I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

Yang Yuanshan led his men out of the east gate of Qixia Town and hurriedly headed northeast.

Soon, they arrived at Xingshupo.

Looking at the wooden houses crowded on the hillside, Yang Yuanshan felt tremendous pressure.

He knew without thinking that these were all temporary wards that had been built in a hurry to accommodate the wounded.

Seeing so many houses, he realized what kind of pressure the medical staff in the field hospital were facing now.

Not to mention treating so many wounded soldiers, just ensuring their three meals a day would probably be a headache for Mi Dawu, the company commander of the hospital's security company!
After all, there are tens of thousands of people, and the number is endless!

I'm afraid there are at least 20,000 wounded soldiers in this field hospital now!

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanshan wanted to turn around and run away.

Otherwise, when I enter the hospital and meet the director Liang Hongyuan, I will definitely be questioned in public by him why so many soldiers were injured.

That feeling is not very good.

Fortunately, he was not that cowardly after all.

Although he was nervous, he still took people to the hospital.

Then I saw that it was packed with people!
All the medical staff were in a hurry and were very busy.

Even many wounded soldiers who were able to move took the initiative to help do things within their abilities.

——For example, feeding water and food to seriously injured comrades.

Seeing this, Yang Yuanshan hurriedly sent guards such as Zhang Xiaohe to help, and he himself began to visit the wounded in each ward, asking about their difficulties and needs.

Meanwhile, Liang Hongyuan, the hospital director who was busy and sweating profusely, also noticed his arrival and naturally did not look happy.

But he didn't bother to argue with Yang Yuanshan and continued to work on his own task.

……

After spending half a day, Yang Yuanshan finally managed to comfort the wounded.

I originally wanted to talk to Tian Yu about life, but seeing that she was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat and had no free time at all, I had to give up the idea.

He thought to himself, "How can I have a family if the Xiongnu is not destroyed?"

Perhaps only after the Japanese devils are driven away, will there be time for romance!

……

And just as the Special Forces Regiment was busy with all sorts of things.

Li Yunlong had also collected the spoils from the battle of Huangping Town, and waited for Su Zhen to come and meet him with more than 10,000 people, transporting the spoils.

He was naturally very happy when he learned that Su Zhen and others had captured the Japanese's baggage train in one fell swoop, not only seizing a large number of weapons and equipment, but also obtaining a lot of war horses, pack horses and food.

Immediately arrange for the members of the supplementary group and the fellow villagers who came to help to transport these supplies to Shuishen Mountain in the north of Heyuan County.

He remembered that there were several large caves there, which were suitable for temporarily storing these supplies.

After the war, Zhao Gang can arrange people to transport the materials to other hidden places for long-term storage.

As reserve materials for the future.

After everything was arranged, he personally led Xing Zhiguo's independent regiment and Su Zhen's guard regiment and began to march westward, preparing to rush to Xinkou to assist in the battle.

Although Yang Yuanshan assured him that the Japanese 26th Division could be easily destroyed, he was still a little worried.

After all, it was unreliable no matter how you looked at it to attack a division of the Japanese with thousands of exhausted soldiers after a long battle.

……

This side of Qixia Town.

Since Yang Yuanshan ordered Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng to shoot live ammunition, the soldiers from the two artillery battalions could quickly become familiar with the artillery in their hands.

So today, there were rumbling sounds of artillery fire inside and outside the town.

Shells from 105mm howitzers and 120mm heavy mortars continued to fall on the mountains several kilometers away, causing smoke and dust and destroying grass and trees.

The people in Qixia Town were not too surprised because they had been notified in advance.

But the animals in the surrounding forests were in a miserable state. Every now and then there would be a loud noise, and they would be so scared that they could only hide in their caves, trembling in fear.

I thought it was the gods who were angry.

……

Zhan Haishan, deputy commander of the Special Forces Regiment, was writing furiously in his room, compiling a battle report on the battle of Huangping Town. When he heard the gunfire, he immediately put down his pen, pushed the door open, and looked in the direction where the gunfire came from.

I couldn’t help but sigh:

“This is such a waste!
With so many shells, we can even bomb the Japanese artillery towers and strongholds!"

At this time, Political Commissar Zhou Xianpei happened to walk into the yard. Upon hearing what he said, he immediately responded:

"Yes.

When I was at the headquarters, I saw with my own eyes that the leaders were so worried about a few artillery shells that they couldn't sleep or eat.

I didn't expect that with the arrival of the special forces regiment, the artillery shells would never be used up.

