I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

What Chen Feng values ​​most is the range of 3,000 meters, which is 200 meters farther than the range of the Type 97 curved-fire cannon. Although it is only 200 meters, it is a distance that the enemy cannot reach in sneak attacks and special operations. In addition, although it is relatively heavy, it is very convenient to disassemble. One cannon can be divided into three parts, and three soldiers can carry it without getting tired.

In terms of machine guns, the German MG42 anti-aircraft machine gun is very suitable for fighting the Japanese, but the caliber of 7.92 still has some defects, especially when attacking the opponent's machine gun positions and long-range armor. Although the range is sufficient, the penetration power is still slightly insufficient. Close-range rocket launchers are needed to solve the problem. In this way, the contact distance between the two sides can only be shortened, which is also the main reason for the heavy casualties of the troops.

There was another problem. The 7.92mm bullet had no problem penetrating the Japanese soldiers, but it did not kill enough. When the group charged, the Japanese soldiers in front would stiffen their bodies for a while even if they were hit. This short period of time could be two or three seconds, or seven or eight seconds, which could block a lot of bullets behind. Chen Feng wanted a machine gun that would shatter the Japanese soldiers into pieces when it hit them. According to his memory, Chen Feng chose the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun.

M2式勃朗宁大口径重机枪（英文：M2 Machine Gun1，简称：M2重机枪），是20世纪20年代美国研制列装的重机枪。

The M2 heavy machine gun uses a short-recoil automatic principle, a latch-type locking structure, and fires 12.7x99 mm (0.50 inch BMG) machine gun bullets. The gun is mainly used as an army weapon to attack lightly armored targets and group living targets.

The predecessor of the M2 heavy machine gun was the M1921 1921mm heavy machine gun, which was finalized in 12.7 and designed by John Moses Browning. The M1921 is an enlarged version of the Browning M1917 7.62mm heavy machine gun, and also uses a water-cooled barrel. In 1932, the U.S. military replaced the M1921 heavy machine gun with a lighter air-cooled barrel, and after the improvement, it was officially named the M2 heavy machine gun. In 1933, in order to solve the problem of easy overheating of the barrel, the U.S. military equipped a model with a heavy barrel, called the M2HB heavy machine gun. This is the M2HB heavy machine gun that Chen Feng wanted.

Chen Feng negotiated the prices of the two weapons with Giopiro and received a reply one day later. Because penicillin had been exported to Britain and France in huge quantities at high prices, the United States had made huge profits and believed that penicillin would make more money than arms within a certain period of time, so it showed great sincerity in responding to Chen Feng's purchase.

The export price of the M1-81 mortar is US$, the actual manufacturing cost is US$, and the quote given to Chen Feng is US$.

The export price of the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun is US$, and the actual production cost is US$. Joe Piero quoted Chen Feng a price of US$.

Chen Feng was quite satisfied with the two prices. Although they were exported at a fair price, he shouldn't take it too seriously, as that would only bring trouble to himself.

五百具M1—81迫击炮，价值100万美金。五百挺M2HB大口径重机枪，价值150万美金，剩下的全部订购81mm迫击炮炮弹和大口径机枪子弹。

This time, after receiving the telegram, Joe Piero did not hesitate and gave a reply within half an hour. He provided 81 rounds of mm caliber artillery shells worth US$ million and million rounds of large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets worth US$ million.

Chen Feng didn't think it was cheap, nor did he think it was too expensive. He knew that one should be content with what he got for free. Chen Feng called Joe Peter back to express his gratitude, and Joe Peter felt relieved. As long as Chen Feng agreed to place an order, there would be no accidents with Penicillin.

The Japanese army seemed to have accepted their fate. Apart from defending the Jinpu Line and the Longhai East Line, they did not want to have any contact with the Yimeng guerrillas. There were reports that the Japanese army wanted to seek cold-blooded peace talks. I don't know whether it is true or not. Considering the results of this mopping-up campaign, it is very likely not groundless.

The Yimeng guerrillas, the New Fourth Division and the Lunan Detachment entered a period of recuperation and replenishment. They needed to lick their wounds after the war. Although they were not seriously injured, they still had to make the necessary gestures. The main reason was that Chen Feng had to be more restrained, as there was still a year and a half before the US-Japan war broke out, and the direction of the world war could not be changed. If they treated the Japanese too harshly and lost the fighting spirit to launch a surprise attack on the Americans, the gain would be counterproductive. After all, given the current situation of the Chinese army, the overall gap compared with the Japanese army was still obvious.

On June 6, Yang Qingfeng brought 5 silver dollars to Mount Meng, and thanked Leng Qiang and the Yimeng guerrillas in a very formal way for treating their wounded. He left the silver dollars and took all the wounded back to Mount Ni. Lao Wang was really worried that his soldiers would be led astray by Leng Qiang. After all, no matter from which aspect, the life and rewards of the Yimeng guerrillas were luxurious.

Tada Shun was not recalled to the headquarters, but was severely reprimanded by the headquarters and the matter was dropped. They had just recalled Bin Shanyuan, and now they recalled Tada Shun, which was tantamount to slapping themselves in the face, and the kind of beating that would make them look like a pig. Tada Shun no longer had the intention of provoking the Yimeng guerrillas. Kumagai Keiichi's farewell telegram made it very clear that if they could not suppress the firepower of the Yimeng guerrillas and protect the team's heavy firepower, then they would be giving away their heads no matter how many times they went in.

Tada Shun gave up the attack on Yimeng Mountain and turned to attack the Shota Line. The Hundred Regiments Campaign was brought forward and Tada Shun had no intention of giving in. The two sides launched a fierce battle around the Shota Line, fighting back and forth with great pleasure. While the Eighth Route Army was suffering severe tests, the combat effectiveness and quality of the troops were rapidly improving.

A Japanese division entered the city of Jinan, but they did not dare to take any other action while cleaning up the mess. They only cared about Thousand Buddha Mountain in the south of the city and ignored all the affairs in the southern mountainous areas. They just focused on occupying a city.

The battle brought a temporary calm. The Japanese army learned from their mistakes and began to study Chen Feng's special operations concept. They had communicated with the Germans before and had some prototypes of special operations. After two years of entanglement with the cold gun, they discovered the beauty of special operations. Especially now that the special operations concept of the national army has gradually matured, it has put a lot of pressure on their confrontational troops on all fronts.

If you think, you will change; if you change, you will succeed. Only special operations can deal with special operations. At worst, they will hurt each other, and in the end they will have to go back to the path of fighting to the death. However, scenes like the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Shanxi are gone forever, and there will never be such a famous scene of half a division sweeping away hundreds of thousands of troops. The battles in China will become more and more brutal in the future.