A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 273: Continuous Harvest

Throughout the War of Resistance, the Chinese army generally lacked heavy weapons, especially artillery.

In the early days, the government tried every means to produce artillery itself or import artillery from abroad. However, foreign artillery was expensive and the government did not have that much money to buy artillery.

Especially after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, all China's transportation routes to the outside world were blocked, making it even more difficult to buy artillery from the outside world.

Moreover, China's industrial level was extremely low at that time, and even the alloy steel needed to produce artillery had to be purchased from outside.

In the end, the government had to find every possible way to pull out the German Krupp 75mm mountain cannon that was imitated by Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army in the late Qing Dynasty. It also bought the drawings from Germany and started production, which resulted in the Krupp 75mm mountain cannon.

Although this mountain cannon was several decades behind other cannons of the same era and could be considered the poorest of the 75mm cannons, it was still a rare source of heavy firepower for the Chinese army at that time.

In the first two years, the most difficult period of the war, an infantry division of the Nationalist Army was usually equipped with only some light and heavy mortars, and no mountain artillery or howitzers. An infantry army with three infantry divisions under its command usually had only one artillery battalion, equipped with only 12 75mm mountain artillery.

Although the war situation has improved slightly in the past two years due to the support of the Burma Road, the Burma Road has been cut off again and the Hump Route has not yet been opened, and China is still in an extremely difficult period.

Under such circumstances, these four mountain cannons can be said to be quite rare.

Moreover, each of these four mountain cannons is equipped with three bases of ammunition, 120 rounds per base, which adds up to 1440 rounds of artillery shells.

Of course, with the 75 mountain gun's firing rate of 10 rounds per minute, these ammunitions would only be enough for more than half an hour.

In contrast, Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment in "Bright Sword" is really the trump card of the Jinsui Army. Others have only one artillery battalion in their army, but Chu Yunfei has one artillery battalion in his regiment, with 12 75mm mountain guns.

However, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had its own arsenal and could manufacture mountain artillery, which was incomparable.

The reason why four mountain cannons could be sent out at once was not only because of Lu Cheng's reputation, but mainly because of the importance of the Nujiang defense line.

After seeing the mountain artillery, the newcomer Krupp did not hesitate at all and immediately rushed over: "Captain, can you let me fire the artillery?"

"Of course, but not now."

Originally, Lu Cheng was planning to find a time to get the two British 3.7-inch howitzers into the regiment to serve as the main weapons of the artillery company. But now with these four 4mm mountain guns, he could continue to use the two howitzers as sniper weapons.

After receiving the artillery and artillery shells, there were also two jeeps and three trucks sent from above, which were also equipment for Lu Cheng.

So, Kang Huojian, the former warrant officer deputy platoon leader of the transportation battalion of the 17th Reorganization Division, became the second lieutenant platoon leader of the transportation platoon under Lu Cheng, responsible for transporting various materials and supplies from the military headquarters.

Yu Xiaoqing's regiment had already withdrawn, leaving behind many empty barracks, warehouses, training grounds, and a regimental headquarters, all of which were given to Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng did not leave the four mountain cannons by the river, but pulled them back to the warehouse first.

The river bank is too close to the Nantianmen on the opposite side, and is within the coverage range of the Japanese artillery fire, so the selection of this artillery position must be cautious.

Just after receiving the four mountain cannons, two female communicators from the Military Control Commission rushed to Zenda and reported to Lu Cheng’s regiment headquarters.

Lu Cheng had long expected that the Military Control Commission would send agents to be around him, but he didn't expect that they would be two young and beautiful female agents.

In fact, not long ago, when Dai Li received the order from the principal and carefully studied the detailed information about Lu Cheng, he finally sent two young and beautiful female agents to Lu Cheng.

According to the information, Lu Cheng is only 23 years old this year, and he is young and handsome. He fell in love with a young girl when he first arrived in Zenda. After that, when he arrived in Myanmar, he hooked up with a British girl, the daughter of a senior official of the British Treasury, a child of the nobility.

Through this information, Dai Li concluded that Lu Cheng had a very obvious shortcoming: he was lustful.

As the chief of the secret service, Dai Li liked people with obvious shortcomings the most, because it was easy to find a breakthrough in them.

Moreover, judging from the confrontation between Lu Cheng and Yu Xiaoqing, Lu Cheng should be a rather unruly person who does not like to be constrained. If some male agents are sent out rashly, it is likely to cause resentment on the other side, which will be detrimental to the development of the work.

Therefore, Dai Li specially selected two young and beautiful female agents, one of whom was an outstanding student who had just graduated from the special training department, and the other was a female agent with certain experience.

"Commander Lu, signalman Tan Wanying reports to you."

"Communicator Luo Yifei reports to you."

Lu Cheng nodded, "Okay, no need to be polite. I do need communication talents like you here to facilitate communication with superiors. But this camp is full of male soldiers, it is not convenient for you to live here. Let me ask someone to find a place for you to live in Zenda, and you can settle down first. As for work, don't worry, I'm also busy these two days, you can get familiar with the environment first."

"Yes, sir, we will follow your instructions."

In his previous life, Lu Cheng had seen many images of female KMT agents in some film and television dramas, but he didn't know whether they were true or reliable.

Although it was only their first meeting, through observation, one could tell that these two female agents had undergone professional combat and shooting training. Both of their hands had marks from long-term pistol shooting, and their postures were more agile than those of ordinary women.

Of course, Lu Cheng also knew the main purpose of these two female agents being by his side. In addition to communication, the most important thing was to monitor him and ensure his loyalty.

Lu Cheng was not unfamiliar with these things. During the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei also did the same job.

At this time, Lu Cheng's experience and past were very clean, and there was nothing worthy of attention. He was not afraid of the two female agents investigating anything.

After Lu Cheng left, the younger female agent leaned close to the other female agent's ear and whispered, "Sister Fei, this Captain Lu is really handsome and pleasing to the eyes. I heard that he has a beautiful British girlfriend and a young wife in Zenda. I don't know what she looks like."

"Tan Wanying, watch your words. We are in the military camp now, so we must be cautious at all times. Don't forget the main purpose of our visit."

"Yes, I know."

On the other side, Lu Cheng had just walked out of the regiment headquarters when he saw a jeep coming from a distance and soon stopped at the entrance of the regiment headquarters.

Then, a major officer jumped out of the car and said, "Excuse me, is this the camp of Commander Lu of the 118th Regiment? Here are three letters from Commander Lu and some supplies. Please check them."

Lu Cheng walked over directly: "I am Lu Cheng."

The major immediately saluted, and then respectfully handed three English letters to Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng checked and found that the three envelopes were intact and there was no sign of having been opened.

These three letters were all sent by plane from India, and they came from Catherine, Colonel William, and two American pilots, Mike and Price.

Along with the three letters were some medicines and some guns and ammunition.

Two American pilots donated two Thompson submachine guns and two thousand rounds of ammunition.

Catherine sent ten Garand M1 semi-automatic rifles, six Springfield sniper rifles, two Colt M1911 pistols, six military telescopes, a compass, several Swiss watches, and a batch of precious medicines, all of which were good things.

Colonel William was also decisive and sent three Lee Enfield sniper rifles, two Browning Hi-Power pistols, and sufficient bullets.

Although the two pilots gave less gifts, they were just pilots after all and not very wealthy. Moreover, the Thompson submachine gun was not cheap.