Moreover, when Zhou Tong's original artillery regiment participated in the Battle of Xinkou, it rushed to the front line by train. Therefore, for trains, which are still high-tech things for the Eighth Route Army, they know far more than ordinary people. At least he knew that hitting there, without destroying the grain loaded on the train, would cause the most lethal damage to the train.

Zhou Tong knew that the Sanqi infantry gun in his hand was still a little less lethal for the kind of large locomotive on Zhengtai Road. However, against the small train running on the Baijin railway line, in the case of using armor-piercing blasting shells, as long as it hits the key parts, it is still quite lethal.

Although this kind of armor-piercing blasting bomb hits tanks, except for the devil's Type 94 ultra-light tank and light armored vehicles, there is basically no threat to other tanks. But there is no problem in penetrating this small locomotive. The most important thing is that this armor-piercing blasting projectile has the power of explosion in addition to the armor-piercing function.

The Japanese army was a little brainless, although this kind of 37 infantry gun in the configuration of the Japanese army, in addition to fighting field machine gun fortifications, also undertook part of the anti-light armor tasks. According to the consistent requirements of the Japanese army, all flat-fire artillery, regardless of whether you are a full-time anti-tank weapon or not, the armor-piercing shells used in combat must be armor-piercing blasting shells with field lethality.

The anti-armor power of this armor-piercing blast projectile is not as good as that of ordinary steel-core armor-piercing projectiles, but the power of anti-personnel infantry is far greater than that of ordinary armor-piercing bullets. Although it is basically a dual-purpose ammunition, it is far inferior to ordinary armor-piercing shells in the face of armor threats.

It is also based on the understanding of this kind of flat-fire gun, so the aiming direction chosen by Zhou Tong is the position slightly behind the locomotive, that is, the position of the boiler of the locomotive. As long as the shell can enter the train's boiler, the lethality is enough to cause fatal damage to the boiler.

Zhou Tong's shooting skills were quite exquisite, and the armor-piercing blasting bullet he fired exploded into the furnace of the boiler after tearing off the shell of the car, which was just made of ordinary steel. The caliber of the three-seven-millimeter infantry gun is small and the power is also poor, but after all, it is just an ordinary small steam locomotive.

If it is a large steam locomotive running on the Zhengtai line, this cannonball will cause some damage at most, and I am afraid it will not be able to cause fatal damage. But for this small steam locomotive that runs on a narrow-gauge railway, it's a different story. The shell that exploded in the furnace directly caused devastating damage to the small boiler, and even the water tank was damaged.

Although it was not possible to stop the train directly, the damage to the boiler meant that the train lost power. The train was now at the right turn, and the rails in front of it were up into the sky along with the rolling car, leaving a gap of several meters long.

The train, which lost power but was still moving under inertia, drove directly out of the tracks under the action of huge inertia. The Japanese soldiers on the roof of the wagon were thrown off the train like a pile of cans. Either the overturned carriage was crushed to death underneath or fell to death on the tracks. Some of them were slow to react and were squeezed to death in the car.

Zhou Tong shot the front of the tractor, causing the train transporting grain to derail. The two mortars commanded by He Huizhang fired three rapid shots directly at the Japanese troops on the flatbed truck behind. Six shots*, although two were missed. But the remaining four* shots, mixed with a dense rain of light and heavy machine guns, exploded directly on the two flatbed trucks.

In order to make the firing range more open during the escort, the Japanese army used flatbed trucks. A squadron of Japanese troops, in addition to the rolling wagons in front, and the guards on the roof of the carriages on the grain train. The rest of the Japanese troops were deployed on these two flatbed trucks, and they were built into improvised fortifications with sandbags.

All light and heavy machine guns were also mounted on these two flatbed trucks. The number of four shots* is not much, but for this kind of Japanese army, which has basically no concealment except for the chest-high sandbags made on the flatbed truck, the lethality is definitely enough. Under the killing and wounding of four shells, the Japanese soldiers escorted by the car were killed and wounded.

Although the Japanese troops escorting the train had been warned before departure. In the process of escorting, it was also extremely vigilant, and there was never any slackening in the muzzles pointing at both sides of the railway line along the way. But Li Ziyuan made the most careful preparations for this sneak attack plan.

At the same time that the rolling car was blown up, the * here also landed on the flatbed truck carrying the Japanese escort troops almost at the same time. And at the moment, Li Ziyuan's department, which has enough ammunition, is too dense. A heavy machine gun on the escort train was blown up into the sky by He Huizhang's mortar at the first moment.

At the same time, the bullets swept over, and the suppressed luck jumped out of the carriage, and the remnants of the Japanese army who escaped could not raise their heads at all, let alone launch a counterattack. And the flat-firing anti-aircraft machine gun, after the 13mm bullet easily penetrated the sandbag, hunted and killed the remaining Japanese soldiers who used the sandbag as a cover.

The remnants of the Japanese troops, who were forced to jump out of the car by artillery shells and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets, were again knocked down by the dense machine gun bullets. Several surviving Japanese light machine gunners and grenadiers were shot dead by former guards Li Ziyuan, who had now turned into professional snipers, as soon as they tried to set up light machine guns and grenadiers to fight back.