Sometimes, I wonder whether I should just send a telegram to the leaders and ask them to move the headquarters to northwest Shanxi.

It also saves them from having to worry about the ammunition supply for the entire army."

Hearing what he said, Zhan Haishan was speechless.

Laughing awkwardly:
"Old Zhou, you'd better keep this idea to yourself. The leaders chose the location of the headquarters with considerations.

We are in northwest Shanxi, which is still a bit too remote.”

He is a military cadre with excellent strategic vision.

Naturally, we know that the reason why the headquarters stayed in the southeastern part of Shanxi was for strategic considerations.

If it is transferred to northwest Shanxi, it will be inconvenient to command the troops in northern Henan, southern Hebei and other regions.

Zhou Xianpei couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this, knowing that his military vision was a little lacking.

He nodded quickly:

"alright, I got it."

Then he prepared to leave quickly and go about his own business.

……

At this moment, a sentry suddenly came running over breathlessly and reported to the two men:

"The political commissar, deputy commander, and Commander Kong of the New Second Regiment have rushed to the outskirts of the town with their soldiers.

Captain Kong said he wanted to see our captain."

Because Yang Yuanshan went to the field hospital, the sentry could only come to find the two of them.

Zhou Xianpei didn't understand why the New Second Regiment came here, and was a little surprised. However, Zhan Haishan knew the other party's intention, so he quickly stepped forward and said to the sentry:
“Comrades from the New Second Regiment, please come into town and rest.

Let Zhao Li send people to mobilize the villagers in the town to help boil some hot water for them."

"Yes!"

The sentry agreed and hurried away.

Then Zhan Haishan explained to Zhou Xianpei:
"Old Zhou, the New Second Regiment was sent by the leadership to help us deal with the 26th Division.

It's just that they had fought a battle outside Heyuan County before, so they fell behind."

"ok, I get it."

Zhou Xianpei nodded and then asked:

"Then let's go greet Captain Kong?"

Zhan Haishan shook his head:
“I haven’t finished organizing my battle report yet, so I don’t have the time.

Or you can go by yourself?"

"OK then!"

Zhou Xianpei didn't force it. He just nodded and left the yard by himself.

……

Soon, he saw Kong Jie and Dou Guangjie, who were rushing in at the entrance of the town with dirt all over their heads and faces.

He quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"Captain Kong, Political Commissar Dou, thank you for rushing here!"

"It's not that hard. Political Commissar Zhou, where's that kid Yang Yuanshan?"

Kong Jie waved his hand and asked.

"I'm sorry, Captain Kong.

Our regiment commander went to the field hospital to visit the wounded and is not here now."

Zhou Xianpei quickly apologized.

"That's fine."

Hearing that Yang Yuanshan was not there, Kong Jie took a puff of his pipe in a depressed mood, then pointed at the sound of artillery coming and going in the distance and asked curiously:

"Political Commissar Zhou, what is your regiment doing?
I heard the sound of artillery fire from a long distance away and thought the Japanese were attacking, so I ran all the way with my soldiers!
I nearly broke my legs from running so hard.

If you don't give me an explanation, I won't agree!"

Of course Zhou Xianpei knew that this guy must be exaggerating.

But I still explained honestly:
"Captain Kong, this is our artillery battalion, conducting live-fire training."

"What? Live-fire training?

Good man! You guys are wasting the shells too much, aren't you?
Such precious shells, just dropped on the mountain to kill rats?

If the leaders of the headquarters knew about this, even if Yang Yuanshan was favored, he would still have to suffer the consequences, right? "

Kong Jie's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

I knew that the Special Forces Regiment had enough ammunition, but I didn't know that they had enough to do such nonsense!

Live-fire training is not impossible.

But firing a few or ten shells would be enough!
How could there be a special forces regiment like today, firing shells one after another continuously?
From the time he heard the artillery fire from several miles away until now, he must have wasted at least dozens of artillery shells.

And judging from the sound of the artillery, these shells are all large-caliber, definitely not 50mm or 70mm!
This is such a waste of resources!
Of course Zhou Xianpei also knew that Kong Jie's doubts were very reasonable.

After all, he himself had once questioned this.

I couldn't help but criticize Yang Yuanshan in my heart: Commander, commander, look at how you're wasting things, your comrades can't stand it, right?

But it was obviously impossible for him to send someone to ask Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng to stop training immediately to save artillery shells.

So at this moment, I can only bite the bullet and explain:
"Captain Kong, you can't say that.

The artillery battalion of our regiment just replaced its equipment early this morning, so we have no choice but to conduct live-fire training now.

