Chapter Forty-Eight: Prelude to Mine Warfare, Field Drills

Landmines are also known as the weapons of the poor because they are easy to manufacture, cheap and efficient.

In China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, landmines also played a great role and formed an important method of warfare.

Especially for the militia, because of the poor equipment, easily manufactured mines will naturally become the main weapon against the enemy.

But it wasn't until 1941 that mine warfare became tactical; The Hai Duong militia, which is famous for its mine warfare, only began to come into contact with landmines after 1943, thus opening the prelude to mine warfare.

Therefore, now Shen Chen showed the weapon of the mine in front of Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou in advance, and described the prospects after using it, which immediately made Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou's eyes light up, and they realized that there was a new tactic in fighting against the enemy.

In the past, when blocking the pursuit of the puppet army, the guerrillas also used grenades as mines, but they did not attract enough attention, and grenades also had their own flaws.

"The time delay of the grenade is safe for throwing, but to use it on mines, it gives the enemy time to react, and the lethal effect is reduced." Shen Chen has his own considerations and solutions to this problem, "So, let's modify it and let it explode instantly......"

There are several ways grenades work, but the fuse is activated by means of impact or delay. The grenades used at that time all used time-delay fuses, and the delay time was slightly different.

If you disassemble the most commonly used pull-out grenade, you can see that its structure is very simple, mainly including pull-hair tube, time-delay fuse, explosive, and projectile body.

Cutting the time-delay fuse short, or simply removing it, can change the time-delay, or even explode instantly.

"I've dismantled grenades, it's that simple." Shen Chen grinned, "Actually, I also want to say that in the future, when everyone throws grenades, it is best to keep them in their hands for two or three seconds." In this way, the grenade is more likely to explode in the air, and the enemy will be hit by shrapnel even if he is lying down. ”

Lao Zhou thought for a while and said: "Calm old players can use it like this, new players, I don't think it's better to be so demanding." ”

Throwing a grenade may seem simple, but it's actually dangerous. Even in training, casualties due to mistakes are not uncommon.

Shen Chen felt that he was mainly talking about landmines, and as for other things, his combat quality did not improve drastically in a day or two. This campaign was just a time to train the puppet army, and it is estimated that it will be able to improve the overall combat effectiveness of the guerrillas.

"Look, these are some of the methods of mine warfare that I have come up with, throwing bricks and bricks, so that everyone can understand, and there are many ingenious methods that still have to be figured out by everyone." Shen Chen is modest in his mouth, but he is drawing in his hand, but he is unyielding.

"It's said that it's mine warfare, but in fact, there is basically no difference between this mine, mainly in the way of burial and usage." Shen Chen began to talk eloquently, "The most basic thing is to pull the mine, bury the mine, bury the rope in the soil, and lead it to a distance, the enemy is coming, and it will explode as soon as it is pulled." ”

Zhao Tie thought about it, saw the shortcomings of this kind of mine at a glance, frowned and said: "The key is the person who pulls the rope, it can't be too far away, it's easy to be found if it's not well concealed!" ”

"Yes, this kind of cable mine has the advantage of being accurate, but it also has disadvantages." Shen Chen nodded and continued: "Then we can expand from the line mine!" Look, this is a pedal mine, bury the mine, fix the lead on the pedal, and as soon as the enemy steps on it, it triggers the mine. Similarly, there are clip mines, which use iron clips to trigger ......"

"That's good, just plant a mine and wait for the enemy to step on it." Lao Zhou smiled and nodded, then pointed to the picture and asked, "What does this mean by being in a row?" ”

"Oh, it's a chain of mines, specially designed to blow up the enemy's marching brigade." Shen Chen explained: "String the mine fuses one by one, and when the enemy steps on the last mine, this series of explosions will not blow them up. ”

Zhao Tie touched his chin lightly and nodded deeply.

