Laohuya is located at the junction of Shicheng County and Jiangle County, and is also the place where the spheres of influence of the Seventh Army and the Japanese Army are handed over. Although the afterglow of the New Year has not completely dissipated, the atmosphere between the Chinese and Japanese armies has begun to become tense again.
At this time, Liu Yi, who had become the company commander of the seventh company of the 998th Regiment of the 400th Division of the 399th Army of the Seventh Army, was leading more than 100 soldiers of the 9th Company to walk on a path at the foot of the mountain. It was Liu Yi's turn these days.
Today is their third day of patrolling, and today is also their last day of patrolling. When they get around this valley, they can return to the camp, and by then they will no longer have to go back on two legs, which is more than ten kilometers away from here.
There is a military station about 1 km away, and they can take a bus back.
The Spring Festival has just passed, and the weather is still a bit chilly. Liu Yi is wearing a gray-green winter suit, a green thickened underwear, a pair of thick-soled cowhide boots, and a Samsung stripe on his collar.
The armbands sparkled in the morning sun.
"call……"
He took a long breath, and as soon as the breath left his mouth, it turned into a long white mist in the air. He rubbed his hands, and Liu Yi cursed in a low voice with some complaints. Although Fujian belongs to the
In the south, winter is not very cold, but what is different from other places is that the winter here has a dampness that makes people feel very uncomfortable.
After tightening his tight clothes, Liu Yi turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, hurry up. Hurry up and finish patrolling this section of the road before you can return to the camp to rest. Monkey, you are such a bastard."
Why are you dawdling? Hurry up and get your men to catch up. If you can't get back to the camp before noon, you're going to get your ass kicked!"
A dark-skinned monkey with a short stature rushed up quickly carrying a heavy Thompson submachine gun. He glanced at Liu Yi with some grievance and said in protest: "I said company commander, how many times have I said it, my name is
Kang Jie, can you please stop calling me a monkey? I am now the platoon leader and I want my brothers to hear where I put my face?"
"Hey... you have become more capable, and you have become famous." Liu Yi scolded angrily and amusingly: "Don't think that you have become more capable just because you brought this dime card. I tell you, you must
It’s not a big expansion of the army. At most, you can only be a small squad leader, and you are still fighting with me. If you are really capable, ask your brothers to go faster, so as not to slow down the speed of the whole company."
As soon as he heard this, the monkey said with a grimace: "Boss, you can't blame me for this. See for yourself, the guys in our hands have become much heavier since the change of clothes. Brothers can't move damn fast, especially
It's that damn machine gun. It requires three people to serve it. What the hell is that? And this Yankee's submachine gun. It's a lot heavier than the original MP38. I'm not used to holding it.
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Liu Yi scolded impatiently: "Where did you come from with so much nonsense? It would be nice to have a gun, but you are still picky. Look at the guys we have in our hands, and then look at what other Central Army troops have in their hands."
Guys, just be content with what you have and stop being picky. Haven’t you heard? We are just conducting experimental installations now. We have to see how it is used before we make the final decision."
Monkey did not dare to say anything anymore, but just murmured in his mouth: "What is there to decide? I think the original German machine gun is good, there is no need to change it."
The 400th Division is the first unit in the army to begin to re-equip all American equipment. Since last week, they have replaced the original mg34 general-purpose machine guns, MP38 submachine guns and other firearms with American-made m1919a4 machine guns. And the re-equipment
The reason was originally to reduce logistics pressure, simplify the process, and make logistics smoother. However, the effect of replacing these two weapons with the troops was not ideal. Many soldiers complained that the m1919a4 machine gun was too heavy. This machine gun
The total weight reaches an astonishing 20.46 kilograms, which is much heavier than the original mg34 (12.1 kilograms).
The original mg34 only required one soldier to carry it while marching, plus an ammunition hand. But now the m1919a4 machine gun requires several people to serve it. During the exercise, the grassroots soldiers discovered that the
The firepower support of this machine gun is still insufficient, and it is still too bulky for mobile operations. In particular, it requires at least two people to operate when moving positions. Basically, one person carries the machine gun and the other person carries the M2 tripod (the tripod weighs 6.35kg).
Others carry ammunition boxes. On the battlefield, as long as one person is injured during the transfer of positions, part of the gun body, tripod, and ammunition may not reach the destination. Such cumbersome conditions also make soldiers interested in this new model.
