Chapter 113: The Big Sky Monkey
When Second Lieutenant Yohei Kiyokawa left, Major General Shigeto Daiaki immediately convened a military meeting.
He understood that if he didn't crack the opponent's special tactical equipment, then to paraphrase that Marine Corps second lieutenant, no one in the world could attack it with only light infantry.
The damned Marines have sent too many steel helmets to the Sixing warehouse.
These resentments didn't change his tenacity in any way, he just had to find a way to crack the tactical equipment.
Marine Isamu Kumagawa finally asked the Marines to endure heavy casualties, and the trench system and artillery positions that were established were clearly doing just that.
It's a pity that he woke up too late.
Yohei Kiyokawa left Rear Admiral Shigedo Hideaki's office satisfied, leaving his uniform completely devoid of the Navy insignia and his epaulettes replaced by lieutenants.
And he no longer has only one squad of 100 people, he and his subordinates all enter the army, and select three squads at the same time to establish a pure sniper unit.
Moreover, the use of snipers will also be reported to the headquarters, and the command of the Shigedo Brigade will be deployed and used.
He had a short time to equip and train his snipers right now.
"Headmaster, this time I'm not going to put a bunch of stupid infantry against your snipers."
Yes, in the previous time, the soldiers of the Marine Corps were completely unable to grasp the concept of sniper attack. But this time, Major General Shigedo Daiaki gave him a considerable amount of time to train as a sniper.
Although it was only a "considerable" time on the battlefield, Yohei Kiyokawa's confidence was more abundant.
Because Rear Admiral Daiaki Shigedo said so,
"Well, I've been persuaded by you that the best way to deal with ninja-like enemies is ninjas. This time it doesn't have to be all sent to the battlefield at once, the officers need snipers, apply to me, do you understand. ”
An independent sniper unit, Yohei Kiyokawa was excited. That was what the rector had been suggesting to the military in Germany, and it had not yet been adopted.
Snipers should be divided into sniper squads on the battlefield and not assigned to rifles.
For example, having snipers in the vicinity of an enemy command post can cut telephone lines, kill heralds, officers, and, if there are enough sniper teams, even cut off the command post from the troops under its command.
He was particularly excited that the Navy had agreed to provide observation balloons for the sniper unit to use because of Admiral Kumagawa's attack.
And his excitement means that the people in the Sixing warehouse are in trouble.
However, the defenders of the Sixing warehouse, who defeated the Japanese marines, did not care, because they were setting off fireworks.
Of course, it wasn't really fireworks, it was essentially an experiment with a new weapon.
"Chief Zhang, I said that you have a new idea in a while, and this is the life of your buddies......"
Muttering in his mouth, the old cigarette pouch Li Youtian was carrying a few bamboo pipes, but it was a little strange to look at those bamboo pipes. Not only was it strange, but Xie Jinyuan, who was watching the excitement, also felt strange.
He's really never seen anyone play like that.
Since the British consul was blackmailed by Zhang Sixing, as long as the requirements are not too excessive, most of them can be met.
Occasionally, there were some excessive requests, as long as it was not such an excessive request as increasing reinforcements or asking British soldiers to join the war, the British would agree.
After all, if the matter of the captured Second Lieutenant Morris was stabbed to the media......
Whether it was reinforcement of the Sixing warehouse or collusion with the Japanese, the British consul offended the interests of the merchant groups of other countries in the public concession. Regardless of whether the Public Concession was occupied or the Japanese suffered heavy losses as a result, he would not be spared.
In fact, if you look at it at a deeper level, you can understand that in this era, if you control the media, you will have the right to speak.
With the right to speak, Zhang Sixing, who is well versed in the media adage that "a lie repeated a thousand times is the truth", will he not know what to do.
Therefore, the British troops at the garbage bridge pretended not to see it, and a few sacks with the words "condolences" and actual gunpowder were sent across the Suzhou Creek.
The British 6th Brigade infantry guarding the bridgehead did not check at all, but only waved their hands casually and let them go.
It was Guo Liangjun who did this, and his communication with Zhang Sixing was to use a large slingshot to throw condolences and bullet casings from time to time on the other side of the river to be hit by a young soldier who was a miscellaneous soldier.
This matter, because of the support of the British consul, the consuls of other countries had to pretend not to see it.
Xie Jinyuan didn't say anything, just followed behind to watch the excitement. After all, he had privately questioned Zhang Sixing's move to collect steel helmets at the beginning, but it turned out that there was no more suitable weapon than steel helmet mines to deal with infantry.
Half of the defeat of the Japanese marines was due to the presence of steel helmet mines.
In the battle in front of the Songhu battlefield, if there is a steel helmet mine, where will there be any Japanese group charge.
In particular, the kind of mines that are hit in the air by bullets are the most vicious, and the shrapnel flies downward, even if it crawls forward.
The only problem facing the Japanese army now is that if the Japanese attack now, then there will be no mines. But looking at the new Japanese Army, how can it look like it is preparing.
As he thought about it, he observed the bamboo pipes that the people of the miscellaneous barracks had carried on their backs.
The inside of the calf-thick bamboo tube was rolled twice by a white iron sheet. There are arm-thick bamboo pipes stuffed inside, and the contents are a little interesting.
The powdered gunpowder brought from across the river was tightly rolled into kraft tubes, which were abundant in the Sihang warehouse. And there is really something to make fireworks and firecrackers in the miscellaneous barracks.
Then it became the strange thing in front of me, the thick bamboo pipe tied to the supporting iron frame of the water tower, facing vertically to the sky.
Seeing this, Xie Jinyuan seemed to understand, and felt that Zhang Sixing was not doing any weapons this time, but was clearly just a monkey playing with children.
Especially for the thin bamboo tube inside, the round cylinder made of small bamboo mats was stuffed with firecrackers, and even weighed it quite seriously, and the number of firecrackers reached two catties.
He even thinks so, this is Zhang Sixing's idle and boring, and he wants to play with firearms.
Raising the sniper-rifle in his hand, Zhang Sixing ordered Li Youtian, the old cigarette pouch on the side,
"Ignition"
The old cigarette pouch Li Youtian removed the walnut shell on his cigarette pot, blew up the fire with a "poof", and then lit the large monkey.
"Peng"
The paper balls at the end of the paper tubes in the bamboo tubes were blown away by the fire gas, and then the bamboo tube rocket with a large head in it flew into the sky like an arrow from the string.
The curved curved wings are made of several pieces of bamboo on the projectile body and open automatically after leaving the launcher. The whole Sky Monkey spun around as a result, dragging the flames in the paper tube at its tail and flying straight into the sky.
"Seventy meters, seventy meters of flying, our sky monkey is okay, but it flies a little close. The craftsmen under your command will make the old tobacco pouch, make a few more for Lao Tzu, and it will be fun to hit at least 200 meters. ”
At an altitude of 70 meters, the firecrackers in the warhead were ignited, and a series of crisp sounds were emitted.
Seeing the fireworks set up by the defenders of the Sixing Warehouse, many people were light, and being able to play showed that their pressure was not enough.
Only Zhang Sixing, who put down the sniper-gun used for ranging and had a smile on his face, knew that this thing would have a world-famous name in a few decades - RPG.