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Chapter 214 Chapter 213, Dinglong Grenade Launcher, Go!
It didn't take the guerrillas long to wipe out the Japanese squad that Captain Takahashi had high hopes for, including their squad leader, cleanly and quickly.

The attacking Japanese were defeated, the guerrillas' gunfire stopped, and the Japanese heavy machine gun positions also stopped their suppressive fire.

At this time, the sun was still scorching the earth overhead, and some flies attracted by the smell of blood from Weijia Village began to fly around the mountain. The new recruits who had just fought for the first time looked out from the shooting holes to see how their results were.

"Okay, stop looking! Those who killed the most enemies were those who participated in the sharpshooter training. After all, the shooting skills developed by bullets are used at this time!" said Chen Changsheng.

"Yes, with these sharpshooters around us, fighting has become a lot easier! In the past, it was not so easy to eliminate so many Japs!" said Zheng Changfeng.

"There are some disadvantages, that is, it fires too fast. Our grenade launchers didn't have time to select the target before the enemy was gone!" Bai Dabao looked at his brother Bai Dashan with sympathy and said with a smile. After that, he wiped the semi-automatic in his hand lovingly, and sighed that this new thing is really easy to use!
"Damn it..." Captain Gaoqiao witnessed that more than 5 of his soldiers were killed in a very short time, and he was naturally in a very bad mood. Then, he looked at the artillery commander beside him, pointed his finger in the direction of Jigongling and shouted: "Artillery, artillery, I give you minutes, bomb!"

Although the Japanese artillerymen did not find the specific machine gun position, they still had some idea based on the gunfire and weak muzzle flames from the previous battle. Therefore, after Captain Takahashi issued the order, the gunners of the four Type 4 infantry guns adjusted the parameters and immediately commanded their men to load the shells and fire.

At the same time, the two 82 mortar groups of the puppet army, under the command of the puppet army's artillery commander, fired shells in the direction of Jigongling.

Boom, boom, boom, boom... shells flew out of the barrels, dancing in the air, and fell towards the guerrilla positions with a whistling sound. Amid the booming explosions, dust and gravel flew everywhere, and the soldiers dared not raise their heads.

"Don't be afraid, stay hidden and don't show your head! Old soldiers, keep an eye on the new recruits around you!" In the intervals between artillery explosions, the squad leader's roar rang out in various parts of the position.

"These are all small-caliber artillery pieces, and their power is limited. Just don't show your head and you'll be fine!" The veterans were very diligent in calming the frightened recruits, but they themselves were extremely worried.

Boom boom boom... The Japanese artillery didn't care about the guerrillas' thoughts. Shells kept falling on both sides of the ridge. Occasionally, one shell would fall into the trench, blowing up several nearby soldiers. Especially the 82 mortar shells of the puppet army, which were almost inaccurate and more unpredictable, posing a great threat.

Faced with such a scenario, neither Zhao Danian, Xing Weiguo, nor several platoon leaders had any better solution. They could only hope that the Japanese didn't bring enough artillery shells and that the soldiers had good enough luck!

"If we had mortars at this time, could we still let the devils bomb as much as they want?"

Just when everyone was expecting to have their own mortar, Zhao Danian discovered that Li Yuexuan had already taken the Dinglong grenade launcher in his hand, and even clenched a shell and loaded it into the barrel.

Seeing this, Zhao Danian hurriedly walked along the trench, and in two or three steps, he came to Li Yuexuan and asked loudly: "Peregrine, can your grenade launcher reach the enemy's artillery position?"

"I've already seen it. The Type 579 infantry gun is at a distance of 82 meters, and the Type 597 mortar position is at a distance of 900 meters. We can almost reach them. Captain, you just wait here, and leave the rest to me. I guarantee that we can destroy them!" Li Yuexuan knew that the maximum distance of the Dinglong grenade launcher in his hand was 500 meters, and the distance that ensured the best accuracy was meters, so it was really difficult to hit these two Japanese artillery positions.

But that's only in theory. We're still cheating, aren't we? These two positions were already in his calculations! So, Li Yuexuan waved to Zhao Danian, and called Jiang Daquan to quickly open the box and get the grenade. He was going to blow it up!

