Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 241 Test Firing
With a loud explosion, the front of the warning car tilted and rushed directly off the track.

Under the influence of inertia, the entire armored train crashed into the ground beside the railway, and the carriages were squeezed together.

After hearing the explosion, the troops of the New Second Regiment, which had been dispersed and prepared long ago, simultaneously launched an attack on more than a dozen strongholds and artillery towers near Tiger Leaping Cliff.

In order to make the battle more efficient, Chen Chengxing even distributed all the mountain artillery of the mountain artillery company.

The infantry artillery of each battalion hit the artillery tower accurately, but it was still a bit difficult to attack the stronghold.
"Order the mortars to open fire to suppress the Japanese, and the first battalion to launch an attack from the western entrance!" Chen Chengxing stood on the top of the hill and gave the order while looking at the Japanese armored train below.

Because the Japanese armored train was off the track in a canyon, the canyon not only limited the armored train's firing range, but also restricted the attack direction of the New Second Regiment.

However, the gun carriages of the Japanese armored vehicles were all in the front, and because of the height, the artillery in the front could not lower the firing angle if it wanted to fire at the rear.

Therefore, when the First Battalion approached in secret, they were actually in the blind spot of the Japanese artillery.

On the top of the hill, Chen Chengxing watched the first battalion launch an attack, but his face did not show much joy.

Although the most powerful artillery of the Japanese armored train was destroyed, the heavy machine guns in the rear carriages were not so easy to deal with.

Under the cover of armor, the power of the Japanese heavy machine guns can be maximized.

You know, the Japanese's tiny tank only has a heavy machine gun.

But the price to pay for destroying a Bean Tank is not small.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
Under the suppression of the mortar, the Japanese infantry did not dare to get off the vehicle easily and could only rely on the shooting holes on the armored vehicle to shoot.

After learning about the situation in each carriage, Yasuhiko Mukai breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, except for the security vehicle in the front that overturned on the ground, the rest of the carriages, due to their heavy weight, were squeezed crookedly but did not overturn.

"Send a message to your superiors immediately and request support!"

"The enemy has artillery. Everyone stay calm and use the armored train's protection to fight back!"

At this time, Yasuhiko Mukai was not very nervous about the Eighth Route Army's attack.

The Type 20 armored train is a heavy armored vehicle with a front armor thickness of 16 mm and a side armor thickness of mm.

Even the weakest top armor is 8mm, which is completely immune to Eighth Route Army long-range shooting.

As long as he didn't open the top turret, the Eighth Route Army's mortars would not pose a threat to him.

"Fuck, this is really a huge iron turtle!"

Xu Wu's eyes turned red as he looked at the attacking troops that were suppressed again.

Due to terrain restrictions, the first battalion could not deploy its entire force and could only attack platoon by platoon.

Moreover, the Japs had armored protection and were not afraid of the strafing fire from a battalion of heavy machine guns.

Even though the soldiers of the machine gun company were shooting at the Japanese at the risk of their lives, the bullets hitting the train only splashed a series of sparks.

Even when the infantry artillery moved closer and fired directly, it only silenced the two heavy machine guns in the unprotected carbon water truck.

After the other carriages were hit by several shells, they stopped firing for a short time, but were able to fire again soon.

Looking at the battalion that was not making any progress, Chen Chengxing put down his telescope, turned around and ordered:

"Send a message to the first artillery company. The pepper shells prepared earlier should be put to use."

Armor can protect against bullets, but it cannot protect against smells.

After receiving the order, the ammunition handler immediately carried the specially marked ammunition boxes to the front of the mortar.

"Covering fire!"

"put!"

"Boom!" "Boom!".
As shells fell one after another, a pungent smell began to spread around the armored train.

"Ahem. Damn poisonous gas!"

"Put on your gas mask immediately!"

As soon as Yasuhiko Mukai smelled the pepper, he immediately gave the order.

The train's carrying capacity is very large, so the Japanese soldiers carried all their equipment with them, including gas masks of course.

Although Yasuhiko Mukai didn't know what the Eighth Route Army was doing, there was definitely nothing wrong with wearing a mask.

Looking at the Japanese armored train that was still holding on after being covered by pepper shells, Chen Chengxing also felt a bit of a headache.

Fortunately, this is a major operation, and the New Second Regiment has plenty of time.

"Sun Desheng!"

"Have!"

"Send out the cavalry, contact all the troops, and ask about the battle situation!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

If the progress is smooth, Chen Chengxing will directly transfer the mountain artillery company over.

Although the high-explosive grenades of the Type 94 mountain gun could not penetrate the armor of the Japanese armored train.

But if several artillery pieces bombarded a carriage, the shock would be enough to kill the Japanese.

If this still doesn't work, Chen Chengxing is ready to give up attacking the armored train and instead switch to a blockade.

As long as the Japs can't affect actions in other places, it doesn't matter.

However, just as Chen Chengxing was waiting for news, Wei Dayong suddenly led Wen Ying in.

"Captain, Director Wen is here." Wei Dayong reported.

When Chen Chengxing turned around and saw Wen Ying's expression, he knew that the solution had arrived.

Sure enough, the next second, Wen Ying said, "Captain, the anti-tank weapon we researched before has been developed. I heard that there will be a big move tonight. I want to ask if there is a place where we can test it?"

"It would be better if you came early than to come at the right time. Now there is a place for experiments." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

"Where?" Wen Ying didn't expect that there would actually be a place where it could be used.

"Bring it with you and follow me." Chen Chengxing took the lead and walked out.

