After Second Lieutenant Kiyokawa Yohei left, Major General Shigeto Oaki immediately held a military meeting.
He understood that if the opponent's special tactical equipment was not cracked, then to paraphrase the Marine Corps second lieutenant, no one in the world could attack it using only light infantry.
The damn Marine Corps sent too many helmets to the Sihang Warehouse.
These resentments did not change the tenacity in his expression. He just needed to try to crack this tactical equipment.
Marine Corps leader Xiong Chuanyong finally asked the Marines to endure huge casualties and establish a trench system and artillery positions, which was obviously what he was doing.
It's a pity that he woke up too late.
Kiyokawa Yohei left the office of Major General Shigeto Oaki with satisfaction. When he left, the military uniform on his body had completely lost the navy logo, and the epaulettes had been replaced by an army lieutenant.
Moreover, his men no longer only have a squad of a hundred or ten people. He and his men all joined the army and selected three squads at the same time to establish a pure sniper unit.
Moreover, the use of snipers will also be reported to the headquarters, which will be deployed and used by the headquarters of the Shigeto brigade.
Now he had a short period of time to equip and train his snipers.
"Principal, this time I will not let a group of stupid infantrymen fight against your snipers."
Yes, those Marine Corps soldiers were completely unable to grasp the concept of sniper attacks last time. But this time Major General Shigeto Oaki gave him a long period of sniper training.
Although it was only a "considerable" time on the battlefield, Kiyokawa Yohei's confidence was even stronger.
Because Major General Shigeto Oaki said so,
"Well, I was convinced by you. The best way to deal with ninja-like enemies is ninjas. This time we don't have to send them all to the battlefield at once. The officers need snipers. Apply to me. Do you understand?"
An independent sniper unit, Kiyokawa Yohei was excited. This was what the principal had been suggesting to the military in Germany, although it has not been approved yet.
Snipers should be divided into sniper teams on the battlefield, rather than assigned to rifles.
For example, if snipers are deployed near the enemy's command post, it is possible to cut off the phone line and kill the orderlies and officers. If the sniper team is large enough, it can even cut off the connection between the command post and the troops it leads.
What particularly excited him was that the Navy agreed to provide observation balloons for use by sniper units because of General Kumagawa Isamu's attack.
And his excitement meant that the people in Sihang Warehouse were in trouble.
But the defenders of Sihang Warehouse, who had defeated the Japanese Marines, didn't care because they were setting off fireworks.
Of course it wasn't really fireworks, it was essentially an experiment of a new weapon.
"Sir Zhang, I said you will have a new idea soon, and it will cost the lives of my brothers..."
Muttering in his mouth, the old smoker Li Youtian was carrying a few bamboo tubes on his back, but those bamboo tubes looked a little strange. Not only was he strange, but Xie Jinyuan, who was watching the fun, was also strange.
He has never seen anyone play like this.
Ever since the British consul was blackmailed by Zhang Sixing, most of his requests were met as long as they were not too excessive.
Occasionally there are some excessive demands, but as long as they are not such excessive demands as adding reinforcements or requiring British soldiers to participate in the war, the British will agree.
After all, if the matter of the captured Second Lieutenant Morris and the others were revealed to the media...
Regardless of whether he reinforced the Sihang Warehouse or colluded with the Japanese, the British consul offended the interests of other business groups in the public settlement. Regardless of whether the public settlement was occupied or the Japanese suffered heavy losses, he would not be spared lightly.
In fact, if you look at it at a deeper level, you will understand that in this era, if you control the media, you will have the right to speak.
With the right to speak, would Zhang Sixing, who is well versed in the media motto "A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth", not know what to do?
Therefore, the British troops at the Junk Bridge pretended not to see it, and a few sacks labeled "condolence items" but actually containing gunpowder were sent across the Suzhou River.
The British 6th Brigade infantry guarding the bridge did not check at all, they just waved their hands and let them go.
The person who did this was Guo Liangjun. The communication between him and Zhang Sixing was to use a large slingshot to throw condolences and the bullet casings that the young soldiers on the other side of the river used to shoot with the slingshot.
Because of the support of the British consul in this matter, the consuls of other countries had no choice but to pretend not to see it.
Xie Jinyuan said nothing and just followed behind to watch the fun. After all, he had privately questioned Zhang Sixing's behavior of collecting helmets at first, but it later proved that there was no weapon more suitable for dealing with infantry than helmet mines.
Half of the defeat of the Japanese Marine Corps was due to the existence of helmet mines.
In the battle in front of the Songhu battlefield, if there were helmet mines, there would be no Japanese group charge.
Especially the kind of landmines that are hit by bullets in mid-air are the most vicious, and the shrapnel will fly downward, even if they are crawling forward.
The only problem facing the Japanese Army now is that if the Japanese attack now, there will be no mines laid. But looking at the newly arrived Japanese Army who are busy, they look like they are preparing.
While thinking about it, he observed the bamboo tubes carried on the backs of the people in the military camp.
The inside of the calf-thick bamboo tube was rolled twice with tin sheets. There was an arm-thick bamboo tube stuffed inside, and the contents inside were a bit interesting.
The powdered gunpowder sent from the other side of the river was tightly rolled into a kraft paper tube. There was a lot of this kind of paper in the Sihang Warehouse. And there was really something for making fireworks and firecrackers in the miscellaneous barracks.
Then it became this strange-looking thing in front of me. Thick bamboo pipes were tied to the iron support frame of the water tower and pointed vertically toward the sky.
Seeing this, Xie Jinyuan seemed to understand. He felt that Zhang Sixing was not a weapon this time, but was clearly just a flying monkey that children played with.
In particular, the cone made of small bamboo mats on top of the thin bamboo tube was stuffed with firecrackers, and the weight was even carefully weighed. The number of firecrackers reached two kilograms.
He even thought that it was because Zhang Sixing was bored and wanted to set off firecrackers.
Raising the sniper rifle in his hand, Zhang Sixing ordered to the old smoker Li Youtian beside him,
"ignition"
The old smoker Li Youtian removed the walnut shell covering his smoking pot, blew out the flame, and then lit up the large flying monkey.
"Peng"
The paper balls at the ends of the paper tubes in the bamboo tubes were blown away by the fire gas, and then the bamboo tube rocket with a big head inside shot into the sky like an arrow from the string.
The missile was made of several pieces of bamboo, and the curved arc-shaped wings opened automatically after leaving the launch tube. The entire Sky Monkey spun, dragging the flames in the paper tube at the tail, and flew straight into the sky.
"Seventy meters, it flew seventy meters. Our Flying Monkey is okay, but it flies a little close. Old Yantai, your craftsmen can make it, right? Make a few more for me, it must be at least two hundred
Rice is the funniest thing."
At an altitude of seventy meters, the firecracker in the warhead was ignited, making a series of crisp sounds.
Seeing the fireworks displayed by the defenders of Sihang Warehouse in idleness, many people felt relieved. The fact that they were still able to play showed that they were not under enough pressure.
Only Zhang Sixing, who put down the sniper rifle for measuring range and smiled broadly, knew that decades later this thing would have a world-renowned name - RPG.