Northern suburbs of Xi'an, Zhuangding Shelter. The courtyard was crowded with people, and a large group of soldiers were smirking around them. A soldier rubbed something with both hands, swallowed hard, and said, "You all come and touch it, this feel, tsk, how slippery!" ”

The other soldiers nodded and said, "Yes, I've never seen such a beautiful one!" They all closed their mouths with joy. The soldiers outside also wanted to join in the fun, but there were too many people to squeeze in, so they could only be in a hurry. A big soldier was so anxious that he shouted, "Let me go in and have a look, I want to touch it." ”

The soldiers inside refused to move, and laughed and said, "You rookie egg, go back and touch your daughter-in-law's milk!" ”

Another soldier said, "Yes! Our soldiers still have enough to touch, and you still want to touch one of your auxiliaries? Naturally, the big man was not convinced, so he quarreled with them.

While there was a commotion, Zheng Weiguo and several officers came over and shouted, "What are you doing, you guys!" ”

The soldiers stood up with a bang, and when they saw that it was the division commander who was there, they hurriedly lined up and stood up. The non-commissioned officer in charge of duty saluted and said, "Report to the division, we are working on the new weapon!" ”

Zheng Weiguo returned the salute and said with a smile: "As far as you are still researching new weapons, what have you researched in Mingtang?" ”

The non-commissioned officer smiled awkwardly and said, "Report to the division, this ZB37 heavy machine gun is too complicated, and we are figuring it out here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Study hard!" On the battlefield, weapons are your second life, so you must study them thoroughly, study them carefully, and use them like a part of your body! ”

The non-commissioned officer hurriedly leaned on his legs and said, "Yes!" ”

Zheng Weiguo was about to leave, but was stopped by the big soldier. He thought for a moment and said, "I remember you, did we meet on the side of the road when we first arrived in Xi'an?" ”

The big man touched his head and said, "That's it, hehe!" That division, uh, uh, also wants to use this gun! As he spoke, he pointed to the shiny killing weapon in the middle of the courtyard.

The non-commissioned officer on duty sneered: "You still want to use such a good gun as an engineer?" Make your spring and autumn dreams! Since most of the recruits were reluctant to go to the battlefield, Zheng Weiguo had no choice but to order them to be engineers, which was equivalent to hard labor. Only do the work of building roads and fortifications, and do not need to go to the battlefield.

The big man's face turned red, and he said, "Master, I've thought about it, I'm not an engineer anymore, I want to be a combat soldier!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said solemnly: "Then you have to think about it, the combat soldiers have to do it with the devil with real swords and guns, it's very dangerous!" And when you become a combat soldier, you can't quit casually, and you have to kill your head if you run away from the battle! ”

The big man said, "Don't be afraid, Master, you just need to let me use this gun!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "You won't be a combat soldier for this gun, right!" The warriors laughed, and the big man couldn't lift his head in shame. Zheng Weiguo raised his hand to signal everyone to be silent, and then said: "I can approve you to be a combat soldier, but this kind of machine gun is not something that any person can use, and you must pass strict training." Pass it, and the gun will be yours to wield; If you can't get through, why should you go! How, do you dare to accept the challenge? ”

This big man didn't know what the training content was, and he felt a little hairy, but he was provoked by Zheng Weiguo, so he still agreed to it.

Zheng Weiguo said: "Very good! Big man, what's your name? ”

The big man gave a very non-standard military salute and said, "Report to the division's seat, called Iron Bull!" The warriors couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Zheng Weiguo was stunned for a moment and said, "You have to report your full name, what's your surname?" ”

Tie Niu said: "Report to the master's seat, the surname is Tie Ming Niu!" ”

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's really exciting to get your name!" Captain Zhang! ”

Zhang Changgui hurriedly responded and said, "Here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo pointed at Tie Niu and said, "He will be your soldier in the future." Look at this physique is a good soldier embryo, you take it down and practice it well! ”

Zhang Changgui smiled: "Okay! ”

In this way, the team of the 33rd Division has an additional combat hero named Tie Niu. Of course, the hero is what happened later, and so far he is a recruit who can't even use a gun. And there were 3,000 such recruits (Zheng Weiguo screened the strong men, and the remaining 7,000 were given to the 14th Army), who would undergo a week of simple training and then go to the front.

A week later, the newly formed supplementary group finally got on the train to Henan. Due to too many people and supplies, the train dragged more than 30 carriages. After Zhang Changgui counted the materials and personnel, he said excitedly: "Master, we can be regarded as earning this trip!" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said, "Don't show me around." Attract hatred, do you know the way? Keep it low-key! ”

Zhang Changgui nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Yes, Shiza!" Let's call this stuffy hair, hahaha! "Don't blame him for his gaffe, anyone in his position will dream and laugh out loud. Zheng Weiguo himself is also secretly cool, so he is embarrassed to criticize him more.

