The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 373 If a person is unlucky, he will hit his heel if he farts
Du Aiguo, the commander of the fifth battalion, was quite aggrieved after talking about the firepower configuration of the fifth battalion: "Commander, among the five battalions in our regiment, our fifth battalion has the worst firepower configuration, and the development of equipment is too slow."

From the perspective of the independent regiment, the firepower configuration of these five battalions is indeed at the bottom.

Kong Jie's old face couldn't help but twitch. The Fifth Battalion Commander can definitely use five words to describe him - "Old Versailles".

Facing the solemn call of the fifth battalion commander, Kong Jie looked at Wang Leihu, the first battalion commander, and said, "First battalion commander, tell me about the equipment of our independent regiment at the beginning of last year."

"Yes!" Wang Leihu responded, and said with a smile: "Leader, at the beginning of last year, the equipment of our independent regiment was really incomparable to what it is now. I remember we fought against a transport team of devils in Xiaolingou. .

At that time, when the three battalion commanders reported their family background, you, the regimental commander, were dumbfounded.

Take our first battalion as an example, the first battalion has always been the best equipped battalion of our independent regiment.

But there are more than 350 people in the whole battalion, only 250 rifles, and only 4 light machine guns. As for heavy machine guns, let alone the first battalion, our whole regiment does not have a single one.

Those who hold guns can count the number of bullets distributed per capita in their pockets.

Not to mention the small number of light machine guns, there were no more than two hundred rounds of ammunition.

Later, you were the regimental commander who ordered all the rifles, machine guns, bullets, and grenades of the three battalions to be concentrated in one battalion, and replaced the recruits of the first battalion with veterans. Only then did we barely fight an ambush and successfully take down the devils transport team. "

Wang Leihu said that the situation of the former independent regiment's backward equipment and scarce ammunition seemed to be in sight.

Kong Jie said: "Patriotic, you joined our independent regiment later. I'm afraid you don't know much about the situation of our independent regiment at the beginning of the year. Now I will ask Lei Hu to tell you. What do you think of the equipment of your Fifth Battalion? how?"

Du Aiguo stopped talking, the two were simply incomparable.

Wang Leihu smiled and said, "It's no exaggeration to say that the firepower configuration of your five battalions now, for one battalion, even exceeds that of one regiment of our independent regiment."

Kong Jie said: "In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, our equipment was very poor, that is, our regular infantry regiment with a numerical designation. Except for the standard strength of about 2700 people, the lack of other firepower configuration is distressing."

"At that time, our Eighth Route Army had only one mountain artillery company and six mortar batteries, and the ammunition was quite limited, with only twenty or thirty rounds per cannon. The headquarters would never issue an order to use it until it was fatal. .”

"If it is divided evenly in this way, each regiment can only be allocated one mortar. Just like this, it is still a regular infantry regiment with a numerical designation, and it will not be our independent regiment's turn at all.

Remember the Battle of Cangyun Ridge?
If I hadn't got the mortar of Lao Li's Xinyi regiment before the battle, how could our independent regiment kill the headquarters of the Bantian regiment with one shot? "

"At that time, each infantry company was only equipped with three light machine guns, and the infantry battalion could also be equipped with several heavy machine guns, but the light and heavy machine guns were of various types, seriously aging, and seriously insufficient in ammunition."

"Our division's light and heavy machine guns only have more than [-] rounds of ammunition, each heavy machine gun has less than [-] rounds of ammunition, and each light machine gun has only about [-] rounds of ammunition."

"As for the rifles mainly used in combat, we had regular infantry regiments with numbers at that time, such as the [-]st Regiment and the [-]nd Regiment, the absolute main force of our brigade at that time."

"The whole regiment is equipped with more than a thousand guns, and the models are still very complicated. As far as our division's rifles are concerned, there are more than a dozen types of guns, some of which are unusable, and the rifling is almost worn out. Ten rounds."

"Two or three people can carry a gun, and there are very few bayonets. At that time, most rifles did not have bayonets. Our entire division only had 55 bayonets, which were not enough to equip two platoons."

"Speaking of which, you think it's difficult, so where is it going?"

"Later, when we fought against the little devils, sacrifices were inevitable. The army must be expanded, right? With the expansion of the army, the weapons and ammunition at hand are limited, and the actual standard of equipped weapons will continue to decline."

"For example, like our independent regiment, a combat unit that is not ranked in the national army's battle order at all."

