This canyon that reaches directly to the Black Dragon Pond may not be very wide, but its average depth is more than fifty meters.
People standing at the bottom of the valley have to raise their heads to see above. Even then, what they see is just a sliver of sky. Even if someone deliberately sticks his head out on the cliff, he can't see clearly.
How about a chicken fight? Keep your head raised and your gun raised, waiting for the Chinese to stick out their heads for you to hit?
Based on the mentality of the Japanese infantrymen who were in a desperate situation at that time, even if the Chinese did not shoot black guns downwards and push rocks to smash them down, the results of the battle would have been brilliant enough.
Unfortunately, what they faced was not the guerrillas carrying native guns that they had encountered in northern Shanxi, but the Si Xing Regiment, which at this time was definitely at the top of the list in terms of equipment in China.
If they could stand on the cliff, they would be able to see that the Chinese in dark blue military uniforms, in addition to holding guns in their hands, both officers and soldiers, without exception, had two "bells and whistles" hanging on their chests and behind their chests.
small bag.
The Japanese may not understand that the color is called camouflage, but they definitely know that a bag that can be carried on the battlefield is definitely not a decoration for show.
That is the Explosive No. 1 explosive pack produced by the Sixings Regiment Military Factory and specially designed for individual soldiers!
If there are more than 600 people, they will probably carry about 1,300 pieces, which is almost one-half of the output of the military factory in this month.
Leng Feng and Shangguan Yun would rather carry less grenades, which are useful in both offense and defense, and carry these explosive packs originally used for attacking fortresses. It is true that the No. 1 explosive pack, which was developed only a month ago, is too ineffective.
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It was the masterpiece of Zhang Kai, a senior talent recruited by Tang Tuanzuo from a stingy old man, who had devoted himself to the research and development of explosives for half a year.
The biggest dream of the explosives genius who was imprisoned in prison was to develop explosives that could blow up the entire prison into the sky, so that he could reunite with his family who had been separated for many years. As a result, Tang Tuanzuo used money to help him complete the follow-up to his dream.
Not only did he redeem him from prison, but he also brought his family back from the original city. That's all. The magical Tang Tuanzuo also knew how to synthesize explosives, and even gave incredible insights into the chemical synthesis of explosives. It is currently the most popular method in the West.
In his eyes, the advanced TNT explosive is just a second-generation explosive, and he asserts that it won't be long before a third-generation explosive appears.
A handwritten chemical formula and a batch of chemical drugs specially for Zhang Kai's research were placed in front of Zhang Kai. His personal salary was that of deputy chief engineer of the military factory, ranking fifth among the most valued military factories in the Four Lines Group.
That was a high-level treatment that many soldiers who followed Tang Tuanzuo through life and death did not receive.
But what shocked Zhang Kai even more was the meaningful words left to him by Tang Tuanzuo: "Gunpowder was invented by our ancestors. There is no reason for us descendants to bury the glory of our ancestors. Deputy Chief Engineer Zhang, you are already
I am currently the best explosives expert in China, and I believe you will not disappoint the entire army of the Si Xing Regiment!"
As the saying goes, "A scholar will die for a confidant." Tang Tuanzuo has already done and said this. What else can the former father of explosives in the Jin Province Arsenal say? Just work hard and that's it.
For more than 150 days and nights, this explosives genius only slept an average of 4 hours a day and devoted himself to the research of new explosives day and night.
Ten years of hard work and research in prison have been accumulated under Tang Tuanzuo's deliberate guidance, and after more than a hundred days and nights of hard work, it has finally exploded.
An ammonium nitrate obtained after countless experiments appeared!
After this ammonium nitrate is detonated, the explosive power reaches twice that of TNT explosives, and the detonation speed reaches an astonishing 6,000 meters per second. Only 500 grams can completely blow up a machine gun bunker made of reinforced concrete. Its power
It's so big that wherever it goes it feels like it's being blown by a whirlwind.
"Cyclone Explosive", this is the name given by Teacher Xiao He to this new type of explosive after the explosive test was successful.
Perhaps except for Tang Tuanzuo, no one knows that this kind of explosive will have a more resounding name around the world in the future - RDX.
