After hearing what Political Commissar Wang said, Brigadier Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said in shock: "Hey... I really didn't expect it if you didn't tell me. Is our Eighth Route Army now in a state of trembling?"
After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed.
After laughing, Political Commissar Wang said with some emotion: "Actually, it's no wonder that we have become bolder. Who would have thought that in the past, each of our soldiers only had five bullets in ammunition reserves. After the fight, they had to be ready to fight with bayonets. Of course they didn't.
Have the confidence to fight against the Japanese.
But since we established a relationship with Commander Gao, our brigade has several times more ammunition than before. Now each soldier carries thirty rounds of ammunition. Not only that, but there are also heavy artillery, tanks, and anti-aircraft artillery.
Helping out, this is something I never dared to dream about in the past, no wonder you are so confident."
"yes!"
Brigadier Chen also had a smile in his eyes, "This guy Li Yunlong is really a lucky star. He actually got to know such a rich man and he also has such great goodwill towards us.
I did some statistics and found that in the past six months, he has given us hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, more than 10,000 rifles, dozens of mortars, and 92 infantry guns, not to mention ammunition.
.
It is precisely because of the relatively abundant ammunition reserves that we dared to attack Yushe County and Liao County at the same time. If it were in the past, if we wanted to attack the county seat, we would not be able to do it without concentrating the entire brigade's troops. But what about now?
We also played a game of encirclement and reinforcements. All this was thanks to this guy Gao Hongming. I didn’t know how to thank him. If he hadn’t been married, I would have introduced him to our army.
An object."
"Eh... I mean, Old Chen, you can't act recklessly." Political Commissar Wang said with a smile: "Captain Gao has a wife, and there are more than one. You are making a mistake by doing this."
"Of course I know." Brigadier Chen said helplessly: "But people have given us so many things, we have to show something, but I really can't think of anything we have that others can appreciate. This
Aren’t you anxious?”
"Do you think they gave us so many things in return for us?" Political Commissar Wang disagreed with Brigadier Chen's words, "Besides, it's not your turn to worry about these things. There are division commanders and others above us.
Where is the deputy commander-in-chief? Let’s repay him when we have the opportunity. What’s the use of worrying about it now.”
"Haha... You're right, it's easy to eat carrots and worry less." Brigadier Chen was originally an open-minded person. After hearing what Political Commissar Wang said, he no longer struggled with this matter. The Political Commissar was right, Gao Hongming
It’s not like the equipment was given to him alone. If the sky fell, there would be a tall man holding it up. Why should he be anxious?
The terrain of Shanxi is relatively complex, with various landform types including mountains, hills, plateaus, basins, and terraces. Mountainous areas and hills account for more than two-thirds of the total area, and most of them are between 1,000 meters and 2,000 meters above sea level. From the perspective of topography
, is a high plateau composed of many complex mountains.
Precisely because Shanxi's terrain is extremely complex and the road conditions are very bad these days, it is not very suitable for mechanized troop operations.
Since the formation of the armored battalion formed by Gao Hongming, the combat experience of the soldiers in the armored battalion can only be said to be average, but their tank maintenance skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
The light rain in the sky is still falling, and the weather in September has begun to get a little cold. Although Huang Jianhua is wearing a raincoat and a pair of cowhide boots, he still feels the chill creeping into his body.
Next to a muddy road, a gray No. 4 tank was leaning on the roadside motionless. Under it, Qiu Youcai, who was covered in mud, was busy underneath the tank. From time to time, there was a burst of sound.
Ding dong knocking sound.
Huang Jianhua squatted next to the tank and asked anxiously: "Qiu Youcai... How did you check up on your son beforehand? How did our fourth master sleep so well?"
"I do not know either."
Qiu Youcai said aggrievedly: "Boss, I don't know what's going on. I checked it yesterday. It was fine at first. But while I was driving, the fourth master suddenly lost his temper and couldn't move. I also
Is there no way?"
"You dare to be so stubborn." Huang Jianhua glared and raised his hand as if to hit someone, "Do you know that just because you didn't do a good check in advance, we are now almost half an hour behind. If
If you can't join the main force later, see how I deal with you!"
