Chapter 150: So Close yet so Far Away! (Please Give Me some Monthly Tickets!)
The Japanese army at the front of the warehouse had at least three infantry squads, with a total of 150 soldiers.
They certainly would not stand in a row and let the machine guns in the warehouse kill them.
First, fire cover. Although the heavy machine guns located in front and behind the infantry could not provide frontal fire cover for the infantry that had already started charging, they could raise the muzzle to suppress the fire points on the second floor and above of the warehouse.
The Japanese formation in the charge was as wide as possible, with at least two meters between each soldier, and divided into several waves, each wave was fifteen or sixteen meters apart.
This was obviously a scientific version of the "board charge" developed by the 36th Regiment of the Japanese Army after being pressed to the ground and rubbed frantically by the warehouse defenders for several days.
The so-called "board charge" is also called "banzai charge" or "yudi charge". It is basically a desperate charge launched by the Japanese army when they can't open the situation. Its general meaning is to face death with indifference, not wanting to live, either defeat the opponent or scare you even if I die.
The largest scale "banzai charge" launched by the Japanese army should be on Saipan Island in the Pacific Ocean in the future. More than 5,000 Japanese soldiers, led by a lieutenant, played a suicide charge with bayonets flashing with cold light, almost scaring the fully armed American cowboys.
Then, the American cowboys equipped with Garand automatic rifles squeezed their crotches while desperately pulling the trigger, killing all 5,000 Japanese soldiers in front of the trenches.
However, at a distance of 100 meters, single-shot rifles are nothing in front of continuous-fire firearms, which has been proven again by history.
From then on, individual equipment completely entered the era of automatic rifles.
Just like at this moment, no matter how the tactics are improved, it turns out that they are wrong in front of the two MG34s that the Japanese did not expect.
When Tang Dao and Lei Xiong's machine guns started shooting one after another, the first wave of Japanese troops were beaten to their knees.
It really cannot be said that the Japanese troops who "knelt" were rookies.
If they were rookies, how could they have the courage to face it again after being pressed to the ground and rubbed by the metal torrent shot out of a solid fortress for several days?
If they were rookies, how could they crawl forward for more than 200 meters in the situation of being in danger of mortars falling from above, the frustration of tanks being destroyed, and countless machine guns shooting from below?
Whether in terms of willpower, team and individual tactical capabilities, and battlefield execution, this wave of Japanese troops is already perfect and almost impeccable.
They are the group of infantry that the commander likes most, except that their legs are slightly shorter.
However, at the moment when this fiery red whip appeared, the excellent Japanese infantry still knelt down.
Because, whenever you are hit, it is never just one or two bullets, but four or five.
The dense stream of bullets is not killed by a single bullet, but by a swarm of bullets.
Being swept by such a swarm of bullets, it may be a bit exaggerated to say that you are swept into a honeycomb, but death is almost certain.
The main cause of death on the battlefield is a large amount of blood loss.
Once the Japanese army's "board charge" is launched, it is almost impossible to stop. The only way to stop it is to die in battle.
Moreover, according to common sense, no matter how powerful the machine gun is, it must have a break after a long burst of fire, and it is impossible to fire endlessly. Not to mention that the ammunition supply of the magazine is not enough, even the heat dissipation of the barrel and the gun body does not support it.
These theories are absolutely correct, but the world's first general-purpose machine gun does not belong to this category.
A barrel can theoretically fire 500 rounds of bullets, which means that before changing the barrel, as long as the belt does not jam, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong can fire nearly 1,000 rounds of bullets in total.
Therefore, the Japanese infantrymen who launched the improved version of the "board charge" were defeated. They died without waiting for the Chinese machine guns to stop.
The two machine guns roared for more than 30 seconds, firing at least 900 rounds of bullets in total, before the sound from hell stopped.
The first wave of Japanese soldiers who launched the charge had all fallen. The Japanese soldier who rushed forward did not cross the trench 20 meters away from the warehouse. His body was lying alone on the edge of the trench line of the warehouse.
The main machine guns of the Germans, in the east of the world, opened their frightening fangs to the world.
The arrogant soldiers of the British Empire on the European continent had not tasted their taste yet, but they were tasted by the Japanese first.