"When it was first formed, there was no heavy machine gun in the whole regiment, but only one or two light machine guns. The spare bullets for the machine guns did not exceed a hundred rounds, and the average bullets for each person were less than three rounds. Three people could carry a gun. .”

"Every time we fight with the devils, we fire two or three shots and then run away. The little devils laugh at us, saying that we are three shots, but are the devils wrong? They are right. If the three bullets are used up, if If we don't withdraw, we can only fight the little devil with bayonets."

"But is that bayonet fighting? The devils are holding bayonets, and we don't even have enough kitchen knives."

"But with such outdated equipment and scarce ammunition, our independent regiment has developed in less than a year, and has the scale it currently has."

"Look now, one of his five battalions has four or five heavy machine guns, and more than 30 light machine guns. As a result, the five battalion commanders are still poor."

"Tell me, is this plausible?"

When Kong Jie said this, the battalion commander and instructors who came back to their senses couldn't help bursting into laughter.

Even the Fifth Battalion Commander Du Aiguo scratched his head in embarrassment.

As far as the equipment of the fifth battalion is concerned, it is somewhat insufficient compared with the other battalions, but this kind of firepower configuration is much better than when he was a regimental commander in the North China Security Army.

Du Aiguo said with a smile: "Commander, what you said is really the case. You see, our Fifth Battalion now has 12 people in a squad, and basically can be assigned a light machine gun and a [-] small cannon (modified) In addition, the squad leader is also equipped with a shell gun, and the team can also be assigned one or two submachine guns as close-combat firepower.

How powerful is this firepower configuration?
We know that this devil's squad, even if it is an infantry combat squad of a Type A division, is only equipped with two light machine guns and two grenade launchers.

As for their small team, the standard number is between 54 and 72 people, which is about the strength of our two platoons.

If we had two platoons, we would have six light machine guns and six [-]-point cannons, three times as many as the devils. To some extent, our firepower configuration is enough to crush the little devils . "

Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan said: "This is the truth, the development of our independent regiment over the past year or so sometimes feels like a dream to me.

Now we have what the devils have, and we have what the devils don't have, and the number is more than that of the little devils.

We can produce grenades that we can repair, and there are also explosive kits produced by Feitianfen. We can repair the damaged weapons of the devils after they are seized, and we can modify the ones that are not good in performance.

Take this devil's grenadier as an example. After taking it back, our armory will transform it into a [-] small cannon. It is more powerful than the devil's and has a longer range than the devil's. Once on the battlefield, our five The zero cannon can hit the devil's grenadier.

That's it, I went to the armory two days ago, Dong San told me, what kind of grenade is the armory still working on recently!
I asked, what is this grenade?
Director Dong told me that it is a weapon that can launch modified grenades from rifles, and can throw grenades to a distance of more than 100 meters.

Now it’s all right, let’s count from the distance, within 40 to 40 meters, we will use grenade firepower to cover, after [-] meters, we will use this rifle grenade firepower to cover, and then, our light and heavy machine gun firepower, There is also the [-] small artillery in the rear, my good guy, basically covering the entire firepower, if there is a positional battle again, we will be worthy of his little devil. "

After Shen Quan finished speaking, the cadres couldn't help applauding.

In the past, because of backward equipment and scarce ammunition, he was aggrieved by being oppressed and beaten by devils, but now he can finally get rid of his shame.

Kong Jie said: "This is what I want to tell everyone. In the past, our independent regiment had poor equipment and insufficient ammunition.

But even under that kind of difficult conditions, we can still win every battle. Now your battalions and companies are equipped with equipment. If you don’t play well and dishonor the name of our independent regiment, I see you How can these battalion commanders and instructors have old faces? "

Shen Quan immediately said: "Leader, just watch it. If there is another big battle, this little devil will know how powerful our independent regiment is sooner or later."

Kong Jie said: "Let's talk about the equipment first. I still want to remind you battalion commanders and instructors that we used to have poor equipment, so we had this kind of firepower fear syndrome.

What does that mean?Whenever we think of a way, we always want to get more equipment from our team. "

"It's like a person who has been hungry all year round and suddenly becomes a local rich man. After that, every meal must be full."

"But what I want to remind you is that this is putting the cart before the horse and losing your heart."

"Our Eighth Route Army has been able to fight the little devils in the difficult environment behind the enemy lines, and has persisted in developing and growing until now. What is it that relies on it?
By gradually equipped weapons?

