In the loud sound of the charge, the Chahar infantry all over the mountains and plains rushed over from a distance. In front of the infantry were hundreds of fast infantry fighting vehicles.
If the Siberian Tiger tanks are heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor, then these grasshopper infantry fighting vehicles are batches of fast light cavalry.
These lightweight and fast tanks are at home in the hilly terrain of Shanxi. The low shape and tracks ensure that it can stick to the ground firmly on the uneven terrain. The lighter weight allows it to ride on the hilly terrain.
The zone can always maintain a speed of thirty to forty kilometers per hour.
The 25-caliber rapid-fire cannon fired high-explosive bombs at the concentration of Japanese troops at a rate of 20 to 25 rounds per minute. The 12.7-caliber high-level dual-purpose machine gun fired at a rate of 300 rounds per minute.
The Japanese army rained down bullets, and this fierce blow caused the Japanese army to flee.
When dense high-explosive bombs and violent rain of bullets appeared among the Japanese army, the Japanese commanders sadly discovered that the Bushido spirit that they were proud of in ordinary days seemed so weak under the blow of the metal bullet stream.
And ridiculous. Colonel Nagano Ichiro, the captain of the 11th Regiment, saw with his own eyes that a combat staff officer beside him was hit in the abdomen by a large-caliber bullet and his body was instantly broken into two pieces. Nagano Ichiro, who was less than one meter away from him, was immediately shot
The blood spurting out from the staff member's body instantly turned him into a bloody man.
Shocked and angry, he pulled out his command knife, pointed it forward, and shouted: "Kill him!"
The remaining soldiers of the 11th Regiment, under the command of Nagano Ichiro, used the terrain to prepare to block the swarming infantry fighting vehicles, but he soon discovered that what he was doing was in vain.
The infantry fighting vehicle stopped two hundred meters away from the Japanese army. It used the rapid-fire cannon and heavy machine gun on the vehicle to shoot at the Japanese army in front. It was not until the infantry behind them caught up that they advanced unhurriedly. They were densely packed.
The rain of bullets and fierce artillery fire made the Japanese elite in front see what is called barrage advancement. Anyone and anything that stood in front of them would be cut into pieces.
Finally, the Japanese army could no longer hold on. Under the command of the brigade commander, Major General Noboru Tasaki, the Japanese army hurriedly retreated towards Taiyuan. At this time, the infantry fighting vehicle that was originally blocking the infantry and acting as a shield skillfully split into two and headed towards the Japanese army.
The two sides of the army surrounded them. After seeing this scene, the Japanese army finally changed from retreat to rout. They could no longer maintain the retreating formation, and quickly routed around Major General Noboru Tasaki in a chaotic mess.
On the position of the 386th Brigade, Chen Qiang and a group of staff were stunned as they watched the Japanese army collapse rapidly. He never thought that the Fifth Division, known as the Steel Army, would retreat like the bandits who were on the verge of collapse.
"My mother, is this still the fifth division that claims to be invincible? Could it be that there is a mistake?" Chen Qiang, who was born with a humorous surname, looked at Chahar's troops in front of him and drove the Japanese army from the east like ducks.
From the west to the south, my eyes were as wide as bells.
"Brigadier, it seems to be the fifth division." The staff officer next to him also said in an uncertain tone. Just now, the army was so heavy that he couldn't breathe, but now it looks like he was beaten.
A docile little lamb usually has no temper at all.
"Brigade commander, the division commander is here." At this time, a staff officer beside him reminded.
Chen Qiang took a look and saw a group of people coming from behind. The leader was Liu Yecheng, the commander of the 129th Division. Next to him were political commissar Lu Gang and several combat staff.
"Hello, sir?" Chen Qiang quickly stood at attention.
Liu Yecheng nodded, came to Chen Qiang's side, looked at the Chahar army that was chasing the remaining Japanese troops, and asked: "Chen Qiang, do you have any ideas after seeing the combat effectiveness of their troops?"
Chen Qiang took off his hat and patted the dust before saying with a smile: "It doesn't matter. If you can give me such equipment, I won't be any worse than them. Maybe I can be better than them."
"What a bastard." Liu Yecheng glared at Chen Qiang, "Even if I give you a hundred tanks like this now, you still won't be able to find anyone who can drive them. Moreover, the tanks and infantry must be trained to be as skillful and tacitly coordinated as they are."
I don’t know how much hard work and how many fierce battles it takes to hone your bravery and tenacity. If you, Chen Qiang, have such a hundred chariots, I guess you will only treat them as uncles and provide them to you."
"Ah ha ha ha" the staff officers and officers around him all laughed after hearing what the division commander said.
