When Wang Xuexin crawled out of the pit, he was a changed person.
If he was hesitant about killing enemies before and couldn't bear it, now he can't wait to kill more.
At the same time, he also understood why the soldiers were all rushing to fight the Japanese and showed no mercy to the Japanese... You must know that Wang Xuexin had only seen him once, and the soldiers had probably seen it several times and even experienced it personally.
Passed.
Wang Xuexin ran around in the position with his waist bent for a while, then hid behind an earthen wall. He slowly poked his rifle out of the gap and coldly observed the Japanese on the opposite side.
There was a "bang" gunshot, and the Japanese machine gun misfired.
Although the Japanese machine gunner was hiding in the hole in the wall and shooting, Wang Xuexin found his exact location based on the bullet line in the smoke.
Wang Xuexin did not open fire immediately.
Because he knew that when the machine gun bullets were fired in other directions, the shooter behind the hole in the wall was at another angle.
If Wang Xuexin pulled the trigger at this time, the bullet fired would only be blocked by the earth wall.
So Wang Xuexin just waited, waited...
It wasn't until the machine gun adjusted its firing direction to the right that Wang Xuexin pulled the trigger...
Wang Xuexin was not sure whether it hit the target. He only knew that the Japanese machine gun made no sound for a long time.
With a "bang" gunshot, Wang Xuexin hit a Japanese soldier who was about to throw a grenade.
He saw the Japs taking grenades from their satchels... At that time, the Japanese army was in very short supply of war supplies. Only elite troops such as paratroopers and cavalry were equipped with special grenade bags attached to their waists. Most ordinary soldiers were only issued a satchel and grenades.
, mines, spare ammunition, etc. are stuffed inside.
This can cause some trouble in combat, requiring you to dig through your satchel to find grenades.
After Wang Xuexin discovered the target, he did not rush to fire until the Japanese soldier pulled the safety button and knocked the grenade on his helmet...
At that moment, Wang Xuexin pulled the trigger.
The bullet made a crisp "clang" sound when it penetrated the helmet. The Japanese soldier tilted his head and fell against the earth wall. The grenade in his hand rolled behind the earth wall... Wang Xuexin faintly heard the panicked screams of a group of Japanese soldiers.
Then there was a loud "boom", and the earthen wall guarded by five Japanese soldiers fell silent.
"Bang" Wang Xuexin fired another bullet, and a scream came from the smoke.
This time he probably shot a commander, because Wang Xuexin temporarily saw the sunlight reflected from the command knife, so he fired a shot without changing his position.
Then Wang Xuexin quickly put away the rifle and changed positions... The first rule of snipers is not to stay in the same place and shoot unless there are special circumstances. This will not do any good except letting yourself be discovered by the enemy.
What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that Captain Fukuyama on the other side was shocked by the shot.
The one who was knocked down was Captain Asano, who was commanding his men to charge with a saber raised... This was a habit of Japanese commanders, and perhaps to emphasize their so-called Bushido spirit, they always liked to swing around on the battlefield with a saber.
Dangle away.
What surprised Fukuyama was that Captain Asano was facing the enemy behind the earthen wall with only his chest exposed.
But just as he pointed the command knife in the direction of the enemy, a bullet flew and hit him in the chest.
Fukuyama Teiichi immediately retracted his head from the wall.
The Eighth Route Army actually had snipers?
This is impossible!
Didn't it mean that the Eighth Route Army lacked ammunition and could not possibly train snipers?
But now...
Futian found that he had underestimated the enemy too much. Today's Eighth Route Army has refreshed his impression of them time and time again.
After thinking for a while, Fukuda Teiichi shouted to a sergeant behind him: "Kimura-kun!"
Kimura, who was shooting at the enemy, turned around and saw Fukuyama making a gesture. He said "yes" and ran to the flank with the rifle equipped with a sniper scope.
Kimura Kiyomi, although he is only a sergeant, he makes a living by hunting and is a famous sniper of the Takeda Battalion. As a three-year veteran, more than a hundred Chinese soldiers have died under his command.
This is also the reason why he can own a Type 97 sniper rifle... This was personally given to Kimura Kiyomi by Captain Takeda a year ago as a reward for killing 100 enemies.
Captain Takeda was still very surprised at that time. He asked Kimura Kiyomi: "Kimura-kun, many snipers want to get our army's new sniper rifle, why do you only ask for the Type 97?"
The new sniper rifle that Takeda Kazuo mentioned was the Type 99 sniper rifle that had just been produced at that time. It was considered to be more powerful...in fact, it used heavy machine gun bullets with larger and shorter warheads. After hitting the target, it would
Rolling around inside the body causes more serious damage.
Kimura replied: "Major, maybe I am nostalgic! And I think weapons are not the most important, what is important is will and skill!"
Kazuo Takeda laughed loudly and patted Kimura on the shoulder, nodded and praised: "That's right! These are the soldiers of the Takeda Brigade!"
Kimura didn't tell the truth.
The reason why he doesn't like the Type 99 sniper rifle is precisely because it uses 7.7mm heavy machine gun ammunition.
Although this kind of bullet can cause more damage and the accuracy is not much different from the Type 97 sniper rifle, it is not easy to replenish it... The Japanese rifles and light machine guns use 6.5mm rifle bullets.
Although heavy machine gun ammunition is also very common among the Japanese army, there is no problem in replenishing it.
But what if the squad or platoon performs a mission alone without carrying a heavy machine gun?
In particular, the Takeda Battalion was still dealing with the guerrillas in the rear, and it was common to disperse the missions.
So is it necessary to consider the issue of universal ammunition?
How to replenish the ammunition when the ammunition is low?
Therefore, only those who are hot-headed and think that the new rifle must be good will take it for granted and choose the Type 99 sniper rifle.
Facts have proved that Kimura Kiyomi is right.
In subsequent battles, the Type 99 sniper rifle was found to have many shortcomings, such as high failure rate, poor reliability, lack of accuracy, etc.
Of course, this is not entirely a problem with the gun itself, but more with the shortage of resources in the arsenal, which has to cut corners and reduce production and inspection requirements.
But no matter what the reason was, Kimura Kiyomi knew that his choice was right.
Kiyoshi Kimura saw the cat hunched over and ran to a mud house. He looked up and saw two soldiers lying on the roof shooting.
"These idiots!" Kimura Kiyomi cursed: "Don't they know that this will become a target for enemy snipers?"
After thinking about it, Kimura Kiyomi turned his attention to a section of earth wall on the right.
The terrain there is higher and has a better view, and at the same time, it does not look so eye-catching among the earth walls.
After making the decision, Kimura Kiyomi carefully lowered his body and used the cover of obstacles and shadows to move behind the target earthen wall and slowly poked his head out.
He is waiting for his prey to appear.
Kimura Kiyomi believed that if there were snipers in the Eighth Route Army, he would not let go of these two idiots who were shooting from a high position on the roof.