No, it depends on the combat awareness of our soldiers; it depends on the unity of our team; it depends on our continuous exploration and progress in actual combat; it depends on our close integration with the masses of the people. The fundamental magic weapon. "

"So while our battalions are strengthening their weapons and equipment, they must not relax for a moment in military training, as well as military and political education for soldiers."

"In the past, you always said that the national army's equipment is good, but it is a typical example of occupying the latrine and not shitting. All the good equipment is given to the little devils. Now that our equipment is also good, you have to set an example and let them Let the national soldiers take a good look at how the equipment at hand is used to fight."

"Yes--"

The cadres who were reminded by Kong Jie's words responded in unison and benefited a lot.

Then turning to the main topic, Kong Jie said: "To deal with the problem of the surplus of guns and ammunition that our independent regiment is currently stockpiling.

The size of our team is to be considered for further expansion.

But this matter must be done steadily and steadily, and the foundation must not be damaged.

Compared with the three old battalions, the fifth and fourth battalions have a slightly unstable foundation. The scale of this expansion should not be too fast. First, select a group of good seedlings from the local army and militia, and temporarily add a new platoon The number of staff can be slightly larger, initially set at around 60 people.

Bring out this batch of recruits and make them into the ranks.

As for the first battalion, the second battalion and the third battalion, you can temporarily add a recruit company. After the recruit company is trained, cancel the establishment of the recruit company and add recruits to your battalions.

Our regiment and battalion-level organization will remain unchanged for the time being. You three battalions may consider pulling out a fourth or fifth combat company. "

"Yes!"

The cadres responded, and the faces of the battalion commanders were full of joy. Finally, the army can be expanded again.

Kong Jie added with a smile: "Comrades, the development and growth of our independent regiment is just at the beginning. In the future, the equipment will be better and the scale will be larger. By then, there will be a shortage of cadres.

You battalion commanders and instructors, after you return to the army, on the one hand, you must do all the work in the battalion well, and on the other hand, you must focus on training military cadres. "

"For example, the deputy battalion commanders of your battalions, those of you who are battalion commanders and instructors, you have to mention more when you have nothing to do. After the battalion-level organization is expanded in the future, you must let them take the top."

"Of course, this is also our old tradition of responding to combat emergencies. The battalion commander is gone, the deputy battalion commander is on top, the deputy battalion commander is gone, and the company commander is on top. We must continue to carry forward and pass on the spirit of the old Red Army. go down."

"After the recruits join the army, on the one hand, they should step up military affairs and military training to let them adapt to the rhythm of our independent regiment as soon as possible."

"On the other hand, only by remembering the history of the regiment can our troops go further. We must tell you more about the experience of our independent regiment along the way."

"Joining our independent regiment, this is a big family. If you don't even know the history of our independent regiment, how can you be regarded as a soldier of our independent regiment?"

"Wenjie, I'll leave this task to you, you young man, be motivated."

"Yes, please don't worry, the leader, and promise to complete the task!" Li Wenjie, the instructor of the Fifth Battalion, replied.

Then the meeting continued, and the cadres discussed the expansion of the army, as well as defense and various aspects of construction.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour before it came to an end.

……

……

But said the other side.

On that day, Li Yunlong led the team and [-]% of the equipment that he had been allocated, and returned from the independent regiment to the new second regiment's resident, with an old face all the way, no smile in sight.

When returning to the station, the second battalion commander led people to greet him from a distance.

As the two sides approached, the Second Battalion Commander stared hard at the team.

Li Yunlong, who just hit the muzzle of the gun and was robbed by the brigade commander's congratulations on getting rich, was not in a good mood, and scolded: "Damn it, don't look at it, you didn't catch the fart."

After speaking, Li Yunlong left the team and walked towards the regiment headquarters.

The second battalion commander was a little dumbfounded by the scolding, and looked at the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao, "Da Biao, what's the situation? Could it be that the process of dealing with the recalcitrant [-]st Regiment this time was not smooth?"

Zhang Dabiao said: "Why didn't it go smoothly? It just went too smoothly. When we went there, the Devil Squadron was wiped out, and all the guns of the [-]st Regiment were confiscated along the way."

The commander of the second battalion looked at the few rifles that the team hadn't brought back, and said in amazement: "No way, the 3000st regiment has two to three thousand people anyway, how did you get back this little equipment?"

Zhang Dabiao smiled wryly and said: "Don't mention it. We won the battle originally. Head Kong invited our comrades who participated in the war to go to the independent regiment for a New Year's dinner. The head of the group was very happy and took us there. Guess what happened?"

