Chapter 43: Shock
"Brothers, it's our turn, fire." When Sun Dacai was replacing the third bullet chain, a roar suddenly sounded in the field on the opposite side of the road, dozens of camouflage nets were vigorously lifted, and Thor's unique six-tube runner appeared abruptly in the field. All the bullets in Zhao Zhi's hands were distributed, and each Thor only had three 3,000-round bullet chains, if the Thunder machine guns were placed on one side, Zhao Zhi's ambush plan was likely to be a mess, so Zhao Zhi arranged the Thor machine gun group on both sides of the ambush position.
Sun Dacai has 70 Thor machine guns on his side, and there are 70 on the other side of the road, and the only thing that can provide cover for the Japanese army in the ambush circle is that road, how can Zhao Zhi, who wants to defeat the 23rd Division at one time, tolerate the Japanese army's use of the road to avoid the attacks of the mercenaries. So after the ambush began, the Thor on Sun Dacai's side fired first, and when the Japanese army turned over the highway and threw down the roadbed to avoid the figure, the hidden Thor on the road ushered in the opportunity to fire from behind the Japanese army.
One of the bullet chains on Sun Dacai's side had been exhausted, and Sun Dacai, who fired first, had already exhausted the second bullet chain, and everywhere he could see, there were broken corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere. 70 Thor machine guns fired more than 200,000 rounds of bullets in one minute, and the barrage of bullets composed of bullets was like a broom in the formation of the 23rd Division.
Such a bloody scene in front of them not only frightened Sun Dacai and them, but even the soldiers of the 23rd Division who had already landed on the road were also stunned, and it was the first time they had encountered such a terrifying weapon. One of the fastest reflexing machine gunners had just pulled the bolt to load his LMG and was about to return fire, when it was torn to pieces by a dense barrage of bullets right under the noses of everyone, and the loaded LMG was also broken into parts by the bullets fired by the opponent.
"What kind of weapon is this?" Lucky enough to be caught by his own guards and pounced on the road, it is not surprising that he was ambushed by the other side, as long as the other side leaves a chance to breathe, the three infantry wings with a total strength of more than 8,000 people will always have a chance to counterattack. But the bloody scene on the highway made Shakuihara feel cold, and it was only 2 minutes since the first gunshot was heard, and the road was full of corpses, and at least more than 3,000 people were left in the bloody puddle of the road.
The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the deadly barrage like Shakuihara all huddled under the roadbed, and in the face of the violent barrage, no one dared to get up and fight back, and some of the guys who tried to fight back were already corpses at the moment, and no one was stupid enough to face the irresistible firepower to cover them and get up and fight back. The machine gun ambush positions arranged by Zhao Zhi were all higher than the road, and there was a distance of seven or eight hundred meters between the machine gun positions on both sides, which avoided the situation where the Thunder God machine guns on both sides fired at each other.
A terrifying buzz sounded behind the 23rd Division, and in an instant, the barrage from behind pierced the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, and then continued to penetrate the dirt, and large columns of smoke and blood mist rose from under the roadbed. The barrage of bullets from the burst made a popping sound in the human body or in the soil, 70 Thor machine guns covered a 2-kilometer-long road, and in careful calculation, each Thor machine gun was only responsible for a distance of 30 meters, so the dense barrage was distributed to the Japanese army, that is, 100 bullets were dropped per meter, which was still what happened in one minute.
It is impossible for the Thunder side to guarantee that every bullet can hit the Japanese army, and it is impossible for the Japanese army to be beaten all the time without fighting back, the number of Japanese troops gathered by Shakuihara exceeds 8,000 people, and Zhao Zhi's Thor machine gun group can only pinch the head and tail to bite the middle of the Japanese army, and the Japanese troops at both ends of the head and tail can only be handed over to other mercenary units to deal with. The power of the Thor machine gun is shocking, but this thing is too bullet-intensive, 140 Thor machine guns have used up two bullet chains in five minutes, and the last bullet chain has been loaded, but the machine gunners are unwilling to spend the last bullet chain on the few Japanese soldiers.
The Thor machine gun stopped firing, which did not mean that the ambush had ended, and the road with the smell of blood was full of bloody corpses and screaming wounded Japanese soldiers. Ruler Iohara's luck was obviously not so good, although he was caught by the guards and jumped off the road to avoid the attack of Sun Dacai's side, but he did not avoid the barrage from behind, and the death of Ruler Inohara soaked in the blood puddle was ugly, and his entire chest cavity was opened by bullets.
I don't know if I didn't know that I had not regretted the decision I made, if it weren't for the fact that he relied on his seniority to cross the division commander and ordered three infantry wings to march in groups, if it weren't for the fact that he still ordered the troops to advance after the search unit was ambushed by the opposing snipers, maybe this cruel ambush would not have happened. Even if the ambush still appeared, it was only the 64th Wing he was in charge of that who fell into the ambush of the other side, so that the 71st and 72nd Wings would not also fall here.
