I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

Chapter 967: What’s the waste? They have plenty of shells!
The organization of the special forces regiment severely shocked Chen Wang, the political commissar of the 5th Regiment of the Wutai Division.

After a long while, he finally reacted and asked Yang Yuanshan curiously:

"Captain Yang, your group has only a few thousand people, so it's fine. As long as we can get food and the leaders allow it, it wouldn't be surprising to have two or three thousand people.

But where did those hundreds of cannons come from?

Didn’t the Japanese try their best to blow up artillery and destroy artillery shells every time they were defeated in a battle?
And even if they were seized, it's impossible to seize so much, right?"

"Hey, nothing, I just picked it up."

Yang Yuanshan answered casually.

However, Chen Wang was speechless when he heard this.

Picked it up?

Would you let me pick one up and take a look?
Although he was complaining madly in his heart, Chen Wang did not continue to ask questions.

It’s obvious that this is someone else’s secret and they just don’t want to tell him.

How could he know that Yang Yuanshan was not kidding him.

Those cannons were really "picked up"!

……

Chen Wang was going to report the situation of the special forces regiment to his superiors, who knew whether his superiors could understand the real situation.

So I changed the subject and asked:

"Captain Yang, if your group is so powerful, why did our superiors ask us to support you?

Our three regiments are short of guns and ammunition. In terms of combat effectiveness, I'm afraid we are not as good as your battalion!"

He felt ashamed as he spoke.

Although they are both regimental-level units, the gap in strength is too huge.

"If it was just the Japanese troops from this brigade in the Xinkou area, we could certainly defeat them easily.

However, our original next plan was to surround Jinyang City and even launch an attack to force the Japanese to withdraw from central Hebei.

At that time, our limited military strength was not enough.

If we want to scare the Japanese in Jinyang City, we need at least tens of thousands of troops!"

Yang Yuanshan explained.

"What? Surround Jinyang City?
Isn't this too bold of you to think about?
In Jinyang City, the Japanese must have at least several divisions of troops, right? "

Chen Wang widened his eyes, thinking he had heard it wrong.

“Hehe, there were two divisions before.

Didn’t we take care of one of them in Qubei County a few days ago?
So now there is only one division left in Jinyang City.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to attack cities and strongholds so wantonly in the Xinkou area!"

Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but feel a little proud as he spoke.

We defeated the Japanese a year or two in advance and forced them to defend the city, which is certainly something to be proud of.

"So that's it!"

Chen Wang felt that his three views had been overturned.

In all these years of military service, he has never seen such a strong brother unit!

“But now, the plan to besiege Jinyang City may change.

We received news that the Japanese Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade was moving south from Wucheng.

So my plan is to capture Xinkouguan City and Wutai County, and then use the terrain advantage to eliminate this brigade first!
Then we can think about the next step.”

"What? Destroy a brigade?
Captain Yang, your generosity is too great!

They always mention divisions and brigades."

Chen Wang couldn't close his mouth at all.

Even the leaders of the headquarters wouldn't dare to say that they want to swallow up a brigade, right?

Do you really think the Japanese are made of mud?

But when he thought of the Special Forces Regiment's previous achievements, he felt that this might not be impossible.

Now that we have the division under control, the brigade shouldn't have any difficulties!
Yang Yuanshan smiled slightly and continued:
"Of course, brigades, divisions, and so on are all later stories.

Right now, our task is only to deal with one battalion of Japanese soldiers in Xinkouguan City and one battalion of Japanese soldiers in Wutai County.

My plan is: tomorrow, our special forces regiment will mobilize all its strength to capture the Xinkou Pass first.

As for Wutai County, it will be handed over to your three regiments and my two artillery companies.

How about it, do you think there is a problem? "

Chen Wang listened, nodded, and said thoughtfully:
“It sounds like there’s nothing wrong with this plan.

However, none of our three regiments have fought this kind of battle to attack a county town, so we are still a little unsure!
Especially since the enemy is heavily guarding!

During the previous raid, we did attack the Japanese's artillery towers and strongholds, but there were usually only a hundred or so Japanese soldiers inside. "

“Political Commissar Chen, I don’t think you need to worry about this.

