The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 35 Battlefield Night Talk 1
After checking all the affairs in his platoon, he felt that the tactical issues of heavy machine guns needed to be emphasized. After all, he only had this heavy firepower on the front line.

He Wei brought a lantern and called the platoon leader surnamed Wang of the heavy machine gun platoon, as well as the squad leader and deputy squad leader of the two heavy machine gun squads under the platoon, into the gray Maoerdong.

He Wei was not too nagging and told these old brothers again about "shooting at any time and transferring at any time" and "mobile combat to form mobile firepower", and by the way determined the command and use method of the two heavy machine guns during battle.

According to Platoon Leader Wang, they are the first platoon of the heavy machine gun company, so the battle numbers of these two guns in their heavy machine gun company are the first gun and the second gun. Now it is decided that the first gun will be commanded by He Wei, and the second gun will be commanded by He Wei. The second gun was commanded by Platoon Leader Wang.

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"Guys, you must keep in mind what I said about quickly moving to the reserve position after shooting for a certain period of time. Our national army's heavy machine guns suffered a lot of losses because they were inflexible in use, so they were often knocked out by Japanese infantry cannons. Only multiple Only by transferring several times can the chance of survival be increased..."

"Platoon Leader Wang, this is the second time you have heard me talk about the tactics of using heavy machine guns. Could you please repeat it to the brothers in your platoon? Your two guns are the backbone of our firepower. We cannot afford to lose thousands. Please.”

"Put it on me!" Platoon Leader Wang said.

"Platoon Commander Wang, do you have enough bullets and cooling water?"

Platoon Leader Wang: "Ordinary bullets are enough. We just replenished a lot today, Platoon Leader He, but they are basically heavy-point bullets. There is a little less steel-core bullets. There are only [-] rounds for the two guns."

He Wei immediately said: "Platoon Leader Wang, each of our two guns has 250 rounds of steel core bullets. Use your gun yourself. Remember, the target of your heavy machine gun tomorrow will mainly be the Japanese infantry. To deal with tanks, we have fortifications." , there are combat anti-cannons, and your heavy machine guns can properly use steel core bullets to shoot at tanks, but this is not the primary task. You must remember that the main purpose of heavy machine guns is to hit Japanese infantry! Infantry!"

He Wei's tone was serious, and Platoon Leader Wang nodded.

"I understand, fight the infantry first, then the tanks."

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After several people from the machine gun platoon left, He Wei was about to return to the platoon command post for a while. Suddenly a messenger from the company headquarters came over and said that Fu Chen was looking for him to go to the company headquarters. He Wei was feeling anxious and thought, "Go to the company headquarters." It wouldn't be bad to stay in the command post for a while.

He Wei passed by. The company command post was a big cat's ear hole. The space was much larger than that of He Wei's platoon command post. There were three oil lamps hung inside, and a military flashlight. The words on the flashlight were all in English, and the light , the cat's ear holes are spacious and bright. This is a precious imported product. There is absolutely no such flashlight in the Sixth Company.

He Wei said hello

"Report to the company commander!"

In the company command post, Fu Chen, Hu Zhaowu, and Fang Jing were all there. There was another person who glanced at He Wei unkindly. He was Chen Xinsheng, the platoon leader of the tank defense artillery platoon, and the commander of the third battalion of the tank defense artillery of the Army Armored Corps. The second lieutenant platoon leader, a graduate of the tenth phase of the artillery department of the Military Academy, had a conflict with He Wei when setting up positions during the day.Next to Chen Xinsheng, Fang Jing, the leader of the third row, was holding a three-fort cigarette and looked very excited.

When organizing the battle defense artillery platoon and the [-]nd mortar platoon to build fortifications today, Chen Xinsheng was still not convinced by He Wei's command. There were some conflicts and some bickering. In the end, Fu Chen moved out and forced the brigade commander to Chen Xinsheng obeyed He Wei's command.

