jdhmnovel Chapter 136 I didn’t lie to you
Chapter 136 I didn’t lie to you
Dai Anlan, who had a keen sense of smell, pricked up his ears. He raised his left hand slightly and pointed at the infantry training ground.
"Commander Li, may I ask what kind of machine guns your independent column is equipped with? The sound of their firing is slightly different from ours."
"Captain Dai, we are equipped with German weapons, including machine guns and rifles."
Dai Anlan took a breath of cold air.
There were no proper German-equipped divisions in the entire country of China. There were only some understaffed, half-German-equipped divisions, whose equipment was a mix of German and domestically produced equipment.
The Jinnan Independent Column was actually equipped with German equipment?
"Commander Li, are all your rifles Mauser rifles?"
Li Yunlong answered with a smile.
"That's not it."
Yan Laoxi finally let go of the worry in his throat. Having such a powerful force in southern Shanxi would undoubtedly pose a huge threat to his position.
When his shallow fate with the Eighth Route Army came to an end one day, they would become enemies with envy when they meet.
"I was saying it. The Eighth Route Army had a hard time fighting in the past and their equipment was just so-so. How could there be a fully-organized column equipped with German weapons? Commander Dai, when you go back, you must have a good talk with Chongqing and ask them to take better care of our Second War Zone."
Dai Anlan thought, how did he get to me after all these twists and turns?
"Commander Li, can I go to your infantry training ground?"
"Okay, the soldiers from the Infantry Academy may be doing shooting training. If you don't mind the noise, let's go and take a look!"
Dai Anlan took three or two steps to the front of Yan Laoxi, and couldn't wait to take a look at the German machine gun.
Reporters followed closely behind him and arrived at a shooting range the size of a football field.
When the instructor leading the training saw the commander coming, he hurried over and saluted.
"Comrade Commander, the National Defense University Infantry College is organizing a machine-rifle live-fire exercise. Please give instructions!"
"Keep training!"
"Yes!"
Five MG34 general-purpose rifles were placed in front of the firing line, with a machine gunner and an assistant gunner lying next to the machine guns.
The instructor held the telescope in one hand and blew the whistle in the other.
The MG34 general-purpose machine gun made a sharp sound of tearing cloth and emptied the -round ammunition belt in less than a minute.
"Target No. 2, the bullet impact points are too scattered. Fire another 200 rounds. The rest of the students can take a rest!"
Yan Laoxi and his fellow officers were dumbfounded. Is there such a punishment method? Is the independent column so generous that they can fire bullets at will?
Old Yan was unwilling to believe that the Eighth Route Army, which had been fighting over a few thousand bullets a year ago, would actually fire live ammunition at will on the training ground?
It must be Li Yunlong showing off his wealth!
"Commander Li, how often do you organize machine gun training like this?"
"I don't know about this. I'll let Principal Lin explain it to you."
Lin Shubing, who was wearing glasses, stepped forward, put his legs together and straightened them, and saluted.
"My dear officers and journalist friends, I am Lin Shubing, president of the Independent Jinnan National Defense University!"
Although Lin Shubing was wearing glasses, soldiers could tell at a glance that this young man was far from being as harmless as he appeared.
Compared with Wang Meng's firmness, Lin Shubing's face has more idealistic and romantic temperament.
Look, the female reporters are feeling amorous again and are raising their cameras to start taking pictures.
Lin Shubing put his hand down.
"My dear officers, our Infantry Academy, Artillery Academy, Tank Academy, and Military Medical College will all conduct machine gun and rifle target shooting training, taking turns every day."
"What about ammunition consumption?"
"Machine guns and rifles consume about 10,000 rounds a day."
After Lin Shubing finished speaking, he led everyone to a large wooden box on the side of the training ground, which was filled with various types of bullet casings.
Old Yan felt a little dizzy and his calves were staggering.
"Commander Li, you are really different now than you were before!"
At this time, Dai Anlan was like a scout in a military experience camp and raised his hand again.
"Commander Li, is this the German MG34 general-purpose machine gun? I have seen it before from a German instructor! Can you let me fire a round to satisfy my craving?"
Li Yunlong looked at Dai Anlan unhappily. Why is this kid still so excited?
Wang Meng pulled Li Yunlong aside.
"Commander, this is a real soldier who fought in the War of Resistance against Japan, and he has commanded an armored group, hehe..."
Li Yunlong understood immediately and quickly changed his expression.
"Of course, of course. We are all friendly forces. Come and experience it?"
Wang Meng waved his hand and assigned a student to serve as assistant shooter for each machine gun.
"If you want to experience it, just find your favorite target position, right?"
Dai Anlan was the first to rush up, followed by four officers from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and Chongqing.
"Ready to fire! Fire!"
A burst of gunfire echoed throughout the training ground.
Dai Anlan and the others climbed up reluctantly, but their eyes never left the machine gun.
"Commander Li, this is a great thing! Can one of your companies be equipped with one?"
"Well, each of our squads has a machine gun crew..."
Now it was Dai Anlan's turn to feel dizzy, and he held his forehead with his hand.
"Commander Li, are you serious?"
"Commander Dai, it's nothing, just a machine gun! If you don't believe me, just think of it as a joke and keep watching!"
Li Yunlong was just about to leave when, on the other side of the shooting training ground, students from the Military Medical College were conducting rifle shooting training.
Although the sound of the G43 semi-automatic rifle's continuous firing was crisp, it still shocked these experts and made them freeze in their places.
Dai Anlan is like a curious baby.
"Commander Li, is this the standard rifle you are equipped with?"
"Yes, a semi-automatic rifle."
Dai Anlan looked at Li Yunlong with resentment, and his eyes were filled with one sentence: Why did you lie to me, an honest man!
"Captain Dai, I'm not lying to you. It's definitely not a Mauser rifle. We were indeed equipped with Mauser rifles before, but they were not powerful enough, so we gave them to the local guerrillas and other troops of the 386th Brigade!"
Old Yan couldn't sit still anymore and jumped up immediately.
"What? You said that all of your guerrillas are equipped with Mauser rifles?!"
Li Yunlong did not respond to what he said, but the commander of the 386th Brigade stood up.
"Commander Yan, it's just a small part of the guerrillas. The rest of our Eighth Route Army is still armed with swords and spears. The money and guns that should be allocated to the Second War Zone and Chongqing should still be given!"
As expected, Dai Anlan was also standing in front of the shooting range with a semi-automatic rifle and had emptied a magazine.
"Good, good! I've never seen this gun before, but it's a good gun!"
Wang Meng and Lin Shubing were delighted. Of course they had never seen it before. Even the German army itself only equipped itself on a large scale several months later.
The psychological impact this incident caused to Yan Laoxi and Dai Anlan was far more profound than the change of ownership of Chongqing.
The arrogant Yan Laoxi began to remain silent.
Dai Anlan, who was worried about the country, was somewhat moved.
"Everyone, we've seen enough. Let's go to the cafeteria and have a meal?"
After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he prepared to take the group to the cafeteria to eat, and then send them away quickly after they finished eating.
"Wait a minute, Commander Li. Why is there this thing in the infantry training ground?"