My two artillery companies took a total of several thousand artillery shells with them.

Let them blow the Japs up and make them cry first, and then your three regiments of infantry will launch a strong attack.

If you haven't taken it by dark tomorrow, send someone to inform me and I will mobilize troops to support you."

"We're wasting thousands of rounds just to attack a county town?"

Chen Wang almost wanted to hit someone.

He knew how much our various units were short of artillery shells.

He was also well aware of the great shortage of high-quality explosives at the divisional arsenal.

So, how could he tolerate Yang Yuanshan wasting artillery shells like this?
Yang Yuanshan also noticed that there was something wrong with the expression on his face, as if he was about to get angry.

He quickly said:
"Political Commissar Chen, do your three regiments have artillery?

If so, I will give you 12 of the Japanese 81mm mortars?"

Seeing that he was using 12 cannons, Chen Wang immediately forgot all the anger he had just felt.

They are just rich, so it's reasonable for them to waste some shells, right?
He nodded quickly and said:
"Of course! Thank you so much!"

In fact, among their three regiments, except for the 3rd Regiment which had two 60 mortars, the rest of the regiments had no artillery.
But for now, let's get the cannons first. As for artillery and other things, if we practice more, won't we be able to train them?
At worst, I can just complain to my superiors and ask them to coordinate two gunners from the main artillery regiment to serve as teachers!
Then Chen Wang asked expectantly:
"Captain Yang, cannons alone are not enough, can you give us more shells?
This 81mm caliber shell is not easy to handle! "

"No problem at all.

For one gun, can I give you 200 rounds of ammunition? "

The Special Forces Regiment is not equipped with 81mm mortars.

Therefore, the matching artillery shells in his system warehouse had never been used, and it was completely easy for him to take out 2400 shells now.

“200 rounds???
That’s great! "

Chen Wang's heart was pounding.

He felt that Yang Yuanshan in front of him was simply the God of Wealth descending to earth!

……

Next, Yang Yuanshan communicated with him some details of the coordinated operations and then said goodbye and left.

As for the batch of 81mm mortars and artillery shells, he had just thought about it and threw them deep into the woods hundreds of meters away.

Anyway, at this moment, there is no place illuminated by torches or flashlights, it is all dark and you can't see anything.

He suddenly threw out a batch of equipment and no one noticed.

……

When Chen Wang walked back to the woods where the Special Forces Regiment's equipment was stored, he saw Ye Jingyun personally leading the soldiers of the Wutai Division, happily loading weapons and equipment onto mule and horse carts.

Seeing him coming back, Ye Jingyun immediately stopped what he was doing, came over and said excitedly:
"Old Chen, look, these things are all good stuff, more than 80% new!
We also found several Type 92 heavy machine guns, all of which were intact!

This time, our three groups really made a fortune! "

Chen Wang had just been greatly impressed by the strength of the special forces regiment, and was no longer concerned about these equipments.

He said nonchalantly:

"Really? Besides the Type 38 rifle and heavy machine gun, are there any other good stuff?"

"There are also crooked-handled rifles, crooked-handled rifles, turtle boxes, and grenade launchers!
Especially these grenade launchers, most of them are brand new!

It’s a pity that there are no artillery.”

Ye Jingyun answered excitedly, pointing at various weapons.

"Cannon? We have cannon.

Commander Yang gave us 12 81mm mortars, right there."

Chen Wang pointed to the woods in the distance.

"What? Twelve 12mm mortars?
Lao Chen, are you kidding me?"

Ye Jingyun was ecstatic.

There are 12 cannons, divided equally among three regiments, so each regiment can get four cannons!

It’s enough to cause trouble for an artillery company!

Among the main forces of the Wutai Division, there are only a handful of them that have artillery companies!
"Is this something you can joke about?
In addition to the artillery, Commander Yang also gave us a total of 2400 artillery shells!"

Chen Wang rolled his eyes at him.

"impossible!

2400 rounds of artillery shells?
Did this special forces regiment rob the Japanese arsenal?
Even if we robbed the arsenal, there's no way they could just give us so much inventory, right?"