The train traveled east along the Longhai line, and soon reached Tongguan, and after passing Shaanxi County, they had to cross the river to the north. The recruits were all riding the train for the first time, and they all felt quite fresh at first, but after a while of excitement, they yawned and fell asleep.

Zhang Changgui saw that Zheng Weiguo was still patrolling in each carriage, and said, "Master, you can rest for a while, I am here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "It's okay, these people are going out for the first time, and they will feel at ease with me!" ”

As he spoke, the train suddenly stopped. Zhang Changgui hurriedly asked the conductor and said, "What's the matter!" Why did the train stop? This is far away from Shaanxi County, so it won't let us walk! ”

The conductor hurriedly said: "Sir, you don't know what to do, the Japanese devils occupy the opposite bank, and they always shoot at us." If the train wants to pass safely, it must be covered by an artillery battalion! ”

It turned out that after the defeat of the Battle of Jinnan, the Japanese army took control of the north bank of the Yellow River and set up artillery positions in the area of Fenglingdu, using long-range artillery fire to attack the transportation of the Longhai Railway. Every time the train passes, I am afraid of being hit by a shell. At that time, the Japanese army was extremely rampant, and they fired artillery at the south bank every once in a while. There was a bell ringer in Tongguan at that time, and after the bell was blown up in 1938, he threw a bean into the basin for every shell or bomb thrown by the enemy. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, there were more than 14,800 beans!

Zhang Changgui said: "The train is so fast, can the cannonballs catch up? In my opinion, it's better to rush over in a hurry! ”

The conductor said: "I can't help it, I can't help it, the train is full of good men who are going to fight Japan, you can't take this risk!" ”

According to the conductor, in fact, ordinary trains cannot be covered by artillery, mainly because there are not enough shells. But what should you do if you want to pass safely? You have to fight wits with devils! Whenever the train drove to the entrance of the cave or the back ditch of Dongguan, the driver would pull the whistle and rumble or deflate, and the devil would immediately fire a cannon to stop it when he heard the sound.

The time interval between the heavy artillery firing is relatively long, taking advantage of this short gap, the train will rush through Tongguan, Tongguan people call it "pass through the car". At that time, the carriages of the passenger cars were reinforced with iron plates or sleepers to ensure the safety of passengers. In order to ensure that transportation is not affected, an earthen parapet wall with a height of 4 meters and a width of about 2 meters was built on the north side of the railway, which blocked the enemy's view and artillery fire. It was built up by the people of Tongguan in the enemy's bombardment, and it was not easy.

After hearing this, Zheng Weiguo said, "You stay and take care of the recruits!" I'll go to the artillery positions and see! ”

Director Xiong just rushed over to report the situation, and hurriedly said, "Master, then I'll go with you!" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay!" "Director Xiong has a wide range of friends, and with him, it is much easier to deal with outsiders.

Fortunately, at this time, Zheng Weiguo's brand of anti-Japanese hero is still very useful. They soon met Hu Kexian, the commander of the 3rd Artillery Battalion, who was stationed in Tongguan. This third battalion belonged to the 1st Brigade and 10th Artillery Regiment of the Heavy Artillery, and it was the most powerful striking force of the National Army at that time. These artillerymen are the most cowhide on weekdays, and their eyes are eager to grow to their foreheads. But no matter how good it is, when I see Zheng Weiguo, I still have to salute and say hello in a proper manner.

Zheng Weiguo didn't come to inspect, but came up with a good idea to fight the Japanese artillery. After a few words of greeting, he told Camp Commander Hu his thoughts, hoping to get his support.

After hearing this, Battalion Commander Hu was a little embarrassed, and said: "Commander Zheng, although your method is good, but the devil's artillery has two Type 92 105 mm caliber cannons, and the firing range is very long, and we may not be able to suppress it!" You also know that our artillery foundation is thin, in case of a mistake, how can we afford it? ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Farther than the range of our long-range artillery? "This gun of the national army is an FH18 field howitzer, with a range of 13,250 meters, which exceeds the range of most artillery guns at that time.

