The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2374: Trajectory and Gambling Are Like Personality
"Xiao Boji, keep an eye on the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side and don't shoot!" Shang Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted. Then he put away the telescope, turned around and crawled back, and casually threw the telescope to Xiao Ga, the messenger behind him.

Shang Zhen was very anxious, and Xiao Ga quickly dodged and almost collided with Shang Zhen.

Just when he was wondering why his company commander was so anxious, Shang Zhen had already shouted out the reason: "Find me the bullet hole that the Japanese soldier shot into the ground just now!"

Although Shang Zhen had been observing the Japanese troops on the opposite side, he could not see what was happening beside him but he could hear it. He suddenly thought of a way to find the approximate location where the Japanese troops were hiding.

It was really difficult for Shang Zhen. Among all the chaotic noises just now, he actually noticed the sound of the bullet drilling into the soil.

Now that Shang Zhen had given the order, the soldiers behind him began to talk at once. These soldiers were originally at the back, and one of them actually noticed the "chi" and "chi" sounds of the bullets drilling into the soil right in front of him.

"Captain, the bullet hole is over here!" the soldier shouted.

After the Japanese army finished their concentrated fire, the Chinese soldiers did not fight back, and the Japanese gunfire stopped again.

Shang Zhen crawled carefully in the bushes until he reached the place the soldier said, and by then the soldiers had already found two bullet holes.

This is not to say that the Japanese army was shooting from a high position, but rather that there was a mound of earth in front of the soldier that was just above his knees.

The bullets fired by the Japanese army hit the mound of earth. If there was no mound of earth to block it, who knows how far the bullets would have flown.

Bullets have trajectories.

Of course, the bullets fired in battle refer to the bullet heads in front.

The bullet will naturally move forward a short distance after drilling into the soil, but as the potential energy decays, the bullet will roll and deviate, and eventually stay in the soil.

It was not the first time that Shang Zhen saw children who were shooting live ammunition digging bullet heads out of the soil to play with. He just wanted to infer the approximate location of the Japanese army based on the trajectory that had not yet deviated.

The soldiers also guessed Shang Zhen's intention. When Shang Zhen was about to speak again, a soldier handed him a very straight bush branch.

Shang Zhen inserted the small stick into the bullet hole a little bit, and then looked at the exposed half. The direction pointed by the exposed half was the direction where the Japanese bullet flew from.

Soon, the second stick was also inserted, and the direction of the stick was roughly parallel to the previous one, which means that the two Japanese soldiers who fired the shots were not far apart.

As I said, doing a lot of things depends on ideas. Once you have ideas, everything will be easy.

One of Shang Zhen's soldiers actually took out an inkstone.

This ink fountain is not what people in Northeast China call cuttlefish, or "squid", but the ink fountain used by carpenters to draw straight lines.

People who have not seen its specific uses really don't know what it does. To put it simply, a thin line dyed with ink is stretched out from the ink fountain, and after it is stretched to a certain length, it is pressed on the ground. The carpenter pinches the stretched line, lifts it up and then lets go, so the ink mark remains on the concrete or wood.

The soldier under Shang Zhen was a carpenter at home, and he happened to have an inkstone with him when he was conscripted.

He has never been willing to throw away this inkstone, because he is thinking that one day he will no longer be a soldier and will have to go back to his old job.

Now he took out the ink fountain and used the ink line. He tied one end of the line to one end of the wooden stick and then stretched the line straight.

At this time, there is no need for a bullet line, but the position of the Japanese army can be found more accurately through this line that simulates the trajectory.

In fact, this principle is the same as aiming a rifle.

Why is it that most people can't shoot accurately with a pistol, but it's easy to shoot accurately with a rifle, and the Japanese-made Type 38 rifle is even more accurate

In addition to the shooter's high shooting level, the long aiming baseline of the gun is also an important factor.

