Yang Mingzhi nodded with satisfaction, "Originally, you just showed me the statistics list of the captured loot, but we talked about it again, and these matters should have been said at a formal meeting." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Now that the three of us have discussed it first, we can think about it a little more carefully. Future meetings will be indispensable, and we will have more preparations at that time. Yevlov waved his hand. Let's go, let's go see the warriors who are about to depart, they should be ready. ”

Outside the division headquarters, the soldiers who were about to leave were still nervously preparing.

Yang Mingzhi was wearing a big windbreaker, and the wind outside was still a little cold. "It's March, why is the north wind still blowing, the climate should be warmer."

"The climate is not something you and I can control, the wind direction will change at any time, and the new grass will sprout in full swing after the south wind blows, and our spring planting will be in full swing." Yevlov said with a smile, his heart full of hope.

Yang Mingzhi glanced at him, and his gaze turned to these soldiers who were packing up their things.

I saw that many people were loading wooden boxes onto the carriage, probably because the goods were very heavy, and the carriage was simply pulled by four horses. The wooden crates were supposed to contain captured ammunition, which was bound to be transported to the arsenal over there for storage.

Yevlov called Roshakov and Kravsky over, and this is why Yang Mingzhi of the province guessed again.

Facing the commander, the two immediately stood up and saluted, and Yevlov immediately asked: "How are the soldiers preparing?" ”

"The ordinary warriors are ready, as you can tell from their attire. It's just that some things are dragging on for time. ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's the wounded and the cargo." Roshakov reported the truth.

If you just let the soldiers who have slept and recuperate, you only need to walk briskly for two or three hours to reach Catfish Village, after all, the road built is unimpeded. It's just that they also shoulder other responsibilities, Yang Mingzhi followed the guidance of this person's finger, and saw some people with white bandages, preparing their comrades-in-arms to help them into the carriage, and some of them were carried up on stretchers.

Each of these carriages had a small flag on it, on which a white cloth was painted with a red cross. Some women dressed in Soviet nurses' uniforms (copied by the villagers) are helping, and they must be from the Catfish Village Hospital.

In addition to the matter of transporting ammunition, Roshakov said: "I am now the head of the 1st regiment, and Koravsky is the deputy commander. Our troop strength has just been reported to the deputy division commander, and some of the fighters have to start using Mauser rifles because of the shortage of Soviet-made weapons. After this battle, some of the guns were damaged, and the soldiers could not fight with burning sticks. Many people changed to German weapons on the battlefield, and the ammunition used naturally became 7.92 mm. ”

As soon as Yang Mingzhi touched his head, he really ignored this matter.

There was so much chaos on the battlefield, especially when the troops fought white-knuckle battles. This kind of combat is very damaging to firearms, and many rifles in World War II were made of wood, which were used as sticks to fight, and many firearms were scrapped because of the victory in white-knuckle combat. They are armed with Mauser rifles today, and I am afraid they will continue to be equipped for a long time.

Before Yevlov could speak, Yang Mingzhi said first: "Our army has captured thousands of Mauser rifles in this battle, how much does your department have?" ”

Roshakov truthfully reported: "At least 800 units, especially the female soldiers assigned to me, are almost all of this weapon. ”

"The new female soldiers are really short of Mosin Nagant, and all they are given to them are captured. I ask you about the regular forces. ”

"About five hundred."

"So much!" Yevlov was stunned for a moment, "In this way, a regular infantry battalion of your troops has become a German weapon." ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander. So I applied for a request to move more ammunition to Catfish Village, and that's why too. ”

With regard to the distribution of captured ammunition, the matter was the responsibility of Yerentina. She slapped her thigh, and the statistics were also hasty, and the proportion of German equipment in the current army was not counted. On second thought, it doesn't matter if you don't count. Now who doesn't know that the weapons and ammunition originally equipped are very expensive, and the guns themselves are also consumables, and the soldiers also know what virtues Mosin Nagant has in their hands.

As early as the beginning of 1941, fearing a large-scale German invasion, Soviet arsenals increased their production capacity. Production went up, but the quality of the product dropped sharply, and finally, after the red button was pressed, the Red Army instantly expanded from 1.5 million to 5 million, and a large number of small arms were delivered to ordinary infantrymen.

