Chapter 291: Anti-Tank Mines

Ye Feng said goodbye, and everyone got up to send each other off.

On the huge grass in Wangjiaping, the C-47 transport plane had already adjusted its position, several pilots were ready to take off, and Ye Feng boarded the plane accompanied by Zhao Long and others.

Ye Feng stood at the hatch and waved to everyone who was sending him off. Soon, the cabin began to close, the propellers of the plane began to roar, and the strong air currents blew a large amount of dead grass off the ground, and the plane began to move slowly, gradually increasing its speed.

Deputy Division Commander Nie and the others watched the plane tossing on the grass, the grass clippings in the sky, and the flying dust, everyone almost raised their hearts to their throats, and everyone was worried about Ye Feng, in such a situation, whether they could take off safely.

Ye Feng sat in the plane, feeling the violent turbulence of the plane, Ye Feng's face was serious, such a situation is a great test for the skills of these pilots, and it is also a great test for the quality and performance of this aircraft.

Fortunately, the length of this lawn is long enough, and if you want to build an airport here in the future, it can save a lot of trouble, and the flat ground is almost not flat, and it is a standard small airport with a little repair.

Under everyone's worried and nervous gaze, the plane gradually accelerated, and finally left the ground and flew towards the distant sky.

One of the pilots of the plane, when the plane left the ground, jerked the control stick and yelled, as if something was holding in his heart and needed to vent, as soon as the plane left the ground, it immediately got much better, and the violent turbulence was immediately gone.

Boarding on this plane, I saw that the plane finally took off safely. Ye Feng also quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Feng looked outside the cabin and thought to himself, this plane has gone through such a mess. Originally, it was a new aircraft, but I am afraid that it will be overhauled immediately after this time.

Coming to the base of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army in person, Ye Feng was also helpless, at present, the troops in his hands are indeed too little, in addition, if you want someone to help. Ye Feng can't come over in person, it looks informal, and he is a little shelf-bearing. The feeling of looking down on others.

"The business is finally done, don't worry about the little devils who are going south to reinforce in Zaozhuang." Ye Feng thought in his heart.

The plane flew higher and higher, farther and farther, and gradually exceeded everyone's sight. Until they were no longer visible. Division Commander Nie and the others didn't retract their gaze for a long time, they couldn't imagine that Ye Feng had just come to his 115th Division in person and promised to give so many weapons and equipment.

Thinking of so many weapons and equipment, Division Commander Nie's heart was on fire

On the road from Jining to Xuzhou, on the west side of Weishan Lake.

A large army of tanks is rumbling, kicking up a cloud of dust on these tanks and armored vehicles. The red plaster logo is very noticeable, in the middle of the convoy. There were also a few dazzling plaster flags flying high, which was the 1st Brigade of the Chariot of the Central China Front of Little Japan.

Akira Hirata, commander of the brigade of Major General Hirata, a minor Japanese major, was riding in his armored car, and with the bumpy armored car, it had been more than three hours, and the sun in the distance had already set a little westward, and the time had already reached the afternoon.

Take a look at the time, it has passed four o'clock in the afternoon, if everything goes well, it will arrive in Xuzhou in more than two hours, and the battle will start as soon as it arrives in Xuzhou, so Hirata Zhang said loudly to a devil officer next to him: "Order the chariot group to stop advancing, rest for half an hour, everyone hurry up to replenish fuel, and after half an hour, move towards Xuzhou at full speed." ”

"Hey!"

The little devil officer immediately replied loudly, and then issued an order outward, and gradually, the huge tank group of the entire 1st Tank Brigade began to stop.

In some tanks, the little devils in the armored vehicles came out one after another to breathe, and after more than three hours of continuous travel, these little devils almost complained bitterly, and they just seized the opportunity to breathe.

Some of the accompanying tankers began to refuel tanks or armored vehicles. Accompanied by several little devil officers, Devil Major General Hirata, wearing white gloves and holding a command knife, stepped off his armored car, looking at his huge fleet of tanks, his heart was full of pride.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our current location is here, and we are halfway through the trip." A devil officer opened the map and pointed to it.

"Yo Si! Everyone rested for half an hour and set off quickly, and we must arrive in Xuzhou before seven o'clock in the evening to annihilate all the troops of the newly formed 6th Army at Xuzhou Airport. Hirata Akira.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, according to intelligence, the troops of the new 6th Army at Xuzhou Airport are all light infantry, and as soon as we rush over, they will definitely be dead." A devil next to him looked happy and said loudly.

Hirata Akira also has some expectations in his heart, all kinds of rumors about the new 6th Army in the past, as a major general of the North China Front, Hirata Akira has also heard of some, in addition, many Japanese troops were annihilated in front of the new 6th Army, if this time can defeat this unit of the new 6th Army, Hirata Akira believes that his name will be famous in the Japanese military circles.

These units of the newly formed 6th Army in the vicinity of Xuzhou Airport were basically lightly armed infantry, and Hirata Akichi said that he had a rare opportunity, and decided in his heart that he would definitely seize this rare opportunity to fight a beautiful victory.

In the sky, a reconnaissance plane was circling, and after a few rounds of reconnaissance, this reconnaissance plane gradually moved away, and this was a reconnaissance plane of the newly formed Sixth Army, which took off from Xuzhou Airport and took Xuzhou as the center to reconnoiter the enemy's situation within a radius of 200 kilometers.

Seeing this reconnaissance plane, Hirata Zhang's face changed slightly, and he said in his heart, hateful, it is another reconnaissance plane of the Chinese army. Since the departure from Jining, Hirata's reconnaissance aircraft has been spotted for the third time.

