In the small courtyard, equipment began to be distributed.
Light machine guns and grenade launchers are easy to say, they are exactly multiples of five.
Thirty light machine guns, six for each of the five battalions; twenty grenadiers, four for each of the five battalions.
As for the heavy machine guns, none of the five battalion commanders were willing to give in. Finally, Kong Jie said: "The old battalion has a deep foundation and is well equipped, so there is no need to compete with the new battalion. There are three heavy machine guns for the third, fourth and fifth battalions." Give it a try."
"Thank you, commander!" Du Aiguo, commander of the fifth battalion, responded quickly.
Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng is also smiling.
Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao silently accepted the heavy machine gun.
The first and second battalion commanders were confused.
Wang Leihu said: "Captain, although our first battalion is a veteran battalion, it is also short of weapons, especially this heavy machine gun. If a company can have one more heavy machine gun, the firepower intensity of the entire company will immediately increase by one." Class, who can say too much?"
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan agreed: "That's the truth. Besides, Commander, when it comes to veteran battalions, the third battalion is also a veteran battalion. How come the third battalion can be assigned a heavy machine gun?"
Then, Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion who had been silent, raised his head and said:
"Commander, although our third battalion also lacks heavy weapons, as a battalion commander, I can't be ignorant, because a heavy machine gun will cause conflicts with the first and second battalion commanders. In addition, the old main battalion has to be strengthened. Firepower, I have nothing to say about that."
The third battalion commander remained as down-to-earth as ever, giving away heavy weapons as soon as he opened his mouth.
Battalion Commander Wang Leihu laughed and said: "The third battalion is still the most powerful. If we want to talk about the veteran combat camp, it must be our first battalion.
Back then, when our regiment was poor and didn’t even have a few light machine guns, all these weapons and equipment were concentrated in our first battalion for combat. Our first battalion was the well-deserved veteran main battalion of the independent regiment.
This heavy machine gun needs to be ordered by our first battalion."
When Shen Quan heard this, he immediately became unhappy and scolded with a black face: "I'm talking about Lei Hu, you kid is not afraid of flashing your tongue when you speak big words?
Your first battalion is the old main battalion? Where did you put my second battalion?
The Second Battalion was formed at the same time as your First Battalion.
One and two are just numbers, not a sequence.
At that time, the regiment commander concentrated the weapons on your battalion because the weapons were really not enough.
Every time we fight, although we use the banner of your first battalion, don’t our second battalion still have elites participating in the battle?
In the end, you kid actually took all the credit for your first battalion. If you say that your first battalion is a veteran main battalion, I, Shen Quan, will be the first to be unconvinced."
Wang Leihu said: "Old Shen, you are just a cooked duck. All you have left is a tough mouth. What's the use of being unconvinced? This is a fact."
Chen Quan said: "To be honest, I know one thing. Our second battalion is more powerful than your first battalion."
"Nonsense, in which battle was our battalion not at the forefront?"
"Our second battalion has the fewest casualties!"
"Our first battalion is responsible for the charge."
"Our second battalion is responsible for the main attack mission!"
Once these two living treasures started to quarrel, it would be endless. No one would give in and no one would submit to the other.
The other three battalion commanders looked at each other, but no one could speak.
In the end, Kong Jie scolded: "Okay, look at your little potential, isn't it just a heavy machine gun? You didn't capture it on the battlefield by yourself. If you captured it on the battlefield, the return of the first battalion The first battalion and the second battalion belong to the second battalion. If you are capable, I will not care if you are equipped with ten heavy machine guns.
The current equipment was bought by the regiment headquarters with legal currency from the 57th Regiment. I have the final say on how to distribute it, and it will be given to the third battalion."
Chen Quan glared at Wang Leihu and snorted, "Captain, I have no objection, as long as we don't give this heavy machine gun to the first battalion."
Not to be outdone, Wang Leihu said: "I think giving it to the third battalion is the most suitable, it is much better than giving him the second battalion."
"Third Battalion Commander, keep the heavy machine gun, I don't want it from the Second Battalion."
"Yes, take it, I don't want a battalion anymore."
The rest: "..."
Just like that, the heavy machine gun finally reached the hands of the third battalion commander smoothly.
What a great move to turn retreat into advance!
The commander of the third battalion, Wang Huaibao, calmly received the assigned weapons and did not say a word from the beginning to the end.
The first battalion commander, Wang Leihu, and the second battalion commander, Shen Quan, stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes throughout the whole process, and they refused to obey the other.
