Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 57 A New Neighbor Arrives (Vote Request)

Regarding the plunder, Chen Chengxing just looked at the weapons and put the documents aside. The rest were just some clothing and food, nothing to see. His mind was now attracted by the Italian cannon.

But Luo Ping did not let Chen Chengxing go.

"By the way, there are 8 rifles seized this time that look a bit strange. I brought one over here for you to see if you can recognize it." Luo Ping said as he asked his guards outside to bring in the gun.

"Old Chen, look, this gun can't fit a Type 6.5 rifle bullet." Luo Ping took a mm bullet and experimented.

"No need to try. This is the Japanese's Type 99 rifle. Was it seized from the heavy machine gun?" Chen Chengxing could tell what kind of gun it was at a glance.

For military bloggers, this is just basic stuff.

"Type 99 rifle?" This was the first time Luo Ping had heard of this type of rifle.

"This is the Japanese's new rifle, which fires 7.7mm bullets," Chen Chengxing explained.

This is also the reason why the Japanese equipped each heavy machine gun team with a Type 99 rifle, even though the ammunition for the two is not interchangeable and one rifle will not be of much use.

Yes, the Japanese produced rifles in order to make the ammunition universal, but in the end the ammunition was still not universal. It was not until 40 years later that the Type 92 heavy machine gun was modified to use rifle bullets, and the two became universal. It's just that this type of gun is rare in China.

So although the document shows that bullets other than pistols are divided into two types, there are actually four types, namely the 2mm full-load bullet for the Type 4 rifle, the 6.5mm reduced-load bullet for the Type 6.5 rifle, the 92mm semi-rimmed bullet for the Type 7.7 heavy machine gun, and the 7.7mm rimless bullet for the Type rifle.

Well, that's very true.

"How should these rifles be distributed?" Luo Ping asked.

The Type 38 rifles were directly distributed to each battalion, but these rifles had different calibers, and it was impossible to equip each gun with bullets individually when resupplying them.

According to the current configuration of the New Second Regiment, the heavy machine gun unit is not equipped with rifles.

Chen Chengxing thought for a moment and said, "Let's assign it to the regiment headquarters."

"Also, have someone look for it. Although this gun also uses 7.7mm rounds, it is different from the Type 92 heavy machine gun. If the heavy machine gun uses rifle rounds, it will easily jam."

Although the Japanese heavy machine gun bullets are pre-loaded on the magazine, you still have to be careful.

The performance of the early Type 99 rifle is still very good, and it can be used by both communications squads and service soldiers.

"Okay, I'll go look for it. Where are those turtle boxes?" Luo Ping asked.

Now all commanders above the rank of platoon leader in the new Second Regiment have their own guns. Although the rifling of their guns may have been worn out, no one wants to replace them with turtle boxes.

It’s not that no one had changed it before, but after a war, they all changed it back, and then no one wanted this kind of pistol anymore.

"Give the turtle box to the guerrillas." Chen Chengxing scratched his head.

He also knew that everyone didn't want the Turtle Box, but there was nothing he could do about it, because this thing was so fucked up.
Give it to the guerrillas first. After all, no matter how bad it is, it is better than a machete. When the guerrillas are well-equipped, give it to the county brigades below. If that doesn't work, there are militias. Anyway, just delegate it down one level at a time.

“By the way, let’s distribute the heavy machine guns as well. There are too many of them, and it’s not appropriate to keep them in the regiment headquarters,” Chen Chengxing added.

"How to divide?"

“一营和二营各分4挺92式重机枪，民24式重机枪和马克沁重机枪以及剩下的2挺92式分到三营。”陈成兴说道。

In the organization plan of the new Second Regiment, the Third Battalion was mainly equipped with 7.92mm weapons, so the Type 24 and Maxim were definitely assigned to the Third Battalion. Besides, these two heavy machine guns were no worse than the Type 92, especially because they were more than ten kilograms lighter than the Type 92. The Third Battalion was good at guerrilla warfare, so the light weight was in their favor.

Although four heavy machine guns form a platoon, the New Second Regiment is poor, so let's set up the equipment first.

After Chen Chengxing and Luo Ping discussed the weapons allocation of each unit and the plan to attack the Japanese convoy to recover their losses three days later, they left Hongni Bay and headed straight for Erlang Cave.

Although the New Second Regiment now has two infantry guns, it does not mean that Chen Chengxing does not care about the 2mm mortar.

On the contrary, in Chen Chengxing's eyes, the importance of this mortar is even higher than that of infantry gun.

The reason is very simple. The Type 92 infantry gun has one less shell after each fire. Normally, Chen Chengxing would not easily use it.

With the level of the Erlangdong Arsenal, it should be able to produce cast iron shells for mortars now. After all, the problems of explosives and propellant have been solved.

This is also the main reason why Chen Chengxing went this time.

Daan Town.

Chu Yunfei had just led the 358th Regiment out of the Japanese encirclement and was resting here.

After learning about the battle report of Dayun Mountain, Chu Yunfei was a little surprised and said, "New Second Regiment? A core regiment can eat up a battalion of the Japanese?"

Although the 358th Regiment could also wipe out a battalion of Japanese troops, it was a reinforced regiment and had more people than a normal division.

With Chu Yunfei's identity, it would be no problem for him to become a division commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. After all, a division of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had only four or five thousand people, which was no different from the 358th Regiment.

But who can blame Chu Yunfei for not only being from Mount Wutai, but also being a disciple of Chang Guangtou?

This was because Chu Yunfei was good at fighting, so he finally came up with a compromise. The troop deployment was carried out normally, but the military rank was still colonel and regiment commander.

If Chu Yunfei really gets promoted to a high position, will the Jinsui Army still be Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army?
"Captain, according to intelligence, although this new Second Regiment is not the main field regiment of the Eighth Route Army, its number of troops is almost full, with more than 2,000 people, but they are lacking in weapons."

"Oh, by the way, this time they had a hand-to-hand fight with the Japanese army. The Japanese army's firepower advantage was not brought into play, and the Japanese army's heavy weapons units actually held them back."

Fang Ligong, the chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, explained the situation in detail.

"That shouldn't be underestimated." Chu Yunfei said as he looked at the map that the combat staff had just hung up.

"A unit that dares to fight head-on shows that it has great courage in combat. Once such a unit is well equipped, its combat effectiveness will be amazing."

In Chu Yunfei's opinion, compared with weapons and equipment, people are more important, because there are other ways to solve the problem of weapons, but the problem of morale is difficult to solve.

The reason why the 358th Regiment's combat effectiveness was counted among the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was that the morale of the 358th Regiment was higher than that of other troops.

"Brother Ligong, you must pay special attention to the new Second Regiment in the future. We may very likely become their neighbors." Chu Yunfei instructed.

Now the southwestern part of Shanxi has been broken through by the Japanese, and his 358th Regiment will most likely be placed in the northwestern part of Shanxi by the headquarters.

"Yes!" Although Fang Ligong didn't know what Chu Yunfei meant, he still carried out Chu Yunfei's orders very well.

(End of this chapter)