Zhao Shitou was a veteran, and with Duanwu's guidance, there were more than 130 people in the company. In addition to firing continuously into the air, they were also waiting for the moment when the enemy bombers dived to drop bombs.
This is an opportunity, the only chance for heavy machine guns or even light machine guns to reach the Japanese aircraft.
Duanwu told them that as long as they shoot down two Japs bombers, they will not lose anything. If they shoot down three, they will make a profit.
If four are downed, each of them will be rewarded with ten pieces of gold during the Dragon Boat Festival. If five are shot down, each person will be rewarded with twenty pieces of gold. Shoot down six for forty dollars.
If they can shoot down ten bombers in one go, everyone in the Dragon Boat Company will be rewarded with a gold bar.
Therefore, in addition to the continuous efforts of the mixed team to prove that they are not cowards, it is also crucial to have a brave man under the heavy reward. Even many soldiers from other companies were very envious that the first mixed company actually got such a good opportunity.
However, can they really do it? Only Duanwu knew that this was an extremely difficult task to complete, and those high bounties were just money to buy the lives of these brothers.
The battle is about to begin!
The little Japanese bomber has already adjusted its attitude in the air.
The fighter jets flew in beautiful arcs in all directions, escorting the Type 93 bombers.
The captain of the Japs Flying Wing gave a loud order: The first bomber group dive bombed. The bombing altitude was 1,500 meters.
The Japs are not fools. They know that the only anti-aircraft weapon the Chinese have is heavy machine guns. They will not rush past this safety limit rashly. Unless some Japanese pilots operate improperly, they will rarely drop bombs beyond this distance.
At the same time, Japanese aircraft were seen roaring towards them. Zhao Shitou ordered loudly: "Everyone is here, the Japanese plane is coming, hit me!"
"beat!"
"beat!......"
Zhao Shitou's orders spread outward one after another, and each of the soldiers repeated the company commander's roar.
Machine guns, heavy machine guns, and rifles were aimed at the air and fired wildly.
The bullets flew into the air and once again formed a barrage. As long as the Japanese aircraft took one step beyond the thunder pool, they would encounter a devastating blow.
The Little Japanese plane dived to a height of 1,500 meters above the ground to drop bombs. A large number of bombs were like a series of beads in mid-air.
The piercing sound of the bomb was very sharp.
They fell rapidly, some collided with bullets, and exploded in mid-air.
The explosion of fire was like fireworks exploding in mid-air.
And perhaps, this is the fireworks that the old Japanese soldier Namada Chuichi mentioned before the war.
It is completely normal for a bomb to explode when it encounters bullet fire in mid-air. The 50-kilogram aerial bomb exploded in mid-air, but it was much prettier than fireworks.
After the explosion, the flames and black smoke of the air mass continued to expand in mid-air, and finally became like a dark cloud.
Zhao Shitou and other officers found that the bullets could not intercept all the bombs, and ordered loudly: "Get down quickly, get down quickly!"
The voice echoed in Zhao Shitou's own ears for a long time, but his soldiers could no longer hear his orders. Because everyone was shooting, everyone roared and fired desperately into the air.
At this moment, they didn't think about anything. They only saw the Japanese planes and the roaring bombs.
Their bodies are mechanical and uncontrollable.
Or maybe this is war. When war reaches a fever pitch, human life is no longer life, and death is no longer a fear. Anger takes over your brain at this time. There are only enemies in your eyes, only enemy planes whizzing past in the sky!
Boom!
Huge explosions followed, and the 50-kilogram aerial bomb was more powerful than any little devil's artillery shell.
A huge explosion can easily destroy the trench and level it in an instant. The people hiding in the trenches were blasted into the air like catkins.
The soldiers stood in the trenches, setting up machine guns, rifles, and heavy machine guns on the edge of the trenches.
Amid violent explosions, flames of war and gunpowder smoke, they were fearless.
Because at this time, they have nowhere to hide, and they are betting on luck.
If you're lucky, the bombs from the Japs won't be able to blow them up, but if you're not lucky, the Japs' bombs will be able to find you no matter where you are hiding.
They may have become accustomed to such gambles in life. They kept firing machine guns and rifle bullets.
Bullets soared into the sky in violent explosions, facing the Japanese plane, and the aerial bombs that kept falling, making holes one after another in the bottom of the little Japanese plane.
Either a miracle happened, or the Japs dive-bombed at an altitude of more than 1,500 meters. During the dive of a Japs plane, more than a dozen holes were ripped out of the bottom of the plane. A Japanese soldier was shot in the cabin and fell out of the plane.
The plane's mailbox was also hit, fuel leaked, and the plane burst into billowing smoke.
"idiot!"
Namada Chuichi drank red wine while admiring the gorgeous fireworks. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a Japanese bomber suddenly lost control, ignited thick smoke, and fell behind the mountain of Yushan.
A moment later, a violent explosion followed, and raging flames ignited in the col behind Yushan Mountain.
"Very good!"
Zhong Jiushan almost jumped up with excitement, his expression of excitement was palpable. Although it was only a bomber, in Zhong Jiushan's eyes, this was an impossible feat.
In comparison, Dragon Boat Festival is much calmer.
His target is definitely not a single Japanese bomber, but the more, the better.
But he really didn't know how long the soldiers of the mixed company could last in this explosion.
