"This student's name is Zhao Mingjie, a regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army of the former Jinchaji Army Division, in the northeast that he entered after the Anti-Japanese War, his troops suffered a big loss in the early battle, and a regiment was killed and wounded by artillery and aircraft, but did not see the opposing infantry! Zhao Mingjie learned from the pain, and when recruiting cadets, he took the initiative to find his superiors and expressed his willingness to give up the post of regiment commander and come to the artillery school to learn the command and use of artillery. I studied very hard, and it is not surprising to have such results! Zhu Rui introduced the situation of the sixth student to Liu Hai. This comrade is good, you can make him the commander of the special artillery regiment, I took a look at his background information, in your words, it is a red Miaozheng, a good background, high consciousness, and what is even more rare is that he can see the essence through the phenomena on the surface of things, just him! Bangs put his profile on the table! Okay, then it's time to determine the rest of the personnel, all the 400 outstanding cadets will participate in the special artillery regiment, how will the appointment of the battalion company commander be finalized? Principal Zhu Rui asked. Just select a few students with a higher prestige and a better performance in artillery from among the outstanding cadets, but the selection of commanders of directly subordinate combat units can be enlarged to both good and bad trainees, because the directly subordinate combat units are responsible for the cover of the artillery regiment and limited attack operations, although it is the establishment of an artillery regiment, but it is a real infantry unit, so what is needed is an excellent unit commander, not a person who can shoot accurately! Bangs said. Well! Good! Juri nodded.

"Chief Instructor Liu, now the establishment and personnel list of the Special Artillery Regiment have come out, please take a look!" Zhu Rui handed over a piece of paper. "Huh?" After Liu Hai looked at the list for a long time, he found that there was no air defense company, let alone an air defense company, not even an air defense group! "I said Principal Zhu, why is there no air defense group?" Bangs asked. "The air defense company was originally to be established, but due to the shortage of anti-aircraft guns, it was not established, but I think it can be strengthened later!" Zhu Rui said. "How can this work, the main artillery position is definitely of great interest to the other party, the enemy's air force will not let go of such a target, even if there are no anti-aircraft guns, then at least a few anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, a little deterrence, it is always good!" Bangs said. "Okay, I'll go to the General Logistics Department and the Special Department for this matter, and I must have it all!" After Zhu Rui finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out. In fact, it is not only the problem of anti-aircraft guns, but also a very important question, which Liu Hai did not say.

"Zhao Mingjie, you have been appointed as the commander of the special artillery regiment, are you happy?" Liu Hai asked Zhao Mingjie in front of him. "Rejoice, we can finally use our own artillery to beat those reactionaries!" Zhao Mingjie said excitedly. "Hehe, do you know what is the most critical thing for artillery in battle?" Bangs continued to ask. "Accuracy of shooting and judgment of the enemy!" Zhao Mingjie said. "That's right, it's not true!" Liu Hai looked at Zhao Mingjie and said, "The most important thing in artillery is actually time, especially in artillery battles, you are looking for an opportunity to destroy the other party, and the other party is also looking for an opportunity to eliminate you, so the accurate judgment of an artillery unit, the shorter the time between the order to fire and the explosion of the shell, the greater the chance of victory, you know that under normal circumstances, the flight time of the shell will not exceed one and a half minutes, so your order is issued, and the speed of execution to the troops directly affects life and death, Not every battle in a war is expected, so the speed of the troops' reaction in unexpected situations is important! "There is no problem with this, and the combat rhythm of our troops is also very fast!" Zhao Mingjie said. "Really?" Bangs said, "Let's do an experiment!" ”

Liu Hai took Zhao Mingjie to the training ground, and it was time to eat, and all the members and instructors of the special artillery regiment were sitting on the ground eating. "Now that the battle has suddenly begun, we need to get into the fight as fast as we can, let's try!" After Liu Hai finished speaking, he yelled, "All attention, stand up!" ”。 After bangs shouted, a group of people quickly stood up on the playground, some people began to stand, and some people got up while asking while being at a loss. Most of the first people to stand up were artillery instructors of the former Kuomintang and the Japanese army, and those who got up later were all cadets! "See?" Liu Hai pointed to the people on the playground and said to Zhao Mingjie. "This bunch of garbage, swallow it slowly, just remember it with a few whips!" Zhao Mingjie is not a fool, he can see that his subordinates are obviously inferior to those instructors! "A few whips are not the problem, but the regularization of the troops!" Liu Hai said to the crux of the problem: "These instructors are all former Kuomintang and Japanese soldiers, all of whom have received regular training, and they may not be as good as Zhongbo in terms of combat experience, but in terms of the reaction speed and professionalism of the troops, you are far behind!" Before the formation of the Special Artillery Regiment, I hope to find time for supplementary training in this area, which is a very important issue that is not taken seriously by your troops! "Chief Instructor Liu, although I don't know where you came from, I am very grateful for your teachings, and I am willing to carry out supplementary training!" Zhao Mingjie said.

