Chapter 29, Exploding the Chamber

For this batch of equipment, the three army commanders almost made a big shot, and one by one the cows stared at each other.

"What do you see?" "Look at what you're doing." "You try again." "Try it, just try it." Then I almost did it, but luckily I was pulled.

In the end, Zhang Fakui severely punished them 10,000 guns and only 9,000 were divided, the remaining 1,000 were put into the warehouse, 300 machine guns were also given each, the remaining 100 were returned to the warehouse, 500 mortars were 150 per person, the remaining 50 were returned to the warehouse, 105 howitzers were not used for 12, and the remaining Zhang Fakui was ready to organize an artillery regiment.

Zhang Fakui was very evenly divided, and they did not complain, and they each happily took their equipment back to strengthen the army.

Then it was time for the battle, the three armies had a total of 18 infantry divisions, of which the Ninth Army and the Sixteenth Army went to resist the Japanese army that broke through from Guangxi, and the Twelfth Army was led by Yu Hanmou to block the Japanese army from Fujian.

The 83rd Division of the Japanese Army landed in Humen and was blocked by the 251st Division, the blocking army originally consisted of one regiment, and four regiments were added one after another, plus artillery to block the Japanese army on the beach, and tens of thousands of corpses were piled together, which brought them a great visual impact. The entire 83rd Division also had less than 20,000 men, and most of them were sent to this small beachhead, and the rest of the Japanese army had to retreat when they saw that they could not attack.

There were 5 regiments in total, and the soldiers were relieved to see that the Japanese army had withdrawn, and the pressure brought to them by this battle was extremely great. Several times I almost broke through their positions, but I was able to be defeated. Don't underestimate the 521st Division. They are also from the Japanese Army's A Division, and they are no worse than the 83rd Division if they fight to the death.

The 83rd Division fought to death tens of thousands of people. But the five regiments of them were also a little disabled, especially the regiment that was stationed here at the beginning of the incident, which lost more than half of it, and the other regiments also suffered at least one-fifth of the casualties.

On the Shenzhen side, the Japanese troops who landed from Chiwan, they were much better, they were covered by naval guns, and they were two divisions attacking together.

Across the river, the British in Hong Kong listened to the thick sound of gunfire. They are not calm, for fear that a shell will enter them, and the residents of Hong Kong/Hong Kong are much better, and they are not so nervous after the first battle of Guangdong, knowing that this is British territory, they dare not fight here.

"These yellow-skinned monkeys are really hard, the artillery on the Chinese side. The largest is at least nearly 8 inches in diameter. ”

"It should be around 7.8."

"Oh, Jakes, your senses are still so sensitive."

"That's it. And don't look at who I am. ”

"I know, you're Jakes."

"I'm a little worried, though."

"What are you worried about, Chinese? Or the Japanese? ”

"I'm worried."

“why?”

"Look. China's artillery is no worse than our empire on which the sun never sets. And they fought very bravely, which is no longer comparable to the armies of the Qing Empire in the past. Moreover, the planes of this 251st Division often fly over Hong Kong, which seems to have that meaning, and if you look at Japan, it has always been a wolf's ambition, and it has shown its fangs on Hong Kong several times, and it can be seen from the provocation in the morning that they are eager to try Hong Kong......"

“NO! NO! NO! I don't agree with what you said, how can they invade the territory of our empire, no matter how strong the 251st Division is, they don't dare to make a move against Hong Kong, they don't have a navy. As for Japan, if they really dare to do anything to Hong Kong/Port, the warships of our empire don't mind teaching them how to behave as an emperor. ”

"You're too arrogant, West."

"No, it's not arrogance, it's self-confidence, Jakes, we are the warriors of the empire on which the sun never sets, where there is the sun, there are our warships, and our division is the most powerful, because we have the strongest navy in the world." West looked mocking, then turned away.

"West...... Alas! Sooner or later, you will realize your mistake. Jax sighed, picked up his binoculars, and continued to stare at the battle in front of him.

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The artillery in the mainland has not stopped from the beginning, the barrel is hot and smoky, and when you stand on the side, you can feel a wave of heat rushing straight in, just like standing by the steel-making furnace. One by one, the loaders had already taken off their clothes and were shirtless, which was indeed a spectacle in the winter.

"Bang!" The yellow cartridge shell of the 152mm cannon retreated and smashed to the ground, emitting smoke, indicating that it was very hot and hot.

"This cannon can't be fired anymore, and if it continues to be fired, it will explode." The gunner asks the loader to stop reloading.

"But the above hasn't told you to stop shelling." A loader insisted on reloading.

"Stop for a moment and wait for it to cool down before firing the gun." The gunner said.

"Okay, let's take a break."

Hearing this, the artillerymen sat on the ground without any image, pulled off the hat on their heads to fan themselves, one by one full of tendons, especially the loader, often loaded and trained a pair of unicorn arms, just look at the biceps to know that a punch can definitely kill people.

