The grenadier is also known as the ultralight mortar, and during World War II, it was mainly used to equip the Nazi German and Japanese armies in World War II. THE CALIBER IS BELOW 50MM, AND INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS DO NOT OCCUPY THE ESTABLISHMENT.

The caliber of the German grenadier is 50 mm, the warhead weighs about 1 kg, the firing range is about 250 meters, the rate of fire is 25 rounds / min, and the killing radius is about 5 meters.

The Japanese grenadier caliber is 50 mm, there are two models, the main difference is the length of the projectile, the main equipment of the Japanese invasion of China is 254 mm grenadier canister, each Japanese infantry squad (equivalent to the Chinese platoon, the number of people between 50 and 70 people) is equipped with a machine gun group (with two light machine guns), a grenadier group (with two grenadiers) and two rifle squads. In the later stage, a grenadier and a light machine gun were used for a squad.

Because of the short preparation time for launch, it is also widely used as a self-defense firearm in the command headquarters. The warhead weighs about 800 grams, has a range of 300 meters, a rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute, and a killing radius of about 5 meters.

In addition to firing special grenades, Japanese grenadiers can also fire standard grenades - at this time, they need to be equipped with a propellant bowl, and because the grenade is not good to use as an artillery shell, the range at this time is about 200 meters. In actual combat, the Japanese army often used a mixture of poison gas bombs and grenades, causing great casualties to the soldiers and civilians of China's Anti-Japanese War at that time.

During World War II, Japan mainly used Taisho 10-year grenadiers and style grenadiers.

The Taisho 10 grenadier canister has a caliber of 50 mm, weighs very light and only 2.6 kg, and has a range of 175 meters. It was designed primarily for the Japanese military to be able to bridge the gap in fire between medium mortars and individual grenades, while at the same time being able to significantly increase the firepower of infantry detachments (equivalent to squadron squads). The Taisho 10-year grenadier was in service with the Japanese army for 25 years. Until the defeat of the Japanese army in World War II.

However, the Taisho 10-style itself was not very good, its range was too short (less than 200 meters) to allow soldiers to use it from a relatively safe distance, and its accuracy was poor, which made it quickly replaced by the later grenadier canister.

The grenadier is an improved version of the Taisho decade. The caliber is also 50 mm, the total length of the gun is 413 mm, the length of the barrel is 260 mm, the weight of the whole gun is 2.7 kg, and the barrel weighs 1.6 kg. The length of the barrel leg is 170 mm, the barrel plate weighs 1.1 kg, the height of the foot plate is 60 mm, the width of the foot plate is 67 mm, the maximum firing range is 700 meters, and the effective firing range is 500 meters.

The main advantage of the grenadier is its low weight and ease of carrying. Timely fire support is available.

At that time, mortars of the same caliber in the world generally exceeded at least 6 kilograms, and the grenadier was less than 3 kilograms, which was much lighter than the weight of a rifle, and was very suitable for individual carrying.

The 91-type grenade is only 0.45 kilograms, and the eight rounds in an ammunition bag are only 3.6 kilograms. Including the grenadiers, the entire combat system is less than 7 kilograms, which is much lighter than a Czech light machine gun. Due to their light weight, grenadier crews will not be able to fight with front-line infantry in time due to their heavy loads, as is the case with mortar crews or heavy machine gun crews. In real combat, grenadier groups can even charge with the infantry.

In addition, the power of the grenadier is good, and the cost is also very low, in general. The killing radius of the grenadier is about 5 to 8 meters, and a grenade can kill and injure dozens of people if it falls in a crowd, which is not bad for a 50 mm caliber.

Grenadier canisters for technologically mature Japan. It costs only a quarter of the cost of a rifle, and the Type 91 grenade is basically the same as a regular infantry grenade and is extremely cheap. Such a price is simply too cheap compared to the good record of grenadiers, and during the Anti-Japanese War in history, the Nationalist Government alone produced more than 40,000 units and equipped a large number of troops.

Another point is that grenadiers can use chemical weapons.

A lot of people know about it. During World War II, chemical weapons were widely used by the Japanese army, and to this day hundreds of thousands of chemical shells remain unprocessed in Northeast China. Chemical weapons are generally referred to in the Japanese military as "decisive weapons". They believed that chemical weapons were very effective against squadrons that were very defensive but were largely unarmed with gas masks (Japanese soldiers were equipped with gas masks each), which showed their importance. In the most difficult offensive or defensive battles, the Japanese used mortars and grenadiers to use chemical warheads in large quantities. …,

In the Battle of Shanghai in 1937, the Japanese used grenadiers for the first time to fire tear gas and sneezing (vomit) gas, causing many soldiers in the Chinese defenders to lose their will. During the Battle of Wuhan in 1938, due to the repeated encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese army and more stubborn resistance, the Japanese army used poison gas more unscrupulously and began to use the highly toxic erosive poison gas mustard and Lewis gas, causing a large number of casualties among Chinese soldiers.

According to another statistic, about 20 percent of the squadron's casualties were caused by chemical weapons in some battles during the entire eight-year war of resistance.

