In the anti-gun cave located halfway up the mountain, everyone witnessed this thrilling aerial ambush.
Although the entire battle lasted less than half a minute, no, the actual shooting time was less than twenty seconds. However, the blood of Commander Nie and Yang Chengwu was boiling.
The Japanese planes, which the Eighth Route Army usually had no recourse against, were so vulnerable to the independent regiment. In such a short time, three bombers were gone.
If he hadn't witnessed a normal battle with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it even if the independent group reported such results.
Commander Nie was the first to react from the shock, then turned around and ordered Cheng Xiao.
"Political Commissar Cheng, contact Wang Ping immediately. Don't withdraw the troops who just participated in the battle. I want to go see them and see how our heroes brought down the Japs plane. I want to learn from their experience and then teach them personally.
Please take credit!”
Not long after, Commander Nie saw the air defense company and a dozen machine gunners who had been temporarily transferred.
With just one glance, Commander Nie caught the eye of the nine modified anti-aircraft machine guns, and he realized that these modified heavy machine guns must have played a big role in why the independent regiment was able to shoot down three aircraft.
But in front of nearly two hundred soldiers, Commander Nie still suppressed his inner doubts. After speaking words of encouragement to the troops for several minutes, he walked to the heavy machine gun with a high stand and asked Wang Ping.
"Captain Wang, if I guess correctly, these heavy machine guns should have been modified by you!"
Wang Ping said nothing, and Cheng Xiao next to him could only reply: "The commander is wise, they were all modified by our regiment leader, and the air defense company was also established at the request of the regiment leader!"
Yang Chengwu, who was standing next to him, frowned and asked: "No, according to the equipment and organization reported by your independent regiment, the entire independent regiment plus local troops only have 21 heavy machine guns. How come there are nine more machine guns all of a sudden? Do you think the regiment has more machine guns?"
The direct heavy machine gun company was changed to an air defense company!"
"Commander, it's up to me to explain this!" Cheng Xiao continued to answer.
"The heavy machine gun company has not changed, there are still nine Type 92 heavy machine guns. As for the nine heavy machine guns of the air defense company, it is an unexpected surprise brought to us by the regiment commander!"
"An unexpected surprise? How do you say it?" Yang Chengwu stared at Cheng Xiao and asked.
Commander Nie glanced at Wang Ping thoughtfully, then turned to look at Cheng Xiao, waiting for the next step.
Cheng Xiao immediately replied: "The last time the Japanese army attacked our independent regiment, because they dispatched aircraft and a large number of artillery units, a lot of equipment of us and the Japanese was destroyed, including more than a dozen heavy machine guns, both ours and the Japanese.
We brought them all back!"
"It was impossible for so much equipment to rust in the warehouse, so the regiment leader ordered the logistics department to set up a repair shop. The regiment leader personally stayed in the repair shop and taught the soldiers how to repair rifles, machine guns, and artillery for ten days.
time."
"I didn't expect that it was really successful in the end. Nine of the dozen scrapped heavy machine guns were repaired by the repair shop."
"In order to make up for our lack of anti-aircraft firepower in the face of Japanese aircraft, the regiment commander asked the repair shop to build these high tripods. A heavy machine gun can be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun by placing it on the high tripod. No need to replace it with a high tripod.
An ordinary tripod can be used as an ordinary heavy machine gun!"
"Even the heavy machine gun has been repaired, Wang Ping, tell me what else you can't do." Yang Chengwu couldn't help but exclaimed.
Then he stared at Cheng Xiao and asked: "Political Commissar Cheng, you just said that your armory can also repair rifles, light machine guns, and artillery!"
Cheng Xiao could tell at a glance that the commander was planning to attack his own repair shop, and hesitantly replied: "We all go back to repair. But there are too few people. Only a few people can repair, and everyone else can only help!"
Yang Chengwu immediately understood the meaning of Cheng Xiao's words: "It's impossible to poach people from the independent regiment's armory."
Wang Ping also heard the meaning of the two men's words, and suggested with an idea: "Two chiefs, I have a suggestion: you can send someone to the Independent Regiment Armory to learn to repair weapons. As long as he has the foundation of a craftsman, he has a certain
I promise to teach them the culture in three months!”
Yang Chengwu reacted immediately, frowned and asked: "No, why can the soldiers of the independent regiment learn it in ten days, and why do the soldiers we send take three months?"
Wang Ping quickly replied: "Chief, I promise I'm not hiding anything. Those in the repair shop have only scratched the surface. They are still far from truly learning. They are still in the process of learning and trying."
"That's pretty much it!" Yang Chengwu replied with a sigh of relief.
Then he ordered: "When I get back, I will recruit twenty soldiers."
Commander Nie, who had been in shock and said nothing, also decided: "The military region has also dispatched thirty soldiers. Commander Wang, you must teach them!"
"Please rest assured, chief, there will be no problem!" Wang Ping answered readily.
Then he continued to the two people: "Chief, there should be a lot of scrapped weapons and equipment in the military division! Instead of waiting in the warehouse for a few months, it is better to send them to me directly. There are too many to mention, three of them were damaged by the bombing
Our repair shop can still handle the replacement of the rifle with a new one!”
Yang Chengwu shot two rays of light directly out of his eyes, then stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Jun Wuxi, light and heavy machine guns, as well as artillery, can all be calculated according to this ratio!"
"Anything is fine!" Wang Ping answered confidently.
At this time, not only Yang Chengwu was moved, Commander Nie was also moved.
When fighting against the Japs, because of their superior firepower, the Japs often attack with aircraft bombing and artillery shelling.
In this case, the Eighth Route Army not only suffered heavy casualties, but also suffered serious equipment losses.
Not to mention anything else, Yang Chengwu's First Army Division alone had accumulated a large number of weapons that had been damaged by bombings on the battlefield. More than two thousand weapons were definitely indispensable.
According to Wang Ping's ratio, that would be seven to eight hundred new guns, plus some light and heavy machine guns and artillery, enough to form a regiment in one division.
Although there are not many scrapped weapons accumulated in the military region, there are a lot of them in the other three military regions. There must be four to five thousand of them.
If they were all sent here, that would be at least 1,500 new guns.
As long as there are weapons, the military region will definitely be able to form two more regiments before the Japanese army's full-scale encirclement and suppression begins. By then, the military region will have more trump cards in the anti-encirclement and suppression operations, and the chance of defeating the Japanese will be greater!
The excited Commander Nie immediately asked: "I will collect 5,000 scrapped rifles for you. How many good rifles can you repair and how long will it take?"
"Chief, are you in a hurry?" Wang Ping asked tentatively.
"Urgent, very urgent, you will know the reason soon!" Commander Nie did not hide anything.
Wang Ping immediately realized that something big was happening in the military region. After some hesitation, he decisively replied: "Two thousand can be repaired, but it will take a month. If the soldiers transferred by the two chiefs can come over early to help, I can compress the time to
Twenty days!”
"There are no jokes in the army!" Commander Nie asked, staring at Wang Ping.
"Just twenty days, counting from the time the guns arrive to me, you can take away 500 guns in five days!" Wang Ping answered seriously.
"Okay, I'll send a telegram to the chief of staff right away and start transporting guns here now!" Commander Nie was also very happy!
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