Claymore anti-personnel mines, also known as broadblade mines!
This type of directional anti-personnel landmine, developed and produced by American cowboys during the Vietnam War in the 1960s, has prefabricated fragment grooves, which can cause the fragments to fly out in a certain direction when it explodes. Coupled with the large number of steel balls contained in it, it can be used with very few
The amount causes great damage.
According to the description of this mine in the US "Landmine Field Manual", its explosive killing range includes 50 meters in front, spreading in a 60-degree wide-angle fan-shaped range, with a height of 2 to 4 meters, and the longest range of its steel balls can even reach 250 meters.
, including a moderate lethality range of about 100 meters.
The Sixings Regiment Arsenal had already copied some experimental products of this mine before the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain and used them in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. However, due to some haste at that time, the power was only two-thirds of the original broad-blade mine at most.
After the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain and the Chinese New Year, the landmine research and development team continued to work on key problems. With the assistance of "Cyclone Explosives", before Tang Tuanzuo led his army to set off, the anti-infantry mine named Taihang 1939-01 was officially finalized.
The tin box with a total weight of no more than 2 kilograms contained 600 steel balls contaminated by livestock feces, but the cyclone explosive contained less than 500 grams.
This is because the imitation broadblade mines do not use explosives to kill or injure people at all, but purely use steel balls that are directed away by the energy of the explosives.
As long as it is within a 60-degree wide-angle range, even if it is 100 meters away, a steel ball with a range of more than 200 meters can shoot it until its face is full of peach blossoms.
However, due to the exquisite production technology of Taihang 1939-01 mines, the monthly output was only 300, so before the expedition, each infantry squad only carried 4.
In order to ensure that Kawako's 8th squadron would not be breached by the Japanese army, Lao Abacus deployed three in front of Kawako's position, two of which were trip-fire types and one was of active electronic ignition type.
A Japanese veteran who had arrived 80 meters in front of the 8th Squadron position moved very flexibly. He bent over and sprinted for a few steps before rolling to the edge of the stone. Not only did he avoid the bullets fired from the opposite side, but he also aimed at the one above.
A shot was fired from the Chinese position.
Although he had no time to aim at all, the Japanese veteran's marksmanship was really accurate. The shot still hit a rock less than 40 centimeters away from Kawako, and the debris flew past Kawako's cheek.
Draw a blood line.
"What the hell!" Kawako didn't feel the pain on his cheek at all, and was about to call on the people around him to focus their fire to kill this Japanese soldier with flexible movement and excellent marksmanship.
I saw this Japanese soldier leaping out again from his hiding place. If nothing else happened, his next target should be a natural earth pit eight or nine meters away.
If he could get there and have enough space to protect himself, with this Japanese veteran's marksmanship, even if the Chinese were protected by strong enough fortifications, the distance of 70 meters would be enough for him to easily kill one or two people.
But there is a popular saying on China’s future Internet: If nothing happens, something will happen.
The Japanese veteran who was crazy about showing off his skills didn't see that while he was trying his best to show off his core strength, a tough fishing line got caught on his cowhide boots and he pulled hard!
"Boom!" A cloud of smoke rose about seven meters to the left of the Japanese veteran.
The air wave formed by the explosion violently pushed the Japanese veteran sideways. The first reaction in the mind of the Japanese veteran who was dizzy by the air wave was, do the Chinese have artillery?
This is unscientific! If there is artillery, shouldn't it be more than two hundred meters away to suppress fire? Then it will be fired only a few dozen meters away from your own position?
An earth-shaking howl sounded right behind the Japanese veterans.
"Ah! Ah! My eyes!" The sight of a Japanese soldier covering his face and howling desperately on the ground is heart-stopping.
But compared to this Japanese soldier, who was holding his crotch and twitching on the ground without even rolling, his wordless expression made the Kawakos on the position a hundred meters away feel the intense pain.
pain.
In front of steel balls with a muzzle velocity of more than 400 meters per second, not to mention the balls, even those as strong as a 90-type steel helmet can be punched out.
The Japanese army fell at least 20 people just because of this cunning operation by the Japanese veteran!
The Japanese veteran who had just woken up from the dizzying situation turned his head and looked behind him with eyes full of disbelief!
