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Since the chief of staff wanted to observe, Tianchuan was naturally not afraid. It was just a hill, and hiding was not a problem.

Under the observation of the chief of staff, the special forces team ran up the hill from the mountain road on one side. Then Tianchuan and other veterans, each with a recruit, selected positions for the recruits and then camouflaged them.

Because of the camouflage uniforms worn on the body, some places with black and brown rocks and the exposed body basically do not need special camouflage. Just stay still, and the color of the clothes will blend in with the surrounding rocks, fallen leaves, etc., and you really can't see anything without careful observation.

As for places like some big rocks that are in a good combat position, the special forces members decisively took out a ghillie suit of suitable color from their backpacks and put it on the soldiers. Then, the color of the ghillie suit blends with the rocks, making people mistakenly think that the soldier squatting next to the rock is just a rock.

Also, under the trees, in the grass, and behind the jujube bushes, the special forces team quickly completed their camouflage with the help of the surrounding environment and some existing or easily found camouflage items.

The most troublesome thing was the soldiers of the artillery group and the mortars they carried. Because the mortars were large and had obvious features, they were not easy to disguise.

However, this did not stump the special forces, and they still chose to hide behind a large rock so as not to block the mortar's firing angle. Two artillerymen squatted on the left and right of the mortar, covered with camouflage nets, and hung some weeds on them to blend in with the surrounding environment. Of course, if you look closely, you can still see the clues. After all, this is not invisibility, but hiding with the help of camouflage.

It took only about ten minutes for the special forces team to complete their camouflage and ambush. The chief of staff watched the whole process with his eyes fixed on it.

"First of all, the soldiers of the special forces are very good at camouflaging themselves with the colors of the surrounding environment, and they can also use some camouflage materials that can be found anywhere. They do a good job in this regard, but there are also very powerful comrades in our team who are good at camouflaging and lurking like this. Now, what I want to say is that the new military uniforms can indeed help with camouflage to a certain extent."

"Okay, go tell them to continue training. I've seen their results! By the way, you said the clothing factory made 200 sets of military uniforms, right? Can you tell me about the cost, especially the cost of dyeing a large amount of cloth? I see that the colors on these clothes are very particular, not randomly dyed. Is it easy to produce? Can it be mass-produced?"

The chief of staff became interested in camouflage uniforms and began to ask about them. If possible, he really wanted the entire army to be equipped with such uniforms, so as to reduce the possibility of being exposed during an ambush.

However, this is just a thought. After all, some troops do not have complete uniforms. A regiment has uniforms of different colors. Some even wear captured puppet uniforms inside out. In short, camouflage uniforms are good, but they cannot be equipped on a large scale. The chief of staff was very confused about whether to expand the scale of equipment.

As they thought about it, they crossed the narrow gap and arrived at the arsenal. As for Tianchuan and the others who had received the notice, they continued to run and soon caught up with the panting female soldiers...

At the arsenal's shooting range, the chief of staff met Minister Zhang and his team, and saw the 10 120mm heavy mortars standing there. There were artillerymen guarding the 10 heavy mortars, arranged neatly, and there were some boxes behind them, which contained mortar shells.

"Hello, Chief..." Li Yuexuan and his men greeted him, and the Chief of Staff waved back. After Li Yuexuan's introduction, the test firing began. "Chief of Staff, due to environmental reasons, we can only find a hilltop more than 4 kilometers away as the impact point for the test firing. Now we are testing the training projectile, which contains a small amount of explosives and a large amount of white ash, just to let everyone see the impact point clearly."

"Ready... fire!" As Li Yuexuan introduced, the commanders of the 10 mortars in front gave the order and a salvo of fire started.

Boom boom boom... chirp chirp... 10 huge shells flew out of the barrel with a whistling sound, and after a while of flying, they exploded on the hillside where the bullets hit. Obviously, clusters of white ash spread out, making the whole mountaintop foggy, as if a layer of white mist had risen.

"Don't worry, Commander. The area over there has been cleared and no civilians are approaching!" Li Yuexuan saw the chief of staff's worry and spoke up.

"Well, go ahead!" said the chief of staff with a smile.

"Okay, second test firing, with live ammunition!" Firing with live ammunition had already been tried during the production test, and these mortars were assembled by Li Yuexuan from the most qualified products selected from a large number of parts. The shells were also checked one by one, and the quality was absolutely reliable, so there was naturally no need to worry about firing with live ammunition.

Then, with the sound of explosions, 10 shells whizzed out and exploded on the hilltop that served as the shooting range. This time, the hilltop was no longer foggy, but rocks were thrown into the air, flames shot up into the sky, and the entire hilltop was greatly damaged. Some growing jujube bushes and thorns were directly blown out by the artillery fire, then ignited in the air and continued to burn when they fell to the ground.

"Yes, this power is really good!" The chief of staff was connoisseur and was very satisfied with the explosion effect just now. He even thought of the scenario of using such mortars to fight against the Japanese mountain artillery in the blink of an eye.

"Commander, due to space limitations, we cannot demonstrate the longest bombing distance! But last month, on the banks of the Zhuozhang River north of Panlong Town, we measured the maximum range, and it is the same as the information I submitted, with no deviation." Li Yuexuan interrupted at the right time.

"Hmm..." The chief of staff looked at the smoking hill, then looked at the box behind the mortar, gritted his teeth and said, "Go on, let's try again!"

"Yes! All artillery teams, pay attention, the third test firing, live ammunition, continue!" Li Yuexuan carried out the order. The artillerymen were happy to fire one more time and quickly completed the preparations.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of firing was heard, and 10 shells flew out again, blasting up a sky full of rubble and dust on the top of the hill.

"With such power, if we had 10 mortars like this when we attacked Lijiaopo, perhaps the casualties would have been reduced a lot! But it's okay, with these mortars, plus long-barreled howitzers and flying thunder cannons, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army is enough at this stage!" The chief of staff thought about it in his mind, and then began to calculate how many such mortars were needed to meet the needs of the team?
(End of this chapter)