12dz Chapter 137 Isn’t this reasonable?
Chapter 137 Isn’t this reasonable?
Li Yunlong looked at the infantrymen carrying disassembled 81mm and 50mm mortars and pointed.
"General Dai, what are you talking about?"
"Yes, shouldn't this be the artillery? Why isn't it at the artillery training ground?"
Li Yunlong didn't know how to explain it for a moment, making it seem as if he had hidden it on purpose.
"Chief of Staff Wang, please explain."
"It's like this, Commander Dai. Our running training ground mainly trains howitzers, infantry guns, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-tank guns. We use small guns like mortars in the infantry training ground."
Principal Lin Shubing also continued.
"Yes, Commander Dai. This is also true from the academy's classification. Mortar shooting is a course in our Infantry Academy, so it is placed in the Infantry Training Ground. This is reasonable, right?"
Dai Anlan wiped the sweat off his face. He didn't expect that southern Shanxi would be so hot even though winter wasn't over yet.
"So, to which level of troops are your mortars deployed?"
"At the company level, each company is equipped with a heavy firepower platoon, equipped with machine guns and 50mm light mortars."
Dai Anlan couldn't find any words to describe his feelings for a moment.
At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, when the commander was introducing the independent column's achievements, he thought he was bragging, but now it seems that this is more true than pearls.
"Okay, Commander Dai, let's go to the cafeteria!"
When we arrived at the student cafeteria, the students had not started eating yet, but the food was already prepared.
The kitchen helpers are cooperating with the various cooking classes to serve the dishes.
The student cafeteria adopts a buffet-style dining system, with two staple dishes, two meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes.
"Everyone, the plates are here. You can take the plates and order the dishes you like, but don't waste them."
"Yes, our rule is that you can only take as much as you eat. If you can't finish it, you can even use a mallet to beat it down!"
The reporters kept taking photos and then lined up impatiently to get their food.
Yan Laoxi's adjutant also took two plates and ordered two servings.
"Sir, this dish may be ordinary, but it's much better than what our troops eat!"
Old Yan had no appetite at all now, he felt completely drained.
He never expected that there was such a behemoth around him, and it was developing silently.
Compared to Yan Laoxi, the others ate with gusto.
Only after Dai Anlan sat down did he have time to look around the brand new college cafeteria.
According to his estimation, the thickness of the cafeteria's walls could at least withstand direct fire from 100 mm artillery shells.
Looking back, the protection of the dark gun positions I saw before entering the fortress seemed to be even thicker than this wall.
Looking at the uniforms of these independent columns, all of them were desert camouflage. Although he didn't know how these uniforms felt to wear, they looked pretty good.
"Great! There is actually such a powerful force in China, and it is stuck in the throat of Shanxi, Henan and Shandong. As long as this force exerts a little strength, it can curb the offensive of the Japanese north-south and east-west transportation."
Dai Anlan is a pure soldier.
After the meal, at Dai Anlan's strong request, the officers and reporters asked to attend a class at the Infantry Academy.
Lin Shubing specially opened an "open class" on special operations.
In an auditorium that accommodates thousands of people, Lin Shubing presented his understanding of special operations and common combat methods to a group of officers and reporters through a loudspeaker.
"To kill a snake, you must strike at its weakest part. Special operations are to strike at the enemy's weakest part, leaving him either dead or wounded!"
Lin Shubing's speech won unanimous applause. The officers, reporters and students who participated in the open class were all eager to teach the Japanese a lesson on the battlefield.
Only Old Man Yan was unhappy.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Laoxi was ready to leave with the officers and reporters.
Wang Meng took the opportunity to advertise.
"Reporters, please tell all the young people with lofty ideals in the country when you place an advertisement in the newspaper. As long as you are willing to come to our southern Shanxi to develop, whether to join the army or to develop industry, we will definitely welcome you, especially skilled workers, we will hire them with high salaries!"
Technical worker?
What does the independent column need skilled workers for? Is there another big move?
Forget it, forget it. This magical Southern Shanxi Independent Column always gives people endless surprises, and they have become numb after this day.
When everyone was about to leave, Dai Anlan raised his hand again.
"Commander Li, can I stay in your independent column for a few days? I am very interested in your special operations theory and want to learn more!"
During lunch, under the persuasion of Wang Meng and Lin Shubing, he had already made up his mind to poach employees.
Therefore, he was more than happy to accept Dai Anlan's request to stay.
"Of course, I'll arrange it right away!"
Seeing that Li Yunlong agreed, Dai Anlan also said goodbye to Yan Xishan and stayed in the independent column.
The reporters returned to their respective newspaper offices, and soon front-page headlines appeared in the hands of newsboys.
Shanghai applied for "The Magical Land of Southern Shanxi, Breeding the Flowers of Hope"
Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao: "The Shanxi-Southern Independent Column with Amazing Combat Effectiveness"
A tabloid: "Shocking! The Japanese are actually afraid of him!"
Without exception, at the end of these newspapers, I helped Wang Meng advertise for free.
Some brave and ambitious young people held newspapers and walked step by step towards the hot land in southern Shanxi.
Dai Anlan also had his eyes opened in the independent column. This time, he not only sat in a Tiger tank, but also learned how to drive and shoot a tank in just a few days.
Dai Anlan crawled out of the tank.
"Chief of Staff Wang, this is so satisfying! I dare not say anything else, but if I could have such a tank division, I could push all the way to Taiyuan!"
Wang Meng looked at the high-spirited Dai Anlan and couldn't help feeling regretful. If Dai Anlan led the 200th Division into Burma a month later, he might be sacrificed soon according to fate.
Therefore, as long as Dai Anlan could stay in the Independent Column, he would not only be able to command the armored forces of the Independent Column effectively, but his fate would also change, and perhaps the tragedy would not happen.
"Commander Dai, as long as you are willing, these tanks can be under your command!"
Wang Meng spoke frankly. After all, it was an insult to a pure soldier to go through all these twists and turns.
The excitement in Dai Anlan's eyes turned into disappointment, and he shook his head at any moment.
"It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and as the principal's student, I naturally have to obey his orders!"
A forced melon is not sweet, so Wang Meng didn't continue.
"Okay, but Commander Dai, if you need anything, please let me know! Weapons, ammunition, vehicles and supplies, as long as I, Wang Meng, can get them, I will definitely not keep them for myself!"
Dai Anlan didn't expect Wang Meng to be so honest. It seemed that he really wanted to win him over.
Although he wanted all these tanks, artillery, machine guns and rifles, he remained silent for a moment.
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