The fourth and fifth battalion commanders were dumbfounded by this farce.
Looking at the 3rd Battalion Commander, 4th Battalion Commander and 5th Battalion Commander who received the equipment with a calm face, they swallowed their saliva and sighed in unison: "This is the master, this is the winner!"
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What I purchased from the 57th Regiment this time were three Jin-made Type 38 heavy machine guns, which were made by the Taiyuan Arsenal in imitation of the Type 38 heavy machine guns produced by the Japanese.
There are actually quite a few shortcomings, such as low rate of fire, slow ammunition supply, etc.
The biggest disadvantage is that this kind of heavy machine gun is an air-cooled heavy machine gun, and its heat dissipation efficiency is far less than that of a water-cooled heavy machine gun. Once fired continuously, it can easily cause the barrel to overheat.
When fighting, you may even have to replace the barrel after fighting for a while, which is very troublesome.
But the advantages are also obvious. This heavy machine gun uses the same 6.5mm bullets as the Type 38 rifle, and the ammunition supply is very convenient.
To say the least, it is at least a heavy weapon. No wonder none of the battalion commanders want to miss it.
After the weapons were distributed, Kong Jie talked about another thing.
"During this period, our regiment has been recycling copper coins. These copper coins can be used to make warhead armor. However, because of the limited industrial level of our repair shop, the impurities in the copper materials of these copper coins are difficult to remove, and the bullets produced still have Due to the red color of impurity copper, Dong San also gave this bullet a name - red-headed bullet."
"The red-tipped bullets made of copper coins should have been allocated to your five battalions by the Logistics Department. You battalion commanders and instructors should be aware of the specific usage, right?"
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan nodded and said first: "Captain, because of the material used, the red-tipped bullets have very unstable flight trajectories once fired, and the shooting accuracy is not high. The hit rate can still be guaranteed, but if it is a little further away, it will be too difficult to control."
"Our soldiers from the Second Battalion discovered through actual combat that if this type of bullet is fired within 150 meters, it is almost the same as the normally used bullets.
But beyond the distance of 150 meters, if you use this kind of bullet, there will be great disadvantages, which will cause the soldiers' hit rate to drop significantly."
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Dong San told me about this, because this copper coin is finished magazine copper after all. Compared with the copper material used to make conventional warheads, it is thicker. Even after punching it with a punch, it is still very thick. Difficult to meet standards.
So this kind of bullet is actually more suitable for close combat."
"But everything has advantages and disadvantages. In other words, if there are disadvantages, there are also advantages."
"Because when the repair shop uses this copper element to make the bullet's warhead armor, the copper element itself is thicker, so the expansion degree when it is punched out is not enough."
"So after the red bullet is fired, the warhead will explode. In this case, once the bullet hits the target, especially if it hits the body, the warhead armor made of copper yuan will crack, thus causing a partial blow to the target. The tearing effect increases the lethality."
"The British once invented a bullet called a dummy bullet, which basically has this effect."
"Because the killing effect is too horrific, too cruel and not humane enough for the target being hit, international conventions stipulate that combat troops are not allowed to use this kind of bullet."
"Once the little devil is hit by our red-tipped bullet, after the bullet splits in the flesh, I am afraid that he will not be able to survive or die.
Even if it is an operation, it will be extremely difficult to remove such a bullet, and the little devil will be in much pain during the process."
Chen Quanle said: "Captain, this is really the case. Our soldiers from the Second Battalion used this kind of bullet when they ambushed the Japanese and puppet troops and rescued the Jinsui Army and the National Army. The soldiers have reported that using this kind of bullet After the bullet hit the little devil, the little devil's screams were much louder than usual.
As for cruelty, what else can you say about being cruel to a little devil?
International conventions say it can't be used, so we can't use it. How can a living person be suffocated to death by urinating? Besides, ours is not a dum bomb."
Kong Jie scolded: "For the righteous troops fighting against aggression, it is natural to use any weapons.
If you don’t take up arms to resist, you will become a slave to the country’s subjugation. Why are you talking about bullshit international conventions?”
The battalion commander and instructors nodded one after another, and even praised the red-tipped bullets.
Kong Jie said: "After the red-head bullet is produced, it will be one of the basic bullet supplies for our independent regiment soldiers for a long time.
Soldiers need to master the characteristics of this bullet skillfully and play its role in combat."
"The killing effect is good. This is an advantage that we can take advantage of. If a bullet is fired, the enemy will be killed or injured as long as he is hit. This is exactly the effect we want."
"As for the issue of short effective range, it is not troublesome."