Ye Jingyun didn't believe it at all.

Shake your head like a rattle.

"Let's go and see for ourselves."

Chen Wang did not argue with him, and immediately called a few soldiers, holding torches, and walked towards the woods that Yang Yuanshan pointed out to him. Seeing this, Ye Jingyun also hurriedly followed.

……

After a while, they saw a large pile of ammunition boxes on the ground deep in the woods.

Several soldiers rushed over to open it and took a look, and immediately shouted excitedly:

"Captain Ye, Political Commissar Chen, mortars! Brand new!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingyun excitedly rushed towards the other ammunition boxes.

Soon, he also shouted in surprise.

Having been the regiment commander for several years, this was the first time he had obtained so many new artillery pieces!

Not to mention there are so many shells, it's like getting rich overnight!
……

After a long while, Ye Jingyun finally suppressed his inner excitement and ordered the soldiers to move all the cannons and shells onto the mule and horse carts.

Then he asked Chen Wang with a grin:
"Old Chen, how did you discuss it with Captain Yang?
How do we fight next?
Now that we have so many weapons and equipment, I think the Japanese are nothing to be afraid of!"

“Captain Yang still insisted on storming Wutai County.

I think there is nothing wrong with Captain Yang’s idea.”

Chen Wang replied with a smile.

"Haha, that's right.

With so many weapons and bullets, it is not difficult to capture Wutai County.

But before we came out, we had already discussed with Lao He and Lao Jiang that we should persuade Captain Yang not to fight so hard. Now that we have changed our minds, isn't it a bad idea?"

Ye Jingyun was a little conflicted.

"Captain Yang said that their two artillery companies brought several thousand rounds of artillery shells and were ready to use them all.

They blew up the Japanese first, and then our people from the Wutai Division attacked.

You said that if we still don't dare to rush in after what they have said, wouldn't that be a disgrace to our superiors?"

Chen Wang rolled his eyes.

“Thousands of shells?

My goodness, isn't this such a waste?"

"What's the waste? They have plenty of ammunition.

Look at how many weapons, equipment, bullets and artillery shells we have obtained.
There must be more of them themselves!"

Chen Wang sighed.

"Hiss... The superiors said that they seized a full division's worth of weapons and equipment, which can support various troops. I think there must be more than that!
Unexpectedly, they made a fortune now!"

Ye Jingyun couldn't help but take a breath.

"I think they might have other sources of weapons.

There is no way the Japs will let them seize hundreds of artillery pieces!"

Chen Wang said with certainty.

“Hundreds of artillery pieces?

Theirs is even bigger than our headquarters!
Leaders, are you just going to let this happen?"

Ye Jingyun’s eyes widened.

"Huh, why don't you care?
Didn’t the leader back home say that they were the ‘best group in the world’?

You are a leader and you just say that casually? "

Chen Wang felt deeply moved.

……

The people from the Wutai Division worked for half the night and filled all the mule and horse carts they brought. The soldiers then each carried two guns, and only then did they take away 60 to 70 percent of the equipment that Yang Yuanshan had given them.

As for the remaining things, we can only wait for the next wave of people to arrive and transport them.

Anyway, Chen Wang had just sent two soldiers back to Wutai County to call for more people to move the equipment.

……

Liu Changshun and Chu Kun, with their two companies of about 400 people, followed the guides sent by Chen Wang and Ye Jingyun and rushed to Wutai County.

Because they carried too many artillery shells, they could not move very fast.

It was around ten o'clock in the evening when they finally arrived at the foot of Wutai County.

Upon hearing that the two artillery companies of the special forces regiment had arrived, He Dingwei and several other regiment commanders and political commissars naturally hurried out to greet them.

"Captain Liu, Captain Chu, I am He Dingwei, the commander of the Third Regiment."

"I am Lin Zhenghe, the political commissar of the Third Regiment."

"I am Jiang Yaohui, the leader of the 5th Regiment."

"I am Xu Huaijin, the political commissar of the 9th Regiment."

Liu Changshun and Chu Kun naturally saluted the four of them quickly.