The machine guns are full of complaints, so what the monkey said just now is not without reason. The only thing that can make the soldiers feel relieved now is that the soldiers in charge of the baggage are finally no longer afraid of dividing the wrong bullets for the soldiers, whether it is their rifles or machine guns, all
The bullets used were 7.62mm caliber bullets.
Liu Yi and Monkey were chatting while spanking, but despite this, they still had to pay attention to what was going on around them from time to time. This was the border with the Japanese army, and the Japanese army might appear at any time. They did not dare to be careless at all.
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After walking for another twenty minutes, they finally walked out of the mountain pass. More than 500 meters ahead was an open field with an unobstructed view of the terrain. Not far ahead was the junction of the 400th Division and the Japanese Army's Line of Actual Control.
Looking at the bushes a mile ahead, the monkey stopped and stretched his legs, which were numb from walking, and complained: "Okay, we're finally here. We can go back after just one more circle here.
I have been chewing biscuits these past two days, and my teeth are about to fall out."
At this time, Liu Yi turned around and ordered: "Monkey, send a squad to check the bushes in front to see if there is anything wrong. After the investigation is completed, we can go back."
"Why are we going again? I remember it should be the second row's turn this time." The monkey began to complain again.
"No reason, because I am the company commander, so you must obey my orders unconditionally!" Liu Yi said expressionlessly.
"Okay, why don't I send someone there?"
Monkey's face was very helpless. Although he always complained on the surface, he was very proud in his heart. Not everyone can do the work of going out to investigate. Generally speaking, this kind of work is always difficult.
Let those who are the most energetic and have the strongest combat effectiveness do it. Liu Yi always sends them to the third platoon to do this kind of work. This proves that in Liu Yi's heart, the combat effectiveness and adaptability of the third platoon are the highest in the entire company, otherwise he would not be able to
Jie just takes the initiative and asks people to ignore you.
Although he was very proud, Monkey still dispatched a squad according to the formal combat procedures, which included a three-person machine gun team, seven riflemen and two submachine gunners. They spread out into a battle formation and slowly bent forward.
Touch it.
When they came to the bushes less than two hundred meters away from the front, a rifleman walking at the front seemed to notice something. He turned around and was about to say something when a gunshot suddenly rang out in front of him, followed by
A flower of blood suddenly appeared on the rifleman's chest and he fell to the ground without saying a word.
"Da da da da..."
This gunshot was a signal. Just when the gunshot sounded, dense gunshots rang out like an explosion in the bushes in front. The dense rain of bullets was like splashing water towards the unprepared people ahead.
More than a dozen soldiers swept over, and soon they were covered by countless bullets.
"No, enemy attack!"
Just when the gunfire rang out, Liu Yi, who was sitting at the mountain pass to rest, immediately jumped up like a frightened rabbit. He fell to the ground without thinking, and then shouted with all his strength.
"Everyone get down and find cover!"
It has to be said that the assault training carried out by the Seventh Company in the past few months has had a certain effect during this period. In just five seconds, more than a hundred people in the entire company found their respective cover positions or rocks.
Behind, or behind a slope, or behind a tree. Not only that, when they found the bunker, many of them had already pointed their guns forward and pulled the trigger.
"Let me go and let me go up!"
At this time, a voice sounded very harsh among the gunfire. Liu Yi turned around and saw that it was a soldier who was struggling to rush forward, but was held back by the monkey.
"Xiao Gou, what are you going to do? Squad Leader Jiang and the others are already glorious. You can only die if you go up there! The Japs are lying there specifically waiting for us to take the bait!"
At this time, the monkey's face no longer had the playful expression just now, and the sad expression contained a sense of unwillingness and anger. Just now, in less than two minutes, one of his classes was gone.
, these are more than ten brothers.
After sadness came anger, Liu Yi's hoarse voice also rang out: "Hit... hit me hard, set up the machine gun for me, aim at the front and hit hard, and mortars, give me
Blast over! Blow out those idiots!"
"yes!"
After listening to Liu Yi's words, several soldiers in the artillery squad behind him also quickly set up two 60 mortars. In less than two minutes, several shells began to blast towards the front, and violent explosions were heard.
There were constant sounds in front, and several black smoke rose in the bushes.
"Okay, that's it, let's beat the hell out of it." Seeing the shells exploding in front, Monkey hugged an m1919a4 machine gun and fired at the front with all his strength, while shouting ferociously.
But before he could finish speaking, his voice quickly changed its tone, "No, that's the little devil's chariot! Everyone, please take cover."
"Boom..." As soon as he finished speaking, a shell rang out less than twenty meters away from him... (To be continued)