Chapter Ninety-Three: Waiting
"Boss, our people have also suffered a lot of casualties, I see that everyone is tired, look, do you want to find a place to rest for a while?" The continuous ambush of the Japanese army was successful, Zhuo Fei was on the rise, but Niu Lao Bolt came together at this time and poured cold water. The action of smoking paused slightly, and Zhuo Fei, who was holding a cigarette between his fingers, turned around to look at the defeated soldiers behind Niu Laozhuan, these defeated soldiers no longer had the elation of noon at the moment, they would all be crowded together, and even some people were already closing their eyes to recuperate.
Thinking about it sideways, Zhuo Fei smiled and took out a piece of paper and handed it to Niu Laozhuan, "You take them to this address first, I have arranged for someone to wait there, I believe that the water is ready, and after I finish here, I will go over to meet you." After Niu Laozhuan took the piece of paper, Zhuo Fei stretched out his hand and pointed to the ammunition boxes on the side of the street, "Bring some ammunition with you when you leave, and leave me any extra bullets and mortar shells." ”
Niu Laozhuan didn't talk to Zhuo Fei about those nonsense this time, he already knew that Zhuo Fei was a person who did what he said, since he said that he wanted his people to leave first, then he would do it. Took away four boxes of bullets and two boxes of grenades, and the extra hundred or so mortar shells and more than 30 boxes of bullets were all left to Zhuo Fei, although Niu Laozhuan didn't know what Zhuo Fei was going to do with these ammunition, but he still dutifully took Zhuo Yan, who was unwilling to leave, away.
"Brother Zhuo, can you detonate the cannonball like this? What if it's a dumb fire then? Lin Mohan, who volunteered to leave a helper, was very puzzled and asked Zhuo Fei who was measuring the depth of the pit, Lin Mohan was a smart brain, just looking at the civilians and soldiers who were forced to dig pits in the streets, and then looking at Zhuo Fei's actions at this time and the ammunition on the street, he had already guessed what Zhuo Fei wanted to stay.
In response to Lin Mohan's question, Zhuo Fei, who jumped out of the dirt pit, grinned, "I don't know if it can be done, anyway, these ammunition are all snatched from the Japanese army, and I don't have so many people to use these ammunition, so it's better to return it to the Japanese army." As for whether or not these shells can be detonated, I guess it should be possible, and even if the detonation fails, we will have nothing to lose. ”
Zhuo Fei's very relaxed reaction also slightly infected Lin Mohan, and he turned his head to look at the lookout post on the roof, Lin Mohan's nervous heart seemed to be a little quieter. Zhuo Fei did not ask the more than 100 defeated soldiers and civilians to join him, but made a small request to them, asking these rescued soldiers and civilians to help him dig a few pits in this section of the street.
Several mortar shells were tied with ropes, and then the warheads were buried deep into the earth pit, saying that they were buried deeply, but the actual tail of the shells was only a dozen centimeters from the surface. Lin Mohan, who volunteered to stay as a helper, and several Cantonese soldiers under his command, fixed small pieces of explosives to the primer at the tail of the shell according to Zhuo Fei's request, and then connected the detonator and wire to the explosive, and then carefully buried the wire connecting the bomb with earth and stones.
"Open these bullet boxes, remember, you can't scatter too much, and the bullets scattered in each pit can't be higher than the surface, otherwise the Japanese will be able to see it." dismissed the routs and civilians who dug the pits, Zhuo Fei was also busy arranging bombs, arranging all the pits with bombs and connecting wires, Zhuo Fei signaled Lin Mohan and others to start throwing the Japanese army's Arisaka rifle bullets into the pits, and at this time, Lin Mohan understood what kind of bureau Zhuo Fei was arranged.
Blocking the streets with mines and barricades is the most suitable, but unfortunately Zhuo Fei lacks the manpower to set up the barricades, and he does not have any mines on hand. Zhuo Fei, who has the memory of later generations, can be called a master of tactics in this era, especially the various means that can be used in street battles, and this batch of ammunition captured from the Japanese army has become the best medium.
The bundles of mortar shells were buried deep in the earth pit, and Zhuo Fei, who planned to detonate them electronically, arranged a layer of bullets at the tail of the shell, which would only detonate the mortar shells that the warhead rushed down, but the power of the mortar explosion could make those bullets arranged at the tail of the bullet body scatter into the air, and eventually become a deadly killing weapon. Recruits are afraid of artillery veterans are afraid of machine guns, but this kind of scattered barrage from the air without the slightest trajectory to speak of is a nightmare for all soldiers, because when the bullet exploded by the shell was fired into the cartridge case by the high temperature, the scattered warhead had no target at all.