In particular, the grenadiers, who posed the greatest threat to the machine guns, were killed by a single shot as soon as they were fired, except for one who was hiding in the bow of the wrecked vehicle, and who fired two shots* before being killed by the infantry shells that came immediately.

The Japanese army had grenadiers, and Li Ziyuan had not only grenadiers but also mortars in his hands. The three Type 96 light machine guns and two crooked handles carried by the escort Japanese troops were targeted by the grenadiers in Li Ziyuan's hands as soon as the battle began, and two of them were knocked out after only a few bullets.

The remaining one was targeted by Li Ziyuan, the former guard who had already solved the grenadier of the Japanese army, and went up and died one by one. After a period of proficiency, this Type 97 sniper rifle made by the Japanese themselves was quite superbly used in the hands of Li Ziyuan's guard.

Although he had no formal sniper training, he was not told what a sniper would need to know. But with years of experience in fighting on the battlefield, plus Li Ziyuan told him that Guo Laosan had been a bandit for many years, he figured out some truths by himself.

Li Ziyuan's former guard brought out almost all the potential of this Japanese-made sniper rifle. Under the cover of his own troops' machine guns and mortars, a sniper rifle in his hand directly made the Japanese keep their mouths shut, the grenadier that posed the greatest threat to their troops.

After completing the task of suppressing the grenadier given by Li Ziyuan, he turned the muzzle of the gun and directly locked the only remaining Type 96 machine gun of the Japanese army. Without the threat of grenadiers to machine guns, when there are plenty of bullets, will the participating troops still be polite to the Japanese army? Two heavy machine guns fired cross-fired, suppressed remnants of the Japanese trying to resist could not even lift their heads.

As long as there are enough bullets, the Eighth Route Army will also use the tactics of sea of fire. Especially Li Ziyuan, who is in a hurry to solve the battle as soon as possible, is not stingy with the consumption of bullets at all. Of course, if the machine gunner comes up with a long burst shot, this kind of super waste of bullets will be strictly forbidden by the cadres around him.

When the subordinates of the church used machine guns, Li Ziyuan repeatedly asked the machine gunners to never use long shots unless they had to do so. Unless several machine guns are in use at the same time, and two of them need to change magazines or reloads, the other gun is allowed to use long burst cover.

In the eight-way where a light machine gun is a treasure, those who mix the role of machine gunner are veterans. No one dared to give a light machine gun to a recruit at the risk of 20 rounds running out in a few seconds if the trigger was pulled and the LMG was the main support firepower.

These machine gunners, who used light machine guns, fired accurately in short bursts in a relatively safe environment without worrying about the Japanese grenadiers, and the remaining Japanese soldiers who fought with riflemen suffered heavy casualties. The remaining Japanese troops were also scattered by heavy machine guns and mortars, unable to form a full-fledged defensive line.

Under the intense firepower, the Japanese escort troops, who had few left, could only hide on the other side of the train or in the wreckage, relying on the single-shot rifles in their hands to resist stubbornly. It's not that they don't want to break through, it's because of the firepower of the eight roads in front of them, so they can't break through at all.

In fact, there are less than one-third of the remnants of the Japanese army left, and now there is no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground, but they are still holding on here by relying on the inertia of the Japanese army. But beyond the grenadiers and mortar threats in Li Ziyuan's hands, the wreckage of the train on which the Japanese soldiers relied was also not a safe bunker for them.

There were constantly Japanese soldiers hiding behind cars, blown up by * or grenadiers. The Japanese grenadiers were killed and wounded, but the grenadiers in Li Ziyuan's hands were fully organized and had sufficient ammunition. The Japanese soldiers hiding on the other side of the carriage were constantly blown out by the grenadiers* and were beaten into a hornet's nest by the bullets that came in.

At this time in the battle, there is actually no suspense, and the complete solution of the battle is the problem of time. Li Ziyuan is very satisfied with this ambush battle that has been fought so far under the noses of the Japanese sweeping troops and the surrounding Japanese puppet army remaining troops.

Seeing that the remnants of the Japanese army were stubbornly suppressed on both sides of the railway, and there was almost no strength to fight back, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate to adjust the deployment and concentrated the strength of a company to attack. Even if he is a local tyrant right now, no matter how many bullets he has in his hand, he can't stand such a waste.

Moreover, the military sub-division can hold back the Japanese puppet army that sweeps away, and I don't know how much time it will take, and the Japanese puppet army on that side will definitely come back to help as soon as it starts. The Baijin railway line can be a straight-line distance from the depth of the eastern part of Hubei, which is not too far. If the Japanese army returned with all their might, it would definitely not leave much time for itself.

In addition to the rush to transport food, the faster the action, the better. The rest of the Japanese army was just a little, and they had wasted enough bullets before. For now, it seems more appropriate to deal with them in close combat, with bayonets, submachine guns, and shell guns.

Especially those Japanese-made eight-millimeter submachine guns, the number of eight-millimeter bullets in his hands is a bit unusual. In other places, because of the Japanese army's southern-style pistols, no one likes to use them, and in the case of almost no use, the use of precious rifle machine gun ammunition is obviously wasted.