Rise from the sword

Chapter 186 This independent group is not easy!
"Team seat."

Fang Ligong approached his team leader and whispered, "Look at their weapons and equipment."

"Ah."

Chu Yunfei nodded, he naturally noticed this point: "All German-made 24-gun bursting rifles, M[-] German-made hand grenades, British-style Bren light machine guns, and they are all top-notch."

Having said this, he suddenly snorted coldly:
"Humph."

"Unfortunately, a little less."

The cavalry came to meet them, not to patrol. Do they need to bring so many weapons and equipment?Also configured so neatly!It was clear that he was here to show off his muscles to the two of them.

But who is he, Head Chu?The head of the main regiment of the Shanxi Sui Army holds a regiment comparable to that of an ordinary division, and if he wants to scare him with this ostentation, is he looking down on him too much?

"However, in this way, it may not be so easy to get this general, Chief Yan."

Chu Yunfei narrowed his eyes.

Although he didn't know Li Yunlong yet, Chu Yunfei really wanted to recruit this kind of general who could fight to serve the government and avoid meeting each other on the battlefield in the future.

Thinking of Li Yunlong's achievements, this is not something to look forward to.

"This person's troops have such weapons and equipment, which shows that Li Yunlong is very important. It may not be easy to persuade him to surrender." Fang Ligong said with a frown.

People who are valued are more difficult to find.

What the two said was not heard by the escorting cavalry of the Independent Regiment. Firstly, the distance between the two groups was not short, and secondly, the noise between the cavalry marching was relatively loud, making it difficult to hear.

"Although I don't know where and what channel they got the imported weapons and ammunition from, the quantity must not be too much, and it is impossible to give all of them to Li Yunlong." Chu Yunfei was still confident.

"It's impossible for the Eighth Route Army to afford what Chief Yan gave. This matter is nothing more than a waste of time."

Chu Yunfei is still confident about poaching corners.

The so-called loyalty is only because the price of betrayal is not enough. This sentence is only useful to some people.

In the face of national interests and national dignity, no matter how much he pays, Chu Yunfei can persist. He also believes that Li Yunlong, who has always been on the front line, should also be this kind of person.

If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, if you forget righteousness for profit, you will not be able to achieve such a record.

However, if they are in the same family, then there are some things that don’t need to be insisted on, and the state government, as orthodox, will definitely have more achievements and prospects than staying here. He believes that Li Yunlong will definitely make the right decision in the end. choose.

As the cavalry team approached Yangcun, a patrol team of independent regiments came over from a distance.

This is a platoon-level patrol team, with more than 20 people lined up neatly patrolling along the edge of Yangcun.

Cavalry and patrols crossed.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong looked at the patrol team in this platoon at the same time.

They are still all gray uniforms, but unlike the other regiments they saw along the way, this patrol team has a very neat weapon configuration, a unified brand-new Mauser rifle, and each squad is equipped with a Czech rifle, while the platoon leader and squad leader, They are all [-]-ring pistols, with a Kowloon belt pinned to their waists.

"Good standard configuration, but unfortunately there are fewer people."

Chu Yunfei narrowed his eyes.

The unified new Mauser rifle, the Czech machine gun that has been popularized to the squad, the ammunition of the rifle machine gun is universal, and the [-]-gun submachine gun of the grassroots officer squad and platoon level officer. This light weapon configuration is comparable to the equipment of the German armorers in the government.

As a whole, his three-five-eight regiment did not have such a luxurious configuration.

But such a small number of people is not enough.Only if he can scrape together a battalion of hundreds of people with the same equipment, that will surprise him.

"But what does that mean?"

Fang Ligong looked at the patrol team who went away in puzzlement.

Although this looked like an ordinary patrol team, it was obviously a patrol team that had been cobbled together just for them to see. It was absolutely impossible for the Eighth Route Army to popularize this kind of standard.

Even a thousand-member group is impossible.

But since it was for viewing, why did you leave?Do you really think you are on patrol?Play a full set?
"Let's go."

Glancing at the patrol team in the distance, and looking at Yang Village, which was already close in front of him, Chu Yunfei replied without emotion, and rode his horse to keep up with the cavalry team and continued to move forward.

Until approaching the entrance of the village, Chu Yunfei finally saw the person who greeted him this time.

"Commander Chu, I am Zhao Gang, Political Commissar of the Independence Group, and I am here to greet you on behalf of the Independence Group."

