It is very sad to have equipment on the battlefield but not use it. It is like a hungry person who has been watching the table full of delicious food and cannot eat it. This happened to our 15th Regiment. For example, the mortar we seized from the Japanese Arsenal, the more than thirty mountain cannons, and even the grenade launchers in our hands, many soldiers couldn't use it clearly.

I still remember a few days ago, we suffered a great loss in the mortar artillery battle because of our unfamiliarity with equipment. It should be said that our regiment’s current equipment level is no longer worse than that of the Japanese army, and it can even be easily done as long as we are willing to be better than the Japanese army. But it is obvious that a force needs not only equipment, but also quality and coordination.

If we stayed on the battlefield all the time, I thought it would be difficult for us to have time and opportunity to get familiar with these weapons, but the rest of the days gave us a good chance.

Of course, these tasks are done by the education chief. He is the "education chief"? To put it simply, he is the instructor leader. How could he still be called the "education chief" without any tricks?

So when we retreated to the second line, we had a few hours of rest on the first night, and we entered the training of the wind and fire at the command of the instructor overnight. The main subject of the training was to be familiar with the various weapons in our hands, with the focus on grenade launchers.

I think the Education Chief has considered this a lot, because we are the most unfamiliar with the various weapons seized, the grenade launchers. Isn't it? There is actually nothing to teach the Type 38 rifle. After all, we used bolt-pull-type rifles before, and there is basically no difference in other ways except for the different weight and length. As for light and heavy machine guns, the machine gunners can do it themselves, and it is not difficult to operate the thing. The important thing is how to configure firepower. As for the mortar... it should be said that this thing is a bit professional, such as how to aim and live-fire shooting, so even if we learn day and night, it is unlikely that we can shoot accurately and quickly. Therefore, the Education Chief wisely asked Song Zheyuan for a group of veterans who could shoot mortars to form an artillery unit composed of thirty-five mortars.

The most troublesome thing is this grenade launcher. This thing doesn't even have a sight. If you don't use it, the soldiers will save trouble to fiddle with it. But this thing is a powerful tool for dealing with the human sea tactics... You must know that it is actually an extension of the distance of throwing grenades. Most people throw grenades in trenches for fifty or sixty meters. And it may not necessarily have any accuracy. However, using the grenade launcher can throw grenades to a distance of two hundred meters. If you master it well, you can still throw whatever you want, and even use it to suppress the firepower of the enemy's light and heavy machine guns...

The Kuomintang army who had fought with the Japanese had a deep understanding of this, especially in this close-range street fighting, whether our army was light machine guns or heavy machine guns, they had to transfer their positions just by firing a string of bullets. Otherwise, the Japanese grenades would not know where they flew over... Now we know that this is actually a grenade launcher. Although its range is not far, it can greatly make up for the insufficient firepower of the bolt-pull-type rifle in this era, especially the weapon can also be equipped with infantry on a large scale, which is undoubtedly of great use in offense and defense.

Originally, I thought I could not learn the use of grenades with the soldiers with a sniper rifle, but the Education Chief didn't think so. The reason was that I had another identity, that is, the company commander of the Second Company! According to the Education Chief, I, as a company commander, should be trained with the soldiers and be familiar with the functions of various weapons. Only in this way can I better command on the battlefield.

After being told by the Education Chief, I thought it was true. If I didn’t even know what the grenade launcher or mortar could play, then what else would I talk about on the battlefield? So I took out a grenade launcher from the ammunition box and practiced with the soldiers.

"What's this thing called? That grenade launcher..."

The person who explained the grenade bullet was an old artillery soldier, a native of Northeast China, with the surname Zhang. The soldiers called him Mr. Zhang, and he spoke like Xiao Shenyang. It is said that he had worked as an artillery under Zhang Xueliang before and had shot guns of all kinds of caliber. So this grenade bullet was a slight meaning to him.

"Let me see this thing!" Old Zhang looked at the grenade launcher on his hand for a while, then squinted his eyes and said, "It's no different from a mortar. How to hit it? If you want me to say, just stuff the shells in? As for whether the hit is accurate or not, it depends on your personal fortune. Just hit it more and hit it!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers and I were stunned, and even the Education Chief who was standing beside us was stunned.