In fact, the Western world discovered this explosive ingredient as early as 40 years ago. However, this kind of explosive can cause combustion and explosion when exposed to open flames, high temperatures, vibrations, and impacts. It is far less stable than TNT explosive, so it is difficult to use it on a large area.
However, mankind's persistence in developing murderous weapons may have exceeded the imagination of the Creator. Until the end of World War II, under the tireless pursuit of military industry experts, mixing beeswax into it could make RDX gunpowder less likely to explode.
This also became the future famous Iron Fist rocket of the German Empire, and also became a nightmare for Allied tankers!
The 'Cyclone Explosive' developed by Zhang Kai is of course only a preliminary version of the RDX explosive. No matter the explosion power or explosion speed, it cannot be compared with the RDX explosive that has officially entered the stage of history. But for the Four Lines Group at this time
Saying that is enough.
Explosive packages originally made from yellow gunpowder had to be filled with a larger amount of explosives in order to achieve greater explosive power. As a result, an explosive package weighed 10 or even 15 kilograms and the transportation cost was extremely high. However, the emergence of this explosive only requires one
Kilogram, you can achieve the explosive effect of 15 kilograms of yellow gunpowder.
Therefore, the combat mission of the infantrymen of the Fourth Line Regiment who rushed to the mountain ridge was actually very simple. They lit an explosive bag, threw it down, and then quickly turned over at least ten meters away from the canyon and lay down on all fours to avoid the shelling.
After a minute, rush to the edge of the canyon again, light the second explosive pack, throw it down, and lie down again.
During this period, they would not receive any military orders, because everyone's ears were already stuffed with cotton the moment the signal flare was raised.
In fact, no one could hear anything else from the moment the first explosive charge exploded.
As long as anyone is still alive, their ears are filled with the endless "booming" sound of explosions.
Regardless of whether you stuff it with cotton or not, the terrible explosion sound will penetrate your ears, making you feel that there is nothing else in the world but violent explosions.
The earth shook and the mountains shook, making the person lying down feel like he was on the sea.
There is no need to discuss the experience of the Japanese infantry in the canyon. Even the initiator above the canyon, more than one-third of the officers and soldiers, did not have the opportunity to throw out their second explosive package in accordance with the military order.
The air waves that sweep dozens or even hundreds of meters into the sky will give people the illusion that as long as they stand up, they will be swept up into the sky by this terrible air wave.
Faced with the imminent threat of death, even the determined soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment were in a daze at that second.
For Oshima Masayoshi, who was several miles away, the first sound of thunder that reached his ears was not enough to cause his face to change dramatically, but the subsequent explosions were like muffled thunder in the sky, and could not stop being heard.
The Japanese Army Colonel's face instantly turned as pale as paper.
The Chinese actually used an unknown amount of explosives, which was a devastating blow to the infantry in the canyon.
Even if his mind was blank at this time, the Japanese Army Colonel could still imagine the miserable and explosive situation in the canyon at this time.
However, with a length of more than 3,000 meters, the officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment who were responsible for throwing the "Cyclone Explosive Packs" dropped a total of more than 960 explosive packs. Calculating the length and quantity, the average can be roughly more than 3 meters.
The power of the No. 1 explosive package, which was named by Zhang Kai himself, who had become low-key and reserved, has been tested on buildings and on live pigs and sheep, but it has never been practiced in actual combat.
For the first time, the No. 1 explosive package was handed over to nearly 2,000 Japanese troops in the canyon. Both the explosives and the experiencers reached an unprecedented high level.
The air waves formed by 'Cyclone Explosives' are completely lethal. Even if a rocky corner can block the air waves in one direction, you can't block it from all directions. There will always be a force coming from an angle that can knock you away.
Torn apart by huge energy.
Not to mention the Japanese troops who were bombed at the bottom of the valley, even the many battle-hardened officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment on the mountain ridge were frightened by the waves of air rising from the sky.
Not to mention that many of the heavy troops did not dare to throw the second explosive package. Even Shi Hao himself crawled forward for a few meters and encouraged himself in his mind before lighting the fuse and dropping the explosive package a few meters ahead.
In fact, the scene before him completely exceeded the imagination of this infantry company commander who had experienced the Battle of Sihang Warehouse.
