In the loud trumpet, the Chahar infantry scattered over the mountains swooped down from a distance, and in front of the infantry there were hundreds of fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles.

If the "Northwest Tigers, tanks are heavy cavalry draped in heavy armor", then these "grasshoppers" infantry fighting vehicles are groups of fast light cavalry.

These lightweight, fast-moving chariots are a perfect fit for the hilly terrain of Shanxi, with their low shape and tracks keeping them firmly attached to the ground on uneven terrain, and their low weight allows them to maintain speeds of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour in hilly terrain.

Rapid-fire guns of 25 caliber fired high-explosive shells at the Japanese concentration at a rate of 20 to 25 rounds per minute. The 12.7-caliber Gaoping dual-purpose machine gun rained down bullets on the Japanese troops at a rate of 300 rounds per minute.

When dense high-explosive bombs and heavy bullet rain appeared in the Japanese army, the Japanese commanders sadly found that the bushido spirit they were proud of in normal times seemed so weak and ridiculous under the blow of the metal bullet stream. The commander of the 11th Wing, Ichiro Nagano, saw with his own eyes that a combat staff officer beside him was hit in the abdomen by a large-caliber bullet, and his body was instantly broken in two, and Ichiro Nagano, who was less than a meter away from him, was immediately dyed into a bloody man by the blood spurting from this staff officer.

Shocked and angry, he drew his command knife and pointed forward, shouting, "Kill it!" ”

The remaining soldiers of the 11th Wing, under the command of Ichiro Nagano, used the terrain to prepare to hold off the swarming infantry fighting vehicles, but he soon found himself doing something in vain.

The infantry fighting vehicle stopped at a distance of 200 meters from the Japanese army, using the rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns on the vehicle to strafe the Japanese troops in front, until the infantry behind followed before they rushed forward, their dense bullet rain and fierce artillery fire let the Japanese elite in front of them see what is called barrage advance, and any people and things that stood in front of them were shattered.

The Japanese army finally could not hold on, and under the command of the brigade commander, Major General Tazaki Noboru, the Japanese army hurriedly retreated in the direction of Taiyuan. At this time, the infantry fighting vehicle, which had been stopped in front of the infantry as a shield, skillfully split into two and outflanked the two sides of the Japanese army, and after seeing this scene, the Japanese army finally turned from retreat to rout. They could no longer maintain the retreating formation, and they were surrounded by Major General Tazaki and quickly routed.

On the position of the 386th Brigade, Chen Qiang and a staff officer couldn't help but be stunned when they looked at the rapidly defeated Japanese army, he never thought that the 5th Division, known as the "Steel Army", would also retreat like those bandits who were about to collapse.

"My mother, is this still the Fifth Division that is known as "undefeatable"? There's no mistake! Chen Qiang, who was witty by nature, watched the Chahar troops in front of him drive the Japanese army from the east to the west like ducks, and then from the west to the south, his eyes widened like a bell lock.

"Brigade commander, it seems to be the Fifth Division!" The staff officer next to him also said in an uncertain tone, that is, the army just now was still overwhelmed, but now it is like being beaten like a docile little lamb without the slightest temper.

"The brigade commander and division commander are here!" At this time, a staff officer beside him reminded.

Chen Qiang saw that a group of people came from behind, led by Liu Yecheng, the commander of the 129th Division, and by his side were political commissar Lu Gang and several operational staff officers.

"Hello Commander!" Chen Qiang hurriedly stood upright.

Liu Yecheng nodded, came to Chen Qiang's side, looked at the Chahar army that was chasing the remnants of the Japanese army everywhere, and asked, "Chen Qiang, do you have any thoughts when you see the combat effectiveness of other people's troops?" ”

Chen Qiang took off his hat and patted the dust before he said with a smile: "It's nothing, if you can give me such equipment, I won't be worse than them, maybe better than them!" ”

"Bastard!" Liu Yecheng glared at Chen Qiang: "I'm giving you a hundred of these chariots now, and you can't find someone who can drive them, and you have to train the chariots and infantry to be as skillful and tacit as they are, and they are brave and tenacious, I don't know how much effort it takes to put in, how many vicious battles to sharpen."

If you, Chen Qiang, have such a hundred chariots, I guess you will only treat them as uncles at that time. ”

"Aha" The staff officers and officers around him all laughed when they heard the division commander say this.