There are almost no new recruits among his colleagues. They are all veterans who have participated in the Battle of Central China at least. They have extremely rich experience in attacking the Chinese defense line on battlefields like this. The distance between individual soldiers is at least five or six meters, even if it is just one
A 155-meter heavy artillery piece wouldn't make my colleagues who were still sixty or seventy meters away cover their faces and howl!
What secret weapon do the Chinese use?
What was even more painful for the Japanese second lieutenant who was the commander of the attack here was that of the 21 subordinates who were hit by the sudden attack, only 4 were killed on the spot because they were hit by explosive fragments in vital positions, and the remaining 17 were only injured.
Immortal.
This meant that the remaining 30 men of his infantry squad had to dedicate a dozen of them to drag these unfortunates off the battlefield.
There is less than one squad of troops left, so it’s useless to attack!
A single broad-blade landmine caused a full infantry squad of 54 people to return without success!
The saddest thing was the Japanese veteran who showed off his skills. When the order to retreat came from the bottom of the mountain, he knew that it would be difficult to move forward and it would not be easy to escape.
He is really too close to the Chinese position!
"The Japanese want to run away, leave that bitch here for me!" Kawako reacted quickly. As soon as he heard the sound of the Japanese army's hand-cranked siren coming from the distance, he immediately realized that the Japanese army wanted to retreat first.
Sixty-seven guns immediately focused their fire on the position where the Japanese veteran was just now, hitting the Japanese veteran so hard that he couldn't even raise his head, let alone fight back.
Unfortunately, the Japanese army was not a vegetarian either. The grenade launchers and light machine guns stationed 400 meters away also immediately opened fire to cover the ground.
Even if they were protected by fortifications, the soldiers of Class 8 instinctively lowered their bodies to avoid it, which naturally gave this Japanese veteran a chance to escape.
Seeing the Japanese veterans moving down at high speed under the cover of their own firepower, they even arrogantly used a stone as a cover 180 meters away and fired 4 shots at the position. Almost every shot was on target, if there were not a bunker.
, the soldiers of Class 8 had received fairly strict training beforehand, and they all lowered their bodies extremely low, which was very likely to cause casualties.
"What a fool! You're so arrogant!" Kawako punched the ground hard, but there was nothing he could do.
At a distance of nearly 200 meters, Kawako only had half a chance of hitting the target, let alone a veteran with such superb evasion skills.
"Don't worry, squad leader, we're keeping an eye on him! As long as he dares to move, our eight guns can kill him no matter what." A young soldier who must not be more than 20 years old is full of confidence.
"Well! Everyone must be careful. The battle is not over yet. The Japanese's marksmanship is very accurate. Don't be careless!" Kawako nodded, reminding his soldiers like a squad leader.
Because most of the elite are concentrated in the top-ranked infantry squads, the average military age of the 8th squad is no more than 3 months, and the average age is no more than 20 years old. The 18-year-old Kawako has one year of experience in the militia, so he is in the army.
I also learned a lot of tactics from the veterans, and I am still very good at convincing people!
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Takeo Yoshikawa saw that the gunfire chasing him on the opposite position gradually became sparse, but the veteran's intuition told him that the Chinese had not given up.
However, not only was there no fear in Takeo Yoshikawa's eyes, but there was a fierce light in his eyes.
As the top soldier of the Songbei Squadron, Takeo Yoshikawa, who is already a reserve second lieutenant, has already tested the strength of the Chinese on the other side through the attack just now. The firepower is weak and the shooting ability is extremely poor. If he is given time, it only takes 2 minutes.
It can reach the area as close as 30 meters.
What an intoxicating honor it is to lead a small team to break through the Chinese defense line and kill everyone before being officially promoted to second lieutenant in the Imperial Army?
But the Chinese actually possess new weapons with a wide attack surface, which completely shattered his ambitions.
What made Takeo Yoshikawa even more angry was that these rookies dared to chase him and shoot. He must make them pay the price.
None of the four shots just hit the enemy, but Takeo Yoshikawa was not discouraged at all. Perhaps only he knew that the deviations of those shots were actually intentional on his part.
The Chinese are not good at anything else, but they are very good at saving lives. They use the fortifications they have built long ago to hide their bodies tightly. Even if they have accurate marksmanship that can hit the vital part of the human body at a distance of 350 meters, they will not be able to survive.
There is no guarantee that you can kill your opponent with one shot.
