After watching Xiao Li leave, Captain Niu wanted Liu Gen to say a few words to the soldiers, but Liu Gen refused.
Liu Gen knew that he had not stayed in the artillery team for a long time. He had not yet learned about the specific situation of the soldiers in the artillery team. Naturally, it was not necessary to say a few words about such things. If possible, Liu Gen was still willing to spend his time on more
On meaningful things.
Seeing that Liu Gen was really not ready to say anything, Captain Niu was a little helpless. He knew that many soldiers in the artillery team had heard of Liu Gen's achievements, and even said that many soldiers had regarded Liu Gen as a target. For
For the soldiers of the artillery team, Liu Gen's achievements were enough to earn their admiration.
If Liu Gen could say a few words, the soldiers would probably be more motivated in training, but if Liu Gen didn't want to, Captain Niu wouldn't force him. Captain Niu believed that once the soldiers knew Liu Gen's identity,
So with Liu Gen here, even if he doesn't say anything, it can still have a big effect.
Thinking about Liu Gen's achievements, Captain Niu felt a little envious. He had been an artilleryman for so many years, but in real terms, he didn't seem to have as many achievements as Liu Gen. There was no way, the Japanese artillery was too powerful, and the Eighth Route Army's artillery was too weak.
, naturally I don’t dare to confront him head-on.
"Company Commander Liu, let me introduce to you the specific situation of the artillery team." Captain Niu said.
Liu Gen nodded. As an instructor of the artillery team, he also needed to understand the specific situation of the artillery team before helping the soldiers to train and improve in a targeted manner. When he arrived at the artillery company, Liu Gen only saw the soldiers here.
Regarding the performance in this training, the information learned was somewhat incomplete.
"The brigade artillery team has a total of 300 people. They captured 5 mountain guns, 6 Type 92 infantry guns, and 7 81mm mortars from the Japanese. These are all the assets we have saved with great difficulty. Our artillery team captured
The sights are insufficient, with only two sets, and some soldiers can only rely on the eye-tap method (thumb measurement method), which makes it difficult to obtain accurate distances."
"This also makes it difficult for our artillery team to effectively kill the Japanese artillery. In order to effectively kill the Japanese, the soldiers can only choose to get as close to the enemy as possible during the battle. Only in this way can the power of these artillery be unleashed.
." Captain Niu looked at Liu Gen and said with an ugly expression.
Liu Gen nodded. He understood Captain Niu's mood and chose to push the artillery into the position as much as possible. This undoubtedly meant that the soldiers of the artillery team needed to take greater risks. Such an attack method undoubtedly meant that the artillery team
The soldiers of the team will suffer more casualties.
"Captain Niu, with the number of artillery pieces our artillery team has, it should be a battalion-level organization, right?" Liu Gen asked curiously.
Captain Niu was slightly stunned, not knowing why Liu Gen would ask this, but he still nodded and said: "Yes, our artillery team is a battalion-level organization. It was called the artillery team before to prevent the bosses at the division headquarters from being greedy."
"After all, the division headquarters has only one artillery battalion. Our brigade is directly called the artillery battalion, which is somewhat problematic. However, in February 1939, the division headquarters also approved the establishment of an artillery battalion directly under our brigade. The reason why it is still called the artillery battalion is just because the brigade
The soldiers are used to shouting."
Liu Gen understood. It turned out to be the case. Before, he thought that the artillery team at the brigade headquarters would not be too big. Who would have thought that the artillery team at the brigade headquarters would be a battalion-level organization and also possess mountain artillery captured from the Japanese?
?
In Liu Gen's opinion, the biggest advantage of the 75mm mountain cannon is its range, but he doesn't know which model the brigade's five mountain cannons are.
"Captain Niu, can you take me to see the mountain artillery of the artillery team?" Liu Gen looked at Captain Niu beside him and couldn't help but ask.
Captain Niu laughed. From Liu Gen's expression, he could see that Liu Gen was a pure artilleryman. Otherwise, he would not be so anxious to see the artillery team's mountain artillery. In the independent regiment, Liu Gen could not touch it.
When it comes to mountain artillery, and now that the artillery team has Japanese mountain artillery, Liu Gen naturally wants to study it.
"Okay, I'll take you there." Captain Niu said with a smile.
Under the leadership of Captain Niu, Liu Gen walked towards the rear of the artillery team, where all the artillery of the artillery team were hidden. Liu Gen couldn't wait, hoping to see the artillery team's mountain artillery as soon as possible. Most importantly, Liu Gen wanted to know
Do the mountain artillery pieces in the artillery force have the Japanese Type 94 mountain artillery?
There are three types of mountain cannons equipped by the Japs: the Type 41 75mm mountain cannon, with a range of 6,000 meters; the Type 94, 75mm mountain cannon, with a range of 8,300 meters; and the last one is the Type 99, 150mm mountain cannon, which is a Japs heavy artillery.
One, the range is 7500 meters!
"This is where all the artillery of our artillery team is hidden." Ten minutes later, Captain Niu stopped and pointed to a cave.
Liu Gen looked at the cave with obvious heat in his eyes, and he had the urge to rush in directly.
"Let's go, I'll take you in, I see you can't wait any longer." Captain Niu said with a smile.
Soon, Liu Gen and the two walked into the cave, which was guarded by soldiers. Beyond these soldiers, Liu Gen could see all the artillery of the artillery team placed here, including the Type 92 infantry cannon, 81mm mortars, and
The mountain cannon that Liu Gen wanted to see the most.
Liu Gen's eyes lit up slightly as he glanced at the five mountain cannons on display, "There are actually two Japanese 94-type mountain cannons here?"
"Haha, I didn't expect you, Captain Liu, have very accurate eyesight. Yes, these two Type 94 mountain cannons are the treasure of our artillery team. They are rarely used in daily battles." Captain Niu said with a smile.
Liu Gen nodded. The 94-type mountain cannon weighed more than 500 kilograms, which was quite inconvenient to transport. What's more, the 386 brigade's battles on weekdays were all small-scale and needed to be fought quickly. Using such a heavy mountain cannon
Of course it's not necessary.
"How's it going? Are Company Commander Liu satisfied with these mountain cannons?" Captain Niu looked at Liu Gen and asked with a smile.
Liu Gen nodded seriously, naturally satisfied. That was quite satisfactory. Being able to have a mountain cannon, as long as the opportunity was right, was enough to arm-wrestle with the Japanese artillery version. But Liu Gen didn't know how the soldiers of the artillery team controlled these.
Is there any problem with the mountain cannon?
"In this battle, our artillery team should use all its possessions. I don't know how much we can bring back in the end." Captain Niu said in a depressed mood.
Thinking of this battle, Captain Niu felt a little uneasy. The Japanese artillery was not weak. Compared with the Japanese, the artillery team of the 386th Brigade was still too weak. In a head-on battle, they might not be a match for the Japanese.
Seeing Captain Niu's sad expression, Liu Gen quickly comforted him: "Captain Niu, you have to have confidence in the soldiers of the artillery team. The soldiers train so hard and don't actually fight for a few times. How do you know that they are not the opponents of the Japanese artillery?"