The Type 38 rifle is the longest among the current rifles. Because it is longer, its aiming baseline is also longer, so it is more accurate when aiming at targets at a distance!
Under the cover of the bushes, Shang Zhen and his team worked hard and finally confirmed the approximate location where the Japanese troops were hiding.

"Everyone!" Shang Zhen shouted, "Be careful to hide, crawl from the back to the front, and be sure not to touch the grass leaves above when crawling. Be sure not to let the Japanese find out. They don't have as many people as we do, so let's give them a hard time!"

Based on the trajectory of the bullet, Shang Zhen inferred that the Japanese gunman was not on the tree, but this did not mean that the Japanese observation post was not on the tree.

If the Japanese were hiding below, they could only see the edge of the bushes, but if they were using binoculars in a tree far away, they could see the bushes moving inside.

As long as the Japanese lookout above gives instructions, the Japanese soldiers below can open fire.

Shang Zhen's order was given, but it was impossible for the soldiers to avoid touching the bushes, so they could only try their best not to touch them.

Inevitably, some soldiers muttered but Shang Zhen heard them. Shang Zhen shouted again: "Don't worry, crawl slowly, these little devils won't run away."

This is difficult if you don't want to run into bushes.

Shang Zhen followed the soldiers and asked loudly, "Little Seven, I remember there was a punching bag among your scouts. Where did that guy go?"

"He asked us to go to the front and fire to cover you. Then he ran to the left and said he was going to find the Japanese." Xiao Laoqi answered loudly.

"It's so hot-headed that he goes looking for the Japanese. What a waste! It's been such a long time. He must have become a deserter, right?" A soldier muttered disapprovingly.

When the soldier said this, others echoed him.

"Don't underestimate him." Shang Zhen said, "Why don't we have a winter fight?"

"What does ga ge dong mean?" Some soldiers didn't understand the Northeastern dialect.

"It's just a bet!" Shang Zhen said.

"Hehe, who dares to bet with you?" said the soldier when he heard that Shang Zhen wanted to bet with him.

He thought to himself, you are our company commander's sworn brother, and if I bet with you, no matter if I win or lose, I will not get anything good.

When Shang Zhen heard the soldier say that, he knew what he was thinking and said loudly: "We now have two companies of people. Everyone present can testify that gambling is like a person's character! Do you dare to gamble?"

As soon as Shang Zhen said "Gambling character reflects one's character", the soldiers who were crawling forward laughed. If Shang Zhen said that, they would tend to believe him.

"Sir, just tell me what we're betting on. I'm in!" the soldier replied.

"Who else wants to bet? My word is my bond!" Shang Zhen said with a smile.

The soldiers under Xiao Boji had never seen Shang Zhen lose his temper. After Shang Zhen said this, several soldiers who loved gambling joined in.

"We're not gambling. I only had a silver dollar in my pocket and was shot by a Japanese soldier. Let's just bet on push-ups. If you lose, each of you will do 100 push-ups in front of everyone.

How many people are there in total? If there are ten of you, and I lose, then I will make a thousand!" Shang Zhen answered very openly.

When Shang Zhen said this, cheers broke out from the bushes.

Anyway, the Japanese army is still far away from them, so even if they shout at the top of their lungs, they probably won't be able to hear them.

Shang Zhen and his companions climbed as they talked. Because they climbed slowly, it took them more than twenty minutes to reach the side of the bushes facing the Japanese army.

A few minutes later, hundreds of Chinese soldiers had armed themselves with rifles and light machine guns.

Under Shang Zhen's arrangement, the three rows of soldiers had one row lying in front as the width, and the two rows at the back also fired at this width, but they raised the muzzles of their guns slightly higher. This is called shooting depth.

Even now, Xiao Boji has not found any Japanese troops at the location determined by Shang Zhen.

But Shang Zhen was sure that the Japanese troops were in that small area, and Shang Zhen wanted to use concentrated fire to completely cover that small area!
"Are you all ready?" Shang Zhen asked loudly.

"Ready." The soldiers answered in unison.

"Ready—attack!" Shang Zhen gave the order.