The Independent Regiment is worthy of being a unit that has fought on the battlefield. It was very familiar with the training, and it mastered the entire process of confronting the enemy in a few days.
This is actually not difficult. We have practiced laying mines before, and we have even practiced them in actual combat. Attacking and retreating are originally the regular tactics of the troops. At this time, we just added smoke and cover for anti-tank shooters.
To release smoke, you only need to arrange a few people in each company, carrying some scrap rubber cut into strips... The reason why it is cut is to facilitate bundling and carrying.
The materials are not limited to tires. You can bring any rubber material, such as hoses, shoe soles, etc.
Then bring some gasoline, and upon receiving the order, pour gasoline on it and light it on fire, which can release a lot of smoke at any time.
The task of providing cover is mainly left to the sharpshooters in the army who shoot original bullets, and a machine gun is also equipped to suppress the enemy when they charge intensively.
But in fact, the role of the machine gun is very limited. The main reason is that this machine gun only has 50 rounds of ammunition, and it will be gone if you just pull the trigger twice.
On the other hand, even if the Eighth Route Army is equipped with 50 small artillery, it is only capable of fighting back. It is obviously unrealistic to suppress its firepower during battle, especially when the Japanese and tanks cooperate.
This is also the case during exercises.
The exercise was organized by Wang Xuexin. One battalion pretended to be Japs and attacked another battalion as the Eighth Route Army's defense. Then they practiced attack and defense repeatedly, of course without ammunition.
Then Wang Xuexin and Li Yunlong both discovered the problem.
Li Yunlong, who was standing on the hillside observing, put down his telescope and said with a solemn expression: "Once our machine gun fire is exposed, we will soon be suppressed by the Japanese! The Japanese grenades and tanks can suppress our machine gun fire."
Sharp weapon. If our army wants to rely on combat troops to cover the anti-tank group... it may be difficult!"
Wang Xuexin understood what Li Yunlong meant.
One of the key things is that the Japs can throw grenades.
If the rocket launcher has to wait until the Japanese tank approaches 50 meters before it can effectively fire...this distance is an estimate made by Wang Xuexin based on the actual situation.
The effective range of a rocket launcher may be more than a hundred meters, but the actual combat situation will be much more complicated when shooting at the shooting range.
For example, there are factors such as the angle of the tank, wind direction, and psychological pressure. In addition, there are not many rockets for the soldiers to practice. If you can hit the enemy tank at a distance of 50 meters in the first battle, it is quite good. If it is farther away, it is basically useless.
The Japanese grenade can be thrown thirty to forty meters, which means that the Japanese infantry only needs to move ten meters ahead of the tank to throw the grenade into the fortification where the anti-tank shooter is hiding.
Grenades are also cheap gadgets. If it really doesn't work, the Japanese can even throw a grenade at them regardless of the situation. When they see a single soldier fortification ahead, the anti-tank shooter may not be able to take effect by then.
Suffered massive casualties.
Even though Li Yunlong usually always makes lies and takes advantage when it comes, when it comes to fighting, he is meticulous... This may be because Li Yunlong knows that the battlefield is a place where reality is concerned, and it is useless to talk about lies.
He pointed to the position in front and said: "If the Japanese suppress the covering fire of our army and then search forward in squad and platoon units, it will be difficult for our anti-tank team with only two people to stop their advance, even if it is only a small
Soon!"
Then Li Yunlong came to a conclusion: "Xiaodongbei, how about we extend the attack distance, for example, set the anti-tank distance to 80 meters, or if not 70 meters. This way we will have more reaction time."
There is some truth in Li Yunlong's statement.
If a gun stock is added to the box gun, the range will be increased to about 100 meters. At the same time, it has the advantage of firepower. Therefore, at a distance of 70 or 80 meters, it has an instant advantage against the Japanese's long-range 38-meter cover and can block it.
First block.
If the anti-tank distance is set at 50 meters, it will not be a matter of gunfights with box guns, but a matter of throwing grenades at each other.
At that time, the Eighth Route Army only had two soldiers inside the fortifications, and one of them had to make anti-tank preparations. He could not defeat a dozen Japanese soldiers scattered outside the fortifications.
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The wind is strong on the plains, and the result of extending the anti-tank distance is likely to be that the enemy tank cannot be hit or the hit rate is low.
Wang Xuexin found that he urgently needed a piece of equipment that could block Japanese infantry.
Steel ball rockets may be possible, but the distance of fifty meters is too close. At the same time, the rocket launcher shooter should be prepared for anti-tank at this time. Of course, the steel ball rockets in the rocket launcher will not be anti-infantry steel ball rockets.
The next second Wang Xuexin thought of what he needed.
Wang Xuexin almost jumped up with excitement: "Captain, we can make other things to stop the Japanese!"
Li Yunlong looked at Wang Xuexin blankly, and then raised his chin and said: "I said Xiao Dongbei, you are not interesting enough! You didn't come up with something before you talk about it now? How can you fucking with our own army?"
Where is the secret?"
"Captain, how can I hide my secrets!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Isn't this sorted out yet?"
"Who are you lying to?" Li Yunlong said with disbelief: "You can still make and sell equipment now? What you want right now can be thought of right away and you can make it later?"
Wang Xuexin didn't explain much to Li Yunlong. He just said "Oh" and replied: "Commander, let's go back to the arsenal. Don't worry! It won't take long to sort it out!"
This thing really doesn't last long.
What Wang Xuexin thought of was an anti-infantry directional mine...
I should have thought of this a long time ago! Steel balls can be produced, black powder is available, and then just add a curved steel plate, wouldn't it be enough?
It's cheap and easy to use, and you don't have to show off. Where can you find such a good thing?
It is said that this directional mine is based on... the Misnay-Sardin explosion effect, that is, detonating explosives behind a curved steel plate, which will produce quite astonishing radiation effects.
The advantage in actual combat is that the energy released radially upward by the explosive can be converted into horizontal release, so the problem is not a mine, but a piece of steel ball.
After returning to the arsenal, Wang Xuexin immediately found Su Xin... This matter had to be coordinated by Su Xin, because it required gunpowder, steel balls, steel plates, and a fuse.
Wang Xuexin spent a few minutes drawing a sketch and handed it to Su Xin, and said: "Comrade Su Xin, it's not difficult to produce it like this, right?"
Su Xin glanced at the sketch and nodded: "It's not difficult!"
In fact, it can be said to be simple, most of them are existing raw materials, just shape them and put them together.
Then Su Xin asked doubtfully: "Why are you doing this? These steel balls..."
Then Su Xin looked at Wang Xuexin with wide eyes: "Can these steel balls be hit to kill the enemy?"
"Isn't this nonsense?" Wang Xuexin answered with his head raised: "What do you think I am doing with this thing?"