Qiu Youcai shrunk and did not dare to speak. Although Huang Jianhua was usually very talkative, his temper would immediately become irritable on the battlefield, and he would curse at every turn. Sometimes he would even get angry.
After a while, Qiu Youcai tightened the last screw and climbed out from under the tank. Regardless of the oil and mud on his body, he quickly got into the cab and pressed the button.
"Kakakaka...boom boom boom..."
With two plumes of thick smoke spraying out from the two exhaust pipes at the rear, the two fourth masters, who had been working for several hours, finally started.
Upon seeing this, Huang Jianhua quickly called to Sun Youfu, the loader and the correspondent who were still smoking nearby, "What are you guys doing standing still? The tank has been repaired, get on board quickly!"
Several other people heard Huang Jianhua's greeting and quickly threw away their cigarette butts and climbed onto the tank. Soon the tank made a roar and began to move slowly along the road.
Sun Youfu, nicknamed Tu Xingsun, took off his raincoat and found a dry towel to wipe it while asking Huang Jianhua: "Boss, we have been separated from the large army for more than half an hour. If we want to catch up with them, we have to speed up, but
It's getting dark now. It's very dangerous to continue driving. Do we still want to catch up?"
For people of later generations, driving at night is a very common thing, and some drivers even prefer to drive at night due to the scarcity of vehicles at night.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But in this era, especially during war, driving at night is not a good thing. The rugged and narrow roads may contain enemy situations and ambushes at any time, which is very dangerous for armored soldiers.
deadly.
Moreover, since we are driving at night, all kinds of risk factors are maximized. Not to mention that it is easy to overturn if the line of sight is not clear. Once we encounter the enemy, even a few poorly equipped infantrymen can fight against them because they cannot clearly see the enemy's situation.
Tanks pose a huge threat.
So when Sun Youfu asked this question, Huang Jianhua was silent. After a while, he said: "Speed up first, and it's not too late to stop after dark."
Hearing this, all the members in the tank stopped talking. The driver Qiu Youcai increased the accelerator, and the tank accelerated.
"Xiao Ma...can't you contact the battalion headquarters now?"
"No?" The correspondent shook his head. The Fu5 vehicle-mounted radio equipped with the Panzer IV had an effective communication range of only ten kilometers, but that was only the communication distance on plains or under ideal conditions.
If you are in mountainous areas or in bad weather, the communication distance must be shortened by at least half or even two-thirds.
Huang Jianhua was silent for a moment and said, "No matter what, keep moving forward and wait until it gets dark. We can go as far as we can now."
Following Huang Jianhua's words, the tank suddenly let out a roar, and two plumes of thick black smoke suddenly came out from the two exhaust pipes behind the butt, speeding up.
After driving for more than an hour, the sky turned dark. Facing the blinding night sky, Qiu Youcai could only park the tank on the side of the road.
Some people say, don’t tanks have lights? Why don’t they just drive with the lights on?
Sorry, if you are on a good road or an endless prairie, it is no problem to drive forward with your headlights on, but walking at night in such a rugged and narrow place with a cliff on one side is asking for death. As long as the driver does not
Be careful, Huang Jianhua's five tank members will have to follow this more than 20-ton tank and fall into the cliff hundreds of meters deep.
After stopping the vehicle and turning off the engine, he checked the condition of the vehicle again. Qiu Youcai then got back into the tank, closed all the hatch covers and prepared to rest.
With the help of the light from a small light bulb inside the tank, Huang Jianhua took out a small box and opened it.
This is a C ration for five people, including five biscuits, three pieces of sugar, one chocolate fudge, a small can of instant coffee, and one meat and vegetable stew (the main ingredients are beef, pork, potatoes, carrots, and peas)
There is also a roll of toilet paper, a pack of two pieces of chewing gum, a can opener, a bottle of 12 water purification tablets, a bottle of 4 pieces of salt, and a pack of 9 cigarettes.
.
The above is the dinner for these armored soldiers.
The five of them ate with gusto under the dim light. Qiu Youcai ate the fastest and quickly finished his portion. After eating, he licked the empty box with some reluctance and opened it.
He burped and patted his belly with satisfaction.