Hirata Zhang thought in his heart, his whereabouts of the new 6th Army must know the way clearly, but soon he was relieved in his heart, such a large-scale operation, I don't want the new 6th Army to know the way, it is impossible to hide it, in addition, Hirata Zhang thinks that the new 6th Army knows the way himself, what if he comes?

The sun gradually set more westward.

Fifty or sixty kilometers northwest of Xuzhou City, more than 20 half-track M3 infantry fighting vehicles were parked. A dozen off-road vehicles, about a hundred fighters are busy.

These are the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division of the newly formed 6th Army, and the soldiers are laying mines on the road where the 1st Brigade of the Small Japanese Tank must pass. Looks like. The fighters have been laying mines here for some time.

More than an hour ago, the fighters arrived here, and each vehicle also brought a large number of anti-tank mines, and when the soldiers arrived here, they immediately planted anti-tank mines with sapper shovels, and after each mine was laid, all traces were carefully removed. Even if you look closely, it's hard to see that mines have been planted here.

In order to slow down the journey of the 1st Brigade of Small Japanese Tanks, Ye Feng sent the soldiers of an engineering company to ride in armored vehicles. Off-road vehicles and the like arrived here and laid mines in the area.

Anti-tank mines were developed by the Germans in 1918. In 1916, tanks appeared on the battlefields of the First World War, which led to the creation of anti-tank mines. The Germans, who were most threatened by tanks, in 1918 Moral, converted artillery shells into anti-tank mines. Subsequently, two standardized types of anti-tank mines were developed. The tanks used against the British and French armies achieved certain results.

In the Second World War, 21 percent of the tanks in the Allied Army were damaged by mines, and in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, 70 percent of the tanks were damaged by mines. During the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, both opposing sides used anti-tank mines as an important anti-tank weapon in actual combat.

Generally, the front armor of the tank is the thickest, the side armor is second, and the rear part is slightly thinner. The top and bottom are the thinnest. This is experienced in real combat, both the frontal of the tank is most vulnerable. So the front is the thickest; Then, in the design, follow the law of 'thickness is proportional to the probability of being attacked', and make the bottom the least vulnerable to attack the thinnest, in order to exchange the least weight for the maximum protection. And anti-tank mines specialize in the dead end of tanks, killing with one hit.

Anti-tank mines are very cost-effective, and the exchange price in the "Nuwa" system is also very cheap, Ye Feng exchanged a large number of anti-tank mines, and sent a total of three or four such troops to lay mines on the road that Little Japan must pass.

The number of each buried unit reached hundreds of people, and in order to lay these mines, Ye Feng also exchanged dozens of M3 half-track combat vehicles and dozens of off-road vehicles.

With these vehicles, the mine-laying fighters quickly maneuvered and quickly arrived at the designated area, in addition, if they encountered a little devil, the fighters could quickly break through, and the firepower of the M3 half-track combat vehicle was not weak.

Like this unit, which is just one of them, these fighters will skillfully lay mines one by one, forming dozens of small-scale minefields in this area, each of which has at least 20 or 30 mines, and some small minefields are as large as 1 to 200 mines.

Dozens of small minefields have created a huge minefield, which is full of mines within a radius of several kilometres, more than 2,000 mines have been laid, and there are still a few mines left.

In the distance, an off-road vehicle sped over, it was an off-road vehicle that was scouting the enemy in front, and several soldiers on the vehicle shouted: "Brothers, everyone, hurry up, the chariot group of the little devils is only half an hour away from here." ”

Hearing the shouting, everyone's speed was faster, and after ten minutes, all the mines were laid, and a captain company commander who led the team looked at this huge minefield, a smile appeared on his face, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, retreat." ”

Soon, these soldiers drove these M3 half-track infantry fighting vehicles and off-road vehicles, and everyone left here one after another, heading towards Xuzhou Airport, and everyone successfully completed the task of laying mines, and everyone returned happily.

In addition, if Xuzhou is recovered and the new 6th Army gains a firm foothold in Xuzhou, these anti-tank mine fighters who have not exploded will definitely be eliminated one by one, but it will take a certain amount of effort.

Anti-tank mines are mainly used to undermine or destroy vehicles such as tanks and armored personnel carriers. Anti-tank mines usually possess more explosives than anti-infantry mines, and the fuses are modified so that they can only be triggered by vehicles.

These anti-tank mines planted by the fighters are basically not triggered by ordinary pedestrians, and in order to trigger such anti-tank mines, it takes more than 180 kilograms of force to trigger the fuse to trigger the explosion.

Not long after these warriors left, it was only ten minutes, and in the distance, a huge group of chariots drove menacingly.

The little devils were also in a hurry, wanting to arrive at the Xuzhou Airport at seven o'clock in the evening, and after only resting for half an hour on the way and filling up their tanks and armored vehicles with fuel, the entire First Brigade of the Little Devil Tank set off again and rushed towards the Xuzhou area.

The little devils never imagined that there would be a huge minefield on their own way, where the soldiers of the newly formed 6th Army had laid two or three thousand mines.

No, there is far more than one minefield like this, but there are three or four of them, and these three or four minefields are horns and echo each other, separated by a few kilometers from each other, and the fighters in several other places are still busy and laying mines.

Looking at the terrain of the Pingchuan River in front of him, the commander of the Devil Major General Brigade, Hirata Zhang, was happy, and said loudly to the Devil Officer next to him: "Convey the order and move forward at full speed." ”

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