Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2496 Li Ergou was held hostage!
“PPD-34, also known as Popod-34, is the first standard submachine gun equipped by the Soviet Union.

The gun fires Nagant revolver bullets and uses a 20-round magazine.

This is similar to the German submachine gun MP28.

And there is not much difference in performance, and its firing rate is also slower than other submachine guns.

However, while sacrificing the rate of fire, it improves the shooting performance and has a relatively simple structure.

This time, our Soviet friends also sent us a 34-round drum magazine that can be installed on the PPD-75. Let us applaud the generosity of our Soviet friends! "

When Duanwu was explaining the performance of PPD-34 to the soldiers, he couldn't help but give Markov a thumbs up when he talked about its wonderful features.

Don’t underestimate this 75-round drum magazine, it is crucial for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Duanwu rarely fights a protracted war. He usually destroys the enemy in a short period of time, otherwise he will think of countermeasures first, and if he does not have a good idea, he will retreat immediately.

Because it is not cost-effective to fight a protracted war with the Japanese.

The quality of the individual soldiers of the Japanese was much higher than that of the guerrillas. If, without Duanwu's leadership, a guerrilla force of 300 people fought a positional battle with a squadron of Japanese soldiers, the guerrillas might be wiped out in an hour.

Of course, this is from a normal confrontation perspective. Because there are many factors in the battle on the battlefield, it is not ruled out that the guerrillas will withdraw from their positions after more than half of them are killed or wounded.

But it is undeniable that Duanwu's rapid combat was very effective against the Japanese.

In a short period of time, the superior firepower killed a large number of enemies, and the remaining enemies, even if they resisted stubbornly, could only stay where they were and wait for death.

Imagine that a squadron of the Japanese could defeat 300 guerrillas head-on, but what if there were only 15 of them left? More than 300 people fighting 15 people, even if the Japanese were full of skills, they would be beaten into a sieve.

Therefore, this 75-round drum is very important to Duanwu. He can cover the enemies on the road with full firepower in a short period of time, making the Japanese unable to fight again after suffering heavy damage.

It’s a pity that Markov didn’t send the mines over, otherwise Duanwu would have been able to annihilate another Japanese infantry battalion without getting hurt.

Of course, it was not that Markov was stingy, because he was afraid that the planes would explode when transporting mines by air. After all, the stability of mines was not very high at that time. And during transportation, it was very likely that they would be harassed by Japanese aircraft.

Therefore, Markov only brought some relatively stable weapons and equipment to Duanwu, and they were submachine guns and defense weapons that Duanwu urgently needed.

For example: DShK anti-aircraft machine gun.

The performance of the DShK anti-aircraft machine gun is very outstanding. It can shoot down airplanes from the air and Japanese tanks and even infantry on the ground. It can be called a panacea on the anti-Japanese battlefield.

Moreover, Markov also considerately compensated the four DShK anti-aircraft machine guns with a total of 40,000 rounds of ammunition.

There were 34 PPD30 submachine guns in total, with more than rounds of ammunition, and about individual hand grenades.

In addition, there are two hundred sets of chemical protective suits and gas masks.

In general, the weapons and equipment dropped by Markov are the most scarce ones in Duanwu today.

Moreover, Marklov also said that in the next transaction, he could consider giving Duanwu four retired tanks.

Duanwu naturally accepted it with pleasure. Although it was a retired tank, it was probably not comparable to the Japanese tank. Anyway, Duanwu was poor now and he lacked everything. He even wanted to buy four anti-aircraft guns from Markov.

To hit the enemy's planes, it is still more effective to use anti-aircraft artillery. The DShK anti-aircraft machine gun can only hit the enemy's planes flying at low altitudes. If the enemy's planes rise to a high altitude, the DShK anti-aircraft machine gun will be useless.

Duanwu was just thinking about continuing to explain to the soldiers the range of the DShK anti-aircraft machine gun and the shooting techniques against the Japanese planes, but unexpectedly, Ma Pingan came back at this time, and he brought back a little old man who was looking around.

As soon as Duanwu saw this person, he smiled, because the person was none other than Old Man Shi.

Old Man Shi saw Duanwu at a glance, pouted his lips, pointed at Duanwu and said: "Boy, you have made me suffer. You didn't say you were going to open a mine and set off fireworks? What Japanese did you fight? If the Japanese knew about this, how could I, an old man, still be alive?"

Duanwu looked at Ma Pingan, who pretended not to see him and turned his head to the side. It was obvious that Ma Pingan had tricked Old Man Shi into coming.

Duanwu asked back with a smile: "So what do you want? Now except for me, I am afraid no one dares to protect you, so stay here, I will provide you with food and accommodation."

"Humph! Then I'll do nothing and let you support me for nothing."

As he said this, Old Man Shi found a deserted place and sat down with his hands behind his back, looking like a nobody and nothing had anything to do with him.

Duanwu laughed and ignored him. Because the more Old Man Shi behaved like this, the more it showed that he was a person who couldn't sit still.

Moreover, Duanwu knew that this old man Shi had no money when he was young and could not get married. After middle age, although he learned the craft of making fireworks and firecrackers, the Japanese came again and his business was not very good.

Although he had some money, years of hard work and accidental burns on his face from making fireworks made it difficult for him to find a partner he liked.

So he saved money, looked for the answer, and waited, and has been waiting until now.

Of course, these could not have been said by Lao Shitou and Duanwu, but by Wei Baoqing and Duanwu.

So Duanwu was not in a hurry, but whispered with Ma Pingan for a while.

Ma Ping'an's eyes rolled and he came up with an idea, then went to chat with Lao Shitou.

Ma Ping'an is good at ideological work. Not only can he make the living come back to life, he can also make the dead come back to life.

Duanwu smiled as he watched Ma Ping'an and Lao Shitou walk away. He was about to continue explaining weapons and shooting techniques to Long Qianyan, Ma Shanpao and other guerrillas, but at this moment, the communicator Xiao Wang came running over in a panic and said, "Leader Ye, there's a situation. Li Ergou seems to have been held hostage. The other party sent a telegram saying that they want you to bring 100 gold bars to redeem him."

"what?"

Duanwu was surprised, because didn't Li Ergou take people to find the Anti-Japanese Brigade? How could he be held hostage?

Duanwu asked back: "What are their identities?"

Xiao Wang shook his head and said, "I don't know. The other party didn't tell me. They just asked you to bring money to Laoyegou to redeem the person, and they only gave you two days."

Duanwu snorted coldly and said, "This is interesting. They didn't find the anti-Japanese brigade, but they found a group of bandits. Go call them back, I'll be there soon. Tell them not to hurt anyone, otherwise it will be difficult to talk to them later."

"Yes!"

Xiao Wang responded and went to generate electricity immediately, while Duanwu said to Long Qianyan and Ma Shanpao: "I will be back soon, you all listen to Lao Ma. And pay attention to the safety of the camp. This time, the Japanese suffered such a big loss, it would be strange if they didn't retaliate!"