With the soldiers of the guard platoon, Zhao Gang, who had just prepared the logistics supplies for Ding Wei's two battalions, went out of the village to respond, and explained: "The regiment leader has gone to arrange emergency work. He will come later, let's go to the regiment first." Just sit down."

In fact, Li Yunlong went to see Ding Wei off.

Because Ding Wei didn't plan to meet with the head of the Chu regiment, and was in a hurry to train the troops, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang could only arrange for Ding Wei and the two battalions first, and waited until Chu Yunfei arrived at the door to meet them. The reason for the recent sharp decline in relations between the two armies.

In the words of Li Datuan:
What's the benefit of having them as guests?Give him good food, drink, and service, and then he will scold his mother when he puts down the bowl, and even try his best to plot you, trying to kill you, wishing you would die.

Such a person is directly dragged aside.It's easy to get angry, and if the superior scolds, labor and management will bear it.

"Political Commissar Zhao is polite. In special times, military affairs come first."

Chu Yunfei smiled.

For this situation, Captain Chu had long been prepared.

It is a miracle that the other party can agree to this exchange group for the things that the government has done.

He dismounted and handed over the military horse in his hand to the guard platoon soldiers who came over.During this period, Head Chu looked around, from Zhao Gang, a dozen guards, and the sentinels at the entrance of the village, and finally the entire Yang Village.

From the outside, if you ignore the guard sentries and soldiers, Yang Village is nothing unusual, it is just an ordinary, weak and pitiful village, without any military facilities, not even a bunker, a trench, or a machine gun fort.

But Chu Yunfei knew that it wasn't that the other party didn't dig and build, but was hidden.If the devils come to attack, then there will be a lot of perfect bunker facilities here immediately.

Seen a lot, which didn't surprise him.

What really surprised him was that at the entrance of the village, all the soldiers, including the guard platoon, were all brand new Mauser rifles.The neat equipment of nearly a hundred people made him shake his judgment just now.

Is the equipment of this independent regiment so good?
More than 1000 people are uniformly equipped with imported brand-new Mauser rifles?

No way!
No way!
"Political commissar, let's go back to the team for training."

Seeing Chu Yunfei dismounted, the leading company commander of the corresponding cavalry unit said to Zhao Gang.

"it is good."

Zhao Gang nodded.

The formation of the cavalry unit was only about half a year old. In addition, the soldiers in the cavalry battalion were all newcomers. They had never been in contact with cavalry before. This time is a bit short, so Sun Desheng has been strengthening his training and pursuing actual combat as much as possible. All soldiers are required to be fully armed for training.

Seeing the cavalry running towards the training ground on the left, and the faint sound of horseshoes running and shouting for killing in the distance, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong looked at each other, and they both saw the disbelief in each other's eyes. .

This company commander is talking about returning to the team!
And the voices over there sounded like more than one company.

Does this independent regiment have a cavalry battalion?

Could it be that these were not intended for myself and others to see?

Could it be that this independent regiment has really popularized the imported elite weapons and equipment?

"Your regiment's cavalry units have been trained very hard, no wonder they can achieve such amazing results."

Chu Yunfei complimented on the surface, but actually inquired and guided the topic.

"Weapons and equipment are not as good as devils, so we can only strengthen training."

Zhao Gang responded with a smile on his face, and there was a hint of Li Yunlong in his smile, which stunned the guards at the side.

"Political Commissar Zhao's words, someone from Chu raised his hands in agreement." Chu Yunfei responded seriously: "Since the strength is not as good as the enemy, then you have to pay more effort and price to defeat the enemy."

Then, Chu Yunfei went straight to the topic:

"Chu this time came here with the purpose of learning and observing your group."

"Your regiment's record against the devils, someone from Chu really admires it, especially the battle when Captain Li defeated the Sakata Regiment, which shocked me extremely. Could you let me see the training of your regiment's cavalry battalion?"

"Of course it's no problem. Would you like to have a cup of tea and take a break first? The cavalry battalion has training in the morning and afternoon, and you can watch it at any time."

Zhao Gang looked at Chu Yunfei.

Want to see cavalry battalion training?no problem.

It's not a secret weapon, you don't need to hide it, and showing your strength upright can also dispel some other thoughts, so that cats and dogs who can't tell how much they are from time to time come out to beat them up.

"Let's go and see your group's training first."

Chu Yunfei couldn't wait for the cavalry battalion.

Everyone walked towards the cavalry battalion training ground.

