Chapter 61: Yamamoto's Special Forces Arrived Early (Vote Request)
He was drinking with the Minister of Logistics Zhang Wanhe and Li Yunlong, and chatting about some matters related to weapons production.
"Xiao Qin, the equipment you sent over is very important. I would like to toast you on behalf of the Arsenal."
"With those equipment, I don't think anyone will dare to call our arsenal the headquarters repair shop in the future."
Although he was the Minister of Logistics, the wine on the table was brought by Qin Yangming, and the only dishes were a few roasted sweet potatoes and a few raw sweet potatoes.
"Old Zhang, you don't have to be so polite. I've already said something ugly before."
"With all these equipment, if you still can't make something good, don't blame me for cursing you."
"Minister Zhang, this is my job."
"Hahaha, that's just you, Xiao Qin. If it was your regiment commander, even if he seized some equipment, let alone sending it to the headquarters, it would be considered good if he didn't find a group of military workers from the headquarters to build an arsenal."
Li Yunlong was teased by Zhang Wanhe and took a sip of wine: "Go away, I'm not that stingy. How can a regiment like me build an arsenal?"
"Hahaha……"
"By the way, Xiao Qin, our military engineers looked at the design you drew last time and said it's fine and can be put into production."
Before Qin Yangming could reply, Li Yunlong quickly said, "Since there is no problem with what Xiao Qin has made, then after this batch of weapons is produced, each of you can give me two hundred first."
"What do you want? Bring us materials in exchange. Our current daily output is only 20, and that's when we have enough materials. You asked for each."
After hearing what Li Yunlong said, Zhang Wanhe quickly refused.
Qin Yangming burst into laughter.
The weapon drawings he gave to Zhang Wanhe were a type of submachine gun that he imitated from the MP38 submachine gun and incorporated the design ideas of the Sten submachine gun.
Considering the firepower problem of the Eighth Route Army, Qin Yangming originally wanted to develop weapons such as the AK47 assault rifle.
However, he found that the performance of the steel produced here was not that good. It could only be used for slow shooting with single-shot rifles, and could not withstand the high rate of fire when used in assault rifles.
Although there was an electric furnace, there was no good alloy formula. The alloy steel produced, if made into a gun barrel, could only withstand the continuous firing of low-pressure pistol bullets.
The other is a grenade launcher designed by Qin Yangming based on the American M79 grenade launcher of later generations and combining it with the conditions currently available to the Eighth Route Army.
Although the range is only more than 200 meters, it is a direct firepower. Within 200 meters, it can definitely hit wherever it is aimed.
After working with the military personnel to develop these two weapons, the boss happily had a drink with them.
The improved version of the Sten submachine gun can enhance the Eighth Route Army's close-range firepower and, to a certain extent, make up for the Eighth Route Army's lack of machine guns.
The modified M79 grenade launcher can also make up for the Eighth Route Army's lack of direct-fire artillery to a certain extent. When attacking artillery towers, the M79 grenade launcher can have a better effect than a mortar.
The only pity is that the production is too low. At full speed, only twenty submachine guns can be produced a day, ten grenade launchers and fifty small grenades can be produced a month.
And because of material problems, a submachine gun often has to have its firing pin and barrel replaced after firing about 2,000 rounds.
We can only say that the problem of whether or not there is has been solved, but the problem of how much there is has not been solved.
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In the dark night, a group of well-trained Japanese soldiers wearing bulletproof vests and carrying submachine guns on their chests were advancing rapidly in the mountains.
There were about sixty people in the team, and there was no noise as they marched, only the sound of their boots rubbing against the ground.
"Colonel, Yang Village is just ahead."
Six kilometers away from Yangcun, Yamamoto led the team to stop on a mountain peak.
Taking advantage of his high vantage point, Yamamoto observed Yangcun in the distance while listening to the reports from his subordinates.
"Colonel, according to intelligence, the team in Yangcun is an independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, a basic regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and its combat effectiveness is not very high."
"Okay, I understand. Let's get everyone's attention. We're going to go around it. Our target is not a small independent regiment, but the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army."
Yamamoto Ikki was about to put down the telescope when he suddenly noticed a small spark that suddenly lit up five kilometers away.
