Chapter 156 Whoever is a coward is a son of a bitch! (First update!)

Listen, what are these words?

Just two hundred heavy artillery pieces?
This is fucking heavy artillery.

It’s not a 60mm mortar!

If the 60mm mortar could speak, it would definitely say, are you polite?
what is wrong?
You called her Sweetie before, but now she’s Mrs. Niu?
Seeing Meng Fan rolling his eyes, Cun Yunsheng glared at him unhappily.

"Did I say something wrong? It's just two hundred heavy artillery pieces. Stilwell is getting more and more stingy. Damn it, he still wants me to work hard for this?"

Hearing this, Meng annoyed and snorted.

"Commander, listen, isn't it just two hundred heavy artillery pieces?"

"If I remember correctly, the main troops in Shancheng probably don't have more than 200 heavy artillery pieces, right?"

"This is heavy artillery, not some mortar, grenade launcher or other junk."

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng exclaimed, looked at Meng Fanle, and began to criticize.

"It's annoying. Are you so proud now that you don't even care about mortars and grenade launchers?"

"Have you forgotten the time when you were bombed by the Japanese grenade launchers and mortars and jumped up and cursed?"

"Tsk tsk, if those generals of the miscellaneous army heard what you said, they would probably want to beat you to death."

Who knew that Meng Fanle said even more confidently.

"Isn't it all because of you? Which army is so extravagant as you?"

"Heavy artillery, tanks, mortars, and airplanes, tell me, who can do it?"

Who knew that Cun Yunsheng would just laugh out loud.

"Why do I feel like you are praising me?"

"Yes, I'm just praising you. If those people in Shancheng were half as shameless as you, I'm afraid we wouldn't have fallen to this point today." Meng Fanle said with emotion.

When it comes to shamelessness, it has to be our own leader.

Although Meng Fanle's words sounded strange, Cun Yunsheng was still very happy.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I'm going to Hsipaw to meet Zhu Maoqin. Whether we can take Lashio in one go this time depends on the performance of the artillery regiment. That bastard Watanabe wants to use cannon fodder to consume our artillery shells. It's okay, let him recruit soldiers. I want to see if he can succeed." After Cun Yunsheng finished speaking, he looked at Meng Fan again.

"Tell all battalions and companies to temporarily stop attacking. The artillery battalion should not stop, and the tank battalion should also fire a few shots from time to time. Don't let the Japanese get too comfortable. I'll leave this place to you for now. If there is any emergency, contact me immediately."

"Yes, Commander, leave this to me, don't worry." Meng Fanle nodded.

He has been following Cun Yunsheng for nearly half a year and is familiar with the operation of the entire regiment. With the Sichuan Army's powerful firepower, they can only defend and not attack, so there will definitely be no problems.

What's more, the Japanese army has been frightened and wants to fight back?
I'm afraid it's suicide.

"Yeah." Cun Yunsheng nodded, then got on the jeep and drove towards Xibu behind.

.........

On the other side, Zhu Maoqin led two artillery battalions and finally arrived in Myitkyina after several days of long journey.

When he came to Myitkyina again, he had a different feeling.

The original Myitkyina became a mess because of the influx of refugees.

Now Myitkyina is in order, and many places have even begun to resume production.

In particular, some fields outside the city were planted with rice.

It is obvious that this place has gradually become orderly from the initial chaos.

All this is thanks to the Sichuan Army.

If it weren't for them, this place would have been occupied by the Japanese army and become an occupied area.

There would not be the situation today.

For a moment, Zhu Maoqin was filled with infinite emotion. The Sichuan Army was not only good at fighting, but also good at production.

This reminded him of what General Du Yuming once said: I regretted it at that time. If I had persisted a little longer, I could have assigned the Sichuan Army to the expeditionary force.

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

However, Zhu Maoqin knew better that if the Sichuan Army Corps was included in the expeditionary force, there might not be the Sichuan Army Corps today.

Perhaps without realizing it, you have become cannon fodder.

"Commander Zhu, I didn't expect to meet you again." Lin Yi appeared at the right time, looked at Zhu Maoqin, stood at attention and saluted.

"You're welcome, Staff Officer Lin." Unlike when he faced Yu Xiaoqing, Zhu Maoqin still showed a certain respect to Lin Yi. He did not act arrogantly just because the other party was a ragtag army or had a low military rank.

In fact, he can't be arrogant.

You say they are a ragtag army?
So what are they?
Maybe they are not even as good as a ragtag army.

Have you ever seen a miscellaneous army equipped entirely with American weapons?

Have you ever seen a ragtag army with so many heavy artillery that no one is using them?