Chen Qiang scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Commander, we can go through the mud legs of a poor life, if there are really so many big guys for us, how can we be willing to use them." Just now I saw that people were using these iron guys to block the bullets of the "Day" himself, but I guess it's going to be in our hands, and it's time for us to be the bullets for these iron guys. ”

"Flutter!" With a sound, Liu Yecheng finally couldn't help laughing, pointed at Chen Qiang and said with a smile: "If your mouth is not poor for one less day, it is estimated that it can suffocate you!" ”

Chen Qiang smiled proudly, "Our old Chen has no other skills, but this optimistic attitude of "revolutionism" is still worthy of praise!" ”

At this time, Lu Gang on the side spoke: "Okay, our friendly army is coming, let's go and greet them!" ”

Liu Yecheng and the others turned their heads to see that an armored car with several antennas inserted around it drove to the foot of the mountain and stopped, and several officers got down from the car, and finally a general wearing the rank of major general came down.

After the general got out of the car, he walked up the mountain with several officers, and Liu Yecheng also hurriedly led the officers of the 129th Division to meet him.

I saw that the person who came walked in front of Liu Yecheng and saluted and said: "Zeng Li'an, the commander of the 103rd Infantry Division of the Seventh Theater, has seen General Liu!" ”

Liu Yecheng immediately returned the salute and said with a smile: "Eh! General Zeng, you and I are both division commanders, why are you so polite? Besides, I haven't thanked you for relieving us of the siege, otherwise we would have suffered a big loss today. ”

Zeng Li'an said: "Li'an doesn't dare, General Liu is a famous general of the Sichuan Army, he was famous as early as the Protector War, and he is a top student of Frunze Academy, how dare Li'an be a general!" ”

"Hehe, Master Zeng, you are too polite, you beat many of my Frunze Academy classmates and alumni very badly in Siberia!"

"That's Chief Su's effective command and good scheduling, and Li'an has no credit!"

"Hehe, don't be modest, let's hurry up and clean up the battlefield and move quickly." Lu Gang on the side couldn't help but see that the two were humble to each other, and interjected beside him.

Zeng Li'an nodded, "Okay, then ask your army to send someone over to clean up the battlefield, we don't need it." ”

Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang glanced at each other and looked at the battlefield, there were already some soldiers of the 129th Division who were already cleaning the battlefield in twos and threes, but the soldiers of the 103rd Infantry Division just stood aside and watched quietly, without the slightest intention of moving. The two couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, knowing that they didn't look down on the tatters of the Japanese themselves before letting them go, otherwise they would have to clean up the battlefield first because the Japanese army just now was defeated.

Liu Yecheng didn't pretend to be a gesture, and said with a smile: "It seems that your army doesn't look down on these broken copper and iron of the [Japan] himself, then we are disrespectful and deserved!" ”

As soon as he waved his hand, Chen Qiang and the others ordered the soldiers to start going down the mountain to clean up the battlefield.

Liu Yecheng on the side also smiled and said to Zeng Li'an: "Senior Commander Zeng, let's go down and have a look, right?" ”

Zeng Li'an smiled and happily obeyed, the two came to the battlefield full of corpses together, looking at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in different forms and the weapons and equipment scattered everywhere, Liu Yecheng picked up a 38-type rifle, pulled down the bolt hard, and said with a smile after hearing the "click" gunshot: "Good gun!" ”

Zeng Li'an nodded and said: "The accuracy of the 38-type rifle in the small Japanese rifle is okay, but the power is not good."

Lu Gang on the side also said: "Yes, this kind of rifle is as long as it doesn't hit the vital point, generally speaking, it will be fine if you have one shot or two holes and rest for a while." ”

At this time, Chen Qiang, who was following behind, said: "Division Commander Zeng, I heard that your army's standard rifle adopts a new American rifle, right? ”

"Yes, our standard rifle is the American Garand rifle! It has the advantages of high accuracy, fast rate of fire, and good reliability, and the only bad thing is that it is relatively squeamish, and it cannot be bumped and bumped like a rifle in small Japan. Zeng Li'an said from the side! A soldier took a Garand rifle and handed it to Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang took the rifle and "clicked", pulled the bolt, aimed at a small tree in the distance, and fired eight bullets in a row, before a crisp sound came out of the chamber, and the magazine in the chamber automatically retreated.

"What a gun." Chen Qiang said with a smile: "It is said that your Chahar is very rich, and even the guns you use are bursting or automatic weapons, and now it seems that the rumors are true."

