Chapter 259: Temporary Replenishment of Ammunition
Dry food is evenly distributed to each company, pork and vegetables, bean sprouts and the like, Zhang Wei asked He Kun to divide the things into four parts, and distribute them to the cooking squad of the three infantry companies and the heavy machine gun company, saving the transport capacity of pack horses, and also allowing the troops below to get supplies in time.
"It's coming, it's coming, each company is in a platoon, ready to receive ammunition!" Ten boxes of ammunition and five boxes of grenades were opened and placed on the ground, where the ammunition that the 276th regiment had just given itself and a batch of ammunition that had been stored by the battalion itself.
He Kun led someone to supervise the unpacking of ammunition, and the bullets sent would be evenly distributed to the soldiers of the preparation battalion, and there were not many of them, on average, each person could be divided into four rows of twenty rounds of seventy-nine bullets and two grenades.
After a few days of fierce fighting, the ammunition consumption of the soldiers of the preparation battalion was very large, and each rifleman of the preparation battalion was issued with a hundred rounds of ammunition and four grenades before the battle.
In addition to the ammunition that the 276th Regiment had just given him, the mules of the heavy machine gun company immediately had ten boxes of 79 rifle cartridges and six boxes of grenades.
"Ten boxes of bullets, five boxes of grenades, counted!" After inspecting the weapons and ammunition, He Kun reported to Zhang Wei
"Let's start distributing ammunition to the companies, as soon as possible!" Zhang Wei replied.
"From now on, start replenishing ammunition, each company will line up, in the order of one, two, and three companies, in turn, no confusion, no more take!" The two sergeants took a step forward and shouted at the soldiers waiting to receive the ammunition, a platoon of men led by He Kun, who was responsible for guarding the distribution of ammunition.
The order was given, the soldiers in rows walked forward slowly, and the ammunition was not collected by the soldiers themselves, but the soldiers who distributed the ammunition took it out of the ammunition box and handed it to them, so as to distribute it in place, to ensure that the bullets could be distributed to each soldier, and also to prevent anyone from stealing it.
Some people steal bullets and prepare more stocks for themselves when they are fighting, while others take them out and sell them, and the money from the sale can be exchanged for at least two catties of wine to drink, if they are not strictly guarded, this person will take two more rows, and that person will take three more rows, and the bullet gap will eventually accumulate very large, and when it is needed, it will not be enough, and the reserve ammunition used for emergency relief will not be enough, and the commander will have no bottom in his heart when he fights.
Although there are rules, there will always be people who knowingly violate them.
There are many veterans in a company, and there are many oils, and a company is the first to receive ammunition, a veteran oil, carrying the rifle diagonally, smiling, looking harmless to people and animals, smiling and leaning to the side, stretching out his left hand, the soldier who distributed the bullets slapped four rows of seventy-nine bullets in his hand, and when the soldier handed him the bullets, his right hand quietly touched the ammunition box, and secretly took out two rows of bullets, the whole process was only ten seconds, and the soldiers who distributed the bullets did not find it.
With a smile on his lips, Bing Youzi walked to the grenade collection place.
"The one in front, stop!" The sergeant in charge of supervision shouted, and as soon as the voice came out, the queue to receive ammunition stopped temporarily, and several sergeants also knew what was going on, and several people walked over and surrounded the veteran oil.
"You, stretch out your right hand!" The sergeant said.
"Ah, that's ......"
"Less nonsense! Do it! The sergeant directly grabbed the right hand of the veteran oil, and two rows of seventy-nine bullets were being held in his hand.
"Cheap bones, and stealing bullets!"
The veteran oil was exposed by mistake, and he looked helpless. The sergeant retrieved the two rows of ammunition that had been stolen, raised them and shook them.
"If you see it, there are still disobedient people, whoever dares to steal it again, it will be severely punished!"
The veteran Youzi was naturally not punished much, but he was scolded a few times and notified his squad and platoon leader.
Most of these veterans steal bullets not to sell, but more for the sake of the battlefield situation, who doesn't want to have a few more bullets in their pockets, but they can save their lives when it is critical!
From the soldier's point of view, there is nothing wrong with this, but for the commander, the total amount of bullets is counted, and it cannot be taken at will.
In the process of distributing ammunition, this veteran dares to steal it, and the rest of the people are undoubtedly honest to receive the ammunition they should take, under the supervision of a platoon, it is really difficult to play cats, especially the direct supervision is the sergeant in this platoon, the sergeant considers things from the perspective of the officer has many similarities, the veteran thinks of his own squad and individual, the sergeant thinks of the infantry platoon and infantry company, the pattern is larger, and the importance of ammunition does not have to be much less than that of the officer.
The amount of ammunition was not large, and it was distributed in ten minutes, and the grenades that were missing from the grenadiers were also replenished by captured Japanese grenades.
The soldiers got the ammunition in their hands, and the recruits who enlisted in the 200th Division in the preparatory battalion were obviously much more excited, holding bullets in their hands like treasures, saying that they were recruits, compared to the old sergeants in the team and the veterans of the original independent company brought by Zhang Wei.
These "recruits" have already fought several battles in the battlefield of eastern Henan, and after surviving, they feel more and more the importance of bullets.
Those veterans were unimpressed, and some even said with a little mockery: "Xinding, who doesn't know anything, the four rows of bullets are used for a fart, and your turtle son will be gone after a few hits!" ”
The recruits don't care about the ridicule of the veterans, the recruits' combat skills and experience are constantly growing, but most people's mentality is still the same as when they were first captured as soldiers, if there is a trace of something that is beneficial to themselves and survival, they will desperately seize it.
The temporary replenishment of the preparatory battalion was completed near the regimental headquarters of the 276th regiment, and the temporary replenishment was also a chance to give the soldiers a chance to rest, and they climbed on the position last night and did not eat much, including Zhang Wei felt tired, and took the opportunity of the temporary replenishment to let the troops have a short rest.
Now the location is near the regimental headquarters of the 276th Regiment, it is very safe, Zhang Wei only let the troops do a simple vigilance, most of them have a short chance to rest, the soldiers put their guns together, lie down on the spot, or rest against the edge of the earthen wall.
The troops' marching operations pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and the combination of work and rest is also a matter of learning, and the preparatory battalion will march to the vicinity of the military headquarters of the 27th Army for a while, and there is not enough time, and the troops stayed awake all night last night and urgently need to rest. All things considered, it is possible to take a short rest, let the soldiers close their eyes, take a short rest, a long rest is impossible, once the rest is too much, the soldiers will be more tired, sleep too dead, the next march will not be easy to do.
From the 276th Regiment to the military headquarters of the 27th Army, the distance is not close to the preparation battalion, not to mention the war defense artillery company with the family and mouth.
Zhang Wei found a tree, leaned against the tree, closed his eyes, and rested, next, he didn't know what would happen, as the battalion commander, he had to nourish his spirit as much as possible.