Just when Liu Hai was conducting the final training of the members of the special artillery regiment, the equipment of the special artillery regiment arrived, thirty 155-mm cannons and corresponding cars and other equipment. After Liu Hai checked the equipment, he found a problem, that is, the drag hook of the cannon is very easy to fall off, and the preset shell storage rack on the car manger is not suitable for the storage of 155 mm shells, Liu Hai understands that time is pressing, and the head of the headquarters is eager to put the special artillery regiment into battle now, so it is too late to send it back, Liu Hai took the maintenance personnel to start the appropriate modification of the equipment, after two days and two nights of busyness, these equipment finally met the requirements! At this time, Zhao Mingjie couldn't wait, and immediately suggested to Principal Zhu Rui to form an army, and asked the chief to issue a combat mission! "Chief Instructor Liu, do you think you can become an army now? Regiment Commander Zhao and his comrades are eager to fight, and their morale is high! Principal Zhu Rui said. Not yet! Liu Hai said, "These cannons are imitated according to the captured American 155 mm * guns, although they look good, but after all, they are imitations, and there is still a lot of gap between them and the original cannons in the United States, so I am afraid that they will be a little different when used." Besides, the cannons taught by our artillery school are all miscellaneous guns of various calibers, and this new type of artillery needs to be familiar with the equipment and corresponding training, and only when you are completely familiar with the weapons you use can you give full play to its effect! ”

"What's going on with this Chief Instructor Liu? What does it mean that the personnel have been selected, the equipment is ready, and the training to be familiar with the equipment has to be carried out, but they are unwilling to form an army to accept the task? "The commander of a column of the Democratic Alliance Army is very dissatisfied, because the special artillery regiment will be the first to settle in his main column!" No. 1 trusts him very much and gives him a lot of care, you can wait, the so-called sharpening of knives is not a mistake for woodcutters, not bad these days! "The political commissar of the column persuaded." Or the commissar is right! A voice came, and the column commander and political commissar turned their heads to look at it, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, because it was the No. 1 chief!" You kid is just too anxious, what's in a hurry? Artillery is a technical service, there is no complete training and equipment, there is no excellent personnel to match, give you a hundred cannons, can you play its role? Leader One reprimanded. Chief, I'm not in a hurry, how long has it been, if the artillery regiment had been put into battle a day earlier, the Kuomintang would not have been so rampant! The column commander said. I know better than you! The No. 1 leader said, "But technology is technology, and we suffered such a big loss in the early battle, isn't it a lesson?" Do you think that the artillery and artillery of the Kuomintang were pulled up in one day, the New First Army and the New Sixth Army, which unit was not an elite unit rolled out of the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and how much money was spent and how much effort was spent to train and equip it, I think General Instructor Liu's approach is right, instead of going to the battlefield to be wiped out, it is better to spend more time training, sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in wartime, you don't understand the truth? ”

Just when the No. 1 leader was angry, Liu Hai finally completed all the preparations for the special artillery regiment, and under the auspices of Principal Zhu Rui, the first large-scale and standardized artillery unit of the Democratic Alliance Army was officially formed! The entire unit has a formal establishment of more than 1,300 people, is equipped with 30 155-millimeter cannons, is divided into three battalions, more than 70 automobiles, and more than 1,500 long and short guns. In the first battle, the whole regiment, under the leadership of the regiment commander Zhao Mingjie, successfully eliminated a division of the national army, and he suffered no losses in the battle! Immediately after that, the special artillery regiment began to engage in various battles throughout the Northeast Battlefield, and the results were remarkable! As the war progressed, the Democratic Alliance decided to form a larger artillery unit, so more young officers were selected to study at Zhu Rui's artillery school! Under the leadership of Zhu Rui, Liu Hai and others trained and cultivated a large number of artillery talents, and sent a large number of talents to the powerful artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army, and later all the senior officers of the artillery unit came from the special artillery regiment formed by Liu Hai himself!

After the successful formation of the special artillery regiment, Liu Hai continued to be his own instructor in the artillery school, and with the return of Sima Hong to study in Yan'an, Liu Hai once again lived the life he wanted, avoiding war and giving full play to his strengths! However, those who can work hard, and soon another important task fell on Liu Hai.