Battalion Chief Hu said: "It's not a problem! If I didn't have this cannon to bother, I would have to blow it up! But Master Zheng, don't worry, wait for the next humble position to cover your train, and never let the devil hurt you in the slightest! ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said: "If I am sure that the position of the Japanese artillery will be determined when the Japanese army shoots a test shot, do you dare to fight?" ”

Battalion Commander Hu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "You must be making the humble job happy, judging the direction may be so fast!" He saw Zheng Weiguo looking at him with a serious face, and said in surprise: "You, you can't be serious, right!" ”

Zheng Weiguo pointed to the scenery in the distance and said, "You can point to any place, and I can report the shooting data to you within three seconds!" ”

Camp Chief Hu naturally didn't believe it, and pointed to several places one after another, and the farther and farther he pointed, the more he pointed the more biased. But every time he pointed to a location, Zheng Weiguo immediately reported the shooting direction and ruler. They used the instrument to check it again, and hey, it's not bad at all!

This kind of situation has never been encountered by Camp Commander Hu before, he was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth, and after a long time, he said happily: "Master Zheng, you are really a god!" Okay, with you in charge, I'll get out of the way today! ”

The 3rd Artillery Battalion quickly adjusted its positions according to the new tactics, and the positions were poured with a layer of water. Camp Commander Hu explained that the climate here was too dry, and a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the ground. If it is not watered, the Japanese army will be able to judge the location of our artillery positions by means of dust.

After a period of emergency preparations, the train's whistle was suddenly sounded, and the long whistle soon reached the north bank of the Yellow River. The Japanese artillery immediately became excited. The cannonballs smashed into the south bank as if they didn't want money, and the ground shook the ground. And that's not even counting, there were two loud noises, which were obviously louder than the shaking just now. The entire ground trembled, and even the tiles on the roofs of Tongguan City in the distance were shaken off.

Zheng Weiguo stood motionless in place, and said loudly: "Attention, the ruler xxx is ...... to the left xxx and the height x degrees" With the bombardment of the Japanese army, he kept reporting groups of data in his mouth. Battalion Commander Hu wrote it down while issuing an order to the artillery company. The artillerymen desperately adjusted the firing elements of the cannon in order to complete the firing preparations as soon as possible.

"Eight consecutive adjustments are complete!"

"The adjustment of the Nine Links is complete!"

Camp Hu said loudly: "High-explosive bombs! Instantaneous fuse! Load! ”

"Eight reloads complete!"

"Nine reloads complete!"

Battalion Commander Hu shouted with all his might: "Ready, release!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, the shells whistled towards the north bank, and a violent explosion was soon heard from the Japanese position. At this moment, two shells suddenly fell next to the artillery position. The power of the shells was so great that two large craters were blown up on the spot, but fortunately no one was injured.

Camp Commander Hu was taken aback and said, "It's a devil's cannon!" "The Japanese army had long prevented the Chinese artillery from taking the opportunity to attack his artillery positions, so they quickly counterattacked.

Zheng Weiguo was not in a hurry, and reported two sets of data.

The 7th Artillery Company, which was in full array, quickly adjusted its shooting and then launched a counterattack against the Japanese army. And the Japanese army was still correcting the data at this time, and it didn't think that the Chinese army would be able to react so quickly and find their position accurately.

With a few loud noises, I saw that the stumps and severed arms of the devil were blown up into the sky along with iron pieces and bullets, and then fell down in a hurry. The deputy battalion commander in charge of observation threw away the binoculars, cried with joy, and said: "Battalion commander, Division Commander Zheng, we hit, hit!" When the soldiers heard this, they immediately cheered in unison

Battalion Commander Hu was not at ease, and ordered all artillery companies to continue the bombardment. After a while, a loud bang suddenly came from the north bank, the sound shook for dozens of miles, and then the huge smoke and sparks rose to a high level, and even huge red and black clouds similar to mushrooms could be seen on the south bank.

Zheng Weiguo was taken aback and said, ", even the mushroom cloud came out!" ”

Battalion Commander Hu said happily: "It must be the devil's ammunition that has exploded!" Later, it became known that there were 12 150-mm howitzers, 2 280-mm howitzers and 2 105-mm cannons on the Japanese positions. It was the shell of the 280-mm howitzer that caused the detonation, and one shell of it weighed 600 pounds. Dozens of shells exploded, and other munitions were detonated, so the scene was extremely alarming.

After the artillery battle, local residents excitedly ran to tell each other. This battle process is also a ten, ten to hundred, and the more it is transmitted, the more it is divine. Some fellows said: "Hey, the artillery is amazing, a shell went directly into the barrel of the devil's cannon, and the devil's ocean cannon was blown up at that time." The devils even flew into the sky with cannons, and the big pit on the ground was dozens of feet deep, and the fire burned for three days and three nights! Hey, there's nothing to say, it's a sure shot! ”