The purpose of fighting is to loot supplies, and the Germans naturally will not hand over things obediently, so they must have their lives before seizing supplies.

This operation was the largest military operation planned by the troops since they entered the swamp, and as many as 2,500 troops were dispatched, and all the elite troops were dispatched.

Although mobilization for war was carried out, Yang Mingzhi knew very well that this operation was a military adventure.

In order for the battle to go well, the fighters must be well-equipped, and some so-called "black technology" must be used in this battle.

The soldiers were still preparing their own fines, and everyone was given orders that the operation would last for a long time, and that food, water, and bedding had to be prepared. Of course, there was still enough ammunition, and the horses had to be loaded with supplies in the presence of pack mules.

On a new day, the militia from the blacksmith village came to the catfish village carrying large and small wooden boxes.

Yang Mingzhi had just woken up when the herald hurriedly arrived. "Report sir, the special warhead you want has been delivered!"

Yang Mingzhi waved his hand to beckon the soldiers away, and then he was quiet at the door of his house for a while. It's a cool morning, it's the beginning of September, autumn in Eastern Europe has arrived, and the climate turns cooler.

After a while, the star fruit who got up went out to wash and saw her husband smoking by himself.

"What's the matter, are you going to command the battle again soon, and you're a little nervous?" Carambola leaned over and rubbed her husband's arm.

"Nothing, man. Sometimes you have to be quiet and smoke one comfortably. ”

"Okay, you have to smoke a little less in the future, I don't like the smell of smoke."

Yang Mingzhi smiled, threw away the cigarette butt and stepped on it. "Anyway, there isn't much smoke left, and after this battle, we should be able to capture a little more. Let's go, Peach, follow me to see the good things from the blacksmith village. ”

Both the Blacksmith Village and the Black Earth Village provided the necessary supplies for this combat operation. A large amount of salted cheese was sent from the Black Soil Village, as well as a small amount of jerky, these high-calorie foods can provide a lot of energy for the warriors. And the blacksmith village, naturally, sent a lot of ammunition.

The villagers sent more than 30 boxes of ammunition, and these ammunition were extraordinary, because the little picric acid they were equipped with was all loaded into the warhead of the shell.

Ivanov, a chemist, a small unit of civilians and hospital doctors who had fled a few months ago, as well as some militiamen, now found his right place - to prepare gunpowder and explosives.

"Picric acid I said it can be manufactured, although it is only a laboratory-level manufacture, but it can already be supplied to the troops."

As he spoke, Ivanov opened a box containing ten mortar shells, but they were very specially painted with a little yellow paint, which was a shell filled with picric acid explosives.

Yang Mingzhi was surprised. "Ivanov, I know you're a talented chemist, and since you can make picric acid, how can you make sure that these substances don't corrode metal cartridge casings? I also know that picric acid is very powerful, and it is difficult to control. ”

Ivanov smiled, "Naturally, I have my own way of preserving them." In the body of the projectile, I was using kerosene to preserve them. As for how to ensure safety in the body of the projectile, I used a special substance. ”

"What's that?"

"It's beeswax." Ivanov tracted.

"What! Beeswax! My God, you and the Japanese thought of going together. Yang Mingzhi was very surprised.

"Well, the Japanese are very simple and very efficient, and all we can get now is beeswax, otherwise I really can't figure out how to use picric acid bombs."

In military history, sometimes the Japanese also come up with some novel inventions. Picric acid is a more powerful explosive than TNT, but it is extremely difficult to control, it is too reactive, and it is also very resistant to metal corrosion. The Japanese are very keen to develop picric acid, and the acid bomb they developed is very special. In order to overcome its strong corrosiveness, the inside of the projectile body is painted and paraffinized, so that the corrosion problem is solved.

Ivanov's solution was very similar to that of the Japanese. "Actually, if we consume all the picric acid in this battle, the time is very short, and they are already consumed in the battle before the metal is corroded."

Yang Mingzhi was still worried that there would be an accident, and he didn't want the soldiers to march with a "time bomb".

"It's very good that you apply beeswax to picric acid bombs, and you can continue to make them in the future."

"Okay." Ivanov honestly pointed out the problem of picric acid for the troops. "I'm very slow to prepare, after all, I have to make sulfuric acid and nitric acid, and phenol is also very troublesome. Also, we don't have that much beeswax. So I was only able to make twenty pieces for this operation. ”

There were only twenty picric mortar shells, in two wooden boxes, but they were very powerful.

The militia captain Ninelli, who was responsible for escorting this batch of ammunition, was an old friend of Yang Mingzhi. He handed over a list, and Yang Mingzhi confidently looked at it.