Chen Qiang scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a bright smile: "Sir, we are used to living in poverty. If there are so many big cars for us, how can we be willing to use them? Just now I saw that they were using
These iron guys are here to stop the Japanese bullets, but I guess if it gets into our hands, we will have to be the bullets for these iron guys."
With a "Puch" sound, Liu Yecheng finally couldn't help but laugh, pointed at Chen Qiang and said with a smile: "If your mouth is not poor for a day, it will probably choke you to death."
Chen Qiang smiled proudly, "Old Chen, we don't have any other abilities, but this optimistic revolutionary attitude is still worthy of praise."
At this time, Lu Gang on the side said, "Okay, our friendly forces are coming, we have to go and greet them."
Liu Yecheng and the others turned around and saw that a square armored vehicle with several antennas inserted around it drove to the foot of the mountain and stopped. Several officers got out of the vehicle, and the last one got out was a man with the rank of major general.
of generals.
After the general got out of the car, he took several officers and walked up the mountain. Liu Yecheng also quickly led the officers of the 129th Division to greet him.
The visitor walked up to Liu Yecheng, saluted and said, "Zeng Li'an, the commander of the 103rd Infantry Division of the Seventh War Zone, has met General Liu."
Liu Yecheng immediately returned the gift and said with a smile: "Hey General Zeng, you and I are both division commanders, why are you so polite? Besides, I haven't thanked you for resolving the siege for us, otherwise we would have suffered the loss today.
Big."
Zeng Li'an said sternly: "Li An doesn't dare. General Liu is a famous general of the Sichuan Army. He was famous as early as the Dharma Protector War. He is also a top student of Frunze College. How can Li An dare to compare with the general?"
"Haha, Mr. Zeng, you are too polite. You beat many of my classmates and alumni of Frunze College very badly in Siberia."
"That's because Commander Su commanded well and dispatched well. Li An didn't take any credit."
"Haha, don't be humble. Let's seize the time to clean up the battlefield and move quickly." Lu Gang, who was standing aside, saw the two of them being humble to each other. He couldn't help but interjected from the side.
Zeng Li'an nodded, "Okay, then please ask your army to send people to clean the battlefield, so we don't need to."
Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang looked at each other and then looked towards the battlefield. Some soldiers from the 129th Division were already cleaning the battlefield in twos and threes, but the soldiers from the 103rd Infantry Division just stood aside quietly.
They watched quietly, with no intention of taking action. The two couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, knowing that they gave in to them because they looked down on the Japanese's rags, otherwise they had defeated the Japanese army just now.
, no matter what, you have to clean up the battlefield first.
Liu Yecheng did not show any pretense and said with a smile: "It seems that your army does not look down on the Japanese's junk, so we will be disrespectful and deserve it."
After saying this and waving his hands, Chen Qiang and the others ordered the soldiers to start going down the mountain to clean the battlefield.
Liu Yecheng on the side also smiled and said to Zeng Li'an: "Mr. Zeng, let's go down and have a look too."
Zeng Li'an smiled and happily obeyed. The two of them came to the battlefield where corpses were strewn together. Looking at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in various forms of death and the weapons and equipment scattered everywhere, Liu Yecheng picked up a Type 38 rifle and pulled the bolt hard.
, after hearing the "click" gunshot, he smiled and said: "What a gun."
Zeng Li'an nodded and said: "The accuracy of Japan's Type 38 rifle is acceptable, but its power is not."
Lu Gang on the side also said: "Yes, as long as this kind of rifle misses the vital point, generally speaking, it is one shot with two holes, and it will be fine after resting for a while."
At this time, Chen Qiang who was following behind said: "Commander Zeng, I heard that your army's standard rifle adopts a new American rifle, right?"
"Yes, our standard rifle is the American Garand rifle. It has the advantages of high accuracy, fast rate of fire, and good reliability. The only disadvantage is that it is rather delicate and cannot be bumped like small Japanese rifles.
"." Zeng Li'an said, taking a Garand rifle from a soldier beside him and handing it to Chen Qiang.
Chen Qiang took the rifle, clicked the bolt, pointed it at a small tree in the distance, and fired eight bullets in a row before a crisp sound came from the rear barrel.
The magazine automatically ejected.
"What a gun." Chen Qiang said with a smile: "People say that your Chahar is extremely rich, and the guns you use are all continuous fire or automatic weapons. Now it seems that the rumors are true."
Zeng Li'an smiled faintly, "It's not as mysterious as others say. Our Chahar is also a miserable place. The achievements we have today are the result of our hard work. When I was the commander of the infantry regiment, our commander Su once said
He said something that I still remember firmly in my mind and dare not forget. He said: The test of our progress is not how much wealth we add to those who are wealthy, but whether we add wealth to those who are poor.
