The Garand semi-automatic rifle, also known as the 'fast eight', is also known as the big eight, and is named because of its characteristic of automatic firing of eight-round rifle cartridges.

As for the Soviet-made Bobosha in front of him, it is actually not much different from Wuchong's, plus Xia Yuan himself has a grandmaster-level firearm, just by touching it, he knows how to use this gun, and it is naturally handy to disassemble it.

Everyone watched Xia Yuan's demonstration seriously.

Liu Tiezhu, a machine gunner not far away, opened a box and suddenly shouted, "Come and see, there are still shells, look at it."

Liu Tiezhu's words attracted all the soldiers in the courtyard, and everyone stretched their necks and looked at the box in front of him.

A soldier carefully picked it up, moved it, felt a little heavy, and put it down again, "It's really heavy, heavier than the shells of small steel cannons, but it looks very strange."

The small steel cannon is actually a small-caliber mortar used by the little Japanese devils, including grenadiers, which were later captured by the Eighth Route Army in large quantities, not only used in the War of Resistance against Japan, but also played a huge role in the later War of Liberation.

"Our platoon commander must know." Wang Xiaoliang turned around and called Xia Yuan over, "Platoon leader, platoon leader, come and see, what kind of shell is this, it looks so strange."

Xia Yuan looked closer, squatted down and looked at it, there was Russian written on it, and said, "This guy is not a shell, this is an anti-tank grenade, which is specially used against tanks."

As soon as he heard this, Liu Tiezhu slapped his thigh and said, "Great, this is a grenade that can blow up the Iron King bastard, I saw a tank when I was fighting devils, and it took nine soldiers to solve a tank, if this thing can solve the tank, you don't need to suffer so much loss, platoon commander, you have to let the company commander bring some more of this thing back."

Xia Yuan was silent and did not speak, and said in his heart that when he arrived on the battlefield to capture some more super bazooka of the US army, that thing was an important weapon to deal with US tanks, in fact, during this period, our army's arsenal had begun to produce super bazooka, super bazooka, also known as the big horn, which was captured from the US army during the Battle of Yunshan, and then transported back to China, in the Yangshen 52 arsenal, the military personnel of New China successfully copied it in a very short period of time, and finalized production. Beginning in May 1951, this new weapon entered North Korea in large quantities under the name "Type 51 Bazooka" and became a powerful anti-tank and anti-fortification weapon.

The bustle here also attracted a head of the Quartermaster Department, who heard Xia Yuan's words and walked over and said, "Does this comrade know?"

Xia Yuan turned his head and immediately saluted, "Chief! I know, I've seen *** used by troops before."

He told a lie, this anti-tank grenade was also used in the Battle of Shangganling, when Comrade Wang Yongmeng died, he used this thing to blow up the enemy's pillbox, but this thing was too heavy, it was difficult for ordinary soldiers to throw it far, and the pillbox was not completely blown up. At that time, a lot of weapons were purchased from the Americans, and they were eventually captured, and the Chiang group was called the "Transport Captain", among which the captured bazooka, also known as Bazooka.

As for whether there are anti-tank grenades, who knows, maybe there are, but few people have seen them.

The chief said: "This thing is called Molotov anti-tank grenade, it is very effective against tank armored vehicles, and now although the weapon has arrived, the instructions are in Russian, so don't worry, immediately the division headquarters will send people to each company to explain how to use it."

Xia Yuan looked at the weapons and equipment in the green wooden box and said, "These are all good things, when can they all be equipped."

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao walked over, and Company Commander Lei said, "Don't worry, you can change it for everyone in two days, Xia Yuan, go, take someone to train, don't gather around here."

"Hey."

Xia Yuan nodded and beckoned, "One battalion and one company, go back to training!"

"Yes!"

The people gradually dispersed, and Company Commander Lei chatted with the head of the quartermaster department for a while, and then walked back from the compound, and Instructor Shao suddenly asked, "This is about to go to war, Lao Lei, the troops finally stopped at Beihe, don't you want to go home and have a look?"

