But what they saw in front of them subverted their understanding.
A group of new recruits did something that even veterans who were 10 times the enemy's strength could not do it.
Soon, someone realized that although these officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army were new recruits, their individual quality and tactical level were certainly not low. Their weapons and equipment were extremely sophisticated, and they even had several weapons that the brothers had never seen before.
In fact, the so-called recruits mostly refer to soldiers who have never been on the battlefield. But apart from battlefield experience, are soldiers who have never been on the battlefield really poor in other aspects of military skills?
The former Liu Afu must have thought so.
But today, the army in front of him made him get out of his inherent misunderstanding.
With high-level training, sophisticated equipment and superb command, a team of recruits can also create miracles on the battlefield.
Moreover, Liu Afu and the others also discovered that this battle, which was a disaster and tragic for the Japanese army, seemed not dangerous to the new recruits like the Volunteer Army, and there were even fewer casualties.
At least, Liu Afu and the others did not see the place where the bodies of their dead brothers were stored, nor did they see a few wounded soldiers wrapped in gauze among the busy team, which showed that the losses of the volunteers were not great.
Grandma's, kill more enemies and suffer less losses. This kind of battle is much more comfortable to fight. Thinking of this, Liu Afu began to wonder how he could do it.
It was Liu Afu's battalion commander who had vicious eyes. He just looked at the equipment of these volunteer officers and soldiers with envy and passion, and then asked the major officer who came to receive them: "Brother, I'm afraid you have used a lot. Artillery and machine guns, right?"
The young major with a calm face did not shy away. He just smiled and said: "To be honest, brother, we have prepared more than twenty artillery guns and infantry guns, including two large-caliber mortars, half a base The ammunition reserves have been basically exhausted. There are also nearly 60 machine guns, all of which are used intensively."
"hiss……"
At this time, not only the battalion commander, but also all the officers present, including Liu Afu, took a deep breath.
My dear, there are more than twenty artillery pieces, each with half a base number of shells, which is about 50 rounds. The key is to use them all. That's more than 1,000 rounds of artillery shells, including two large-caliber artillery cannons.
What is a large diameter? In the army, it generally refers to cannons with a caliber above 120 mm. Even if it's just a mortar, the shells weigh at least ten kilograms.
hey-hey! If you are hit by such a shell, let alone the center of the explosion point, even if you are more than ten or twenty meters away from the explosion point, you will not be able to leave a whole body.
Then, they looked at Yunzaobang's not-so-wide river, and everyone was speechless for a moment.
In this narrow area, which is initially estimated to be no more than one square kilometer, you have smashed more than 1,000 cannonballs at your own risk. Are the cannonballs free of charge or do you not care about money at all?
On average, one square meter will be hit by one shell. If the artillery level was higher and the bombings were more accurate, then the area on both sides of the river could be removed, and it would be possible for three square meters to be hit by two artillery shells.
Tsk, tsk, tsk... No wonder there are so many stumps and fragments in the river. It is equivalent to washing all the Japanese ships in the river with cannonballs. It is difficult to find a complete corpse of the Japanese.
This is called luxury, this is called arrogance.
Why am I a new recruit? So what if I have never been on the battlefield?
I have plenty of money, so I will use my money to crush, suffocate, and piss these devils to death.
Thinking about it this way, it was already clear what kind of firepower the Japanese who landed ashore encountered.
What the hell, 60 light and heavy machine guns poured bullets at the two to three hundred Japanese who came ashore without any obstruction and were densely arranged. How could this be called a war? It was just a massacre.
Finally, seeing these silent friendly brothers, the major officer smiled and explained: "There is no way, most of our volunteer officers and soldiers are on the battlefield for the first time. In order to protect the brothers and let them adapt to the environment as soon as possible, we Just use long-distance intensive fire strikes. That means beating the old master to death with random punches, which has no technical content, haha."
Now, even the battalion commander, who had always maintained a stiff smile, could no longer laugh.
What does it mean to compare one person to another and to throw away goods?
This is the case now.
A group of 19th Route Army officers headed by the battalion commander were almost angered to death by the major's words.
How can this be called having no technical content? That means as long as you have technical content, wouldn't you be able to defeat the Japanese army?
Besides, I also want to fight this kind of ambush battle without technical content. Not only is it safe, but it's also quite powerful. It's really exciting just thinking about it.
The problem is, where can I find so many cannons and machine guns, and use them all together? The key is that you also fired half of the base number of shells in one go.
The battalion commander felt his heart aching just thinking about it. That was more than 1,000 rounds of artillery shells! He is really a prodigal, a big dog.
Others may not know, but the battalion commander knows it clearly. Don't say that your battalion does not have mortars. Even if it originally had seven or eight machine guns, after this month's battle consumption and damage, there are only four that can still shoot suddenly.
As for mortars, the regiment does have them, and they are called a company, but the only ones that can really come in handy are three 81mm caliber mortars.
Cannonballs, hey, it’s impossible to make even half a base in a month. Just because even the reserves in the military warehouse are not enough for half a base, who on earth has so many artillery shells for you to squander? Is it time to live?
Liu Afu, on the other hand, didn't think too much, he just felt deeply in his heart.
If, if, in the battle they were chasing the Japs ten days ago, let alone artillery and machine guns, every brother had a box cannon like those volunteer engineers, how could three brothers be stabbed to death by the Japs on the spot? The tragic situation.
With a woolen bayonet and the rifle bullets running out, wouldn't it be nice to take out a box of cannon and shoot each of the Japanese?
At this moment, it seemed that a new world suddenly appeared in Liu Afu's mind.
It turns out that war can still be fought this way. It turns out that everyone can have more than one gun.
It turns out that the officers of this unit were willing to throw money at them in order to protect the new recruits who were just entering the battlefield.
It turned out that they actually valued the lives of soldiers more than money.
At this moment, Liu Afu was full of respect and curiosity for the commander of this unit.
And the little devil who had once become a stone in his heart suddenly seemed less powerful and not so difficult to defeat.
