As for the rocket launcher used in the field, its power is indeed amazing. If a 122 rocket launcher hits a marching group, it can directly send a squadron of Japanese troops around the explosion point to the west. But if it is used to deal with these permanent fortifications,
The power is far inferior to that of body-mounted artillery. Of course, it is still powerful against field fortifications.
But dealing with this kind of bunker group that combines light and dark, it has almost no effect. The troops once disassembled the lightweight 107 rocket launcher and used a single-tube firing tactic to target permanent fortifications outside the range of Japanese machine gun fire.
The shooting hole is used for long-distance fire strikes. However, the effect is not good because the long-distance shooting accuracy is too poor.
However, close-range shooting was almost impossible to carry out due to the interference of mountain artillery, mortars, and infantry artillery behind the Japanese army. Moreover, when the rocket launcher was fired, the fire was too bright. Even if it could accurately hit the target, the Japanese army would react very quickly.
The losses were not light under the retaliation of artillery fire.
In fact, the reason why the single-barrel launch of the 107 rocket launcher is not effective is that the troops are not too flexible in using it. When the 107 rocket launcher was originally issued to the troops, considering that this rocket launcher was mainly used in the field army,
It is used as fire coverage and it is not easy for field troops to keep it secret.
The troops were only taught to disassemble the twelve-barreled rocket launcher as a single-barreled rocket launcher when necessary, and use it to follow the combat troops as they advance, but they were not taught the simple launch method of this rocket launcher. Yang Zhen did not want to one day use this kind of rocket launcher.
The rocket launcher was captured by the Japanese army. After learning this method, the Japanese army sent people to carry it and disassemble it into a single tube that one person could carry, or even a simple rocket, to sneak attack on a certain level of command organization.
In later generations, except for special forces and terrorists, this type of rifle has almost never been used by regular combat troops. However, the AK rifle, known as the rocket launcher, is extremely flexible in its decomposition and firing methods, and is used as a large-scale weapon for special sneak attack operations at close range.
The powerful weapon is quite powerful when used.
During the Anti-U.S. War in Vietnam, the Vietnamese special forces used 107 rocket launchers that were broken down into single or double barrels to secretly infiltrate near the U.S. military airport and fire out more than 200 rockets in a short period of time.
The airport caused serious losses. However, when these troops penetrated into sufficient range, the US military did not detect any movement.
In the Middle East and a certain country in Central Asia, this kind of decomposition is extremely convenient to carry. It can be used in groups or individually when necessary. It can even be used by smashing the back cover of the rocket and igniting it with a torch.
Rocket launchers and the rockets they are equipped with are often used as mid- and long-range sneak attacks by resistance movements that Americans call terrorists.
Although this kind of weapon is not very powerful and the accuracy of salvo fire is not very high, it is advantageous in that it is light and extremely flexible in assembly and use. Although the shells are a bit more expensive, their quality is very suitable for anti-alliance use, and their range is also the same.
The mountain artillery equipped by the Japanese army is not inferior in comparison, but the firepower density is far superior. Therefore, it is equipped to the division level as a fire interdiction weapon.
But after all, regular troops are not for guerrilla warfare, so it is better to use regular combat methods. Since they have been assigned to troops at the division level, they are often assigned to regiment-level troops for use during battles. So no one can guarantee this
The weapons will not be captured by the Japanese army, and there is no guarantee that the artillery will not be captured by the Japanese army.
Judging from the Japanese army's learning ability and national strength, if they wanted to, they could produce more similar weapons. Yang Zhen didn't want his troops to be disgraced by this kind of weapon he "designed". So there are many ways to use it, Yang
The earthquake was not issued to the troops.
If the special reconnaissance brigade of the Military Region were here, the effect would be very different. Pile a mound of soil to build a super simple launcher, and then set up the rocket on the mound. Use a simple sight to launch the rocket
After aiming, use two dry batteries and a few wires as a transmitter and then run away. No matter how fast the Japanese artillery on the opposite side reacts, it may not have any effect.
If Chen Hanzhang's troops used this firing method to aim at the fire launch hole of the Japanese main fort within 500 meters, the progress would be much faster and the effect would be much more obvious. The two men carried two dry batteries and several pieces of wires.
, coupled with a rocket, it is much smaller than the target with a launch tube. As for the lightness, there is no way to compare the two.
Of course, if you are not afraid of making things worse, it is not impossible to smash the back cover of the rocket and fire it directly with a torch. However, this method of launching is relatively noisy, and it is easy to expose the target in advance. Who can
You're not a fool. If you can't find such a big torch, you're stupid. It's just a pity that no troops except the special reconnaissance brigade of the military region will use this lightest launch method.
When the power of artillery is not enough to completely destroy those so-called core fortifications, these permanent fortifications can only be blasted bit by bit with large amounts of explosives under the cover of tanks and peacefully firing anti-aircraft machine guns. Insufficient equipment preparation
, which also made the battle process quite difficult and delayed.
In addition, it must be said that the Japanese do have almost natural expertise in constructing fortifications. Although many of these fortifications were modified in a hurry, a lot of thought was still put into both the design and construction. All the fortifications
They are all connected, and the shooting range is not only quite wide, but all the fire points are composed of a combination of light and dark.