Commander Lei is a native of Beihe, born in poverty, when he was very young, his father died, and his mother led him, his brother, and a younger sister to live a difficult life. In July 1938, he joined the Eighth Route Army and left home, never going back until January 1950, when the whole country had been liberated, and there were basically no combat missions in the troops.

His mother tearfully told him, "Son, after you left, the Japanese took your brother and sister-in-law, and your little sister, and they all died in the concentration camp......

The mother and son hugged their heads and cried, that time, Commander Lei lived at home for a week, and now, another year has passed, and I don't know what happened to the old mother.

He also misses his old mother in his heart, but now that the start is imminent, the soldiers are training hard, how can he go to see his mother, Company Commander Lei shook his head and said: "Lao Shao, you know, now that the start is imminent, the soldiers have entered the state of hard training, at this time, I, how can I go home to visit my relatives."

Instructor Shao thought about it for a while, it is true, Lao Lei's ideological consciousness is very high, the more critical the period, the more he will not do this kind of thing.

The two thought like this, and separated on the way back, Company Commander Lei was worried about the old mother at home, so he came to his residence, and the guard at the door hurriedly said, "Report to the company commander, your old mother has come to visit relatives, in the room."

Commander Lei was stunned for a moment, and strode into the room, the old mother with gray temples sat on the stool in front of the table, looking eagerly at the door, and saw her figure thinking about it, and hurriedly stood up from the stool.

When Company Commander Lei entered the door, he saw that his old mother was about to get up to greet him, so he hurriedly walked over and supported his mother:

"Mother, why are you here?"

"Son, my mother heard that you are going to fight in North Korea, and my mother is here to see you off."

The corners of Lei Lianchang's mouth turned bitter and asked, "Mother, how are you?" How are you doing?"

"Okay, the state has allocated land to us, even if we don't farm ourselves, we can be stingy with other people in the village to plant, and we can just give us a little rent every year."

The old mother hugged her son's arm, looked up and down, her eyes were full of love, and she said, "Mother is fine, Mother just misses you a little."

Company Commander Lei looked at the old mother, his eyes were red, but when he thought that this was a special period, he said: "Mother, my son misses you too, but not now, you should go back tomorrow, it's not that my son won't keep you, my mother is here, so what about the comrades' mothers?" If the mothers of the whole company are here, then what about the other companies, other battalions, and other regiments, we will soon leave for the front."

"Son, you've been fighting for more than ten years, and you're in your thirties, why do you still have to go to war, or do you want to go abroad to fight? My mother gave birth to the three of you, and now there is only one of you left, and my mother is reluctant."

"Mother, the Americans have hit the Yalu River, they have bombed our homeland, they want to strangle our new China in the cradle, I have to go...... Not only for my mother, but also for the people of China."

The old mother stopped squeaking, grabbed her son's arm with both hands, and looked at the person who was thinking about him with tears in her eyes, as if she wanted to imprint his appearance in her mind, and never forget it.

"Son, my mother knows, you went to war for the country, my mother just couldn't bear it, my mother wanted to see you more."

Company Commander Lei also shed tears, "Mother, you want to support me to defend my family and country, listen to me, you will go back tomorrow, and when I drive away the Americans, I will go home and never fight again."

After that, he called the guard at the gate and asked him to help him buy a train ticket home, and at the same time told the people in the company not to let the news of the old mother come to see him, because he was worried that it would arouse the soldiers' feelings of homesickness.

In the evening, Comrade Xiao Zhang washed out the photos and sent them to Company Commander Lei, and after thanking Comrade Xiao Zhang, Company Commander Lei came to the old mother with two photos, held the old mother's wrinkled palm, stuffed the photos into her hands, and said, "Mother, if you miss me in the future

Then I will take it out and take a look, and when I am done fighting, I will go home and honor you."

The old mother looked at the photo for the first time, her eyes were full of curiosity, she looked at the person in the photo, and then at Company Commander Lei, and said, "The same, the same."

Company Commander Lei carefully put the photo into the pocket of his jacket close to his chest, and his mood was also very complicated, he wanted his old mother to stay in the army for a longer time, but the army was about to be mobilized, and it was absolutely impossible at this time.

The mother and son didn't close their eyes all night, and they told a lot of stories from the past.

