It was ten days before Wang Ping left the logistics office.
For ten days, Wang Ping spent most of his time in the newly established repair shop.
The results were remarkable. Under his step-by-step guidance, more than a dozen soldiers who had worked as blacksmiths and carpenters, three learned to disassemble and assemble rifles, two learned to disassemble armed light machine guns, one learned to repair heavy machine guns, and one learned to repair heavy machine guns.
People learned to repair artillery.
More importantly, in the course of several days of teaching students, three heavy machine guns were successfully repaired.
Because the heavy machine guns equipped by the troops were already in full order, facing the three extra heavy machine guns, Wang Ping had an idea and directly thought of the anti-aircraft machine guns that even the Japanese rarely equipped.
In the battle that just ended, the Independent Regiment lost nearly two thousand soldiers. At least half of these losses were caused by Japanese aircraft.
The Bullying Independent Regiment was not equipped with anti-aircraft weapons, so the Japanese bombers flew almost close to the battlefield. The lower the flying altitude, the higher the hit rate of the bombs, and the losses of the troops were greatly increased.
If the independent regiment had weapons that could shoot into the air at that time, even if it could not knock down the Japanese bombers from the sky, the intensive anti-aircraft firepower could force the Japanese bombers to stay away from the ground and not dare to drop bombs at low altitudes.
In this way, the hit rate of bombing will be reduced, and the losses caused to the troops due to air strikes on the battlefield will also be greatly reduced.
"Make a high stand for the heavy machine gun so that it can shoot in the air, so that when the independent regiment faces the Japanese bombers in the future, they will not have any room to fight back and can only be beaten passively!" Wang Ping immediately thought of a very special thought.
Bold ideas.
There is no shortage of carpenters and craftsmen in the repair shop. In a few days, a high tripod is completed.
Although the main body of the high tripod is a wooden structure, only part of the position is reinforced with iron. However, after testing, there is no problem at all when a heavy machine gun is mounted on it and fired in the air.
Therefore, Wang Ping directly issued the first order to the repair shop before leaving.
"Director Jiang, I will give you one month to repair all the scrapped heavy machine guns in the warehouse and make the same number of high tripods. Once completed, send them to the regiment headquarters. I want to set up an air defense company!"
He also watched the production process of Jiang Hongchun's tripod. It was not difficult. As long as there are people, it is very simple to complete the task. Therefore, he confidently gave Wang Ping a positive answer.
After finishing, he did not forget to report: "Captain, the egg production of the chicken farm yesterday exceeded 600 eggs. The target you set for the chicken farm will definitely be achieved."
"In addition, I have contacted some businessmen in Laiyuan City. They are very interested in the eggs in our hands and have said that they will accept as many as they have."
"In addition, they are also very interested in the chickens we have! The price they paid is also very high!"
"I asked someone to check. Some of them are working for the Japanese, and some are working for the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army. They must have all kinds of supplies we need. I plan to contact them and start giving them to them next month.
Send eggs!”
"Because of the war, the common people have very few livestock, especially in the areas occupied by the Japanese army. They can't buy any if they want to. Whether it's the Japanese or the Jinsui Army and the Central Army who have money, they are very fond of eggs and live chickens.
They want as much as they desire."
Wang Ping once again looked at Jiang Hongchun with admiration.
After being shocked, he immediately replied: "As long as the needs of the troops are met, whether eggs or live chickens, we can sell them to them!"
"The same goes for egg-laying hens. As long as the egg-laying speed is slow, they can be sold!"
"However, I have a request. All cadres and soldiers in the regiment must eat one egg every two days and meat every three days. The average number must be two taels of chicken!"
"In addition, if possible, the logistics department can also build a pig and sheep factory in the woods. The scale does not need to be too large. It can first meet the needs of the army and then expand the scale for export and make money for the army!"
Wang Ping looked at Jiang Hongchun with admiration, and Jiang Hongchun was also full of shock and admiration for Wang Ping.
He recorded what Wang Ping just said almost word for word, and then said to Wang Ping.
"Regiment Commander, do you want me to send someone to deliver these three modified heavy machine guns to the regiment headquarters now?"
Wang Ping replied without thinking: "Of course I will send them over. With these three heavy machine guns, an air defense company can be established first and then trained."
"Our principle is that people wait for guns, and there must never be a situation where guns wait for people!"
At the independent regiment headquarters, Cheng Xiao, who was greeting Wang Ping at the headquarters, showed an expression of incomprehension when he saw the equipment Wang Ping brought back from the logistics department.
"Captain? This is a heavy machine gun. Why is there such a high tripod? Do you plan to put the heavy machine gun directly into the trench and let the machine gunner stand and shoot!"
Wang Ping replied with a mysterious look: "This is not to fight the Japanese. I made it specifically to fight the Japanese planes!"
Cheng Xiao directly asked with an expression of disbelief: "Airplane, Commander, are you kidding me? A heavy machine gun can masturbate an airplane!"
Wang Ping said nothing and directly ordered the soldiers carrying heavy machine guns behind him to arm the machine guns.
Soon, a heavy machine gun as tall as a person appeared at the entrance of the regiment.
Without saying a word, Wang Ping walked directly to the heavy machine gun and gently pressed the heavy machine gun down. The black muzzle was pointed at the sky, and it could also rotate at a large angle!
After a demonstration, he explained to Cheng Xiao: "The Type 92 heavy machine gun has an effective range of one thousand meters, and it must have an effective anti-air range of eight hundred meters."
"At a distance of five hundred meters, a heavy machine gun bullet can penetrate even an eight-millimeter-thick steel plate, let alone the little devil's iron-clad plane!"
"When the time comes, a dozen of these machine guns will be focused on a Japanese plane and fired at it. Even if the dense bullets cannot make it explode in the air, they will still turn it into a hornet's nest. At that time, it will be up to him whether the plane can fly back.
Good luck!"
"I assembled these three machine guns from scrapped heavy machine guns in the warehouse. I should be able to assemble quite a few of the remaining scrapped heavy machine guns. I plan to install high stands on them all and use these machine guns to form an air defense company. The key is
time, give the little devil plane a big surprise."
"Even if the anti-aircraft company on the battlefield cannot shoot down a single Japanese plane, as long as the anti-aircraft company exists, when the Japanese planes come to bomb us again, they will not dare to carry out low-altitude bombing. In this way, the casualties that the Japanese planes can cause us will be much smaller.
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"It's really possible!" Cheng Xiao immediately thought of the big battle that just ended.
In that battle, in order to increase the hit rate of bombs, Japanese planes flew and bombed almost above everyone's heads.
At an altitude of less than 100 meters, if there were more than a dozen of these machine guns shooting into the air together, it would really be possible to shoot down the Japanese bomber.
"Captain, I agree to establish an air defense company!" Cheng Xiao immediately replied after some thought.
Wang Ping did not hesitate and directly ordered to Chief of Staff Zeng Quan: "Chief of Staff, you will be responsible. The air defense company will be temporarily composed of 150 people. You will choose the company commander, and the political commissar will make the decision. In three days, the air defense company will be established.
Even if the company is stationed around the regiment headquarters for training, it can also protect the safety of the regiment headquarters!"
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