Therefore, he deliberately missed the target to eliminate the opponent's high vigilance. In Chinese terms, this is called concealing the truth!
One of his magazines contained five bullets. Four of them had just been used, and one was left, leaving it to the careless Chinese.
Hiding behind a rock, Takeo Yoshikawa took off his military uniform, stuffed broken bushes into it, and then threw it toward the grass below.
Viewed from 180 meters away, it looks like a human body jumping, especially to the highly nervous Chinese soldiers.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Almost all the soldiers fired without hesitation.
The smoke rising from the gun blurred their vision, causing them to ignore the big rock they were staring at for at least three seconds.
There, there was a black muzzle sticking out.
That was the first time Takeo Yoshikawa had the opportunity to aim for more than 3 seconds on this battlefield.
As long as the Chinese shoot, no matter how low they crawl, they will still expose more than 15 centimeters to the ground.
"No, I've been fooled. Pay attention, that's not a human being!" Kawako just realized something was wrong.
"Bang Gou'er!" There was a clear gunshot.
A soldier tilted his head and lay motionless in his fighting position!
The soldiers around him sensed something was wrong and quickly sneaked into the trench and pulled their comrade who was only trembling slightly into the trench. They saw that his comrade's face was covered in blood, and there was a ferocious blood hole the size of a cup on his forehead.
Takeo Yoshikawa's shot was so accurate that it couldn't be better!
"Stock!" the soldier exclaimed as he took off his military uniform in the hope of plugging the big bloody hole in his comrade's head.
But obviously, that is just in vain.
Not only could he not stop the blood pouring out of Bobo, but his comrade's body was also completely paralyzed.
"Squad leader, Shuanzi is dead!" Looking at Kawako who was bent over and running towards him, the soldier couldn't stop his tears from flowing down.
This was the first time that Class 8 officially participated in the battle, and it was also the first time that there were sacrifices.
Seeing the comrade he had been with day and night for the past two months fall into the trench like this, one can imagine Kawako's mood.
"What a bloody Japanese soldier!" Kawako threw off his military cap and threw himself at the soldier's fighting position.
Just when Kawako was about to put the gun on the fighting position, he found that his opponent, who had retracted behind the stone, stretched out a bush branch and shook it. Kawako's eyes instantly turned red.
He understood that all this was planned by the Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese soldiers wanted to capture their eagerness to kill him, and first used a disguise to attract their attention, leaving him enough time to take aim.
Now, he has finished killing the target and is leaving.
The swinging branch was his farewell to his enemy.
"Everyone hides!" Kawako ignored the overwhelming shame and shouted heartbreakingly.
If the Japanese army dared to do this, they must have some reasons. Apart from the infantry cannon they had used before, Kawako couldn't think of anything else.
Undoubtedly, Kawako's judgment this time was correct.
Within three seconds of calling for complete cover, the Japanese infantry artillery opened fire, hitting the position five times in a row, sending rubble, wood, and soil flying everywhere.
The 70mm artillery is a well-deserved artifact on this small battlefield. Even the 60mm artillery that Lao Baan and the others have hidden tightly and never used does not have such power.
"When I come again, all of you will die!" Takeo Yoshikawa looked at the smoke erupting from the opposite position and swore fiercely.
Then, this Japanese veteran, who had won the top three in shooting competitions in the 63rd Infantry Regiment, picked up his rifle, stood up with his waist bent, and planned to quickly evacuate 150 meters away.
There were his compatriots and the field bunker he had just dug. There he could eat a few toffees and drink some water to replenish his strength. Although the various evasive tactics used in the attack and retreat looked simple, they really cost him a lot of money.
I don’t have much physical strength, and now I feel like I’m floating under my feet.
If it weren't for the help of infantry artillery and grenade launchers, he would not have dared to leave this large rock that was large enough to hide after losing most of his physical strength.
The moment Takeo Yoshikawa took his first step, he suddenly felt a chill!
The veteran who had been on the Chinese battlefield for more than a year and participated in more than a dozen bloody battles intuitively reminded him that there was a gun aimed at him.
Strong fear surged into his heart, and Takeo Yoshikawa looked to his side in horror. There was also a mountain forest there, just grass, trees and stones.
But Takeo Yoshikawa, who was already stunned as a clay sculpture, knew that there was a gun aimed at him in the dense grass.
