Rise from the sword

Chapter 399 The root cause of everything is insufficient firepower!

Zhao Jiayu.

Aunt Zhao's house next to the regiment headquarters.

The three of Ding, Kongli and Li sat around the same table, chatting over peanuts. Although there was no wine, the three of them talked about everything from joining the army to a matchmaker getting married, and finally talking about the breakout not long ago. During the battle, the atmosphere was extremely pleasant, with endless laughter.

However, all of this came to a sudden stop amidst a low female laughter.

Especially Li Yunlong, who brags the most, his skin is slightly hot. Fortunately, his skin is thick, and his complexion looks dull due to long-term front-line combat. Even Ding Wei and Kong Jie didn't notice it.

The three of them immediately sat upright and changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, this breakout battle touched me deeply."

Ding Wei first put aside the topic, his tone was filled with deep emotion:
"Before the mopping up began, the total strength of my new regiment was close to 2000, with three main battalions and machine guns spread to the squads, with a total of 140 and three machine guns."

"Although the model of the machine gun is a bit complicated, there are crooked handles, crooked handles, and Czech styles, but this is also common to the squad, and each machine gun has nearly a thousand rounds of ammunition, which was unimaginable before!"

Kong and Li looked at Ding Wei, listened with pricked ears, and did not interrupt.

Ding Wei continued:
"In the beginning, when our division was reorganized and set off, the 5000-strong army had only more than 300 machine guns. Now, my regiment has more than 140 machine guns."

"There are also rifles. Although they are miscellaneous and there are all kinds of models, every soldier can still have one in his hand, and they are all good guns with intact rifling and guaranteed accuracy. The per capita bullets also have a base number."

"In addition to the 60 grenade launchers produced by the arsenal of the headquarters, the mortar company equipped with three 82-pressure and three [-]-pressure mortars, and the [-]-type infantry gun, the overall firepower is even higher than that of the war. In the beginning, it was more than twenty times stronger, compared with the infantry brigade of the second-line division of the Little Devils, although it is still insufficient, the overall firepower is also on the same level."

"Correct."

Kong Jie nodded in agreement:

"Except for the lack of artillery and the lack of suppressive artillery such as mountain cannons, the firepower of our two regiments is no worse than that of the infantry brigade of the second-line division of the little devil, even with heavy machine guns."

The M2 heavy machine gun, compared with the Devil's Type [-] heavy machine gun, has similar weight and mobility, but its power and range are different.

"As for Lao Li's independent regiment, let alone, all Bren machine guns, Mauser rifles, and a large number of submachine guns, 120mm heavy mortars, and Type [-] infantry guns. The regiment is even stronger, and the firepower makes me drool."

As he spoke, Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong with a smile.

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong smiled triumphantly:
"It's not because of labor and capital that the two of you can have what you are today. If you didn't hang out with me, would you have such good equipment?"

Ding Wei ignored Li Yunlong's embarrassment and continued:

"Relying on the same firepower as the little devils. My new regiment broke through three devils' blockades in a row on the first day. You must know that each blockade has at least one devil's brigade's strength, and..."

Ding Wei emphasized his tone:
"After breaking through the three blockade lines, the number of casualties in the whole regiment was extremely low. The total casualties did not exceed two companies, and the number of casualties was even lower than that of one company. Out of stock."

After speaking, Ding Wei had obvious flesh pain on his face.

"This is still when my firepower is a little worse than that of the little devil. If the labor artillery is not inferior to the devil, hehe..."

Finally, Ding Wei sighed:

"In the final analysis, in modern warfare, firepower is king and the foundation of victory. Whether it is morale or subtle tactics, you have to have enough firepower to have a chance to play."

"That's right."

Li Yunlong interjected:

"Between us and the devils, in the final analysis, the core difference is the firepower. At Pingxingguan, all the veteran troops who participated in the battle came from the snow-capped mountains and grasslands. In terms of individual quality, we are no worse than the devils, but we lost in the end..."

"There's no way to do that."

Ding Wei took the topic:

"Compared with the devils in our firepower at that time, one was in the sky and the other was underground, the gap was too big, and it could not be made up by the number of people alone. In addition, it was the first time we fought against devils, and we were not familiar with the fighting style of little devils, so it was normal for us to lose a lot. .”

"So, I've been thinking about it."

Li Yunlong continued to take up the topic:
"If our weapons and equipment were better and the ammunition was more sufficient, even if it was only half or even a third of the devil's, then the situation now is definitely completely different."

"It's like a snowball."

"As the firepower increases, the combat losses of the troops will be reduced. More and more veterans will remain, and the future battles will be easier to fight. There will be no problem of rapid expansion of the troops in the later period, which will lead to a sharp decline in quality."

"What does Lao Li mean, all the reasons are due to lack of firepower?"

Kong Jie looked sideways at Li Yunlong.

"Correct."