"Boss, you know, the most satisfying thing I have done in my life is to join our Liantai Militia. Now I am living a life that I could not even dream of at the beginning. Not only can I receive five yuan a month, but
I can still eat meat every day, and I wouldn’t change it even if I gave it to a god.”
"That is!"
Speaking of this, Sun Youfu also said: "In our hometown in Shandong, even the landlords can't eat meat every day. I didn't expect that here we big-headed soldiers can eat meat every day. How many people do we have in our regiment?"
Money."
"I don't know about this, but I have heard that our group has thousands of acres of farmland and dozens of shops in Liantai County, and we are already rich." Sun Youfu also finished his share.
, while holding a cup and drinking water, he said, "It would be better if I could go out and use a kerosene stove to boil hot water for a cup of coffee now."
Huang Jianhua gave him a roll of his eyes: "If you want to die, just tell me, I will help you without bothering others."
"Hehe... I'm not joking." Sun Youfu smiled and did not dare to say anything.
At this time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops as big as soybeans hit the tank constantly making a crackling sound. Under this situation, it was easy to make people feel as if they were the only ones left in the whole world.
Listening to the sound of rain outside, Qiu Youcai had a sad look on his face, "God damn it, if it keeps raining like this, let's not rush on our way, I'm afraid we'll be stuck here."
Huang Jianhua did not speak, but silently took out his cigarettes, distributed one to each person, lit it with a match, and a faint plume of thick smoke began to float in Tucker's narrow cabin...
However, Sun Youfu's worries did not appear. In the middle of the night, the rain finally subsided.
The next day, when it was just getting dark, Huang Jianhua pushed open the top cover of the tank and got out. A burst of fresh air suddenly penetrated into his nasal cavity. He took a deep breath, climbed out of the tank and walked to the roadside.
After releasing the old yellow soup that had been simmering all night, he casually walked to the roadside, picked up a stone, and banged it hard on the hatch cover.
Within a few seconds, four sleepy-eyed men emerged from the tank, stretching and draining the water.
Looking at these listless guys, Huang Jianhua said loudly: "Okay, everyone, cheer up and hurry up. We must catch up with the large troops today, otherwise we will have to walk back when the tanks run out of gas."
Thinking of the terrible fate of the tank running out of oil, these armored soldiers all shuddered, quickly picked up their pants and got into the tank, and soon two plumes of thick smoke came out of the tank's butt, and they quickly walked along the road...
Just when Huang Jianhua and others were chasing the large army, the armored battalion they were chasing was quietly lurking in a canyon, and Li Changan, the battalion commander, was invited to attend a pre-war meeting.
There were only two main participants in this meeting, namely Li Changan and Ding Wei, the leader of the New Regiment. Of course, there were also the chief of staff of the New Regiment and several battalion commanders and a group of seven or eight people.
Ding Wei seemed very enthusiastic about Li Chang'an, the battalion commander. He not only told him the battle plan, but also asked for his opinions.
"Captain Li, our current location is to the south of Dulong Ridge. My plan is to deploy our new regiment on both sides of Dulong Ridge. When the Japanese reinforcements arrive, we will launch an attack at lightning speed.
Your battalion rushes in directly from the front, trying to disrupt the Japanese camp, and then we can eat the Japanese reinforcements in a reasonable manner, what do you think?"
Li Changan thought for a while, then slowly shook his head, "Sir Ding, I think your method is not appropriate."
"Oh...what do you think is wrong?"
Although Ding Wei remained calm, the faces of the battalion commanders behind him showed displeasure. Our regiment leader kindly invited you to attend the station meeting because he was looking down on you. How dare you raise objections to the regiment commander's battle plan?
Question, is this too disrespectful?
Li Changan seemed to have not seen the faces of the battalion commanders, and said slowly: "Commander Ding, I know that you are a commander with rich combat experience and a very capable fighter, but I'm afraid you don't know much about how to use armor power.
learn."
"Captain Li...you..."
Ding Wei stopped an angry-looking battalion commander behind him and said, "Captain Li, please continue. I, Ding Wei, would like to hear the details."
Li Changan said sternly: "I'm afraid, Commander Ding, you don't know. The most suitable battlefield for our armored forces is the open plain area. The most taboo is to fight the enemy in steep and rugged terrain, because this will not only fail to bring out the combat effectiveness of the tank, but will also