Having had the experience of surviving in the wild, Wang Xuexin felt that there was nothing he could teach them in this regard.
In fact, Wang Xuexin had been mentally prepared for a long time. If he, a modern man, taught the Eighth Route Army how to survive in the wild... wouldn't he be trying to do something for his class?
Not only could he not be taught, Wang Xuexin also had to learn from the soldiers.
However, this does not mean that the mountain company is qualified in this regard. Wang Xuexin asked Lao Qi and Mao Duzi to focus on hunting skills and methods of distinguishing wild vegetables and mushrooms, and then the whole company must learn to ensure that every soldier has a field knowledge.
Survival skills.
At this time, the multifunctional engineering shovel is a magical tool. This thing can be used for cutting, sawing, and cooking food... This makes every soldier envious.
Wang Xuexin was also generous and immediately applied for more than 300 weapons from the arsenal and distributed them, which made all the soldiers extremely happy.
To be honest, this wave of training made Wang Xuexin a little disgraced.
Although he was mentally prepared, he took it for granted that there were more than 300 people...
If there are only a few people, it's okay, and living in the jungle for a few days is not a problem.
But with only so few resources for more than 300 people, it is inevitable that they will go hungry.
So Wang Xuexin wanted to use this to give the soldiers a chance to experience the possible "hardship" of mountain troops!
result……
This is actually all Mao Duzi's fault. Not only does this guy know how to hunt, he can also look at the plants on the ground to identify certain starch-rich tree roots, dig out a few sections, mash them, and cook them until they taste like dough.
Wang Xuexin also tasted a few bites, but the taste was a bit astringent, but the main point is that it can fill his stomach.
In addition, there are edible leaves, and even the bark of some trees can be chopped and chopped into a pot of hot soup that is not satisfactory...
When Wang Xuexin later recalled this incident, he realized that these skills were probably left behind by the Red Army when they crossed the grassland and climbed the snow-capped mountains. Otherwise, the people were often hungry after so many years of war, so they had no choice but to learn from nature in various ways.
Get food.
As a result, as time goes by, these methods and experiences will naturally become more abundant.
On the contrary, modern people's lives are getting better and better, and they no longer need to dig tree roots, peel off bark, or eat leaves, so these "unique skills" are gradually lost.
Forget it, don’t compare this with them.
Wang Xuexin realized that if he wanted to "give power" to these guys, he should not start from the "hardship" aspect, but should start from the knowledge and thinking of modern warfare. That is their weakness and Wang Xuexin's strength.
So Wang Xuexin continued to let Shandi Company learn in the field while waiting for Yingjiang's equipment.
Eagle Sauce's equipment arrived two weeks later.
At this tense moment, two weeks is already considered fast. After all, the battle on the Burma Highway has already begun, and more military supplies are being urgently transported to the front line. At this time, part of the transportation capacity must be allocated to the Eighth Route Army to transport equipment. You can imagine
And I don't know how difficult it is... If this was not related to Yingjiang's vital interests, I am afraid that this batch of equipment would be delayed again and again or even nothing could be done.
The transportation route is the same as before. It will be transported to Xi'an first and then the Eighth Route Army transportation team will take over.
The headquarters is even considering building a road from Xi'an to southern Shanxi.
Because in the future, another 10 million US dollars of food will be transported through this line one after another, and there may even be assistance from Eagle Sauce in the future.
However, the commander thought about it and thought that sooner or later the Eighth Route Army would have to fight the stubborn army. It was not cost-effective to build the road. Although it was convenient for his own transportation now, it would also facilitate the attack of the stubborn army's mechanized troops in the future. So he finally gave up and preferred to be more troublesome now.
It can be transported by wheelbarrow or donkey cart. If it is not possible to carry it on the shoulder, it is no problem.
The equipment is as Wang Xuexin requested before, M1 rifle, M1918 Browning machine gun, plus 60mm mortar and crossbow.
At this time, crossbows were also given a new mission: hunting.
When Mao Duzi was living in the wild, he complained repeatedly that he couldn't shoot... In fact, not only could he not shoot, but he also had to be very careful to use caves to cover the fire and smoke when making a fire.
The reason is that they are mountain troops and cannot expose their position for survival.
This makes it impossible for Mao Dazi to use many of his hunting skills. The most he can do is set up a trap or beat mountain rats with a wooden stick.
With the crossbow, this problem was successfully solved.
These are not the key points, the points are ammunition.
The first batch of ammunition delivered amounted to more than 300,000 rounds. The ammunition boxes were piled in piles in the warehouse, which made Li Yunlong's eyes dazzled for a while.
"Be good!" Li Yunlong asked Wang Xuexin: "Are you using ammunition for a thousand people?"
"How can you?" Wang Xuexin replied: "This is for the training of our three hundred people!"
Li Yunlong's eyes widened at this moment: "You, you... what are you talking about? It's for three hundred people, and it's for training?"
No wonder Li Yunlong was so surprised.
If these ammunition were given to an average of 1,000 people, each person would have more than 300 rounds of ammunition.
Now the average is given to 300 people, so why not give each person more than 1,000 rounds?
And it’s just training and not combat?
This was unimaginable to the Eighth Route Army, which had only ten rounds of ammunition per capita!
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin explained: "This is how Yingjiang uses bullets. This is still a small amount. I have also cut off a few machine guns and heavy machine guns, otherwise these bullets will not be enough to fill the gap between the teeth!"
Li Yunlong was stunned for a while, and then he invited Wang Xuexin aside with a "hehehehe" and lowered his voice and said: "I say Xiaodongbei, we are still short of ammunition over there. You have so much real ammunition here, why don't you use it all for training?
Is it a waste? Look..."
Wang Xuexin rejected Li Yunlong without thinking.
But of course, he didn't refuse bluntly, but put on an awkward look and said: "Captain, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but on the one hand, Yingjiang has explained that these bullets are for free.
It must and can only be used on mountain troops, otherwise the next batch will be gone!"
Wang Xuexin knew that a foreign devil like Sun Erwei would definitely not be able to suppress Li Yunlong, so he added: "Besides...this mountain unit is not trivial, and it may be related to whether Zhongtiao Mountain can be defended or not. They use semi-automatic rifles,
The bullets are gone after eight rounds are pressed and the trigger is pulled twice. How many days can you practice with a thousand rounds of bullets? If something goes wrong, the superiors will blame it..."
"Won't no one know if you don't tell me?" Li Yunlong said with a long face, "Xiao Dongbei, you are so uninteresting! We here strictly demand that every bullet kills
"An enemy', but you here are practicing with a thousand rounds of ammunition each... You are still asking for points from you, are you not a soldier of my independent regiment?"
Wang Xuexin was helpless and could only reply: "Commander, how about this, I can get you some more ammunition?"
"That's right!" Li Yunlong immediately became happy and patted Wang Xuexin on the shoulder: "I just told you to be careful!"
But he secretly thought that if he didn't force him twice, he wouldn't get any oil or water at all.