Chapter 3 Side Quests
"You? How much strength can a pale-faced scholar have? Don't make trouble! Follow Lao Wang. When we charge later, please take care of him. After all, he is an ordinary citizen!" Li Yunlong didn't take it seriously.
"Captain, he is really strong. He carried those two baskets of rations weighing more than 100 kilograms with one hand." Lao Wang spoke from the side.
The load of military rations just now was really carried by Chen Xiao by hand. People who have never carried a load don't know that although he is strong, his shoulders really hurt when he carried a load for the first time. People who have never carried a load can't imagine how painful it is to have more than 100 kilograms of weight pressed on a small shoulder pole and the small contact point of shoulders that have never carried anything and have never experienced the test.
Just now, Chen Xiao couldn't bear to walk for five or six hundred meters, so he had to support himself with his hands. He bent his hands and placed them on his shoulders to support himself, and walked two miles.
That’s right, there is that much distance between the makeshift kitchen and the position.
"Hey! You are a strong man. Tell me, why didn't you carry it on your shoulder but lifted it over here?" Li Yunlong was surprised when he heard what Lao Wang said. It was more than 100 kilograms and he carried it over two miles and more than 1,000 meters just like that. The strength was a bit scary.
"He was strong, but he had never worked before. After walking only a few hundred meters, his shoulders were swollen and he had to walk with his hands lifted up. I thought he couldn't walk far, but I didn't expect him to walk up this mountain road of almost two miles and eight hundred meters by alternating hands."
Lao Wang explained. Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao looked at Chen Xiao. They didn't expect that this pale-faced scholar, although a little tall, could have so much strength.
"Okay, you just follow the team and help carry the ammunition boxes, but you have to do more work on a regular basis. It's a waste of your strength when your shoulders can't even carry a load." Li Yunlong made the decision immediately. He was also thinking about recruiting this pale-faced scholar with amazing strength into the team after breaking out. With a little training, he should be able to become a man of both civil and military talents.
That's right, he has already started to target Chen Xiao. As for why Chen Xiao insisted on helping to move the ammunition boxes, there was of course a reason for being so active, and that was that the system triggered a side quest.
Side quest: Rescue soldier Wang Chengzhu.
In the original plot, the gunner who was able to successfully take out Itada's regiment headquarters with only the last two shells was already a rare talent in the Eighth Route Army. No matter what his other skills were, at least he could be called a god gunner in terms of mortars.
It's a pity that such a talent can only live for one episode.
Mission requirements: Save soldier Wang Chengzhu, and knock him down when Wang Chengzhu jumps up to celebrate after he takes down Bantian's headquarters, to change Zhuzi's fate of being beaten to death in this episode.
Mission Rewards: Ocean +10, Free Attribute Points +2, General Artillery Skill Master Level (mountain artillery, field artillery, cannon, howitzer, anti-aircraft artillery, mortar and other general artillery, missiles and other high-precision guided firepower are not included)
Mission failed: Strength attribute points -2
It was precisely because of this task that Chen Xiao had to think about helping to carry the ammunition boxes. As for his proficiency in rifle shooting, why didn't he ask for a rifle and just keep an eye on the pillars?
Of course not. First of all, the Eighth Route Army was poor at that time. Even the New 1st Regiment under Li Yunlong, who was the best at making weapons, could not provide one gun to each person. The regular Eighth Route Army soldiers did not have enough guns, so how could they have guns for Chen Xiao? What's more, he could not be trusted 100% now. Even if he was moving ammunition boxes, he had to let the old soldiers follow him.
If it wasn't for the fact that Chen Xiao couldn't be sent away now, Li Yunlong would have sent him away long ago. Even if he wanted to recruit him back, he would have to wait for the people in charge of background investigation to complete the investigation. He is not like the young men from the nearby village who know his background well.
It was because the veteran was with Chen Xiao when he was moving the ammunition boxes, so he was kicked to the ground by the veteran as soon as he walked into the trench after carrying two boxes of ammunition.
"You don't want to die. The Japanese sharpshooter is hiding in front of the position! Don't carry too many ammunition boxes. One box is enough. Walk with your back bent and don't expose your forehead beyond the edge of the trench. Otherwise, you will die without knowing how you died."
The old soldier looked nervous and stepped more heavily. After all, those who died on the battlefield were often those who knew nothing. Chen Xiao felt that he had learned something, so he began to crouch down and jog quickly while carrying the ammunition box.
This time he finally saw it clearly. Although they said they were going to move the ammunition boxes, when the soldiers actually got them, each person only had about ten bullets, and two grenades were enough. In the end, he rushed to move the ammunition boxes and followed the gunner Wang Chengzhu.
This was his idea: "Gunner Chief, I'm strong and I can run fast. I'll carry the gun for you during the charge. This way we don't have to dismantle it, and it will be much faster!"
"Okay!" Zhuzi responded. The commander had just said that they had to advance 500 meters to extend the range of his mortar. It would be better if they could be faster. After all, being one second faster would give the enemy one second less reaction time.
After all, he just found out that the tall, fair-skinned scholar in front of him was very strong, and it should be easy for him to run a few hundred meters while carrying a Type 31 60 mortar weighing dozens of kilograms.
"Hide from the artillery..." Before the old soldier finished shouting, the enemy's infantry artillery and grenade launcher plowed towards the position of the New 1st Regiment. Zhuzi grabbed the bewildered Chen Xiao and hid in the bend of the trench next to the artillery position.
The Eighth Route Army was very experienced in dealing with the Japanese artillery bombardment. The trenches they dug were zigzag and staggered, so even if shells fell into the trenches, not . During this period, there were teams that knew how to dig anti-artillery holes, but they were definitely not Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment.
After all, including the regiment commander Li Yunlong, they were all peasants, had never attended military school, and could not read a single word. For them to be able to dig trenches in a zigzag and staggered manner was already a test of their experience.
The shelling didn't last long. The veterans shouted, "Stop the shelling. The devils are coming. Everyone, get into position. Those who have bullets, aim and shoot. Those who don't have bullets, put on your bayonets."
The only ones who could shout like that were the Eighth Route Army, because they were too poor, so if the bullets were distributed evenly, each person would not get more than ten. But usually when the bullets were distributed, those with better marksmanship would get more, and those with poor marksmanship would get less. Once the war broke out, they would usually start hand-to-hand combat with bayonets after firing a few rounds of bullets.
This is incomparable to the European battlefield. Calculated by the number of deaths and the bullets consumed, it takes an average of 2,400 bullets to kill one person. If the people killed by artillery shells and other means are excluded, it takes an average of tens of thousands of bullets to kill one person. This kind of intensive war is unimaginable in East Asia.
The Japanese army's charges have always been powerful. At their most powerful, a regiment could chase after several divisions of the Central Army. A face-to-face charge could even defeat an entire division.
But here, they encountered the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. They were also good at charging, but because they were short of guns and bullets, hand-to-hand combat and bravery were their reliance.
"Everyone, put on your bayonets! Drive the Japs back. The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Charge!"
The man holding the big knife roared and rushed out first.