"Good guy, the brigade commander and the leader are all waiting at the regiment headquarters of the independent regiment! As soon as the regiment commander entered the room, he shot at the gun. You said it was a big Chinese New Year. The two regiment leaders were not at the regiment headquarters. They seized such a large When a batch of equipment comes back, can the brigade commander be unhappy when he sees it? When he left, he packed two-thirds of it."

Second Battalion Commander: "..."

"That's it. Originally, according to the distribution we agreed with Commander Kong this time, our new second regiment can get at least more than 600 rifles, three to five heavy machine guns, and two mountain cannons. "

"Right now, there are only this heavy machine gun left, about two hundred rifles, and some military supplies."

The second battalion commander was also dumbfounded: "No way, this is too bad luck, no wonder the regiment commander is in a bad mood. But, Da Biao, there is something that may cause embarrassment."

"What's the matter?"

"You know, our new second regiment has just been formed, and our foundation is weak. Although we have won many battles since its establishment, our regiment leader also saved a lot of wealth when he was the deputy head of the independent regiment, but our regiment's Under the circumstances, more than 500 comrades are basically the standard configuration of a rifle, and there is no surplus. These days, the army has expanded and many teams have been added, so the guns are even more scarce."

"Before taking your first battalion to fight against the [-]st regiment this time, the regiment leader let go of his words. He said that if he went out to fight this time, he would be able to bring back at least five or six hundred rifles."

"So..." The second battalion commander scratched his head, and said awkwardly: "At that time, the head of the regiment was in high spirits, and with a wave of his hand, he took out a batch of rifles from the team and gave them to the comrades of the local army, but now... As a result, You just bring back this bit of equipment..."

The Second Battalion Commander didn't finish his sentence, but Zhang Dabiao reacted immediately, and said with a dull face: "You mean that after this gun is sent out, we soldiers don't have enough guns, right?"

The corner of the second battalion commander's mouth was full of bitterness, "Who said it wasn't? At that time, the soldiers heard that the regiment commander could bring five or six hundred good guns when he came back this time, so there was no hesitation, and they hurriedly took the guns they had wanted to replace for a long time. The old guns were thrown to comrades in the local army."

Zhang Dabiao: "..."

Early the next morning.

The commander of the second battalion was afraid of being scolded, so he didn't dare to report it, so he entrusted the matter to Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion. Zhang Dabiao could only report the matter to Li Yunlong on the scalp.

New Second Regiment, Regiment Headquarters.

Li Yunlong scolded directly, "Damn, if people get unlucky these days, they can hit their heels if they fart. Why did I encounter all kinds of bad luck?"

Zhang Dabiao stood aside with a wry smile on his face, he didn't dare to interrupt casually.

"Da Biao, let me tell you what the hell did you do? We haven't got the equipment here yet, so why did you distribute the guns to the local army first?"

Li Yunlong was wronged for saying that, Zhang Dabiao said aggrievedly: "Regimental Commander, the second battalion commander took care of the matter, and you gave the order yourself, you must have forgotten it, right?"

"My order?"

"Ok!"

Lao Li suddenly had a toothache, hey, he had to solve the stupid thing he did even if he was kneeling.

Sure enough, in the morning, the unsuspecting company commanders arrived.

What are you here for?
Pretend to be poor!

The commander of the Ninth Company led a platoon with empty hands, and when they saw each other, they began to cry: "Regimental Commander, I followed your order to take out all the commonly used guns in the hands of comrades and give them to the local government. Army comrades.

Commander, you promised to issue new guns, why haven't there been any movements yet?Everyone couldn't wait any longer, so let's ask about the situation together. "

The commander of the seventh company also brought a squad of soldiers with him. He bought all the old sleeves from I don't know where, and he was called poor when he met him:

"Head, look, the other companies are made with the [-]th Type and Hanyang, and we haven't even replaced the old sleeves yet! You have seized the equipment this time, but you have to keep up with our company's equipment first. "

"Captain!"

"Captain—"

"..."

The voices of being poor caused Li Yunlong a headache. Li Yunlong couldn't help but cursed: "Okay, don't bother to quarrel. Can you all have something to do? What are you called poor? Isn't it just a gun? I gave it to you." You find a way to go."

After scolding all the company commanders away from the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong, who had nothing to do, had to bring some gifts, took the guard Hu Zi, and headed towards the county brigade.

...Damn it, the gun that our old Li accidentally gave you, I have to come back for the time being, isn't it too much?
(End of this chapter)