Chapter 31: The Second Cataclysm—The Road of Flesh and Blood (I)
Words written at the beginning of the article.
Originally, I was going to communicate in the group, and I was going to introduce the setting of the people of war.
But well...... Later, after playing a few games of War Man, it was found that there were three shortcomings of this game that were obvious.
One: The combat distance is too short, and the farthest distance is only more than 200 meters. In the case of games, this makes sense, after all, developers need to take into account more players. But in reality, if it is two hundred meters, it will already be full of bullets and shells.
The Hero Company is similar, and the engagement distance is on the short side. The range of the tank killer is only 30 to 50 meters, and it is always inaccurate......
Two: The tank either ricocheted, or it was killed in seconds if it was shot...... The Black Panther II (the T-5 tank in the game, if not surprisingly, is the Black Panther II) will not be so easy against the IS-2 in reality. Of course, this also has something to do with the distance of engagement.
Three: The power of anti-tank weapons is too strong, and many weapons are hollow jets, and you make a fragmentation grenade effect...... What does that mean?
So, the engagement will still be introduced from here, but more on the infantry side.
The situation of the Hero Company is similar, and there are some irrational places.
For example, the M2 heavy machine gun could not penetrate the machine gun baffle of a German armored car...... The jingle sound is very good, but in reality, it is possible for the MG42 to penetrate its own machine gun protective plate, let alone the M2 heavy machine gun?
So there are some things in the game that are not reliable, so it needs to be measured according to the situation.
Also, the opinion of the assault riflemen is appreciated. Sometimes, I make adjustments depending on the situation. So let's talk a lot.
That's it......
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Zhang Shixin encountered several militiamen who had escaped from the city of Nimel, and according to their words, Zhang Shixin knew that there were still a considerable number of civilians in a relatively safe place nearby.
They came out this time mainly to venture back to the vicinity of Nimel in search of food.
"......" Zhang Shixin was silent, he asked his subordinates to take out a few boxes of canned food and let the other party carry it back.
That's all he can do.
When these people disappeared into the snow silently, Zhang Shixin looked in the direction they left, which was a relatively tall hillside.
This location is indeed relatively safe, but if they encounter a group of zombies, none of them can escape.
He didn't remind the other party, but shook his head silently.
"Why don't they go further afield?" O'Nina asked Zhang Shixin puzzled.
"Sometimes, if they can run, they will run, but if they can't, stay in a safer place and maybe live a few more days." Zhang Shixin said this, and then looked at Nimel in the distance, and suddenly, he received a warning from several reconnaissance tanks.
The direction in which they were heading, as well as Nimel, invariably appeared a huge number of zombies.
Zhang Shixin's face turned pale, and then he ordered the troops to quickly rush to the hilly road, and then rely on the terrain to defend.
Zhang Shixin naturally knew that in such a narrow terrain gap, he could only use self-propelled guns as assault guns, and obviously had little hope.
Compared with self-propelled artillery that can also be used as assault guns, Zhang Shixin knows which self-propelled rocket launchers are even more hopeless. Because the depression angle of self-propelled rocket launchers is 0 degrees, and armor protection is even more unexpected.
Instead of worrying about such a situation, Zhang Shixin has another very important problem to face, that is, there is not much time left for him to arrange.
The news fed back by several light tanks is more that the distance between the other party and here is only about 6 kilometers.
Zhang Shixin knew that it would be without further ado, so he immediately arranged for Andy's engineer troops to take the lead in arranging a defensive line on the road.
Since you have brought an engineer unit, then don't waste manpower.
So, after more than a dozen multi-purpose tanks and a large number of armored vehicles went to the hilly road, Zhang Shixin also asked other troops to go to the road in turn.
However, problems also arise.
The problem was not the tank combat vehicle under Zhang Shixin, but the newly added S-51 self-propelled gun.
What is the problem?
The problem is that the other party can't climb the steep slope that is not too steep, because the opponent's center of gravity is backward, and when going uphill, he actually gets stuck on the same ground and moves forward at a turtle speed.
Well, Zhang Shixin has to say that he is depressed about this situation, but this is the case.
And what he lacks now is time.
Of course, Zhang Shixin has other methods, which is to use the King Tiger tank to tow these S-51 self-propelled guns.
The powerful engine of the King Tiger tank is not covered.