After some greetings, He Dingwei and the other three looked at the mule-horse cart behind them and said curiously:

"Captain Liu, Captain Chu, how many artillery pieces and shells did you bring?"

Liu Changshun and Chu Kun certainly would not hide anything and immediately introduced it to them. They also took them to see the cannons they had brought.

The four were naturally shocked to see that their strength, with only about 400 people, was not inferior to that of the headquarters artillery regiment.

——After all, although the headquarters artillery regiment has 12 mountain cannons, it does not have thousands of artillery shells!
He Dingwei couldn't help but said with envy:

"Good boy! Your special forces group is so strong!
No wonder the leaders praised it as the 'best group in the world'!"

Chu Kun smiled slightly and said casually:
“It’s nothing.

If our regiment did not have a mission at Xinkouguan City, the regiment commander would definitely send the artillery battalion here.

Our artillery battalion now has 48 75mm mountain guns.

It would be a piece of cake to take over this small Wutai County."

"What? 48 75mm mountain guns?

Isn't this the same as a mountain artillery regiment of the Japanese?"

Jiang Yaohui screamed in shock.

"Hey, what's the little devil's mountain artillery regiment?
Our artillery battalion has eaten up so many artillery regiments!"

Chu Kun continued to show off.

At this point, He Dingwei and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

The guy in front of them was so proud of himself that they were speechless.

At this time, Chu Kun asked again:

"Captain He, our captain wants us to take over Wutai County. When are you going to start?"

He Dingwei heard this and immediately smiled and said perfunctorily:
"Captain Chu, we still need to discuss this matter carefully. It's late at night, why don't you take your men to rest first.

Let's talk about the war tomorrow?"

Chu Kun and Liu Changshun looked at each other and knew that they probably didn't dare to fight.

I immediately despised the other person in my heart.

But when Yang Yuanshan sent them out, he specifically told them to pay attention to unity.

So the two of them didn't say anything, just nodded, and followed the people arranged by He Dingwei to rest.

……

As soon as they left, He Dingwei and the other three returned to their temporary command center to discuss the matter.

After seeing the artillery and artillery shells brought by Chu Kun and his men, He Dingwei and Jiang Yaohui both suggested attacking the city early tomorrow morning.

However, Lin Zhenghe and Xu Huaijin still insisted on being cautious and said they would wait for news from Chen Wang and Ye Jingyun.

He Dingwei and Jiang Yaohui couldn't persuade them and could only nod and agree.

……

Two o'clock in the morning.

The person Chen Wang sent back to report the news has arrived.

He told them excitedly that Yang Yuanshan had given them a large amount of equipment, including guns, cannons and bullets, which could not be transported back in one trip, so he asked them to send more people to Jinchang County to move them.

At this moment, He Dingwei and the other three were immediately overjoyed.

It was decided immediately: Wutai County must be taken!

……

By six o'clock in the morning, Ye Jingyun had returned with the first group of people transporting weapons and equipment.

He Dingwei and others almost jumped up with excitement when they saw such a large number of guns and ammunition.

As for the 12 81mm mortars, Chen Wang and Ye Jingyun took into consideration that they did not have enough artillery for the time being and there would be no great use in transporting them back, so they were not included in the first batch.

Due to the urgent military situation, He Dingwei and his colleagues discussed and divided up the weapons, and then asked the soldiers from each regiment to come and collect them quickly.

The soldiers of the Wutai Division were naturally shocked when they saw so many sophisticated equipment suddenly arrived in the regiment, and then they were ecstatic!

Despite being tired from being woken up so early, he went to get his new weapons with great joy.

Then all the obsolete weapons they had, such as the Hanyang-made and old-cased ones, were eliminated.

——The rifling of these old guns is basically worn out. The bullets will fly away beyond 100 meters and are completely unusable!

In the past, they had no choice, so they naturally treated them as treasures.

But now, with a Type 38 rifle that is more than 80% new, only a fool would hold on to that junk from before!
For a while, there was great jubilation outside Wutai County, which made the Japanese soldiers in the city suspicious, not knowing what the enemy was doing.

……

(End of this chapter)