The best outcome expected by Dragon Boat Festival is that one-fifth of the mixed company can survive three Japanese air raids, which is pretty good. In other words, more than 80% of soldiers and officers will die in air strikes.
He knew the little devil's Type 93 bomber very well. The maximum bomb load of this bomber was about one ton. If fully loaded, the endurance time in the air is only about two hours.
At the speed of a Type 93 bomber, it would take at least twenty minutes to get from Shanghai Airport. Coupled with three or more carpet bombings, it would take at least an hour.
And this is the time that Dragon Boat Festival needs to gain. He exchanged a company for forty minutes of bombing time for the little Japanese.
As for why, only Duanwu himself knows.
boom! boom! ...
Chuchuchu! Chuchuchu! ...
In the flames of war and gunpowder smoke, a contest of disparity in power continues.
The huge explosion did not scare away the soldiers of the mixed company. Instead, they became more courageous as they fought.
The Japanese flying wing leader was angry because he lost a Type 93 bomber. With the help of the smoke cover on the battlefield, the Second Flying Group was ordered to conduct dive bombing again.
The bombing was accompanied by recorded machine gun fire. He wants to use the Empire's air superiority to completely crush the enemy's ground forces.
Boom!
Huge explosions followed one after another, and then a series of loud noises came continuously. A corner of the Nanshan position was instantly razed to the ground in the explosion. A large amount of soil was lifted into the air, as if it was blocking the sky and the sun.
Three platoons of soldiers from a mixed company flew more than ten meters high with the air waves caused by the explosion!
But the soldier who was still alive still picked up his companion's machine gun and pulled the trigger crazily.
"Little devils, come on!"
The squad leader of the third platoon and one squad jumped out of the trench amidst the roar and climbed to the highest point of the trench. He picked up a little Japanese Taisho 11 light machine gun and aimed at the Japanese aircraft coming towards him and fired at them.
"idiot!"
When the Japanese pilots saw someone jumping out and shooting at them as a provocation, the arrogant Japanese pilots gave up dropping bombs and opened their onboard machine guns to shoot at a squad leader.
The expressions of the two people were extremely crazy, they really wanted to kill each other!
"Baga, Kojima?"
The squadron leader yelled and reminded Kojima not to leave the formation. But the island has already dived down.
Chuchuchu! Chuchuchu!
The airborne machine gun kept firing, and 7.7mm bullets formed a line on the ground. Go straight to the squad leader.
The squad leader roared and kept pulling the trigger in his hand.
He can dodge, and as long as he rolls the little devil's plane, it will be missed. But this was an opportunity, and the little devil's plane actually swooped down. He was within range of his machine gun.
The Taisho Type 11 light machine gun, also known as the crooked handle, uses universal 6.5mm machine gun bullets, which can be used with Type 38 rifle bullets.
However, if this machine gun is indeed not very good, neither the Japanese army nor the Eighth Route Army who captured the crooked weapon will evaluate it very favorably.
At that time, light machine guns developed by various countries around the world used magazines, bullet plates, bullet chains or belts to feed ammunition, but the Taisho 11-type light machine gun was unique in that it used a complex structure hopper to feed ammunition.
This magazine is located on the left side of the receiver, and a standard bridge clip of five rounds of ammunition can be loaded directly into it to start shooting.
From this perspective, the designers considered that the machine gunner could directly use the ammunition of ordinary soldiers to facilitate ammunition supply on the battlefield. However, the complex ammunition supply mechanism ultimately made this idea come to nothing.
Although the designers considered bullet interchangeability, in fact, the Taisho 11 light machine gun cannot use 6.5 mm rifle bullets.
The machine gun will go out of action after firing a few rounds of rifle bullets, causing various malfunctions. Moreover, the shooting accuracy is not high and the range is not far. Because the 6.5mm rifle bullet contains a few more grams of gunpowder than the Taisho 11 machine gun bullet.
And even the designers themselves don’t understand why the 6.5mm machine gun bullet has a longer range and higher accuracy even though its gunpowder load is not as good as that of the rifle bullet.
In addition, the spiral heat sink on the barrel is also quite strange.
The original intention of this design is to increase heat dissipation efficiency and improve continuous shooting capabilities by increasing the heat dissipation area. But in fact, large formal light machine guns cannot reach the theoretical rate of fire at all, so this is a relatively useless setting.
And this design makes the Taisho 11 heavier than light machine guns from other countries by about one kilogram.
During the long journey, the soldiers' physical strength was wasted in vain.
Because this kilogram can be used to carry more ammunition.
The design of the ammunition supply hopper is also very special, which can be called a strange thing in the history of the development of small arms in the world.
After the Battle of Nomonkan, the Soviet Union copied this unique ammunition hopper based on the captured Taisho 11 light machine gun and used it to improve its own DP machine gun. After testing the results, Soviet firearms designers concluded that this piece of shit was just a piece of shit.
Yes, he is a mess!
But this Tuo Xiang also has its advantages, that is, it is comparable to the maximum range of a heavy machine gun.
Many people can't tell the difference between effective range and maximum range. The effective range is within a certain distance, and the bullet travels in a straight line. The maximum range is the farthest point that the bullet can reach after flying out of the gun barrel.
The maximum range is the advantage of the Taisho 11-style. Its maximum range can reach as far as 2,800 meters! ...