After everything was ready, the King Tiger tank towed the S-51 self-propelled gun, and then, with the barrel of one of the S-51 self-propelled guns facing backwards, the IS tank continued to push forward, and several minutes passed. Several S-51 self-propelled guns finally climbed onto the road and reached the position that Zhang Shixin had predetermined.
A few minutes later, after Zhang Shixin saw a few light tanks rushing over in the tactical map, he knew that the battle could already begin.
He saw the group of zombies coming from the east, although there were a lot of them, but after all, they were limited by the terrain, and there would not be too many zombies rushing up for a while.
Therefore, on the east side of the road, Zhang Shixin only arranged a certain number of machine guns and flamethrowers, plus an S-51 and a few self-propelled guns of other models.
However, when he saw the zombie group sweeping over from the north, Zhang Shixin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Because that's a staggering amount. Moreover, there were some large and medium-sized zombie symbols with question marks mixed in there, and he knew that these symbols represented zombies that he had never encountered.
Zhang Shi can't think about this"? What kind of strength does the zombie of the number sign have? But in this case, he was skeptical that he would be able to rely on this small hill to stop the advance of the zombie horde.
"This number is estimated to be at least more than 100,000." Zhang Shixin estimated that it had appeared in the tactical map, and because of the light tanks that had fled desperately, more maps hidden in a gray and black state made Zhang Shixin make a preliminary estimate.
Of course, this estimate is unreliable, and he even regrets a little that he didn't seize the opportunity to ask those people what the situation is.
Xinia comforted Zhang Shixin: "You didn't know if this would happen, did you?" ”
"yes, but it was really my negligence." Zhang Shixin shook his head with a wry smile, and then looked at the busy troops, Zhang Shixin didn't know if the time could be caught up.
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The role of the engineer unit is to use tanks and tools to dig a shallow trench outside the road that can hold a long box, and then a large number of soldiers place the long box full of ammunition on the trench, take out the ammunition, and close the box again.
Before that's done, the engineering unit sprayed some rapid coagulant on the empty crate again, and then pulled back some distance again, letting the second group carry the ammunition box, and repeating the job again.
After four such steps, a temporary line of defense was quickly formed, consisting of ammunition boxes piled up.
However, the work of the sappers is not only this, but also to build three such defensive lines, so their work tasks and the time required are very large.
Zhang Shixin knew that such a temporary defensive line was very reluctant to fight against the zombie group.
But Zhang Shixin, who knew that there was not much time to prepare, knew that the actual combat effect of digging out the trench was greater, but how much time would it take?
Therefore, Zhang Shixin also arranged this kind of combat training in the training program of the headquarters.
In order to quickly build a defensive line in a short period of time.
But well...... Such a defensive line, that is, to block zombies, he knows the defense ability of his own long metal box, and he does not have a good protection ability against bullets with a larger caliber and small-caliber shells that are fired directly.
If you put sand on it, the defense will be much better, but it will still not stop the direct bombardment of shells.
It's just that Zhang Shixin knows that there is no time to fill the sand now, because the zombie hordes are about to come.
As for the sandbags, after several drills, Zhang Shixin found that the defensive line composed of sandbags was relatively good compared to the empty metal box, but compared to the metal box filled with sand, it was still a little inferior to the other party.
Zhang Shixin found that the time spent on sandbags and metal boxes to fill the sand is about the same, the former is slightly faster, and the latter is slightly slower because the metal box filled with sand is very heavy and takes more time to transport.
In fact, these metal box defense lines are actually a little effective against zombies, if it is a field battle with the regular army, Zhang Shixin might as well run away, and then find a better place to ambush it is practical.
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After Zhang Shixin was on the turret, using the M2 heavy machine gun, and witnessed the appearance of the zombie group, the last defensive front against the hilly terrain was finally built.
After a short break in the third defensive front, the engineer unit set up a systematically modified Type 4 (N) 100mm infantry mortar capable of firing incendiary grenades.
Corresponding to the range characteristics of this weapon, Zhang Shixin was very disdainful of this kind of broken thing with a range of only about 700 meters at most. According to the procurement specifications during World War II, it is estimated that there are few eye-catching ranges like this.
Zhang Shixin mainly took a fancy to the power of that variant of incendiary bombs.
Due to the use of the principle of gasoline beads, the combustion ability of these incendiary grenades is better than that of ordinary incendiary bombs, and even in terms of area killing, they are slightly better than napalm.
