Zhang Shan: The oil drum they brought is naturally a weapon, in fact, in Zhuo Fei's previous life, it was invented and created by the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War, but now it has been copied by Zhuo Fei early, which is called a flying thunder projectile weapon by the People's Liberation Army. The Eighth Route Army has always been accustomed to living a hard life, and because of the difficult conditions in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, the weapons that their arsenal can really make are very limited, which is nothing more than reloading bullets or making some land mines and grenades.

It is precisely because of this that the technical units that can operate heavy weapons in the Eighth Route Army are also very scarce, so the New Army only transferred some mortars to support the troops of the Eighth Route Army, but did not transfer other heavy firepower weapons. Compared with the heavy firepower weapons equipped by the new army, this kind of self-made projectile made from oil drums is simple to operate and powerful, and can be called an artifact for the troops of the Eighth Route Army who lack heavy weapons.

The basic principle of the homemade "projectile" from oil drums is very simple: the gasoline canister is cut into the upper cover and buried obliquely in the soil, and the propellant is placed at the bottom of the barrel and the explosive package is fired. A 30-kilogram explosive bag can be thrown more than 200 meters away by relying on this projectile, and if something like an iron nail is added to the explosives package, the killing radius can be more than 50 meters away. Zhang Shan didn't explain anything to the people of the Eighth Route Army, but just took his subordinates to arrange oil barrels, but the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the position were not very optimistic about these so-called new weapons made from oil barrels.

The Japanese soldiers had already rushed very close, but there was still silence on the position of the Eighth Route Army, which had to make the Japanese commander secretly worried, for fear that the Chinese army on the opposite position was playing some tricks. In the midst of the battle, the Japanese advance in the charge was already within 200 meters of the front of the Eighth Route Army's position, and according to Zhang Shan's professor, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army squatting in the trench were already ready for the attack with explosives bags.

"Do it all according to my movements, look carefully." Zhang Shan picked up a bag of explosives and shouted to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the trenches. A group of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army followed the steps made by Zhang Shan, first put the firing bag that lit the fuse into the oil drum, and then put the fuse that lit the explosive bag into the oil drum.

"Tom" "Tom" "Tom" "Tom" There was a continuous muffled sound in the position of the Eighth Route Army, several puffs of white smoke rose up, and the Japanese officers on the starting position of the Japanese army looked up at the black dots that rose into the air, they didn't know what those black dots would be. The Japanese troops in the charge were also a little dumbfounded, and more than a dozen white smoke suddenly appeared from the position of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, but it didn't look like it was a cannon fire, and it didn't look like a shell falling in mid-air on its side.

"Boom" Zhang Shan's explosives bag from the oil drum landed first, and before the Japanese troops in the charge could see clearly what was falling, the explosive bag that fell to the ground had already exploded. Zhang Shan did not explain the power of the flying thunder to the people of the Eighth Route Army, and many people in the Eighth Route Army were not very optimistic about the flying thunder, but the continuous explosions in front of the position at this moment made these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who doubted the power of the flying thunder immediately reversed their views on the flying thunder.

Although the 30-pound explosives package also included some iron nails, even so, only a "boom" was heard, and the Japanese troops who were charging in a dense queue immediately lay down, and there was no living person in the entire circle with a radius of 50 meters from the center of the explosion. Within 20 meters of the center of the explosion, there were no complete corpses, and there were broken limbs and corpses everywhere, half of the corpses, broken hands, broken feet, intestines, and ** all over the ground.

More than a dozen projectiles threw explosive packs at the same time, and in just one round, they swept away the Japanese troops within 500 meters wide and 200 meters deep in front of the Eighth Route Army's position. Having seen the power of flying thunder with his own eyes, the history of the Eighth Route Army has changed its view of flying thunder, and some of the squad and platoon leaders are already snatching the right to use the dozen or so projectiles.

"It's fucking amazing." The battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army, surnamed Zhao, was already dumbfounded, and the Japanese army in front of the position could have at least one squadron, and he was repulsed by more than a dozen oil drums, which he had never experienced. In fact, Battalion Commander Zhao didn't know that not all the Japanese soldiers who fell in front of the position were killed, in fact, many of them were shocked to death. The Japanese soldiers who died in the battle did not have a single wound on their bodies, but most of them were bleeding from their mouths, noses, eyes, and ears. The deaths of some Japanese soldiers were even more terrifying, with blood holes all over their bodies, which were broken by iron nails, and some Japanese soldiers still had iron nails left on their stumps and broken arms.

