During the brief half-month respite between the two sides,
the guerrillas had certainly continued NTR-ing.
The fighting was over. Although they hadn't expanded their forces and had taken time to rest and reorganize, they still needed to replenish their ranks, didn't they?
So they rounded up quite a few people to serve as militia. Air transport also brought the guerrillas a batch of 20 mm machine guns from the rear—an almost useless weapon that still had to be stockpiled. More 20 mm machine guns were deployed around the air transport routes.
Their purpose was to defend against aerial threats.
Since it had been produced, this weapon had seen combat only once, in the Battle of Wuzhong Prefecture.
It had barely been used afterward.
That was because the enemy's Air Force had no need to bomb them at all.
Like the Magic Team, the enemy preferred to guard its own airspace.
As a result, the 20 mm machine guns were used as heavy machine guns, though most were deployed in major cities and along the border as anti-aircraft weapons.
With demand for artillery steadily growing, the rear artillery research institute had begun studying all kinds of guns. They felt this weapon could still help them gain plenty of experience, so production hadn't stopped, and output was being maintained.
The 82 mm mortars were also being shipped over continuously.
Mortars were different from artillery guns.
The speed of the crew's hands determined a mortar's rate of fire.
With a fast enough crew, even a single mortar could potentially blanket an area with fire.
And the 82 mm mortar packed power comparable to a 75 Cannon. It just couldn't fire directly at a target.
Mortar shells had thus become a priority for transport.
Overland transport was done in multiple batches, each carrying light