Of course, such shells are not without drawbacks.
The firing range is too short on the one hand, the shells are on the heavy side of the shell, and only the trigger fuse is also on the other.
Zhang Shixin knows that it is enough to use trigger fuses for mortar shells, but in many cases, delayed fuses can also be used in combat.
In terms of price, Zhang Shixin is not too satisfied with this kind of shell, because it is more expensive than napalm.
According to the surname, using this kind of thing to fight armored troops is similar to taking money and throwing it into the sea. If it weren't for the special effect of killing infantry and zombies, Zhang Shixin would not have purchased a full 150 Type 4 (N) 100mm infantry mortars.
There are no completely useless weapons, only weapons that need to function in a specific situation.
Zhang Shixin deeply believes in this situation.
It's like Zhang Shixin has always thought that the actual combat significance of Dora mm is a threat, but now......
Although it is still a threat, because the accuracy of Dora mm is actually 2.2, and the shooting accuracy at the same distance is not as speechless as rocket artillery.
But the power of Doramm's shell is proper, if it is an armor-piercing high-explosive shell, Zhang Shixin knows that if the zombie rhinoceros is hit, it will die so much that it can no longer die, even if it is touched, Zhang Shixin estimates that the zombie rhinoceros is quite miserable,
Merely...... Dora MM is Zhang Shixin's YY, and he confirmed that the largest caliber self-propelled gun that can be obtained is the P-1500 self-propelled gun equipped with an improved Karl gun - SFH48 (N)-600MM-L30,
This thing has an acceptable rate of fire of 4 min/round, and a horizontal range of up to 6.5km.
But what Zhang Shixin can't accept the most is his body shape, if he is not blind, he can clearly see it for a kilometer.
However, the speed is okay, with a cruising speed of 25 kilometers per hour, and the mouse brother can't reach this speed, unless he gets a better engine in the later stage.
The 600mm cannonball smashed into the zombie rhinoceros, and Zhang Shixin wanted to see the effect. However, there is no hope for this anytime soon.
Therefore, in the lack of high-end super-large caliber artillery support, Zhang Shixin can only make up for the gap in quality with quantity.
Just like the Soviet Union's military development strategy, it doesn't necessarily need the best, it just works.
Therefore, before the end of the war, the Soviet Union still had a considerable number of Su-76M and T-34/76 weapons and equipment in service with the second-line troops.
Zhang Shixin doesn't need to do this, with enough financial resources. He asked the troops to complete the redress, and it only took enough time.
Moreover, the replacement weapons and equipment, sold to the Kapani Kingdom and the Gultoka Empire, can also return a considerable part of the funds.
It's just that, compared with the initial trading, Zhang Shixin found that it would be good to sell some mid-range tanks now, and it would be good to get back the cost.
After all, Zhang Shixin's tank combat vehicle models are very complex, and some of them overlap with the tanks in service or ready to be installed by the troops of the two countries. Therefore, the price they offer is not too high.
Zhang Shixin naturally knew about this situation, so his plan was to sell the equipment as long as it was not the price of cabbage.
Therefore, most of the cost of Zhang Shixin's current tank and combat vehicles comes from the funds returned.
Otherwise, Zhang Shixin would not have the financial resources at all.
It's like a sentence he read before:
"Even if Hitler used his underwear, he didn't want to have 100,000 tanks and fighting vehicles."
Although this sentence is a spoof, it also shows from the side that tanks and combat vehicles are also very money-burning things.
And Zhang Shixin also has an advantage, that is, if the scientific and technological situation can keep up, self-made weapons are much cheaper. Because it's probably only a cost price.
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The number of zombies in the north is very large, and because the defense area is larger, Zhang Shixin put three-fifths of his troops and firepower projection on the defensive line facing the north.
As for the east, because the terrain is more restrictive, Zhang Shixin's deployment of troops is mainly based on whether the firepower blockade can reach the easy range, and changes will be made at any time.
None of the three lines of defense will have duplicate points of fire against each other, as each line of defense has a different arrangement of firepower.
The first was mainly flamethrowers, MG-34 general-purpose machine guns, armored vehicles, as well as light tanks.
The second line of defense consisted mainly of M2 heavy machine guns, medium tanks, as well as IS heavy tanks, plus Su-152 self-propelled assault guns.
