Although the Japs did not have heavy weapons, there were too many of them. They were three times as many as the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment, and they obviously couldn't chew them down.
At this time, what is most lacking is military strength.
It would be nice if hundreds of people fell from the sky.
If the strength of the two sides is 1:1, Zhang Chu is confident that he can kill these hundreds of Japanese.
Surrounded by plains and wilderness, the competition was all about firepower. The Japanese garrison was lightly armed and had no heavy weapons, so it was definitely no match for him.
pity……
"battalion commander!"
"battalion commander!"
Suddenly, soldiers came in a hurry.
Both excited and excited.
Shen Quan asked: "What's the matter?"
"Report to the battalion commander that comrades from the Yannan detachment are here."
"Yannan detachment?"
"right!"
"how many people?"
"About four hundred. It's said to be a battalion. The leader is their battalion commander."
"oh……"
Shen Quan thought about it for a while.
Strange, why did the Yannan detachment appear here? It seems to be very far away!
Zhang Chu was filled with joy.
A battalion!
Four hundred people!
This is really timely rain!
What he needs most now is people. This battalion comes at just the right time.
"Let's go meet him!"
"good!"
Shen Quan followed Zhang Chu to the northern cordon and found that about 400 people had indeed gathered here.
Wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, but the color is slightly different.
The leader was a one-eyed man with a tall build and thick arms and legs. Two mirrored boxes (shell guns) were inserted into his waist.
"You are……"
"We are the Yannan detachment, affiliated with the 120th Division."
"You. We are the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the 129th Division."
Briefly describe your identity.
Zhang Chu understood why Shen Quan felt confused.
It turns out that the 120th Division from the far north came here. The distance in between is several hundred miles. It is indeed rare.
In fact, there is no need to distinguish it so clearly.
Because after two or three years of development, the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army have spread out and become extremely expanded.
The 129th Division alone has more than 100,000 men under its command.
115th Division more.
In terms of number of people, the 120th Division may be ranked at the bottom, but there are still many.
"welcome!"
"welcome!"
Both parties shook hands warmly.
It is indeed rare for revolutionary comrades to meet each other, even if they are from different divisions.
"Battle Commander Zhou!"
"Battle Commander Shen!"
"Consultant Zhang!"
The three people sat together and introduced each other.
Zhou Cang is not from Jin Province, but from Mizhi in northern Shaanxi. He joined the army only after the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi. Now he is also a battalion commander.
The reason why they traveled so far was because they wanted to get some supplies along the railway line.
In Li Yunlong's words, it is a side job.
This is true for every army.
Otherwise, how to replenish weapons and ammunition?
Take it from the Japanese invaders and use it to the Japanese invaders.
"Battle Commander Zhou, are all the people you brought here?"
"That's right. They are all here. We received intelligence that someone was fighting here, so we came to support."
"Thank you so much!"
Zhang Chu expressed his heartfelt thanks.
There are about 400 people in one battalion of the Yannan detachment.
Including the 200 people from the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment (actually not all present), the number is almost 600.
It happened to be a 1:1 ratio with the attacking Japanese invaders.
"Why are you fighting with the Japanese invaders here?" Zhou Cang said bluntly, "Why don't you retreat quickly? Disengage with the Japanese invaders?"
"We want to attract the Japanese invaders and then destroy them." Zhang Chu explained.
"How many devils are there?"
"More than six hundred."
"so much?"
Zhou Cang was surprised.
He thought there were only one or two hundred!
Unexpectedly, the number of Japanese invaders was as many as six hundred.
"Get out quickly!"
"If you get bitten by the Japanese, you'll be in trouble."
Zhou Cang said anxiously.
At the same time, the troops were ordered to disperse and prepare for battle.
Zhang Chu observed silently for a moment.
The weapons of this battalion of the Yannan detachment are mainly Shui Lianzhu. There are also some 79 rifles.
I looked carefully twice and didn't see any machine guns.
There were no light machine guns, no heavy machine guns. Not even one.
I couldn't help but wonder secretly.
Such a large battalion, with 400 people, doesn't even have a machine gun?
There are not even machine guns. Not to mention mortars or the like. Maybe, each soldier may really only have three rounds of ammunition in his hand.
This hardship...
Even worse than Li Yunlong!
Arrange now!
"Battle Commander Zhou, do you need a machine gun?" Zhang Chu said straight to the point.
"Need it!" Zhou Cang responded reflexively. Then he looked at Zhang Chu suspiciously. "What did you say?"
"I have twelve machine guns for you."
"What?"
"follow me!"
Zhang Chu waved.
He had already extracted twelve machine guns and chose to airborne into an uninhabited area.
I quickly found four wooden boxes and opened them. Each box contained three DP-28 light machine guns. Each machine gun came with three bullet trays. The bullet trays were filled with bullets.
"For us?" Zhou Cang couldn't believe it.
"Yes! Give them all to you!" Zhang Chu nodded, "Plus thirty boxes of bullets!"
Zhou Cang was stunned for a moment.
Thirty boxes of bullets, how many rounds are that?
"Forty-five thousand rounds! They're all bullets with bullets! You can use them even on chickens."
"What kind of chicken?"
"It's this kind of machine gun..."
"This is the Degtyaryov machine gun!"
Zhou Cang corrected him seriously.
He often moves around in the north and is familiar with this kind of light machine gun.
