The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 55 Picking up equipment and dismantling machine guns

"Hurry! Hurry! Jump down!"

In the anti-tank trench, the same soldiers who had just captured prisoners with He Wei jumped into the anti-tank trench one after another. He Wei curled his lips and looked really ugly. He had been there once when he was capturing prisoners, and now Entering the palace for the second time, I should have known that when I captured the prisoners just now, I should have picked up more weapons and equipment from the Japanese and brought them back. I had made a wrong decision just now.

The destroyed tanks in front of the position were still burning. The Japanese tanks were hit continuously by armor-piercing shells and grenades, and the explosive oil ignited several corpses. The burning smell was really unpleasant.

"Platoon leader, everyone is here."

Squad leader Ge Guicai came over, followed by other brothers not only carrying weapons, but also hemp ropes and sacks.

"Squad leader Ge, you take your squad's light machine gun as a cover in the anti-tank trench. The rest of the people will wait for my order to crawl out of the trench and start collecting equipment left by the Japanese army. Pick up the things from the Japanese corpses for me. , I’ll go take a look inside those tanks alone, maybe there’s something good there.”

Looking at the thick smoke billowing from the tanks, He Wei gave orders to the soldiers around him. There were not only the corpses of Japanese infantry on the battlefield, but also four tanks, three Type [-] Chinese tanks and a A Type [-] heavy armored vehicle, there might be a lot of good stuff on it, and He Wei planned to go "explore it."

Ge Guicai asked worriedly: "Platoon leader, the chariot is still burning. It's too dangerous for you to go alone."

He Wei said anxiously without any doubt: "It's okay. If someone follows me, the target will be bigger. Let them pick up the equipment on the infantry. I can handle it by myself. You must take cover with this light machine gun."

After staring at the anti-tank trench for 5 minutes and seeing that there was nothing going on ahead, He Wei immediately gave the order and the prepared soldiers jumped out and crawled forward. He Wei rolled and crawled and rushed to the destroyed tank. Type [-] heavy armored vehicle.

This armored vehicle was hit by two armor-piercing shells and two explosive shells from the [-] tank defense cannon in the previous battle. The armor is very thin. This type of vehicle is positioned as an armored vehicle for cavalry, and the last part of the armor is only six mm, the car body is welded, so the overall strength of the car body and suspension strength are also very insufficient.

Not only was it penetrated by artillery shells, He Wei also saw several black bullet holes made by the [-] steel-core bullets fired by Maxim. All the occupants in the car were killed, and a deformed armor-piercing bullet warhead was still there. It was stuck at the joint between the turret and the body. There was a burning smell surrounding the tank. He Wei jumped on the body and got into the turret.

Pushing the body out of the car, the stench of the Ninja's burning smell came into view. The smashed equipment in the car, fire extinguishers, signal flags, etc. were mounted on the main turret of the car body. An 11-year-old 45mm light The machine gun is basically a light machine gun with a crooked handle. However, in order to be installed on a tank, a barrel sleeve is added to the crooked handle, the butt is shortened, and the ammunition capacity of the magazine is increased from the original 1930 rounds to [-] rounds. It was fired, and a [-]x optical sight was installed on the gun body. However, this one had been destroyed by the artillery shell, and the barrel was blown out of shape, so it was of little use value.But at the machine gun muzzle under the car body, He Wei found something good, which was an intact Type [-] [-] mm heavy machine gun. If he remembered correctly, this gun was a replica of the French Hotchkiss. M[-] twin-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun.

However, the Japanese imitated a single-barrel version for the tank, using a magazine as the ammunition supply. The Japanese also called this thing a machine gun. What made He Wei even more delighted was that he had it in the storage box of the vehicle body. A tripod, a machine gun scope and a spare barrel outside the vehicle were also found, all of which were undamaged. There were also many spare magazines filled with bullets in the ammunition box.

He Wei was overjoyed. Having a tripod outside the car meant that he could pull the gun back and place it on the battlefield to deal with the Japanese!
After dismantling the machine gun and pulling out various parts, He Wei continued to sweep away three other destroyed Type [-] Chinese tanks, and removed two vehicle-mounted versions of the crooked handlebars from these three tanks. Light machine guns and a batch of ammunition. By the time He Wei finished mopping up these tanks, the other brothers who were responsible for picking up the equipment left behind by the Japanese infantry had basically finished their work and returned to the anti-tank trenches. The anti-tank trenches were full of equipment. Sacks full of seized weapons and ammunition.

The soldiers who went to pick up the equipment were all smiling. He Wei saw that several of them not only took weapons and ammunition, but also grabbed a few Japanese [-]-type steel helmets stained with blood. They also had Xuguang cigarettes on their belts. Several veterans Youzi also had several watches, pocket watches, and even a bulging wallet on his hands.

The national army had seized Japanese weapons and wanted them to be returned to the public, but there was no requirement that the property they seized should be returned to the public. He Wei turned a blind eye to this.

Ge Guicai's eyes lit up when he looked at the captured items in the trench, especially the large heavy machine gun dragged back by He Wei, and murmured: "This is a big fortune, this is a big fortune!"

He Wei chuckled: "The Japanese have left such a good thing. If you don't use it to greet them in turn, it wouldn't be a waste. Everyone has come back. Now start to retreat, leaving three people for me. Give me all the long-handled grenades that came, and blow up these tanks again."

"Blow it up again, platoon leader, aren't all those iron bastards destroyed?" Ge Guicai asked in confusion.

He Wei shook his head: "It looks like it was damaged now, but our anti-tank means are too weak. The best thing is the 37mm anti-tank gun. Other anti-tank means are either [-]mm small The machine guns were flattened, or the infantry used cluster grenades to blast them with all their strength. However, the anti-tank guns could only paralyze these tanks and make them lose their combat capabilities. They could not completely destroy these tanks. The Japanese Drag the damaged tank back, replace the dead tank driver with a new one, replace it with new parts, and repair it and it will be usable again. Now that we are here to make equipment, I will be sorry if I don't blow up these iron bastards again. Let’s be on our own.”

After Ge Guicai got the order, he kept the more than twenty Gong-made long-handled grenades carried by everyone. The others quickly evacuated. The remaining few people, under the command of He Wei, neatly separated the grenades they carried. It is placed on important parts of the four tanks such as sighting equipment, engines, gun barrels, fuel tanks and other important parts.
Boom, boom, boom - after several muffled explosions, He Wei led three soldiers and returned to the position safely.

(End of this chapter)