Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

With the addition of more than 358 men from the 7th Regiment, the total strength of the independent brigade reached 5. But the smaller half are new recruits.

The weapons and equipment of the independent brigade are too advanced. Except for rifles and machine guns, other equipment is not so easy to learn.

Even for a relatively simple mortar, the actual operation is far more complicated than imagined. For example, what does the meter scale mean? What does the direction more or less mean? What does No. 3 charge mean?

And how to check whether the primer seat of the basic medicine tube is loose? What should I do if it is loose?

How to install fuze? How to set the instant or delayed status? If using a projectile with a time fuze, how do you set the time fuze graduation?

There is also the change of additional medicine packs. There were originally 8 additional medicine packs. This time, to use 3, 5 need to be removed. How to arrange the remaining medicine bags?

The muzzle of the mortar is tilted at a large angle, and water will enter when it rains. How to prevent it, what effects will it have if water enters, etc. need to be considered.

Not to mention how to measure the distance, how to calculate the trajectory, how to determine the elevation angle and the number of charges.

Usually a mortar requires 5 soldiers to serve.

It's not as simple as picking up a cannonball, stuffing it into the barrel, and letting go to plug your ears!

With such a large amount of information, without rigorous training and repeated practical exercises, problems will easily occur in actual combat.

For example, situations such as inaccurate firing, failure to fire, accidental bombing of one's own, or explosion of the barrel, etc.

Not only will it not help, it will also be a disservice.

For example, if you were asked to use No. 4 charges, but you didn't know how to count, so you loaded 3 powder bags, and the shells fired came as close as 300 meters, and just landed on your own head.

Therefore, all units started training in full swing under Zhang Dabiao's arrangement.

Among them, the newest recruits, except for those who were abducted from Lao Chu, will not participate in formal training for the time being. Instead, they will be organized into the support camp first and undergo some simple physical training and cultural training, as well as ideological, moral and legal counseling. .

In order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, those who participate in the training are mainly relatively veterans. Anyone who has been with the Independence Brigade for more than two months will be treated as a veteran.

A combined battalion has a strength of 1200 people, and about six to seven hundred people actually participate in formal training.

As nutritional status has improved, night blindness has improved significantly. Night battle training is also on the agenda.

Moreover, all the soldiers are strong and strong. After all, beef is not free to eat!

As expected, the beef is not free, and the physical training has been significantly increased.

I used to do two 3-kilometer runs with weights every morning and afternoon, but now I have increased it to 8 kilometers.

Punching training was also added. In order to quickly adapt to the new gun, stabbing training was put aside.

But anything can happen in war, and there is still the possibility of hand-to-hand combat.

Monk Wei and Political Commissar Zhao encountered situations where they suddenly encountered Japanese soldiers and a hand-to-hand combat broke out.

In order to ensure the quality of training, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao and others basically have to go to regiments, battalions, companies and even platoons and squads every day to discover problems in training and correct them in time.

"Old Zhao, you can't train like this! The soldiers don't have the opportunity to fight, so they all practice their own things. If they really go to the battlefield, they will definitely be blinded!"

"You mean to organize actual combat drills?" Political Commissar Zhao guessed what Li Yunlong was thinking and asked.

Li Yunlong nodded, "Now look at it: when you practice shooting, you hit fixed targets; when you practice driving an infantry fighting vehicle, you circle around the training ground... How can there be such good conditions in actual combat? Training must be close to actual combat."

"We don't have blank ammunition, not even rubber bullets." Zhang Dabiao questioned.

When Li Yunlong guided the soldiers to practice stabbing, there was a precedent of letting the soldiers directly face to face without protective gear. But that would hurt at most.

It's different when practicing shooting. Holding machine guns against each other? Is that a comrade or an enemy?

Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Use your brain! You can't hit people, and you can't just hit fixed targets. You can also hit pigs! It just so happens that I haven't eaten pork for a while."

Zhang Dabiao nodded with understanding.

Li Yunlong continued: "It's not enough to solve the problem of what to fight. You have to be the scriptwriter and referee for the confrontation drill. The scriptwriter is the one who arranges the plot. You tell the blue team: the red team will bombard your No. 155 Highland with a 5mm howitzer. When? What shells were used? The blue team will answer you about the measures they took. You have to determine the blue team’s losses based on their measures and the implementation of the measures. In fact, it is much more complicated than this. You are limited to getting it within three days. Come up with a confrontation drill plan. Groups 1, 3, and 5 are the red side, and groups 2, 4, and 6 are the blue side. The remaining groups are shared by both parties and can call for support."