"It's not easy to dig a pit in winter, but when it thaws, it's easy to bury mines." Shen Chen pushed the pen and paper and said, "It's gone, you can figure out the rest for yourself!" ”

Lao Zhou let out a sigh of relief, took Zhang over, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Don't say it, your bearded master didn't teach you well." ”

Shen Chen was stunned for a moment, and then defended: "What bearded master, don't talk nonsense!" People are the Northeast Volunteer Army, that, who has been fighting with devils for seven or eight years, it is not an exaggeration to call it an anti-Japanese hero, right? ”

Zhao Tie nodded and said, "Yes, from 918 to this year, there are 78 years." No matter what his background is, picking up a gun and beating devils is good. In the future, let's not talk about any beard, it is the volunteers who came back from the Northeast to find their relatives. ”

Lao Zhou immediately understood that what kind of beard should be written into the file or resume would have a great impact on Shen Chen's future development.

Fortunately, when they reported, it was only a guess, and it had not yet been written, so it was too late to change it.

Anyway, no one has seen it, with Shen Chen's credit, how credible she is, there should be no one to make irresponsible remarks.

"Let's go eat, I've called you several times." Shen Chen jumped off the kang and said, "What are the activities in the afternoon, if not, I want to go out for a walk." ”

"You stay honest first." Zhao Tie stood up and said, "I have to prepare a lot of things in the afternoon to do this mine warfare." Lao Zhou and I may not be able to take care of training, what else do you want to go around? ”

Shen Chen pursed his lips and said, "Then I'll take a walk around the village and buy something delicious." ”

"Don't like the food?" Lao Zhou said: "This is not a big market town, and the villagers are also very difficult, and you can't buy any good things if you have money." ”

"Eggs, chickens." Shen Chen said: "It's always a little bit, right? Otherwise, how can I say go out and go around, if I want to talk about hunting, I'm really good. If you fight the big guys, the guerrillas can also open meat, right? ”

Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "Don't go far." I'll ask Cao Xiaobao, a member of the Honjo, to go to each house and ask for some for you! ”

"That'll do fine." Shen Chen sat back and said, "Let him come over, I'll give him money." ”

Zhao Tie opened his mouth, smiled bitterly again, didn't say anything, turned around and left.

In fact, he wanted to remind Shen Chen that future seizures would be returned to the public. But I feel that the conditions are really difficult, Shen Chen has made so many contributions, and when he is growing up, it is not too much to eat something good.

There was not much time, so Cao Xiaobao came over, took the money from Shen Chen, went out to help him buy things from the villagers, and sent them to Wei Chun'er's house to do it.

In fact, if the food is poor, Shen Chen can tolerate it. But his body may have lacked too much before, or it may be that the accelerated growth has caused a lack of supply.

Anyway, Shen Chen had to eat something good and nutritious from time to time in order to maintain his energy and physical strength.

Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou came back from dinner, and in this short period of time, the two also discussed some results. It was decided that Shen Chen would be in charge of the afternoon training, and they went to the district committee, either borrowed it from the villagers' homes temporarily, or temporarily made some mine warfare supplies.

Tomorrow we are going to leave for Chen Village, and the time is very tight, so both of them are busy. Of course, handing over the training to Shen Chen also showed the trust in him.

Shen Chen didn't say anything, these were his comrades-in-arms, his assistance, and the overall quality had improved, which was also very beneficial to him.

However, he led the guerrillas out of Zhuangzi and only stayed at the training ground for a short time before pulling the team out into the field.

Shen Chen now had a good understanding of the surrounding terrain and topography, and he chose this place as an imaginary battlefield to conduct a training drill that would be linked to reality.

The terrain of this area is more complex, with high and low undulating heights, trees and pits, and a mound in front of it.

Shen Chen coughed dryly, walked in front of the team, and said in a deep voice: "I have seen the previous training, what is lying down, prostrate, bending and stretching forward, etc., everyone has basically learned." But—"

As soon as the words changed, Shen Chen raised his voice slightly and said, "But the action is dead, and the battle environment you face is constantly changing. How to make use of various terrains, flexibly use various tactical movements, and skillfully combine them to strike at the enemy and protect oneself requires everyone to explore and make progress in practice. ”

Turning around, Shen Chen pointed to the earthen hill and said, "Now, hypothetical that the enemy occupies there, we have to approach the enemy from here, give the enemy a blow, and break through the enemy's position. You first look at the terrain and think about what to do. After a while, the drill will take place. ”

Stretching out a finger, Shen Chen emphasized to all the team members, "The results of this drill will be reported to Captain Zhao and Instructor Zhou as the basis for the assessment." In this way, you will have a more in-depth understanding of your abilities, and in future operations, you will also be assigned different tasks according to your abilities. After the guerrillas are expanded, they also need squadron leaders and squad leaders, and those with outstanding abilities will of course be given priority. ”

Although the team members all knew that Shen Chen was powerful, they didn't know that he had so much power. Of course, Shen Chen's words, they believe it.

