[Reporter Wu Zheyu/Taipei Report] Did you know that the Air Force and the Army used to dislike each other?

I heard that if there is less ammunition, you will be punished, and if you have too much ammunition, you will be punished?

The free "Military and Military Channel" interviewed Mr. Li Chengzhong, who once served as the chief of the Air Force's anti-aircraft artillery, the news officer of the headquarters, and the chief inspector. He is now teaching at Xuanxuan University.

The equipment on the outer islands was taken to the gathering place, boarded the ship and returned to Taiwan for a temporary meeting place. The picture shows the Donggang Artillery Center Base (now Dapeng Bay Circuit).

(Provided by Li Chengzhong)

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Li Chengzhong said that he left the army in 1975 and was drawn to the Matsu anti-artillery unit, and he wanted to go to Matsu as a platoon leader.

However, it is very special that he only went to Matsu for 3 months, but he ran to three islands, because at that time, Matsu's anti-artillery force was about to be abolished. Half of the artillery force was abolished, and half of it was merged into the army.

The reason is military discipline, because the air defense artillery units on the outer islands often have disputes with the army, and they don't even bother to speak passwords when they pass the sentry.

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In addition, the dispersion of positions led to a shortage of manpower. When Li Chengzhong was ordered to take over a position in Dongju, the local company commander reportedly said that none of them stood guard because there were too few people. Five people had to stand guard 24 hours a day. When they were sick or went back to Taiwan for vacation, there were not many people on the company. The company commander told them to sleep with guns. Anyway, their position was the highest in the whole island.

And because the Air Force does not abandon the Army, when the anti-artillery unit was to be merged into the Army, it was rumored that the company commander led all the officers and soldiers to go on a hunger strike, unwilling to merge from the Air Force into the Army. Let everyone volunteer to return to the original military branch.

A company that stayed in Matsu was incorporated into the Army, and then transferred to the Marine Corps, and the people in it returned to the Air Force according to the army project. Within a year, they stayed in all three branches of the Navy, Army, and Air Force.

Modern equipment is hoisted with a crane, but at that time it was carried out with bare hands. The picture shows the base of the machine gun.

(Provided by Li Chengzhong)

Equipped with rusty surplus ammunition thrown into the sea

Li Chengzhong said that his task at the time was to drag all the guns in Beigan, Dongju, and Xiju back to Taiwan.

Moreover, due to the humidity on the outer island, the joints of the gun mounts and gun beds were rusted and could not be moved, and some electrically operated parts were also out of order and could not be used.

The ammunition also had copper rust, and the soldiers did not dare to brush it, fearing that the primer would explode, so he and the company commander personally demonstrated with sandpaper dipped in water, and slowly brushed around the primer. Everyone brushed thousands of rounds of ammunition.

And when he was waiting for the ship to return to Taiwan in Dongju, his luck was even worse. When he encountered Typhoon Wayne in 1975, the ship took more than half a month to arrive. No hair, all the food was eaten, and the cadres spent all their money in order to even get food.

In addition, what's funny is that because these guns and ammunition were stored for a long time, and the calculation of the ammunition for shooting at that time was often inconsistent, it is said that Kinmen's ammunition was thousands of rounds more than the record, and the company commander was demerited for this.

When a certain company on the ship heard about this incident, it threw all the extra ammunition on the company into the sea.

When they returned to Taiwan, they were sent to Hualien, but at this time they were still waiting to form a unit, and they had not yet confirmed where they would be organized. Next, I stayed in Hualien for two months before moving to Hsinchu, and then transferred to Taipei, where I traveled to six places within half a year.

Ironing means to put the equipment on the truck or train. It is very important to consider the counterweight skills to avoid overturning. Only veteran non-commissioned officers can make perfect with practice.

(picture taken from Youth Daily)

The upper iron sheet must be tightened and fixed with bare hands, which tests the physical strength of the officers and soldiers. Most officers and soldiers have experienced hard work.

(picture taken from Youth Daily)

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