Although Japan was stronger than Japan in the other world at the same time, one thing remained unchanged was, that is, the lack of resources. Especially during this period, Japan did not have the opportunity to occupy the Northeast, so naturally there was no way to convert the resources of the Northeast into its own help...

In later generations, the Northeast was called the eldest son of the Republic, and there was such a title because the Northeast exported the most needed materials such as steel, oil, coal, and grain in China at that time. Two of China's seven largest iron mines are in the Northeast, and there are large oil fields such as Daqing and Liaohe for oil, and the earliest coal is Fushun, and as for grain, the black soil in Northeast China is also well-known throughout the country.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Northeast was too close to Beiyang and the Japanese, and the population of the Northeast at that time was too small, and some of them were Manchurians, Yan Guang himself would have thought about using the Northeast as his place of fortune, after all, the resources there were too rich.

Of course, oil has not been discovered in Tohoku in history, but even then, the steel, coal and grain of Tohoku are still a big help to Japan.

And now, since the Northeast is still in the hands of the Nationalist Government, even the Outer Khingan Mountains have been recovered, and the Japanese Government without the Northeast will naturally live a much tighter life.

And that's why. Although Japan is stronger than it has historically been, there is still a great demand for small arms such as grenadiers, after all, the cost of grenadiers is really low...

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Unlike the poor Japanese Army, the National Defense Army has always been known as a local tyrant.

In a joint exercise of a friendly nature between the two armies, the equipment of the Wehrmacht Army even dazzled the officers and men of the Japanese army.

Of course. After the initial astonishment, the Japanese officers and soldiers also somewhat looked down on the Wehrmacht, because in the eyes of the Japanese who admired bushido, it was a cowardly act to win with weapons alone―――――― not to mention whether the cunning high-ranking generals thought so, at least the ordinary soldiers and junior officers.

However, after the start of the exercises. However, the performance of the Wehrmacht completely reversed this perception of the Japanese army.

Hmm, how can I say that...

Not long after the exercise began, both sides came armed with a five-kilometer cross-country.

Naturally, the Japanese are the usual ones, with a large number of bits and pieces of things. However, on the Wehrmacht's side, in addition to the semi-automatic rifle in his hand, the tactical vest was also full of stuff, and he also carried a large backpack on his back. It's also stuffed with all the necessary equipment for battle...

If nothing else, the equipment alone is probably about the same as an ordinary Japanese soldier.

Of course, if that's all it takes, the real problem is that at the end of the last five kilometers of cross-country, the lead is actually the Chinese troops, although only a little ahead. But there is no doubt that it was the Chinese forces that won.

In the case of carrying a lot more weight than the Japanese side, they were still able to win from the five-kilometer cross-country, which made the Japanese high-level stunned.

After all, the Japanese army is proud of this, not to mention that the Japanese side has always advertised that the Wehrmacht is completely a delicate army that fights with weapons alone. ..., it is no wonder that the Japanese think so, after all, after having a strong national strength, the equipment of the Wehrmacht is definitely the best in the world. In terms of logistics, it is also on par with the US military, an expert in this field, especially the Wehrmacht is equipped with a large number of four-wheeled off-road vehicles, so that the Wehrmacht Army has basically completed motorization and mechanization, which impresses the Japanese army even more.

So it is natural for the Japanese to have preconceived notions. The Wehrmacht is a force that fights entirely on equipment alone.

In fact, the Wehrmacht Army has basically completed motorization, and some elite units have achieved mechanization, but even so, the Wehrmacht has not put down physical fitness and other aspects of training.

It is true that there is no need to walk on both legs after having car wheels, but the problem is that there are still many areas in the world where car wheels cannot enter. Even the U.S. military in later generations did not have to rely on local mules to carry supplies in the mountains of Afghanistan. No matter what happens to the current Wehrmacht, they will not dare to be richer than the American military in later generations...

Due to the relationship of adequate nutrition. The Wehrmacht at this time was definitely the best of its time, at least in terms of physical fitness.

And after the five-kilometer cross-country is over, perhaps unwilling to fail in their own strengths, the Japanese side proposed a competition event that was not originally available―――――― fighting bayonets.

Originally, there were only two sports in this area, namely fighting and shooting...

The Japanese side is still very confident in the technology of fighting bayonets, after all, this is their strong point. However, what almost scared their jaws off was that the Chinese side actually achieved two wins and one draw in the slightly longer match.

In the first two cases, the Chinese side won in bayonet fighting and fighting, which was really much unexpected by the Japanese side. Only in shooting, the two sides fought a draw.

At present, although the Wehrmacht has been fully equipped with new semi-automatic rifles, the refitting is a recent thing after all, and in addition, there is still the possibility of cold weapons fighting in the war, so fighting techniques such as fighting bayonets have not been eliminated by the army for a period of time.

Rigorous training coupled with physical superiority makes it not surprising to beat the Japanese.

As for fighting or something, this is much more likely to be used in war than a bayonet, so it is more or less a strength of the Wehrmacht, as for shooting...

