Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 71 Mortar Flat Fire

"Light and heavy machine guns cover, the artillery fires, and let the living soldiers retreat!" Wang Ping immediately ordered.

In fact, without Wang Ping's order, the soldiers who had been shooting knew what to do!
Before the devils fired, everyone could only shoot blindly at the shooting holes of the gun tower.But as soon as the devils fired, their positions were exposed.Seeing that the comrades who were still alive just now turned into corpses in an instant, everyone was furious, wishing to beat the devil into a hornet's nest in one fell swoop.

Therefore, before Wang Ping could give an order, the machine gunner and rifleman pressed the trigger against the firepower exposed by the devil just now.Especially the three sharpshooters, as soon as the devil's machine gun fired, they put the shooting hole sleeve into the gun's front sight, and then pulled the trigger.

"Crack, crack!" After three gunshots, the devil's three machine guns stopped within five seconds of firing.

The three machine gunners were either shot in the head or shot in the chest, and then fell down in the gun tower with disbelief, dying.

The deputy shooter next to him also had an expression of disbelief, but he reacted quickly, took the machine gun and shot outside the blockhouse.But after the three machine gunners were killed, the three devils who just took over the machine guns all understood that there were enemy sharpshooters outside the blockhouse who were eyeing them.If one is not good, I will follow in the footsteps of the previous three shooters.

Therefore, they were very cautious when shooting out, keeping their bodies as low as possible to avoid exposure of their bodies to the shooting holes.But even so, the second round of bullets fired by the three sharpshooters still overwhelmed a ghost machine gunner.

Although the bullets fired by other people in the Independent Battalion were not so accurate, due to the number of bullets, many bullets flew into the gun tower from the shooting holes, and then penetrated into the devil's body!
"Ah... Baga, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, bullets are coming in, pay attention to concealment!" After a burst of screams, four or five devil riflemen also fell to the ground.The captain of the second lieutenant who directly commanded the battle followed and ordered.

The moment the counterattack firepower on the gun tower suddenly stopped, the three or four Eighth Route Army troops who were still alive on the battlefield immediately retreated.

"Company commander, send two squads to charge this time, and another squad from the third company to charge from behind to disperse the devil's firepower, and we will definitely be able to rush to the bottom of the gun tower!" Zhang Yunshan, the second company commander, was very unwilling to challenge Wang Ping.

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "With our firepower, a strong attack can definitely take down this gun tower, but the casualties are too high, so it's not worthwhile. Eight soldiers will be lost in a tentative attack. How many people do you plan to lose in a strong attack? Two squads, or Is it three squads, or more fighters?"

"But besides a strong attack, do we have any other means? The mortar shells hit the turret without even making a hole. Apart from a strong attack, I really can't think of any other way?" Zhang Yunshan said helplessly.

Wang Ping remained silent with a sullen face. The artillery platoon leader Zhang Bing also came over at this time, and replied with a embarrassed face: "Battle commander, it is useless for our artillery platoon. If the artillery shells can be shot directly into the gun tower, it must be It can blow up the artillery turret! But no one in the artillery platoon can cook, and the mortar is a curved artillery, so it is almost impossible to directly aim at the firing holes of the artillery turret!"

"It's not your fault!" Wang Ping shook his head and replied.

"After all, mortars are not infantry artillery or mountain artillery equipped by devils. If there were infantry artillery, one shot would blow a big hole outside the artillery tower, but we don't have any!"

"Then we won't be able to take down the devil's cannon tower!" Zhang Yunshan was still unconvinced.

Zhang Bing also lost his temper, and couldn't help complaining: "It would be great if the mortar could shoot flat, and aim directly at the outer wall of the gun building. A big hole exploded in the outer wall of the turret!"

"Mortar flat-fire!" Wang Ping's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of the flat-fire guns converted from mortars used by the Eighth Route Army a few years later.

But Wang Ping gave up this unrealistic idea without being happy for too long.Not to mention that I don't have tools at hand, even if I have tools in hand, I know how to modify it, and it is impossible to modify it in a short time.

At this time, Wang Ping's stubborn temper of not admitting defeat also came up.

Later generations of the Eighth Route Army can use mortars to convert them into flat-fire guns, which proves that mortars can be used as flat-fire guns, but no one dares to try.

I don't need the mortar to fire flat in the true sense. I just need to reduce the angle of the mortar's flat fire as much as possible, so that the shells hit the outer wall of the gun tower.Maybe there is no need to modify the mortar, it only needs the artilleryman to take a risk.

Wang Ping immediately told Zhang Bing what he thought.

At first, Zhang Bing still had an expression of impossibility, but after thinking about it for a minute, he said with certainty: "Battalion Commander, as long as you can fire the gunpowder on the tail of the mortar and let the gunpowder burn quickly, the mortar will definitely be able to hit the shells." go out."

"But there is also a problem. The mortar barrel has no rifling, and the energy generated by the combustion of the gunpowder on the tail of the mortar shell is not strong, which means that the shell will not fly far. I estimate that 50 meters should be the limit gone."

"Enough is enough. Our place is only 30 meters away from the gun tower. If it weren't for the heavy mortar shells, soldiers with strong arms could throw the shells on the outer wall of the gun tower with their hands!" Wang Ping replied happily.

Zhang Bing still had a worried look on his face, and reminded Wang Ping.

"Commander, it's still the problem just now. After the mortar shooting angle becomes smaller, the shell will not have such a strong impact when it hits the firing pin, and the firing pin will not be able to fire the gunpowder in the tail, and the shell will not fly out!"

Wang Ping replied readily: "If there is no impact, then artificially give it an impact!"

"How?" Zhang Bing immediately asked, staring at Wang Ping with longing eyes, afraid of missing a word.

Wang Ping didn't explain, and started to give orders directly: "Bring the mortar over here, you aim it yourself, directly aim at the gun tower, and I will do the rest!"

Although it is unclear whether Wang Ping's method is feasible, it is the only way for the Independent Battalion to take down the gun tower with minimal casualties.Therefore, without saying a word, Zhang Bing began to summon his artillery to help him set up the cannon!
After that, the elevation angle of the barrels of the three mortars directly changed to thirty degrees.

In this case, even if the mortar is plugged into the muzzle, the shell cannot hit the firing pin of the mortar with its own gravity, thereby firing the gunpowder in the tail of the mortar!
"Battalion Commander, the shell is stuck in the muzzle and cannot fall!" Zhang Bing asked, staring at Wang Ping.

Wang Ping directly took out the tools he had just prepared.

A wooden stick more than one meter long, with a diameter of three centimeters.One end is wrapped in cotton cloth, and at first glance, it looks like a tool for cleaning the barrel of a mountain cannon.

Although most of the shell has been stuffed into the barrel, the top of the shell is still exposed outside the barrel.Wang Ping directly wrapped one side of the cloth with a wooden pole, pressed it against the top of the shell, then thrust it into the gun barrel, and quickly pulled out the wooden pole.

Because the initial velocity of the mortar shell is very low, after the gunpowder in the tail is fired, it will burn for a while to generate energy and push the shell out of the barrel.

Because Wang Ping was very fast, the wooden rod was pulled out when the shell hit the firing pin.Therefore, when the shell was pushed out of the barrel, Wang Ping had already hid aside.

(End of this chapter)