Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 326: Sword 29

At the end of 1943, after the failure of their mopping-up operations against the bases in North China, the Japanese invaders were no longer able to organize large-scale mopping-up operations.

In early 1944, in order to save the declining situation on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese invaders formulated the "Operation No. " plan, assembling hundreds of thousands of troops in southern China to launch a large-scale offensive in an attempt to force the National Government to surrender, open up transportation lines between China and Southeast Asia, and curb the offensive of the Allied forces.

The Eighth Route Army under the organization's leadership took the opportunity to launch a local counterattack in North China. Yu Xian's teaching brigade went deep into the enemy's rear, mainly responsible for destroying the enemy's military airports and attacking the enemy's chemical weapons and troops, effectively supporting the troops on the front battlefield.

During this series of operations, Yu Xian fully felt the power of the organization's intelligence system. With the information support they provided, the teaching brigade was able to complete the combat tasks assigned by the headquarters and military region.

After the Japanese ended Operation No. 129, the transport battalion leader was deeply afraid of the size and combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army under his leadership, and issued an order to reduce its size. The brigade commander used his super social talent to transfer the qualified officers and soldiers of the th Division to the teaching battalion in the name of disbanding, and this regimental-level special forces was finally fully staffed.

But there was still that fatal problem: the position of instructor had been vacant. According to the headquarters' assessment, the military chief of this unit, Yu Xian, was a self-taught person who had received private school education. No matter how smart and studious he was, his situation was limited. In order to better develop the teaching brigade in the future, the instructor candidate must be someone who had studied abroad in a military academy and returned to China.

The problem is that there are only a few young cadres who have returned from studying abroad in recent years, and each of them holds a high position with a bright future. How could they condescend to serve as the instructor of a regiment-level unit?

The head of the headquarters and the brigade commander also talked to many students from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University branch, but none of them was suitable.

To put it bluntly, the current captain of the teaching brigade is Yu Xian, and the instructor is the brigade commander. Although Yu Xian does the small tasks, big matters must be reported to the brigade commander for him to make the final decision.

The brigade commander is in a good mood today and he walks with the wind. In the past, when they were looking for people, those guys always had a sour face. Now the transport captain said to downsize and layoff the army, they have a bunch of treasures and nowhere to hide them so they can only keep them here. They come whenever they want, and they don't think much of my teaching brigade of the 386th Brigade.

When he entered the training ground of the teaching brigade after checking the password, he saw a dozen wooden boxes placed next to the platform, with the numbers of Water Kiln No. 1 on them. In the distance, there were several bunkers built with stones and concrete, and even a tank model made of iron plates. Some soldiers were arranging dummies made of straw.

Yu Xian and a dozen staff officers from the operations room stood beside the box, pointing at the things being arranged, as if they were discussing something.

"Yu Xian, I'm a brigade commander and I have so many things to do, but you're so blind that you come to me to report every trivial matter. It would have been fine if you came to my door, but why did you call me here today?" The brigade commander said this without showing any unhappiness.

"Brigade Commander!" When everyone saw the brigade commander coming, they stood at attention and saluted.

"Don't give me that crap. What's the big deal today?" the brigade commander asked straight to the point.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the comrades from Shuiyao No. 1 have made the product. They will send a batch over for test firing verification and experience report." Yu Xian quickly reported the reason for inviting him over today.

The technical experts of Shuiyao No.1 Institute used their rest time to research and develop the product based on the drawings provided by Yu Xian, and made a physical product that passed the preliminary test. However, due to the limited space there, effective verification and testing could not be achieved, so they simply sent it to the teaching brigade for Yu Xian to test it personally, after all, it was he who provided the drawings.

"Open it and take a look!" The brigade commander was also excited after hearing Yu Xian's report.

The combat staff officers could not wait any longer. Upon hearing the brigade commander's words, some took crowbars and some moved boxes. After working for a while, they took out the guns and ammunition inside, wiped them clean, and placed them on the wooden table in front of them.

"Brigade Commander, this is a replica of the Russian bear's water-based sniper rifle. It has a long range and high accuracy. It can be used as a sniper rifle when equipped with an optical sight. Unfortunately, Shuiyao Institute does not have optical talent and technology." Yu Xian first picked up a Mosin-Nagant rifle and introduced it. After all, this form is the most familiar to everyone.

"Our troops also have this water chain. Are you talking about the sniper version?" The brigade commander didn't quite believe it.

