Xiao Yun was naturally pleased to see Liu Zheng Yang and the others volunteering.
After all, the framework for his 399th Artillery Battalion had already been set up, all that was missing were enough skilled artillerymen. He immediately decided to take them to the artillery battalion himself.
"Battalion Commander, where are our battalion's cannons?"
The group followed Xiao Yun for a while, and seeing that they were about to leave the village where the headquarters was located, Xiao Yun still showed no signs of stopping. Liu Zheng Yang couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"They're in a valley clearing!" Xiao Yun explained.
Because they had to train frequently, especially live-fire training, the artillery battalion made quite a bit of noise.
There were still many base area villagers in the 399th Brigade's headquarters village, and in order to avoid disturbing them, Xiao Yun chose a secluded small valley more than ten miles away from the village as the artillery battalion's base.
He also placed the brigade headquarters' directly subordinate Special Forces Company next to the artillery battalion to provide security.
Apart from the artillerymen, the other auxiliary soldiers of the artillery battalion were also equipped with guns. They were actually drawn from frontline units, and their actual combat capabilities were not bad.
Plus, with the 4 regiments that Xiao Yun had spread out and surrounded the brigade headquarters like stars, the safety of the artillery battalion was absolutely at its highest!
A valley clearing?
Hearing this answer, Liu Zheng Yang couldn't help but feel suspicious, but he suppressed his doubts and followed Xiao Yun out of the village to the north with his questions.
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Boom～
Boom～
Boom～
Before they got close to the valley, Liu Zheng Yang and his group heard a series of booming sounds coming from the valley.
The booming sounds were quite familiar, but they were not quite sure.
There was no fighting going on right now, so they shouldn't be firing cannons, right?
And if it was training, the artillery fire was too intense.
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"Zheng Yang comrade, and other comrades, we've arrived at our artillery battalion's base!"
Arriving at the mouth of the valley, after exchanging the password, Xiao Yun and his group were allowed to pass by the Special Forces Company soldiers guarding here.
"Artillery, artillery battalion? Does our 399th Brigade even have an artillery battalion?"
Hearing this from Xiao Yun's mouth, Liu Zheng Yang and his group were stunned.
At this moment, they finally confirmed that the booming sounds they had heard were indeed artillery fire, and it was the artillery battalion training!
Goodness, they're willing to spend so much ammunition on training, our 399th Brigade is swimming in wealth!
At this moment, they couldn't care less about decorum, and after receiving Xiao Yun's permission, they practically sprinted into the valley, eager to get to the artillery battalion's cannons. Their mood had soared from the bottom of the valley when they had just left headquarters to the peak.
They knew that the headquarters only had a few teaching cannons, which were also old-fashioned. Even so, they had to compete with other artillery comrades to use them.
When using them, they treated them like precious treasures, taking utmost care of them. All of them combined couldn't even fire a few rounds of ammunition a month.
They thought that they would be having a tougher time at the 399th Brigade, and some had even prepared themselves to not touch a cannon for a year or two.
They didn't expect the 399th Brigade's artillerymen to secretly be feasting behind their backs.
A whole artillery battalion!
And they were willing to use live ammunition during training, how cool was that?
At this moment, they were extremely grateful to have been chosen by the headquarters to come to the 399th Brigade. As for those few old-fashioned teaching cannons at the headquarters?
On average, each person wouldn't even get to fire a round a year, who cared about that thing?
They didn't know it, they didn't know it!
Arriving in the valley, they directly ignored the 60mm mortars and focused their attention on the 80mm mortars and Type 92 infantry guns.
Ignoring the hot barrels, they looked here and touched there, and they almost couldn't resist firing a round themselves.
With so many cannons in front of them, there was no doubt that the 399th Brigade's artillery battalion was a real one, not a hollow one.
At present, many units had a large organization but actually only had a few guns and few people.
They knew that the 6th District, a brother unit of the New Fourth Army, claimed to have a regiment, but in reality, they only had one third battalion.
And this third battalion actually only had one third company, they really played around with the organization.
But the 399th Brigade had 6 60mm mortars, 8 80mm mortars, and 4 Type 92 infantry guns, it was completely reasonable to call it an artillery battalion!
At this moment, besides excitement, they also felt a bit of awe.
The 399th Brigade, without relying on the higher-ups, managed to develop a whole artillery battalion on their own, they were truly amazing!
Xiao Yun didn't think it was anything special. He was the commander of a brigade, was it excessive to have a whole artillery battalion?
And it was also a mixed artillery battalion with various calibers and models.
Chu Yun Fei, with his reinforced regiment, had a mountain artillery battalion.
Seven mountain guns, even if they were made in Jin, were better than his most powerful Type 92 infantry guns!
Just bear with it, once we take Shuozhou and get those 6 Type 94 mountain guns, we'll eliminate these 60mm mortars.
The remaining 80mm mortars, Type 92 infantry guns, and Type 94 mountain guns combined, the artillery battalion formed would be considered a reinforced battalion!
At that time, he, the commander of a brigade, wouldn't have to envy Chu Yun Fei, the commander of a reinforced regiment. Instead, it would be Chu Yun Fei who envied him.
The Jin-made 75mm mountain gun was based on the Japanese Type 41 mountain gun, and its performance was even worse than the Type 41 mountain gun.
The Type 94 mountain gun was designed to replace the Type 41 mountain gun.
Comparing the two, it was clear which was better!