Zeng Li'an smiled faintly, "It's not as mysterious as people say, our Chahar was originally a bitter place", and today's achievement is also the result of our hard work. When I was still the commander of the infantry regiment, our commander Su once said a sentence that I still firmly remember in my heart, and I dare not forget him: The criterion for testing our progress is not how much wealth we have added to those who are wealthy, but whether we have provided sufficient living security for those who are poor and poor! That's what we say, and that's what we do. ”

Looking at the pride on Zeng Li'an's face, Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang were silent, but there were people around them who were unhappy, and a tall and thin middle-aged man frowned and said: "Master Zeng, although we are very grateful to you for relieving us, but your workers there are all working for the capitalists' factories, and your construction achievements are also based on being recorded, don't you think this is very unfair to the workers?" ”

"Oh?" Zeng Li'an stared at the middle-aged man and asked, "Are you?" ”

Although Chen Qiang on the side felt that what this subordinate was saying now was a little inappropriate, he also wanted to hear how Zeng Li'an explained, so he just smiled beside him, and he also wanted to hear how Zeng Li'an answered.

The middle-aged man said proudly: "I am Zhao Xin, the political commissar of the new regiment. ”

"Hmm," Zeng Li'an nodded, "It seems that we still have some differences of opinion." I, Zeng, am just a rough person and don't understand this truth very well, but Zeng has been fortunate enough to listen to the teachings of our Chief Su, and I have also heard the content of this matter, if you don't mind, I will recount what our Chief Su said. ”

Now even Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang are also interested, they all want to hear how Su Tong, who is known as the king of the northwest, explains this problem. Lu Gang's eyes lit up and asked, "I want to hear it!" ”

Zeng Li'an said: "Our Chief Su said that absolute fairness in this world does not exist, and those who pursue the so-called absolute fairness are just dreaming of nothingness. ”

Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows: "We Social Workers are not hesitating to throw our blood in pursuit of a world that is absolutely fair and equal for all. ”

Zeng Li'an also smiled, and a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes: "Absolutely fair? Okay, let me ask you one thing, Political Commissar Zhao, as a regiment-level cadre, you should be equipped with a guard. Judging from what you just said, this in itself violates the principle of equality of all people, right? ”

Zhao Xin's originally thin face turned a little red all of a sudden, and he defended: "That's his job, we just have a different division of labor." ”

Zeng Li'an smiled immediately, "Even if you have different division of labor, then let me ask you, if you encounter danger on the battlefield, who of you will protect whom?" There is no doubt that it is the guards who protect you, but the question arises, according to the principle of equality you just said, everyone's life is equally precious, so why should people sacrifice their lives to protect you? Could it be that if your officer is older than him, he should sacrifice the lives of other soldiers to protect you? Is this contrary to the principle of equality of all men, which you said? ”

"This" Zhao Xin was speechless when asked, and was suddenly asked.

"Again, let's talk about what is absolutely fair. Just now, on the battlefield, the soldiers were fighting hard with the Japanese army, why did you, the superior leader, stand behind and not pick up a rifle and fight with the soldiers with the Japanese army with bayonets? Is this fair to the soldiers who are fighting so hard? ”

When did Liu Yecheng, Lu Gang, Chen Qiang and others hear these words in these years, they looked at Zeng Li'an dumbfounded, and Zhao Xin almost hung his head in his crotch. It took a long time for Chen Qiang to react, and laughed: "Senior Commander Zeng, it's really yours, your theoretical level is really powerful." ”

Zeng Li'an shook his head and smiled: "Brigade Commander Chen, don't praise me, I don't have this level, this is all what Chief Su said on weekdays, and I just picked up a little bit of the chief's wisdom." Chief Su said that although there is no such thing as an absolutely fair society, what we can do is to try to make this society a little fairer. And the capitalist's pursuit of profit is a natural thing, if there is no profit, who will sit and run a factory? Wouldn't it be nice that the factory owner gets the benefits, and the workers get the corresponding remuneration for their labor, and both parties are happy? Don't you think that's the truth?"

Looking at the speechless crowd, Zeng Li'an laughed: "Okay, I'm just saying this nonsense, don't mind if it's wrong!" ”

Liu Yecheng couldn't help but wonder if he wanted to divert the topic, he pointed to the machine gun on a soldier's shoulder and asked, "Commander Zeng, is this the support weapon of your troops?" ”

Zeng Li'an nodded, "Yes!" This is our general-purpose machine gun, and its original name was the uG-mouth general-purpose machine gun, but we generally refer to it as the "Ripper." Its advantages are its light weight, firepower, and great power, and it is now the most reliable companion of our infantry. ”

"Oh?" At this time, Chen Qiang also leaned over, "How are they compared to the Type 92 heavy machine guns of the [Day] himself?" ”

As soon as Chen Qiang finished speaking, he seemed to feel the strange eyes around him, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Zeng Li'an just smiling and not saying a word, while the machine gunner with the machine gun and several soldiers around him all had a smile on their faces, but they were just embarrassed to laugh.

