Chapter 64 The wind sweeps the grass

Market Town is a small town less than one kilometer away from the bank of the Yalu River. As its name, this small town has been a market for hundreds of years. North Korean merchants brought Korean ginseng here to sell it to Chinese pharmacists. The market town has flourished because of the market. In the past ten years, with the prosperity of the port. With the "reading power" of North Korea, the market town has long disappeared from the prosperity of decades ago, leaving only some Chinese-style buildings on the street, silently telling the prosperity that once had here.

Park Sung-hee, who is dressed in Korean clothes and wearing a Korean hat, is the same as before. When the sun is about to set, after the students leave his book, they stand outside the book, half-closed their eyes, as if they are there to enjoy the feeling of the sunset and feel the meaning of life.

At this time, with the shouting of a ragged North Korean farmer running from the field outside the town to the town, the bustling market town suddenly became chaotic, and restaurants, restaurants and shops closed their doors one after another.

"The army is passing through the border!"

As soon as he heard people's shouts, Park Sung-hee's heart tightened. The shadows of the women who hanged themselves appeared in his mind. After the army appeared here a year ago, those "Lord Zhentai" were like bandits passing through the border. While soliciting food everywhere, they also forcibly annihilarized women, which could be used for all kinds of evil. To describe it.

"Damn it, it's me!"

When he closed the door of Shushu, Park Sung-hee scolded in his heart. He hated those who said that he was himself. For him, who had been in the Chinese capital examination 25 years ago, he could not accept those who were "the vassals of China" like him. Now riding on the head of North Korea, it is unacceptable and can be unacceptable. What is it?

Although the Qing Dynasty was a barbarian, after all, it once took charge of China, and the Qing Dynasty was also defeated by the group of Japanese slaves. Therefore, it is said that I can ride on the head of North Korea, just like a person who has always been a slave in his two bones. Suddenly, one of the slaves beat away the former master and rode on another slave. Naturally, the other slave was not convinced and felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"Come here quickly and beat all those Japanese slaves back to their island!"

Thinking of the news of the "Great Victory of the Northeast Chinese Army" mentioned in the newspaper, Park Sung-hee prayed in his heart that the Qing Dynasty was a barbarian, so they could not beat him. But now the Chinese rivers and mountains have recovered, and the Han people are in charge of China again. It is naturally easier to fight, just like the Ming army more than 300 years ago.

In just a few minutes, the lively market town fell into a dead silence. The streets were scattered with vegetables, tiles and other goods left by the hawkers when they fled. When the top soldiers of the 7th Battalion of the 55th Regiment appeared in the market town, they first searched along. After confirming that there were no enemies, they sent out An. All-passing signals.

After more than ten minutes, a force of hundreds of people appeared on the street of the market town. From the cracks in the door, Park Sung-hee saw that the army passing quickly with weapons was not wearing the blue military uniform of "Lord Zhentai", but a dark green military uniform. In the middle of the team, there was a flag bearer carrying a three-color. Flag.

"Blue, yellow and red!"

Seeing the flag, Park Sung-hee's eyes suddenly opened.

"Ruan Ming, hurry up!"

He shouted at his son in the house.

"Dad, what's going on?"

The two brothers, Park Ruanming and Park Ruanqing, who were carrying a small table, looked at their happy father and hurriedly asked.

"China and the Chinese army are coming!"

When Park Sung-hee was answering, he quickly pulled the door bolt, pushed open the door, bowed deeply to the middle [***] team in transit, and then instructed his sons to set up incense cases, incense burners, and Migongs. When he set up all this, most of the troops had passed. When each of the officers and soldiers of the 7th battalion looked at the father and son, There were some strange colors in his eyes, and his footsteps naturally slowed down a little.

"They are..."

Following the march in the army, Zhao Yaqin looked at the man who came out of the book and frowned slightly. When he entered the court, he did not think that he would be helped by the North Koreans, let alone be "welcome" by them, but at this time, the scene in front of him was beyond his expectation. Even if the ignorant people saw the fragrance When it comes to the case, I also understand what this means.

Although Xiang'an was facing the street and passing through the 7th battalions here on the street, he was heading southeast when Park Sung-hee bowed three times.

"North Korea raised his son, Park Sung-hee, and led his son to welcome the Chinese army into the DPRK! Long live the emperor's peace!"

Listening to the words shouted in the official language of the north, Zhao Yaqin was stunned and hurriedly walked towards this man, and the tearful Pu Chengxi knelt down to the [***] official who came to him.

"Welcome the general, I don't know if the general is here today to solve the thousands of the people of North Korea hanging upside down, even the blue sky of North Korea!"