The third line of defense is self-propelled artillery, M130-20mm repetitive guns, King Tiger tanks, Cheetah tank destroyers, mortar positions, and useless self-propelled rocket artillery.
It's not that self-propelled rocket launchers are useless, but because they can't confirm the shooting effect, Zhang Shixin doesn't know what their results are.
Because Zhang Shixin changed his mind, he let these self-propelled rocket launchers think about the north and shoot at the smallest firing angle.
Because of this, Zhang Shixin, whether it was a visual inspection or a tactical map, could not confirm the battle situation, and could only see a kilometer away, and it seemed that something was burning.
Zhang Shixin's battle arrangement is not completely based on firepower, but a situation of comprehensive consideration.
Just like the tank guns of light tanks have no effect on zombies, but their machine guns can also be useful.
After many battles, Zhang Shixin knew that the effect of tank guns on zombies was no better than machine guns or machine guns, so Zhang Shixin's combat strategy was that machine gunners were not allowed on the top of the tank to fight against the regular army.
Because at any time, the commander will be shot and killed indiscriminately.
In the case of zombies, there is no such requirement.
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When the zombies used in the north were 500 meters away from the first defense line, Zhang Shixin first ordered the mortar position to pour incendiary grenades on the opponent, and the sharp whistling sound characteristic of the mortar shells continued to whizz away along the trajectory of the trajectory into the distance.
The rate of fire of 90 mortars was much faster than that of self-propelled guns, and in just a few seconds, the sapper who served as the deputy gunner immediately took out three boxes of incendiary grenades from the ammunition box next to him, quickly pried open the lock with a dagger, and then took out the shells and handed them to the gunner.
After the charge of the shell is detonated, the high-heat sparks will immediately splash outward or the gasoline beads that have broken into gasoline mist will quickly ignite and detonate.
Many areas burned up quickly.
Because water alone cannot extinguish gasoline, even if some of the snow is melted into water by the gradually heated ground, this situation makes the flames burn more violently.
Because not all gasoline beads are detonated and ignited, some of the gasoline beads that splash to the ground quickly attach a layer of gasoline that can burn on the snow or snow water after they burst.
Because the effect of the flames on the zombies is very good, the zombies with gasoline on their bodies quickly turned into active fire people, and then after a few steps forward, they roared unwillingly and fell to the ground, allowing the flames to engulf their bodies.
As for some zombies, they were slowly burned by the flames that burned on the ground for a short time, and then they fell to the ground in flames without a steady footing.
Or it was gradually swallowed by the flames on the ground, or it was trampled into meat sauce by the zombies behind it......
Zhang Shixin, who was watching this scene, sighed slightly, because he knew that most of the zombies in it should not be like this.
If they hadn't been on the throne of such a monarch, I'm afraid that such a thing would never have befallen them.
They should have been able to live this life better.
But Zhang Shixin knows better that since he has reached this point, he can only let them be freed one step earlier, from this body that has no soul or whose soul is imprisoned in a body that has become a walking corpse.
"That's kind of a ...... Is there a way to correct the mistake? This question came to Zhang Shixin's heart.
Synia's voice immediately sounded in his head: "You are right, that's why I am in this world with you. ”
"......" Zhang Shixin was silent, then closed his eyes and sighed softly.
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The burning grenades of mortars can't stop the zombies at all, because there are too many zombies.
The zombies in the back kept trampling the zombies that fell in front of them into meat sauce, or trampled most of the zombies whose bodies had been carbonized into black pieces.
One after another, the swarm came.
Facing the group of zombies that were constantly pressing forward, when the other party came, at a distance of more than 400 meters from the first line of defense, the machine guns of the first line of defense began to shoot short.
Although at this distance, the shooting rate of the machine gun is not very good, especially the vital parts of the zombies are above the neck, which makes this aspect even more difficult.
So, although the short shots of a few hundred MG-34 machine guns were enough to form a firepower net, more zombies just paused a little because they were shot in the body and continued to move forward, as if those 7.92mm bullets were a "gift" for them.
Zhang Shixin naturally knew that shooting at this distance would not have much effect at all, but he couldn't put too many zombies over at once, otherwise, there would definitely be problems.
Therefore, even if the zombie group is constantly pressing forward slowly, Zhang Shixin still needs to wait for a better shooting effect.
That is, at a range of two hundred and fifty meters, all the fire will be poured out.
