"Captain Kong, do you really want to give each of us 240 rounds of ammunition?"
Huang Baiyang asked nervously. It was like a beggar suddenly becoming a nouveau riche. It felt a bit unreal no matter what.
Kong Jie said: "It's true or false. You will know it when the bullets are in your hands. Monk, give everyone ammunition."
"yes!"
Some soldiers from the guard company brought by the monk began to distribute bullets to the twelve special shooters. 6.5mm plated bullets were packed in bullet boxes. Each person had three bullet boxes, and two small bullets with a capacity of 30 rounds were hung in front. box, and a medium-sized bullet box with a capacity of sixty rounds hung on the back.
That's one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition.
"As for the other one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition, your observer, which can also be said to be the ammunition hand, will help you load it and provide it for your use at any time."
Kong Jie continued.
Huang Baiyang and Su Zhengqiang's team of special shooters noticed that the monk and his team, including the leader Kong Jie, exactly numbered twelve people. In other words, each person acted as an observer and cooperated with a special shooter. .
Huang Baiyang was in a daze. What kind of treatment is this? Not to mention a brand-new Type 44 rifle with excellent performance and 240 rounds of ammunition, it also comes with an additional observer?
It seems that even Commander Kong will be one of the observers.
"Observer hand? Commander Kong, we usually fight, but we have never used the observer hand." Huang Baiyang said.
Kong Jie said: "The existence of the observer hand is to further improve your shooting efficiency."
"Why do you say that? You are extremely talented special shooters. I will equip you with the best rifles and the most bullets. I am not asking you to shoot at the Japanese infantry like ordinary infantry."
"Remember, as special shooters, every time you shoot, the target must be a more valuable target."
"For example, the Japanese commanders, the Japanese artillerymen, machine gunners, and observers. In short, whatever target is more valuable will be the first to attack it."
"But if you have experienced combat, you should understand that on the battlefield, it is not that easy to find such a target. It is not that easy to find officers, gunners and shooters among a bunch of Japanese soldiers wearing standard military uniforms. ?”
"Shoot once, then slowly search for a long time, and then shoot again? This is too inefficient."
"It's hard to tell. Before you had time to fire the second shot, the enemy's shells came over."
"The little devil is never vague about the sharpshooters lurking in the dark."
"This is when the role of the observer's hand comes into play. Each of your observers will be equipped with a Japanese Type 93 range-finding telescope."
"The observer's field of view will be wider than that of your shooter. They will find more valuable targets for you, and accurately tell you the specific direction and shooting distance of the target, as well as the correction amount of the shot.
Not only that, the observers will also be alert to the movements of the Japanese army for you at any time, beware of Japanese artillery strikes at any time, and avoid more risks for you.
This includes selecting a safe evacuation route for you in advance.
Once the Japanese infantry comes into contact, the observer will also serve as fire cover. "
"The two of you cooperate. When the shooter snipers at the target, the observer will immediately lock on to the next target. The division of labor between the two will greatly improve the sniper efficiency and the shooter's survival probability."
"As long as they work together properly, such a team of observers and shooters can be as powerful as the enemy's artillery."
"The precise strike of a sniper is unmatched by the Japanese artillery to a certain extent."
After Kong Jie explained this, Huang Baiyang and his party immediately understood the benefits of having an observer hand.
On the battlefield, having comrades like observers by your side will give shooters a greater sense of security.
They can find targets for you and avoid Japanese counterattacks for you. The most important thing is that they can carry 120 rounds of ammunition for you. Where can you find such a good thing?
In addition, speaking of the observers equipped for Huang Baiyang and his party, they are not weak soldiers. Which of the soldiers in the independent regiment's guard company is not one of the best in ten?
After Kong Jie's assignment work was arranged, although Huang Baiyang and his party carried out Kong Jie's orders, in fact, most of the twelve special shooters were veterans, and most of the observers assigned to them by Kong Jie were veterans. A young soldier from the guard company.
This is another point where the Independence Regiment is somewhat different from other Eighth Route Army combat groups.
The elite troops of the independent regiment, the soldiers tend to be younger.
Because the enemy situation around the independent regiment is complex, there are more combat opportunities, well-equipped, and abundant ammunition. The young soldiers are strong and flexible in mind. After the same training, they actually grow faster.
But at this moment, this youthfulness was inevitably questioned by the veteran special shooters of the fifth regiment.
These veterans are worried that after the battle begins, will these young-faced soldiers be able to assume the important task of observers?
Will it affect my daily performance?
With this hesitation, the battle soon began.