Unfortunately, this time, Takeo Yoshikawa's battlefield intuition was right.
Yang Bicheng, who came to support Squadron 8 on the orders of Lao Abacus, had just arrived about 450 meters away from the left-wing position when the Japanese troops had already retreated.
He saw Class 8 chasing and shooting a Japanese soldier who was extremely skilled in evasive tactics. He also saw the Japanese soldier hiding behind a rock. He even saw the Japanese soldier throwing out decoys to deceive.
But Yang Bicheng was unable to remind Class 8 that he was too far away, and due to his position, due to the angle of view, he could not shoot at the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the rocks.
Therefore, Yang Bicheng chose to wait and wait for the Japanese army to leave the stone!
When the Japanese infantry artillery and grenade launchers began to violently bombard the 8th Squadron's position, Yang Bicheng knew that the Japanese were covering the evacuation of this elite Japanese soldier.
The muzzle of his gun was aimed at the angle he could see one meter behind the stone. In order not to arouse the Japanese veteran's alertness, Yang Bicheng lowered his gaze and only looked at that place with the corner of his eye.
It wasn't until the figure of an elite Japanese soldier appeared in the area where he had already anchored that he locked the strong figure with his gaze and aim!
At the moment when Takeo Yoshikawa turned his head, Yang Bicheng pulled the trigger.
One shot to the head!
Takeo Yoshikawa fell to the sky!
You stare into the abyss, and the abyss is staring into you!
Takeo Yoshikawa perfectly interpreted this sentence with his own life!
"Baga!" The Japanese Army second lieutenant looked at this scene and stuck his command knife on the ground with great anger.
This is the only thing he can do.
In just one round, his full infantry squad was crippled.
But there are obviously people who are worse off than him.
The infantry team that attacked the 3rd Squadron was shot and killed 16 people before they even encountered the broad-blade mine that was only 50 meters away from the 3rd Squadron's position.
Except for 4 people who are the masterpieces of Yang Bicheng, the other 12 people are basically the result of the cooperation between pikemen and submachine gunners.
Especially in the area around 120 meters, it is simply a nightmare for the Japanese army!
The infantry artillery was unable to support them, and the grenade launchers were too frightened by the Chinese marksmen to show their heads at will. The Chinese used submachine guns to suppress them and crawl in the grass, while the riflemen aimed and fired at the figures exposed in the grass without any scruples.
How about cracking an egg?
Even if they were really allowed to advance a few dozen meters, they would probably die more quickly.
Matsukita Yuki, who was holding a telescope, took the initiative to issue a retreat order.
When the forceful attack failed, Matsukita Yuki could only pin his hopes on the infantry squad several hundred meters away to pose a threat to the Chinese from the side and rear, and then attack again.
Even if we use a human heap, the Chinese who are no more than an infantry platoon will be piled to death.
Looking at the injuries all over the ground, Captain Matsukita Yuki made an angry decision.
However, Captain Matsukita Yuki may not know that not only does he have people, but there are even more Chinese people.
As early as the moment the Japanese troops entered the minefield, the wet firewood pile on the top of the mountain behind Panzhai was ignited.
Thick smoke shoots straight into the sky!
That was a signal to summon the four regiments and eighty armies from surrounding mountain villages to assemble!
According to the regulations of the Four Lines Regiment, the fire was only allowed to be lit when the Japanese army reached the size of an infantry squadron.
The Chinese soldiers who are gathering to rush to Panzhai include 4 infantry squads in the Fourth Line Regiment and 3 platoons in the 80th Group Army.
The four infantry squads of the Fourth Line Regiment only have 60 people, but a platoon of the Eightyth Army can have 8 infantry squads. Three platoons equal 24 squads, which is close to 400 people.
This does not include the 4 village soldier companies carrying blunderbuss and spears, about 500 people!
The Chinese have gathered more than a thousand people, and there are no less than 200 of them with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
You know, the infantry squads of the Sixth Regiment alone have 4 MG42s and 4 60mm guns. If you add 16 MP38 submachine guns, the continuous firepower is far better than the two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army.
While waiting for the Japanese infantry squad to make a roundabout attack, Matsukita Yuki and more than 400 Japanese troops also missed the best opportunity to retreat.
The first mine warfare on the North China Plain was destined to forge its reputation with the blood of hundreds of Japanese troops! ()