North Korea is mountainous, and the whole Korean peninsula is almost completely full of undulating mountains, and there are few plains. The area of Longchuan, which is near the river, is a rare "plain" area in North Korea. Although the undulating hills can still be seen everywhere, there is an undulating slope next to the dirt road to Longchuan, wearing a tea-green military uniform. The guard soldiers are desperately digging the pit of scattered soldiers.

The use of anti-slope to build fortifications is conducive to weakening the enemy's firepower. Especially for such a small battalion-level unit, they must use fortifications to weaken the enemy's firepower as much as possible, instead of suppressing the enemy's firepower with firepower.

"It only takes half an hour for the Japanese army to approach our defense line. Do you think we can block it?"

"National pillar, you should be confident. As an officer, the first thing is self-confidence. You must have the fearlessness of soldiers. Even in the face of thousands of troops, you must have the will to win. As an officer, your confidence directly affects the confidence of the army. Do you understand? Now, before we take the battle, all we have to do is to wait patiently and carefully arrange the defense line. When it starts, it doesn't matter. The rest is just to do my duty!!"

A major and a captain officer looked into the distance from the top of the mountain with binoculars. All they saw were the undulating "plains", where the major taught the captain beside him with great care... As his officer and senior, Zhao Yaqin felt that he had the obligation to teach Li Guobang next to him as a soldier, especially It is something that officers should learn.

"Confidence in winning all battles, Guozhu, you have to remember that if you want to be an excellent officer, confidence is the most important!"

"Yes, sir!"

Li Guobang quickly answered, but there was no military salute. The military law of the Guards required that the superiors and subordinates on the battlefield were not allowed to salute their superiors. It was said that this was to prevent this officer from becoming a target, but I really didn't hear that the officer was killed by the enemy's sharpshooter on the battlefield.

"Whether we can block it this time depends on the machine gun. As long as they say it's okay, we can block it!"

Zhao Yaqin turned his eyes to the machine gun position more than 300 meters behind him. Compared with other people who believed in cannons or mortars, he was more willing to press the treasure on the four Maxim heavy machine guns of the battalion's cannon company. Behind a dirt slope about 300 meters away from the defense line, an officer took a telescope to the front. After observation, within two kilometers, this is the highest slope. Next to him, several sergeants were arranging observation posts there. The simple sandbag superiors were covered with camouflage nets, and artillery equipment such as quadrants and observation mirrors were carried into the fortifications by the sergeants.

After putting down the telescope, the officer selected twelve points on the simple map just drawn, and then raised his left arm.

"A set up the No. 1 and No. 2 machine guns there!"

At this time, others can see that he has a heavy machine gun armband on his sleeve, which is the badge of the machine gunman. Unlike the MJ02 light machine gun, the Maxim heavy machine gun has always been precision equipment. Whether it is the light recovery army or the volunteer army, the heavy machine gunners are from the heavy machine gun training class, after at least half a year of training. On the battlefield, the machine gun position often attracts the enemy's crazy fire retaliation. The Anti-Russian Volunteer Army is very wise to allow heavy machine guns to read in the tactical management of the infantry commander of the battalion. Although he is still under the jurisdiction of the infantry commander of the battalion, with specially trained machine gun department officers and their skilled soldiers, From then on, the machine gun troops have always been able to put the machine gun in the most favorable position and play at their best in defense or attack.

The experience of the Volunteers in establishing machine gun schools, training full-time machine gun officers, and establishing reading machine gun troops directly affected the use of heavy machine guns in the Imperial Guards. Heavy machine guns set up a reading unit in the Imperial Guards. Correspondingly, they are an elite force. To some extent, their status is higher than that of ordinary infantry. At least they are different from the latter. The machine gun shooters also have their own logo, just like the machine gun armband on Wang Mingbai's left arm.

The officer ordered that the machine gun shooters who were originally resting under the hillside immediately carried a 18.8 kg gun body and a 35.6 kg tripod, plus ammunition and cooling water to the reserve position more than 200 meters away from the left side of the slope.

"Damn it, why is it so heavy!"

When two people were carrying the machine gun scaffold, like any heavy machine gunner, Ma Po was like this every time he carried this guy, constantly cursing the dead thing in his mouth. But as a machine gun shooter, he knew that when shooting continuously, the gun body would hardly vibrate because of this rock-solid frame. In fact, almost no recoil will affect the shooter's observation of the target in the telescopic scope.

There are 12 people in a machine gun squad. The main shooter is responsible for fixing the position of the tripod. The second shooter is responsible for installing the gun body on the tripod. The task of the third shooter is to place a cooling tank and ammunition box. As for the remaining nine people, the home they carry is the foundation of the firepower of the machine gun squad. More ammunition, spare barrel and dimension Repair tools, cooling water and other supplies.