Although Shen Chen had not directly trained them, Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou's attention to him was obvious to all. And several battles and rich captures also made them admire Shen Chen in their hearts.

After Shen Chen finished speaking, he turned around and carefully observed the terrain.

The so-called tactical actions are not combined with the actual situation, and no matter how familiar they are, they will have limited effect. And for a more detailed distinction, Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou actually don't understand it very well.

For example, when should crawling forward be adopted? Which posture should you take: low, high, or sideways? It's very said.

If a soldier feels that the threat of enemy fire is greater and he is lying down, he can approach him in a crawling posture if he finds that there is terrain or shelter available in a close range (within 10 meters).

The low-lying posture is a form of movement in which the body is flat on the ground and reduced to a minimum, and is generally used when the front shelter is about 40 cm high.

Sideways prostrate is a method of movement used when the shelter in front of you is about 60 centimeters high, and is characterized by a slightly faster speed of movement, but a higher posture; The high prostrate posture is used when the front shelter is about 80 centimeters high.

And these are just simple rules and references, how to use different terrain features, quickly and flexibly change posture, to achieve the goal of concealing oneself and destroying the enemy, can not be practiced overnight.

Another example is the use of various terrains and features, which involves embankments, ridges, mounds, graves, soil (bomb) pits, ditches, trees, buildings, and so on.

After Shen Chen finished observing, he glanced back at the team members, and complicated emotions floated in his heart.

Taking care of one's family and relatives is the advantage of the Chinese people. But at this time, these farmers can fight for their own small family, for their families, to shed blood, to fight.

From a farmer who puts down his hoe to a brave and mature qualified warrior, it is a test of blood and fire, life and death. How many of these people will survive to that time?

Shen Chen smiled bitterly inaudibly, and decided to explain it himself first, and then practice, so as not to let these team members waste their efforts in vain.

As for the future battles, if he can, he will also bravely shoulder the heavy responsibility and minimize the casualties of these team members.

Shen Chen summoned the team members, gathered around him, turned around and pointed, and said, "You see, from here to the earthen hill, there is a distance of about three or four hundred meters, and there are also a few close routes. According to the most basic requirements for you, it is to have a certain shooting accuracy within 100 meters. That is, to conceal close to two or three hundred meters......"

"If it's me, bend down and move slowly when you're far away, and keep an eye on the enemy and pause at all times; After getting closer to the enemy, it should be changed to bending down and fast forward, and the distance of advance should be 15 to 30 meters......"

"When approaching a grounding position or encountering a threat of enemy fire during movement, quickly take shelter or lie down on the spot, ready to shoot or move on. The snowdrift, the dirt bag, and the trees can all be concealed as a pause for the forward leap......"

After Shen Chen finished speaking, he packed up the items on his body, standardized his gun, ran forward, and began the drill.

Fast and slow, up and down, crawling for a while, rolling and leaping for a while, Shen Chen made use of the terrain as much as possible, showing the flexible transformation of his movements.

The movements were clean and neat, and the observation was careful and accurate, Shen Chen completed the demonstration with a beautiful combination of movements, and trotted back to the same place.

Smack, smack, smack! The unexpected welcome was Chang Chunling's applause, first one person was sparse, then many people echoed, and finally the action of the whole group.

Shen Chen smiled and waved his hand, and said: "It's not difficult, it's just that you usually practice the movements well, and if you observe and ponder more, and explore and practice in the actual environment, you will do it more neatly than me." ”

"Now-" Shen Chen put away his smile and said seriously: "Start by lining up, start the drill one by one, not necessarily take the same route as me, nor necessarily the same action, do it according to your own observation and judgment." When I come back, I'll review them one by one. ”

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