Chapter 140: Mine Warfare
This is a chain reaction, the biggest role of the mine is to effectively kill the enemy, with the development of the times, the effect of the mine to kill the enemy is not strong, but the biggest effect is to hurt the enemy, a wounded soldier is easier than a dead soldier to drag down the pace of the enemy's advance.
Of course, this refers to the well-formed troops and the well-established army, not these warlords in Africa, most of the wounded soldiers are left to fend for themselves, and they don't care about it at all, so they must not be injured if they work hard for the warlords in Africa.
The first group of about 300 blacks, advancing less than 20 meters or so, basically stepped on the mine, and those who did not step on the mine were also injured because of the people around them stepping on the mine, wailing on the ground, except for a few who were not injured, they stood in place and did not dare to move.
"Death to those who retreat, death to those who retreat! Keep going, keep going! The officers shouted loudly as they continued to shoot at their positions.
At the same time, the officer let the group of blacks continue to move forward, and at the same time, the second group of blacks also set foot on the road of stepping on mines, and the second group of blacks saw the tragic death of the first group of blacks, and some blacks were ready to turn around and run, but before they could take two steps, they were directly killed by guns.
"Death to those who retreat, now go forward, forward!" Farah's overseer team doesn't care if you go up or not, this officer's task is to let this group of blacks step on this minefield, otherwise, they will have to step on the minefield themselves.
After killing some people, the second group of blacks began to move forward, compared to the first group of people who were fearless, this group of blacks can be said to be cowering, not daring to go too fast, some blacks crying while walking, and some people walking, praying, looking at the past from a distance, feeling very pitiful.
What's more, some blacks were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, constantly shouting something, but after hearing the gunshots behind them, they continued to crawl on the ground, they didn't know that the probability of stepping on thunder while walking was much smaller than crawling.
The distance traveled by this group of blacks was a little shorter than that of the first group, and some of the unlucky black soldiers ran into the missing mines before they reached 20 meters, and some of them struck mines after walking less than 30 meters.
The more scared they were, the more problematic the route they took, some people knew to follow the footsteps of their predecessors, and some people walked in a panic, there was a minefield of about three kilometers, and many people died, but they only advanced thirty meters forward, which made Farah a little unacceptable.
"Is there anything you can do to fix this?" Farah looked at Saburo Sakai.
Saburo Sakai put down the binoculars and looked at the black people who were constantly sending them to death, and looked at the indifferent look on Farah's face, and couldn't help but be shocked by the barbarism of the black people: "Mr. Farah, if you want to break through the mine array, you only need to cover a few rounds with artillery!" ”
Farah glanced at the mine range and nodded, "How many rounds are needed?" ”
Saburo Sakai roughly calculated: "If it is completely safe, it will take at least ten rounds of artillery fire, of course, there may be some leftovers, and I can't guarantee the specific amount!" ”
"At least ten rounds of artillery fire?" After thinking for a while, Farah shook his head: "There are too many shells, and after the cannon is fired, our artillery position will be exposed, well, in this way, I can't let my people die like this, otherwise they will die and they will not be able to cross this minefield!" ”
Farah seemed to have made a lot of determination: "Let's play two rounds, make a passage!" For the rest, let them continue to explore their way! After thinking about it for a while, Farah decided to shoot a few shots.
"Good! Let's operate the artillery! ”
"Yes!"
Saburo Sakai is very fast, covered by two rounds of artillery, mainly concentrated in the direction of the entrance to the canyon, in fact, Saburo Sakai does not know that this area is actually the least densely mine-dense area, but the two rounds of artillery fire cover, also cleared a lot of mines.
"How about discovering enemy artillery positions, about five thousand meters away? BOSS? Give them two shots? "The Tsar had already locked the opposite position when he fired the cannon on the opposite side, and the cannon during the day was different from the cannon at night, and the sand and dust could be easily seen from a long distance.
"Well, let's open the artillery, remember to move the position immediately after the fight, notify the people below, pay attention to the shelling, this group of blacks is desperate with us this time, and they may be ready to break the net with us!"
"Roger!"
The Tsar's movements were very fast, and less than a minute after Drew gave the order to return fire, he had already begun to adjust the coordinates for the test firing, but this time the black man did not stupidly fire the same as the last time, and after the shot, he quickly changed direction.
But in the end, the speed was a little slower, and the tsar seized the opportunity and knocked out a few artillery pieces and some ammunition!
The losses were not too large, and they were still within Farah's acceptable range, but after transferring the artillery positions, it was basically impossible to clear a way with artillery fire again, and Farah did not have so many artillery to waste.
"Have the artillery positions on the opposite side been calculated?"
Farah's subordinates touched their heads a little embarrassed: "No, there are only two rounds of artillery fired on the opposite side, we just calculated a general location, they are in this area!" ”
"Bastard! You also played two rounds opposite each other to know where you are, what about you? A bunch of useless things! Farah slapped his artillery commander in the face, but his anger quickly subsided, knowing that his men were no match for those who were professionally trained.
"Keep going!"
Farah once again gave the order to move on, and the black cannon fodder could only continue to grope forward with their lives, but compared to the previous two batches, this group of people had much better luck, two rounds of sixty shells, although they could not detonate all the mines, but they could detonate some.
The explosion brought up dust and waves of air that blew some of the sediment away, revealing the mines buried underneath, and as long as the blacks were not stupid enough to step on the mines with their own feet, the survival rate was higher than the previous two batches.
The third group advanced about fifty meters, and more than half of the dead and wounded were over, but it also gave Farah hope and waved his hand, and the fourth group continued to move forward, while the Overseers behind began to shoot some soldiers who did not dare to move forward.
There were 3,000 black cannon fodder, and this group of people didn't have a single gun in their hands, they were all sticks, and they couldn't resist at all, so they could only pray and shed tears and step into the minefield.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sound of mine explosions sounding from time to time became the best soundtrack for these blacks, and three thousand people, with their own flesh and blood, crossed this three-kilometer-long minefield, paving a bloody road for the follow-up attack.