Judging from the atmosphere, these people seemed to be chatting very enthusiastically. This was a rare and leisurely atmosphere during the war.

"It's just you, He Wei, sit down quickly." Fu Chen pushed over an empty ammunition box, and four people sat together. There were two ammunition boxes in the middle, a small bottle of Fenjiu and two open boxes of meat. can.

"Company commander, what does this mean? It's both wine and canned food. Where did this come from?" He Wei put down his rifle and asked.

Fu Chen waved his hand, raised the bottle and took a sip; "It's quite tiring after a day's work. The war is coming, and you are all going to fight side by side. We still don't know whether we will live or die tomorrow, so let's drink a small bottle of Zhuangxing wine together. We don't have much time. If you don’t have a wine glass, drink from a bottle. One sip is just right for each person. It’s not a violation of discipline. Thanks to brother Xinsheng. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a condition. He Wei didn’t have a bayonet, so he cut canned meat and ate it.”

"Hey, company commander, we are all here. Where is the platoon commander of the [-]nd Mortar Platoon of the battalion? Why don't you invite that old man over and give him a sip of wine? His two mortars are important. To support the firepower, call him to the big guys to say a few good words, connect with each other, and let him work harder tomorrow."

He Wei suddenly thought that the platoon leader of the [-]nd Mortar Platoon was not there, so he asked.

"Pull it down, people don't like our food and wine. Just a couple of cans and a bottle of wine from my brothers are not enough for people to stuff between their teeth." Fang Jing said disdainfully.

Hu Zhaowu said: "Platoon Commander He, you have not been assigned to the company for a long time after graduating from the military academy. I don't know anything. The platoon leader of the [-]nd Mortar Platoon of my battalion is named Huang Decai, nicknamed Huang Yan Wang. He is a bastard with a copper odor. He is from the army, but He is a good mortar shooter. The reason why I say that bastard is a bastard is because according to the rules of the army, when the army pays military salaries and various expenses, the division sends the money to the regiment, and the regiment distributes it to each company and company commander. When it is distributed to soldiers, only the regiment and company headquarters can handle the money, but the [-]nd Mortar is a platoon directly under the battalion headquarters and does not have a company above it, so the platoon leader can go to the regiment alone to receive the pay."

He Wei: "Oh?"

Hu Zhaowu sneered and said: "My old brother in the mortar platoon secretly told me that Huang Decai relied on his right to take charge of military pay and various expenses. From the time he received the order to go to Shanxi to participate in the war until now, the [-]nd Mortar The platoon received food, straw sandals, and firewood for all the platoon members but had never paid them. The money for horse fodder for carrying artillery and horses and the staple food and non-staple food for the soldiers were also deducted in half. It was all a waste of money. fanny pack."

Hu Zhaowu added: "Not only did he take care of food expenses and other miscellaneous expenses, he also used other methods to get rid of the soldiers' pay. Postponed."

"On the day of payment, Huang Yan Wang set up two tables, one table for military pay, and the other table for gambling. He himself was the banker, and connected with several soldiers to force and entice other soldiers in the platoon to gamble. Be careful, as long as there is a bet, no one will win, and all the military pay received by the soldiers will be lost. In the end, the little money paid for their lives was swindled by Huang Yanwang. If someone is greedy in the army and makes some money and eats empty pay, he will just turn a blind eye. I closed my eyes. After all, it was a fraud that had been accumulated for many years. Everyone agreed that there were many people who did it secretly, but this guy was greedy and would not let go of a dime. He would eat soldiers' meat without spitting out their bones. He did not drive to Shanxi. Before the War of Resistance, this guy was just stealing to make some money, but now he is going too far, taking advantage of the chaos to make money while fighting the War of Resistance."

Fang Jing said angrily: "This guy has a famous saying about leading soldiers. How do you say it... Yes, this famous saying is: Big-headed soldiers are pigs, big-headed soldiers are dogs. Pigs and dogs cannot be relied upon, only oppression!"

(End of this chapter)