Chapter 69: Military Aid
Entering October, the autumn is crisp, the weather is no longer sultry, and most importantly, the long-awaited US military aid has finally arrived in such a cool season.
U.S. military aid is the most important strategic cooperation plan between the two sides, and the previous military aid materials were transported to China through the Yunnan-Burma Highway, but now the Yunnan-Burma Highway is controlled by the Japanese army, and the U.S. military aid is forced to rely on aircraft transportation.
In order to avoid the intrusion and interception of Japanese fighters, the aircraft transport route was forced to open up from Assam, India, to the east across the Himalayas, Gaoligong Mountain, Hengduan Mountain, Salween River, Nu River, Lancang River, Jinsha River, which is called "the hump route flying with death" by the pilots!
The reason for the Hump route is very simple, mainly because the war is tight, and we need better and more advanced weapons to replenish it, while the military aid delivered by other means is even slower, and it is common to drag it on for a year and a half.
The Nujiang defense area is an important barrier in the southwest, and we are also close to the water tower, so we are given priority to allocate this batch of military aid. But in the end, there are still more wolves and less meat, and so many troops can only divide up this batch of military aid, and they can only be distributed evenly as much as possible. If the chief official is popular and is deeply valued by the upper peak, he will share more guns and ammunition. Unpopular and rigid, such as our regimental commander, is naturally much less than other friendly troops.
In fact, Huang Wenlie's current style of acting has undergone a revolutionary change, but this change is now for himself, compared with those cronies at the peak, there is still a world of difference in treatment, so what can be assigned to the new 200 regiment, except for a few boxes of carbine Thompson, and then more than 100 US M1 standard steel helmets, we have not caught anything else.
Even so, Huang Wenlie was still very happy, in the past, he was in the miscellaneous army garrison regiment of the local army, not to mention that he had the same treatment as the central army, that is, the weapons eliminated by the main force could not be turned by troops like the garrison regiment.
When I entered the regiment headquarters, Huang Wenlie was fiddling with a US military M1 steel helmet, and when he saw me come in, he threw the steel helmet to me and said, "Look at the Yankees' steel helmet!" I suspect that the Japanese Type 38 rifles may not be able to penetrate it! ”
I weighed the steel helmet, which was heavy enough to look at, and said, "I really haven't heard of a steel helmet that can't be pierced by bullets!" This steel helmet looks really good, but I guess it's anti-shrapnel slippery or something, so don't expect it to be able to hold off bullets! ”
Huang Wenlie thought for a while, then reached out and took out his pistol: "Do you want to try?" ”
I was startled, quickly put the steel helmet on the table, and said: "Tuanza, you let me out of this door, you can try it at will, I don't want to be injured by a ricochet, and accidentally die again." ”
Huang Wenlie smiled and handed the pistol upside down to me and said, "Otherwise, you come!" I don't believe it! How can you be so unlucky that you will be accidentally injured by ricochet! ”
I saw that Huang Wenlie's mood was not ordinarily good, and he was in the mood to joke with me, so I reminded him: "Tuanzao, this batch of military aid has been allocated to us, and it can barely equip a company, and other regiments have been allocated bazookas for individual combat, I heard that that thing can turn tanks into a pile of scrap metal!" We're good, we haven't even seen if the bazooka is long or flat! ”
Huang Wenlie put the pistol back into the holster and said, "People can't have both Longlong and look at Shu. Everything is fully equipped for you, all of them are fully equipped, and you are still suffering from this nest here, I will lead troops to fight the Nu River now! Take Moyunling! ”
I said in my heart that it was impossible, that I was not in the mood to go along with this kind of Top Gun, so I took off my steel helmet and replaced it with this sturdier-looking American steel helmet, which was easier to put on than my original British steel helmet, because its inner helmet could be adjusted at will.
"As you said earlier, Shangfeng is going to send a whole army to cross the river to fight guerrillas, is there still a score for this?" I casually asked about things I didn't really care about.
“…… This matter is still being discussed by the General Staff, mainly how to solve the problem of logistical support, which needs to be further studied, and Shangfeng does not want to fight another battle without supply support. ”
"It's time to study it well, even if the lives of the Qiu Ba are not valuable, then you have to consider whether it will affect the morale problem......
Huang Wenlie's eyes lit up and he said, "Battalion Commander An, you said that we can come to a fire reconnaissance!" Fight a surprise attack by the Japanese army to boost the morale of our army! ”
I said, "Tuanza, do you think that if we have such a hundred and eighty good guns, we can go to charge the entire wing of the Japanese army on the other side?" Once you are entangled and can't get out, it will be the annihilation of the whole army! You didn't boost morale, you did it when morale was hit! ”
Huang Wenlie ignored my sarcastic objections and shouted outside: "Herald! Prepare the car, I'm going to the military headquarters! ”
I looked at him in surprise and said, "What kind of firepower do you really want to cross the river to investigate?" ”
Huang Wenlie said: "Why not? Even our own battalion commander couldn't think of it, and the Japanese army couldn't think of it, and in the art of war, this called it unpreparedness to attack it! ”
"The question is what do we scout? Try if the Japanese bunkers can block the bullets of the carbine? Or do you think that our American steel helmets can really stop the bullets of the Japanese! "I almost laughed at his crazy train of thought, because it meant that we might have to fight the bullet again.
Huang Wenlie ignored me anymore, strode out, and said to me before going out: "Don't worry, Camp Commander, if Shangfeng agrees to this action, I won't let you lead the team, this time I will personally lead the team to kill it!" ”
This is a madman! Out-and-out madman! I cursed my immediate boss in my heart.
Huang Wenlie is not in the position, I am the supreme commander here, and I have to go to check everywhere routinely.
Patrolling to the machine gun position, he saw Zhang Fugui huddled in the bunker from a distance, chatting with his secondary shooter. I walked over and kicked them up and said, "If the devils rush up, are you going to climb to the machine gun position and find your magazines to find your target?" Didn't anyone tell you to keep an eye out at all times! ”
Zhang Fugui muttered and said, "Battalion commander, we have a guard post......
I looked at Qiu Ba around me and said, "You guys are so relieved to hand over your life to a few guard posts?" If you catch up with the sentry and doze off, or you don't take care of it, and the enemy touches you right under your nose, don't say you have a machine gun, even if you have an aircraft cannon, it won't help! If you lose the opportunity, you will be crushed by the enemy's bullets and you will not even be able to lift your head! Not to mention what organization fights back! There are also many veterans among you, so there are few examples of being raided by the Japanese army! ”
Seeing Zhang Fugui's submissive look, I sighed in my heart and said to Zhang Fugui: "You can be a good husband and a father, why can't you be a good soldier?" Do you know that if we don't fight this battle well, don't talk about your wife and children, even the whole Linmeng will be lost! There are no eggs under the nest, and I wish you understood what that means! ”
Zhang Fugui's body trembled, and I could tell that he could understand this sentence.