After arriving at the shooting position, the shooters began to be busy, checking the re-inlet spring, adding cooling water, and checking whether the various parts are moving smoothly. When the shooters are busy, the bullet boxes are opened one by one, and the canvas pre-installed uninsulated strips are pulled out at will. Each The machine gun has 25,000 bullets, which is the standard "dry food" for machine gunners. This time, they get the material reserve standard that they can shoot all machine guns for more than six hours, providing the most powerful barrage cover for the army.

"A range of two thousand five, indirect shooting, ten test shots!"

After the flag bearer on the hillside sent a signal with a flag language, when Wang Mingbai signaled the shooter to insert a flag stake 100 meters in front of the machine gun to maintain the correct firing direction, the platoon leader began to use the angle meter, metric gauge and shooting parameter table to calculate the shooting angle, as the only army in the world that uses machine guns on a large scale. Now The Guards have developed a set of machine gun use tactics leading countries around the world. Machine gun indirect shooting is a new tactic developed by the Infantry Division of the Huangpu Military Academy.

With a short shot, Zhao Yaqin, who was standing on the hillside, could clearly see from the telescope a few smoke and dust from the field more than 2,000 meters away, followed by 200 meters, ... A small amount of smoke and dust continued to extend to the front of the front position, until 100 meters in front of the position, on the top of the slope behind, the flag bearer sent out a few words. Hand flag signal.

"Sar, this is the mission schedule and firepower distribution map formulated by the machine gun team."

After receiving a few planning tables and firepower distribution maps from the communications sent by the machine gun company, Zhao Yaqin first looked at the signals in the planning table, and then carefully looked at the uncovered areas of the machine gun firepower. These uncovered areas will be filled by light machine guns and submachine guns.

"Well, the wine and dishes are ready, just waiting for our guests!"

After handing over the task schedule in his hand to the correspondent, Zhao Yaqin looked at the distribution map completely covered by firepower with ease. Now the only thing to consider now is probably how to bury the body of the Japanese army after the battle.

It was very hot in April, and the march of the brigade made the dirt road full of dust. The Japanese soldiers of the two brigades ran in the direction of Yizhou with guns. The Chinese army crossed the Yalu River, which made the officers and soldiers of the 32nd Reserve League almost believe their ears when they heard the news.

Although they didn't believe it, they were still reinforcements in the direction of Yizhou. They must not let the Chinese army occupy North Korea. An hour after the march, they sweated one by one and intermittently followed some scattered soldiers who fell behind the army. They were covered with dust and looked tired.

"Baga, why don't those bastards have a defense by the river?"

Komatsu Yoshino, who was riding on the horse, looked forward again when he urged the troops to move forward. Half an hour ago, the market guard sent someone to inform him that the Chinese army had set up a blocking position in front of him.

"Report, the Chinese army was found ahead..."

Just when the sharp soldiers reported, there was a shrill roar in the air, and the sharp soldiers suddenly collapsed to the ground. The next moment, with the dense "ssing" sound in the air, the whole road was like a small storm, and from time to time, several inches of smoke and dust were raised on the fields and dirt roads.

Almost no sign of bullets hit Komatsu Yoshino's shoulder, pierced through his crotch, and injured the horse. The 2,000-meter Japanese army did not hear the sound of gunfire, while Wang Mingbai, who shot at a large angle behind the 2,000-meter hillside, just pressed the firing board numbly, and the deafening sound of machine guns. In the middle, the cooling water was heated by the barrel of the gun, and the white steam blocked his sight, but the indirect shooting did not require the sight at all.

"Bullet! Bullets!"

The moment a 250-shot chain was finished, Wang Mingbai shouted. The next second, the No. 3 shooter dragged a bullet chain and inserted the guide plate into the machine gun, and the gun sounded again. Compared with Wang Mingbai, the No. 3 shooter frowned at the moment of the gunshot, and the gunpowder gas and deafening gunfire continued. It exploded in his ear, dragging the chain full of Type 03 heavy bullets in his hands. This bullet was specially developed for indirect shooting. 12.75 grams of tail warhead and 3.6 grams of propellant. When the MJ02 heavy machine gun roared furiously, even 3,000 meters away, the bullet could be light. It is easy to penetrate the body of any enemy.

The roar of the machine gun is like the sound of firecrackers in the scattered soldier's pit, dull and rapid. If you speak loudly, you will even ignore the sound of gunfire more than 200 meters away, but the soldiers in the scattered soldier's pit will never ignore the muffled sound, especially for officers with monoculars. Even more so.

"Come on, good boy!"

Li Guobang, who was holding a telescope, looked at the target assembly area two kilometers away in surprise. He was completely shrouded in the dust stirred by bullets, and the red blood fog kept rising in the dust. In the telescope, those soldiers tried to disperse left and right, but they were always chased by bullets, charged forward, and again. It fell into the dense rain of bullets.

"Hurry up, facing south..."

