In an instant, a dense rain of bullets fell on this field crawling with little devils like rain. The little devils, who had just lay on the ground, had not had time to shoot at the Eighth Route Army on the mountainside, and were beaten into a hornet's nest by this impermeable rain of bullets, and they didn't even have a chance to react, so they obediently went to see their Amaterasu.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning, we are fooled, block, use the corpses of broken jade soldiers as cover, immediately build fortifications, and stick to the Bageya Road for reinforcements" Seeing that his soldiers, in the sound of his own orders, were all exposed to the enemy's machine-gun fire, and in just a moment, they were completely lost. The captain of the army, who was already in a state of despair, couldn't help but roar loudly and made a cruel decision. However, perhaps his brigade would be killed by heaven. Just halfway through his words, a tongue of fire swept across his back with unmistakable accuracy. A bundle of blood gushed out, and the captain was shot several times and fell unwillingly in a pool of blood

"Order the trumpeter to blow the trumpet, and the troops will begin to charge" Looking at the little devil at the foot of the mountain, after the blow of his own intensive artillery fire and machine-gun fire, he had almost lost everything, and there was almost no room to fight back. Division Commander Liu Hua did not hesitate, and immediately ordered loudly to Wang Benqing, the commander of the third brigade behind him.

"Trumpeter, blow the trumpet, the troops begin to charge tock-tock-tock, comrades, rush" As soon as the words of brigade commander Wang Benqing fell, between the mountains and forests, he remembered the loud sound of the trumpet. Immediately afterward, there was a burst of earth-shattering shouts of killing, which came from the woods. A soldier, like a tiger descending from a mountain, got out of the woods where he was hiding, rushed out of the already messy battlefield, and stabbed a snowy bayonet into the body of the little devil.

Hesitant to read an unknown rule, so basically no captives are left. As long as it was a little devil lying on the ground, whether alive or dead, the warriors would rush up to give him a bayonet. It's very cruel. However, in Zhang Hua's words, these little devils came to China to burn, kill and loot, and they were not even as good as animals. Since they are not even as good as animals, of course they cannot be treated like people.

Although, the soldiers faced the most elite Kwantung Army soldiers of the Japanese army. However, in the face of such intensive firepower and careful deployment, this brigade of more than 1,000 little devils could not escape the result of the annihilation of the whole army in the end, and the whole battle, from the first bullet fired by Liu Hua to the last little devil being stabbed to death by the soldiers with bayonets, only less than half an hour passed.

Half an hour later, the entire battlefield was full of ruins. The corpses of the little devils are lying on the battlefield one by one. More importantly, these corpses, under the intensive beating of the fighters' machine gun mounts and mortars, it can be said that basically none of them were intact.

"Report to the division commander, the results of the battle and the losses of the troops have been counted." Less than an hour after the soldiers launched their charge, they saw Wang Benqing, the commander of the Third Brigade, holding a list and coming to the division commander Liu Hua with a smile on his face. From his expression, Zhang Hua knew that the results of this battle must be very large.

"It's been counted so quickly. Brigade Commander Wang, tell me quickly, let's read the strength style, when we encounter the most elite Kwantung Army with little devils, what is the proportion of enemy and enemy losses? Liu Hua was also very anxious to know the final results and losses. Seeing Wang Benqing, he hurriedly asked.

"Yes, division commander, after statistics, there are 1,125 people in a Kwantung Army brigade of the army, and none of them escaped the net, and all of them were wiped out by our army. In the half-hour battle, a total of 189 soldiers were killed and 45 soldiers were seriously wounded, and 324 soldiers were slightly wounded, but they did not affect their combat effectiveness and could still continue to march. So, not counting the joke of the lightly wounded, the fifth casualty ratio reached a staggering 1 to 4. Division commander, this is a remarkable number," replied Wang Benqing, the commander of the third brigade, with an excited face.

"Well, well fought, the ratio of enemy and enemy losses is one to four. It seems that in future battles, as long as we choose the terrain that is favorable to our army, concentrate superior forces, and concentrate superior firepower. Even the Kwantung Army, the most elite of the little devils, was still beaten down by us. Hearing that his troops had only lost more than 200 people, Zhang Hua couldn't help but applaud loudly.

"Brigadier Wang, is there anything else? Did you catch anything good? You know, we ambushed a standard brigade of little devils, and there was not even one less little devil. Zhang Hua continued to ask with a smile.

