The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 376

The Garand semi-automatic rifle is also known as "Quick Eight Grains", and some people call it Big Eight Grains.

As for the Soviet-made Bobosha in front of me, it is actually not that different from the Fifty Chong. In addition, Xia Yuan has master-level firearms, so he knows how to use this gun just by touching it, and it is naturally handy to disassemble it. .

Everyone watched Xia Yuan's demonstration seriously.

The machine gunner Liu Tiezhu not far away opened a box, and suddenly shouted: "Come and see, there are still shells, look, look."

Liu Tiezhu's words attracted all the soldiers in the yard. They stretched their necks and looked at the box in front of him.

A soldier picked it up carefully, moved it a bit, felt a little heavy, and put it down again, "It's really heavy, heavier than the shells of the small steel cannon, but it looks weird."

The Xiaogang Cannon is actually a small-caliber mortar used by the little Japanese devils, including grenades. After being captured by the Eighth Route Army in large quantities, it was not only used in the War of Resistance Against Japan, but also played a huge role in the subsequent War of Liberation. Xiaogang The shells of the cannon are as big as the palm of an adult.

"Our platoon leader must know." Wang Xiaoliang turned around and called Xia Yuan over, "Platoon leader, platoon leader, come and take a look, what kind of shell is this, it looks so strange."

Xia Yuan took a closer look, squatted down and took a look, there was written in Russian on it, and said, "This guy is not a shell, it's an anti-tank grenade, specially used to deal with tanks."

Upon hearing this, Liu Tiezhu slapped his thigh and said: "Great, this is a grenade that can blow up iron bastards. I have seen tanks when I was fighting devils. At that time, nine soldiers were sacrificed to kill one tank. If this thing can solve the tank, you don’t need to suffer so much, platoon leader, you need to ask the company commander to bring back more of this thing.”

Xia Yuan was silent and didn't speak. He said in his heart that when more American super bazookas were seized on the battlefield, they would be an important weapon against American tanks. The super bazooka, also known as the big horn, was seized from the U.S. military during the Yunshan Battle, and then shipped back to China. In the Yangshen 52 Arsenal, the military workers of New China successfully imitated it in a short period of time and finalized the production. Beginning in May 1951, this new weapon entered North Korea in large quantities under the name of "Type 5 Bazooka", and became a sharp weapon for anti-tank and anti-fortification.

The bustle here also attracted a head of the Military Supply Department. Hearing Xia Yuan's words, he walked over and said, "Do you know this comrade?"

Xia Yuan turned his head and immediately saluted and said hello: "Chief! I know it. I have seen it used by troops of the national army before."

He told a lie. This anti-tank grenade was also used in the Battle of Shangganling. When Comrade Wang Yongmeng died, he used it to blow up the enemy's bunkers. However, it is too heavy for ordinary soldiers to take it It was far away, and the bunker was not completely blown up.At that time, the national army bought a lot of weapons from the Americans, and they were all captured by the People's Liberation Army in the end. The Jiang Group was called the "Captain of the Transport Team". Among them, the rocket launchers, also known as bazookas, were captured.

As for whether there are anti-tank grenades, who knows, maybe there are, but few people have seen them.

The chief said: "This thing is called a Molotov anti-tank grenade. It is very effective against tanks and armored vehicles. Although the weapon has arrived, the instructions are all in Russian, so don't worry, everyone. The division will send people to each company to explain Instructions."

Xia Yuan looked at the weapons and equipment in the green wooden box, and said, "These are all good things, when can I equip them all."

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao came over, and Company Commander Lei said, "Don't worry, we will be replaced in two days. Xia Yuan, go, take someone to train, don't crowd around here."

"Hey."

Xia Yuan nodded and greeted: "One battalion and one company, go back to training!"

"Yes!"

The people gradually dispersed, Company Commander Lei chatted with the head of the Military Supplies Department for a while, and then walked back from the compound. Instructor Shao suddenly asked: "There is going to be a war soon, Lao Lei, the troops finally stopped at Bei He, don't you want to go home and have a look?"

Company Commander Lei was from Beihe, and he was born in poverty. His father passed away when he was very young, and his mother led him, his elder brother, and one younger sister to live a difficult life.In July [-], he joined the Eighth Route Army and left home. He never went back until January [-], when the whole country was liberated and there were basically no combat missions in the army. Chang asked for leave and returned to his hometown, but he only saw his mother.