At a distance of 100 meters from them, a 152 gun did not stop, the heat wave on the barrel was steaming, and the army green paint on the surface even showed signs of rolling skin.

"Bang dang!" The cartridge case exited, the loader couldn't wait to stuff the shell into the chamber, close the bolt, the gunner pulled the gun rope, the firing pin hit the cartridge, and the cartridge exploded to release a huge force, pushing the projectile out of the chamber.

The gunner opened the bolt again, withdrew the cartridge case, and the loader stuffed the projectile cartridge into the gun again, closed the bolt, and pulled the gun rope as the gunner pulled hard, "Boom!" With a loud roar, the 152 gun exploded directly.

The explosion of the barrel did not push the projectile out, but caused it to get stuck on the deformed barrel, and the gunpowder that had nowhere to vent finally triggered the explosion.

With a loud bang, some of the artillery squads on the side were taken aback, thinking that the Japanese anti-artillery was blown, and finally found that a cannon had exploded.

The flames of the explosion flashed and soon disappeared, a huge dust curtain rose on the ground, the thick barrel was blown into a twisted shape, thrown into the sky, all kinds of parts flew around, and the tires were thrown hundreds of meters away, smashed into an artillery position, and smashed a loader into serious injuries.

A thick hoe lifted several heels in the air and plowed a deep furrow into the ground, which could be stopped in front of the artillerymen who had stopped shelling and waited for the artillery to cool down a hundred meters away. The nearest distance was less than ten centimeters from an artilleryman.

"Gollum!" Swallowing saliva, the artilleryman looked at the nearby hoe, and had no doubt that it would be able to plow itself a little further, and broke out in a cold sweat with fright.

"Blow-up, blow up." One of the artillerymen stammered, wondering if they hadn't stopped and continued to fire, would it have exploded like that cannon. And the 7 artillery pieces there are not even slag, only a puddle of red and black liquid on the ground indicates that they have existed.

Seeing that the cannon suddenly exploded, some of the artillery also stopped, worried that their cannons would also explode, and then look at these cannon barrels, the barbecue was too hot, and the meat was burned as soon as it was put on.

"What's going on?" When the commander of the artillery regiment heard the explosion, he hurried over, and when he found that the artillerymen had stopped firing their artillery, he shouted, "Why do you stop and do nothing?" ”

"Report, the explosion just now was a cannon that blew up, and everyone was worried that their own artillery would also blow up, so they stopped." An artilleryman stood up and replied loudly.

"Explode?! Let me see. The regiment commander paused, walked to the incident point, there was only a pit left, some broken parts, a few pools of blood, and told them that there was a cannon here ten minutes ago, and artillery. The regiment commander looked at it and continued to ask, "Where is the barrel?" ”

"In front, fly a little far." An artilleryman pointed in the direction.

Following the artilleryman's point, the regiment commander rushed to the cannon barrel, and now this cannon barrel can still be seen to be a cannon barrel, and it is simply enough to collect the dilapidated pipe, no one who knows can imagine that it will be a cannon barrel, but this cannon barrel is only half, the second half is gone, it was blown off, and the rifling inside the barrel is exposed.

It can be determined that this gun was blown up in the second half of the breech, and the projectile stuck in the bore was still stuck in the barrel of the first half, and it didn't explode.

"Do you know the reason for the bombing of the artillery?" The head of the regiment asked.

"It was because the barrel was overheated and deformed, which stuck the projectile and caused the bore to explode." An artilleryman replied.

"Overheating deformation? I see, wait for the artillery to cool down before fighting, and also, notify the entire artillery regiment and tell them to beware of exploding. The regimental commander said.

"Yes."

Because the barrel was overheated and exploded, there was no artillery on the front line to suppress the Japanese army, although the Japanese army did not know why the opponent's artillery suddenly stopped firing, but they would not waste such a good opportunity.

"Kill, give!" The Japanese once again charged along the blood-soaked beachhead.

"How did the artillery stop, what happened?" The artillery stopped, leaving the defenders on the position to question loudly without knowing why.

"What's it called, artillery can't provide support for the time being." Their regimental commander walked over and said.

"Why?" The crowd was puzzled.

"Because the artillery has been fighting all morning, reaching the limit of the barrel, one cannon has already exploded, and the other artillery will also blow up if it continues to fire, so they want to cool the artillery for an hour." The head of the regiment said why.

"An hour, it's too long, won't it be cold if you just pour cold water?" One of the warriors said unhappily.

"Directly pouring cold water? You don't think one bomb is enough, so you need to blow up a few more. The regimental commander glared at him and said, "Pouring cold water directly will cause the barrel to be deformed, and there is a great chance that the shell will get stuck and the shell will induce the danger of exploding." ”

"Bang dang!" The cartridge case exits, and the loader can't wait (to be continued.) )