Zhang Shan turned around and looked at Battalion Commander Zhao and said with a smile, "This is not powerful, but very powerful, when we tested these weapons at the shooting range, we thought the same as you do now, and we didn't look down on these crude benzene things." But you don't know what happened to the cattle and sheep who were locked in the hole at that time, only three explosives bags exploded, and all the cattle and sheep in the cave within 30 meters were killed, not to mention the iron nails added to the explosives bag, they are much more powerful than shrapnel. ”

"How many more?" Camp Commander Zhao suddenly lowered his voice and asked Zhang Shan, seeing that the latter didn't seem to understand what he meant, Camp Commander Zhao grinned, "I mean this thing, how much do you still have in your hands?" We are the forwards, and since we have entered this Cishan Town, there is no possibility of being forced back by the little devils. Until the army arrives, we must defend it to the death, even the last man left. ”

"Or how could you say you're stupid." Zhang Shan didn't quite agree with Battalion Commander Zhao's words, stretched out his hand and patted the oil drum on his side, Zhang Shan chuckled, "Do you think our new army only has this little trick?" I keep telling you that this kind of explosive projectile converted from oil drums is only one of them, and we have even more powerful ones that we haven't taken out, and we are afraid that they will scare you. The instructor of our training camp said that it doesn't matter if the position is lost, as long as the soldiers who can fight are still there, there is still a possibility of defeating the enemy. ”

In the Ruili training camp of the new army, although they received the tactical theories copied by Zhuo Fei from later generations, most of the instructors who taught them were from European and American countries. Once they find that the war is unfavorable, the armies of European and American countries will choose to take the initiative to withdraw, and if the war situation has reached the point where there is no way to retreat and no one to stand, they will also choose to surrender to the enemy to save the lives of their soldiers.

Zhang Shan and they could not take the initiative to surrender to the Japanese army like the soldiers of European and American countries, but when faced with an unfavorable war situation, Zhang Shan and they would choose to retreat, and then wait for the opportunity to find a suitable fighter. Battalion Commander Zhao also disdained Zhang Shan's words, and he didn't have much affection for Zhang Shan and his gang who were born in the national army, if it weren't for the face of the heavy firepower weapons supported by the new army, he wouldn't even agree to Zhang Shan and his gang entering his main position.

But in any case, this round of Japanese attacks was only forced to stop, and it was Zhang Shan's credit, so Battalion Commander Zhao could only forcibly hold back the anger and continue to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army on the opposite side. The Japanese troops were intercepted by flying mines and forced to stop their attacks, and less than 20 percent of the Japanese troops who withdrew to their starting positions alive were less than 20 percent, and a reorganized squadron lost its combat effectiveness, which was absolutely unacceptable to the Japanese army.

"Yaga? What kind of weapons did the opposing Chinese army use? Why is it so powerful? Looking at the imperial soldiers who withdrew in a hurry, the Japanese commander Montenegro Nakasa was furious, the troops he commanded were only at the brigade level, and he lost a squadron in the first round of attacks, which made Montenegro very unwilling.

"Your Excellency Nakasa, do you think that the Chinese army on the other side will use cannons? Is it the kind of large-caliber cannon used by the Russians in the Far Eastern campaign? "One of the captains under Montenegro guessed the right direction, the cannon used by the Russian army in the Far East campaign

It is similar to Zhang Shan's projectile in principle, but the power of the two is quite different. Ren Heishan and the others thought about it, and they still couldn't think of what kind of weapon the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side used, looking at the power of that weapon, it seemed that it was not inferior to the naval guns.

The flying thunder that came out of nowhere made the Black Mountain Brigade, which was eager to recapture Cishan Town, unable to think of a way to deal with it for a while, and had to stop there, while the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to strengthen its position and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. The Japanese army stopped attacking, and the Eighth Route Army also took the opportunity to wait for backups, but Zhang Shan and his gang didn't want to be so idle, and after handing over the dozen or so projectiles to Battalion Commander Zhao of the Eighth Route Army, Zhang Shan disappeared on the flank of the Eighth Route Army's position with his New Army soldiers.

On the opposite side was a Japanese army on the scale of a brigade, although the round of flying thunder just now killed a squadron of the opponent, but Zhang Shan and they were used to striking first. Equipped with more sophisticated weapons and equipment than the Japanese army, and received more systematic training, Zhang Shan did not want to live in the same way as he used to be in the national army. "Who are we? It is a new army, a new army equipped with sophisticated weapons, since it uses weapons and equipment that are even more sophisticated than the Japanese army, we cannot be pressed and beaten by the Japanese army like a mouse, we must take the initiative to attack, and leave an indelible memory for the Japanese army on the opposite side. ”

The soldiers of the New Army under his command were encouraged by Zhang Shan's words, and the group quietly left the position of the Eighth Route Army, and directly circled back to the flank of the Japanese position, and then calmed down and waited for the night to fall. Of course, the Japanese army did not fail to set up guard posts and patrols, but they were facing a new army wearing camouflage nets, and Zhang Shan and they all lurked a hundred meters away from the Japanese flank position, but the Japanese guard posts and patrols were still unaware.