Only the sound of shooting from the MG-34 sounded on the battlefield, as for the mortars? Because the barrel was overheated, it was impossible to fire again in a minute......
And because of the lack of mortar burning-out grenades, the zombie troops, who could not see the end at a glance, gradually approached to a range of 250 meters.
Zhang Shixin actually has several ways to eliminate zombies as much as possible, but these methods either don't have time to arrange, or they can't be used because of the weather.
The first is to plant mines, but in this kind of weather, the ground freezes hard, and it takes longer to lay mines. Although it is said that it can be buried without camouflage, there is not enough time to dig so many holes.
Moreover, the effect of the mine is not very good, at most, it makes the zombies lose the ability to stand, and then they are trampled into meat sauce by the zombie group behind.
This method is directly passed.
Waste of time, big investment, small income. The proportion of comprehensive surnames is too low.
The second way is to dig a pit 100 meters outside the first line of defense to block the zombies' progress. The problem is that if this trap is too big and too deep, Zhang Shixin will not have the time to arrange this at all. So pass it too.
The third method does not take long, but it does not work at all in such weather.
That is, digging a few shallow pits in front of the line of defense and filling them with gasoline......
The problem is that if the distance is too close, the smoke from the burning will definitely affect the combat efficiency of the three fronts, and it is very likely that the first line of defense will not think about shooting back, because the smoke alone is enough to make it impossible for everyone to open their eyes.
Why is this happening?
It's winter now, and the north wind blows mostly in winter, and today it happens to be the north wind, so Zhang Shixin is undoubtedly killing himself by doing this.
He won't borrow the east wind, and the actual effect of the third plan can't be considered too good, because it's a one-time surname.
Therefore, the third plan, Zhang Shixin also passed it directly.
Under such circumstances, there is actually not much that Zhang Shixin can do.
If the zombie hordes were too close, Zhang Shixin could still count on the flamethrowers to perform miracles.
But with this amount, Zhang Shixin's biggest worry is whether the zombie group will take advantage of the flamethrowers to replenish the fuel and press the ...... in one fell swoop
"The other party shouldn't be so smart......?!"
Before Zhang Shixin finished making such an assumption, he saw something that surprised him:
It was a centaur similar to Western mythology, much larger than a zombie, but not as big as a zombie bear.
Zhang Shixin was surprised that this thing was actually holding a very smooth arc-shaped metal giant shield in front of him, and many bullets clanged in the other direction.
"Damn!" Zhang Shixin had to curse secretly, because he actually saw that this centaur moved away from the giant shield a little, it was rotten, and the left shoulder that was deeply visible was actually holding a thing like a recoilless cannon.
Then, a burst of fire rose in front of the muzzle.
Two seconds later, an explosion occurred behind a metal box barrier, and both machine gun shooters were lying unconscious on a MG-34 machine-gun emplacement......
Two medics, carrying first-aid kits, ran up to the bloody heavys on their backs, flipped their hands over the closed eyes of each other, and shook their heads.
"Knock that on me! This is not scientific! After Zhang Shixin roared, several tanks and combat vehicles of different models aimed their gun barrels at the giant shield that had been reinserted into the ground, which should be at the location of the zombie centaur loaded with ammunition.
"Boom ......"
In a matter of seconds, several shells hit the giant metal shield......
Then the zombies around were blown over by the cannonballs that bounced off, but among them, there were still a lot of zombies who got up from the ground again.
"......" Zhang Shixin looked at the giant metal shield that seemed to be smooth and still very helpless, and then roared: "S-51 bombarded the opponent's side for me, and the cheetah and the tiger king aimed at each other with armor-piercing bullets!" ”
A few seconds later, a few more cannons rang out......
In half a minute, after the smoke cleared, Zhang Shixin saw that the giant metal shield was pierced by the 105mm shells of the King Tiger tank's 245mm penetration, and near the location of the zombie centaur, a sea of fire with a radius of more than ten meters appeared, which happened to envelop the zombie centaur.
The medium-sized icon representing the zombie centaur disappeared, and Zhang Shixin naturally knew that the zombie centaur had been eliminated.
But he couldn't get relaxed, because this thing appeared, which was not a good phenomenon, if Zhang Shixin remembered correctly, there were still a considerable number of medium-sized icons......
"Perhaps, this time it's a little troublesome." This is Zhang Shixin's idea.
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