Chapter 16: Beware
"This little devil is really good at fighting bayonets, but the guy in our hands is not a burning stick, you think, I know that the people of Lu Dao are fighting bayonets and rushing up to make up, that's not looking for death. Our company commander doesn't advocate fighting bayonets, don't think that our company commander is a coward, we killed dozens of little devils in one night, that's not fake, who of you companies can do it, isn't it? When Liu Goat came back from the city gate with Tang Cheng, he was just in time for Qiu Jiangong squatting at the door with a cigarette bag and pot in his mouth and bragging with a few veterans of the teaching team.
The second company commanded by Liu Shanyang repelled the Japanese army twice in a row, ambushed the Japanese army once, and killed and wounded more than 30 Japanese soldiers. Originally, there were still many people who didn't believe it, but after looking at the trophies they brought back, the officers and veterans of the teaching team were not calm, and they came to inquire about Liu Goat's how they got such results.
"Let me tell you, that is, we only have one machine gun to use, and the brothers are not used to night fighting, otherwise, those little devils will die dozens more, can you?" With an arrogant pockmarked face, he took Japanese cigarettes scavenged from the corpses of Japanese soldiers and handed them out to the veterans squatting beside him one by one. In the first battle of the crossing, veterans like Mazi Face got a lot of good things from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and the cigarettes alone were enough for them to smoke for a while, and the muffled Biaozi even got a watch in good condition.
"Mazi, your dog day is the goods that are underwhelmed, just a cigarette, don't try to plug our mouths, one pack per person, hurry up" The veteran of the teaching team who took the cigarette rushed up and pressed the pockmarked face to the ground, rummaging the cigarette in the pocket of the pockmarked face. But Mazi Face is not a fuel-efficient guy, those seized cigarettes have long been hidden by him in other places, and the veterans only found a pack of cigarettes in his pocket, so he let go of the embarrassed pockmarked face.
"Your brother has registered with Head Xie, don't forget my brother and me if you have a good future in the future" A very rusty voice from Tang Cheng sounded in his ears, and an arm full of sweat and smell was also on Liu Goat's shoulder. Turning his head to look, Liu Goat's eyes happened to meet a pitch-black face, it was a platoon of long Ma Han, a guy about the same age as Liu Goat, and he was also an officer of the teaching team who could talk to Liu Goat after the Second Company was temporarily under the command of the teaching team.
"Biaozi, take these weapons down and show them to our Ma Da platoon commander, take a good look at them, don't hurt Ma Da platoon leader." Pulling Ma Han's arm down, Liu Goat and Qiu Jiangong, who was happily bragging, nodded, and then turned their heads to greet Biao Zi, who was wiping his gun. Although the 38 rifle equipped by the Japanese army was not as powerful as the Mauser rifle, its recoil force when firing was much smaller than that of the Mauser rifle. And once the Japanese army attacked the city wall, they could also use these 38 rifles as sticks, so as not to feel sorry for the damage of the Mauser rifles.
"Your brother is not interesting enough, do you have to give me some of so many things, I evened out the bullets for you last time" Ma Han didn't look down on those 38 rifles, but the Japanese light machine gun that was revealed later got into his eyes. Although his platoon was full, in addition to the Mauser rifle and his own barge gun, there was only one Czech light machine gun, which was not enough to defend his own defense area in Mahan's opinion, so Mahan moved a captured light machine gun in a desperate manner.
The 10-kilogram Taizheng 11 light machine gun has been held in Ma Han's arms, and Liu Goat can only smile bitterly and agree to give him a one, but Ma Han can't take it away in vain, he must bring a box of grenades to the second company, otherwise Liu Goat will not give Ma Han 6.5 caliber Tomosaka rifle cartridges. When Qiu Jiangong and the others cleaned up the battlefield, they brought back every bullet, and Zhou Fu even counted it carefully, which was enough for 2,000 rounds of Tomosaka rifle bullets. Liu Shanyang did not expect this Japanese-style light machine gun with a very high failure rate to help him a lot, and only needed to strengthen the firepower at a critical juncture, so it was feasible to give Mahan some bullets.
Ma Han walked away with the machine gun, and after a short period of effort, several officers of the teaching team also touched it, and they wanted to exchange some guns captured by the second company with Liu Goat, but Liu Goat only had a Japanese-style machine gun left in his hand, and after some arguments, the light machine gun was replaced by a platoon commander of the sixth company with a box of grenades and a box of Mauser rifle cartridges. Although Liu Goat also paid more than 1,000 rounds of Tomosaka rifle rounds, the veterans who were used to Mauser rifles still approved of his approach, after all, they had two more boxes of grenades and one box of Mauser rifle rounds, and they also had a grenadier in their hands.