We have provided adequate living security for our people. This is what we say and what we do.”
Seeing the pride on Zeng Li'an's face, Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang remained silent, but someone around them was unhappy. A tall and thin middle-aged man frowned and said: "Mr. Zeng, although we are very grateful
You helped us out, but your workers all work in capitalist factories, and your construction achievements are based on exploitation. Don’t you think this is very unfair to the workers?”
"Oh" Zeng Li'an stared at the middle-aged man and asked, "Who are you?"
Although Chen Qiang on the side felt that what his subordinate said now was a bit inappropriate, he also wanted to hear Zeng Li'an's explanation, so he just smiled and said nothing. He also wanted to hear how Zeng Li'an answered.
The middle-aged man said proudly: "I am Zhao Xin, political commissar of the New Regiment."
"Yes." Zeng Li'an nodded, "It seems that we still have some differences in opinions. I, Zeng, am just a rough man and don't quite understand this truth, but Zeng was fortunate enough to listen to the teachings of our Commander Su, and also heard about this aspect.
If you don’t mind, I will recount what our Commander Su said.”
Now even Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang were interested. They all wanted to hear how Su Tong, known as the King of the Northwest, explained this problem. Lu Gang's eyes lit up and he asked: "I would like to hear the details."
Zeng Li'an said: "Our Chief Su said that absolute fairness does not exist in this world, and those who pursue the so-called absolute fairness are just dreaming of an illusory dream."
Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows, "We social workers are willing to sacrifice our lives in pursuit of a world that is absolutely fair and equal for everyone."
Zeng Li'an also smiled, with a trace of sarcasm flashing in his eyes: "Absolutely fair, let me ask you something. As political commissar Zhao, as a regiment-level cadre, you should be equipped with a guard. Judging from what you just said, this in itself
It goes against the principle of equality for everyone, what do you think?”
Zhao Xin's thin face suddenly turned red. He defended: "That's his job, we just have different division of labor."
Zeng Li'an laughed immediately, "Even if you have different divisions of labor, let me ask you, if you encounter danger on the battlefield, who of you will protect whom? There is no doubt that the guards will protect you, but then the problem arises
Okay, according to the principle of equality you just mentioned, everyone's life is equally precious, so why should someone sacrifice their own life to protect you? Could it be that if your official is greater than him, you should sacrifice the lives of other soldiers?
Is it against your life to protect you? Doesn’t this violate the principle that everyone is equal?”
"This" Zhao Xin was speechless when he was asked, and fell down all of a sudden.
"Furthermore, let's talk about something that is absolutely fair. Just now on the battlefield, the soldiers were fighting the Japanese army desperately. Why did you, the superior leader, stand behind and didn't pick up the rifle and join the soldiers in fighting the Japanese army with their bayonets? You
Is this fair to the soldiers who fought bloody battles?”
Liu Yecheng, Lu Gang, Chen Qiang and others had never heard of these remarks these days. They all looked at Zeng Li'an with their mouths agape, and Zhao Xin almost dropped his head to his crotch.
It took a long time for Chen Qiang to react, and he laughed and said: "Mr. Zeng, I really have you, your theoretical level is really amazing."
Zeng Li'an shook his head and said with a smile: "Commander Chen, please don't praise me. I don't have this level. This is what Commander Su said on weekdays. I just picked up a little bit of the commander's wisdom. Commander Su said
, although an absolutely fair society does not exist, but what we can do is to try to make this society more fair. It is only natural for capitalists to pursue interests. If there is no interest, who will open a factory or run a business? Factory owners
Benefits have been obtained, workers have received corresponding rewards for their labor, and both parties are happy. Isn't this great? Do you think this is true?"
Looking at the speechless people, Zeng Li'an laughed: "Okay, I'm just saying this randomly. Don't mind if I'm wrong."
Liu Yecheng couldn't help but smile. To change the subject, he pointed at the machine gun on the shoulder of a soldier and asked: "Commander Zeng, is this the support weapon of your army?"
Zeng Li'an nodded and said, "Yes, this is our general machine gun. Its original name is mg42 general machine gun, but we generally call it the tearer. Its advantages are light weight, strong firepower, and high power. It is now
The most reliable partner of our infantry."
"Oh" Chen Qiang also came closer at this time, "How do they compare to the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun?"
As soon as Chen Qiang finished speaking, he seemed to feel the strange looks around him. When he looked up, he saw Zeng Li'an just smiling and saying nothing, while the machine gunner carrying the machine gun and several soldiers around him had sullen expressions on their faces.
