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The Gatling gun had been handed over to the guards for safekeeping when the troops were charging. This big guy was so terrifying that no one was allowed to touch it.

Liu Quanhua originally wanted to secretly bribe the leader of the guard team, but the guards' deadpan expressions remained the same as always. No one knew what procedures the guards had set up to make them accept bribes.

He took the two roast chickens and a bottle of liquor given by Liu Quanhua, then turned around and ignored him. Liu Quanhua didn't even see a hair of Gatling.

The more this happened, the more restless Liu Quanhua became, so he could only come to Xu Le with a shameless face.

It's because he is nicknamed the best sharpshooter of the 176th Division that he is passionate about weapons!

Xu Le was also considering how to deal with Gatling. First of all, he determined that it was impossible to equip the troops in large quantities, and it would be difficult to train shooters.

However, it is still possible to equip each battalion with one such super firepower!

Looking at Liu Quanhua in front of him, Xu Le's eyes shone brightly: "Captain Liu, you are the best marksman in our unit. I believe you have a deep understanding of weapons!"

Being praised, Liu Quanhua's nose immediately stood up: "That's right, young commander, you know why our troops can dominate the Acropolis and basically no one dares to invade. It's because I, Old Liu, know my stuff. The commander-in-chief entrusted the purchase of armaments to me, and I selected powerful firepower for our troops. It is also because I know my stuff that I am responsible for the training of new recruits!"

Xu Le knew this, otherwise Liu Quanhua would not have had the ability to motivate 1000 new recruits.

But he didn’t want to tell Liu Quanhua that the title of your number one sharpshooter has actually belonged to me!

"Captain Liu, you can see the Gatling gun if you want. I can even give it to you, but you have to agree to one condition!"

Feeling Xu Le's malicious gaze, Liu Quanhua knew that nothing good would happen, but he still agreed. It was a gift, not as simple as just looking at it or touching it!

"Okay, Young Marshal, just tell me what you want, even if it means marrying my daughter to you!"

Xu Le had something in his mind that he didn’t know whether he should say “Fuck you” or not. I gave you a gun worth 2000 military merits, and you actually want to be my father-in-law?

The key point is that your daughter is big and fat, I can’t handle it!

"Hehe, Captain Liu, you're joking! It's like this, I plan to use this gun as a battalion-level fire suppression weapon, one for each battalion! But I'm sure you can see from your experience that this gun is very complicated, requiring electric power to rotate the cylinder and feed ammunition, and the rate of fire can reach 6000 rounds per minute, which places very high demands on the shooter! So I want you to be the instructor and teach other soldiers how to use and maintain this weapon!"

"Hey, Marshal, is this what you are talking about? I thought you really wanted to marry my daughter. This is easy to say, but I have to wait until I find out everything first!"

.....

The battalion-level fire suppression weapons were decided so easily. The Japanese never dreamed that a big knife was already hanging over the heads of their infantry.

After Xu Le’s explanation, Liu Quanhua finally had a new understanding of the M134 Gatling!

This is not a weapon for precision shooting. Its main purpose is to be used for fire suppression and support. Due to the huge shaking force caused by the rapid rotation of the barrel, the bullet actually has a gap of more than 200 meters from the target at a distance of 2 meters.

For example, when Xu Le was firing in Lannigou, the firing rate was set to the maximum. After firing 5000 rounds of bullets, he only killed more than 300 enemies.

This was because Xu Le was proficient in weapons and was able to suppress the artillery fire, causing the enemy to panic and fail to dodge effectively.

If the enemy moves and dodges effectively, the hit rate may be reduced by half!

But the fire suppression effect was unquestionable. Xu Le stood up and fired the Gatling gun. The huge firepower left the enemy no time to consider counterattacking, otherwise Xu Le would have fallen under the enemy's bullets long ago!

Xu Le was a little scared about this. He was so carried away at the time that he exposed himself naked to the enemy.

Fortunately, this was a transport team and they did not carry heavy weapons, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Liu Quanhua, who got the Gatling gun, ran away happily. As for the bullets for training, he didn't have to worry about them at all. Xu Le directly exchanged them for 100 million and gave them to him, allowing him to get them from the logistics department!

The 176th Division should be the only one in the entire Tang Dynasty, or even the entire world, where soldiers can directly collect ammunition!

The weapons currently in stock at the Logistics Department include: 2900 Lee-Enfield rifles, 5000 SVT semi-automatic rifles, 26 ZB150 light machine guns, 40 Type 42 heavy machine guns, 120 MG1 general-purpose machine guns, and 100 M mortars.

7.7毫米子弹74万发，熊国7.62步枪弹99万发，7.92毛瑟步枪弹610万发，7.7毫米友坂步枪弹100万发，5.56步枪弹500万发。

81 10mm mortar shells and 75 5.8mm artillery shells.

30 Type 5 infantry guns were used as battalion-level infantry support firepower, with guns in each battalion, which was exactly enough to distribute to two regiments.

The M1 mortar has not yet been equipped to the troops.

The rapid replacement of weapons has resulted in some confusion in the troops' ammunition and weapon types, and there has been no unified reorganization to date.

"I'm afraid that apart from Germany and the United States, no other country in the world can meet the ammunition logistics needs of the MG42! Even if I have a system, the Unimog truck is too expensive and cannot be motorized in a short period of time. But fortunately, there is space, and using the absolute loyalty of the escort team, we can achieve temporary replenishment on the battlefield!"

"Logistics replenishment is not a problem. Even if the MG42 is only half powered, fire suppression is more than enough. The 7.7-caliber Type heavy machine gun or other medium-caliber heavy machine guns are useless!"

"There is also the squad ZB26 machine gun. With the M16 automatic rifle, it is actually useless. Even in the past life of China, it seems that the squad machine gun is of little use. In this case, the ZB26 should be cancelled!"

[Here we are saying that the M16 is useless as a light machine gun compared to the enemy's manual weapons. In fact, the squad machine gun in the real army still has an irreplaceable role! The barrel is heavy, the range is long, and the firepower output is more sustained! ]

"There is also the Type 210 infantry gun. The reason why it has such a good reputation is that it is facing the Tang Dynasty with backward equipment, so it seems to have a great advantage. As infantry fire support, the 3-kilogram gun is too heavy after all, and the range is only 1 kilometers. The M60 mortar is only kilograms, and its power is even greater than the former, and there is no need to worry about the firing angle!"

.......

After some thought, Xu Le finally decided on the first rectification of the troops.

In early July, after informing the senior officers of the 7th Division, no one raised any objection and the rectification order of the troops was officially issued!