Wen Ying hurriedly caught up, and then called several testers outside the command center to join him.

Chen Chengxing led everyone to the front line of Tiger Leaping Cliff.

Lying on the top of the hill, Chen Chengxing pointed at the roaring Japanese heavy machine gun and said, "Do you see the Japanese train? Shoot at the Japanese machine gun fire point."

The straight-line distance from Chen Chengxing's current position to the Japanese armored train at the bottom of the canyon is less than 40 meters, which is exactly within the range of the RPG2. "Xiao Liu, Xiao Luo, you two try."

"Pay attention to the transfer!" Wen Ying instructed.

During this trial production, Wen Ying produced 2 anti-tank weapons and 12 artillery shells.

Two test launches were carried out at Erlang Mountain, but because there were no steel plates for testing, the specific effects are still unclear.

However, because the propellant used is black powder, it is particularly conspicuous during firing.

So after launching, you have to move immediately, as you can only fire one shot at one place.

After receiving the order, Xiao Liu and Xiao Luo did not open fire directly, but moved to the side more than 20 meters.

The first is to prevent the location of the regiment commander and Wen Ying from being exposed, and the second is that no one knows whether the launch will be successful this time.

For safety reasons, we must go to a place that is farther away.

When everything was ready, the two men pulled the trigger.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The test launch was very successful.

Although the heavy machine gun position was not hit accurately, the Japanese heavy machine gun was still silenced.

The Japanese soldiers who were suddenly attacked were terrified. They could never imagine that the Eighth Route Army had weapons that could directly penetrate armor.

"Find the Eighth Route Army's launching positions! Destroy them!" Yasuhiko Mukai immediately called the anti-aircraft gun carriage.

The turret of the armored train can be opened, especially the anti-aircraft gun carriage, so the firing range must be wide when shooting into the air.

After hearing the order from the loudspeaker, the anti-aircraft artillery unit immediately adjusted its direction and continued to fire at the cliff on the side.

Because the distance was too close, the Japanese were unable to use time fuses to cause air explosions.

The only way is to trigger the fuse to hit the cliff directly.
With the explosion of each shell, a large amount of rubble fell everywhere.

However, Xiao Liu and Xiao Luo, who were prepared, had already run far away.

Then the two men kept moving and firing until all 10 shells were fired and then they stopped.

However, not all of the 10 shells exploded. Two of them bounced on the armor and then fell to the ground.

Before the test launch, Chen Chengxing had already sent someone to convey the order to Xu Wu.

Therefore, although Xu Wu did not know how this explosion, which was even less powerful than that of an infantry gun, destroyed the Japanese armored train, he still launched the attack as ordered.

When Xu Wu discovered that the Japanese heavy machine gun had really misfired, his face was full of disbelief.

"What's going on? Can a small cannon hit an iron turtle?"

From Xu Wu's position, he could clearly see that the shells were fired from Tiger Leaping Cliff.

How can such a small-powered cannon with such a short range penetrate armor protection?
When the Japanese soldiers in the last two carriages were killed by the randomly shot shrapnel, a fire vacuum zone appeared in the originally dense firepower network.

The soldiers of the first battalion immediately took the opportunity to move closer to the armored train.

An armored train that cannot move is equivalent to a solid bunker. As long as we can get close to it, the next step will be easy.

When Yasuhiko Mukai learned about the situation, he was so anxious that he jumped up and down.

"Order all infantry to dismount and fight back!"

No matter how strong the armor's defensive capabilities were, it could not stop the Eighth Route Army from throwing grenades into the machine gun holes.

Any armored force must cooperate with the infantry in combat.

Armored trains do not need infantry when moving at high speeds, but once they stop, infantry assistance is necessary.

Because the Eighth Route Army was constantly bombarding, the infantry had no chance to get off the vehicle.

But now the Eighth Route Army has approached, and the mortars must have stopped. At this time, the infantry must get off the vehicle to protect the armored train.

However, the Japanese only had one squadron, with about a hundred people excluding the gunners, and many of them had been killed.

After receiving the order, no more than 60 people were able to get off the vehicle and fight.

It is simply wishful thinking to want to stop an entire battalion with such a small number of people.

Half an hour later, as several grenades exploded in the carriage, Chen Chengxing's system rang.

[The battle is over, battle evaluation: great victory!]

【Obtained 720 honor points. 】

[Current Honor Points: 103560/300000.]

[Side quest: The Great Train Robber. Completed! ]

【Rewards are waiting to be claimed! 】

[Rewards are being distributed]

【Obtain 3 research papers. 】

"Let's go and see how effective the new weapons are in actual combat." Chen Chengxing stood up and said.

When Chen Chengxing got around to the front of the Japanese armored train, the soldiers from the first battalion were moving things out.

"Captain, this is really a big fortune!" Xu Wu laughed so hard that he couldn't stop smiling.

"There are 10 heavy machine guns alone! More than 10 rounds of ammunition! Not to mention the 4 heavy artillery pieces!"

Faced with such a huge plunder, Xu Wu no longer cared about the dozens of rifles and several Type 99 light machine guns.

"First move what can be moved out, then have the engineering company work with Director Wen to dismantle the gun."

"By the way, have the bodies of the Japanese been moved out?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"Because there was not enough space to maneuver, we just took out the gun first and are preparing to drag the person out." Xu Wu explained.

"Tow the first few carriages first. I need to check the ones at the back."

As for the RPG produced by the Arsenal, Chen Chengxing still needs to see what the actual effect is.

(End of this chapter)