During the War of Resistance Against Japan: After being scattered at Cangyunling, he brought back a

"For example, the Japanese machine gunners and artillerymen!"

"Even the commanders and officers who showed their faces!"

"Old Zhao! You know the difference between us and the Japanese! Everyone says the Japanese have strong combat skills!"

"That's all bullshit!"

"When it comes to bravery and skill in battle, our Chinese nation has thousands of years of history!"

"When it comes to strict discipline, China is miles ahead of the Japanese!"

"But on the battlefield, they almost always lost more than they won. Even the biggest victory since the start of the war came at a heavy price!"

Why is that?

"It's all because of the damn Japanese firepower suppression!"

Xie Jinyuan spoke in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Captain!"

"I know what you mean!"

“But there are two problems that are almost obvious and cannot be solved!” Zhao Gang shook his head and said.

"What two points?"

"First!"

"The weapon issue is essentially a range issue!"

"Secondly! It's a matter of scale! One or two people have too little impact on the battlefield! At least a platoon is needed to be effective!"

Zhao Gang pondered for a moment, then frowned and said.

Snipers rely on talent; you can only find one or two out of a hundred people who are truly exceptional!

Needless to say, the Japanese aren't stupid!

It's impossible to place machine gun positions in front, and artillery positions are even further beyond their effective firing range, and are protected by infantry!

Therefore, to achieve the goal, we must have a weapon with a long range, which puts the Japanese machine gun positions and artillery positions more than two kilometers away!

Even after the war begins, advancing 500 meters still leaves a distance of 1.5 kilometers!

There is no such gun with an effective range of 1.5 kilometers!

"Scale is not a problem! I don't need to waste my time on one or two people!"

"As things stand, recruiting for the New Third Regiment is no longer a problem!"

"With a group of several thousand people, I don't believe we can't pick out thirty potential gunmen!"

"As for Lao Zhao, regarding the weapons issue you mentioned!"

"What if I said I could solve it?" Xie Jinyuan said in a deep voice.

"Can it be solved?"

"Commander Xie! You should know that ordinary Japanese rifles can fire at 800 meters, but their effective range doesn't exceed 500 meters!"

"The effective range must be at least three times that of the Japanese Arisaka rifle!"

"Old Zhao! You don't believe me, do you!"

"Come back to the regimental headquarters with me, and you'll find out!" Xie Jinyuan then said mysteriously.

"Regimental headquarters?"

Zhao Gang looked puzzled.

……

New Third Regiment Training Ground.

At this moment, there was no one left in the training ground, as all the soldiers had gone out to recruit new soldiers!

boom!

Suddenly, a crisp gunshot rang out!

follow closely!

That's the sound of a bullet hitting a target!

"Bullet hit!"

"Old Zhao! It seems the soldier wasn't lying!"

Xie Jinyuan's joking voice rang out from not far away.

There are three targets in a row in front of me, and each one hits the bullseye!

It has to be said that Zhao Gang's marksmanship is probably second only to mine in the entire New Third Regiment, but I was cheating...

"Thank you, Captain!"

"If I can't hit the bullseye with this gun, then I'm going to..."

Zhao Gang laughed.

Last time he was using a Japanese rifle, and he hit the bullseye with a single shot from 800 meters away!

And now this gun has an effective range that is more than three times that of the Japanese rifle, so there is no difficulty at all!

As he spoke, he unconsciously stroked the jet-black spear in his hand!

The barrel accounts for more than 80% of the entire gun body!

front sight!

It also comes equipped with a glow-in-the-dark device!

Overall, it gives off a feeling of understated elegance!

"Old Zhao! Since you like it so much!"

"This gun is yours!"

Xie Jinyuan smiled.

Zhao Gang and Wang Chengzhu are practically identical!

He still remembers the reaction when he first showed Zhu Zi that 152mm towed howitzer!

On the contrary, he didn't seem to care much about these weapons and equipment!

"Give it to me?"

"Commander Xie! You're not joking, are you?!"

"Such a generous gift!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang immediately panicked!

"Just a gun!"

"Commander Zhao stayed up all night recruiting for the new Third Regiment! It's nothing!"

Xie Jinyuan waved his hand to interrupt.

"Thanks……"

"Commander Xie! Tell me the truth!"

"Do you want me to stay in the New Third Regiment?"

After a moment of silence, Zhao Gang suddenly raised his head, stared at Xie Jinyuan, and got straight to the point.

From the very beginning, when Commander Xie intended to keep him, to recruiting soldiers, and now, he's just giving away such a good gun like that!

"Old Zhao!"

"To be honest, that's really my idea!" Xie Jinyuan readily admitted.

"Thanks……"

"Old Zhao!"

"Let me finish speaking!"

Zhao Gang was about to speak when Xie Jinyuan waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Old Zhao! Do you know why I'm in such a hurry to expand the workforce?"

"Or rather, you know that the New Third Regiment is essentially a bandit group! With my considerable wealth, why would I join the Eighth Route Army?"

Xie Jinyuan spoke slowly.

"Join the Eighth Route Army?"

"Commander Xie! What you're saying..." Zhao Gang was completely puzzled.

With the current assets of the New Third Regiment, including dozens of artillery pieces, light and heavy machine guns, and countless supplies!

What's the point of joining the Eighth Route Army?

"It's easy!"

"A month at most!"