Hearing this, Shen Quan couldn't help but be stunned. He looked at Zhou Weiguo in surprise and asked, "Why did the head of Zhou suddenly change?"
You know, before this, Zhou Weiguo had always resisted being absorbed by Shen Quan.
I don't know if it was because of what Zhao Jie said or after the battle with the Japanese that Zhou Weiguo figured it out.
Of course, the reason why Zhou Weiguo made such a big determination was because he had been thinking about it for a long time.
As Shen Quan said, although he was unwilling to join the Eighth Route Army again, he had to consider the brothers who followed him from Hutou Mountain.
The war of resistance will end sooner or later, and Zhou Weiguo must find a way out for these brothers.
No one wants to bear the reputation of being a bandit for the rest of his life. Even if you have never done anything bad, you will always be a bandit in the eyes of the people.
Furthermore, this time Feihuling was bombed into ruins by the Japs, and everyone looked like homeless vagrants.
Although Zhou Weiguo could lead them to rebuild Feihuling Mountain Village, it was meaningless.
There is another more important reason, that is, Zhou Weiguo realized that Shen Quan's commanding ability and personal qualities were very high.
Although Shen Quan's name had been known throughout northwestern Shanxi before this, being famous was not as good as meeting him. It would definitely be fun to fight Japanese with such a person in the future.
Leaning slightly, Zhou Weiguo nodded and said: "Captain Shen, I have already thought about it. I am determined to join the new regiment with my brothers!"
Chen Quan nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, since Master Zhou thinks highly of me, Shen Quan, I am very happy to work with Master Zhou to fight the Japanese."
After that, Zhou Weiguo said to the five hundred brothers at hand: "Brothers, now I want to join the Eighth Route Army. I know that some of you may have shadows in your hearts, so I won't force you. Those who are willing to join can follow me. Those who are not willing to join can follow me. Those who join, and those who are willing to go home, I will pay for their travel expenses. As long as you don’t join the Japanese, you will be my brothers, Zhou Weiguo, for life!"
"So, are you willing to follow me and join the new group?"
"willing!"
"willing!"
"willing!"
Everyone shouted yes three times in succession. In their eyes, Zhou Weiguo was the guiding light. They followed Zhou Weiguo to northwest Shanxi, so naturally they had to follow Zhou Weiguo.
Chen Quan looked at this scene and was very satisfied. With the addition of these five hundred brothers, the strength of the new group has reached a new level.
Immediately, Zhou Weiguo looked at Shen Quan and said: "Since I want to join the new regiment, I also want to vote for Dian. Commander Shen, follow me!"
Chen Quan was stunned: "What is the name certificate?"
“Come and take a look and you’ll find out!”
Later, Zhou Weiguo and Shen Quan entered the cave together, turned east and west to the arsenal built in the cave in Feihuling.
Zhou Weiguo waved his hand, and the two brothers pried open the door of the arsenal. Zhou Weiguo said: "Commander Shen, please!"
Entering the arsenal, the first thing Shen Quan saw was a disassembled Italian howitzer in the arsenal.
Damn it, this Italian cannon is a good thing!
In the TV series, Li Yunlong had an Italian cannon when he attacked Ping'an County.
Now Shen Quan will soon attack Ping'an County, so he got the Italian artillery from Zhou Weiguo?
Except for one Italian cannon, the rest were some 38-gauge rifles, a dozen mortars, and a few crooked machine guns.
These weapons are all common, but the Italian cannon stood out to Shen Quan.
Touching the parts of the Italian cannon, Shen Quan said happily: "Master Zhou, this Italian howitzer is a good thing!
Although the howitzers produced in Italy are not as good as the German howitzers, for our Eighth Route Army, they are simply treasures. They are much better than the Type 92 infantry gun. "
Zhou Weiguo gave a thumbs up and praised: "Commander Shen is really discerning and well-informed. He can identify this howitzer made in Italy just by looking at the disassembled parts."
Cannon is a necessary weapon in war. The Eighth Route Army has captured many cannons from the Japanese in recent years, but most of them are infantry cannons and mountain cannons.
There are only very few howitzers. On the one hand, the Japanese troops rarely use such heavy howitzers. Even if they are deployed, they are heavily guarded, and our comrades have no chance to capture them.
Take the 129th Division to which Shen Quan's New Regiment belongs, for example. Only the division headquarters has a German-made howitzer. Because there are not many shells, the division commander keeps it in the weapons depot all year round and is reluctant to use it unless absolutely necessary.
Shen Quan never expected to encounter a howitzer in Feihuling.
After leaning a little, Shen Quan said: "Master Zhou is just kidding me, I have only heard of howitzers, and I just said it casually, but I didn't expect that I actually guessed it right.
Master Zhou was once a member of the Eighth Route Army, so he naturally understood the poverty of our team. Now that I see this cannon, my mouth is almost watering! "
Zhou Weiguo felt very much what Shen Quan said, but this situation could not be changed in a short while.
"Captain Shen, not only this howitzer, we also have many more powerful things, come and see!"
With that said, Zhou Weiguo stepped forward and lifted up a tightly covered black oilcloth on the right side.
call!
The moment the black oilcloth was lifted, a puff of dust rose up.
Obviously, this layer of oilcloth has not been lifted for a long time.
As the black oil curtain opened, Shen Quan saw a batch of brand-new American special equipment.
"Holy shit, the latest American amphibious combat equipment?"
Seeing these things, Shen Quan's eyes almost popped out.
Slowly walking forward, Shen Quan picked up a Thompson submachine gun, looked at it for a long time and said, "The Thompson M1928 submachine gun is such a good thing!"
"The M1928 submachine gun can have a maximum rate of fire of 800 rounds per minute. It is also equipped with 50 oversized drums and the effective range can reach 200 meters!"
Zhou Weiguo was stunned and said in surprise: "I didn't expect Commander Shen to be so familiar with weapons from all over the world. Wei Guo admires him so much!"
Can Shen Quan not be familiar with it?
He has an entire encyclopedia of weapons in his head.
He could recite the parameters of weapons that appeared throughout the war years.
Shen Quan chuckled and said shyly: "Wei Wei only understands a little."
In addition to the Thompson M1928 submachine gun, there are also special forces amphibious uniforms, MEU pistols, M2 heavy machine guns, and two Type 53 70mm mortars.
In addition, there are more than a dozen boxes of ammunition!
"Master Zhou, I really didn't expect that there are so many American equipment hidden under Feihuling Village. It's really awesome!"
Zhou Weiguo smiled and said: "On the way from Hutou Mountain to northwest Shanxi, we snatched the stuff from the Japs and transported it to the village and kept it here unused."
Shen Quan roughly counted and found that this batch of equipment was large enough to equip an infantry battalion.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Weiguo walked to the left again and said: "Captain Shen, there is something better here!"