"Commander, you don't know, I really let you say it right. This little devil Kwantung Army is really rich, basically each squad is equipped with three light machine guns, three grenadiers, a squadron with a squad of mortars, and a brigade with a squadron of mountain artillery infantry guns, and it carries a lot of ammunition. According to preliminary statistics, we captured a total of 56 intact vehicles, six Type 92 infantry guns, 12 heavy machine guns, 24 mortars, 30 grenadiers, 34 light machine guns, and about 560 rifles. In addition, 700 rounds of infantry artillery shells and more than 3,000 mortar shells were captured. As for the remaining ammunition, it was so much that the fighters simply did not have time to make a detailed count, all of which were loaded on the captured 56 cars. Finally, there were other kinds of military supplies, nine pairs of telescopes, more than 1,000 sets of various uniforms for the three radio stations, and five large trucks of canned grain. In addition, 1,125 sets of gas masks were seized. Wang Benqing replied with a smile on his face.

"Well, it seems that there is a reason why the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army is so strong. With the firepower density of one of their brigades, it is enough to be worth one and a half brigades of ordinary little devils. Hehe, we had good luck today, and we picked up all the equipment and ammunition of such a big cheap one for nothing, a little devil brigade. Brigade Commander Wang ordered the troops to speed up the cleaning of the battlefield, and after half an hour, they immediately began to retreat. Zhang Hua ordered loudly. As the troops slowly returned to the headquarters, the busiest person in the entire headquarters was Director Wang Daoguang of the Logistics Department. Facing the truckloads of weapons and ammunition seized, Wang Daoguang's eyes narrowed happily. However, in the face of the captured 12 tanks, although it is known that it is a good thing. However, almost no one in the entire reading force has ever touched these things.

Facing the door of the logistics warehouse, the 12 tanks made of steel were neatly placed there, and Wang Daoguang was very interested in the steel and engine on the tank. Several times I wanted to dismantle him and send him to the arsenal to make bullets. However, in the end, he was stopped by the deputy director of the logistics department. Wang Daoguang, who had no choice, could only report this matter to the hands of the division commander Zhang Hua.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that our logistics director also had a headache when hehe" After reading the report handed in by Wang Daoguang, division commander Liu Hua said with a smile to the political commissar beside him.

"Commander, what's the matter, smiling so happily, Director Wang, what's there about it that makes you so funny." With the lifting of the threat to the base area, the entire base area has once again entered a period of thriving development, and even the political commissar, who has never liked to laugh, is slowly becoming happy under such a good situation.

"Well, that's right, I forgot to tell you these days because I'm happy. In the battle of Zhongyang Town a few days ago, we captured 12 tanks from a squadron of little devils. At the time, I thought tanks were a good thing, so I had the fighters haul the steel monsters back in cars. Unexpectedly, Wang Daoguang didn't know how to start when he saw these behemoths, so he asked me if I needed to dismantle all these tanks and make bullets and shells for the soldiers. Hehe, this is a tank, a tank known as the king of land warfare. What a good thing this is, that Wang Daoguang simply treats the treasure as scrap metal. Liu Hua explained with a smile to the doubtful political commissar beside him.

"Tanks, division commander, did we really capture 12 tanks?" As a political commissar, Luo Ronghuan, before coming to Reading Power, had seen the scene of the little devil tank rampant on the land of China. At the same time, there is also a great fear of the combat effectiveness of the tank. Even I often fantasize that if my troops are equipped with such good things, they will definitely fight little devils all over the ground looking for teeth.

However, in the light of it, this is absolutely impossible. Let's just talk about tanks and other equipment, except for the little devils, basically no one will have them. Plus diesel fuel for tanks, which their own troops simply cannot provide. In the end, even if there are tanks, no one in their own troops will use them.

However, when I came to the Reading Force, I saw the perfect logistics supply of the Reading Power Teacher, as well as a large number of vehicles and other means of transportation. Luo Ronghuan's mind once again thought of this powerful tank. However, although there are conditions now, but for the sake of equipment, it can only be imagined. Now hearing that his reading master had mixed up the tanks, and that he had captured a whole 12 tanks at once, could the commissar not be happy, and couldn't help but shout excitedly.

However, then Luo Ronghua discovered an important problem: "But, division commander, even if we have a tank in our hands, no one will be able to drive a tank, this tank is a technical weapon, and ordinary people can't drive it at all." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan's face was still full of excitement just now, and when he said this, his face slowly regained his calm, and he sighed, obviously very helpless.

"Hehe, political commissar, you can rest assured about this, I promise, within a month, I will definitely give you the formation of our reading power. No, the first tank unit in the hands of our Eighth Route Army. However, this also needs the help of the political commissar. Political commissar, the more than 1,000 students we brought back from Taiyuan last time have also been trained for such a long time in the teaching group. How about it, have you found some soldiers who are politically strong, educated, and high-quality," Zhang Hua said with confidence on his face. At the same time, he asked the political commissar beside him.