Zhao Zhike, who had already received the forward battle report, didn't care about it, and after learning that the Thor cluster had only captured the middle of the 23rd Division, Zhao Zhi immediately ordered the artillery position to open fire and bombard the forward troops of the opponent who had crossed the ambush position. James, who was the artillery officer on duty, waved the small flag in his hand vigorously, and the four 75 mountain guns and six 92 infantry guns roared almost simultaneously, and the projectiles that came out of the barrels flew at high speed towards the Japanese forward troops who were about to turn around and rescue.
Zhao Zhi would rather use fighter troops to bombard the opponent's artillery than use these artillery fires, the purpose is to make the Japanese army think that there is no long-range firepower on the Thunder side, so the sudden opening of the artillery on Zhao Zhi's side brought not only casualties to the Japanese army, but also psychological oppression and shock to the Japanese army. Before the explosions of "boom", "boom" and "boom" dissipated, the second wave of shells that came in the follow-up had already flown above the heads of the forward troops of the 23rd Division, and the staff team of the command headquarters that locked the mark position played at the level of first-class artillery, and the task given to them by Zhao Zhi was to shoot out all these shells as much as possible.
The 5-minute furious attack of the Thor cluster caused more than 6,000 casualties to the main force of the 23rd Division, and the hurricane barrage caused by more than 800,000 rounds of ammunition had frightened the Japanese army. "Sir, sir, the forward scouts have reported that the forward troops of the 23rd Division have been dispersed, and Zhang Jinquan and snipers are encircling and suppressing these routs." Zhao Zhi's intelligence staff officers rushed over with a happy face, this was the first good news in a few days, the 23rd Division's complete defeat here was irreversible.
"Organize people to clean up the battlefield, leave the corpses of the Japanese soldiers alone, and throw them here to warn the Japanese army." Putting down the cannonball that had just been lifted in his hand, Zhao Zhi motioned to Luo Ying, who was following him, to take out the map. The defeat of the 23rd Division was just the beginning, and there were still several Japanese troops on Kyushu Island marching towards Saga, if it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of mixed troops in Kitakyushu that dragged the Japanese troops from Korea and Honshu Island, I am afraid that Zhao Zhi's ambush of the 23rd Division in the east would not have been carried out at all.
All the guns and ammunition need to be taken away, but after Zhao Zhi's order to clean up the battlefield was issued, the mercenaries who were ordered to clean the battlefield looked left and right but did not move. The soldiers of the Japanese forward unit who were scattered by the artillery were better, at least they could leave a whole corpse under the sniper's gun, and the Japanese soldiers in the Thunder God machine gun shooting range were too miserable. Not to mention the bloody hula, just the internal organs that flowed out of the chest and abdomen had already made many mercenaries spit out directly, and the stumps and broken arms that had been torn off the bodies of the Japanese soldiers by bullets were scattered everywhere like dry wood sticks in the bushes.
In 5 minutes, the Thor cluster only fought for 5 minutes, and the main force of the menacing 23rd Division was beaten like this, regardless of the combat effectiveness of the 23rd Division, the Thor revolver machine gun showed its extraordinary firepower. "Grandma's, this time it's comfortable, there must be at least 5,000 little devils who died under our guns, and this is almost two Japanese wings." The triumphant Sun Dacai teased with the mercenaries around him while disassembling Thor's gun mount, the order to retreat has been received, and the machine gunners need to disassemble Thor's gun carriage and then retreat to the mountain with them.
"Zhao, although the Thor revolver machine gun is very powerful, you must also know that it is too bullet-intensive, our current material supply can only rely on airdrops, once the Japanese army begins to completely block the air passage, your large-scale use of Thor can only make us run out of ammunition early." James poured cold water on Zhao Zhi at the right time. In order to defeat the 23rd Division, Zhao Zhi used half of all the reserve ammunition, but the Japanese army on Kyushu Island was more than the 23rd Division, and without machine gun fire, James didn't know what else Zhao Zhi could use to suppress the Japanese firepower.
"James, I'm very grateful to you for reminding me of these things in time, but you don't have to worry, my troops have just surrounded and annihilated the baggage troops of the 23rd Division, and captured a lot of light and heavy machine gun bullets, don't forget that we still have a lot of Japanese light and heavy machine guns in our hands, and we don't need Thor, we also have a lot of heavy firepower to fight against the Japanese army." Zhao Zhi smiled and threw James a cigar and took out a lighter to light the cigar for the stubborn American officer.
When the Thor Runner Machine Gun came on board from Florida, Old Rhodes equipped these Thor machine guns with 5 million rounds of ammunition, but in fact, this kind of big guy with the same caliber as the Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun can no longer be called a machine gun. The same caliber as the Browning heavy machine gun is precisely for the actual situation of the thunder, Zhao Zhi has a production line of large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets, as long as the supply of bullets can be guaranteed, these Thors in Zhao Zhi's hands will never stop roaring.