There was a smile, but I was embarrassed to laugh out loud.
Chen Qiang couldn't help but asked strangely: "Hey, Mr. Zeng, you are not a friend enough. After all, we are friends. Even if I am wrong, you can't laugh at me. What are you laughing at?"
Zeng Li'an also had a good impression of Brigadier Chen, who had a humorous and bold personality. He smiled and waved to the machine gunner next to him: "Come here and show Brigadier Chen a demonstration."
"yes"
At this time, the soldiers of the 129th Division nearby saw the excitement and gathered around. The machine gunner and the ammunition hand beside him came over. The machine gunner put the gun on the ground and waited for the ammunition hand to insert the belt.
He skillfully pulled the bolt of the gun, pointed at a tree more than 100 meters in front of him, and pulled the trigger. He only heard a "click, click, click" sound like tearing an oilcloth. It lasted about half a minute.
He used up all the bullet chain, and at the same time, the tree with the waist size of a child was also broken into two pieces, making a creaking sound before falling to the ground.
"Hiss!" All the people in the 129th Division, including Chen Qiang, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. This gun is too evil. How fast should such a rate of fire be?
Chen Qiang rubbed his teeth and asked: "Mr. Zeng, what is the rate of fire of your gun?"
"The theoretical rate of fire is one thousand to one thousand two hundred rounds per minute, and the actual rate of fire is seven to eight hundred rounds per minute," Zeng Li'an said simply.
"My dear, if you fight for an hour, why don't you use more than 40,000 to 50,000 rounds of ammunition? Even if you give this gun away for free, I can't afford it." Chen Qiang touched his head and said with lingering fear:
"This thing is a bottomless pit."
Zeng Li'an smiled and said: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated. Just get used to it."
"Uh, forget it, I'm still not used to this thing." Chen Qiang pretended to be exaggerated and wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead and said: "What bullets are you shooting? You are clearly shooting colorful
of banknotes”
"Hehehe" everyone around laughed when they heard this.
Zeng Li'an suppressed his smile and said sternly: "With all due respect, I think modern war is actually fought with banknotes and a country's comprehensive national strength. We have always believed in a saying: If wisdom can defeat an elephant, then a shotgun is needed.
Of course, we are not saying that we should abandon the art of command and strategy, but the art of command and strategy can only be used if there is not much difference in strength. If the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, no matter how brilliant the strategy is, it can only be used.
It’s a joke, what do you think?”
"That's right." Lu Gang on the side also sighed. "When I was studying in France in the early years, I discovered that their industrial base was very strong. During World War I, their warehouse doors opened like this.
There are everything you need, you can get as many as you want, not to mention small bullets, even large-caliber artillery shells can be replenished as many times as you shoot, unlike us, the machine gun still snaps when firing. This is comprehensive
The gap in national power”
Zeng Li'an said with a smile, "My dear, the gap in national power cannot be solved by just saying a few slogans. Only by down-to-earth construction can we build our country well. Do you think this is right?"
Soldiers admire the strong. Zeng Li'an admired the 129th Division for its tenacious will and combat effectiveness in such a disadvantaged situation. The 129th Division also admired the 103rd Infantry Division for its skillful combat skills.
, he expressed his admiration for his smooth commanding skills and the powerful weapons and equipment he had never seen before. Soldiers all admire the strong, and soldiers from both sides naturally became familiar with each other after they came into contact with each other.
A soldier of the 129th Division curiously asked a corporal of the 103rd Division, "Brother, your machine gun must be very expensive for bullets. I just saw that the thing in your hand kept popping when you charged.
How many bullets did you shoot?”
The squad leader smiled and said, "I didn't shoot much. My Somi submachine gun is an automatic weapon and the rate of fire is not slow. I just fired two magazines and only fired about 140 rounds."
"
"My dear," the soldier stuck out his tongue. The soldiers in their unit only had an average of ten or twenty rounds of ammunition each. The company commander also repeatedly emphasized that they should shoot sparingly and not waste them. Look at them, they have more than a hundred rounds.
He didn't even frown when the bullet was fired. How generous he is.
At this time, Zeng Li'an smiled and said to Liu Yecheng: "Commander Liu, it is fate that our two troops met. Since the Japanese are going to launch a sweep and encirclement with a dragnet, let us work together to break their big net."
,what do you think"
After hearing this, Liu Yecheng smiled and said, "Well, since they want to catch us all, then our two families will work together to tear apart this big Japanese net. What do you think, political commissar?" The latter sentence was asking the person next to him
Lu Gang's.
The short but resolute political commissar immediately smiled and said: "Why not? If you don't do something that can bring you glory, wouldn't you be a fool?"