sbdcsierra Chapter 51 The shock of firing bullets
Chapter 51 The shock of firing bullets
The brigade commander stared at the soldiers of the county brigade in front of him, feeling an inexplicable worry in his heart.
He secretly wondered, are these soldiers really from the Eighth Route Army? Are they the Japanese in disguise?
Such doubts are not groundless.
In the Eighth Route Army, the supply issue has always been a thorny problem.
The conditions are harsh and resources are scarce.
Many main force units are unable to provide each member with a gun, and often several people share one gun.
As for grenades, they are pitifully rare.
What they used were often wooden-handled grenades made in the border areas, which had limited power.
Sometimes there are even duds, which makes the soldiers feel helpless.
However, the soldiers from the county brigade before him shocked him.
Not only did each of them have a rifle, but each soldier also had four melon grenades on his body.
These grenades are a world apart from the crude weapons manufactured in the border areas.
They are very powerful and once thrown into a crowd of Japanese devils, they can often cause huge casualties.
Looking at the soldiers of the county brigade in front of him, the brigade commander thought in his heart.
When did the Eighth Route Army become so arrogant?
What's more, these are just the soldiers of the county brigade.
The four melon grenades hanging on the soldiers' waists were extremely eye-catching.
However, what shocked him even more were the weapons belts on the soldiers' backs.
The bulging ancient costume bag seemed to be filled with ammunition, which formed a sharp contrast with the image of the Eighth Route Army, which had always been short of ammunition.
He remembered that even in the main force, each soldier was only issued a few bullets, sometimes only one or two.
The scene before him was unbelievable to the brigade commander.
The bullets carried by a soldier of the county brigade were enough to match the ammunition supply of an entire platoon of the main force.
This made him start to doubt whether these county brigade soldiers in front of him were really the Eighth Route Army?
Or was it a deliberate disguise by the Japanese?
Such equipment configuration was unprecedented in the Eighth Route Army.
The brigade commander turned his head inadvertently and found that Li Yunlong also had a shocked expression.
He quietly approached Li Yunlong, gently pulled him, and took him aside.
"Li Yunlong, look at these soldiers from the county brigade. Don't you think they are a little strange? I have some doubts in my heart. They might be disguised as the traitors."
Li Yunlong was shocked when he heard this, but he quickly regained his composure: "Brigade Commander, what you said is right. I don't think these soldiers are disguised as the traitors."
"Since you have doubts, Brigadier General, I will go and test it."
Li Yunlong walked towards the sentry with a warm smile on his face:
"My dear comrade, I was a little anxious just now, and my tone may have been a little harsh. I hope you don't take it seriously."
He paused, his eyes fell on the sentry's bulging belt, and asked curiously: "My young comrade, I see that your belt is bulging, I guess it must be ammunition, right?"
After hearing Li Yunlong's question, the sentry realized that the people in front of him must be senior generals of the Eighth Route Army.
"Yes, sir, my pouch is full of bullets."
In order to prove his words, he quickly took off his armor bag and opened it for Li Yunlong to see.
When the bag was opened, I saw that it was filled with bullets neatly arranged inside.
Seeing this scene, the brigade commander also walked forward. His eyes fell on the bullets in the weapon bag, and his eyes revealed incredible shock.
Both he and Li Yunlong couldn't help but gasp, shocked by the scene before them.
The brigade commander calmed down and asked, "Comrade, is every soldier in your county brigade configured like this?"
"Yes, sir, this is the standard issue for our county brigade. Each of us is the same, equipped with 120 bullets."
Hearing this answer, the brigade commander and Li Yunlong looked at each other, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
The two men exclaimed in their hearts at the same time: This is simply too arrogant! Such a configuration is unprecedented in the Eighth Route Army.
Just as the brigade commander and Li Yunlong were still shocked by the scene before them, the sentry from the county brigade spoke again.
"Commanders, you may think these bullets are a lot, but in our county brigade, these are really nothing. Our county brigade consumes thousands of bullets every day."
When the brigade commander and Li Yunlong heard this, they were even more shocked.
They asked almost in unison: "Comrade, you consume so many bullets every day, what are they used for?
Don't you know how valuable these bullets are on the battlefield?"
"Commanders, you may not know this. Our county brigade attaches great importance to actual combat training and conducts live ammunition shooting every day.
The captain had strict requirements on us, and each of us had to complete at least 10 rounds of live-fire shooting every day.
This is to improve our shooting skills and combat capabilities, and ensure that we can strike the enemy accurately and quickly on the battlefield.”
When the brigade commander and Li Yunlong heard the sentry's report, both of them widened their eyes in shock.
"Oh my goodness, this is a county brigade, this is too arrogant and extravagant."
Li Yunlong's saliva was almost flowing out as he spoke.
"This Gundam is such a spendthrift. How does he lead the county brigade? He consumes so many bullets every day. Doesn't he know that the Eighth Route Army is in great difficulty now? He doesn't even know to send some to the headquarters."
The brigade commander said angrily. He was very uneasy now. Consuming thousands of bullets every day made him extremely heartbroken.
For the Eighth Route Army, bullets are more important than life.
Since the Eighth Route Army lacked heavy weapons and artillery, rifles became their main means of killing the enemy.
However, a rifle requires bullets. A rifle without bullets is no better than a fire stick.
If the Eighth Route Army had sufficient bullets, they would be able to operate more easily on the battlefield and would no longer have to engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.
Every hand-to-hand combat caused heavy losses to the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
The Japanese's bayonet skills were indeed amazing. One Japanese soldier could often fight against three or four Eighth Route Army soldiers alone.
The most important thing is that the Japanese soldiers are well-nourished and much stronger than the Eighth Route Army soldiers.