The eyes of the brigadier general who was watching the battle from a distance froze.
After a long while, he asked with difficulty: "Lieutenant Colonel Xie, is this the MG34 machine gun you bought from the Germans? Why is its firing rate so much more terrible than on the training ground? Did the damn Germans hide its true performance again?"
"No, Brigadier General, according to normal theory, the performance of weapons on the training ground can be exerted at 80% on the battlefield, which is already terrible." The lieutenant colonel turned his head and looked at the old man with horror in his eyes, with a proud face.
"Just like one of my teachers once told me: it is never the weapons that determine the victory or defeat on the battlefield! It is the soldiers themselves."
The two Western soldiers present were silent collectively.
As soldiers, they understood what the Chinese officer said. The weapon performance test on the training ground, without complex battlefield situations and life-and-death crises, can naturally maximize the performance of the weapons, but on the battlefield, it can still exceed the performance tested on the training ground. That can only be like what he said.
It is the soldiers themselves.
The psychological fear of facing the enemy's overwhelming force is almost non-existent, which is secondary. What is important is that facing the deadly bullets fired by the enemy at any time, there is no fear. In addition, the familiarity with firearms and strong shooting skills can achieve such terrible results in one fell swoop.
In 30 seconds, the Japanese army's "board charge" was half-crippled, and more than 40 corpses were lying in front of the warehouse.
No wonder the Chinese commander is so proud. Such a fearless and elite subordinate is the dream of any commander.
However, the brigadier general of the British Empire is still deeply afraid because of the terrible machine guns of the Germans.
When he thought of a day in the near future, those guys with rough skin, light green eyes, and cold faces would point the machine guns at his motherland and compatriots at the crazy order of a mustache, the old man grabbed his goatee fiercely, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
The two guilty Westerners did not notice the deep sadness in the eyes of the proud Chinese Army Lieutenant Colonel.
With such excellent shooting skills and fearlessness, even the lieutenant colonel of the entire army could not find a third person, except Tang Dao and Lei Xiong.
His two best subordinates had already gone into battle bare-chested shortly after the battle began, which proved from the side that the warehouse was under pressure from the Japanese attack.
Everyone saw the power of the MG34 machine gun, but only he, as a commander, understood that two machine guns alone could not save his subordinates and brothers who fought to the death.
But that was a matter for the future.
At least at the moment, the Japanese army was still rushing into the muzzle of the gun, seeking death.
As soon as the gunshot stopped, two seconds later, the Japanese army, which was knocked to its knees by a wave of attacks, charged again.
We are a group of people who are not afraid of death. It is my honor to have tea with Amaterasu. The Japanese infantrymen gave themselves a PUA with despair in their eyes.
Then, only two seconds later, the two machine guns with replaced barrels opened fire again.
More than a dozen people were knocked down by the whip.
The Japanese soldiers, biting their back teeth, knelt again. All their self-anesthesia could only become real anesthesia in front of the flying bullets.
It was not that the Japanese soldiers tried to shoot the shooters behind the shooting piers that spewed two flames from the rear, but the dozen or so accurate shooters on several floors of the warehouse were ordered from the beginning to focus on the Japanese infantry in the rear.
Including all the light and heavy machine guns behind the shooting holes, they let go of the Japanese soldiers at the forefront and suppressed the ones behind with all their strength.
Tang Dao and Lei Xiong were not gods either. They were also mortals and were still finished after being hit by bullets.
They could shoot at a terrible rate of fire that made the brigadier general of the British Empire sweat coldly, so they had to give their backs to their comrades.
Trust them.
Even if they could be hit in the chest by a bullet at any time.
Trust brings rewards. Tang Dao and Lei Xiong, who attacked without defense, replaced three gun barrels in total and repelled three rounds of "board charge" launched by three Japanese infantry squads.
By the time the Japanese army's trumpet-sounding retreat alarm sounded, nearly 150 Japanese soldiers were killed by 2,500 bullets fired in two minutes, nearly four-fifths of them were killed before the warehouse, and no more than 40 people could survive.
The shit-yellow corpse was lying just over 20 meters away from the wall of the warehouse, as if it was a place that could be reached with a breath.
So close, yet so far away.
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