Chapter 33: Live Firing

"What? How can it be? You're kidding me, aren't you? How is it possible to form combat effectiveness in a week? Looking at Liu Gen, Li Yunlong looked incredulous.

The same is true for Ding Wei and others, they looked at the soldiers of the artillery company, and could see that the backs of these soldiers were already soaked, and their training was quite hard. But artillery is a very technical branch of the army, and these soldiers are all young people, and it is undoubtedly quite difficult for them to train them to become gunners in a short time. What can you do in a week, you can't do anything.

Now, Liu Gen has made the artillery company combat effective in a week, which is somewhat incredible.

"Commander, how dare I lie to you? The artillery company has really initially formed combat effectiveness, but the soldiers still have a lot to improve before they become qualified artillerymen. Liu Gen smiled bitterly.

Liu Gen knew that Li Yunlong would not easily believe what he said, but he had a way to prove it.

"Da Biao, you train recruits for a week, can you make recruits form combat effectiveness?" Li Yunlong turned his head to look at Zhang Dabiao and asked.

Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, is Li Yunlong's good assistant, if he wasn't there, Li Yunlong would not be so leisurely. Compared with other commanders of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong is much more relaxed, and Zhang Dabiao is also the most worry-free for Li Yunlong on weekdays.

"Captain, isn't that a joke? A week's time, no matter how hard you work to train recruits, it won't make them much change, and in addition to shooting empty guns to scare devils, hoping that recruits will have the combat power to kill devils, a week will not be enough. Zhang Dabiao said in a deep voice.

Zhang Dabiao also wanted to help Liu Gen, but in this kind of thing, he didn't dare to talk nonsense. Leading a battalion for such a long time, Zhang Dabiao trained a lot of recruits, but even so, he didn't dare to pack a ticket to say that the recruits could form combat effectiveness in a week. Now, Zhang Dabiao can only hope that Liu Gen will have a good explanation, otherwise a punishment will be indispensable.

"Genzi, did you hear that? Even Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, didn't dare to say this, you kid bragged a lot! Li Yunlong looked at Liu Gen with a serious expression, he would not develop the habit of bragging to his subordinates. When it comes to the battlefield, the artillery company does not have the corresponding combat effectiveness, which will undoubtedly delay the fighters.

Liu Gen did not panic, he knew the matter of the artillery company best.

"Regiment commander, battalion commander, you have all misunderstood a concept, the training of artillery is different from the training of recruits, why don't you take a look at the soldiers of the artillery company to shoot a cannon?" Liu Gen said softly. In Liu Gen's eyes, there is a bit of confidence, that is, he is full of confidence in the soldiers of the artillery company. If it weren't for that, Liu Gen wouldn't have said this, and he wouldn't have said anything big.

"Hmph, it seems that your kid doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, okay, I want to see what kind of combat effectiveness your artillery company will have."

"Lao Ding, what do you say?" Li Yunlong glanced at Liu Gen and asked.

Li Yunlong is about to leave the new regiment, and it is still necessary to consult Ding Wei, the new head of the regiment, on some things, and he can't decide everything. Ding Wei may not care about this matter, but Li Yunlong needs to pay attention to this, he has been the head of the regiment for so long, Li Yunlong still knows this, and he doesn't want to affect the feelings between his old comrades-in-arms because of this.

"Okay, you old Li, are you still worried that I won't agree? I also want to see the current combat effectiveness of the artillery company, and if it's okay, I'll take the artillery company to find trouble with the little devils and get some good things. Ding Wei scolded with a smile, where did Ding Wei not think of Li Yunlong's thoughts, it was just that he was afraid that he would have ideas, but where was he Lao Ding such a person.

Zhang Dabiao looked at all this, and felt a little more relaxed, the new head of the Ding regiment still had a good temper.

"Go and let the soldiers prepare, take out a box of shells, and let the soldiers practice their hands." Li Yunlong said in a deep voice.

Li Yunlong had also seen the soldiers of the artillery company train, knew how hard their training was, and knew that there were many problems in their training. The training of the artillery company is very good, but the fact that it has not conducted live firing will undoubtedly have a certain impact on the artillery company. Now taking advantage of this opportunity to let the soldiers of the artillery company practice their hands, it can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

"Thank you, Commander, I'll inform the soldiers to prepare right away." Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

When the soldiers of the artillery company were told about the live firing, they were quite excited, and every day was a repetitive and heavy training, and they used fake shells all the time. Well, now, there is finally a chance to shoot live ammunition, but the soldiers also know that it is impossible for all soldiers to shoot live ammunition.

Pick out fifteen fighters, these fifteen fighters perform quite well on weekdays, not on the battlefield, then five people to control the infantry cannon is enough. Fifteen people in an artillery squad rotate more on the battlefield to ensure that the artillery fire has sufficient suppressive force.

The soldiers came to the Type 92 infantry gun and carefully inspected it to avoid any accidents during the shelling. The soldiers were very excited, and it was of great significance to them to have such an opportunity to shoot live ammunition, not to mention that there was a regiment commander here to watch.

Soon, some fighters took the shells, and after setting a target for the fighters, some soldiers went to check if there were people in the area. After the inspection, Liu Gen told the soldiers that the angle of the infantry guns needed to be adjusted, and it was also the three Type 92 infantry guns that had scopes, so the soldiers would be so easy to control.

After adjusting the angle according to Liu Gen's instructions, the soldiers sent the shells into the back of the infantry guns according to the way they were trained, and the shells flew out and hit the area around the target. The power of the Type 92 infantry gun was not weak, and the sound of the cannon alarmed all the soldiers of the new regiment, if the soldiers had not been informed that the artillery company was going to fire live ammunition, they might have thought that the devil was coming.

It's complicated to say, but the soldiers of the artillery company completed this time, and it took about three minutes, and the combat effectiveness was still there. During the shelling, the soldiers of the artillery company did well and did not make any mistakes, and the only possible flaw was that the soldiers were not able to accurately measure the distance between themselves and the target, and they were not able to correctly find the angle they needed for the shelling.

These are all needed by Liu Gen in the next time to help the soldiers improve and learn, it will take a lot of time to think about it, such things as measuring the distance and angle of artillery bombardment require a lot of knowledge, and Liu Gen can only hope that the soldiers can master this knowledge as soon as possible, and without Liu Gen at that time, the combat effectiveness of the artillery company is not weak.

"Roots! You kid really has a set, not bad, not bad! Li Yunlong stepped forward and praised loudly, his eyes narrowed into a slit.