"Division commander, among the more than 1,000 cadet soldiers, they are basically educated. Therefore, there are a lot of truths. In such a long time, there are already more than a dozen people, who have already joined us after the approval of the divisional party committee, and there are absolutely no problems in politics. As for the quality, I'm not in charge of training, so it's not particularly clear. Although political commissar Luo Ronghuan didn't know what Liu Hua wanted to do. However, he replied quickly.

"There are a dozen people, and that's enough. Commissar, give me the list of these people at once. Our tank force may have to rely on these people," Zhang Hua nodded and said.

Of course, in order to form a tank unit, it is necessary to have equipment. As for the 12 tanks placed at the door of the logistics warehouse, Liu Hua, the division commander who had not entered, did not know whether these tanks could still be activated. At the same time, how much ammunition is still in these tanks, what specific equipment is there, and what can be the surname of the tank. This is all what Liu Hua specifically wants to know

Early the next morning, Zhang Hua led a battalion of guards to clean up a large area around the logistics warehouse, and there was hardly a single soldier in sight. As the division commander, Liu Hua personally got into a tank and began to check the weapons, ammunition and equipment in the tank.

After about a few minutes of inspection, Zhang Hua was happy that although the tank at this time was very poorly equipped, even the protective armor was very weak. However, for backward China, it can be said to be a very lethal weapon with mass destruction.

What's more, the tank he stayed in, except for more than 100 rounds of ammunition and two shells fired in the battle, all the remaining weapons and equipment were almost intact. The total included a 57-mm tank gun, with 298 rounds of shells remaining, and two heavy machine guns on board, one on the sides of the tank and one on the front of the tank. Two heavy machine guns, more than 5,800 rounds of ammunition remain.

What made Liu Hua even happier was that the caliber of the enemy's tank gun was very special. However, the caliber of its vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun is indeed the same as the caliber of the Type 92 heavy machine gun equipped with the Little Devil Army, and it can be universalized. This indicates that the ammunition supply of these dozen or so tanks will not be lacking in future battles.

In addition to checking the armament of weapons and the protection ability of the tank, the rest depends on whether the tank can be activated.

Liu Hua, who has never been in a tank in this era, was still a little nervous. But when he got into the driver's seat. Seeing the cab with only a longitudinal rod and a few simple tools for the throttle, my whole heart was completely put down. Because, in his eyes, the tank in front of him is like a tractor of his time, very easy.

"Boom, boom, boom" The roar of the engine sounded, and the tail of the tank spit out a lot of black smoke at once, and Liu Hua started the tank he was staying in. And Liu Hua, who was sitting in the driver's seat, listened to the buzzing roar in the cockpit, felt the vibration of the tank, and slowly entered the role. As the accelerator was slowly stepped on, the tank, which was still standing just now, slowly began to understand under the instigation of its division commander. After a while, the tank circled around the yard of the logistics office.

As one tank was inspected, Liu Hua began to check the rest one after another. In the end, after nearly half a day of busyness, the remaining 12 cars that were pulled back, except for two tanks whose engines were damaged and could not be started for the time being, were completely startable. However, the front end of seven of the tanks was indeed beaten into a hornet's nest by the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, and there were bullet holes everywhere.

Of course, the harvest of ten intact tanks is already very good for Liu Hua. Because, in his psyche, only nine tanks were needed to form the first armored unit in his hands. As for the remaining three, there is no doubt that they are used as accessories.

"Director Wang, I have an important use for these intact tanks, and they will be used within a week. Therefore, I give you an important task, that is, to ask the comrades from the arsenal to come and help me weld all the bullet holes in the front of the tank. As for the remaining two tanks that cannot be started, they will be disassembled into parts, but these parts must be left behind, and it is forbidden to return to the furnace to make bullets. How, are there any problems. Looking at the row of 12 tanks in front of him, Liu Hua ordered Wang Daoguang in front of him.

"Division commander, don't worry, the task you personally assigned, I, Wang Daoguang, will definitely complete it, and after a week, I guarantee that there will never be a single bullet hole on the body of these 10 tanks." Wang Daoguang assured loudly.

With the armament settled, all that remained was the soldiers and commanders of the newly formed armored regiments. Of course, the number of soldiers is not a problem at all for the reading masters, who have tens of thousands of people. Three guard regiments, one regiment casually draws the strength of a company, and the strength of this armored regiment is enough.

However, the only thing that bothered Liu Hua was the choice of the commander of the armored regiment. Originally, it was thought that a qualified commander would be selected from among all the cadres at and above the regimental level in the reading division. However, when he thought that the cadres in his army basically didn't even know what a tank was, Liu Hua completely gave up this unrealistic idea. You know, you don't even know the tanks in your own hands, and how to command the tanks to fight.

(To be continued)