The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 162 Austrian combat artillery and Sanbengzi artillery battery

The equipment and ammunition that General Xiao promised to replenish for He Wei were quickly transported to the special agent camp. The military police were indeed extraordinary, and the replenishment was also generous. The first ammunition depot transferred 25 weapons produced in Germany. [-] rounds of two-millimeter heavy-pointed bullets, [-] rounds of tracer bullets, [-] rounds of steel-core armor-piercing bullets, [-] signal guns, and [-] various signal bombs.

The Jinling Arsenal has 35 rounds of newly manufactured [-]mm light pointed bullets and [-] long-handled grenades in stock.

This is still a trivial matter. The harder goods were transferred from the military police warehouse. I was responsible for the cannons that General Xiao asked for. General Xiao did not break his promise. The military police headquarters sent He Wei two stock Austrian-made Bailu 47mm flat-fire guns. Cannons, 47 rounds of 25mm armor-piercing rounds, [-] rounds of explosive rounds, and [-] German Zundap K[-] three-wheeled motorcycles.

What's even more awesome is that he actually allocated a Mercedes-Benz Type320wk off-road vehicle and a driver. It's really a big deal. It's a big deal.

On the playground of the Central Military Academy, He Wei was sitting in the driving position of a Mercedes-Benz military off-road vehicle, fiddling with the steering wheel and gear lever. The surroundings were filled with the roar of engines, but this sound did not come from a car, but from a motorcycle.

Artillery company commander Chen Xinsheng was driving a three-wheeled motorcycle around in excitement. Students at the Central Military Academy were not required to master the driving of a motorcycle, but after graduating from the tenth class of the military academy, Chen Xinsheng was assigned to Du Yuming's Army Armored Corps. The Armored Corps is equipped with a large number of motorcycles.

Therefore, Chen Xinsheng can be said to be very familiar with motorcycles. Of course, He Wei can drive this thing. He also drove it when he was a mercenary in his previous life. He usually doesn't call this thing a motorcycle, but a three-bouncer. , or side three wheels.

Behind Chen Xinsheng's three-wheeler, there was also a low cannon. It was the Austrian-made Bailu 47mm tank defense gun bought from the warehouse of the Military Police Headquarters. This gun was very popular with He Wei.

In terms of armor-piercing ability, this gun is actually not as good as the German-made artillery. However, this Austrian-made tank defense gun has a wider firing range, and the gun can shoot both horizontally and in a straight direction. It can fire in a straight direction when necessary. Explosive shells to support infantry operations.

After removing the gun wheel, this kind of artillery has an extremely low body, is easy to conceal, and is very light. When completely disassembled, it can be broken down into eight parts and can be carried directly by manpower. It is very convenient and can be used for both direct and indirect fire. Has the function of infantry artillery.

And its slightly weaker armor-piercing ability is not a problem at all in He Wei's opinion. Facing the weak armor of Japanese tanks, it is actually enough.

As for the origin of this gun, it is actually the same as the batch of Sulotong general-purpose machine guns. It was also sent by Austria to participate in the competition during the National Army Standard Weapons Conference a few years ago. Unfortunately, it also failed, so it sent a sample gun from China. and ammunition were left to gather dust in the Chinese army's warehouse. However, He Wei knew that in the near future, this artillery would be purchased in large quantities by China, which was in dire need of weapons.

"Hahahaha, battalion commander, this car is good, and this gun is even better."

Chen Xinsheng jumped off the motorcycle and said excitedly to He Wei.

"That's good. This can help us solve a big trouble. Originally, I went to ask for war horses. When I have a cannon, I will definitely need a horse to pull the cannon and ammunition. Now it's better. I can just use a motorcycle to tow the cannon, which saves a lot of trouble. Otherwise, I would have to go to Jurong, which is the only place where there is a military horse farm."

Chen Xinsheng agreed and said: "Yes, horses are the hardest thing to take care of. In the past, the first subject for artillery students in our military academy was not to touch artillery, but to learn stable duties. They had to wash and clean horses, and they had to give When military horses are cooking, they have to rub the horses in the cold weather for several days, from the horse's hooves and legs to the horse's back, and through the horse's back to the horse's head and tail. Every joint and every muscle must be rubbed with grass as much as possible. , after a "stable service", the horses were already hot and our gray cotton military uniforms were soaked with sweat. It was really tiring. Chinese horses can be better. Those horses bought from abroad are very difficult to maintain and eat. Better than humans, this motorcycle is better, its parts are easy to use, and it won’t break down if it has enough fuel. It is more than enough to tow my four mortars and two 47mm tank defense guns.”