In the open woods, there were nearly a hundred scarecrows with wooden piles. The cavalry of the independent regiment took companies as units and lined up to crawl and sprint at the scarecrows, slashing and killing them with sabers.

Battalion Commander Sun Desheng rode on horseback with a loud voice, guiding the soldiers in training, without paying attention to the arrival of the political commissar and others.

More than 300 military horses, this is the whole cavalry battalion...
Chu Yunfei looked at the 300-gun German-made shell guns on the waists of these more than [-] cavalry soldiers, and the magazines full of bullets on the Kowloon belts around his waists. Although he had already vaguely expected it in his heart, his tone Still full of shock and envy:

"The strength of your regiment is really extraordinary. This cavalry battalion alone can suppress at least two infantry squadrons of the devil."

What Chu Yunfei said was completely true.

A standard infantry squadron of devils is about 160 people, and two squadrons are just equal to the strength of a cavalry battalion.

In terms of equipment, a cavalry battalion armed with a [-]-shot shell gun has an absolute advantage in close combat, but has a disadvantage in long-range shooting. The devils also have heavy machine guns and grenade grenades, but there are nearly [-] Bren machine guns that have spread to the squad. It can make up for the weakness of long-range firepower to a certain extent, and the mobility of cavalry can also greatly weaken the long-range shooting of devils.

In a real fight, the cavalry battalion would definitely have a better chance of winning.

He was really envious of the cavalry. Although the 300th regiment was a large regiment, it was not capable of forming such an elite cavalry.There is no problem with the military horses, he can still get more than 300 horses, but these more than [-] [-]-ring shell guns can make him dumbfounded.

Let alone him, even his old boss, the biggest old rich man in Shanxi, is enough.In today's situation, you can't buy it even if you have money.

It seems that this Li Yunlong may be difficult to deal with... For the first time, Chu Yunfei wavered in his plan to persuade Li Datuan to surrender to the government.With such an elite army, Li Yunlong might not be so willing to leave.

"Hahaha···"

Zhao Gang laughed, and accepted the compliment: "The cavalry is used well and can determine the outcome of the battlefield. We also spent a lot of money to form the cavalry unit of this battalion."

"By the way, I think the machine guns equipped by your regiment's cavalry battalion are British Bren-style guns, right?"

Chu Yunfei looked at the Bren style on the back of the cavalry battalion, with a curved magazine and a mirror-like barrel completely different from the Czech style, which is easy to identify.

"Correct."

Zhao Gang nodded.

"It seems that the patrolling troops of your regiment used the Czech style? Why didn't you unify the machine guns? The bullets of these two guns can't be used in common."

Chu Yunfei was a little puzzled.

As for the incompatibility of parts, Chu Yunfei subconsciously ignored this.

After all, the firearms produced by the Guofu Armory have never been able to share parts even if they are of the same model due to tolerances and manufacturing processes.

Even if it's formal, it's not good enough.

"You mean the patrol at the entrance of the village?"

Zhao Gang smiled and replied: "The performance of the Czech type is not as good as the Bren type. The main force of our regiment is equipped with the Bren type. Only the militia supplementary battalion is equipped with the Czech type. Moreover, the bullets of these two machine guns are common, both are 7.92 mm. Mauser pointed bullets."

Militia Supplementary Battalion···

As soon as the name came out, Chu Yunfei felt that it was outrageous...Co-authoring what they met at the entrance of the village, the light weapons were comparable to the platoon of the German Armor Division of the National Government, and it was not a regular army, but a supplementary militia battalion!That is to say, the reserve army.After the loss of the main force, those who replenish troops from here will not directly participate in the battle.

What should the main force be like?

Could it be that each battalion is equipped with a separate artillery company?
"Bren is a British firearm."

Fang Ligong asked in doubt, and at the same time showed his knowledge: "I remember that this gun uses British 0.3-inch bullets, which are 7.7mm bullets."

"Oh, this one."

Zhao Gang replied: "Our Bren type is customized, and it has been changed to 7.92 caliber, which is the same ammunition as the Mauser rifle."

custom made!

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong fell silent at the same time, and did not say a word for a long time.

custom made!

And it is customized for the caliber of light weapons.

Back then, when the government purchased machine guns from the Czech arsenal, an order of [-] units was placed without even an acceptance template and design drawings.

So, what kind of conditions are needed to allow foreign manufacturers to customize and change the caliber of weapons?

This is not an easy job.

　Correct the typo...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)