Chapter 23: Street Fighting (6)

"Colonel Zhang, our casualties are not small, I see that everyone is tired, look, do you want to find a place to rest for a while?" The continuous ambush of the Japanese army was successful, Zhang Cheng was on the rise, but Niu Dazhuang came together at this time and poured cold water. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info smoked a slight pause, Zhang Cheng, who was holding a cigarette between his fingers, turned around to look at the defeated soldiers behind Niu Dazhuang, these defeated soldiers are no longer as elated as a few days ago, they will all be crowded together, and even people are already closing their eyes to recuperate.

Thinking about it sideways, Zhang Cheng smiled and took out a piece of paper and handed it to Niu Dazhuang, "You take them to this address first, I have arranged for someone to wait there, I believe that the water is ready, and after I finish here, I will go over to meet you." After Niu Dazhuang took the piece of paper, Zhang Cheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the ammunition boxes on the side of the street, "You bring some ammunition when you leave, and leave me any extra bullets and mortar shells." ”

Niu Dazhuang didn't talk to Zhang Cheng about those nonsense this time, he already knew that Zhang Cheng was a person who did what he said, since he said that he wanted his people to leave first, then he would do it. Took away four boxes of bullets and two boxes of grenades, and the extra 100 mortar shells and more than 30 boxes of bullets were all left to Zhang Cheng, although Niu Dazhuang didn't know what Zhang Cheng was going to do with these ammunition, but he still dutifully took away the big bull who didn't want to leave.

"Colonel Zhang, can you detonate the shell like this? What if it's a dumb fire then? Zhang Sandong, who volunteered to stay as a helper, was very puzzled and asked Zhang Cheng, who was measuring the depth of the pit, Zhang Sandong was a smart brain, just looking at the civilians and routs who were forced to dig pits on the street, and then looking at Zhang Cheng's actions at this time and the ammunition on the street, he had already guessed what Zhang Cheng wanted to stay.

In response to Zhang Sandong's question, Zhang Cheng, who jumped out of the pit, grinned, "I don't know if I can do it, anyway, these ammunition are all snatched from the Japanese army, and I don't have so many people to use these ammunition, so it's better to return it to the Japanese army." As for whether or not these shells can be detonated, I guess it should be possible, and even if the detonation fails, we will have nothing to lose. ”

Zhang Cheng's very relaxed reaction also slightly infected Zhang Sandong, turned his head to look at the lookout post on the roof, Zhang Sandong's nervous heart seemed to be a little quieter. Zhang Cheng did not ask the more than 100 defeated soldiers and civilians to join him, but made a small request to them, asking these rescued defeated soldiers and civilians to help him dig a few dirt pits in this section of the street.

Several mortar shells were tied with ropes, and then the warheads were buried deep into the earth pit, saying that they were buried deeply, but the actual tail of the shells was only a dozen centimeters from the surface. Zhang Sandong, who volunteered to stay as helpers, and several soldiers from the northeast under his command, fixed small pieces of explosives to the primer at the tail of the shell according to Zhang Cheng's request, and then connected the detonator and wire to the explosive, and then carefully buried the wire connecting the bomb with earth and stones.

"Open these bullet boxes, remember, you can't scatter too much, and the bullets scattered in each pit can't be higher than the surface, otherwise the Japanese will be able to see it." dismissed the soldiers and civilians who had dug the pit, Zhang Cheng was also busy arranging bombs, arranging all the pits with bombs and connecting wires, Zhang Cheng signaled Zhang Sandong and others to start throwing Japanese Arisaki rifle bullets into the pit, and at this time, Zhang Sandong understood what kind of bureau Zhang Cheng was arranging.

Blocking the streets with mines and barricades is the most appropriate, but Zhang Cheng lacks the manpower to set up the barricades, and he does not have any mines on hand. Zhang Cheng, who has the memory of later generations, can be called a master of tactics in this era, especially the various means that can be used in street fighting, and this batch of ammunition captured from the Japanese army has become the best medium.

The bundles of mortar shells were buried deep in the earth pit, and Zhang Cheng, who intended to detonate them electronically, arranged a layer of bullets at the tail of the shell, and the electric detonation would only detonate the mortar shells that the warhead rushed down, but the power of the mortar explosion could make those bullets arranged at the tail of the bullet body scatter into the air, and eventually become a deadly killing weapon. Recruits are afraid of artillery veterans are afraid of machine guns, but this kind of scattered barrage from the air without the slightest trajectory to speak of is a nightmare for all soldiers, because when the bullet exploded by the shell was fired into the cartridge case by the high temperature, the scattered warhead had no target at all.

After arranging everything and straightening out all the wires connecting the bombs, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Sandong knocked down several brick walls on the side of the street, plus some obstacles they deliberately placed on the street, making this section of the street look no different from other streets in the war zone. "Alright, everything is done, you can leave." Zhang Cheng took out a few boxes of cigarettes from his backpack and handed them to Zhang Sandong and his Northeast soldiers.

