The .50BMG bullets Zhao Xin placed on the patrol boat were all M8 armor-piercing incendiary bombs. His original intention in buying these armor-piercing incendiary bombs was to hit boats. No matter whether they were hard sailing boats or soft sailing boats, dozens of rounds were fired and they were all set on fire.
What everyone didn't expect was that the M8's first actual combat was to hit someone.
To discuss the lethality of weapons, we should first talk about bullets. Guns are just tools for firing bullets. The muzzle kinetic energy of the 0.50BMG is between 14,000 and 18,000 joules; the Gew M1917 anti-tank rifle built by the Germans in 1917 used a 13.2mm special armor-piercing bullet, and the muzzle kinetic energy was 15,000 joules. It can penetrate 20mm armor plate at a distance of 100m and 15mm armor plate at a distance of 300m.
So one can imagine what will happen if it hits someone.
Liu Sheng didn't dare to look into the crowd yet. He was not a butcher, so he aimed at a tree. When he was observing just now, he remembered that there seemed to be a warrior hiding behind the tree. Liu Sheng thought that a few shots first to shock him should be enough. But he was afraid that pressing the trigger once would not have the effect, so he pressed it twice. So ten rounds of .50BMG flew towards the big tree.
In the field of view of Deng Fei's telescope, the big tree instantly spattered sawdust, as if it only took two bullets to pierce the trunk; then, a cloud of blood mist burst out from behind the tree. As a result, the flying wood chips mixed with the blood mist spread out in all directions. The warrior hiding behind the tree was instantly shattered, and his stumps fell to the ground; and the area where the tree was shot also began to burn.
Deng Fei, who was holding a telescope to observe, suddenly felt sick after seeing this scene.
Liu Sheng stopped pressing the trigger and looked at the beach. It was still quiet; the ambush soldiers hiding in the grass, big trees and huts showed no reaction at all.
"I'll wipe~ It's okay!" Liu Sheng was very surprised by the endurance of the island nation's warriors. Wouldn't this scare them away?
So he pressed the trigger again, this time aiming at a straw shed.
Although he didn't like the Japs, it was difficult for people who had not experienced that era to feel any personal hatred, so he still chose to shoot at places with few people.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!!!" Ten more rounds were fired.
The thatched hut was torn apart in an instant, and countless stumps, accompanied by blood mist, and flying dead branches and thatch exploded inside the hut. A warrior who was only five meters away from the thatched hut had blood sprayed all over his face in an instant.
"Ah!!!" The Date family warriors who were ambushing on the shore finally reacted. Looking at the fallen limbs and the blood on the ground, these people were frightened and panicked. Many of them turned around and wanted to run away.
Seven or eight Date family samurai wearing armor drew their swords and shouted loudly to stop the lower-level samurai who tried to escape. They drove those armed with bows and arrows and arquebuses into the knee-deep water, shouting "Aim! Shoot!"
More than thirty warriors holding square bamboo bows were the first to launch arrows.
Starting from the middle of the Heian period, Maruki bows with poor range and power were gradually phased out, and powerful synthetic bows began to become the mainstream. The maximum range of these synthetic bows can reach 350-400 meters, and the effective range is about 180-200 meters. (According to the different production methods of the bow, it is divided into fu bamboo bow, three-piece bow, four-piece bow and square bamboo bow)
Liu Sheng was poisoned by the rumors on the Internet that the range of Japanese bows was only a few dozen meters. That's why he dared to ask Zhao Liang to park the patrol boat two hundred meters away from the shore.
As soon as this guy saw the other person with his bow and arrow ready, he had no intention of hiding and was still looking up. How did the old saying come about? Don't use radish as a vegetable. In Liu Sheng's eyes, the warriors on the opposite side were just a bunch of carrots!
Deng Fei felt bad and pushed Liu Sheng behind the MK93 bulletproof steel plate. The two of them heard whizzing sounds above their heads, and several long arrows jingled against the bulletproof steel shield. Just as Liu Sheng was about to stand up, more than twenty long arrows were fired at him, and he quickly continued to squat down.
In the cockpit, Zhao Liang crouched under the driver's seat and watched as a long arrow hit the glass of the cab, leaving a white spot on the glass.
If it hadn't been for Deng Fei, Liu Sheng would have been hit by several arrows.
On the coast, several warriors holding matchlock guns hurriedly wrapped one end of the matchlock around their left arm, and ignited the matchlock with one end passed through the gun body. They then clamped the matchlock between the index and middle fingers of their left hand; then, they picked it up from their waists. Put the gunpowder kettle with the ignition powder (the standard size of this gunpowder kettle is usually a 5-8cm kettle type, which is tied to the waist. After filling the powder, let go immediately, and the gunpowder kettle will naturally hang on the waist). Pour the gunpowder on the gun body. In the fire dish, close the fire cover, blow the lit match rope twice hard, then clamp it to the fire clip on the gun body, and open the fire cover.
"Aim! Shoot!" A samurai raised the knife in his hand and swung it hard towards the patrol boat.
Because the bullets and gunpowder in the gun chamber had been loaded in advance, the warriors took aim and pulled the trigger.
"Boom!!!!" Balls of gunpowder smoke rose.
There were several random crackling sounds, hitting the hull and the bulletproof steel plate. Dozens of lead bullets bounced off and fell around the deck.
"Load!" The sword-wielding samurai standing in the sea continued to order loudly.