After arranging everything and straightening out all the wires connecting the bombs, Zhuo Fei took Lin Mohan and them to knock down a few brick walls on the side of the street, plus some obstacles they deliberately placed on the street, making this section of the street look no different from other streets in the war zone. "Alright, everything is done, you can leave." Zhuo Fei took out a few boxes of cigarettes from his backpack and handed them to Lin Mohan and his Guangdong soldiers, "Let's all leave, I guess it's not very safe over there in Rujiangmen, hurry to Xiaguan Wharf early, maybe there will be a ferry." ”
Lin Mohan took the initiative to stay and help Zhuo Fei, originally thinking that he would fight to the death with the Japanese army in the city and prepare to die for his country, but he didn't want Zhuo Fei to suddenly persuade his people to withdraw from Nanjing. "Remember what we talked about this morning? Stay useful, contact all those who are interested in resisting the war, use various means to sneak attack and ambush the Japanese army, no matter how many enemies are killed, as long as you can awaken the people's awareness of the war of resistance, it is more than a hundred times stronger than you staying here and bent on death. Lin Mohan wanted to reject Zhuo Fei's issue, but was caught in deep thought by Zhuo Fei's words.
After Mo You's half a cigarette, Lin Mohan, who was still a little confused with his face, finally regained his senses, just bowed deeply to Zhuo Fei, and then walked away quickly in the direction of Rujiangmen with a few subordinates without looking back. Zhuo Fei was suddenly left alone in the crowded street just now, and the empty street suddenly made Zhuo Fei a little uncomfortable, carrying the Mauser rifle cartridges found from the rout, Zhuo Fei walked towards the sniper position that he had already looked forward to.
Lying down in the sniper position, connecting the wires to the stakes of the detonator, Zhuo Fei, who had nothing to do, began to press the scattered bullets into the bridge. 200 Mauser rifle rounds and less than 100 Mauser pistol rounds, as well as 4 imitation German-style wooden-handled grenades, these are all the ammunition on Zhuo Fei's body, and there are only a few replacement Mauser rifles and a few empty boxes left in his baggage. Niu Lao Bolt was not around, and while Zhuo Fei could use his baggage happily, he also lost the assistant who helped him load his bullets, so he prepared a few Mauser rifles to replace.
In Zhuo Fei's hands, although the ordinary Mauser rifle cannot lock on to a target three or four hundred meters away like a rifle equipped with a scope, there is no problem with locking within 200 meters. Zhuo Fei took out all the Mauser rifles in his baggage, and by the way, he also loaded the bullets, and he planned to use the method of replacing the rifles, relying on his ultra-fast rate of fire to shoot all the 30 rounds in the magazines of these rifles in a very short time.
Only himself is left, which is a little more free for Zhuo Fei, but it also makes Zhuo Fei's heart a little more desolate, for no reason, Zhuo Fei suddenly misses Zhuo Yan and Hansen very much.
Patiently waiting for the Japanese army to appear, Zhuo Fei, who was a little bored, crouched in the sniper position, using two Mauser rifles to take turns aiming at a shoe on the street. The difference between a 400-meter range and a 200-meter range does not seem very important to Zhuo Fei, who has automatic gun aiming skills, because he is sure that as long as there are no snipers among the Japanese soldiers who appear, it is difficult for those ordinary Japanese soldiers to pose a mortal threat to themselves at a distance of 200 meters.
In some military programs in later generations, so-called experts often talked about the power of the Japanese army's individual weapons in World War II, saying that the ordinary 38 rifles issued by the Japanese army could successfully kill and injure targets 300 meters away in battle. Zhuo Fei naturally wouldn't overturn the words of those experts, in fact, he also knew that the Arisaka rifle bullet used in the 38 rifle did have a high-precision straight trajectory, but those experts in the show also said that it was only 300 meters to kill, and killing and wounding were two concepts at all.
Without the use of an aid such as a scope, it would be difficult for a soldier in combat to lock onto a target at a distance of 300 meters with a normal rifle, let alone kill it accurately. At least 9 of the 10 soldiers who shot at a target of more than 200 meters with an ordinary rifle were blind, and the remaining one had to be trained and in peak physical and mental condition.
The Japanese army began to attack the city in the early hours of the morning, and after experiencing the accumulated siege battles, Zhuo Fei did not believe that these Japanese soldiers who broke into the city still had the physical strength and spirit of peak state. Moreover, Zhuo Fei had already checked the backpacks of the Japanese soldiers who were killed, and compared with the rout of the national army who were eager to escape from Nanjing City, these Japanese soldiers were more like hungry Hanako, because Zhuo Fei did not find anything to eat in the backpacks of these Japanese soldiers.
With the large number of troops, logistics supply has become a big problem, and the Japanese army can ensure its own ammunition supply, but food supply is a big problem. Although the Japanese army went all the way north and also grabbed a lot of food from the common people, the number of Japanese troops besieging Nanjing had already exceeded 200,000. 200,000 people want to fill their stomachs, and the daily consumption of food will be an amazing number, and Zhuo Fei is absolutely sure that the physical strength of the Japanese soldiers who entered the city is also exhausted.