"Brigade Commander, as you know, Shuilianzhu rifles had already entered China during the Boxer Rebellion, but that was a model from the last century. The ones later supported by the Russians were all versions before 1927. The old model was modified twice in 1927 and 1933. In addition to the conventional range version, there was also a sniper version. The transport captain bought 1939 rifles in , but he didn't give any to us. He equipped all of them to his own troops. Some of them were not up to the expectations and defected to the Japanese. I dismantled this one after seizing it from the puppet army." Yu Xian explained the difference between this sniper rifle and the past and conventional models.

"These three guns are the drawings I designed when I was training soldiers. In order to popularize various firearms knowledge to comrades, I collected, organized and disassembled various firearms. The comrades in Shuiyao No. 1 turned the drawings into real objects. They are a semi-automatic rifle, an automatic rifle and a light machine gun."

After listening to this, the brigade commander nodded and pointed at the 40mm rifle and asked, "What is this big, black and thick thing?"

"Report to the brigade commander, this is a rocket launcher. It was invented by the Eagle Sauce two years ago to deal with Hans Tiger's armored forces. I only heard about it on the radio. Later, according to the drawings of the Japanese grenade launcher trigger device, it was the comrades of Shuiyao No. 1 who turned the drawings into reality."

Yu Xian quickly introduced that this thing could easily destroy the Japanese's small tanks and bunkers, and hoped that it would be put into production as soon as possible so that the soldiers would not have to carry explosives and rush forward to sacrifice themselves.

The brigade commander did not speak, but picked up the weapons, carefully examining and touching them one by one. The products have been made, and the only thing left is to see how reliable they are. If they pass the verification, they will be put into production regardless of the cost.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the captain, the service team has already arranged the target, please give instructions!"

The brigade commander heard the soldiers' report and looked away from the weapons at the target in the distance: "Let's get started!"

According to the arrangement, the person who conducted the test firing was Yu Xian. Everyone had discussed it before, but Yu Xian said that he had worked out the blueprints and he was the only one who was most familiar with them. The brigade commander and a group of staff members in the operations room left here and went to the high platform to observe. Yu Xian started loading and testing. The comrades from Shuiyao No. 1 were already waiting with notes and binoculars.

The sniper rifle was used first. Yu Xian looked at the reserved space for the optical sight and felt a little helpless. If he could survive to the end, he must find a way to develop domestic optics!

Thinking about all these things, Yu Xian raised his gun, aimed at the target 500 meters away and fired ten bullets. All ten targets the size of human heads covered with straw and yellow mud were hit, but the result was a bit hard to describe.

The lack of an optical sight is only one reason; the large processing tolerance of the bullets is also another reason.

After testing the sniper rifle, Yu Xian picked up the 56, temporarily calling it the 56, and the headquarters will give it a suitable name later. This semi-automatic rifle, which was born at an untimely time in reality, has good performance and can fire ten bullets without any problems.

When it came to the 56-gun, Yu Xian first emptied a magazine with bursts of fire, then emptied another with continuous fire, then replaced the new magazine with a new one and soaked it in a basin of water prepared earlier, then took it out and fired, firing at the same speed. After the magazine was emptied, he replaced it with a new one, threw it on the ground, poured sand from an explosion-proof sandbag on it, stepped on it twice, and finally dug it out, blew off the dust and shook off the dirt, and continued to fire.

This operation made everyone nervous, but in the end the last bullet was fired smoothly without any problem.

When it came to the rocket launcher, Yu Xian loaded it and lay on the ground, then pulled the trigger at the set target. The bunker did not collapse, but as for the lethality, we would have to wait and see the straw men inside. The target tied with iron sheets was blown to pieces; the scarecrows standing in a pile also fell to the ground.

The brigade commander was the first to jump off the platform and pick up the Type 56 submachine gun to check if there were any problems with the parts, while the combat staff and comrades from the Shuiyao Factory No. went to check the damage to the test target.

"The power and performance are both great, why do you still look so worried?" The brigade commander saw that Yu Xian was not in a good mood.

"Commander, our problem lies here. The craftsmanship of our bullets needs to be improved." Yu Xian picked up a bullet and said, "Especially sniper rifle bullets. Without an optical sight and qualified bullets, it is difficult to effectively kill sniper targets."

"It's a fact that our industry lags behind the Japanese!" The brigade commander sighed when he heard this.