The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 62 New Explosive Thunder Cannon

Fortunately, the lethality of Fu Chen's position reminded him. Seeing the trench, He Wei suddenly thought of something - that is, explosive ejection equipment. As the name suggests, it is to eject explosives or certain explosives to achieve the goal. The purpose is to kill the enemy or blast.

When it comes to this thing, He Wei first thinks of the famous heartless cannon. This thing should be the most famous explosive ejection equipment in China. It is a common sight in later TV series. It is the big gasoline barrel used to eject explosives.

Of course, due to the lack of common sense and research by directors of film and television works, the fictional image of heartless cannons in film and television works is actually very different from the real heartless cannons.

The images of heartless cannons in movies and TV shows are either big naked gasoline barrels standing on the ground, or they dig a big pit and throw the gasoline barrels in it. In fact, they are all wrong. They are all wrong. They are completely wrong.

In fact, to throw an explosive package of more than ten kilograms hundreds of meters away requires a huge pressure in the launching equipment. However, such a large pressure cannot be withstood by the thin iron sheet of the gasoline cylinder. The gasoline is directly supplied during the launch. The barrel exploded.

The "heartless cannon" that was actually used in military history was to bury the gasoline cylinder on the ground and fill it with compacted soil to help the gasoline cylinder withstand the explosion pressure, or to tighten the gasoline cylinder with multiple iron hoops to enhance the resistance of the gasoline cylinder to the explosion. High pressure and strong endurance.

Think about the thick barrel of a mortar with a long range but light shells, and you will know that a "heartless gun" with a short range but a heavy explosive package cannot directly use a thin iron gasoline cylinder as the barrel, because it cannot withstand such a large pressure.

He Wei can't do this thing now even if he wants to. Not to mention there are no explosives or gasoline barrels. To do this thing, you have to dig a big hole and make iron hoops, which is time-consuming and laborious. He Wei is thinking of another more convenient thing-320 Explosive method.

This blasting method also projects explosives, but its original intention is not to kill, but to destroy obstacles. Generally, in field battles, when attacking the enemy's field positions, the first thing is to attack the enemy's positions in front of them. The best thing to destroy the obstacle field is artillery, but when the artillery is insufficient, other methods need to be used to destroy the obstacles. Therefore, the Pla's engineer force created this blasting method in the 60s.

The actual operation of this blasting method is to dig a fan-shaped projectile pit on the outside of the enemy's obstacle field and bury the projectiles. A series of explosive packages connected in series with long ropes are placed in the projectile pit according to certain rules, and the projectiles are detonated to connect the series of explosives. The bag is ejected into the enemy obstacle field, and the power of the explosive bag explosion is used to destroy the enemy obstacle field and open up an attack channel.

It may be more accurate to describe it in another scenario. Suppose a our army is about to attack the enemy's position and discovers that the enemy has built a large number of solid obstacles and mines in front of the position, and our army's artillery is not enough to use artillery fire to attack. The infantry opened the way.

At this time, in order to open up passages and carry out obstacle breaking operations, our army can only send out engineering detachments. The dispatched engineering detachments are divided into multiple groups. Each group first selects an explosive at an appropriate position directly in front of the enemy minefield and obstacle area to eject. Then dig a hole, bury the explosives in it, cover the explosive packages with a thick wooden board, and then string together many explosive packages with ropes and detonating cords one by one to make a simple blasting belt, and then string them together The first explosive package of the group was placed on the wooden board of the explosive pit, and a small wooden stake was used to fix the match rope.

After everything is ready, detonate the pre-embedded explosive package and hear a loud noise. The powerful air wave generated when the explosive package explodes throws the tandem group's explosive package towards the enemy minefield and obstacle area. These explosive packages explode one after another after they hit the ground. The minefields are cleared of mines and obstacles.

Subsequently, our infantry began to attack along the opened path.
As for why it is called the 320 blasting method, to be honest, He Wei doesn't know, and there is no way to verify it.

Compared with heartless cannons, this blasting method is the most suitable for He Wei now. It requires less materials and is less difficult to construct. Although the original intention of this thing is to destroy obstacles, it can also be used to blow up people. good.

According to my own idea, as long as the distance is measured in advance, some ejection pits for projecting explosives will be built on the two oblique positions and the main front position. During the battle, wait until the necessary moment to fire a salvo, and the lethality will be It is quite huge, and can even turn the open space in front of the position into a death zone.