Zhang Sandong took the initiative to stay and help Zhang Cheng, originally thinking that he would fight to the death with the Japanese army in the city and prepare to die for his country, but he didn't want Zhang Cheng to have a plan to withdraw from Nanjing. "Remember what we talked about this morning? Stay useful, contact all those who are interested in resisting the war, use various means to sneak attack and ambush the Japanese army, no matter how many enemies are killed, as long as you can awaken the people's awareness of the war of resistance, it is more than a hundred times stronger than you staying here and bent on death. Zhang Sandong wanted to reject Zhang Cheng's issue, but was lost in thought by Zhang Cheng's words.

After Mo You's half a cigarette, Zhang Sandong, who was still a little confused, finally regained his senses, just bowed deeply to Zhang Cheng, and then walked away quickly in the direction of the evacuation route with a few subordinates without looking back. The street that was still crowded just now suddenly left Zhang Cheng alone, and the empty street suddenly made Zhang Cheng a little uncomfortable, carrying the Mauser rifle bullets found from the rout, Zhang Cheng walked towards the sniper position that he had already looked forward to.

Lying down in the sniper position, connecting the wires to the stakes of the detonator, Zhang Cheng, who had nothing to do, began to press the scattered bullets into the bullet bridge. 200 Mauser rifle rounds and less than 100 Mauser pistol rounds, as well as 4 imitation German-style wooden-handled grenades, these are all the ammunition on Zhang Cheng's body.

In Zhang Cheng's hands, an ordinary Mauser rifle cannot lock on to a target three or four hundred meters away like a rifle with a scope, but there is no problem in locking within 200 meters. Zhang Cheng had nothing to do to take out all the Mauser rifles, and by the way, they were all loaded, and he planned to use the method of replacing the rifles, relying on his ultra-fast rate of fire to shoot all the 30 rounds in the magazines of these rifles in a very short time.

Only himself is left, which is a little more free for Zhang Cheng, but it also makes Zhang Cheng's heart a little more desolate, for no reason, Zhang Cheng suddenly misses Da Niu and Song Hu very much.

Patiently waiting for the Japanese army to appear, Zhang Cheng, who was a little bored, crouched in the sniper position, aiming two Mauser rifles at one of the shoes on the street in turn. The difference between a 400-meter range and a 200-meter range does not seem very important to Zhang Cheng, who has automatic aiming skills, because he is sure that as long as there are no snipers in the Japanese army, it is difficult for those ordinary Japanese soldiers to pose a mortal threat to themselves at a distance of 200 meters.

In some military programs in later generations, so-called experts often talked about the power of the Japanese army's individual weapons in World War II, saying that the ordinary 38 rifles issued by the Japanese army could successfully kill and injure targets 300 meters away in battle. Zhang Cheng naturally wouldn't overturn the words of those experts, in fact, he also knew that the Arisaka rifle bullet used in the 38 rifle did have a high-precision straight trajectory, but those experts in the show also said that it was only 300 meters to kill, and killing and wounding were two concepts at all.

Without the use of an aid such as a scope, it would be difficult for a soldier in combat to lock onto a target at a distance of 300 meters with a normal rifle, let alone kill it accurately. At least 9 of the 10 soldiers who shot at a target of more than 200 meters with an ordinary rifle were blind, and the remaining one had to be trained and in peak physical and mental condition.

The Japanese army began to search the city in the early hours of the morning, and after the accumulated siege battles, Zhang Cheng did not believe that these Japanese soldiers still had the physical strength and spirit of peak state. Moreover, Zhang Cheng had already checked the backpacks of the Japanese soldiers who were killed, and compared with the rout of the Nationalist army who were eager to escape from Nanjing City, these Japanese soldiers were more like hungry Hanako, because Zhang Cheng did not find anything to eat in the backpacks of these Japanese soldiers.

With the large number of troops, logistics supply has become a big problem, and the Japanese army can ensure its own ammunition supply, but food supply is a big problem. Although the Japanese army went all the way north and also grabbed a lot of food from the common people, the number of Japanese troops besieging Nanjing had already exceeded 200,000. 200,000 people want to fill their stomachs, and the daily consumption of food will be an astonishing number, and Zhang Cheng is absolutely convinced that the physical strength of the Japanese soldiers entering the city is also exhausted.

The firing range of the 38 rifle far exceeds that of most national soldiers, but the firing range of the 38 rifle that sounds a little scary is the "effective range", and the effective range actually refers to the theoretical killing range of the bullet. In fact, in combat, the bullet that shoots out of the chamber is often affected by factors such as wind speed and bullet weight, and it is difficult for even a sniper to accurately hit the target at a distance of more than 500 meters. The "person" that ordinary soldiers see with the naked eye is only a vague outline, and without the use of auxiliary tools, ordinary soldiers are actually unable to distinguish the height, shortness, fatness, skin, skin color, and even face of a target hundreds of meters away.