Is this a ragtag army?

"Who is this?" Lin Yi asked puzzledly at the captain standing next to Zhu Maoqin.

"Commander Yu, Captain He Shuguang, you are here with the artillery battalion to support the brothers of the Sichuan Army." He Shuguang took the initiative to step forward and saluted.

In the past, he looked down on the Sichuan Army, thinking, what can a cannon fodder regiment do?

Even if we go to Myanmar, we will be cannon fodder.

Who knows, it might be wiped out in one battle.

result?

It’s really gone!
It was just that Yu Xiaoqing's Sichuan Army was defeated.

The situations of both sides have undergone tremendous changes.

This reminded him of the first time he met Cun Yunsheng. At that time, Cun Yunsheng was always calm and composed, as if everything was under control.

This made him very contemptuous. What did someone so young know about fighting?
Especially the other person's appearance, which made him feel that the other person was too pretentious.

Results prove!

I am too young.

There are indeed talented military strategists in this world.

The other party proved with his strength that his analysis and judgment were correct.

If at that time, Yu Xiaoqing, Zhang Lixian, and myself had listened to each other seriously, perhaps the outcome would have been different.

For a moment, He Shuguang was filled with infinite emotion.

Looking at He Shuguang in front of him, Lin Yi's expression was a little strange, and he thought of Zhang Lixian who arrived in Hsipaw.

If this were to happen, how would the Sichuan Army handle its reputation?
But this has nothing to do with him. The one who is worried is his regiment commander.

"Welcome, brothers of Master Yu." Lin Yi said enthusiastically.

"Staff Officer Lin, when are we leaving? The military situation is urgent, so there's no need to reminisce about the past. We can do so after we take Lashio." Zhu Maoqin interrupted Lin Yi's idea of ​​reminiscing about the past.

"In half an hour, twenty transport planes will arrive in Myitkyina. You will follow those transport planes to Hsipaw." Lin Yi said directly without any further ado.

"Twenty planes?" Not only Zhu Maoqin was a little confused, but even Zhang Lixian was stunned.

You should know that a C47 transport plane can carry 28 fully armed paratroopers. In extreme cases, that is 60 naked soldiers, their weapons and equipment, and even a tank.

That is to say, 20 transport planes can, under extreme circumstances, transport a regiment at a time.

At most they have about 400 people. Do they need so many transport planes?

Perhaps seeing the other party's confusion, Lin Yi chuckled.

"In addition to you, there are some other things that need to be transported over. After all, there are many Japanese troops in Lashio. The front-line troops are insufficient and need to be transferred from Myitkyina. In addition, weapons, ammunition, etc., all need to be transferred."

Hearing this, Zhu Maoqin nodded, that's right.

Otherwise, with just over 400 of them, it would take at most ten transport planes to fill them up.

After seeing the supplies that the Sichuan Army was going to transport, Zhu Maoqin fell completely silent.

Basically, it was mainly ammunition, and there were also some compressed biscuits, various canned foods, and rice fried with lard.

With the ground crew busy, the transport plane began to fly towards Hsipaw.

Surrounding his transport plane were ten Spitfire fighters and four P38 fighters for escort.

"Are these all fighter jets from the Sichuan Army?" He Shuguang's words left Zhu Maoqin at a loss for words for a moment.

"should be."

"That's amazing. An entire regiment has fighter planes. It's really good to have the Allied Forces Headquarters behind us. We even have fighter planes."

In this way, the two of them arrived at the field airport in Hsipaw with envious eyes along the way.

At this moment, the Hsipaw Field Airport has long become a transit warehouse.

There are busy people everywhere.

In order to ensure the safety here, fighter planes are always on standby in the sky to prevent sneak attacks by the Japanese army.

On the ground, an entire anti-aircraft battalion was armed with live ammunition.

Mainly 88mm anti-aircraft guns and British 3.7-inch MK4 anti-aircraft guns, as well as some anti-aircraft machine guns.

The integrated air defense firepower network in the sky and underground would have the Japanese fighter planes shaking their heads when they came.

At this moment, Zhang Lixian was also in the airport pick-up team. He didn't expect that the first thing Cun Yunsheng did when he arrived in Xibu was to see him. After some comforting, he took him to the airport to pick him up.

"Commander, Master Yu has also sent people here? Should I hide there?" Zhang Lixian hesitated for a moment but still asked.

"What's there to hide for? Maybe Yu Xiaoqing has guessed that you are here?" Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Don't think too much. I'll take care of anything that happens."

"Yes, Commander." Seeing this, Zhang Lixian didn't know what to say.