"Understood! Did the blue side tell me to bomb high ground No. 5, but I actually designated an unoccupied high ground for the blue side to bomb?" Zhang Dabiao asked.

"Nonsense! That's a cannon, brother, not a two-kick! Except for fighting, everything else is aimed at open space or at pigs."

Zhang Dabiao touched his nose and said, "I understand, brigade commander. I'll go back and make a plan right away."

He saluted Li Yunlong and returned to the brigade headquarters.

During the shooting training, Li Yunlong suggested: "Old Zhao, I heard that your shooting skills are good, let's compete?"

"I haven't shot a gun for a long time. I will be embarrassed." Political Commissar Zhao did not refuse.

"I'll shoot a precision rifle; you'll shoot a handgun. Let's compete."

Political Commissar Zhao rolled his eyes: "I don't want you to be such a bully! You use a precision rifle, and I'll use an assault rifle."

Li Yunlong didn't object. It was really unjustifiable to use a precision rifle and a pistol to compete with a 150-meter target.

At this distance, a pistol without a butt is considered a sharpshooter if he can tell where he hit after firing, commonly known as "pointing where he hit."

The soldiers finally found an opportunity to watch the excitement during the boring training. The entire company stopped training and gathered behind the two leaders.

After changing the target paper, Li Yunlong picked up a precision rifle and took aim for a while. When everyone was afraid to show off, Li Yunlong put the gun down again. "The younger ones are given priority, Lao Zhao, you come first!"

Political Commissar Zhao burst out laughing. The soldiers also wanted to laugh, but the company commander glared at them, and they did not dare to laugh out loud. They all suppressed their faces and turned red.

Political Commissar Zhao chose an assault rifle, inserted a new magazine, turned on the safety, pressed the release handle, used full-automatic mode, and was ready to shoot.

For a rifle that has entered the empty magazine and idle state, there is no need to pull the bolt to load the rifle after changing the magazine. It will automatically load the first bullet.

The company commander used his whistle to inform the target reporter not to show his head.

"Fire!" After ensuring safety, the company commander issued the firing order.

Zhao Gang knelt down on one leg, and his momentum suddenly changed. He didn't need a scope, he just raised the gun and fired!

"Pop!" "Pap!"...Three short bursts of fire continued to sound.

打完1号靶打10号靶，之后2号靶，再到9号靶。最后是5号和6号靶。每个靶子都是三颗子弹，不多不少。

You know, this rifle can fire 10 bullets per second, and it takes less than 0.3 seconds to fire three rounds. It takes about 0.19 seconds for a person to press his finger twice in succession. It has a three-shot burst function, but Political Commissar Zhao uses the fully automatic mode. In this mode, it can be controlled to fire three rounds at a time, which shows how terrifying Political Commissar Zhao's gun control ability is.

After all 30 bullets in a magazine were fired, the rifle hung up with an empty magazine.

Zhao Gang turned off the safety, stood up, and glanced at the company commander.

The company commander blew the whistle to notify target copying and target reporting.

After a while, the target announcer's voice came over the intercom:

“报告，1号靶十环1发九环1发八环1发；2号靶十环2发九环1发……”

10 targets, 30 bullets, all hits. The minimum is 8 rings.

Moreover, Political Commissar Zhao did not use a scope or machine sight, but relied on the feel of his hand and aimed along the barrel of the gun. Still three bullets per target, all shot in less than 15 seconds. That's not all. He didn't hit target No. 1 and hit target No. 2 one after another, but one on the left and one on the right. It can be seen that when shooting, he had a panoramic view of all 10 targets.

In other words, Political Commissar Zhao has the ability to track 10 targets at the same time and attack one of them.

This is not a human eye, it is simply a guidance radar!

This achievement, let alone that era, would probably make Xu Mumu and his captain feel ashamed when they see it!

The scene was silent for a while, and you could hear a needle drop. The company commander opened his mouth wide and forgot to reply "received".

As Li Yunlong took the lead in applauding, there was crackling applause.

There were only about a hundred people present at this time, and everyone applauded vigorously, but it could not reach the "thunder-like" level. We must respect the facts.

Political Commissar Zhao raised his hand and pressed it several times before the applause gradually stopped.

"Now we invite the distinguished Brigadier Li to perform!" Political Commissar Zhao shouted.

He was the only one present who dared to challenge Brigadier Li Da.

Li Yunlong didn't take it seriously and said: "I won't shoot so much, just 10 rounds of bullets for one target. Those who are rich will support themselves for money; those who have no money will support themselves..."

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed.

