Chapter 347 Machine Guns of the Infantry Battalion

"Alarm, battle alert, the Polish cavalry is coming!" Conrad shouted loudly. As a member of the 100,000-strong army, Conrad participated in World War I and has quite a lot of combat experience. This kind of ground vibration, that is A cavalry is charging!

The Polish cavalry is here!

All the people, throwing down their lunch boxes, pulled their legs and ran towards the position. During the process of running, they took out the Mauser rifles on their backs from the back, held them flat, and then lay down to the front Inside the bunker half dug.

On the opposite field, a cavalry appeared, and this cavalry was wielding a shining sabre!

(I checked the information, and some people actually said that the Polish cavalry of World War II were equipped with spears? Some of the heroes of East China do not believe it, and I hope to know a great understanding. The main force of the cavalry in World War II should be saber, right?)

The cavalry of the other side was charging, and here, the infantry battalion of the German army had just entered the position. They held the bolted Mauser rifles in their hands and watched the cavalry coming from a distance.

For the cavalry, rushing to kill two kilometers is quite fast, and it is also the easiest time to use the horse's power. In fact, they have already been ambushed on the opposite side. They waited until the German army had dinner, and then suddenly rushed out, trying to kill the other side by surprise. .

Now it seems that it really killed the opponent by surprise. When the opponent entered the position, his own side had already rushed to a place of a few hundred meters!

As long as there is no Mark Qin heavy machine gun in front, for the cavalry, this distance is a flash.

"Fire!" Conrad shouted loudly, and at the same time, the MG26 light machine gun opened fire.

Wait, what the hell is an MG26 light machine gun?

This kind of light machine gun is the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun. After Germany occupied the Czech Republic, all the military industrial enterprises in the Czech Republic were merged together. The backward 38T tanks in the Czech Republic were transformed, and the tank production line was also improved. Production of the main Panther 3 tank.

In terms of light weapons, in addition to mass production of MP38 submachine guns, the production line of this ZB-26 light machine gun has been retained.

This is the most famous light machine gun in the Czech Republic, and its various performances are also very good. Therefore, Germany is compatible and accepted. Moreover, like the bullets of the German Mauser rifle, Germany has a large number of 7.92 mm bullets in stock, which can be stuffed into the machine gun. used inside.

At that time, the Czech Republic had a large inventory of light machine guns, all of which were equipped in the German Army. Specifically, in the current Army infantry squad, there were two!

Historically, this machine gun was all provided to the SS, but now, the SS is not competing with the Army for this machine gun.

When the advanced 6.8mm MP38 "submachine gun" could only be equipped with the elite SS, the German Army had few automated weapons. The equipment of these light machine guns can greatly increase the firepower density of the Army's infantry squad. Make up for the firepower gap before MP38 did not arrive.

According to the establishment, each infantry squad has two machine guns. What level is this? To each company, it is 24, and a battalion has 3 infantry companies!

At the same time, the original machine guns were collected together to form a special machine gun company, equipped with 12 MG34 light machine guns.

But now, due to the rapid expansion of the German Army, the supply of machine guns cannot keep up, so for the time being, each company is still at the level of 12 machine guns.

Now, these machine guns fired one after another, and under the intensive fire, the bullets flew towards the Polish cavalry.

In this era, the mobility of cavalry is no longer comparable to the firepower of machine guns.

It was the Polish 18th Cavalry Regiment who rushed over. When he heard the sound of dense bullets on the opposite side, he frowned. Then, his voice spread throughout the regiment: "Come on! Their light machine guns, Only 20 rounds!"

rush! What's there to be afraid of? The cavalry charged at the machine gun, looking like they were courting death, but, what was the opponent? If it is a Maxim machine gun, the barrel is water-cooled, the ammunition chain supplies ammunition, and the firepower continues, this is definitely the deadly enemy of the cavalry.

It was definitely a metal storm, and bullets kept roaring and flying over, no matter how many cavalry soldiers there were, they were all scum in front of a Mark Qin.

However, light machine guns are nothing, especially Czech light machine guns with only 20 rounds of magazines.

A German machine gunner, with his face on the butt of his gun, looks at the enemy ahead from the side aiming baseline.

Then, when the trigger was pulled, two or three shots were fired, and a cavalryman fell off his horse.

Compared with other machine guns, the biggest disadvantage of this ZB-26 machine gun is that the magazine is on the top, and the aiming of ordinary rifles is directly above, but the aiming of this kind of machine gun can only be moved to the side, facing the machine. The gunner's field of vision is unfavorable.

Moreover, the 20-round magazine, the continuity of firepower is not as strong as the chain.

Then why still use the magazine method?

Because this kind of machine gun is not like a heavy machine gun, a shuttle of bullets is swept directly, and the way the shooter uses is short bursts.

If you hold the trigger and let all the bullets go out, you are pure novice.

Now, the machine gunners in the infantry battalion here are all veterans. Just like in normal training, they shoot two or three bullets in a short time, and they can sweep down a cavalry.

At the same time, there was a deputy lying on their side.

At this moment, the deputy kept counting silently in his heart. When he counted to 19, he sharply raised his arm and quickly loaded the new magazine with a clatter.

Why is the magazine on it? It is to facilitate the assistant to quickly change the magazine to ensure the continuity of firepower.

For the ZB26, the magazine is not a problem, the main problem is the heat dissipation of the air-cooled barrel.

The ZB-26 light machine gun was firing in short bursts, while the MG34 light machine gun was almost thinking about firing continuously on the opposite side.

Various gunshots were intertwined, and the Mauser rifles of each infantryman were also firing continuously.

Nelz pulled the trigger, and in the crisp sound of gunfire, a cavalryman on the opposite side fell off his horse.

Killed one!

make persistent efforts!

Just when he wanted to fire the second shot, he saw a bunch of grenades flying from the cavalry on the opposite side.

Ordinary infantry, with strong arms, can throw a grenade 50 meters away, while on horseback, with the help of the horse's impact, the grenade can be thrown 100 meters away. And the elite rider, when throwing grenades, the target is quite high.

"Boom!" With an explosion, there was a scream from the position of the machine gunner beside Nelz.

"Squad leader!" Nelz patted the soil on his body, and just saw the grenade flying, he immediately lowered his head, and the explosion must have happened a few meters away from him.

He shouted, the grenades thrown by the cavalry just now were all thrown on the machine gun position, which was the biggest threat to them.

The machine gun position beside Nelz, his squad leader and a comrade-in-arms were seriously injured by the grenade, and the machine gun was slanted to one side.

The cavalry on the opposite side was still rushing over.