Zhang Chu:......
Well, it's Degtyaryov...
But I'm used to calling it Big Pan Chicken, and I don't plan to change it in the future.
"do you want?"
"Yes! Yes!"
Zhou Cang answered hurriedly.
At the same time, he reached out and picked up a large plate of chicken.
Good guy!
Heavy and genuine!
Each magazine is also filled with bullets. It is estimated that there are 47 rounds, one round is a lot.
excited……
A little dizzy...
Get twelve light machine guns in one go...
"Take them all!"
"Take them all!
Zhang Chu waved and shouted loudly.
Other soldiers stepped forward one after another, picked up the other large chickens, and carried them away.
Everyone was extremely excited.
There are so many light machine guns. It's really fun to use them to fight the Japanese.
"Where's the bullet?"
"This way!"
Zhang Chu walked aside again.
Thirty boxes of bullets are also ready. Each box contains 1,400 rounds. A total of 45,000 rounds.
If it were not for the limited ability of the infantry to carry bullets, Zhang Chu was prepared to give the Yannan detachment 100 boxes of bullets, which is 150,000 rounds.
The 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army is very short of ammunition. It is more short of bullets than the other two divisions.
Just help them out.
"so much……"
"Let me see……"
Zhou Cang's eyes suddenly lit up.
There are really so many bullets! Tens of thousands of rounds!
sky!
Reach out and grab it.
That's right, yellow, orange, and heavy.
Top quality.
"And mortars!"
"What?"
"Your firepower is too weak, give you six more mortars!"
"ah?"
Zhou Cang was overjoyed.
And then it was unbelievable.
Are you dreaming? What day is it today?
Are there machine guns and mortars?
Free gift?
What kind of luck did I get...
I couldn't help but reached out and pinched my thigh. It felt very painful. I still felt uneasy. I pinched it a few times in succession. It still felt very painful, so I was convinced that I was not dreaming.
"This way!"
"good……"
Zhang Chu took Zhou Cang to find six mortars.
They are all 81mm mortars. They are the same for everyone. In order to provide unified supply, each gun will receive 50 rounds of shells.
"Six mortars."
"Three hundred rounds."
"Keep it!"
Zhang Chu said.
Zhou Cang hurriedly called the soldiers to come up and move it.
Then he pinched his thigh quietly. He grimaced in pain. He was sure that he was not dreaming.
"In addition, there are two infantry guns."
"oh……"
Zhou Cang didn't react for a while.
After a while, I realized something was wrong.
Huh? What are you talking about? Infantry artillery? Is it the Japanese infantry artillery?
sky!
Two doors?
"etc……"
Zhou Cang shouted hurriedly.
He wanted to ask more clearly, but Zhang Chu had already left.
I hurriedly caught up and saw two infantry cannons.
Yes, no need to ask.
It's a genuine infantry gun. It's already assembled.
There is a pile of cannonballs next to it.
"Two infantry guns."
"Sixty shells."
"Keep it!"
Zhang Chu said slowly.
Help people to the end and send Buddha to the West. Since you want to kill the Japanese invaders, you can't be stingy.
The second battalion of the Independent Regiment has six mortars and two infantry guns, and the battalion of the Yannan detachment is also equipped in the same way. This is called treating everyone equally.
As for the field artillery, we will wait until it is delivered.
Weapons and equipment that cannot be airdropped are really troublesome.
With two infantry cannons, you can take out a lot of strongholds. You can definitely beat the little devils to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.
"They're all ours?"
"It's all yours!"
Zhang Chu nodded affirmatively.
Zhou Cang woke up from a dream and hurriedly sent people to carry things.
At the same time, someone was sent to report to the detachment leader urgently.
"Bagou!"
"Bagou!"
The sound of gunfire from the Japanese invaders was heard.
Zhou Cang suddenly became energetic. It was time to kill the Japanese invaders.
All of a sudden, a shot was exchanged for a cannon, and he couldn't wait to express himself.
Quickly assemble the team.
A direct-fire artillery platoon was established, specifically responsible for two infantry guns.
A mortar platoon was established. Responsible for six mortars.
Each squad is assigned one Big Pan Chicken. The remaining three form a machine gun platoon.
Each soldier will receive 50 rounds of ammunition first. Others will be concentrated and distributed as needed.
All the soldiers were very happy because they had never gotten so many bullets.
A full fifty rounds!
Zhang Chu actually guessed right. Before this, each soldier of the Yannan detachment really only had a few rounds of bullets. Because there was no machine gun, the firepower was very weak.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone that far.
There were actually fat sheep on the road. But after careful consideration, Zhou Cang felt that he couldn't beat them, so he had to give up.
Zhang Chu:......
forgotten.
There is also a big killer.
Deshka heavy machine gun.
It is definitely a sharp weapon for point shooting. Kill people when you see them, and kill Buddhas when you see them.
However, it won't be used for the time being. Other weapons are enough. Let's deal with these hundreds of Japs first.
Immediately, the three of them discussed tactics.
It was decided that the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment would outflank from the south. One company of the Yannan detachment would compress from the north. The other two companies were responsible for frontal blocking.
"The artillery fire is responsible for the depth. Hit the enemy's rear."
"The vanguard of the machine gun attack on the Japanese."
"If the Japanese retreat, use artillery fire to block them."
"In short, it's just one word: total annihilation!"