A large number of bunkers and secret bunkers were built around each main fort, forming a complete cross-fire configuration with the main fort. There were even as many as twenty-eight light and dark bunkers and machine gun fortifications built around the main fort. And the main fort
A large number of mines were laid between the bunker and the bunker. In addition, a large number of mortars and infantry artillery were deployed in depth.
The cross-fire between these bunkers deployed in a plum blossom shape around each main fort and the main fort can shoot from 360 degrees without blind angle. At the same time, a large number of half-man-deep trenches were dug around each fortification group of the Japanese army to facilitate the rapid movement of troops.
mobilized and laid considerable minefields to fill the gaps in defense.
When digging a trench, whether it is an anti-tank trench, a communication trench, or a trench, all the soil is piled on the side of the trench facing the outside. The soil is filled with anti-infantry mines and a small amount of anti-tank mines. If the infantry wants
To use these soils, you must first eliminate these mines under the opponent's intensive firepower.
If you want to use the cross-country capabilities of the tank to crush these anti-infantry mines, you must not only be careful of the anti-tank mines mixed inside. You must also be careful that when the tank is climbing uphill, the chassis with the worst defense capabilities will be exposed, allowing the Japanese army to deploy
The Taisho 11-year-old infantry flat-firing artillery on the other side of these trenches provided the opportunity for a sneak attack.
In frontal combat, this Taisho 11-year-old 37mm infantry flat-fire cannon will not be able to penetrate the improved frontal armor of the Anti-Japanese Alliance tank even within 50 meters. But if the target is hit, the result is on the chassis.
But it was different. When they captured Bayantala, the Japanese army adopted this tactic and destroyed an entire tank platoon under Chen Hanzhang.
At the same time, the number of machine guns deployed on various positions of the Japanese army far exceeded the original establishment of the Japanese army. In the words of Chen Hanzhang's chief of staff Liu Yanlai, this was the first time he had seen the Japanese after fighting with the Japanese for so many years.
Within the unit area, so many machine guns are deployed in a certain unit organization. This is the first time that the Japanese army has laid so many mines in a certain battle.
Landmines were a common method used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in defensive warfare, and they killed many Japanese troops in previous battles. However, the Japanese army, which had always paid little attention to defensive warfare, rarely used landmines in defensive operations.
Even if there are, so many landmines have never been laid per unit time or unit area.
In fact, what really caused difficulties for Chen Hanzhang's attack was not the Japanese machine guns, nor the anti-infantry mines, mortars and grenades. These machine guns could not penetrate the improved tank armor of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and those anti-infantry mines,
The threat to infantry is indeed great, but the threat to tanks is negligible.
The real threat to his advancement speed is the artillery deployed in depth by the Japanese army, as well as those anti-tank mines. The biggest threat is the large number of anti-tank trenches dug by the European and Japanese troops, as well as the infantry flat-firing artillery on the other side of the trench. This kind of anti-tank mines
The Allied Armored Forces had no Japanese anti-tank weapons that they could value before.
If there were not the threat of these anti-tank mines and trenches, his tanks could directly deliver the infantry to the Japanese bunkers. The 45mm artillery on the tanks was useless against those main forts, but it was useful against the rest of the ordinary fortification groups.
No problem.
However, the Japanese army also dug a large number of anti-tank trenches inside their own positions, laid a large number of anti-tank mines, and the 37 level guns that fired at close range and were extremely portable, greatly restricted the use of tanks. Even
It caused a lot of losses to the armored forces under Chen Hanzhang.
No one would think that the three-meter-wide trenches extending in all directions in the Japanese army's positions are just communication trenches. With such wide communication trenches, artillerymen can shoot artillery shells into them even with their eyes closed. If these trenches were simple communication trenches, they would probably let the troops die.
Rather than fighting. Anyone who is not too idiot will understand what these trenches with a width of more than three meters are used for.
But I am afraid that even the people who invented the anti-tank trenches would not have thought that the Japanese army also built a large number of anti-tank trenches between the first, second and third line positions. However, the anti-tank trenches in the Japanese army's deep defense circle were obviously in the original
Work was hastily done on the basis of trenches and communication trenches.
Because even if there are deep anti-tank trenches, no one will connect them with various permanent and semi-permanent fortifications. And no one will build a group of bunkers in the middle of the anti-tank trenches. On the periphery of the Japanese army
The anti-tank trenches were obviously built originally. As for the deep ones, they were probably temporarily repaired after the front line of the Songhua River was breached and it was learned that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had a large number of tanks.
Although these deep anti-tank trenches are temporarily repaired, and there are bunkers and fortifications in the middle. However, the temporary repaired anti-tank trenches are not like anti-tank trenches, the trenches are not trenches, and the communication trenches are not like things.
Coupled with the large number of anti-tank mines deployed, it became the main means for the Japanese 14th Division to prevent Chen Hanzhang's rapid tank assault.
This is the first time that this kind of tactics adopted by the Japanese army has appeared in the previous battles between the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Kwantung Army. We have seen many exposed bunkers and bunkers, but this is the first time that the Japanese army has used such a high density of anti-tank trenches and various mines at the same time.
Especially for anti-tank mines, this was the first time that the Anti-Japanese Army had been exposed to them. The lack of adaptability to the Japanese army's new tactics and tactics was also an important reason for Chen Hanzhang's slow attack speed.