At this time, transport planes began to arrive over Hsipaw one after another, and then began to land slowly, while fighter jets circled around them to provide escort.

As the transport plane stopped and the hatch opened, soldiers filed out one after another and began to assemble in the open space.

The ground crew quickly pulled the supplies out of the transport plane.

For a moment, the entire field airport was extremely busy.

When he saw Zhu Maoqin and He Shuguang, Cun Yunsheng went straight forward to greet them.

"Nice to meet you again, Captain Zhu. This must be He Shuguang, right?" Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Captain Cun is still so polite." Zhu Maoqin said with emotion.

He Shuguang stood at attention and saluted, but then he saw Zhang Lixian behind him and his pupils shrank.

"Hello, sir."

"Well, you see an acquaintance, right? You two can catch up first." Cun Yunsheng signaled Zhang Lixian to receive the other party, and then began to talk to Zhu Maoqin about the situation on the battlefield.

He Shuguang looked at Zhang Lixian, unable to suppress the anger in his heart, and questioned in a low voice.

"Why? The Master has been very kind to you, why would you do this?"

"There's no reason. This is my own choice." Zhang Lixian said expressionlessly.

"I don't believe it. It must be the people from the Military Control Commission who threatened you. Why did you run away? After we got the news about you, we immediately rushed to the Military Control Commission. The division commander was even more furious and wanted to kill them." He Shuguang asked in confusion.

"It has nothing to do with the Military Control Commission. I am actually quite grateful to them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't know the meaning and mission of being a soldier." Zhang Lixian shook his head and said.

"Asshole, do you know what you said? Are you worthy of the training of your master?" He Shuguang asked angrily.

This time Zhang Lixian was silent, and instead of answering his question directly, he explained.

"Now I am an infantry battalion commander of the Sichuan Army."

"What's so great about that? You used to be the captain of the guard battalion." He Shuguang said with an indignant look on his face.

"It's different. My infantry battalion has more than 900 people." Zhang Lixian's words made He Shuguang open his mouth wide, not knowing what to say.

More than nine hundred people?

Is this an infantry battalion?

This is a group, right?
Looking at He Shuguang's expression, Zhang Lixian guessed that the other party had the same expression as when he first learned the news.

An infantry battalion of more than 900 people?

"Full set of American equipment?" He Shuguang asked bitterly.

"Yes, all American weapons, completely in accordance with US military standards. The radio stations are decentralized to the company level. That is to say, even the battalion's artillery company, 81mm mortars, and 60mm mortars are decentralized to the company level." Zhang Lixian said as if he knew everything.

"Is this the reason why you betrayed Master Yu?" He Shuguang asked again.

"No, you know what Commander Cun said is very true, our country has been lost, but we have survived until now, and we have lost such a large piece of land. This is all our responsibility."

"There aren't many Japanese troops in Nantianmen, only one regiment. Although they have hollowed out the mountain, they can still take it back if they pay a certain price."

"But those people at the top don't care at all and are still fighting for power and profit."

"Li Jiu from the Military Control Commission is right. Instead of wasting time on the Nantianmen, it is better to come here and find the true meaning and mission of being a soldier." Zhang Lixian's words made He Shuguang silent for a while.

Doesn't he want to come here because he doesn't want to waste time?

He didn't want to play the accordion every day to relieve his depression.

"Arrange a position for me in your camp. When we attack Lashio, count me in, even a private will do." He Shuguang said.

Huh?
Zhang Lixian looked at the other person in surprise.

"Aren't you the head of the artillery battalion?"

"What the hell do I know about artillery? Leave professional matters to professionals. I am more suitable for charging into battle, which is more exciting." He Shuguang said unhappily.

"Okay, I'll assign you a death squad captain later, so don't be scared when the time comes."

"Whoever is a coward is a son of a bitch."

On the other side, Zhu Maoqin couldn't help swallowing his saliva after listening to Cun Yunsheng's introduction.

Not two hundred heavy artillery pieces!
But three hundred heavy artillery pieces!
In that case, two battalions of artillery would be totally insufficient.

"Captain Cun, I have a suggestion. You may need to select a battalion of soldiers to assist our artillery battalion with some work, such as carrying artillery shells, digging positions, etc." Zhu Maoqin gave his own plan.

"No problem. There is also an infantry battalion coming with you. They are newly formed and will not go to the battlefield this time. I will leave it to you to command. I only have one request, use heavy artillery to destroy Lashio city. Don't worry about the shells. Your task is to use up all the shells." Cun Yunsheng said fiercely.

"Yes." Zhu Maoqin responded subconsciously, without realizing that his military rank was higher than others.

　There is still time in the afternoon, try to go earlier today!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)