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Today, more than 7% of the cities in the Tang Dynasty are occupied by the devils, and more than half of the territory has fallen into the hands of the devils.

However, the Tang Dynasty had a vast territory and abundant resources, with a population of over 4 million. How could a small country like Fuso have so much manpower and resources to control?

Therefore, there were various guerrilla forces formed by the people of the Tang Dynasty in almost every enemy-occupied area. Although these guerrilla forces were poorly equipped, they took advantage of the mountain ranges in various places, adopted guerrilla warfare tactics, and flexibly harassed the devils in the enemy-occupied areas.

It was very common for the 176th Division to rob small enemy transport teams, so this battle hardly caused any trouble. It was just that the enemy in Fencheng discovered some clues that were different from the past.

"What? All 180 imperial warriors died? What happened?" Morita, the captain of the 11th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Independent Mixed 78th Brigade, asked in surprise.

"Yes, Captain, the battle was over when I arrived at the scene, but I found some clues!"

"What is it?"

.....

The lieutenant told everyone exactly what he had seen.

Morita was surprised again: "Two kinds of bullets? One is for the Imperial Type 7.6 heavy machine gun, and the other is for the Bear caliber?"

"Yes, judging by the density of bullet holes at the scene, the battle probably lasted no more than 10 minutes! It was a lightning ambush!"

"Baga, the 7.6 caliber is a unique ammunition of the Bear Country. Could it be that the Bear Country secretly funded the Tang Dynasty guerrillas? Are they going to go against my Fuso Empire?"

"Captain, I'm wondering where the guerrillas got so many heavy weapons from the Empire, and where they got the money to buy weapons from the Bear Country!"

"These guerrillas are running around like rabbits, and we can't catch them. Forget it, let's get them to mobilize a batch of supplies and ship them over. I don't know what the Jin army did last month. They started a war for no apparent reason, and I had to mobilize all the supplies here!"

"Yes, I will ask them to send more personnel to strengthen the security of the transportation line!"

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Fan Zhuang.

"Young Marshal, just as you said, the buyer has been contacted!" Jiang Feng reported with joy.

Xu Le was not surprised at all: "How is it? I told you, the Jin Army and the National Guard Army are both rich. If we sell weapons to them, they will be so happy that they can't stop grinning! Which army is it?"

"It's the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi Army, one of the troops assisting in the defense of Yongji. They fought the Japanese last month and suffered some losses, mainly in weapons. So when they heard about our liaison's introduction, their commander immediately became interested and sent a specialist to inspect the goods!"

"People are here too? Where are they?"

"Waiting in the living room!"

......

Bang.....

At the shooting range, a colonel wearing the uniform of the Jin Army pulled the trigger of the Lee Enfield rifle in his hand, and the bullet instantly hit the wine bottle target 300 meters away.

"Good gun, new rifling, high accuracy, long range, good British equipment!"

Among the Tang Dynasty troops, only a few troops in the Sichuan-Kang region purchased British equipment, while the rest of the troops were basically equipped with German and domestic equipment.

So he knew about Lee Enfield, but he had never seen it in person, let alone handled it himself!

"Adjutant Tan, what do you think of this gun?" Xu Le walked forward and asked, feeling emotional at the same time.

The military quality of the Jin army is so strong that they can hit such a small wine bottle at a distance of 300 meters. In contrast, among the soldiers of the 176th Division under his command, only a few dozen people can have such marksmanship.

Adjutant Tan handed the gun to his subordinate and said, "Young Marshal, to be honest, this gun is good, but if it's all we have, I'm afraid we won't be able to use it!"

Xu Le certainly understood that the Jin Army and the National Guard Army were the wealthiest troops, and the weapons they had were certainly the best. Almost all of their rifles were Zhongzheng rifles, which had performance similar to that of the Lee-Enfield, except that the latter had an additional capacity of 3 rounds, so the temptation was indeed not that great!

"Well, let's not talk about rifles for now, let's try light and heavy machine guns and artillery!"

As soon as Xu Le finished speaking, the soldiers behind him brought up their weapons, including ZB36 light machine guns, Type heavy machine guns and Bofors mountain cannons!

These equipments will be eliminated soon, so Xu Le just took them out and sold them.

Adjutant Tan naturally knew about these weapons, so he tried them one by one with a try-it attitude!

Ten minutes later, Adjutant Tan's face still showed no sign of expression.

Xu Le had known that this would be the result. What he sold in this batch of equipment was not its performance, but its quantity and ammunition!

"Adjutant Tan, don't be in a hurry. Listen to me first before you think about it! Lift it up!"

As Xu Le finished speaking, another dozen soldiers came up carrying many boxes.

"Adjutant Tan, I won't say whether our weapons are good or bad, but at least I can guarantee that they are better than what you have now. Secondly, for every rifle you buy, I will give you 200 rounds of ammunition. For light and heavy machine guns, I will give you 1000 rounds of ammunition, and for Bofors mountain guns, I will give you 50 shells!"

After saying this, Xu Le picked up a cup of hot water and drank it by himself, ignoring the several Jin soldiers who were so surprised that their mouths couldn't close.

Adjutant Tan was indeed shocked. In fact, their regiment leader had already given him the power to make the purchase decision, and he had already considered buying it.

But he felt there was no need to buy in large quantities, because they had no shortage of weapons, they just needed to be updated.

Especially the Lee Enfield. He knew the firepower gap that the three-round bullet capacity would bring in actual combat, but this was British equipment, and the 3-caliber bullet was unique in the Tang Dynasty and there was no way to replenish it.

But now Xu Le said he would give away 200 rounds of bullets, which is another matter.

Although the Jin Army was wealthy, that was relative to other local troops. In fact, their infantry was only equipped with 30 rounds of ammunition, while the National Guard Army was equipped with an average of 40 rounds.

Other local troops are even poorer. The average amount of ammunition carried by a single soldier is only about 10 rounds, and some even have only 5 rounds.

The standard equipment for a Japanese soldier was three ammunition boxes, two of which could hold 3 rounds of bullets, and the other was a reserve box that could hold 30 rounds of bullets. Together with the five rounds in the Type 60 rifle, a single soldier had 5 rounds of bullets.

Under such a comparison, the gap between the Tang Dynasty army and the Japanese is extremely large.

Each gun comes with 200 rounds of bullets, which means that the ammunition base far exceeds that of the Japanese. Isn't this too tempting!

The Japanese detachment's machine gun crew carried about 450 rounds of ammunition, but Xu Le gave them 1000 rounds as a gift...

Why couldn’t the Tang Dynasty army defeat the Japanese?

One is that there is a gap in weapon performance, and the other is that there is a shortage of ammunition!

"Young Marshal, please tell me your price!" Finally, Adjutant Tan spoke. He had decided that he must bring back a batch of arms!