"Damn it! The Eighth Route Army actually placed sentries one kilometer away from Yangcun!"
Looking at the sudden appearance of fire and the subsequent small sparks, Yamamoto Ikki immediately realized that it was a sentry of the Eighth Route Army.
He also didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would place the sentries so far away.
He began to worry whether there were many Eighth Route Army sentries. If there were many, they would not be able to bypass the road near Yangcun and would have to go around the mountain.
But in this case, the distance will be ten kilometers longer.
If the attack at the Eighth Route Army headquarters does not go smoothly, we may be surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army and have no chance to retreat.
Yamamoto thought for a moment and made a decision. "Tell Commander Shinozuka that the plan to attack the Eighth Route Army headquarters has changed. I decided to attack the independent regiment first and collect some interest!"
Yamamoto Ikki felt that there was no absolute certainty in attacking the Eighth Route Army headquarters and the risk was too great, so he decided to change his target to attacking the Independent Regiment.
Soon the telegraph operator delivered a reply from Yoshio Shinozuka: "Mr. Yamamoto, everything is up to you. You are an expert in special operations. I don't understand special operations, so I won't interfere with your command."
"Thank you for your trust, Commander."
Yamamoto Ikki ended the communication and led the special forces team directly to Yang Village.
The sentries on the periphery discovered Yamamoto Ikki's special forces, but before they could raise the alarm, they were killed by Yamamoto Ikki's special forces soldiers.
"boom!"
A sentry who was still alive used his willpower to tear the grenade off his body.
A violent explosion resounded through the night sky.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers in Yang Village were alarmed by the explosion.
When Kong Jie heard the explosion, he quickly got up and took command of the battle.
"Quick, go to the village entrance!"
"Captain, commander, it's a small group of Japanese soldiers! They are the same as the assault platoon of the vanguard battalion!"
"Quick, get the artillery ready to fire! Machine gunners, machine gunners!"
Kong Jie followed the method Qin Yangming taught him to deal with a small group of elite troops and directly ordered the artillery to counterattack.
However, Yamamoto Ikki's special forces team was still strong. The machine gunner of the independent regiment was killed as soon as he appeared.
The snipers in the special forces team specifically targeted officers in the Eighth Route Army who were holding pistols.
Not only the officers of the Eighth Route Army could fight the Japanese, but the Japanese could do it too.
Destroy the enemy's grassroots command system and directly cause chaos to the enemy's troops.
However, Yamamoto Ikki discovered that the Eighth Route Army seemed to have had special training in dealing with the death of officers.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers, in groups of two or three, launched another attack under the command of veterans.
Those veterans were directly promoted to grassroots officers and regained control of the troops.
"Colonel, the strength of this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers is somewhat different. It seems that they have received special training to deal with special operations."
"They didn't charge, they just hid behind and fought a positional battle with us."
"Go, let the second and fourth teams attack from behind!"
Yamamoto Ikki looked at the situation ahead and ordered another team of soldiers who had gone around behind at the beginning to launch a surprise attack.
Kong Jie also didn't expect that the Japanese would come up from the cliff behind.
When they discovered this group of Japanese devils, they thought that they were the only ones at the village entrance, and most of the troops were concentrated at the village entrance.
Now the Japanese are approaching from behind, and the artillery that has just been prepared is no match for these Japanese.
A mortar was directly snatched away by the Japanese.
Then the two Japanese soldiers used the Eighth Route Army's mortars to fire shells directly at the Eighth Route Army at the entrance of the village.
The artillerymen in other positions discovered this situation and immediately turned their guns around and fired back at the location where the artillery was fired.
The sudden artillery bombardment stunned the Eighth Route Army at the entrance of the village.
They couldn't figure out why the shells came from behind.
It was only at this time that I discovered that the Japanese soldiers were approaching from the back cliff.
"Quick, fire covering fire at the back cliff!"
Kong Jie gave orders to the last three mortar gunners who had gathered.
Three shells flew towards the back cliff at high speed.
Yamamoto Ikki saw that the number of Eighth Route Army troops was increasing, and even the Eighth Route Army stationed on the nearest mountains began to surround them. He had no choice but to retreat with the special forces team unwillingly.
(End of this chapter)
