first, but when he heard Zhou Qianli calling him, he immediately came over with people.

Gu Changfeng said, "Hurry up, this place is not far from Qingpu, don't attract the Japanese here."

Although there are scouts watching, if the Japanese attack suddenly, it will cause unnecessary trouble.

Luo Xiong laughed and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up."

"Good."

Everyone agreed in unison.

"Here are the weapons. The whole truck is equipped with Type 38 rifles." Zhao Ziqing said excitedly.

Zhou Qianli said: "Let the brothers move first. It's not advisable to stay here for long."

"Changfeng, Lao Zhou, come here, there are good things here." Huang Zhengkui's voice came from the car behind.

Several people left after hearing the sound.

After a moment, he was stunned when he saw the six Type 6 mortars in the carriage.

The Type 97 mortar has a caliber of 81.4mm, a barrel length of 1269mm, a weight of 22.4kg, a maximum range of 2850m, and is equipped with a variety of ammunition types.

The main thing is that this thing is easy to carry. With a barrel weighing more than 20 kilograms and a base, two or three people can handle it!

"The artillery platoon can be upgraded to a company." Zhou Qianli murmured.

Gu Changfeng was also a little surprised. He had said before that Style 97 was more comfortable than Style 92. Now it was really comfortable.

Soon, Lu Daya ran over with his artillery platoon like a cat smelling fish. After seeing the Type 97, he said excitedly.

"Brothers, move the things, hurry up."

He said it so anxiously, as if he was afraid someone else would snatch it away.

Huang Zhengkui pointed at the second-to-last vehicle speechlessly and said, "There's another vehicle with grenade launchers over there, also from the artillery platoon."

"Hey! That's great, brothers, keep moving, we're going to get rich, haha!"

Lu Daya grinned and thought of himself as a member of the artillery platoon.

Li Jie looked at the two men and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, so he simply walked away holding the gun barrel.

"Okay, the Japanese are probably escorting this Type 97. I was wondering why a squadron of Japanese soldiers came out."

"Let's move together! There probably isn't anything good left."

When Gu Changfeng saw the Type 97 rifle come out, he knew why the Japanese sent out a squadron of soldiers, and now he had no interest in looking at anything else.

More than a thousand people took action, and the speed was still very fast.

Half an hour later, the group left amid the sound of explosions.

Anyway, Gu Changfeng didn't want the vehicle, so he just blew it up.

The entire battle, including the transportation time, took less than 40 minutes.

Shortly after they left, a group of Japanese soldiers arrived and looked at the burning vehicle.

The squad leader immediately cursed, "Bakayaloo! Someone attacked our transport team! Report this to the commander immediately."

They were not slow to realize it. At this time, the battle in Qingpu had reached a fever pitch and the fighting was intense.

If the soldiers hadn't reported the sound of artillery fire from behind, their regiment commander would not have known what had happened.

At noon, the group ran to the vicinity of Dianshan Lake and began to count the harvest.

Just had a simple meal of canned beef.

Wan Chenghai said happily, "This time we have a great harvest." Then he shut up.

Everyone listened attentively, but there was no movement for a long time. They looked up and saw that Wan Chenghai had stopped talking. They were immediately furious.

Who doesn’t know that the harvest is fruitful? You say it, Huang Zhengkui said angrily: “Lao Wan, if you don’t say it again, don’t say it, I will go and see it myself.”

"Ha ha!"

Everyone laughed loudly.

"Old Huang, you really can't stand being teased. You've made such a big harvest today. What's wrong with joking?" Wan Chenghai said unhappily.

When they were stationed in Wu County before, the number of people increased, which put a lot of pressure on him as the quartermaster, and he was frowning all day long.

Now it’s okay. At least I don’t have to worry about it for a few days and I can relax.

"Okay, Lao Wan, let's report your gains first!" Zhou Qianli interrupted.

"Ahem." Wan Chenghai cleared his throat and said.

"This time we collected 653 Type 12 rifles, 6 Type 30 rifles, 50 heavy machine guns, 15 boxes of grenades, 97 boxes of artillery shells, 6 grenade launchers, and Type mortars."

"30 boxes of bullets, 300 sets of cotton clothes and bedding."

"And a lot of dried meat, marching rations, etc. If we save them, it will be enough for our team to eat for five days."

After listening to this, Gu Changfeng said seriously, "It seems that the Japanese are having trouble attacking the city, otherwise they wouldn't have taken out the Type 97 and prepared so many shells!"

"So are we going to fight the Japanese who are besieging Qingpu this afternoon?" Huang Zhengkui asked.

Gu Changfeng said: "With this plan, we need to lead the team to get some coordination, otherwise coordination will become a problem. It will definitely not work if we rely solely on our veterans."

Zhou Qianli agreed: "That's fine. The Japs are only one or two battalions at most. With our firepower, it's not a problem to take them down."

He didn't take the Japanese army seriously now. After all, he had won so many battles that he thought the Japanese were just so-so.

Gu Changfeng agreed with this sentiment and said with a smile, "Qingpu is just a small city. The Japanese will only have two battalions to attack the city at most."

"My guess is that it should be the same as Fengjing Town, a brigade."

The Japanese now have only three divisions ashore, and they have to attack everywhere. They are not willing to send two divisions to a small city.

This point touches upon Gu Changfeng's blind spot in knowledge. After all, it is impossible for him to understand the entire battlefield situation. If he knew the details, he would definitely not make such arrangements!

Zhou Qianli said: "There are only two battalions anyway, we are not afraid, so why bother with them?"

Then he said to Wan Chenghai, "Distribute the weapons. Even though we can't distribute them all yet, it's enough. The others will be responsible for carrying the supplies!"

After Wan Chenghai left, Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and said, "Put the new soldiers into the 123rd Company, and have the veterans guide the new ones. Luo Xiong's troops will create a new th Company, and he will be in charge."

There were more than 1300 people without any specific formation. Although they were all veterans, the entire team was still very chaotic. He planned to divide them up before setting off.

Gu Changfeng doesn't want to expand the army blindly for the time being. It makes no sense. It would be better to upgrade it into a reinforced company.