The company commander ordered the target announcer to paste up the target paper.

"Brigadier, how do you look? Shoot for target No. 6, don't make a mistake!"

After Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang adjusted the atmosphere, the company commander dared to exchange a few words with the brigade commander.

"Haha, it's not bad. I've been studying at night for the past two years and used my eyes too much. Now I can distinguish between male and female within 150 meters; I can distinguish between humans and animals within 300 meters."

"What if devils and beasts mix together?"

"That's too difficult. Besides, what are you going to do with it? Just stew it in one spoonful and you're done!"

The target was papered, and several pit commanders hid in the trenches and reported to the company commander through the walkie-talkie.

After the company commander replied "received", he blew the whistle and asked the target reporter to hide.

Li Yunlong lay on the ground, preparing to shoot from a prone position, and signaled to the company commander when he was ready.

The company commander asked for two telescopes and handed one to Political Commissar Zhao before giving the shooting order:

"shooting!"

As soon as the order was given, Li Yunlong fired the first shot.

"Snapped!"

Political Commissar Zhao and Company Commander Qi raised their binoculars and took a look.

"Good marksmanship! Ten rings!" Captain Qi shouted loudly.

"Snapped!"

A second shot was fired. Company Commander Qi looked at it but said nothing.

"Eight rings, not bad!" Political Commissar Zhao said.

Li Yunlong gained confidence and shot continuously.

"Pah! Pah! Pah..." The remaining eight bullets were fired.

Company Commander Qi and Political Commissar Zhao looked at the target, a little unconvinced, and looked at it with the binoculars, and also looked at the two targets next to them. Only then was it confirmed: there were eight rounds left unfired!

Captain Qi was silent. The cheers for the first shot were so enthusiastic that he didn't know how to get over them.

Li Yunlong looked at the expressions of the two people and knew what was going on.

"Captain Qi, is there something wrong with your gun?" Li Yunlong asked.

"Ah? Brigade Commander, this is a rifle that has just been calibrated. It is a precision rifle with an effective range of [-] miles, ah no, [-] meters!" Company Commander Qi stammered.

"Hahahaha!" Political Commissar Zhao laughed.

"Company Commander Qi, what the brigade commander means is: If your gun is fine, how come you still have two shots on target?" Political Commissar Zhao joked.

"Hahahaha!" At this time, the whole company laughed again.

"Do you know why we can't get it right? It's a long story..."

The company commander asked everyone to pause the training and gather around the two leaders to listen to Brigadier Li's story.

Li Yunlong continued: "When I first joined the army, guess what gun I used?"

"Is it an old sleeve?" a soldier asked.

"No! It's not that good! The effective range of the new gun with the old sleeve can reach 400 meters. The gun I used at that time was for hunting rabbits, a bird gun."

"Cannon? Can this thing kill someone?"

"Yes, if you put more powder in it and hit it harder, it will still be quite powerful. It only takes two or three minutes to fire one shot. If it rains, it won't work. And it's easy to open the door from the back. Oh, it just explodes the chamber."

He took the kettle from the side, took a sip of water, and continued: "With this gun, there is no need to aim!"

"Later, we used such crude weapons to capture new weapons one after another in battles. Later, I got my first gun that could be called a rifle. It was the old sleeve that someone mentioned just now.

This thing originally existed in the pre-Qing Dynasty, and it is easy to explode, so what should I do? Hey, I thought of a way: put another layer on the barrel. That’s where the name ‘Old Socket’ comes from.

When I first got this gun, I was so happy! I hugged it all night and couldn't bear to let go. "

"This thing is old enough, and the rifling is smoothed. It can't hit anyone beyond 100 meters. It often puts the enemy within 50 meters before firing.

Later it was made in Hanyang. Some people don’t understand what the relationship between Lao Shou and Hanyang is, and they even think that Lao Shou is Hanyang’s father! this is not right. Ever since Hanyang Arsenal made guns, it has never made holstered guns. At that time, I felt that cumming without a condom was more powerful.

Apart from the difference between whether they have holsters or not, the two guns look quite similar, just like two brothers. Later, people did not distinguish between them carefully. Some called them old sleeves; some called them made in Hanyang. It's all a mess. "

"Brigadier, is this true?" a soldier asked doubtfully.

"Hahaha, anyway, our Lao Li's principle is: never ask for proof carefully, just talk boldly. When I say this, and you hear this, it is up to you to believe it or not!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"No matter how I modify this gun, its accuracy is poor and it can't shoot accurately. Just like this, a gun can be used for more than ten years!" Li Yunlong continued.

