Chapter 417: The First Appearance of the "Cavalry Battalion"
The independent regiment had no idea that their past battle records had scared the new Japanese division commander so much that he couldn't sleep. They only knew that it was time to start training after New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Fighting the Japanese is like hoing weeds in the field. If you are careless for a moment, the Japanese will immediately grow out like weeds in the field.
After the New Year, it’s spring ploughing time. We have to work hard from the very beginning to get a good start.
Li Yunlong was watching the tank training of the cavalry battalion with Yu Ye today: "Old Yu, are you still recording how many devils you killed?"
Yu Ye shook his head and said, "We killed too many. I can't remember clearly. I think the last time I counted, it was almost 9,500 devils.
Now that you won’t let me go to the battlefield, I feel it’s meaningless.
The notebook containing the Japanese heads has been gathering dust for who knows how long.
Besides, we are now using artillery bombardment. With this one shot, the Japanese will be blown to pieces without leaving any debris. How can I count them?
Write down in the notebook, today's battle results, a bunch of Japanese scum?"
"Hahaha."
When Old Li heard this, he burst into laughter.
It has been a long time since he last went to the battlefield and felt the excitement and tension brought by the adrenaline rush. Yu Ye felt a little uncomfortable with it.
"Old Li, when you are free one day, take me to the battlefield for a walk. It would be best if I could chop off two Japanese heads with my own hands."
Hearing this, Li Yunlong was immediately frightened and almost broke out in a cold sweat.
Li Yunlong subconsciously took two steps to the side, fearing that Yu Ye would drag him to the battlefield: "Old Yu, you better be quiet, if the head of the headquarters knows that I took you to the battlefield, it would be a light punishment to dig up my ancestors' graves.
Now you are our golden child. All the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi combined are not as valuable as you."
Old Li glanced at Yu Ye unhappily.
"Let's calculate based on 400 million Japanese soldiers. Add those Japanese scums, and the number of Japanese soldiers killed by the weapons I made is about 1.
Of course, if we add the weapons given to the headquarters and the weapons sold to other local armed forces and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the number should be more than that.
According to this calculation, there are still an estimated 399 million Japanese devils.
It’s very stressful, Lao Li!”
Yu Ye calculated for a long time in front of Li Yunlong and finally gave a target of 399 million Japanese devils.
Hearing Yu Ye say this result so lightly, Li Yunlong was shocked again. It turned out that scholars were more fierce. They spoke of 399 million Japanese devils so lightly.
It sounded quite creepy, so Lao Li quickly changed the subject: "Lao Yu, look, Sun Desheng is coming back with your tank. Let's go and take a look."
A turtle-like iron lump appeared in front of Yu Ye and Li Yunlong, dragging a cloud of dust.
Sun Desheng stepped off the "tank" and appeared in front of Yu Ye and Li Yunlong: "Commander, Minister, the commander of the cavalry battalion, Sun Desheng, has completed the basic tank training. Please give instructions!"
Sun Desheng's answer could be described as clear and loud, without any trace of the pale face he had at the beginning.
"Captain Sun, you've been training for such a long time, how do you feel? Do you still feel like vomiting? Is the steering wheel still heavy? Is it still bumpy?"
Yu Ye asked with concern about the various details he knew. He knew very well that it was really uncomfortable to drive a tank of this type these days.
"Minister, after such a long period of training, I have basically become familiar with the operation of your tank and I don't feel dizzy at all.
Is the steering wheel heavy? Look at my muscular body!"
Sun Desheng showed his arms, and his bronze muscles had perfect lines.
"As for your question about whether it's shaking or not, I'm used to it now. I would be uncomfortable if it didn't shake when I sleep at night." Sun Desheng laughed.
"Hahaha, you guy."
Old Li next to him laughed and cursed.
"Captain Sun, your battalion now has more than 200 people. Have you all been trained on our tank test aircraft? Are all the comrades used to it now?"
"Minister, we followed your request. The tanks and people stopped, and we drove around in this iron shell 24 hours a day. Everyone has been testing the car for more than ten hours.
However, only I and a few company commanders and platoon leaders have mastered the technique, while the other soldiers have not yet mastered it.”
"No, that won't work. You all must be familiar with it. You must be as familiar with these lumps of metal as you are with horses and cars.
During this period, I also made targeted modifications based on some problems exposed during the test run. In addition, the 100mm caliber rifled gun and shells specially developed for your tanks have begun to be produced.
It is estimated that in another two months, the first batch of tanks we have produced will be able to roll off the production line."
Yu Ye asked Sun Desheng to strengthen the training of the cavalry battalion's tank subjects, and at the same time introduced to him the weapons that would be equipped on the tanks in the future.
"In addition to a 100mm rifled cannon, there is also a 12.7mm caliber machine gun. I was thinking of equipping you with two more 7.92 caliber machine guns, but I think they are too weak, so it's better to equip you with more bullets."
Li Yunlong: “…”
Sun Desheng: “…”
Listen, listen, is this fucking human language?
So now, in Minister Yu’s eyes, firearms with a caliber smaller than 12.7mm are too weak?
Sun Desheng: "Minister, we can't change all continuous firepower to 12.7mm caliber, right? The comrades in charge of fighting did have a good time, but those comrades who cleaned up the battlefield had a hard time.
There was a stench of blood everywhere, piles of minced meat, and half-broken corpses. It was simply too disgusting.
It’s so troublesome that we can’t even put it together.”
Yu Ye: "Okay, this machine gun must be installed. It will be a waste for you to use 100mm caliber shells to attack the Japanese tanks.
15mm iron sheet can be used with a 12.7mm caliber machine gun."
Sun Desheng: "That's fine, I'll follow the minister's arrangements. But I do have an idea, don't we have three of the devil's little tanks?
Why don't you bring it out here on the training ground and compare it with our own tanks?"
"That's a good idea!"
Yu Ye acted immediately and arranged for people to drive over the three tanks captured from the Japanese. He wanted to compare them with the tanks made by his own tractor factory.