"When the little devil was fighting, I think your battalion commanders and instructors should also have thought about the situation of ammunition and equipment."
"Take the elite Japanese soldiers as an example. On the battlefield, they are often issued with 120 bullets. There are 30 bullets on the left and right waists in front, and the larger bullet boxes hanging on the back are loaded with bullets. Sixty rounds of ammunition."
"We have dealt with the little devils a lot, and we know clearly that the sixty rounds of ammunition behind the Japanese soldiers are ammunition reserved for the machine gunners. Unless under special circumstances, ordinary soldiers cannot do whatever they want without the order of the Japanese officer. Used."
"This is why in our conventional understanding, we believe that the bullets of the Japanese's 38-gaiter and the crooked machine gun are universal.
But is this actually the case?
Yes, but no."
"That's right, because the devil's crooked light machine gun and Type 38 rifle are indeed universal 6.5mm bullets."
"But the difference is that the Japanese's crooked light machine gun can withstand less bullet pressure than the Type 38 rifle."
"This leads to the fact that when the crooked machine gun is firing, the barrel of the gun cannot withstand the pressure of a fully loaded 6.5mm bullet. If conventional 6.5mm bullets are used, it is easy to malfunction or even explode."
Wang Leihu said: "That's what happened, Captain, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, we seized Japanese bullets and crooked machine guns. At that time, we went to the battlefield, and when we opened fire, one time the barrel exploded directly. Our shooter was so angry because of it. He was seriously injured, which shocked us at the time.
The comrades are all cursing, saying that this little devil has poor skills and the weapons he produces are very weak."
Kong Jie said: "So the Japanese thought of a way to reduce the pressure of the 6.5mm bullet on the barrel of the Waibazi machine gun.
The little devil uses 6.5mm bullets with reduced ammunition.
The appearance of this kind of bullet is no different from the conventional 6.5mm bullet, but the actual powder charge is smaller.
In this way, the Japanese's crooked machine gun can withstand the pressure of such reduced-charge bullets.
Just after such a twist, the bullets used by the Japanese Type 38 rifle and the bullets used by the crooked light machine gun have different internal charges.
Reducing the charge of the bullet will shorten the range of the bullet.
If the enemy uses a rifle to shoot bullets with reduced charge, the effective range will be much shorter."
"In a small land, resources are scarce, and those little devils who can save money are looking to recruit again. In addition to the 60 rounds of reduced-charge bullets on the back of the soldier's back, specially provided for the use of the crooked light machine gun, there is also a small bag on the front waist.
Two hanging bullet boxes containing thirty bullets.
One side is loaded with conventional 6.5mm bullets, while the other side is loaded with 6.5mm bullets with reduced charge.
As for which side is left and which is right, it depends on the personal habits of the soldiers.
There are usually markings on the bullet boxes to allow soldiers to distinguish the two types of bullets.
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In this way, when the Japanese soldiers need to hit long-range targets, they will use the thirty regular 6.5mm bullets. If they need to hit the target at close range, they will use the thirty rounds of reduced-charge bullets.
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Wang Leihu said: "Commander, this is indeed the case. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, we seized bullets from the Japanese. Some of the same 6.5mm bullets hit farther, and some hit closer." Chen Quan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Captain, I understand. What you mean is that we should also follow the example of the little devil. When the time comes, we will divide the bullets into two types. We will use the red-tipped bullets to hit targets at close range, and the conventional bullets.
Just hit the long-distance target."
Kong Jie smiled and nodded: "In the past, we seized less ammunition. Whether it was normal bullets or reduced-charge bullets, there were not many in total. You can count them in your hand. In this case, we can distinguish between these."
Two types of ammunition are not necessary.
But now we have sufficient conditions. Now, let alone our independent regiment, we still have twenty rounds of ammunition for each soldier.
I have already told you that we must learn to distinguish the types of ammunition we capture again. We must also learn from the little devils to distinguish the bullets needed for long-distance shooting and the bullets needed for close-range shooting.
Compared with the bullets we commonly use, these red-tipped bullets are easier to distinguish, which makes it much simpler.
After the red-tipped bullets are distributed to the soldiers, the per capita bullets distributed to the soldiers of our independent regiment may even exceed thirty. It is necessary to distinguish the two types of bullets to improve the efficiency of combat."
"Yes!"
The cadres responded in unison, with some emotion in their hearts. The regiment leader was really very attentive, and so much knowledge could be studied on a small bullet.
As expected, there is still much for everyone to learn from the group leader!