Chapter 171: Demining (2)
This arduous task was handed over to Qin Chuan.
This made Qin Chuan a little crying and laughing, because anyone could do it with a rifle to detonate a mine...... It has nothing to do with marksmanship, because you don't know where the mines are, i.e. you can't see the target and have to try your luck with bullets.
But Qin Chuan still took over the task.
Qin Chuan found two assistants, asked them to stand in front of them left and right, and then erected a poncho spread out in front of him.
"Why are we doing this?" Werner, holding a poncho, asked suspiciously.
"Because I don't want the British artillery observers to see the fire from the muzzle of my gun!" Qin Chuan replied.
Werner couldn't help but let out an "oh" and suddenly realized.
The bullet will penetrate the poncho, but only a small hole in the poncho, and the rest of the poncho will block the sparks from the muzzle.
"How did you come up with this idea?" Werner asked.
Bazel answered, "That's why I let the sergeant do this mission instead of you!" ”
Originally, Qin Chuan thought that this was a very simple thing...... All you have to do seems to be to raise the gun and pull the trigger.
But when he raised the gun, Qin Chuan realized that things didn't seem to be as he thought, because if the mine explosion point was too close, even if the British were fooled...... The shells still hit the hideouts of the German soldiers.
After thinking about it, Qin Chuan stepped on the kneeling position to shoot, which allowed him to better feel the level of the ground...... He first kept the rifle level with the ground, then lowered the gun slightly, and then pulled the trigger with a "bang".
Nothing happened, the mine didn't go off, but Werner, Ya and Keller, who were holding ponchos, were startled and fell to the ground...... This is a conditioned reflex, and the soldier can't help but do this when he hears the gunshot.
"You're going to have to break this habit for a while!" Qin Chuan said: "From now on, unless you hear the sound of cannons or explosions, lying on the ground is a waste of time!" ”
"Okay!" Werner got up from the ground with a somewhat disgraced face, and pulled the poncho in front of Qin Chuan with Keller again.
"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out, but it didn't work out.
This time, the two people who pulled the poncho were better, they didn't lie down, but their feet still bent down unconsciously.
"Bang!" Qin Chuan then fired a third bullet.
At this time, only a "boom" was heard, and a mine exploded at a distance of more than 800 meters.
The next second, the shells came, mixed with flares, and the "boom" of bright light and fire sounded.
Of course, these explosions were accompanied by the sound of a mine "swelling" when it detonated...... Although the sound of the explosion is integrated, and they are all about the same, there is still a difference in careful identification, the explosion of the shell is like thunder, and the explosion of the mine is a bit like a firecracker compared to it.
When the cannonade stopped, Werner laughed and said: "Sergeant, we succeeded, the British opened our way with shells!" ”
Bazel said: "I don't think that's what we've just done! ”
"What?" Werner was a little confused.
"Listen!" Bazel said.
The soldiers fell silent, and then faintly heard a burst of screams and shouting from the opposite side.
"What's going on?" Werner was a little confused.
"The British have dropped bombs on their own heads!" Bazel replied: "The sergeant's shot must have detonated a mine close to the enemy's line, so he ......"
The soldiers burst out laughing.
Suddenly, the pessimism of the soldiers vanished.
This is a very strange feeling, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, Qin Chuan's shot did not play a substantial role, because even if there was a British artillery bombardment, the demining still had to be discharged...... There are many mines that have not been detonated, especially anti-tank mines, which will not explode unless they are directly hit by a shell, even if the whole person steps on them, and this is precisely the point of demining.
However, it was Qin Chuan's shot that gave the Germans the upper hand in a certain aspect, which made the soldiers have a different mentality in the face of this battle.
The soldiers then repeated the same trick and detonated mines in several other directions with their rifles, and the British were much more careful, firing flares to make sure that they were some distance from the British line before firing the shells.
And Qin Chuan and the others were fishing in the muddy water at this time...... They took advantage of the fact that the British were firing in other directions and threw grenades forward to clear the mines, which was much faster than bayonet demining.
As a result, a minefield that would have taken several hours to pass through with a large number of casualties was miraculously opened up in only half an hour and without paying many casualties.
Three red flares rose into the air, telling the follow-up troops, especially the tanks, to attack.
At the same time, the battle of the 2nd Infantry Company on the front line began.
There is an advantage to playing like this...... The British artillery could not be effective, because it was dark night, the enemy and the enemy were too close and there was a possibility that they would be intertwined by attack and defense, and there was a high probability that long-range artillery would cause accidental damage.
As a result, the British artillery could only smash a large number of shells on the German reinforcement line of the defensive line, and the British army tried to use this wall of fire smashed by shells to stop the German advance.
However, this doesn't actually make much of a difference.
To be precise, smashing out the wall of fire does work, and any troops or tanks that come up will be blown up to smoke.
The problem was that German troops and tanks would not be stupid enough to crash into a wall of fire...... They stung when the British opened fire, and when they stopped firing, they moved at full speed.
If the British have an endless supply of shells, it will be no problem, a wall of fire will always stand in front of them, and the Germans will not be able to attack it at any time.
However, this is a desert after all.
Although the British army had much more supplies than the German army, they also had to be transported through the Suez Canal from India, Australia and other colonies, and the British army could not afford to blow up the wall of fire so continuously.
So the shelling stopped again a few minutes later.
At this time, the German tanks and troops poured up in the smoke like a flood, and the sound of "rumbling" tracks soon resounded throughout the battlefield.
"God!" Major John, the commander stationed at the ridge of Ruis Isat, shouted: "How did these Germans do it? We laid mines in front of the line for a few days, and they managed to pass through in just over an hour! ”
"Major!" The staff officer reported in alarm: "The tanks of the Germans are attacking our first line of defense!" ”
"Command them to hold on!" Major John ordered.
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