My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 398 Preparations before the war
"What about the shells?"

"Come here soon."

"Move two boxes of ammunition to No. 5 gun position, hurry up!"

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On the artillery position, Krupp was busy adjusting the shooting angle of a 155 howitzer, and his big and round body squatted on the ground like a hill.There are busy artillery and logistics personnel all around, and the artillery is surrounded by all kinds of shells
"Fatty, I heard that there was a 105 howitzer in the third position that almost exploded, what happened?"

Li Liansheng hurried over and slapped Krupp's puffy shoulder.

"I went to see it, it seems that the propellant is improperly loaded." Krupp fiddled with the work in his hand, and said without looking back: "There are too many recruits, and I can't teach them well..."

"You bastard, you're right... you're the deputy head, you can't teach me to teach you?" Li Liansheng put his hands on his waist and muttered angrily.

"It's because you can't teach it. You are still the leader, or you can teach it."

"you…"

Krupp immediately retorted unconvinced, and Li Liansheng was speechless.

Also... Now the artillery regiment has a small number of 3000 people, all of whom can play with a weight of 105 or more, and the requirements for gunners are very strict. There are only so many experienced artillerymen. If you want to play with these dozens of artillery pieces It takes a lot of work.

For this reason, Krupp took great pains. He usually taught the gunners after he was busy. If the time was tight, he would operate and adjust them one by one.

But even so, there will occasionally be some problems of novice misuse. Li Liansheng is well aware of the reason, and it is okay to be in charge of people in general, but it will be far worse if he is asked to do these practical tasks.

Therefore, Fatty, who is in charge of strength, dare not offend, because when the artillery regiment has a problem, it will be the regiment leader who will be unlucky. Li Liansheng can only smile embarrassingly, hook the former's shoulder and softly comfort him:
"I said Krupp, don't we all often say...the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility? The whole regiment counts you as the best at shooting artillery, but you have to give full play to your ability and responsibility."

Seeing that Krupp puffed his cheeks and did not speak, Li Liansheng turned his eyes and took out two square cans from his pocket, and said:
"Oh... Nankan just sent a batch of supplies, what is this thing called, oh yes... Luncheon meat, it seems to be something that the Yankees only supply, and there are not many sent to our group. I tasted two bites yesterday , um... it's fragrant and tender..."

While speaking, Li Liansheng glanced quietly, and saw that Krupp swallowed his saliva, staring straight at the can in his hand with bright eyes. longing.

"Want to eat?"

"think…"

"If you want to eat, go to train for me! Don't mutter all day, if something goes wrong, you and I won't be able to eat it!" Li Liansheng put away the can and scolded viciously.

Sure enough, this guy only eats cannons, and these two things are the only things that can hold his heart.

"Head! Head!"

At this moment, a soldier hurried over to report: "Reporting regiment commander, Jun...Junzuo and the brigade commander have come to inspect, would you like to...?"

"Let's go, don't hurry to meet him!"

Li Liansheng was startled, and immediately followed the soldiers out without caring about arguing with Krupp.Before leaving, he did not forget to remind the fat man with his eyes, signaling him to do his job well and not to cause problems.

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Since the launch of the attack on the Japanese army last month, the Artillery Regiment has made great achievements repeatedly. Although the ammunition consumption is a bit high, it also gave the little devil a taste of the fear of being dominated by firepower.

Compared with the small number of armored forces and air forces, artillery has always been the focus of Liao Mingyu's building. Fear of insufficient firepower may be a problem that every Chinese soldier will suffer from, so this is one of the reasons why he spared no effort to develop artillery.

Those who have never been on the battlefield will never understand the terrifying scene that covered the sky and blocked the sun.When dense shells fall around you, you can't hear anything except the explosion, which will cause great harm and shock to people both psychologically and physically.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the reason why the Huaxia army always suffered a lot in front of the Japanese, especially the troops under the boss in the north, in addition to the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the gap in equipment accounted for the majority.

It can be imagined that a small turret guarded by a dozen people, with at most two or three machine guns, can block the attack of two to three hundred people. Obviously, only one 300 field gun or even a 75 anti-aircraft gun can solve the problem, but they But they can only exchange countless lives for victory. This is the price of falling behind.

"Equal seats, which lasted 46 days, the artillery regiment fired a total of 63 tons of artillery shells, including five 75mm Bofors mountain guns destroyed by enemy artillery, three 105mm howitzers were bombed by enemy planes during the attack on Eel and damaged, and ..."

On the way to the artillery regiment's camp, Chen Jize reported to Liao Mingyu the loss of troops during this period, and the artillery regiment was the focus of both of them.

"In addition to the artillery, the tank battalion also suffered some losses. A Sherman tank was destroyed, and four half-track armored vehicles were damaged to varying degrees. More than [-] soldiers were killed or injured. I have written the specific figures in the report. "

"A lowly job without talent... I can only use the most stupid method to keep the troops attrition, causing serious consumption of ammunition, please forgive me."

Chen Jize continued to tell about the situation of the battle report, with a slightly sad tone in his tone.

Liao Mingyu nodded. It is not difficult to see that Chen Jize really racked his brains in order to reduce casualties. Although the consumption of ammunition was huge, he did avoid the sacrifice of a large number of soldiers on the battlefield. It is understandable that he did so.

However, there is no such thing as an immortal in a war. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties during this period of time, they also paid a lot of price.

"Okay, no one blames you for being extravagant. The cannonballs can't lay eggs there. Isn't it just to destroy the enemy? As long as it can achieve the goal, why not use more?"

Liao Mingyu waved his hand indifferently. If soldiers were to sacrifice their lives to save ammunition, how could he be a qualified commander?Although somewhat distressed, he would have done the same himself.

Chen Jize, who thought he would be reprimanded, was a little surprised, but Junzuo actually revealed the account lightly, he was ashamed of his magnanimity.

A boss who understands you, trusts you and supports you unsuspectingly is rare in the entire national army. Chen Jize is grateful for this and at the same time secretly swears in his heart that he must not be ashamed of his trust in Junzuo.

"Don't worry about other things. I will arrange to replenish the lost equipment and troops as soon as possible, but the next battle is the most critical. We all have to keep our spirits up." Liao Mingyu said seriously.

"Yes, I understand."

Chen Jize frowned and suddenly thought of something, and said in a serious tone: "Before you came, General Stilwell sent a general attack plan, wanting to agree that the three armies will attack Myitkyina at the same time in five days, when India 22 The Air Force and the 14th Air Force in West Dian will coordinate and plan to enter Myitkyina at once!"

(End of this chapter)