Li Yunlong's tone was unquestionable: "As long as the firepower is strong enough, all the problems we are facing now are not problems and can be easily solved."

"Are you suffering from the 'fear of insufficient firepower' you mentioned?"

Kong Jie couldn't help but sneered.

He listened to Li Yunlong's words like a cowhide.

"Old Kong."

Ding Wei lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said:
"Don't say it, Lao Li's words sound a little nonsense, but when you think about it carefully, it really makes sense. We are facing many problems now. It can be said to be a mess, but the core problem is our own strength. Insufficient, that is, insufficient firepower of the troops.”

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong smiled triumphantly, praised Ding Wei, and mocked Kong Jie by the way: "It's still old Ding, Kong Er fool, you're almost there."

"so···"

Ding Wei hit the snake with the stick and took the opportunity to tell the reason for his visit:

"Do you want to support the brother with some weapons, ammunition and supplies? To alleviate the brother's fear of insufficient firepower?"

"Recently, Kong Jie and I are having a hard time. We retreated from Shou County and fought a lot of tough battles with the little devils along the way. It's okay to reduce the number of troops to one-fifth. It's much better than you, and the equipment is still complete. , that is, there is a serious shortage of ammunition and supplies.”

"The food has bottomed out, and in a few days, I'm afraid the soldiers will be hungry."

"I didn't think of looking for you at first. After all, your independent regiment suffered more serious losses than ours, but I heard at the brigade headquarters not long ago that you made a fortune, so I dared to come here to ask you for help."

Because there were people in the back room, Ding Wei did not specify the specific situation of the supplies, although the people who could appear here must be reliable.

"Hahaha···"

Li Yunlong said with a smile:

"You really know how to look for opportunities to cry poor. As the old saying goes, children who can cry have milk to eat."

Leader Li's words had a vague tone of agreeing to give supplies, which made Ding Wei and Kong Jie stunned at the same time. This was completely different from what they expected. Li Yunlong actually agreed so directly?

We haven't negotiated terms yet!
Originally, the two thought that, as before, they had to sell a battalion-level troop mobilization to get the supplies.

"Although we are looking for your help, we didn't come here empty-handed this time."

Kong Jie couldn't help but interjected.

"Hey hey hey"

Li Yunlong continued to laugh, and while Ding Kong and Ding Kong were a little puzzled, he got up and said to Ding Kong:

"Go, let's show you the world."

With that said, Li Yunlong walked out of Aunt Zhao's main room and walked towards the warehouse in Zhaojiayu.

Now that he has decided to build a stable base that can keep the devils out, it is definitely not enough to rely on the independent regiment alone, and it must have a strong enough helper, so Li Yunlong plans to arm the new first regiment and the new second regiment this time.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie looked at each other, followed with doubts on their heads.

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The day.

Taiyuan.

Wang Gensheng came outside the city of Taiyuan and got in touch with the intelligence personnel from outside the headquarters who were in charge of liaison. By the way, the intelligence personnel gave Wang Gensheng the request from Ito just received.

"Let us kill the person in charge of Taiyuan Special Hi-Tech?"

Looking at the news in his hand, Wang Gensheng's eyes widened.

For the sake of confidentiality, although there was no requester's name in the information, he immediately thought of who it was—Kotaro Ito, this strange devil among the devils, just like the traitors in China, without any concept of country.

Only he can do such a thing.

"Correct."

The outside intelligence personnel responsible for liaison said:
"It contains the action route of the chief of the Special High School. Almost every day, this person rides out of the city from the east city gate and follows the road to the surrounding devils' garrison to investigate. He is accompanied by more than a dozen devils as guards."

"Leave this to me."

Wang Gensheng took it without hesitation.

With the complicated environment outside the city, he has a hundred ways to kill this super high-tech chief.

Looking at the time, he found that it was only more than an hour before the special high-tech officer named Miyazaki left the city. Wang Gensheng immediately began to prepare. Having been to Taiyuan many times, he quickly prepared the ambush site.

Do it directly 500 meters outside the east gate.

Let Cao Mantang snipe directly from a long distance, and then retreat quietly.

The sniping went very smoothly, without any accidents. Miyazaki was shot dead by Cao Mantang as soon as he left the city and walked 500 meters. Moreover, he was shot in the head with a single shot, accompanied by brains, and fell straight to the ground.

After one shot, Cao Mantang retreated leisurely and quickly disappeared outside the city.

"Master Yamamoto, Mr. Miyazaki was attacked at the east gate, and the jade was broken."

Yamamoto also received the news immediately. At this moment, the first thought that came to Yamamoto's mind was—well, this time it can be confirmed that this special high-tech officer Miyazaki is not the one who leaked the information of the empire.

At this time the phone rang, it was a telegram from Yoshimoto Teiichi, and he asked Yamamoto to quickly investigate this time.

"Go, go to the scene and have a look."

Yamamoto picked up the samurai sword and rushed to the scene immediately.

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