The mother said, "When you were a child, you studied in a private school the best, but your mother was poor, and she only provided for you for three years, so you went to herd the cattle......

Company Commander Lei said, "Mother, I know that there is a problem at home, I can't eat, what kind of books are I studying? I am now in our revolutionary ranks, and I can also learn from them. Mother, it's not early, let's rest."

On the second day, Company Commander Lei beckoned Instructor Shao to help lead the team and send the old mother to the train station.

The old mother grabbed her son's hand hard, stared at it for a long time, and said, "Son, you must come back alive, my mother is waiting for you at home."

This is because from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, our army seized a wide variety of weapons, uneven, and the ammunition was not integrated, so replenishing ammunition became a problem, and the commanders and fighters at that time had long been accustomed to it.

However, when it came to the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the weapons used by the US military were all uniform guns, and this method of replenishing ammunition could no longer be used.

There is also a very critical problem, that is, the production of bullets of the Wanguo brand is also a very serious problem, and the arsenal cannot produce ammunition for several weapons, so it is necessary to replace unified weapons and equipment.

Two days later, the cars carrying weapons and equipment stopped at the playground, and the soldiers on the vehicles got down to carry down a mouthful of green wooden boxes, while the soldiers gathered on the playground as a company, and the company commanders and platoon commanders brought back the weapons of their companies and distributed weapons to each company.

Ma Shunyao opened a box, looked at the brand-new gun, and grinned: "Company commander, is this thing jamming?"

Company Commander Lei smiled and said, "This is a new gun, how can it jam, hurry up, bring your soldiers over to get the gun, one person and another, you are not allowed to receive more than one, and you are not allowed to receive it for others."

Ma Shunyao 'Hey, he shouted, and the soldiers of the second platoon came over to get their guns.

Xia Yuan held a Bobosha submachine gun and shouted, "Old Yang, bring someone over, come and get the gun!"

"Hey, line up and get the guns!"

Lao Yang came over with someone, Xia Yuan handed the gun to Wang Xiaoliang, Wang Xiaoliang happily held the new gun, and couldn't put it down with his sleeve, Liu Tiezhu behind him said, "Don't rub it, look at your sleeve."

Wang Xiaoliang didn't care and said, "I'm happy."

After a while, the soldiers all received new guns, their faces were full of smiles, many soldiers were the first time to catch up with the army to change weapons, the weapons they used to use were made in all countries, Germany, the United States, Britain, etc., uneven, those guns were used, Rao is like this, the soldiers treat the guns as if they were their own lives.

Several comrades from the division began to teach the soldiers of the 538th Regiment how to use the weapons in their hands, including the use of anti-tank grenades.

For the next period of time, the content of their training is to familiarize themselves with their weapons, to what extent, even if they close their eyes, they can also disassemble and assemble the guns. Immediately after that, the fighters were trained in the use of anti-tank grenades, and from February, the 180th Division arrived in Cangzhou, Beihe, until mid-March, when the news of the deployment was issued.

At the end of the day's training, a company held a meeting.

Company Commander Lei said: "Comrades, the time has been set for us to fight in Korea, and tomorrow, we will take a train to Langtou Town, a small town in Andong City, Ningliao, to make final preparations for the war!"

Tomorrow is March 13th, and the weather has warmed up a little at this time.

However, the Korean battlefield was still a winter of minus 30 degrees, and they had suffered losses in the early stage of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and the logistics and materials of the troops who re-entered the DPRK during this period had been fully prepared, and not long after they arrived at Beihe, they received their own cotton clothes.

March 13.

Before dawn, the whistle sounded.

The 180th Division began to assemble and set off before dawn.

The residents of the town had not yet woken up, and the doors of every house were closed, so the 180th Division arrived at the railway station and took the Shangshuzi train to Langtou Town, a small riverside town in Andong City, Ningliao.

On the train, listening to the sound of the train, Xia Yuan seemed to have returned to Changjin Lake, the stuffy tank train environment in Changjin Lake is much better, after all, it is a movie, and the realistic stuffy tank hunters only have a few beds, most of them sleep on the ground, covered with straw and bedding, and there are buckets in the corners of the carriage to hold excrement.

(End of chapter)