The terrifying air waves caused by the violent explosion caused by the explosive package dropped first had nowhere to vent in the canyon. It was like a torrential flood. Although it mainly surged along both ends of the canyon, it encountered corners or rocks and encountered obstructions.
Air waves will rise into the sky.
In the face of violent energy, whether it is tens of meters in height or hundreds of kilograms of boulders, it is a joke.
The rocks shattered by the air waves were carried by the air waves and jumped out of the canyon tens of meters high, even higher into the sky, and then fell hard.
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment were all equipped with steel helmets. When lying down, they would curl up with their heads and try to reduce the size of their bodies. The stones broken by the air waves were not too big. Even if they were unlucky enough to be hit by stones, as long as they were hit by stones.
It's not like one guy could do it to the point of harm, at least it's not fatal.
But just like that, in just the first round of throwing explosives, more than 20 people were injured by the falling rocks that were swept up by the violent air waves, and a few even had their legs broken.
In the face of this man-made power of God, this is still considered good. The most terrifying thing is that the violent explosion of a mountain rock, perhaps due to weathering, the No. 1 explosive pack actually directly collapsed that side of the mountain.
The three platoon soldiers who were hiding on the rock were caught off guard. They followed the collapsing mountain and crashed into the canyon. The nearly 80-meter-deep canyon was actually raised by more than 20 meters. Regardless of the Japanese who were alive or dead in the explosion,
At that moment, everything had a grave, and it was completely natural.
Even the four regiments that threw the explosive packets suffered casualties, not to mention the Japanese troops who were bombed at the bottom of the canyon?
From the moment the first explosive package exploded, not a single gunshot was heard in the canyon. It was not that the desperate and crazy Japanese soldiers did not fire upwards, but that amid the thunderous explosions, the gunfire was completely
Not submerged.
In fact, when the first explosive package was dropped, except for the nearly 300 Japanese troops who had already walked out of the valley and were building field fortifications at the valley entrance, those who were still marching in the valley, even if they had reached less than 100 meters from the valley entrance, had already lost their lives.
All the heavy objects, including the running rifles of half a squadron of 100 Japanese soldiers, could no longer escape the scythe in the hands of the old man, the grinning God of Death who was harvesting lives crazily.
Even if the 100 Japanese soldiers were 400 meters away from the center of the explosion, they could not save their lives. Because the narrow terrain of Heilonggou is really a paradise for explosives, and the air waves formed by the explosion cannot disperse in all directions like in the plains.
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The manic energy rushes into the sky, carrying only a small amount of gravel that dares to block the release of their power, and most of it rushes along both ends of the canyon.
The Japanese soldiers with extremely rich combat experience actually did a great job. When the sound of the explosion reached their ears, the Japanese soldiers were stunned for more than three seconds before they dropped their guns and ran towards the mouth of the canyon that they could already see, leaving themselves behind as they ran.
All the loads that may hinder their running have only one purpose: to reduce the load, speed up, rush out of the valley mouth, and avoid the ensuing air waves.
If there were cameras at this time, you would have discovered that although the group of Japanese soldiers may not be the fastest people in the world, they are definitely the fastest group of 100 people in the world. In those ten seconds, they ran out collectively to go eighty
Domi.
Human beings are indeed worthy of being the masterpieces chosen by the Creator. Even the shoddy and defective products among them have exploded with almost brilliant potential at this moment.
But in the face of an instant thousand-meter air wave, not to mention the Japanese infantry wearing thick leather shoes with only two short legs, even a jet aircraft flying at a speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour could not escape.
The Japanese soldier running at the front was probably only more than ten meters away from the entrance of the valley. As long as he was given 2 seconds or even 5 seconds, he might be able to cross the finish line in his eyes and use the solid and thick mountain wall to escape.
Exceeding violent explosive energy.
Then in the next 5 seconds, his wish came true ahead of schedule.
The rushing air waves swept him out of the valley, not only sending him out of the valley mouth, but also into the sky, and then, in a beautiful arc, he was sent to the mountain more than 300 meters away from the valley mouth.
There was a muffled "thunk" sound, and the thick human body was like a meat bomb thrown by a trebuchet, hitting a stone hard, causing a splash of blood.
There was no scream. The Japanese infantryman who was about to escape actually lost his life the moment the air wave hit him. The violent air wave immediately shattered his internal organs into pieces.
