There is a large piece of flat land to the north of Dabeigou Town. Today, all the new recruits of the militia have gathered here. Su Tong led a group of officers from the regiment to stand on the makeshift stand and looked at the black crowd of more than 2,000 soldiers below, all of whom had changed their uniforms.
The recruits in camouflage uniforms were stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes. Su Tong's heart was like a diving toad "pop, pop". Su Tong calmed down, picked up the loudspeaker and began his first speech in his life: "Brothers, in the
I want to congratulate you here. From today on, you are no longer an ordinary citizen. You have become a member of our militia and a soldier. I know that many of you are fighting for that fifty yuan ocean.
It’s the settling-in allowance and the five-yuan salary.” At this point, the whole audience burst into laughter.
Su Tong also laughed: "There is nothing to be ashamed of. Since ancient times, soldiers have to eat food and pay. But..." Su Tong's face also became serious: "Since we have eaten and received this salary, we must live up to it.
We are wearing this military uniform. What do soldiers do? Soldiers are the people who rely on the people when they are in trouble. Soldiers are people who risk their lives against the enemy when the country is invaded." There was silence in the audience, and Su Tong continued: "Someone
He was right when he said that being a soldier means depriving yourself of food. We must be prepared to sacrifice at any time." Several officers on the stage looked at each other, and none of them talked about risking their lives on the day the recruits joined the army.
The sacrificed officer. Su Tong ignored them and continued: "If anyone feels that he can't bear this pain and can't bear this crime, he can leave now. If you become a deserter on the battlefield in the future, I know you, but the military law does not know you.
"Su Tong said this last sentence in a sharp voice, which made everyone jump.
Zhao Quanyou stood in the queue of recruits and listened to Chief Su's speech above. He was pounding in his heart. He thought to himself that this officer, who usually smiles and smiles, is really powerful when he gets angry. He must be careful in the future and don't let him get into trouble.
Inside.
After talking for a long time, Su Tong felt his mouth was a little astringent. Seeing so many people below him looking at him and not daring to say anything. Captain Su, whose vanity was greatly satisfied, decided to give them a sweet treat. Isn't it the same for the old and beautiful women in later generations?
Can you still thrive with a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other? We have to learn from him.
"Okay, let's start the gun ceremony." Su Tong waved his hand, and more than ten large cars parked nearby opened with a roar. Ma Jun led a group of people and put all the boxes on the car in front of the stage. Ma Jun now
Su Tong personally appointed him as the Logistics Director, in charge of the military supplies of the entire regiment. Under the hill behind the militia station, there was a natural cave, covering several thousand square meters. Su Tong asked the people on the farm to sort it out a little.
It was treated as a logistics warehouse. Su Tong also positioned the teleportation point there. There was an automatic defense system inside. No one was allowed to enter without permission. There were people outside guarding Su Tong day and night to protect Su Tong's lifeblood.
Su Tong stood in front of the box, holding a brand-new rifle dangling in his hand. "This gun is called the Garand rifle. It is a new product produced by Citigroup. It has high reliability, high shooting accuracy, easy to disassemble and
Clean, it has proven to be a reliable, durable and effective rifle....."
After distributing the gun, Su Tong couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw the new recruit Danzi looking very happy after receiving the gun. He was about to say something to Tieniu when he noticed that Chen Dazhu, Wang Dayong and others beside him seemed to be frowning. He couldn't help but ask: "I
Tell me why you have this expression?"
Chen Dazhu hesitated and said: "Sir, why don't we want German Mauser guns? The batch we gave to Governor Zhang last time was quite good."
"It's just that this thing is much shorter than a Mauser, so it's hard to use a bayonet." Wang Dayong also agreed.
"You two idiots." When Su Tong heard this, he was furious. "Is this gun comparable to the Mauser? This gun is a semi-automatic rifle, and its firepower is much stronger than the Mauser K98."
"But this thing consumes too many bullets." Wang Dayong was still unconvinced.