"Later on, there was the [-]-style movement."

"Wasn't the 37-style style captured from the Japanese only after [-]?" A soldier asked in confusion.

"Hey! No! Jiang Wufa had this gun 20 years ago. Our Red Army has also captured some. This gun is good, with high accuracy and long range. That is to say, the penetrating power is too strong. Sometimes it can kill two people with one shot. Eyes, this is not good.

Note that I said ‘sometimes’, most of them go in with a small eye and come out with a hole!

Around the same time as the Type [-], there was a batch of heart-wrenching rifles, which were much more powerful than the Type [-]. This kind of gun uses a two-person plan: the bear yells to touch the heart; the bear yells to touch the liver. Later, Xiong Da's design was used and the ammunition supply system was changed to Xiong Er's design. Just string their names together and call them Touching the Heart and Taking the Liver Rifle. "

A soldier asked: "Then why are there so few people touching the heart and the liver?"

"That's a good question! It uses 7.62 bullets. We produce very few domestically produced bullets. Slowly, the bullets supported by Xiong Da are used up, and few people use them. In recent years, Xiong Da has supported tens of thousands of us in China. There are several such rifles. Most of them are at Jiang Wufa's side; there are also some at Mahu in the northwest.

Except for the powerful bullets, this gun is inferior to the Type [-] in every aspect. It also has a name called ‘One Kick’. Why does it have such a name? The bolt design is too short, which makes it very jerky when pulling, and sometimes it cannot be pulled. What to do at this time? "

"Kick with your feet?" a soldier replied.

"Yes, that's so damn smart! Just kick with your feet! That's why it's called 'kick'"

"Then how accurate is it?"

"Accuracy? It has been around for more than 50 years. How much better can the accuracy be? It's not as good as the Type [-]! But Xiong's flock of sheep picked out a few high-precision ones and put them on with scopes to use as sniper rifles."

"I've heard of this before. The Japanese also installed sights on the Type [-]." The soldier agreed.

"Our Red Army and the Eighth Route Army have always been short of weapons. As long as every gun is not completely broken, we will use it. How can such a gun be accurate? It has a 150-meter target. At that time, it was considered qualified if it could hit the target at 50 meters! We old Li is used to shooting at 50 meters. If you don’t believe me, take the target 50 meters away. See if I can hit the target!"

Everyone laughed again.

Company Commander Qi asked: "Brigadier, there is a question that I have never understood: Why do the 6.5mm Type 5.8 think it is less powerful, but our gun is 7.62mm? Isn't this less powerful?" Why not use [-]mm full-power bullets?”

"Yes, being able to ask this question shows that you are using your brain. Let me ask you a question: Can a 5.8mm rifle penetrate our body armor?"

"No!" Captain Qi replied.

"The 6.5 mm [-] cap is most famous for its strong penetrating power. Can it penetrate our body armor?" Li Yunlong asked again.

"Needless to say, the 7.92-meter cover can't even be penetrated by a [-]mm heavy machine gun! It's just that the feeling of being hit is too uncomfortable!" Company Commander Qi replied.

"That's right. You can't penetrate body armor anyway, so why use such a large caliber? Let me ask you again: Can our body armor block 8.6 mm, 12.7 mm, and 14.5 mm guns?"

"It definitely won't be able to block it. If I wear a few more layers, I can block it, but that would be too heavy!"

"So, these jobs need these large-caliber guns!"

"But, the Japanese don't have body armor either?" Another soldier asked.

"This is a good question. There are no Japs now, but there may be in the future. Furthermore, 5.8 mm is enough now. It also has many advantages: such as small recoil, light weight, and soldiers can carry more bullets. You You can’t just look at one thing, you have to learn to look at things from all angles!”

Everyone talked for a while.

Sometimes the soldiers laughed; sometimes they looked solemn.

"With new weapons and equipment, we must use new training methods to master the use of new weapons as soon as possible. To maximize the effectiveness of new weapons.

We must be willing to use live ammunition during training, and everyone must shoot more and fire more cannons. In this way, on the battlefield, we can achieve the state of 'man and gun become one'! "Li Yunlong instructed.

"Old Li, it's time for us to leave! If we don't leave and delay the training, the soldiers will have no food to eat!" Political Commissar Zhao reminded.

"That's right, that's right. Seeing the fuss over this matter, I've forgotten all about it. You guys hurry up and continue training. If you can't complete the task, you still have no food!"

"Yes!"

"Old Zhao, we should go see Da Biao. It's his first time doing this job. I guess he is scratching his head right now!"

"Hahaha, let's go, help him."