Chapter eight hundred and seventy seventh sharpshooter
Regardless of his spirit or his large body, he is a good soldier. If Commander Yang sees that he is working so hard to recruit good soldiers, he might be able to lead the army.
"Can you shoot?" Lei Xiong asked with a smile.
After Zhang Hai and Wu Hao looked at each other, Zhang Hai replied calmly: "I know how to hunt. We used to go hunting in the mountains."
"Here, let me take a shot and see."
Lei Xiong took a 38 rifle from the guard behind him and threw it to Zhang Hai, who reached out to catch it.
"Sir, we only know how to use hunting guns, but we don't know how to use this gun..." Zhang Hai felt embarrassed as he touched the heavy 38 rifle in his hand.
"Teach him how to use it." Staff Officer Lei Xiong smiled and ordered the guard behind him.
Soon, under the guidance of the guards, Zhang Hai became familiar with the use of the Type 38 rifle.
Due to the bullet caliber, although the little Japanese's Type 38 rifle is not as powerful on the battlefield as the Type 79 rifle in the hands of Chinese officers and soldiers, the advantages are obvious.
For example, the shooting distance is long, the shooting accuracy is high, the recoil is small, and it is easy for recruits to use, etc., etc., etc., all of which make the Japanese 38 rifle a hot commodity.
Now that Yang Ling and the others were in the enemy-occupied area behind enemy lines, they couldn't keep up with their ammunition supply, so they simply abandoned the 79 rifles they originally used and directly replaced all members with 38 rifles.
Fortunately, after this period of fighting, a lot of Japanese weapons and ammunition were seized, allowing Yang Ling's plan to be realized.
In fact, the use of firearms is similar. Zhang Hai quickly loaded the bullet, pushed the bullet into the chamber, put the flat end of the rifle and the butt against his shoulder, looking for a target to shoot.
"Hit that wooden stake." Seeing Zhang Hai's delay in firing, Staff Officer Lei Xiong pointed at the wooden stake more than 200 meters away and ordered.
Zhang Hai also turned the muzzle of his gun, and after aiming for a few seconds, he directly pressed the trigger. There was a bang, the gun body vibrated, and the bullet flew away.
"Poof!" The bullet hit the wooden pile, splinters flying, and it hit the target just in time.
"good!"
Seeing Zhang Hai hit the target with his first shot, the smile on Staff Lei Xiong's face became even greater, and he asked Wu Hao to take over the gun and hit the target with the first shot.
Wu Hao and Zhang Hai both had proud expressions on their faces. Although it was their first time to use the 38 rifles in their hands, they had been hunting in the mountains since they were young, so their marksmanship was naturally not weak.
Seeing that he had recruited two sharpshooters, Staff Officer Lei Xiong was already happy and couldn't help but nod.
"You are good at shooting guns. If you train hard tomorrow, you might have a chance to join the Flame Special Forces Brigade." Lei Xiong said with a smile.
"What is the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade?" Staff Officer Lei Xiong's words made recruits Zhang Hai and Wu Hao look confused.
"It's a special operations force. The treatment is much better than that of our regular troops. But you should follow the training first. I will inform you when the selection is made."
Staff officer Lei Xiong didn't have a thorough understanding of special forces, so he casually said a few words and treated it as perfunctory.
However, he was still very wary of the people from the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade. This time they had made great contributions to regaining Huaiyin.
Whether they were solving sentry posts or in subsequent battles, they exerted strong combat effectiveness, which left a deep impression on Staff Officer Lei Xiong.
Although Yang Ling's stipulation for Lei Xiong was to recruit 1,000 recruits, too many people signed up, and eventually 1,500 were recruited.
Yang Ling and the others have already sent out the news of their recovery of Huaiyin, although they have made contact with the nearby friendly 8th Security Brigade.
However, Yang Zhonghua's 8th Security Brigade belonged to the regular army's battle order. Facing Yang Ling's small guerrilla force, they didn't take it seriously at all, so they ignored it.
Fortunately, the theater headquarters learned that they had liberated Huaiyin with just one detachment, and they had an order to keep them where they were, without further details.
In fact, this was not because Commander Yu Xuezhong of the theater headquarters deliberately neglected Yang Ling and the others. Instead, he captured a county town with a small detachment, which no one would believe.
Just like when the news first reached the theater headquarters, those in the staff were happy, but at the same time they were suspicious, suspecting that this was another false report.
Because in order to obtain more supplies and ammunition, almost all troops lied about their gains. Sometimes, when a Japanese transport team of dozens of people was annihilated, the reward turned out to be hundreds of Japanese soldiers killed and countless seizures.
The theater headquarters also turns a blind eye to these situations. As long as they don't lie too much, most of them will admit it. After all, it can boost morale, right?
But this time, the eight guerrilla regiments of Li Changjiang and Li Mingyang failed to capture even a single Japanese town, while Yang Ling and his group of guerrilla detachments actually captured a county town.
No one would believe this. After all, there are only a few people in a guerrilla detachment, ranging from a few dozen to a thousand at most.
Let alone attack the county town, even if they encounter a slightly stronger puppet army, they will not be able to defeat it, let alone a county town where the Japanese are stationed.
There is no precedent. More than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Ninth Guerrilla Column were killed at the gate of Huaiyin City. How can you say that Huaiyin was liberated by just one detachment?
In fact, the theater headquarters did not believe that Yang Ling and the others had recovered Huaiyin, so they did not continue to seek revenge.
While Yang Ling and the others were on standby, the theater headquarters also actively mobilized its own channels to repeatedly verify and investigate the authenticity of Yang Ling's battle reports.
These verifications and investigations take time, so although Yang Ling and the others have contacted Shangfeng, they have not received any instructions and can only stay on standby.
Fortunately, Yang Ling did not have nothing to do, but actively expanded his troops to prepare for the next more brutal battle.
The newly recruited batch of 1,500 recruits were carefully selected. Although they looked sallow and thin and malnourished, Yang Ling believed that as long as they had enough food every day, they would be strong in less than a month.
When Yang Ling and others regained Huaiyin this time, they ransacked the homes of many traitors and seized a lot of money and materials from the Japanese.
They used the captured grain and ammunition directly for military use, while those boxes of counterfeit coins were secretly sent to the Japanese-occupied areas to purchase food, Western medicine and other items that were urgently needed by the troops.
The Japanese not only attacked China militarily, but also attempted to induce surrender politically. The counterfeit currency they forcibly introduced in the vast occupied areas was intended to bring down China economically.
Although the little devils have many conspiracy methods, the Chinese people share the same hatred and have never stopped resisting and fighting despite the difficulties.
Many refugees from the south also fled to the Huaiyin area one after another. From the mouths of these refugees, Yang Ling learned that Yancheng, Gaoyou and other places in the south had become a mess.
However, Yang Ling was not in a hurry to help. Firstly, there was an order from the summit to let them stay where they were, and secondly, their strength was not enough.