He Wei also means the same thing. With these three-bounce motorcycles, the artillery towing and towing in his camp can completely abandon the use of mules and horses and directly use these three-bouncers to pull. It is fast and trouble-free, and in this way Come on, Chen Xinsheng's artillery battery can directly evolve into a motorized three-bounce artillery battery, which sounds quite powerful and domineering.

"You connect four August [-]st mortars and two [-]th battle anti-aircraft guns. Each gun is equipped with a tractor and an ammunition truck. You are also assigned two reconnaissance and command vehicles, giving you fourteen units. Three-wheeled motorcycles, of the remaining eleven motorcycles, three are allocated to each infantry company and equipped to the command squads of each company. They are used for reconnaissance and command, and they can also pull ammunition, reducing some of the carrying burden for the infantry. Arrange two more stations for communication.”

"Very good."

Chen Xinsheng said.

Suddenly, He Wei seemed to remember something and patted his head.

"It's broken. I fucking forgot. We only have cars but no drivers. Where can we find the drivers of these 20-odd motorcycles?"

He Wei said.

Chen Xinsheng paid no attention to He Wei's worries and said confidently: "Battalion Commander, don't forget where we come from. There are more than a dozen old brothers from the combat artillery platoon who came to Nanjing with me, and all of them are... He is an expert at driving motorcycles. When the time comes, we will select some people from each company and communications platoon and let my brothers train for a month. After they leave the army, they will all be able to drive smoothly."

He Wei gave a thumbs up: "Your armored corps must be very wealthy, and most of the soldiers have to learn to drive. Well, it seems that my worries are in vain."

After dealing with the motorcycle problem, He Wei looked at the center of the playground again.

On the playground, several major cadres such as Fang Jing and Hu Zhaowu were organizing the soldiers to transport these weapons and ammunition to the ammunition depot of the military academy. The newly recruited soldiers were all devoted to their work with full energy. The soldiers have been fully integrated into the new unit. In the past few days, after screening and inspection, various units of the entire battalion have been gradually formed.

Although the army has not yet been officially formed and training has not officially started, several company commanders have begun to lead the troops to do basic physical training, and the communication platoon's business training has also begun. These new soldiers gave He Wei many surprises. Although no formal live-fire training started, He Wei still took the time to ask the following company commanders to organize a test. The guns used were not the newly issued Czech-made rifles, but the guns and bullets they brought themselves. In addition, the military academy borrowed a batch of used stocks made in Hanyang.It turns out that this group of people really has something. A dozen of them can be said to have perfect shots within 150 meters, and their shooting is quite accurate. When other soldiers use a five-round clip to shoot, they can basically get at least one or two bullets on the target. The training level is quite good.

According to those soldiers, many of them were actually trained by the Belarusian officers recruited by Zhang Zongchang, so their shooting and tactical skills were much higher than those of ordinary lousy warlord troops.

Having such a foundation can save He Wei a lot of things, at least during training.

In the huge playground, apart from the officers and soldiers of the secret service battalion, no one could be seen. Looking at the slightly empty playground, a sense of crisis and a feeling of impending rain filled He Wei's heart. A few years ago, he also On this playground, we queue up, ride the rocking horse, run, and do all kinds of tactical training every day, but now, there is not a single military student on the playground.

Currently still in the Central Military Academy, there are also all the students of Huangpu No.13 Second Corps, Huangpu No.[-] and Huangpu No.[-] students who were in the same period as He Wei. Due to the continuous bombing by the Japanese army, the military academy has now completely canceled all activities on the playground. All the physical and tactical training conducted have been changed to physical and tactical training in the suburbs. The students have been completed in full accordance with the military's combat preparations. Rifles and light machine guns have been issued to the students. The entire military academy is in a high state of combat readiness at any time. .

Due to the intense fighting on the front line, it is said that in a few days, the second corps of the eleventh phase will hold a graduation ceremony and officially graduate and distribute. This also means that all Huangpu No.11 students will graduate, and most of them will People will be distributed to the troops on the front line of the Songhu battlefield and thrown into the blood and fire furnace.

Some people have not graduated yet, but some have died in the battle. He Wei himself is a graduate of the first corps of the [-]th phase. Many of the students who graduated from his first corps were distributed to the Songhu front line. Of course, some of them were assigned to government agencies or units. He Wei stayed in the military academy and served as the second lieutenant district captain. During the period when he was stationed at the Central Military Academy, He Wei took time to get together with several familiar classmates who stayed at the school.

Most of these students who stayed in school were serving as second lieutenant district captains in charge of the junior students. They had been staying in Nanjing and were relatively well-informed. According to them, many students from the [-]st Corps of the [-]th Phase had been killed in Songhu. He Wei After hearing this, I not only lamented that the new officers trained by three years of officer education had just been assigned to the army, and their military careers had just begun, and they died in battle at their first post. It was so tragic and tragic.