Chen Qiang couldn't help but ask strangely: "Hey, I said Senior Commander Zeng, you are not enough friends, no matter how you say that we are also friendly soldiers, you can't laugh at me if I say something wrong, why are you all laughing at?" ”

Zeng Li'an also had a good impression of this witty and bold Brigade Commander Chen, and he smiled and waved at the machine gunner next to him: "Come here, show Brigade Commander Chen."

"Yes!"

At this time, the soldiers of the 129th Division next to him saw that there was a commotion, and they all gathered around, and the machine gunner and the ammunition man beside him walked over together, and the machine gunner put the gun on the ground, and when the ammunition man inserted the bullet chain and skillfully pulled the bolt, he pulled the trigger on a tree more than 100 meters in front of him, and only heard a sound like tearing an oilcloth in "Titicaca". In about half a minute, a chain was gone, and the tree with a child's waist was broken in two, making a "creaking, creaking, clattering" sound and crashing to the ground.

"Hiss" All the people of the 129th Division, including Chen Qiang, couldn't help but gasp, this shot is too demonic, how fast should such a rate of fire be?

Chen Qiang rubbed his teeth and asked, "Senior Commander Zeng, what is the rate of fire of your gun?" ”

"The theoretical rate of fire is from 1,000 to 1,200 rounds a minute, and the actual rate of fire is seven per minute!" Zeng Li'an said very simply.

"My dear, if you fight for an hour, won't you use more than 40,000 or 50,000 rounds? I can't afford to use this kind of gun for nothing. Chen Qiang touched his head and said with palpitations: "This thing is a bottomless pit." ”

Zeng Li'an smiled: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated, just get used to it." ”

"Uh, forget it, I'm still not used to this thing!" Chen Qiang pretended to exaggeratedly wipe the non-existent sweat on his forehead and said: "Where are the bullets you are hitting, you are clearly hitting the huāhuā green banknotes!" ”

"Hehehe......", the people around laughed when they heard this.

Zeng Li'an smiled and said: "With all due respect, I think that modern warfare is actually about money, and it is about the comprehensive national strength of a country. We've always believed in the saying, if intelligence can defeat an elephant, then what do you need a shotgun for? Of course, we are not saying that we should abandon the art of command and strategy, but the art of command and strategy can only be used on the basis of the difference in strength, if the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, no matter how clever the strategy is, it can only be a joke, what do you think? ”

"That's right!" At this time, Lu Gang on the side also sighed and said, "When I studied in France in my early years, I found that people's industrial foundation is very strong. In World War I, when the door of someone's warehouse was opened, there was everything in it, how many you wanted, not to mention small bullets, even large-caliber shells, which were also how many people would supplement as many as you hit. This is the gap in comprehensive national strength! ”

Zeng Li'an said with a smile, "By the way, the gap in national strength cannot be solved by just a few slogans, only by down-to-earth construction can our country be built well, right?" ”

The soldiers admired the strong, Zeng Li'an admired the 129th Division's ability to maintain its tenacious will and combat effectiveness in such a disadvantageous form just now, and the 129th Division also expressed his amazement and envy for the 103rd Infantry Division's skillful combat skills, flowing command art, and powerful weapons and equipment that had never been seen before. Soldiers worship the strong, and the soldiers on both sides naturally become acquainted with each other after coming into contact with each other.

A soldier of the 129th Division asked a corporal of the 103rd Division curiously, "Brother, your huā machine gun should be very bullet-intensive, just now I saw that the guy in your hand kept rushing when you charged, how many bullets did you shoot?" ”

The squad leader smiled and said, "I didn't hit much, my Suomi submachine gun is an automatic weapon, and the rate of fire is not slow, just now I only fired two magazines, and I only fired about 140 rounds." ”

"My goodness!" This soldier stuck out his tongue, the average soldier of their unit only had a dozen or twenty rounds of ammunition per person, and the company commander repeatedly emphasized that he should save a little bit of ammunition and not waste it.

At this time, Zeng Li'an said to Liu Yecheng with a smile: "Division Commander Liu, it is fate that our two troops can meet, since the devils are going to carry out a sweep and engage in a dragnet encirclement, then let us work together to break their big net together, what do you think?" ”

Liu Yecheng smiled after hearing this, "That's good, since people want to wipe us out, then the two of us will work together to tear apart the big net of the day himself!" What do you think, Commissar? The latter sentence was asked about Lu Gang next to him.

The short but resolute political commissar immediately laughed and said, "Why not? Wouldn't it be a fool if you didn't do what you could get clean? ”！ ~！