After learning the amount of ammunition obtained by the second company, Xie Chengrui just laughed and scolded the profiteer, and then did not pay attention to the matter, but Tang Cheng, who was called by Liu Goat as a service soldier, was quite puzzled. In Tang Cheng's view, a gun is a gun, and a machine gun is always better than a rifle, if it weren't for Liu Goat's machine gun to suppress the Japanese army's offensive rhythm in the night battle that day, the second company's crossing position would have been trampled on by the Japanese army a long time ago.
may be influenced by Xie Bo's war notes, in Tang Cheng's view, the trophies brought back by the second company are symbols of war exploits, and they should be handed over unconditionally, rather than traded privately with other companies and platoons in exchange for ammunition. In fact, Liu Goat's detrimental to the officer's morality had already appeared suspicious as early as when he was in Shanghai, and Liu Goat at that meeting was trying to persuade Xie Bo to exchange the old equipment replaced by the Second Company for money, and now Liu Goat just changed the purchase into a change.
"Don't understand?" Seeing Tang Cheng's old practical eyes rolling on him, Liu Goat, who had just picked up the bowl and was about to prepare for dinner, asked rhetorically, Tang Cheng nodded unconsciously. "It's also a shame that Company Commander Xie said that you are a smart person, and I don't think you have a good brain. I can't think of it now, so after eating and thinking about it carefully, I don't believe that you will not understand such a simple thing. Liu Goat dropped a few clueless words, and went straight to the room where Nian Zi and Zhang Chuang were recuperating.
"Xiao Tang, don't take care of him, the company commander is actually not a bad person, he is just such a temper" Looking at the unhappiness on Tang Cheng's face, Qiu Jiangong patted Tang Cheng's shoulder affectionately. Qiu Jiangong, who was also a veteran oilman, could guess a little bit of Liu Goat's thoughts, and when he saw that Tang Cheng was choked by Liu Goat's words, he came over to comfort him. As a veteran, Qiu Jiangong knew that his boss would survive, and besides, he was just a non-commissioned officer, and it was impossible for him to fight Liu Goat face to face, so only after Liu Goat left, he came over to comfort Tang Cheng a little.
On the contrary, Tang Cheng was a little depressed, what Liu Goat said just now had been thought about several times in his mind, but even if he couldn't figure out what Liu Goat was doing this for. The young Tang Cheng was somewhat competitive, and it was impossible not to react at all when he was choked by Liu Goat's words, but it was too obvious that it was not easy to show in front of Qiu Jiangong. Tang Cheng, who put down his bowl and wiped the pistol as usual, suddenly missed Xie Bo, who had left Chongqing, if Xie Bo was here, he would definitely understand what Liu Goat's intentions were.
Tang Cheng, who was flipping through Xie Bo's war notes, didn't know about it, he hadn't thought of Robert for several days, not just that Tang Cheng had completely forgotten about Robert, but he himself didn't know that he had become more and more integrated into the Second Company, and all his time and things now revolved around the Second Company, and Liu Goat didn't have time to think of Robert at all.
"Still don't understand?" Through the window, Liu Goat could see the unwillingness on Tang Cheng's face, and sat down next to Tang Cheng in the past, Liu Goat lit a cigarette and said slowly, "When our second company withdrew from Shanghai, there were still more than 30 people, and when they arrived in Nanjing, half of them were taken away by Company Commander Xie and went to Chongqing, and the remaining dozen or so people only survived our 11 now." The second company, which has only 9 fully living people, is equipped with three light machine guns, and such a firepower configuration cannot be found in the entire teaching corps, do you think it is normal? ”
Liu Goat babbled a lot, Tang Cheng only remembered his last sentence, 9 people are equipped with three light machine guns, such a firepower configuration is not even comparable to the teaching corps. Liu Goat has already said everything to this point, Tang Cheng has somewhat understood the meaning, Liu Goat is afraid of attracting the jealousy of other troops and officers of the teaching corps, and the first to rot first, this is the eternal truth, the reason why Liu Goat agreed to replace those Japanese-style machine guns is that he doesn't want to be used as cannon fodder by the second company of the teaching team when the situation is critical, who let the second company have this firepower.
"You are guarding against the teaching team" Liu Goat was quite satisfied with Tang Cheng's answer, he was guarding against the teaching team, especially Xie Chengrui. When he saw Xie Chengrui for the first time, Liu Goat decided that Xie Chengrui was an unscrupulous person for victory, and if he was worried about the second company, he and his brothers would sooner or later be sent to the city wall by Xie Chengrui as cannon fodder. Only 9 people in the second company still have combat effectiveness, and the second company, which only has one light machine gun, will not be the target of concern under any circumstances, even if Xie Chengrui has this idea, he has to consider the actual situation of the second company.
"We can't help but guard against it, the teaching team has always been at odds with our 88th Division, and the second company is now such a dilapidated state, and a person from the teaching team wants to bully us. Xie Chengrui is the commander of the regiment, he has the right to assign our second company to the city gate, those machine guns left in our second company is a trouble, and it will be easier to send them out. Liu Goat didn't say anything about recruiting supplementary soldiers for the second company, thinking that Liu Goat had already died down, and if there were more soldiers, Xie Chengrui would be worried.