Chapter 43 Demining Operations
"He... don't bother with him, do... and do your own thing well... and then hit it. He went to Langshan to repair...the repair center, and no longer...the soldiers of our land...the ground explosion company!"
Langshan Repair Institute? The Engineering Corps has this unit?!
Chen Bin looked suspicious. Could it be that the senior citizen was withdrawn? Corps Cui lied to us?
There is no way. Chen Bin has never seen the Langshan Repair Office on the introduction sign of the regiment headquarters, nor has he seen any repair squad. Even in this military-level engineer corps, except for two ground bombing camps, the most remaining is a boat bridge battalion, and its main business is mine arrangement. There is no repair major at all...
"Okay... OK, don't think about it anymore! There is already... news above. I'm going to form a sweeping team soon. This team... the captain is me! After learning... OK, I can still... go to the minefield with me... together!"
"Yes, company commander! I understand!"
Since Company Commander Cui said not to over-in charge of high-level matters, Chen Bin was too lazy to ask. The news that Company Commander Cui informed in advance was still very accurate...
Almost just after Chen Bin and others finished their business study, they had arranged a few coaching thunders. After training and practical operations, the oath-taking meeting for the establishment of the minesweeping team was also ready...
At the scene of the establishment of the minesweeping team and the oath-taking ceremony, the red flag was waving and firecrackers were roaring... Sorry, I'm here to join the platform...
At the slightly simple but serious oath-taking meeting, Deputy Commander Chen, Political Commissar Prime Minister and other leaders of the army were invited to attend. After the routine session, Deputy Commander Chen began to read out the order to establish the minesweeping team.
"Mine-sweeping Team! Captain, Cui Min! Instructor, Du Hongtao!"
"Mine-sweeping Team 2! Captain, serious! Instructor, the key!"
Hearing the orders of Deputy Commander Chen on the stage, Chen Bin quietly glanced at the Corps Cui beside him from the corner of his eyes... Is it embarrassing?
You are the captain, aren’t there two captains?!
After the little episode, the minesweeping team officially set off on the second day of the oath-taking ceremony!
Standing next to the roadbed, looking at the minefields pulled up with a cordon in front of him, and the row of engineer soldiers who were already wearing explosion-proof suits and ready to prepare, Chen Bin was rarely a little nervous.
No matter how good theories are learned or how good the coach is to arrange the mines, it is just a matter of paper. And the current minefield is serious and it can really explode!
It's a mule or a horse, pull it out. Now it's time for you...
"Each unit confirms the safe distance!"
"Mine-sweeping team, safe...safe!"
"Mine-sweeping Team 2, safe!"
"The blasting cable is ready... Launch!"
The blasting cable is more like a projectile than a launch. Seeing the rope-like thing falling into the minefield in a parabola, the moment the cable hits the ground, a series of explosions sounded, and from time to time there will be more violent explosions mixed together.
That sound is a landmine that was lured into explosion!
The continuous explosions, coupled with the light and shadow effect of the soil in front of me, were far more shocking than in any movie blockbuster. The timid warrior, even though he knew he was standing in a safe area, still couldn't help but want to hide back.
After about ten minutes, after the first round of detonation, two more rounds of blasting cables were shot. After the preliminary work was completed, the engineer standing in the front row was ordered to start the mine clearance operation!
"Look at it well, study hard! Next...the next round is like this...you're here!"
With the reminder of Company Commander Cui, the old engineers did not rush to enter the minefield. Instead, four anchor hands came forward and aimed the minesweeping anchor launcher that had been prepared in their hands in different directions...
Then they pulled the guide rope that fixed the minesweeping anchor and cleaned up the possible mixing and thunder in the minefield again. During this cleaning, two more mixing and thunder in the mines were swept out...
Chen Bin looked at the small-scale minefield in front of him and couldn't help but smack his lips.
I always hear netizens say that rabbits in the early years changed into a disease called "fire-deficiency phobia". Now it seems that it is really the case...
Just like this, the density of various mines is simply ridiculously high.
No wonder the group army was so anxious to form a minesweeping team and started construction everywhere. Otherwise, the density of minefields, accompanied by earthquakes and mountain torrents, did not put up a cordon and did not eliminate them in time...
If there is a melon-eating crowd in, then can you still have a life to come out?!
Maybe it's the corpse is gone...
After the mine-sweeping anchor cleaned up the minefield again, the engineers and veterans, namely the front row workers wearing explosive search uniforms, began to step across the cordon and enter the minefield.
I saw them following the standard prismatic combat formation, holding a mine detector in their hands, and slowly exploring forward carefully. In this peaceful period, mine-sweeping operations in peaceful environments are actually not very thrilling in Chen Bin's opinion, and even look a little boring...
If in a war environment, engineers, especially those who are performing mine-decompression operations, are often high-priority targets. They are especially popular among snipers and heavy machine gunners.
Even without these, ordinary infantry, as long as they have normal brains, they know that they should first knock out these engineers who can clear mines. In this way, the enemy troops will not be able to pass through the minefield, but at least they can delay more time!
The greatest practical significance of minefields in war is not to kill enemy targets, but to delay the speed of the opponent's troops and consume the opponent's resources.
As we all know, the cost of mine removal, both in terms of time and economic costs, is far higher than that of mine Bing. Take Chen Bin's battlefield before as an example...
Ied's daimyo was well-known in the middle and late stages of the war. The simple explosive attack, roadside bombs, car bombs, etc., had a simple structure and cheap production, and was loved by the resistance army.
And these seemingly scrambled iron-like things have created more killing records than other weapons. In order to deal with these scrambled iron, the US military even transferred 16 billion US dollars to set up a special plan to deal with the threat of IED.
What was the concept of $16 billion in that era... However, even so, they still failed to eradicate the threat of IED...
Similarly, in that era, perhaps for the purpose of restoring economic construction, these old minefields became scars of war and were preserved. Just pulling a barbed wire outside the minefield and hanging a warning sign is fine.
If it weren't for the heavy rains accompanied by the earthquake that caused the mountain torrent to migrate the minefield and made all the original warning measures invalid, I'm afraid the army would not be ready to clear mines in such a hurry...
The topic is a bit far-reaching, so get back to the point.
In non-war situations, mine demining operators do not need to guard the soldiers' protection or the mine detector's forward detection. They just conduct mine detection and mine removal step by step, which looks really dull...
Chapter completed!