His mother told him tearfully: "Son, after you left, the Japanese devils captured your brother, sister-in-law, and your little sister, and they all died in the concentration camp."

The mother and son cried bitterly. At that time, Captain Lei stayed at home for a week. Now, another whole year has passed, and they don't know what happened to the old mother.

He also misses his old mother in his heart, but now that the battle is imminent and the soldiers are training hard, how can he go to see his mother? Company Commander Lei shook his head and said: "Old Shao, you know, the battle is imminent, The soldiers have all entered the state of hard training, at this time, how can I, how can I go home to visit my relatives."

Instructor Shao thought about it for a while, and it was true. Lao Lei's ideological awareness was very high, and the more critical the period was, the less he would do this kind of thing.

The two of them were thinking like this, and they separated on the way back. Company Commander Lei was concerned about his old mother, so he came to his residence. The guard at the door hurriedly said, "Report to Company Commander, your old mother is here to visit relatives." ,in the room."

Lianchang Lei was stunned for a moment, and strode into the room. The old mother with gray temples was sitting on the stool in front of the table, looking eagerly at the door. Seeing her longing figure, she hurriedly stood up from the stool. up.

Lei Lianchang entered the door and saw his old mother was about to stand up to greet him, so he hurried over to support his mother:

"Mother, why are you here?"

"Son, mother heard that you are going to fight in North Korea, mother is here to see you off."

Bitterness appeared at the corner of Lei Lianchang's mouth, and he asked, "Mother, how are you? How are you doing?"

"Well, the country has allocated land to us. Even if we don't farm the land ourselves, we can also give it to other people in the village. Just pay some rent every year."

The old mother hugged her son's arm, looked up and down, her eyes were full of love, she said: "Mother is fine, mother just misses you a little bit."

Captain Lei looked at the old mother with red eyes, but when he thought about the special period now, he said: "Mother, my son misses you too, but I can't do it now, you should go back tomorrow, it's not that my son won't let you stay." , My mother is here, so what about the comrades’ mothers? If all the mothers of the company are here, then what about the other companies, other battalions, and other regiments, we will go to the front line soon.”

"Son, you have been fighting for more than ten years, and you are over 30 years old. Why do you still want to fight or go abroad to fight? Mother gave birth to the three of you, and now you are the only one left. Mother can't bear it."

"Mother, the Americans have reached the edge of the Yalu River. They bombed our homeland. They want to kill our new China in the cradle. I must go, not only for my mother, but also for the people of the whole of China. .”

The old mother kept silent, and grabbed her son's arm with both hands, looking at the man who was thinking about him with tears in her eyes, as if she wanted to imprint his appearance in her mind, and never forget it.

"Son, mother knows that you went to war for the sake of the country, but mother is reluctant, mother wants to see you more."

Company Commander Lei also shed tears, "Mother, you have to support me in defending my home and country. Listen to me. You will go back tomorrow. When I drive the Americans away, you will go home and never fight again."

After all, he called the guard at the gate and asked him to help him buy a train ticket to go home. At the same time, he told the people in the company not to let the old mother come to see him. Homesickness.

Company Commander Lei found Comrade Xiao Zhang from the "Soldier's Life News" in the division, and took a group photo of the two of them. In the evening, Comrade Xiao Zhang developed the photo and sent it to Company Commander Lei. Thank you Xiao Zhang After Comrade Zhang, Company Commander Lei came to the old mother with two photos, held the wrinkled palm of the old mother, put the photos into her hand, and said, "Mother, if you miss me in the future, you can Take it out and have a look, and when I finish the battle, I will go home and honor you."

It was the first time for the old mother to look at the photos, her eyes were full of curiosity, she looked at the people in the photos, then at Captain Lei, and said, "Same, same."

Company Commander Lei carefully put the photo into the breast pocket of his jacket, and he was also in a complicated mood. He wanted his old mother to stay in the army for a while, but the army was about to leave, and it was absolutely impossible at this time.

The mother and daughter did not sleep a wink all night, they told many stories of the past.

Mother said: "You were the best in private school when you were young, but mother is poor, and only provided you with three years, and you went to herd cattle."

