At the Military Region Headquarters, with Yang Chengwu's understanding of himself, as long as he spoke, he might reveal some clues.
And as long as he leaves the headquarters, even if someone in the army knows him, they are not particularly familiar with him. Then he can do whatever he wants without any scruples.
What's more important is that only by going to the battlefield and personally commanding the troops in combat can you bring out what you know well in your mind.
Although he could have frequent contact with Yang Chengwu by staying at the headquarters, after all, he was just a small staff officer who was soft-spoken. Even if he put forward ideas and suggestions, he might not necessarily adopt them.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Ping saw an opportunity to lead troops, he jumped out.
Seeing that the commander agreed, Wang Ping quickly borrowed the donkey and suggested: "Commander, the equipment of the recruit company is too poor, and there is a shortage of ammunition. Can you give me thirty more grenades?"
If you want other weapons and ammunition, Yang Chengwu definitely doesn't have them. But only grenades, Yang Chengwu still has a lot of them.
Hand grenades are very simple to make and can be made in almost all major arsenals in the country. The Central Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, and even some local troops all equip them in large quantities.
When the Jinsui Army and the Central Army were defeated some time ago, a large number of grenades were left on the retreat road and eventually ended up in the hands of ordinary people.
After the establishment of the First Military Division, in order to collect weapons and equipment to expand the troops, the military region specially organized people to collect weapons and ammunition among the people to fight the Japanese.
In the end, not many rifles and bullets were collected, but two to three thousand grenades, which had little effect on the people, were collected.
In addition to the equipment for the troops, Yang Chengwu still had a total of 500 pills in stock.
After hearing Wang Ping's request, Yang Chengwu agreed without thinking: "Okay, I'll give you fifty Jin-made grenades. Time is running out, Staff Officer Wang, I'll leave this to you."
After being asked to leave behind two boxes of grenades and a platoon of thirty-one new recruits, Yang Chengwu took several hundred people and retreated towards the woods on a hasty march.
At this moment, the gunshots from the direction of the county seat were becoming more and more intensive. Many of them included the sound of machine gun fire. Wang Ping immediately realized that the guard company could no longer hold its position.
Watching hundreds of people slowly disappear, Wang Ping immediately gathered together the platoon of recruits left by the commander.
Looking at the first batch of subordinates after time travel, the confidence on Wang Ping's face suddenly disappeared, and he even felt regretful and wanted to commit suicide immediately.
In his memory, although the recruit company was not equipped with heavy weapons such as machine guns, half of the soldiers were still equipped with rifles.
Half of the recruit platoon standing in front of him was indeed equipped with rifles. But Wang Ping glanced over and couldn't find a rifle that he could like.
There are more than a dozen rifles. Except for the old sleeves carried by the platoon leader, squad leader, and four veterans, which should be able to fire, the rest are either shotguns or single-shot guns from the Qing Dynasty. Whether they can fire bullets is a question.
Although the equipment was backward, there were almost no weapons that could fight the Japanese army.
But facing the Japanese cavalry that might chase them at any time, Wang Ping knew that he had no time to buy equipment for everyone. He could only use the existing equipment and troops to find a way to block the Japanese cavalry.
Wang Ping, who had clearly seen the surrounding terrain on the way back, immediately ordered with a serious expression: "Except for the squad and platoon leaders, each ordinary soldier will receive a grenade. Bring the rest to me.
Go to the mountain ridge passing by to stop the little devil."
The mountain ridge is not high, only more than ten meters. The official road that the little devil must pass leads directly from the bottom of the beam to the top of the beam along a gentle slope, about forty meters long.
It was impossible to completely block the rapidly pursuing Japanese cavalry in such terrain. The top of the sky used gentle slopes to slow down the cavalry's pursuit. However, this was already the best terrain available around him, so Wang Ping could only make do with it.
Just when Wang Ping had a serious face and was thinking about how to deal with the enemy, several trees thicker than his thighs on both sides of the official road in Liangdi suddenly came into his sight.
"Yes!" Wang Ping's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of a trick he had learned from the time-travel novel "Rebirth of the Iron-Blooded Warrior".
Under the gazes of dozens of pairs of puzzled eyes from the recruit platoon, Wang Ping asked for leggings from several recruits.
After one grenade per person, the remaining twenty grenades in the box were directly tied into four cluster grenades by Wang Ping with leggings.
After that, he asked the recruits to find some thin threads, and then ran towards the bottom of the beam with the two squad leaders.
Zhong Yusheng, the squad leader of the first platoon and squad of the recruit company, was the platoon leader during the Long March. When the unit was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, he was directly demoted to the deputy squad leader. During the expansion of the army, he was directly transferred to the recruit company as the squad leader. He can be said to be a well-deserved veteran of the Eighth Route Army.
But even so, Zhong Yusheng couldn't figure out what Wang Ping was messing with.
Seeing Wang Ping directly tie a cluster grenade to a branch on the roadside with leggings, and then began to arrange something with thin wires. Zhong Yusheng couldn't help but asked: "Counsel Wang, what do you want?"
"Place booby traps!" Wang Ping replied without thinking.
Seeing Zhong Yusheng still staring with doubtful eyes, Wang Ping explained while doing things: "Use a thin wire to pull the grenade fuse, then straighten the thin wire and pull it to the official road. As soon as the Japanese cavalry touches this
Thin wire and the grenade will explode!"
Zhong Yusheng understood as soon as Wang Ping explained. Then he frowned and immediately raised his concerns.
"I understand, but one question is, is it okay to use grenades to deal with cavalry? The cavalry is so fast, and it takes a while for the grenade to explode after the fuse is pulled. By the time the grenade explodes, the Japanese cavalry has already run more than ten meters away.
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After casting an admiring look at Zhong Yusheng, Wang Ping replied very confidently: "You are talking about ordinary booby traps. There is really no way for ordinary booby traps to deal with one or two cavalry. However, my booby traps are extraordinary, and
We were dealing with dozens of cavalry."
"There are about thirty cavalry in a Japanese cavalry squad, and the formation can drag at least fifty meters. The cavalry in front uses grenade fuses, and they can dodge, but the cavalry behind cannot dodge."
"Also, my booby traps are a group of five grenades, and they are tied to a tree two to three meters high. From a high position, after these cluster grenades explode, they will kill the Japanese cavalry within a range of five to six meters. There is no problem at all.
No."
The worry on Zhong Yusheng's face disappeared, replaced by anticipation for these four cluster grenades.
Because he already knew the secret of setting up booby traps and watched Wang Ping arrange a booby trap, Wang Ping immediately brought another squad leader to help Wang Ping.
In less than ten minutes, all four booby traps were deployed.
After quickly cleaning up the traces he left on the road, Wang Ping quickly returned to the top of the mountain ridge and directed his troops to build temporary positions to block the Japanese cavalry that might rush over at any time.
