Of course, this does not mean that Uncle Ma is useless. Zhou Wen always regards Uncle Ma as a precious talent of the mercenary group, and is only prepared to use his role in cultivating new people.
Uncle Ma is a veteran who has experienced countless wars since the warlord melee period. He needs experience and skills. Moreover, in Dawangzhuang, he watched how Zhou Wen trained his brothers step by step. He knew how to train recruits and cultivate excellent machine guns. Shooters are already very experienced.
Not to mention anything else, the five members of the machine gun team from Liu Hei down in the first team are now all excellent machine gun shooters, which shows how well Uncle Ma can lead his apprentices.
Although the future mercenary regiment will not expand the front-line combat troops on a large scale, the establishment of a reserve team is still necessary.
Think about it, the eight-year arduous war of resistance will soon begin. The frontline troops of the mercenary regiment will have to go through countless battles. Casualties are inevitable. The reserve team must do all kinds of training and be ready to supplement the frontline troops at any time. of losses.
Uncle Ma is regarded by Zhou Wen as the chief instructor of the future reserve force, and his role cannot be underestimated.
Just look at how Uncle Ma was sent to serve as the machine gun instructor of the Model Brigade for just a few days. Zhao Changshu hinted to Zhou Wen from time to time whether Uncle Ma would be transferred to the Model Brigade to settle down. It can be seen that someone like Uncle Ma can both go into battle. Anyone who kills enemies and knows how to train new recruits is a prize in the eyes of the commander, no matter which army he is in.
Of course Zhou Wen would not agree, not to mention that Uncle Ma would not be willing to leave the mercenary group.
You must know that Uncle Ma is of the same generation as Wang Huzi and others, and belongs to the elders of the mercenary group. There are only four people left in the entire mercenary group: Uncle Wu, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Wei, and Uncle Ma.
As the saying goes, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.
And now the only four old men left are all the treasures of the mercenary group. With them, the old brothers of the mercenary group have support and support in their hearts. Not to mention the role of these veterans in the mercenary group.
Needless to say, Uncle Wu is the logistics manager of the mercenary group. Uncle Zhang and Uncle Wei are also good at logistics.
These people are trustworthy to Zhou Wen. Whenever there is a war, Zhou Wen will just leave the logistics to any one of them and they will handle it for you.
Zhou Wen had not even had time to coax these treasures, so how could he give them to others, not even his own seniors.
But it was said that Li Hu led a detachment of brothers who followed the Japanese for less than three miles when they heard sudden and fierce gunfire from ahead. Just listen to the familiar firing rhythm, and you will know that it is Zhou Wen and the others who have exchanged fire with the Japanese.
Li Hu waved his hand, and more than forty figures like wolves and tigers pounced towards the Japanese rear team.
"Da da da……"
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Beep! Beep..."
"Boom boom boom..."
Before anyone arrived, all kinds of bullets and artillery shells came from behind the Japanese.
Now the firepower coverage of a detachment is not just a random attack on the Japanese, but also different targets according to the different positions of the inverted triangle formation. The artillery hits the front, the machine gun sweeps the middle, the submachine gun hits the front, and the rifle looks for the Japanese machine gunner and grenadier.
In just an instant, a Japanese team at the rear was beaten until they cried for their parents, and they fled in disarray before they had time to react effectively.
But Li Hu felt no joy in his heart. Instead, he felt terrified and shouted: "No, the Japanese have no fighting spirit. I'm afraid they will all rush towards the scholars and the others."
Li Hu has fought against the Japs more than once or twice, and has a deep understanding of the Japs' fighting methods and fierce fighting spirit.
Under normal circumstances, even if the Japanese are suddenly attacked, they cannot escape without a fight. Instead, they will organize defense on the spot and seek opportunities to counterattack.
The current situation can only show that the Japanese have no intention of fighting and only want to escape.
Some people may ask, wouldn't it be better if the Japanese had no fighting spirit? Just chase and beat up the drowned dog.
But there is an old saying on the battlefield that a defeated army is easier to pursue than to stop.
Think about it, although the Japanese have lost their will to fight and only want to escape, it does not mean that they have lost their fighting ability.
On the contrary, in order to find a way to survive, they just kept moving forward and ignored bullets and shells on the way to escape. If they were killed, it would be yours. If I couldn't be killed, I would save my life.
With this desperate mentality, they would no longer care about battle formations or front and rear configurations, but would rush forward in a swarm.
Since he is on the run, he will definitely unleash his unprecedented potential and break through all the obstacles in front of him.
Moreover, don't forget that the military quality of these devils is not bad. Even if they have no fighting spirit, the muscle memory of those who have been trained for a long time will not be lost, the bullets fired will still be accurate, and the grenades that should be fired will not be idle.
There were more than 100 people lined up and charging in random directions. Even if Zhou Wen and the others were masters of guns and artillery, they only had eight people. It was impossible to knock them all down in just ten seconds.
What's more, with this kind of mountainous terrain, the line of sight is blocked, and it's impossible to take care of every direction.
However, the Japanese's unsystematic charging and fighting could easily cause casualties to Zhou Wen and the others.
That's why Li Hu felt that Zhou Wen and the others were in a bad situation, so he quickly led his brothers to chase after the Japanese rear team and move forward quickly.
But the Japanese rear team was a small team, with at least fifty people. Although more than thirty people were knocked down immediately, the remaining ones scattered instantly. It would not be possible to catch up and kill them in a short time. of.
Not to mention people, even if there are twenty or so pigs running around in the mountains, it will still take a lot of effort no matter how strong your martial arts skills are and how agile you are.
Therefore, Li Hu and the others were extremely anxious, and they could not just leave these Japs alone and just rush forward, which would inevitably waste a lot of time.
At this time, Zhou Wen and the others had already felt the pressure, and the originally eight-person formation had to shrink together to cover each other.
It would have been impossible for the hundreds of Japs to force Zhou Wen and his masters into this situation, but as soon as Zhou Wen and the others fired, the Japs charged forward without caring about anything, as if Zhou Wen and the others' gunshots were the order. The signal is average.
It turned out that after the Japanese squadron leader was beaten to a disability and fell into a coma, several squad leaders were not new to the battlefield. Based on the previous sneak attacks, they analyzed and reached a consensus that their squadron had been attacked by the Chinese squadron. The army is on the lookout.
They have already experienced and understood the power and ferocity of this Chinese army called the Central Party Headquarters Instruction Corps.
Just kidding, they can easily annihilate the elite troops of the Kuroda Cavalry Regiment and Engineer Regiment, but their small squadron does not have the confidence to shake a big tree like a fly.