Many of them were shoddy, parts that were supposed to be stainless steel were replaced with cast iron, and the tolerances of the parts were very poor. So much so that the operation of these weapons is old, and some veterans have simply trained the unicorn arm by pulling the bolt vigorously!

Yang Mingzhi pinched his chin and thought about it, raised his head sharply, and said to Roshakov: "Now you let your fighters gather urgently." ”

The assembly order was given, all the busy soldiers immediately returned to their ranks, and in the open field outside the division headquarters, Roshakov's 1st Regiment totaling 2,000 people was assembled.

Yevlov and Yerentina really couldn't understand what the man had decided, so they stood by and watched.

The soldiers lined up in order, and this formation startled many of the returning villagers, and there was a lot of talk about it, and it was obvious that the team was going to set off for the carriage to go back.

Roshakov and Koravsky were still very polite, and after finishing the troops, they trotted all the way to the division commander. "Report to the sir, the first regiment has been assembled, please instruct."

Yang Mingzhi took a step forward and ordered: "All battalions of the 1st Regiment, fighters armed with German rifles, go out of the ranks. ”

The crowd immediately stirred, and everyone thought that the chief was going to give a lecture, but they didn't expect it to be this unbelievable order. The soldiers, armed with Mauser rifles, left their ranks and stood in front of each battalion.

Yang Mingzhi examined it, and as Roshakov said, the number of such soldiers was huge.

After a simple count, there are as many as 902 soldiers armed with Mauser rifles, which is more than Roshakov's estimate. This regiment has two militia battalions, two regular infantry battalions. With the exception of a large number of chargers and machine gunners, two-thirds of the riflemen were German.

Sure enough, Yang Mingzhi continued to order, simply all the Mauser scrambled to gather in a pile, and Mosin Nagant scrambled to gather in a heap, and the clues were revealed after the comparison.

Yang Mingzhi immediately asked the chief and deputy commanders of the regiment. "As you can see, I feel that this regiment is almost a German regiment, because I feel that some necessary adjustments must be made."

"Are you making this regiment completely dehumanized?" Yerenkina, who had figured it out, immediately asked.

"That's right, as it stands, our army has more Mauser K98A than Mosin Nagant, and SVT40 stocks are also very small. The MG34 captured by our troops in machine guns was enough for a battalion of men. We have to face the reality that our army does not have many original weapons, and these weapons are rapidly deteriorating during frequent combat. In order to maintain combat effectiveness, our fighters had to be equipped with German weapons, and the current situation of weapons and equipment, we are using two caliber bullets, which also brings a lot of trouble to our already fragile logistics. ”

Yerentina nodded: "I understand what you mean now." I'm afraid that the soldiers won't be happy to change their costumes. ”

"As long as it is the commander's order, we will definitely obey it." Roshakov said, then smiled again. "I am the commander of the regiment, I know very well the soldiers, the rifles issued by the troops at the beginning are getting worse and worse, many guns are rifled and smoothed, and the Mosin Nagant, which was originally extremely accurate, has become a smoothbore gun! So it is better to use the Germans, and besides, based on the actual situation, the quality of their weapons is indeed better than ours. ”

"Germany's original industrial foundation is good, but it has been planning for a war of aggression for a long time, and various treaties restrict it from producing weapons of mass destruction, so it naturally strives for excellence in light weapons." Yang Mingzhi said a few more words, and his attitude was clear.

So what else is there to refuse? Yevlov also understood that he intended to take advantage of this opportunity to fully de-mechanize Roshakov's regiment, so that when fighting the enemy, he would not worry about the difficulty of supplying ammunition and weapons, and he could use it from the enemy's dead body, which would undoubtedly reduce the logistical pressure.

He and Yelenkina both expressed their attitudes, and Yang Mingzhi also ordered the soldiers of this regiment with satisfaction: "Comrades, from various aspects of the division headquarters, all bolt-action rifles of the first regiment will be replaced with German-made K98, and the equipment of the fighters equipped with Bobosha and DP machine guns will remain unchanged. Dress up now! With that, Yang Mingzhi turned his head to look at Yelenkina, signaling that it was her business next. (To be continued.) )