Company Commander Lei said, "Mother, I know there are difficulties at home. I can't even eat, so why study? I'm in our revolutionary team now, and I can also study with the team. Mother, it's getting late, let's rest."

On the second day, Captain Lei asked Instructor Shao to help lead the team and sent the old mother to the train station. When parting, he held the old mother's hand and said, "Mother, you can go back, my son will be back soon." I will see you at home."

The old mother held her son's hand vigorously, stared at it for a long time, and said, "Son, you must come back alive, mother is waiting for you at home."

In previous domestic operations, most commanders and fighters relied on capturing ammunition from the enemy. This is because from the War of Resistance Against Japan to the War of Liberation, our army seized a wide variety of weapons that were uneven, and the ammunition was not integrated. , Supplementing ammunition became a problem, and the commanders and fighters at that time had long been accustomed to it.

But when it comes to the battlefields of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the weapons used by the US military are all unified guns, and this method of replenishing ammunition can no longer be used.

There is also a very critical problem, that is, the production of the bullets of the IWC brand is also a very serious problem. The arsenal cannot produce ammunition for several weapons, so it is necessary to replace the unified weapon equipment.

Two days later, the cars carrying weapons and equipment stopped on the playground. The soldiers on the cars got down and lifted the green wooden boxes. The soldiers gathered on the playground in units of companies, led by the company commander The platoon leaders took back the weapons of their companies and distributed them in units of companies.

Ma Shunyao opened a box, looked at the brand new gun, and grinned: "Company commander, does this gun jam?"

Captain Lei smiled and said: "This is a new gun, how could it jam? Hurry up and bring your soldiers over to get the guns, one for each person. You are not allowed to get more than one, and you are not allowed to get it for others."

Ma Shunyao said "Hey", and called the soldiers in the second row to come and get their guns.

Holding a Bobosha submachine gun in his arms, Xia Yuan shouted: "Lao Yang, bring someone here, come and get the gun!"

"Hey, come in line and get the guns!"

Lao Yang came over with someone, Xia Yuan handed the gun to Wang Xiaoliang, Wang Xiaoliang happily hugged the new gun, and wiped it with his sleeve fondly, Liu Tiezhu behind him said: "Don't rub it, look at your sleeve rubbing it!" .”

Wang Xiaoliang said indifferently, "I'm happy."

After a while, the soldiers all received new guns, with smiles on their faces. It was the first time for many soldiers to catch up with the uniform replacement of weapons in the army. The weapons they used before were made by all countries, such as Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, etc. , uneven, those guns have been used, if so, the soldiers treat the guns like they treat their own lives.

Several comrades from the division began to teach the soldiers of the [-]th regiment how to use the weapons in their hands, including the use of anti-tank grenades.

For the next period of time, the content of their training is to be familiar with their own weapons. To what extent, they can disassemble and assemble guns even with their eyes closed.Immediately afterwards, the soldiers conducted training on the use of anti-tank grenades. From February, the [-]th Division came to Cangzhou in Beihe until mid-March, when the news of the departure was announced.

After a day of training, a series of meetings were held.

Company Commander Lei said: "Comrades, the time for us to go to North Korea to fight has been confirmed. Tomorrow, we will take the train to Langtou Town, a small Linjiang town in Andong City, Ningliao, to make the final pre-war preparations!"

Tomorrow is March [-]th. The weather has warmed up a bit at this time, but the Korean battlefield is still a winter of minus [-] degrees. After suffering from the losses in the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the logistics supplies of the troops that will re-enter North Korea during this period are fully prepared , Not long after arriving in Beihe, they received their cotton clothes.

March thirteenth.

Before dawn, the whistle sounded.

The [-]th Division began to assemble and set off before dawn.

The residents of the town have not yet woken up, and the doors of every house are closed. Under such circumstances, the [-]th Division arrived at the train station and took the stuffy train to Langtou Town, a small Linjiang town in Andong City, Ningliao.

On the train, listening to the sound of the train, Xia Yuan seemed to have returned to Changjin Lake. The environment of the boring train in Changjin Lake is much better. After all, it is a movie, and the real boring hunters only have a few beds. , Most of them sleep on the ground, covered with straw and quilts, and buckets are placed in the corners of the carriages to hold excrement.

(End of this chapter)