"One hundred and twenty mortar shells, one hundred light rockets, four hundred rounds of ammunition for anti-tank guns, three hundred grenades. Is that all there is to it? Yang Mingzhi asked.

"No, there's a team in the afternoon, and they're going to be transporting more. At the request of the commander, we will deliver a large number of grenades. ”

"How many grenades are you going to ship?" Yang Mingzhi asked urgently.

"About 2,000 more in the afternoon. As you know, sir, the process of making wooden handle grenades is very simple, and our production capacity has increased a lot. In this operation, according to your request, we took out all the inventory. There are still some reloading rounds to be delivered in the afternoon. ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded with satisfaction, and soon the quartermasters of the armory called for soldiers to come and carry the ammunition.

Among these munitions is a weapon called "light rockets", which is the so-called large monkey in Yang Mingzhi's eyes. This is also a strange black technology, the body is rolled out of metal plates, the inside is filled with propellant charge, and the warhead is a small grenade processed by a lathe with a collision fuse.

Yang Mingzhi noted that these munitions are mounted with four tail fins. They are not at all like their own replicas of RPG2 rockets, and the image is more like Bazooka. After using these large Sky Monkeys in the last battle, after gaining actual combat experience, the Blacksmith Village has improved on the basis of actual combat, and its accuracy and power have been improved somewhat.

The weapon still uses a very primitive method of ignition - a fuse that can be ignited. Therefore, the soldiers had to bring their own fire, which was easy to do, i.e. captured gasoline lighters, or the villagers' own matches. Because the technical requirements for using a firing pin fuze are somewhat high, it is still simple to use the most primitive fuze method.

The weapon's launch tube is still a steel tube, and the Blacksmith Village has equipped it with a collapsible bipod and a mechanical sighting device. As for how far the effective range is, Yang Mingzhi has no expectations, and generally speaking, this thing can fly a hundred meters.

According to the later German anti-tank rocket launchers such as Iron Fist Faust, their range was within 50 meters, which was completely sufficient for urban combat. Naturally, field battles in the wilderness are not possible, so countries are also developing anti-tank guns.

Today, there are ten anti-tank guns with almost no recoil, and in total there are more than eighty that can still be used. Compared with other units, the 284th Guards Division was equipped with an excessive number of anti-tank guns, and during the great retreat, these weapons were not abandoned, so that now there are not enough bullets.

In the afternoon, Yevlov also came to inspect the ammunition himself, and in the face of a large number of reloading bullets, a distrust dared to arise.

Yang Mingzhi patted him on the shoulder, "Peace of mind, although it is filled with black powder, the smoke is a little bigger, it is better than no bullets." Wouldn't it be nice if we let the Heavy use these bullets. ”

Yevlov shook his head: "I still like normal bullets, even if it is better to reload, it is better to use smokeless gunpowder." Otherwise, I'm worried that the Heavy will be exposed early, or that the Heavy will be blinded by the fog of war. ”

"I've thought of this, but we can't help it." Yang Mingzhi shrugged helplessly. "Black powder ammunition, with a lot of residues, is completely unable to support machine guns for long-term combat, so we have to use ammunition for heavy machine guns with better quality." Yang Mingzhi's meaning is naturally to ask for these 7.62 bullets to be used for the army's Makqin M1908 heavy machine gun, and the army currently has only two of these, and there are some spare parts.

"Well, just according to your request, anyway, our heavy machine guns have always been big eaters of bullets."

"Don't worry." Yang Mingzhi patted his chest, "The heavy machine gun is mainly used for fire cover, and the black powder ammunition is more floating, but it ensures the suppression of fire in a larger area." Since we want to capture a small town, we must be fierce. ”

In this way, the soldiers were allocated the right ammunition, and the average infantry carried two bases, that is, one hundred and twenty rounds. They were armed with Mosin Nagant and there were a lot of them. Mauser rifles were also used by some soldiers.

The light machine gunners were a mixture of German Suchs, and among the heavy machine guns, two Maxim machine guns and the captured ZB57 heavy machine gun became the mainstay of firepower.

At the same time, Yang Mingzhi ordered the troops to bring thirty anti-tank guns, but the shooters did not have much ammunition, only ten each. As for star fruit and Natasha, the two are allowed to carry more ammunition.

Mortar shells and light rockets were all brought in, and Yang Mingzhi's strategy remained the same, that is, once he came into contact with the German army, he must use powerful firepower to defeat the enemy at the first time.

Black technology is about to be put into war again, and each of the soldiers carries a grenade, and the hundred people dispatched by the guard company are four for each person. The fighters were well equipped and morale was strong, and they felt that the new battle was still a victory!