After telling Fu Chen his plan, Fu Chen immediately agreed to He Wei's invention and projectile crater construction plan without thinking too much, showing his unconditional trust in He Wei, including several other platoon leaders. Inside, he was also looking forward to this new trick that He Wei had come up with. The required materials were currently lacking in explosives. Fu Chen patted his chest and assured He Wei that the explosives matter would be left to him and he would report it to his superiors. Go apply for a supplement.

Unintentionally, He Wei made another plagiarism operation. This thing also needs a name. The name 320 Explosive Method must not be used. Even He Wei himself didn’t know why it was called 320 Explosive Method, so he simply came to listen. A name that sounds awesome - Flying Thunder Cannon.However, when he thought about the thing he had plagiarized called the Flying Thunder Cannon, He Wei suddenly felt a chill. The reason was that he was in the [-]th Division, in the plane before he traveled, and finally fought in the Battle of Huaihai. was annihilated in Shuangduiji. In this battle that destroyed the [-]th Division, the flying thunder artillery caused very heavy casualties to the [-]th Division that stood firm in Shuangduiji.

It is really a strange feeling to use the weapon that killed yourself in the previous plane to deal with the invaders of this plane.

Afterwards, Fu Chen summoned several platoon leaders to discuss the next command issues.

"According to the scheduled plan, Hu Platoon entered the hidden position in the anti-tank trench. I planned to hand over the main position to the square platoon. Needless to say, He Wei Platoon was stationed in the oblique positions on both sides. The battle defense artillery platoon and mortars The artillery platoon will be commanded by me, and as for the reserve team, I plan to apply to the Chen regiment for a platoon of troops to be under my command, but the current strength is stretched thin and it may not be possible to spare this platoon."

"Hu Platoon and Fang Platoon are both commanded by He Wei. Among the current formations of our company's positions, the most important one is the diagonal position occupied by the first platoon, which can kill a large number of enemy troops and even annihilate the enemy troops that broke into our position. The key is, so the firing timing of the main position, as well as the firing timing of the Hu platoon in the anti-tank trench, must serve the oblique position, He Wei, I leave it to you!"

In the company command post, Fu Chen nodded to He Wei.

Hu Zhaowu said: "My opponent, my platoon is hidden in an anti-tank trench. It is inconvenient to observe and we cannot expose ourselves easily. To fire, we need a signal from the main position or an oblique position. As a platoon leader, you can tell us when to fire?"

He Wei thought for a while and said: "Company Commander, I think it's good to use the bugle. Why don't you give me the company's bugle to use, let Platoon Leader Hu act according to the bugle, and bring a signal gun with him?" The flares represent the firing timing of the torpedo cannon.”

Fu Chen nodded and added: "What a good idea. I will give you the company's trumpet and signal gun. Although I have support firearms such as mortars and anti-tank artillery, if you need support, you can Shoot flares into the sky! I will support you at any time. The flare gun has several types of flares. If you want to fire, just let go and fire. For the main front position, Fang Jing Platoon’s firing timing will also be decided by you.”

Seeing Fu Chen generously handing over the firing command of the frontal position to himself, He Wei felt a little moved. In fact, this meant handing over the command of the entire company's infantry to him.

Since he came to this era, Fu Chen has actually given him a lot of trust and help. In the current national army, this kind of grassroots company commander who knows people well and dares to delegate power to his subordinates is not something he can meet just because he wants to. We encountered struggles and contradictions not only among the top brass of the army, but also among the grassroots companies at the lowest level of the ecological chain. There were many discords and secret fights.

He Wei kept this trust firmly in his heart, and the only way to repay it was to kill more enemies on the battlefield.

After various discussions, the sixth company's position is already quite powerful in terms of firepower. It consists of an infantry company, a heavy machine gun platoon, an [-]nd mortar platoon, and a combat defense artillery platoon. If you add any Those flying thunder cannons, the firepower density of the entire position, and the formation of fire net firearms can be said to be anything but ordinary. The little bit of conservative combat thinking in He Wei's heart has also disappeared.

He Wei waved his hand: "In that case, let's fight like this. When I go to the battlefield tomorrow, I will take the captured Japanese machine guns and let's make a fire net for the Japanese!"

The battle plan of the fourth company was formulated in the dark night. Afterwards, the company commander Fu Chen hurriedly returned to Yanzhuang to apply for explosives, while He Wei and two platoon leaders began to build a flying thunder artillery position.

(End of this chapter)