I have to say that although the 38 style has problems such as too little lethality, the accuracy is indeed the world's first-class, and the marksmanship of the Japanese soldiers is also top-notch. On the contrary, it was on the Chinese side, although it was equipped with a new semi-automatic rifle. However, this semi-automatic rifle pays more attention to the density of firepower in short and medium distances, so it naturally cannot be compared with the Mauser G98 and Type 38 rifles equipped in the past.

In fact, in the shooting competition, although these soldiers were also carefully selected by the army, they were already excellent in a tie with the Japanese side...

In any case, that time was indeed a lesson for the Japanese side...

Of course. The Japanese army also learned some useful things in many exercises, such as......... The application of the sniper and much more ...

"Smack!"

A gunshot rang out, and an Australian soldier collapsed in the trench, while a bleeding bullet hole appeared in the center of his helmet.

At the beginning, the death of a comrade-in-arms did not attract the attention of nearby soldiers. After all, the battle is fierce at the moment, especially just now when the Japanese have just thrown a large number of poison gas bombs with grenadiers, and many soldiers who are not wearing gas masks have already laid down, and the soldiers who can continue to fight on the positions now have no time to care about the dead people.

However, as the soldiers on the battlefield died mysteriously one by one, the officers in charge of the command also realized that something was wrong.

"Snipers..."

Australians are not the turtle warlords of the Republic of China, because of their close relationship with the British, so Australians are more or less at the forefront of the world―――――― at least they can get in touch with the most cutting-edge military technology. That's why Australians are no strangers to snipers. ..., "Where's the tough guy..."

Having learned about the situation at the front, the front commander clenched his fists.

Just as knowing a battleship is not the same as owning a battleship, the Australians, while they know about snipers, do not have snipers in their troops. Therefore, it is impossible to follow the path of countering snipers with snipers.

But...

"Mobilize artillery and bomb all the positions where it is possible to hide snipers..."

The commander really wanted to say this, after all, it was also a more popular solution to bomb the sniper, but it was a pity that he couldn't do it.

Because with the Japanese soldiers approaching the city, the limited artillery in his hands should do more important things, rather than exposing his position for the sake of a few snipers. Waiting for the Japanese artillery fire to cover it.

"Really, damn it..."

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Although the Australians are working hard, it is the same as the last battle. The Australians' defence on the outskirts of Sydney didn't last long before the Japanese broke through with ease.

Of course, the Japanese also paid some casualties in the process of breaking through the defensive line, after all, the Australians had a large number of automatic weapons, which made up for the difference in numbers between the two sides.

"Anyway, since even the chemical weapons have been taken out. Then we must hold the victory of this battle in our hands. ”

Wearing a gas mask on his head, a Japanese general muttered in a deep voice after kicking a dead body lying on the ground.

"I'm afraid it won't be so easy to put..."

A general on the side shook his head.

"Seriously. It was also the first time we had used chemical weapons in combat, so the Australians would have suffered by surprise. But now that the Australians are wary, it's probably not easy to make them suffer next..."

"yes..."

The general just now also nodded.

"You say, how about throwing gas bombs directly into the city..."

After thinking about it, the general proposed.

However, after listening to his words, the faces of the others changed slightly.

"No way!"

One of them said flatly.

"It's okay on the battlefield, but after all, Sydney is a big city with a population of more than a million, and there are countless ordinary civilians in it, if they are injured by mistake, and they are injured by chemical weapons, it will definitely bring a lot of pressure to our country..."

"What is the pressure?" said the general who had just proposed it with some disdain. Do you think we won't get used to it when we enter the city? That's how we've all come along the way..."

"It's one thing to be customary, it's another thing to use chemical weapons against civilians in cities. As is customary, at least things are still under our control, but what if chemical weapons are used directly against the city? After all, Sydney is a large port city with a population of more than a million, and it is difficult for us to control the use of chemical weapons against the city without completely controlling it, and a little bit of information leaked out..."

Hearing the general say this, everyone else nodded.

In fact, they don't attach much importance to the life and death of ordinary civilians, after all, they have also come all the way, and they have been used countless times along the way...

However, convention is convention, and the use of chemical weapons against cities with large numbers of ordinary civilians is another matter. Of course, this doesn't mean that they won't use chemical weapons against civilians, but this kind of thing has to be done secretly after all, and after the occupation of Sydney, it is possible to get a few poison gas fields out, but if you really want to do it directly...

"It's..."

Seeing that he seemed to be isolated, the general who had just proposed it cursed in a low voice.

But at the moment, it is more to one, and he can't say anything, so he can only obey the majority.

Even when the general cursed in a low voice, a new round of blows to Sydney had already begun. Naturally, the first to open the way was the heavy artillery group, but although the generals had already vetoed the proposal to use chemical weapons directly against the city during the discussion, a large number of chemical weapons were still used on the fringes of the city.

Fortunately, with the experience just now, the Australians have put together gas masks and other equipment neatly, and have reduced the losses to a minimum in the attack of poison gas bombs...