"Nah!" Liu Sheng was angry. He stood up and held the handle of the M2HB. He pointed at the samurai who was shooting from the shore and pressed the trigger. This time, his finger did not lift up.
"Bang bang bang...!!!"
As the muzzle of the gun continued to swing, the warriors on the beach were suddenly covered in blood and flesh. Large pieces of flesh and blood torn by bullets were splashed everywhere. The arms and thighs that had been blown away fell into the water with a crackling sound. There were splashes of water; after several archery warriors were hit by bullets, there were big holes in their bodies; what's more, after being shot, they flew backwards and turned into a pile of minced meat. The blood from the warriors who fell into the sea quickly dyed the nearby sea water red, but disappeared in an instant as the waves continued to wash away.
"Bang bang bang...!!!" Liu Sheng ignored it and continued to fire until all the ammunition boxes were empty. The red barrel was emitting green smoke, and Liu Sheng and Deng Fei were choked by the sprayed gunpowder gas and kept coughing.
At this time, the beach has become a flesh and blood mill, lifeless. Occasionally, a few desperate screams sounded, and then died again.
A warrior who was lucky enough to survive looked around for his left arm that had been blown away. Blood was dripping from the broken arm that exposed the bones. But the warrior seemed to feel no pain at all, and kept fishing in the sea water that had been dyed pink.
Dozens of gun-wielding warriors and civilians hiding in the grass on the shore had begun to flee. These people either dropped their spears or held weapons, crawling or running on their hands and feet, stumbling toward the gate of Matsushima Town.
These people used their distorted voices to shout heartbreakingly: "Devil, devil!!!"
In the knee-deep water, dozens of warriors lay face down in the water and floated with the waves. Some were washed ashore directly by the waves; and on the shore not far away, a still burning The dilapidated thatched hut crackled.
"Wow!" Deng Fei finally couldn't help it when he saw the scene in front of him, and started to vomit while holding on to the railing.
"It's okay, I'm used to vomiting." Liu Sheng was secretly frightened, pretending not to care on the surface, and patted Deng Fei on the back.
"Fuck you, uncle!" Deng Fei cursed manically and pushed Liu Sheng's arm away.
"What did you say?!" Liu Sheng's ears were filled with echoes and he couldn't hear what Deng Fei said at all.
On the Thor at this time. Under the surprised gazes of the island sailors on the ship, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng quickly tore off the green canvas gun jacket of the D30 on the bow, and quickly adjusted the height and position of the muzzle.
Wang Yuanfang leaned on the direct mirror and meowed for a moment, then turned around and took a grenade from the ammunition box on the deck and loaded it into the gun barrel. Zhao Xin held a steel rod and pushed the shell into the gun barrel and tightened it; Wang Yuanfang picked up another grenade from another ammunition box. The cartridge was taken out of the box and loaded with a bag, then placed in the gun barrel.
"Where are you aiming?" Zhao Xin asked Wang Yuanfang.
"It's the shallow water area in front of the beach."
"What the hell!" Zhao Xin scolded. "Aim at the west side of Matsushima Town, where the main gate of the town is located."
"Isn't this not good?"
Zhao Xin immediately roared: "Brother, we are not here to travel! Even if we are here to travel, we can't even get to the shore now! You saw what those refugees are like yesterday. We are here to save people! If we don't scare them away, who knows what else they will do."
Wang Yuanfang blushed at Zhao Xin's roar. He returned to the direct sight again, and while checking the position, he asked Zhao Xin to turn the steering gear and height machine.
As he completed his aim, Wang Yuan retreated to the side of the ship four or five meters away from the cannon; Zhao Xin also retreated to him holding a rope connected to the firing machine, and then pulled hard.
There was a loud "Boom!" and the refugees in the lower warehouse were frightened and screamed. Everyone lay down on the deck and buried their heads.
The powerful recoil drove the gun body back, but it was offset by the several sandbags pressed on the gun body frame, the cork bedding under the gun wheel, and the several steel cables connected to the gun body. With a thousand kilograms of recoil, the gun body only shook a few times and then stopped.
"Hey, it really works!" Zhao Xin looked at the stationary cannon, patted Wang Yuanfang's shoulder, jumped up and shouted happily.
"Boom!" Two kilometers away, a cloud of black smoke mixed with flames rose at the west gate of Matsushima Town.
Fortunately, at the gate on the west side of the town hall, the fleeing samurai and civilian husbands, as well as dozens of samurai standing at the gate of the town hall ready to respond, happened to gather together...
Nearly two thousand prefabricated fragments flew violently from the center of the explosion in all directions. The area within a radius of thirty meters was immediately wiped out, and countless residual limbs and flesh flew into the air.
The shock wave of the explosion carried shrapnel and continued to rage around crazily. The wooden door of the Machifang and dozens of surrounding houses were immediately blown away. The broken roofs, doors, windows, and beams turned into countless sharp sawdust, which spread and flew with the shock wave.
Half of Matsushima Town was filled with howls and screams.
The smoke dissipated slightly, and it was seen that the wooden door at the center of the explosion had completely disappeared, leaving only a large pit nearly one meter deep.
"Wow~~" Several townspeople who were on the east side of Matsushima Town were frightened by the explosion and fell to the ground. When these people just got up, blood rain falling from the sky suddenly poured down on them.
The 250 Date family samurai who had just been sent from Sendai Castle during the night, as well as most of the military force of the Matsushima Town Office, were completely lost.
On the Thor, Wang Yuanfang held up his telescope and stared blankly at the shelled town in his field of vision, murmuring: "What did we do?"