It can easily throw a 70-kilogram human body hundreds of meters away. You can also imagine how terrifying this violent energy is.
Not to mention the Japanese soldiers on both sides of the valley who had just been attacked and hid in temporary bunkers, staring dumbfoundedly at the countless intact or mutilated corpses of their colleagues rushing out of the valley like goddesses scattering flowers.
They were also shocked.
The exit of the canyon, which is more than ten meters wide, is like the mouth of a bottle filled with manic gas that has been uncorked. The violent energy throws human bodies and gravel towards the position like a violent wind.
There was no need for Leng Feng to shout to hide, everyone immediately leaned down and hid themselves in the trench with a depth of only 6 meters. It was the fate of a soldier to die from the bullets of the Japanese invaders during the battle, but if it was the explosives thrown by one of their own
, he was not killed by the explosion, but the enemy who was killed by the explosion was crushed to death, so there is no way to explain it to the Lord of Hell!
In fact, those who have the opportunity to be sent out of the valley like cannonballs by the violent energy are lucky. At least, there is a corpse.
Most of the Japanese invaders in the canyon had no chance to fly to the sky. They were basically smashed against the mountain wall by the violent energy, and then baked into black by the high temperature in the center of the explosive explosion, forming the most realistic human bodies.
Murals, that's really scary.
After this battle, the villagers around Heilonggou decided not to pass through this section of the canyon. The black stains that could be seen everywhere on the solid mountain walls reminded people that 2,000 people were buried in this section of the valley.
The ghosts of many ghosts.
The Chinese soldiers were blasted into murals without even seeing their faces.
Especially in the season when the cold wind is howling, bursts of wailing sounds can be heard from time to time in the valley, which can be heard for dozens of miles away, making people feel chilly.
It was not until decades later that a scientific team came to investigate this canyon, which local villagers called Ghost Valley, hoping to unravel the reason for the whistling sound in the entire valley.
In the end, science solved the mystery. It turns out that the reason why people only hear wailing sounds similar to human beings in the cold winter is that there are a lot of gaps in the rock layers in this canyon. Usually, the wind speed is slow, but it is better.
When the wind speed increases in autumn and winter, the gaps of different sizes turn into trumpets, and the wind blows out sounds like howls.
The huge energy generated by nearly a thousand kilograms of 'cyclone explosives' shook the rocks of the nearly 4,000-meter canyon. Wouldn't the fragile human body turn into dregs?
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment did not throw down all 1,300 explosive packets, otherwise this natural canyon might have been completely destroyed.
I am afraid that the battle losses of the infantry company and a baggage platoon led by Shi Hao were not only 3 killed, but 36 injured.
If one person is not good, most of them will have to be escorted by more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers in the canyon.
This is what is called fate!
After all, this is China's territory, and the incense of our ancestors is not in vain, so we should at least make some efforts.
Oshima Masayoshi, whose face was as pale as paper, was still alive. The Japanese army commander who had just entered the valley mouth left the canyon and entered a temporary bunker to hide before the explosion.
He was fine, but in the battlefield that had been completely covered by the wind and sand swept up by the air waves, the Japanese Army Colonel couldn't help but shed a few lines of tears.
Although he wanted to say that he was blinded by the wind and sand, he knew that it was not the case.
The remaining body parts that kept flying out of the valley mouth more than 200 meters away proved that the two elite infantry brigades under his command were finished.
Including the hundreds of people who had arrived at Taniguchi to set up defenses, with the wisdom of the Chinese commander who designed such a genius tactic, he would never let go of such a good opportunity.
And if he wants to save them, he must increase his troops and cross the mountains!
"Send a message to your Excellency, the detachment leader. Our unit was attacked and suffered heavy losses. One unit was surrounded. Please ask for reinforcements!" The eyes of the Japanese Army Colonel, who still had tears on his face, were already red.
That was not only his last chance for self-salvation, but also the last chance for hundreds of imperial officers and soldiers to arrive at the mouth of the valley!
However, the Japanese Army Colonel, who believed that he would not abandon his officers and soldiers easily, completely got into the opponent's rhythm. He thought that the opponent's commander had exhausted all his cards!
But in fact, encirclement and reinforcements are the real essence of mobile warfare!
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