"Ah, I won't talk to you two old haters anymore." Su Tong was so angry that he couldn't speak and walked away angrily.
The ideas of Wang Dayong and Chen Dazhu were very popular in China at that time. The military generals at that time were still very conservative and did not realize the importance of automatic firepower to war. At the end of World War II, the Nationalist Government removed a batch of M1s aided by the United States.
The Garand rifles were ready to be supplied to Wang Yaowu's 74th Army. However, the generals of the 74th Army led by Wang Yaowu actually refused to accept these rifles. The reason was that the gun body was too short, only 1.1 meter, and the Japanese Type 38 rifle was 3 meters tall.
The Type 8 rifle was 1.25 meters long and would be at a disadvantage when equipped with a bayonet, and it consumed too many bullets. This shows how conservative the army was at that time.
Wang Dayong and Chen Dazhu looked at each other like two angry little wives and followed them.
In fact, Su Tong had his own considerations in choosing the Garand rifle. The imaginary enemy of the militia was the Japanese army. The quality of individual soldiers of the Japanese army was second to none in Asia at the time. Their veterans had undergone rigorous and long-term training.
, just raise the gun casually, and you can hit almost wherever you point within 250 meters. This is incomparable to the militia that hastily formed an army. As for fighting with bayonet, friends who have seen the sword know that because our army
Nutrition has long been unable to keep up. At that time, the battle loss rate between our army and the Japanese army was 3:1. Since the quality of individual soldiers was not as good as others, they had to make up for it in firepower. Su Tong even thought about using ak47 to equip the troops, but he wanted to
I thought this was too far ahead, so I finally gave up and settled on the American-made Garand rifle. It was one of the most successfully developed rifles in the world during World War II. It had strong firepower and was not bad in power. In the history of the U.S. military, it was
The Garand rifle played an important role in defeating the Germans and the Japanese. General Patton even called it the most reliable partner of soldiers.
Su Tong came to the newly established artillery camp. There are now three companies in the artillery camp. The first company is equipped with twelve 105 mm caliber howitzers, the second company is equipped with sixteen 75 mm caliber Type 92 infantry guns, and the third company is equipped with 60 mm caliber
Twenty-four mortars.
Li Hai, the major battalion commander of the artillery battalion and the commander of the first artillery company, couldn't put it down and touched the muzzle of the gun and pointed it at the 105-caliber M-101 towed howitzer in the sky. His mouth was almost watering when he saw it.
Su Tong came over and his voice trembled when he spoke: "Tuanzuo, this is really our cannon. This... is like a dream. This is a cannon that even the Central Army rarely has."
Su Tong patted Li Hai on the shoulder and joked: "Well, it seems you haven't woken up yet. This Ma Jun, you should bring the cannon to the warehouse first, and then give it to Battalion Commander Li when he wakes up."
"Don't... don't... I won't sleep tonight, so just hold it."
"Hahahaha" the people around burst into laughter.
"How is it? Are all the personnel of your second company ready?" Su Tong asked Wang Yingjie, commander of the second company of the artillery battalion next to him.
"Sir, all the personnel are here." Wang Yingjie hurriedly saluted.
"Where's the Third Company?" Su Tong asked next.
"Report, the third company's personnel and equipment are fully equipped." A small officer with the rank of captain saluted quickly. This was Li Fei, the commander of the third company.
"Our artillery battalion is now strong and strong, so it will be no problem to upgrade it to an artillery regiment." Wang Yingjie, excited, said without hesitation.
After hearing this, Li Hai secretly kicked Wang Yingjie. Wang Yingjie came back to his senses and saw that several people around him were staring at him. Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake and violated a taboo in the army. Chief Su is a colonel.
Commander, once you upgrade the artillery battalion to the artillery regiment, aren't you on the same level as the commander? Is the commander leading you or you leading the commander? Do you still want to hang out here?
Su Tong ignored this rash guy and ordered Li Hai: "Captain Li, there are many new recruits in the artillery camp. I don't care what method you use, you must train me an elite artillery force in the shortest possible time."