The M2 107mm mortar is a heavy mortar used in another time and space in the United States. It was originally intended to be equipped with chemical defense troops, so this mortar is also called a chemical mortar.
Later, the army saw that this thing was very easy to use and that it was very powerful, so it also made a batch of them and gave them to the troops.
It's just that although this thing is powerful, it is not light at 161 kilograms. Even though the Ninth Battalion tried its best, it only carried two, and as for the artillery shells, it only carried twelve rounds.
Don't be too little, you have to know that each of these mortar shells weighs 14.5 kilograms, and a soldier can only march with two shells on his back, even if he fights for his life.
Now, in order to capture the Japanese division headquarters, Lei Xiangdong did not intend to go too far, so he used the most powerful heavy weapons in his hands from the beginning.
However, this is no ordinary high-explosive bomb.
You must know that the Ninth Battalion spent a lot of effort to bring these two heavy mortars dozens of miles away, not just to release a few high-explosive bombs and use them as shells in the Japanese machine gun bunkers.
During the explosion, clouds of white phosphorus smoke began to rise at the explosion site, and then clusters of white flames began to scatter in all directions, with many flames splashing on the surrounding Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese troops who had just begun their garrison duties saw the shell exploding with such force, but only a cloud of white phosphorus smoke came out. Many soldiers thought it was a dumb bomb.
But as several more shells fell and white phosphorus smoke also came out, they realized something was wrong.
As the phosphorus smoke spread, many Japanese troops also began to be attacked.
After those seemingly inconspicuous white flames splashed on people, the soldiers who were splashed at first didn't take it seriously. They just patted it with their hands as if they were dusting off dust, but then the screams began to sound loud and clear in the Japanese army.
There was a resounding sound on the battlefield.
Many Japanese soldiers were surprised to find that their companions who were splashed by the flames began to slap the burned parts crazily. As they slapped, the originally small flames actually burned bigger and bigger, and finally burned into a piece.
A Japanese officer finally remembered: "It's a gasoline bomb...a gasoline bomb dropped by the Chinese."
Following the officer's voice, there was chaos on the Japanese position.
As they spent more and more time dealing with the Liantai militia, the reputation of napalm bombs for their brutality became more and more deeply embedded in the Japanese army. Although the Japanese army mistakenly identified the white phosphorus bombs as napalm bombs, this did not affect the Japanese army at all.
panic.
"Dong...dong dong..."
White phosphorus bombs exploded one after another around the division headquarters. In addition to causing fires, they also caused great panic. The screams of many soldiers burned by white phosphorus even made Iwai, who was directing the operation, scream.
Torajiro was alarmed.
"Baga, what's going on outside? Why is there so much chaos?"
"Your Excellency, the division commander, is in trouble. The Chinese are coming. Just now, the Chinese fired napalm bombs at us!" Chief of Staff Colonel Kobori Akira went out to inquire and hurried back to report.
"The Chinese fired napalm bombs at us?" Torajiro Iwai was stunned.
"Aren't we still more than twenty kilometers away from the front line? How did the Chinese get over the defense line?"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, now is not the time to talk about this.
It is no longer safe here, what we need to do now is to escort you out of here quickly."
Without saying a word, Colonel Kohori greeted several staff officers and called a small group of Japanese soldiers to surround Torajiro Iwai and leave.
But as soon as they walked out of the yard, a string of bullets was fired not far away, knocking the two Japanese soldiers who were rushing to the ground to the ground. Then many of their guns hit the earthen wall, making a chirping sound.
"Go from the back!" Without saying a word, Kobori took Torajiro Iwai's arm and ran towards the back.
Behind them, Lei Xiangdong, who had burned out all the white phosphorus shells, had led the ninth battalion to kill them. There was a huge difference in numbers and firepower between the two sides. Although the Japanese troops responsible for the defense of the division and regiment fought desperately, they
Still being beaten back and forth.
"Kakaka..."
Three MG42 machine guns were pouring flames towards the hillside desperately, suppressing the Japanese army's two remaining machine gun fire points and the defenders to the point where they could not even raise their heads. Lu Xianping also took the opportunity to lead his platoon to the Japanese army.
Looking at the firepower point built up by sandbags less than thirty meters away from him, Lu Xianping shouted: "Grenade!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Following his voice, several M24 long-handled grenades were thrown into the Japanese sandbags one after another.
"Boom boom boom..."
Accompanied by several consecutive explosions, the Japanese defense line was in chaos for a while.
Seeing the opportunity coming, Lu Xianping shouted: "Go!"
Following Lu Xianping's shout, he jumped out of the bunker first, holding an MP40 submachine gun and rushed to the bunker made of sacks that had been overturned by grenades in front of him, facing several people lying in a pool of blood whose life and death were unknown.
The army can't help but say it's just a shuttle of bullets.
Immediately afterwards, several soldiers rushed in. After they rushed into the position, they began to spread out and occupy several nearby bunkers.
War has always been the best teacher. Lu Xianping's platoon has recently added a lot of new recruits, but even the new recruits' tactical movements are well-organized. This shows that their soldiers have grown very quickly under the influence of war.
But it’s no wonder that most of those who don’t grow fast have already paid the price with their lives.
"Follow quickly, Class One will take the lead, Class Two and Class Three will cover from the left and right wings."
Without much nonsense, Lu Xianping issued the order on the spot.
After being tempered on the battlefield, this rookie two years ago has now grown into a qualified second lieutenant platoon leader.
Under the command of Lu Xianping, a group of people quickly attacked the Japanese command post. However, the more they attacked Lu Xianping, the more he felt something was wrong. He found his company commander.
"Sir, there seems to be something wrong with the situation. The little Japs are not putting up much resistance at all. They are all fighting and retreating. The Japs in front are trying to break away from us."
"The Japs are trying to escape." The company commander saw through the Japs' trick at a glance.
"Little Shandong, don't worry about those Japanese who are alone. Your mission is to chase those Japanese with a platoon and never let them escape."
The company commander's face was also full of anxiety. The Ninth Battalion finally managed to penetrate here and touch the Japs' division headquarters. If the Japs here were allowed to escape, not to mention the entire battalion officers and soldiers would not be reconciled. Their battalion commander could kill them like this.
Several company commanders were scolded to death.
Lu Xianping also got angry and stamped his foot hard: "Company commander, don't worry, I'm just chasing the Japs. I'm going to risk everything today. Even if I die, I have to catch up with those little Japs!"