There is nothing I can do. Now that I have become the battalion commander, all I can do is fight a few more good battles on the battlefield to comfort the souls of the fallen classmates.

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Time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye, it is October 25th. The fighting on the Songhu frontline is getting more serious, and the people's evacuation plan secretly agreed upon by He Wei and General Xiao is about to be implemented.

This morning, a gray open-top German Mercedes-Benz military off-road vehicle drove out from the Gendarmerie Headquarters. This vehicle was exactly the off-road vehicle assigned to He Wei by the Gendarmerie Headquarters, but there was no one in the main driving position. It was not the driver who came with the car, but He Wei himself.

Stepping on the accelerator and walking through the bustling streets of Nanjing, He Wei felt quite uneasy. He stared at the surroundings vigilantly from time to time. In the passenger seat was a German machine gun and a German speed machine, all of which were on. It was loaded with ammunition, and there was a Czech-made rifle hanging on the top of the seat.

"Grandma, no matter how you look at it, everyone feels like there is a ghost."

He Wei turned the steering wheel and looked at the passers-by. Maybe he had something secret in his heart, but he always felt that someone was trying to harm him. Behind his car, there were two large trucks from the Military Police Headquarters. The rear compartments of the trucks were covered with tarpaulins. It was completely sealed and no one could see what was inside the carriage.

In this way, He Wei took the lead and led the two trucks all the way to the Central Military Academy. After entering the Central Military Academy, the three trucks drove all the way to the entrance of the ammunition warehouse of the spy camp. At this time, there were already more than 40 fully armed soldiers. , soldiers with loaded weapons guarded the door of the ammunition depot. Every one of these brothers was very familiar to He Wei, because they were his old brothers who had followed him since the beginning of the Xinkou War, and they were all soldiers of the old Sixth Company.

"Batalion Commander, brothers are ready."

Yang Biao, the newly appointed second lieutenant of the special agent platoon, held a handful of flower traps and said to He Wei that this soldier who once had trouble with He Wei has now been completely conquered by He Wei, and He Wei recommended him as an officer. Having fulfilled his dream of being an officer, to put it bluntly, he is now completely willing to die for He Wei.

He Wei looked around and made sure there was no one around, then nodded to Yang Biao: "Open the ammunition depot and let the truck drive in."

"Open the door, open the door."

Several brothers pushed open the door of the ammunition depot. The ammunition depot of the Central Military Academy is very large. The ammunition depot is more than ten meters high, enough to accommodate five or six trucks parallel to each other. It is not a problem to drive only two trucks in. The ammunition depot is After the door opened, two military police trucks also quickly drove into the ammunition depot. When the trucks entered, He Wei immediately ordered the door to be closed. Except for the brothers in one class who were guarding the door, the rest of the brothers followed He Wei into the ammunition depot. Library.

In the tall and dark ammunition depot, the roar of trucks continued to echo in the ammunition depot. Suddenly, several high-brightness searchlights were turned on, making the dark ammunition depot transparent and bright. The trucks also turned off. He Wei breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly walked towards the ammunition depot. He ran to the truck, and a colonel military police officer also jumped out of the passenger seat of the first truck.

This person's name is Jin Zhengqiang, a colonel and senior counselor at the Military Police Headquarters. He is also the military police contact person for this operation. He Wei's proposal to General Xiao that day, General Xiao also relayed it to his subordinates. That is, the heads of several military police regiments currently in Nanjing, and the main persons in charge of several relevant departments in the headquarters. Commander Xiao's discussions with these subordinates were extremely smooth. Needless to say, He Wei's silver bullet offensive was naturally launched. effect.

The heads of the gendarmerie regiments and senior gendarmerie officers heard that there was a lot of money to be made, and each became more active than the last. Not only did they agree to the plan to transfer the people, they also took the initiative to make various suggestions to General Xiao, such as how to get more people. The tools for crossing the river and how to transport more people were simply full of ingenuity, even more proactive than He Wei.

This is the power of money. This is what He Wei wants. What he is afraid of is that they don't love money. If there is one of these people who is determined to strictly abide by various rules, then his plan will not be easy to implement.

"Battalion Commander He, without further ado, let's take action immediately. Our plan is as follows. Your department will take the first action today. Please feel free to do so. The military police who are conducting routine patrols at your operation location will all use excuses to increase their numbers elsewhere today. Suspend the patrol, you can act boldly with confidence, I have brought everything you need."

Jin Zhengqiang whispered to He Wei, then waved his hand back and shouted: "Brothers, unload the truck."

(End of this chapter)