For the soldiers of the independent regiment's security company, as observers for the special shooters of the fifth regiment, their tasks this time are different from their usual tasks.
It doesn't need to be that precise.
Before the battle began, the monk told him: "This time, the comrades of the fifth regiment are using ordinary rifles. The shooting distance will not exceed four hundred meters. There is no need to consider parameters such as wind speed and temperature." , any correction amount is also a factor that does not need to be calculated.”
"At such a close distance, you can find the target and shoot it with one shot. You must pay attention to the communication skills with the comrades of the Fifth Regiment, quickly locate valuable targets, and at the same time, be alert to the Japanese counterattack at any time, and be prepared to avoid risks and evacuate. Be prepared to ensure the safety of the special shooters of the fifth regiment."
A guard company soldier said, "Company commander, how about we do it ourselves? Our marksmanship is not necessarily worse than these veterans."
The monk scolded: "Don't underestimate these veterans. The fifth regiment has more than a thousand soldiers. Just these twelve special shooters. The regiment leader said that these people are definitely treasures."
"In pure shooting, you may not be able to outperform others."
"What you are better at is reconnaissance of the battlefield environment and locking on sniper targets. In the words of our regimental leader, you should use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses."
At this point, the monk lowered his voice and said, "The most important thing is, hey, I'm not afraid to tell you that the regiment leader is probably interested in these twelve special shooters."
"Maybe he will be a comrade of our independent group in the future. You have to take care of him."
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the guard company immediately understood what was going on, and they all smiled and nodded.
Behind a bush somewhere.
Huang Baiyang, one of the top marksmen from the Orion Regiment of the Fifth Regiment, was under great pressure at the moment. For this shooting operation, everyone was assigned an observer. He was very proud, so Kong Jie personally served as the observer.
"Captain Kong, this..."
Kong Jie smiled disapprovingly and said: "Old Huang, don't be nervous. I am your observer now. The two of us will work together to shoot the Japanese soldiers. You must be worthy of your name."
They are all true heroes on fire, tough guys, Kong Jie said so, Huang Baiyang was not shy and immediately responded: "Yes!"
Kong Jie took out a pocket watch from his arms, handed it to Huang Baiyang, and asked: "Old Huang, do you recognize this pocket watch with graduations?"
"You recognize it!" Huang Baiyang said.
Kong Jie said: "Then you have to remember that our location is the center point of the pocket watch. The one directly in front of us corresponds to the twelve o'clock direction, the one directly to the left corresponds to the nine o'clock direction, and the one directly to the right corresponds to the nine o'clock direction. It corresponds to the three o'clock position, and the one behind it corresponds to the six o'clock position."
"As your observer, after I find the target, I will use this method to tell you the direction and distance of the target point, as well as some easily identifiable morphological characteristics, as soon as possible, so that you can judge based on it."
"How's it going? Do you understand?"
Huang Baiyang nodded, "Don't worry, Commander Kong, I understand!"
"At three o'clock, the target is eighty meters away, a poplar tree as thick as a thigh." Kong Jie suddenly shouted.
When Huang Baiyang came back to his senses, he took aim with the gun in a kneeling position. According to Kong Jie's command, the muzzle of the gun was instantly aimed at the three o'clock direction, the poplar tree 80 meters away.
"Not bad, a perfect cooperation." Kong Jie smiled.
Huang Baiyang also felt relieved. He understood how to cooperate with the observers, and he felt more confident.
The two quickly arrived at the designated position. At this moment, they were in front and left of the Yano Squadron that had left behind.
The location is a small soil slope chosen by Kong Jie, surrounded by shrubs. When the yellow poplar crawls on the back side of the slope, with the help of the cover of the shrubs, it does not affect the shooting field of view, and can avoid the slope to a certain extent. Japanese reconnaissance.
There are twelve shooting groups in total. The positions are widely scattered, and each group is responsible for one direction.
There were still sporadic gunfire sounds down the hillside. It was the small artillery platoon in the direction of the fifth regiment, which was bombarding the Japanese positions with artillery.
The Japanese squadron Chang Guye stood firm. In order to prevent the firepower of his own light and heavy machine guns from being knocked out, the cunning old Japanese ordered several heavy machine guns and a dozen light machine guns to be hidden in the blind spot area of the gentle slope without showing their heads.
Gu Ye made up his mind that he only needed to buy time for the captain to evacuate. He could not evacuate now. Once he evacuated, the cavalry troops of the Eighth Route Army would definitely come up.
But there is no need to continue the fire attack, it is purely a waste of bullets.
The Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has also stopped attacking. He only needs to wait for the Eighth Route Army to lose patience and launch an attack. After the charging troops close to a hundred meters away, they can then use light and heavy machine gun fire to repel the attacking Eighth Route Army.
From the moment he received the order to be responsible for cutting off the rear, Tan Ye never thought about surviving.
As a bloody soldier, he only wanted to use the gentle slope in front of him to kill the Eighth Route Army in front of him as much as possible while covering the evacuation of the brigade leader.
On the gently sloping position, under the weakened offensive of both sides, a Japanese artillery scout quietly showed his head.
"At eleven o'clock, the target is four hundred meters away. A Japanese scout is crawling on the edge of the gentle slope, holding a telescope."
Kong Jie, who was holding a Type 93 ranging telescope, said.
After receiving the message, Huang Baiyang immediately turned his gun, quickly locked on the Japanese artillery scout, and repeated: "The Japanese scout crawling on the edge of the gentle slope, holding a telescope... has confirmed the target!"
"You can shoot!" Kong Jie said.
"Yes!" Huang Baiyang responded.
boom--
After taking aim for a moment, Huang Baiyang decisively pulled the trigger. The high-speed rotating bullet flew out and hit the Japanese scout's chest from the left front.
The Japanese scout who was crawling on the gentle slope died at the sound.
Another Japanese soldier squatting next to the left hand of the Japanese artillery scout was startled and quickly pulled the scout's body off the gentle slope.
"Sir, looking at the angle of the bullet, the bullet came from the forest on the left front." The Japanese soldier said to the Japanese squad leader on the side.
"Baga, give the order immediately. There are Eighth Route Army snipers in the woods ahead on the left. Everyone should take cover."
"Hi!"
The news reached the ears of the Japanese squadron leader Gu Ye. Gu Ye frowned and looked at the dense forest in front of him on the left.
As a commander with excellent military literacy, he is well aware that the presence of snipers on the battlefield poses a huge threat to officers, gunners and machine gunners.
Considering that these potential Eighth Route Army snipers might cause serious harm, Tan Ye immediately ordered: "Immediately secretly use the grenade, aim at the woods in front of the left, and kill the lurking Eighth Route Army."
"Hi!"
At the same time, Kong Jie noticed through the telescope that the Japanese artillerymen were carrying grenades on their backs, shifting positions and adjusting angles.
"No, Old Huang, evacuate immediately according to the planned evacuation route."
Kong Jie led the way, and Huang Baiyang followed Kong Jie. The two quickly evacuated diagonally to the right for more than a hundred meters.
Boom——
Five or six grenade shells exploded in the approximate area where Huang Baiyang and Kong Jie were previously.
Looking at the woods submerged by artillery fire, Huang Baiyang felt lingering fear. Fortunately, Captain Kong, as an observer, was the first to notice the movements of the Japanese artillery. Otherwise, the two of them would have been killed in the artillery fire. This little devil's reaction was really fast enough.
On the other side, the battalion commander of the fifth regiment of the Japanese army who was heading forward noticed that the Japanese were shelling the flank of the position.
I realized that Commander Kong was already ready.
Without hesitation, the battalion commander immediately issued the order to attack.
The main offensive force must cooperate with the actions of the sniper team to ensure that the Japanese position can be captured in one go.
The small artillery platoon of the independent regiment simultaneously bombarded the Japanese positions, suppressing the fire.
The team led by Captain Feng also took the opportunity to continue to move forward from the left and right wings.
The fierce multi-directional attack made Gu Ye, the Japanese squadron, panicked and quickly ordered firepower to block it.
The Eighth Route Army's attacking troops were three to four hundred meters away and first bombarded them with grenade fire.
It's just that if the Japs want to use the grenades, they must have the cooperation of the forward artillery observers. The twelve sniper groups on the left are keeping a close eye on them.
Three Japanese artillery observers tried to observe the attacking Eighth Route Army through the gentle slope. They were shot dead one after another as soon as they emerged.
"pretty!"
The special shooters of the fifth regiment sighed secretly in their hearts.
The young observers of these independent regiments were really incredible. They quickly locked on the sniper target and accurately gave the location.
Veteran shooters only need to follow the guidance of the observer, lock the target, and then shoot.
The soldiers of the independent regiment's guard company were also amazed. The marksmanship of these special shooters of the fifth regiment was really extraordinary. As soon as the reconnaissance target was given, they would turn around and kill them.
The cooperation between the two parties was very tacit from the first time.
The terror of the gathered sniper team gradually emerged...
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