The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 32 Strengthening the fortifications

While he was talking to Hu Zhaowu, and the fortifications were being built in full swing on the position, another first-class soldier from the platoon ran over, sweating profusely. When he saw He Wei stood at attention, he said: " Report to the platoon leader that the big wooden door you ordered is ready!"

He Wei was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately ran over in three steps and two steps at a time. He only saw a few soldiers carrying a board that was almost as high as the trench in the trench. The entire board was made of split trees and was covered with barbed wire. Nails are connected and fixed, and on the upper side of the entire board, a thin log is tied horizontally with iron wire. There are also tree branches and leaves tied with wire mesh on the board.

Hu Zhaowu followed, looked at the board, and asked He Wei: "Platoon leader He, what kind of thing is this? Do you want to use this thing to cover up the traffic trench?"

He Wei shook his head: "Hu Pai, you will know in a moment."

The first-class soldier said to He Wei: "Platoon commander, it's all done. There are five in total. You mentioned the shooting trenches dug at the corners of the trenches and the shooting ports along the trenches. Brothers, too. It’s all dug.”

He led the people to a corner of the trench, and saw that an open-air shooting position had been dug out at the corner of the trench. It was like a hole had been dug out at the corner of the trench. The area of ​​this open-air shooting position was not large. It is large and can accommodate at most two people. The most critical point is that the shooting port of this open-air shooting position is not like an ordinary shooting position, where the parapet is excavated along the trench, but on the left side of the shooting position. An inner eight-shaped shooting port was dug on the cliff wall of the inner trench, and the shooting direction of the shooting port was in the trench.

Under normal circumstances, the direction of firepower projection in the trench is the forward direction of the position, and this kind of fortification specifically for shooting in the trench is called longitudinal firing equipment. According to the direction of the opening of the shooting port, the role of this longitudinal firing equipment, It’s self-explanatory.

He Wei walked into the longitudinal shooting trench, half-crouched in the trench, took a medium-sized rifle, placed it in the shooting port, and made a gesture to aim the gun. Hu Zhaowu looked on and said after a moment: " Platoon Commander He, are you using this trench to shoot into the trench?"

"Yes, these are the longitudinal firing trenches, those anti-tank fortifications, prepared shooting positions, and machine gun positions. To be honest, they are to attack the invading enemy from the front. But the enemy always has the possibility of breaking into my position. Once the enemy opens up on my trench At the breakthrough point, the infantry advances along the trench, and our defenders can rely on these longitudinal firing equipment deployed at the corner of the trench to carry out strong resistance, drive them out, and possibly even annihilate the invading enemy."

Hu Zhaowu came over and looked through the narrow opening. Almost the entire trench was within the shooting range of this opening. At most, the trench could accommodate two or three people walking side by side. This kind of longitudinal shooting equipment placed a rifle. Soldiers on guard, a rifle, as long as one person is killed, it will be a great obstacle to the enemy troops advancing along the trench.

Two corpses can block the trench. In such a narrow trench, a rifle and an automatic pistol with good tactics can be as effective as a light machine gun.

"Not bad! Not bad! Your longitudinal shooting trenches are all deployed at the corners of the trenches. Each shooting trench can control a straight section of the trench. As long as these shooting trenches are controlled, the enemy who breaks into the position will be killed!" "Come on, brothers, lend your hands and pull this board to the corner of the trench. I'll tell you how to arrange this thing!"

Just when Hu Zhaowu was thinking about figuring out the key points, He Wei left the shooting trench excitedly, commanded the soldiers to cut two horizontal round holes on the top of the two cliffs of the trench, and then put the prepared The logs on the big board were embedded in the holes, and finally a simple mortise and tenon structure was used to erect the board that was almost the same height and width as the trench in the trench.

Nodding with satisfaction, He Wei greeted the soldiers again, lifted the board with the log as the axis, and placed another log under the board when the board was at the same height as the trench, eventually forming a cover. The caller brought a hemp rope, fixed a section of it on the movable log, then put the rope bit by bit, passed the other end of the rope through the shooting opening of the longitudinal trench, and pulled the other end to the vertical In the trench.

Under the puzzled and confused gazes of all the soldiers, He Wei chuckled and returned to the trench, shouting: "Everyone, get out of here, don't stay in the trench!"

When the soldiers in the trench climbed out, He Wei pulled the rope fiercely. The log fixed on the other section of the rope quickly fell off the top of the trench under the pulling force. What was lost was the large board that had lost its support and was embedded in the round hole of the trench. The wood rotated, and with a loud noise, the big board rotated to the lowest point, standing upright and blocking the trench!
He Wei smacked his lips and said: "It's a bit crude, but this lift door is enough!"

As the lift door crashed down, there was not only a loud noise, but also solemn looks from some veterans. He Wei demonstrated that any soldier with some combat experience would understand what happened to this inconspicuous lift door. As long as If there is a landing door on one side of the trench, one side of a straight trench will be blocked. If there are two landing doors on the front and rear of a straight trench, the entire trench will be blocked.

The significance of the landing doors is not only to block the enemy's path forward along the trench, but more importantly, a large number of landing doors can divide the enemy who breaks into the trench into several sections, thereby causing the enemy to temporarily disorder and cut off their attack. The connection between them, and this gap is precisely the best time to counterattack. The grenades are directed into the separated trenches, which is enough to drink a pot of the enemy troops who rush in.

The smile on He Wei's face gradually became ferocious. He had prepared for the Japanese not only the fortifications outside the trenches, but also the feast inside the camp. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough time. In a hurry, he could only use wooden nails and barbed wire. To make such a crude and simple lift door, in his previous life, the lift doors he had seen were all standard steel lift doors. However, according to the test just now, it was enough.

"Come here, follow the method I demonstrated and install a lifting gate for me at each corner of the trench. Cover it with soil and branches to disguise it as an ordinary trench shelter. Give me the traction rope as well. Bury them in the ground with soil, and cover the shooting ports of the vertical shooting trenches at the corners with tree branches. Make a good cover and remember that this thing is called a landing door, and it is also the Gate of Hell that sends the Japanese to hell!"

(End of this chapter)