"Zhang Guocai!" The education chief was not angry and winked at Mr. Zhang, saying, "You should say a few more words. Tell me about your own experience and teach others how to fight!"

Mr. Zhang shook his head helplessly: "Sir, this is not my old Zhang who wants to keep one. My skills... are all practiced, and they are all kung fu in your hands. Even if you search all my intestines, you can't find any of them!"

The educator also felt it was reasonable after hearing this. You should know that the soldiers of this era, especially those born by warlords like Mr. Zhang, did not know a single word, and they could not understand any principles or methods. The reason why they could fight accurately was all based on artillery shells. In other words, his skills were only understood but not expressed in words.

So the Education Chief had no choice but to wave his hand to let Mr. Zhang go. But it was obvious that this class could not tell the soldiers that if they wanted to be accurate, they had to practice more and get confused. So the Education Chief's eyes swept around the crowd and then settled down on me.

Seeing this, my heart couldn't help but skip a beat. It's me again, right? I know nothing about this thing...

But no matter whether I want it or not, the Education Chief still raised his head at me: "Company Commander Fang, tell me!"

With a "wow", under the leadership of the group of Tuweizi under my command, the soldiers of the regiment clapped. So I had to drive the ducks to the shelves and walk onto the podium...

However, I still said in a little embarrassed manner: "Sir, I don't know this thing either..."

"Say a few words!" The Education Chief turned the microphone to me and handed the grenade to me and said, "Speaking of this, our entire army can be replaced with new equipment. Your Company Commander Fang has made a great contribution. Tell me out your experience and ideas and share them with the soldiers!"

"Yes!" I had no choice but to take the grenade launcher and stand in front of the podium.

When I was holding the grenade launcher in my hand, I felt a little unsure of what to say, I suddenly remembered that I had learned parabola in high school... By the way, isn't the curve of this shell just a parabola? It happened that this place was originally for Mr. Zhang to use it for lectures, and there was chalk next to it and behind it was a blackboard.

So I thought about it, then grabbed chalk and drew a parabola on the blackboard behind me and said, "I think whether it is a mortar or a grenade launcher, the trajectory of the shells fired is a parabola. Brothers all know that... The shells we shoot at an angle of 45 degrees can reach the farthest, that is, the range of the grenade launcher is about 200 meters. If the launch angle is higher than 45 degrees or lower than 45 degrees, either the parabola is too bent because the angle is too large, or the landing time is too short, causing the explosion point to shrink within 200 meters..."

As I said, I drew parabolas fired at various angles on the blackboard, and then pointed to these parabolas and said: "So I think we should first learn the knowledge of parabolas, and then use this knowledge to calculate the explosion points of shells fired at various angles, and practice at these angles instead of relying entirely on the feel and experience. Only in this way can training with direction and goals be done and better in a limited time!"

"Well said!" As soon as I finished speaking, the soldiers all applauded.

Most of the soldiers of the 15th Regiment were student soldiers, right? This parabola knowledge is not very difficult for them to understand, but the veterans were confused and didn't know what I was saying.

The Education Chief walked up to me with admiration and said, "I can't tell you! I just said that I didn't know what to say, right? This is amazing! Let's do this. Since you have said it, just talk to the soldiers about this... parabola."

"This..." I was stunned, and then immediately stood up and said, "Report to the Director of Education, we have a top student from Central University. I think it is more appropriate for him to explain this problem!"

"Oh, that's good!" The Education Chief readily agreed, as if he was very impressed by my humility and willingness to introduce others.

But he wouldn't know that although I am also a college student in modern times, I have forgotten all the parabolic formulas, such as eccentricity, basic equations, etc. If I want to continue, I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself on the spot.

Li Wenxi was quickly called to give a lesson. Li Wenxi, a top student, is not a big shot. He also knew that although the soldiers in our regiment were all student soldiers, many of them were junior high school students. If they were too deep, it would be difficult to understand and there was no need to talk too deeply. After all, our purpose was to fight, right? It wasn't to take the college entrance exam. So he briefly said a few formulas to teach the soldiers how to calculate the big explosion points from angles and speed.

This is very useful for the soldiers, because after knowing how to calculate it... the soldiers seemed to only need to estimate the distance of the enemy with a big sigh, and then calculate the angle to fire shells at the enemy...
Chapter completed!