We are about to prepare to destroy the Japanese 26th Division, and the soldiers must familiarize themselves with these equipment as soon as possible! "

"What? Change clothes?

What new equipment did you get?"

Kong Jie was very curious.

He was so envious of the heavy artillery in front of the artillery battalion of the special forces regiment!

"The First Artillery Battalion of our regiment has now phased out the Japanese 75mm mountain guns and replaced them with 20 105mm howitzers.

Our Second Artillery Battalion also eliminated mountain artillery and equipped itself with 32 120mm heavy mortars.”

Zhan Haishan explained honestly.

"What? Twenty 20mm howitzers?
32 120mm heavy mortars?

Oh my God, your regiment is stronger than Lao Chang’s army!

Where did you get all these good things?"

Kong Jie opened his mouth wide, totally unable to believe it.

These days, the United States has not yet provided large-scale support with standard weapons.

老常一个嫡系军，通常也就只有一个装备30门75毫米山炮、野炮的野山炮混合炮团，和一个装备24门37毫米战防炮的战防炮营，一个装备10门105毫米重迫击炮的重迫击炮营而已。

Even the most powerful Fifth Army, at the eve of entering Burma, had only 55 mountain and field howitzers of various types, at its peak number of heavy artillery.

Judging from the data on paper, the two artillery battalions of the Special Forces Regiment can definitely crush the heavy artillery of Lao Chang’s direct army!
After all, caliber represents combat effectiveness!
When Zhou Xianpei saw Kong Jie like this, he felt a little proud for some reason.

I couldn't help but let out a faint smile.

He answered seriously:
"We don't know where these cannons came from. Anyway, they suddenly appeared outside the town."

Hearing this answer, Kong Jie was speechless.

He didn't believe it at all and just thought that the other party didn't want to tell him the secret.

I can only give up the exploration and turn to anxiously:

"Political Commissar Zhou, can you take me to see your two artillery battalions?

"I, Kong, have never seen such a powerful heavy artillery battalion in my life!"

Of course Zhou Xianpei would not refuse this request.

After all, they are brother troops from northwest Shanxi, and he is very familiar with Kong Jie.

So he nodded:

"no problem.

But Captain Kong, did you guys settle the troops first before going?

I see that your soldiers are very tired and need to rest quickly.

Our regiment leader is going to set out for Xinkou early tomorrow morning."

Kong Jie waved his hand:

"Just let Laodou take the soldiers into the town to rest."

But he didn't expect that Dou Guangjie next to him was not happy at all.

Immediately replied:

"Lao Kong, you are going too far!

I also want to see this howitzer battalion!"

Kong Jie's eyes widened when he heard this:
"Dad, you are a political cadre, and you are not in charge of commanding the battle, so what are you looking at?
Take the soldiers to rest quickly and do some ideological work for them.

Just now I heard some soldiers complaining about being tired!

This is not possible! "

When Dou Guangjie saw him cheating, he was speechless.

However, he couldn't argue with Kong Jie in front of Zhou Xianpei.

He could only walk towards the town with the soldiers of the New Second Regiment, feeling very unhappy.

……

After sending away the soldiers of the New Second Regiment, Kong Jie signaled Zhou Xianpei to lead the way.

After a while, they arrived at the position of the 1st Artillery Battalion.

The soldiers, working in platoons, are conducting intensive artillery training.

Every cannon was surrounded by soldiers.

Battalion Commander Gao Yuanzhi and some gunners who can operate the M2A1 105mm howitzer are busy providing guidance.

I didn't notice they were coming.

Kong Jie couldn't help drooling when he saw the doors opening up and the seemingly endless space.

He took a puff of the pipe in his hand and said with emotion:

"My goodness, the combat effectiveness of your artillery battalion is probably stronger than that of three or four headquarters artillery regiments!"

Zhou Xianpei waved his hands repeatedly:
“Captain Kong, you are too kind.

You can see that our gunners are not very familiar with this type of howitzer.

There is no question of combat effectiveness."

How poisonous are Kong Jie's eyes?
Of course, it can also be seen that the soldiers in front of them are very unfamiliar with operating these artillery pieces.

But he didn't think it was a big problem.

As long as you have enough ammunition and fire a few more shots, won't you become familiar with it?

Our soldiers become familiar with their equipment not by being taught in the classroom, but by gradually learning it in battle!
It is precisely because of their exploration in the flames of war that they are often able to discover alternative uses for equipment and achieve amazing results!
...(End of chapter)