It is worth mentioning that at this time, they have returned to the two-person pit they dug just now. Because this is where the shells are stored, and it is also the grenade launcher position that Li Yuexuan has long been optimistic about. Chirp chirp... Boom boom boom... The Japanese artillery is still bombing non-stop, and the mortar grenades are also falling aimlessly on the hillside.

In the short time after the shell exploded, Li Yuexuan quickly extended a small periscope out of the mountain ridge, and then quickly retracted it. That's right, it was a periscope made of a copper tube and a reflective lens, processed by Huang Tianyang's skillful hands. The guerrillas' platoon leaders and captains all had one.

After looking at his position and the approximate position of the two artillery positions, Li Yuexuan's auxiliary panel immediately gave the corresponding parameters without having to think about it. Then, Li Yuexuan squatted on the spot, holding the Dinglong grenade launcher in his left hand, stepped hard on the bottom plate into the soil under his feet, and then pressed the trigger with his right hand, ready to fire.

At this time, he looked at the dial on the side of the grenade launcher, grasped the upper part of the grenade launcher with his left hand, used the strength of his left knee and inner side of his left calf to help his left arm keep the grenade launcher stable, and then adjusted the angle and direction of the barrel up and down to align the scale with the value given on the panel.

Keep the barrel stable, press the trigger with your right hand, the firing pin at the bottom of the grenade launcher pops out, triggering the primer at the bottom of the grenade, causing the propellant in the tail tube to burn quickly, and the hot gas is discharged from the exhaust hole of the tail tube, forming a short high-pressure environment at the bottom of the barrel. Such high pressure immediately pushes the grenade in the grenade launcher to fly up quickly and leave the muzzle.

The teardrop-shaped grenade, with a caliber of 50mm, drew a beautiful parabola in the air and landed accurately on the Type infantry gun position of the Japanese, exploding on the barrel of one of the infantry guns.

Boom... 200 grams of TNT exploded under the action of the detonator. In the huge flames, the shock wave brought countless fragments flying in all directions.

Bang, bang, bang... The shell fragments flew very fast, some of them even flew dozens of meters away, hitting the surrounding ammunition boxes and the barrel of a nearby infantry gun. Of course, some of the Japanese ammunition soldiers were also affected, and they all collapsed on the ground, covering their wounds.

This is the case for the Japanese soldiers who are far away, so the Japanese soldiers who are close to the explosion point will naturally bear the brunt of the attack!
"Ahhh..." These Japanese soldiers naturally took on the double blow of the shock wave and fragments. Several of them were blown up. Flying with the Japanese soldiers was the barrel of the Type 92 infantry gun and a shell held in the arms of the Japanese soldiers. This shell, which had been unsafe, did not disappoint everyone and exploded after landing.

"What?" Captain Takahashi was shocked. He stared at the artillery position that was hit by a single shot with his eyes wide open. He was full of doubts as he watched the shell explode. How did the Eighth Route Army manage to accurately hit the position at this distance? None of his men could do it at this level! At least, it was absolutely impossible to hit the target with just one shell!

Just after he was shocked for about 3 seconds, the whistling sound of a shell breaking through the air was heard again, followed by the same violent explosion at the artillery position.

"Baga, retreat, retreat, artillery troops evacuate their positions immediately!" Captain Takahashi jumped and shouted loudly, asking his artillery troops to retreat. In his opinion, it didn't matter if the infantry guns were blown up, but the artillery troops must be saved!

However, his order seemed to be a little late, because during the time he was roaring, there was another whistling sound in the air, and then another shell landed on the artillery position. Although it did not hit the gun barrel directly, it was only about 10 meters away from one of the infantry guns.

Logically speaking, at this distance, the grenade launcher's grenade is not that powerful! But this grenade was obviously overcharged. At such a long distance, the shock wave could overturn the infantry gun. If the infantry gun could be overturned, the Japanese soldiers nearby would naturally not be able to escape and were blown to the ground one after another.

At the same time, another grenade from a grenade launcher landed on the ground, and a huge blast wave rushed to the surroundings, knocking over another infantry gun and a circle of Japanese soldiers.

At this point, all of the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns were blown up and no longer had the ability to threaten their own positions!
(End of this chapter)