In the rain like a rainstorm, the shouts of soldiers and officers kept coming out. Everyone was at a loss and ran away, but the bullets with a slight roar in the air always kept falling like eyes. Where is the enemy? No one knows, where are the bullets? ...It's right above your head!

No one can hear the sound of the enemy's gunfire. All they can hear is the screams of the wounded soldiers. Nomura, who hides behind a tree, can hear the sound of bullets hitting the trunk of the tree. Occasionally, the branches hit by bullets will fall on his head. In the continuous hoaring, one person after another fell down. He saw that the head of the big island in the same village with him was pierced by the enemy's bullets, and the white brain flew away. When he was about to fall, his left foot suddenly broke, perhaps a few bullets smashed his left foot.

Wow... Suddenly, Nomura saw an almost one-inch-long yellow object at his feet. It was a warhead, a kind of warhead that he had never seen before. The warhead was pointed, and the tail was like the tail of a boat, and there was even residual heat in his hand.

"The devil's bullet!"

Looking at the bullet, Nomura named the bullet. As soon as he looked up, he saw his brother-in-law, who was holding it there blankly, looking around at a loss with a gun, "Quick! Zoteng, hide behind the tree..."

Hidden behind the tree and thought he was safe, he shouted at Zuoten, almost instinctively. Nomura raised his hand and pointed to a big tree only a few meters away from Zuoten. In an instant, he saw his arm suddenly bursting out a red fog dust. The red fog dust was that It's so weird that when the red fog burst out, his arm fell from his sleeve.

This is the first time that the indirect shooting of a heavy machine gun has appeared on the battlefield. Indirect shooting is a method of shooting targets outside the field of view. This shooting technology is extremely difficult to master, but its combat effect is also shocking. The greatest value of indirect shooting is that the machine gun can be well hidden behind its own defense line and kill the enemy with nearly "murder" firepower. At this time, the aiming and range calculation methods of the machine gun are the same as the artillery, but the effects of the two are completely different.

When the artillery shells come, the soldiers can get early warning in advance through the roar and screams of the projectiles, while for the indirect shooting of heavy machine guns with long-range heavy bullets, the enemy officers and soldiers can only hear the rustle of the wind sweeping through the grass, followed by the sound of bullets hitting the human body and being hit. The middle man's miserable cry.

When nearly 2,000 people of the Japanese army were completely shrouded in stormy machine gun bullets fired by twelve heavy machine guns, on the hillside, several officers constantly observed the movement of the Japanese army with artillery mirrors, quadrant meters and other instruments, and then corrected the machine gun firing angle. The flag bearer continued to issue new shooting angle and shooting boundary orders with the flag language.

A continuous stream of bullets spewed out of the water-cooled barrel. Within 200 meters, you can hear the dull gunshots, and 300 meters of gunshots become weak. After 600 meters, you can no longer hear the gunshots. In the area completely shrouded in bullets two kilometers away, the struggling soldiers can only hear the screams at the moment the bullets fall into the body. The covered roar, the next moment, the fluttering sound and more and more screams when the body was hit became the only sound they made.

Even if they are lying on the ground, the parabola bullets are still sinking into their bodies. On the ground, the bullet surface is enlarged. Only a small group of people hide behind the trunk. Although the trunk can block some bullets, the bullets flying from the left and right wings can't be covered by the trunk. The bullets are always It will hit the bodies of people hiding behind the tree through a strange angle.

The storm set off by bullets blew for nearly an hour. After twelve heavy machine guns changed the barrels three times and fired more than 400,000 bullets, after the last sound of the wind sweeping the grass, the storm finally subsided. At this time, the assault infantry approaching the enemy under the cover of the storm had approached from the left and right wings. It is only a few tens of meters away from the Japanese army.

When the storm stopped, the assault infantry with submachine guns and light machine guns were completely shocked by the tragedy in front of them, so that they even forgot their tasks and stopped cleaning up the enemy. The Japanese soldiers, who were also spared from "murder", also forgot to resist. The tragedy on the battlefield was like a group of people being thrown into the meat grinder. There were limbs and broken arms everywhere. Only a few lucky people sat in the corpses at a loss. On their bodies, they could clearly see the limbs that were blown away by bullets. Some soldiers were very It was directly torn in two pieces by the bullet.

"It's all dead..."

Nomura, who picked up his broken hand in his left hand, sat behind the tree and muttered. When he saw the Chinese army appearing in front of him, he just muttered in Japanese again. No one understood his words. The soldier who came to him looked at the soldier whose hand was broken and was already scared. He hesitated for a moment, and the bayonet in the head of the gun disappeared into him in an instant. There is a neck, the knife body is twisted, and the blood fog after the aorta is pierced is flying, but it is not as dazzling as when the first round of storm strikes in dozens of minutes...

(to be continued)