At that moment, Xiao Linghu briefly told the story of the first battalion's battle, and after speaking, he said: "If we hadn't carried out the regiment commander's order, our battalion would not have been able to rush to Luodian; If you don't rush to Luodian, then you won't be able to find the devil's artillery position; Hehe, it will be impossible to capture so many mortars from them. ”

Everyone was a little dumbfounded, but Camp Commander Huang said the truth: "Camp Commander Xiao, this is you!" If you are someone else, even if you see the mortar position of the devil, you don't dare to be as bold as you to take their artillery! If the devil kills a horse pistol, he won't be able to run away! ”

Everyone nodded together, this time, even the angry Battalion Commander Yao also nodded, he himself knew that Battalion Commander Huang was right, if he met it, he would not have taken such a risk.

Hu Congjun said: "Since your battalion has obtained so many mortars, it is better to contribute!" ”

Xiao Linghu had a strange expression on his face, but he didn't answer.

Hu Congjun said: "According to the configuration of the Military Commission, in our Central Army, a battalion can have a mortar platoon with two mortars; A regiment can have a mortar battery with six mortars. Hehe, now these are all on paper for our 65th regiment, just listen to it. I originally wanted to rebuild the mortar company, but how can there be so many guns? Since you have so many battalions, you can contribute six first, and you can keep three for yourself, which is already one more than the ordinary battalion should be equipped with! ”

Xiao Linghu said with a smile: "It's no problem for our mortars to be given to the regiment, the main reason is that the devil's artillery is different from our artillery, their barrel caliber is small, and they can only hit their shells. ”

This is indeed a problem.

The mortars equipped by the 11th Division were all imitations of the French Bronde 81 mm mortars produced by the Jinling Arsenal, but when they were imitated, they were changed to 82 mm. Of course, the shells used were also 82 mm in diameter. And most of the mortars of the devils are mostly 81 mm caliber. When it was imitated, I thought about it a lot, that is, if on the battlefield, **'s shells were captured by devils, and the Japanese army could not use them; But on the contrary, if the Japanese artillery shells are captured, they can be used.

It's just that now the 65th Regiment is not a problem with shells, but with barrels.

The national-made cannon barrel can fire Japanese-made shells, but the Japanese-made cannon barrel can't hit the national-made shells, that is to say, the mortars of these devils captured by Xiao Linghu can only be disposable, and after the devil's shells are finished, they are useless.

Hu Congjun frowned, thought for a while, and said, "It's not a problem, isn't it just a millimeter difference?" When our mortars are not in place, find someone to sharpen the mortar barrels of these devils, and when they are sharpened, they can use our shells. ”

This time, it surprised Xiao Linghu, he didn't expect that there would be such a way, just think about it, if you want to polish the barrel down a millimeter, if there is a lathe, of course it is just a matter of a knife. However, if it is polished manually, I am afraid that it will take half a day. However, when there were no new mortars issued above, Hu Congjun's method was a good way, and at the best of all, they finally had artillery available.

"Good!" Xiao Linghu promised: "After the meeting in a while, the head of the regiment will send someone to the camp with me to receive it!" ”

"Hehe, you kid agreed so quickly, shouldn't there be any other requirements?" Hu Congjun asked.

Xiao Linghu licked his lips and said with a smile: "Didn't the group just say that there were a lot of captured devil grenadiers in the group?" Anyway, no one else can use it, so it's better to give it all to us, and those grenades, too, how about it? ”

Hu Congjun was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there anyone in your camp who can use grenadiers?" ”

Xiao Linghu said: "If you miss once, you can hit a few more times!" ”

Hu Congjun thought for a while and said, "Okay, after a while, you can send someone to the group to get it!" ”

Camp Commander Yao opened his mouth, clearly wanting to get a piece of the pie, but he held back.

But Hu Congjun saw his thoughts, and said: "That's it, Battalion Commander Xiao, your battalion can't use so many grenadiers, so let's divide it equally with the second and third battalions, it's just the devil's kind of special grenade, since you can fight, I will give you more than half, and the remaining small half will also be divided equally between the second and third battalions." ”

"Thank you!" Camp Commander Huang and Camp Commander Yao said in unison.

Although Xiao Linghu was unhappy in his heart, he still said: "Thank you." Sit down and think about it carefully, Hu Congjun is still very oriented towards him, those grenadiers are not attractive to him, after all, they have them in their hands; The most attractive thing to him was the grenade that could be thrown with a grenadier, and the main thing he wanted was this grenade.

The meeting continued, Hu Congjun said some specific things in the battle, and finally agreed that the time for the night attack was still set at eight o'clock, and let the battalions go to prepare separately and seize the time to eat and rest.

Just look at the time at this time, there are still more than two hours.

However, this time for Xiao Linghu, who did not have a specific task, he felt a little comfortable, and the people in their battalion could eat a meal with confidence.

Hu Congjun sent a staff officer, with the people from the original mortar company, to follow Xiao Linghu to receive the devil mortars they had captured.

When they walked back to the battalion headquarters of the first battalion in Panjia Village, they heard the three company commanders discussing the distribution of those mortars with Lin Jinghan, Meng Fanwei and others.

But it turned out that among these captured shells, there was also a box with skull painted on it, a total of eight shells, Meng Fanwei was still a person who had seen the world in the military academy, he recognized it at a glance, this box of shells was a devil's chemical weapon, that is, poison gas bombs.

According to Meng Fanwei's idea, these shells should be processed after the battalion commander comes back, but the three company commanders all said that they would distribute them equally, but Meng Fanwei and Lin Jinghan held the shells, although the three company commanders brought people over, they did not dare to grab them.

"Don't rob it!" Xiao Linghu took the lead in walking into the courtyard, which is also the ancestral hall of Panjia Village, which is the best building in the village.

All the people looked at the door and shouted in unison: "Battalion commander! ”

Xiao Linghu said: "These mortars should be handed over to the regiment, the mortar company in the regiment, the six mortars last time, were all scrapped by the devil's mountain artillery, and the regiment commander wants to rebuild the mortar company!" ”

"Why?" Tian Dahai couldn't help but scream.

"Just because you're a soldier, I'm a soldier! Just because we are the National Revolutionary Army, not local warlords! Xiao Linghu's voice was majestic and merciless.

For a while, Tian Dahai didn't know how to answer, even Zhou Kunye, the commander of the third company, couldn't help but hide behind Meng Fanwei and Lin Jinghan, and unconsciously, they all had a sense of awe for Xiao Linghu.