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Chapter 136 Mortar

At this time, the soldiers also reacted and quickly carried the bodies of the soldiers who died at the entrance of the tunnel back, and then two soldiers soon came on as substitutes.

The soldiers' actions were not dragged on at all, nor did they call out to the sacrificed soldiers like in TV and movies. On the real battlefield, we have no time to do this, nor to be sad. If we insist on doing this, there will be only one result, which is to miss the fighter.

The passion of the soldiers does not need to be inspired, because watching their comrades fall by their side is enough to make them hate the enemy to the core. The soldiers will not be sad for the sacrificed soldiers, because they themselves are ready for sacrifice at this time.

"Let me do it!" I patted one of the soldiers lying on the ground and signaled him to give me the position.

"Chief of Staff..." The soldier was about to object, but when I glared at me, I didn't dare to say anything anymore. He had to get up unwillingly and walked into the corner.

I lay down in the warrior's position, smelling the smell of gunpowder and blood in the air, and feeling the sticky dampness on the ground, I couldn't help but feel my own secretly strange.

The place where I was lying was at least ten meters away from the tunnel entrance. What method did the puppet army use to throw the bomb to such a deep place?

Grenade? Explosive pack?

This is almost impossible. It is not that their wrist strength is insufficient, nor that their grenades were not thrown far enough, but that with the support of our tunnel entrances, the puppet army had no way to get close to our tunnel entrances, and there was no way to throw grenades into our tunnels at the right angle at the right angle. Just like the US troops originally stationed here, they could only throw grenades and explosives at a maximum of about one meter from the entrance of the tunnel...

Then what will this be?

Apart from grenades and explosive packs, there are only cannons. Mortars are curved and cannot hit such depths in narrow tunnels. Then... they are just recoilless cannons, yes, recoilless cannons!

I looked back at a deep pit that was blown out on the wall of the tunnel behind, and I felt more and more that my inference was correct.

It is impossible for the enemy to hold the recoilless cannon and shoot in front of the tunnel entrance. The soldiers stationed in the tunnel will not give them such a chance. So how did they shoot the shells in?

At this moment, I suddenly thought of the US military hanging the searchlight from above and put it down. I couldn't help but realize that they put down the recoilless cannon from above and then used a rope to drive the trigger to trigger it!

So I stood up slowly with a rifle under the confusion of the warrior beside me.

I have also used the recoilless cannon. One round of shells must be loaded. This means that after the puppet army finishes one round, they must hang the recoilless cannon back and reload it again. Now, I am waiting for the puppet army to hang it down again.

The reason I had to stand up is that only in this way can I shoot the bullet along the long barrel of the coaxless cannon into its bottom.

After waiting for a while, I didn't see the puppet army hanging down the recoilless cannon. So I began to doubt my thoughts. After all, all this is my guess. Is it correct or an unknown number.

But I am willing to make up for my own guess. I believe that it is not easy for the puppet army to lift the recoilless gun down, because they must always maintain the balance of the recoilless gun, and also aim the muzzle at the tunnel entrance at all times. During this process, you must also pay attention to not let the rope tied to the trigger be subjected to too much force, otherwise all their efforts will become useless.

These were not easy for the puppet troops who had not prepared in advance, so they needed time.

So I still kept this posture and stood in the tunnel and waited gradually. This posture undoubtedly gave the enemies outside the tunnel a big target. As long as a bullet was shot out of the tunnel, I could easily hit me. So the soldiers beside me all looked at me with confusion...

I ignored their eyes and stood there waiting motionlessly.

Suddenly, I saw several shadows passing through the entrance of the tunnel. The smoke and dust outside the tunnel covered the sun and the light was dim, so these shadows were almost imperceptible. But I prepared in advance, so I noticed them.

Here comes!

I said to myself secretly, and I knew in my heart that the shadows were the recoilless cannon hanging on the rope. So I tightened the rifle in my hand and lifted it up to a higher place.

I must explode the shells in the cannon before the puppet army fires, otherwise the warrior lying beside me and the ones lying beside me will be blown up bloody like the two soldiers just now. And I also know very clearly that I only have one chance. If I cannot hit a shot, the impact of the bullet will cause the recoilless cannon hanging on the rope to shake violently. At that time, even if the puppet army did not fire, it would be more difficult for me to shoot the bullet along the barrel than climbing to the sky!

Suddenly, a recoilless cannon appeared in front of me. But perhaps because the enemy was inconsistent in the front and rear coordination, the cannon body tilted downwards and appeared in front of me.

I heard the warrior "Oh" sound, as if it was only then that I understood how the enemy used to hit the shells into our tunnel, and then "Hmm" sounded, and soon I understood why I was standing with a gun. So everyone's eyes were instantly turned to me.

I gently moved my index finger on the trigger twice, but did not fire because it was not the time to fire. The gun with the recoilless gun was facing downward, and I had no chance to hit the shell inside. I was not in a hurry, because I believe that the puppet troops would not fire at this time. If they wanted to cause casualties to the soldiers in the tunnel, they would inevitably level the gun...

So I waited with my breath and waited... until the cannon body trembled slightly, and the black muzzle was aimed straight at me.

I have had the experience of being directly pointed at the head by someone else's gun. It felt very uncomfortable, as if my life was already in the hands of others. My life was dominated by others, of course it would not be a pleasant thing. But being directly pointed at the head by someone else's gun, this is the same time...

I couldn't tell what it felt like, and I was thinking about the scene where the black muzzle spewed out of the flames and the scene where I was blown to pieces.

In order not to make this scene happen, I can only aim at it and pull the trigger...

With a "boom!", a ball of flame exploded in front of me. In the bright red fire, fragments and parts of the recoil-free cannon flew around.

I didn't dodge because I knew that if shrapnel shot at me at this time, it would be too late to dodge. No matter how fast a person moves or reacts sharply, he would not have the speed of bullets and would not have the speed of shrapnel flying fast.

Fortunately, the recoilless cannon exploded outside the tunnel. Most of the shrapnel that was radiated in a radial shape were blocked outside the tunnel, and a small part of it flew into the tunnel, and it was also shot on the tunnel wall due to angles, which made us in the tunnel safe and sound.

"Okay! Good fight!" As soon as the explosion subsided, the cheers of the soldiers rang out in the tunnel.

"Damn it!" Gao Yongxiang spat and cursed: "These puppet soldiers will use this method to destroy our tunnels. The soldiers will block the water and cover the soil. Chief of Staff! I will inform other tunnels immediately. We will fight these puppet soldiers according to your method!"

"Yeah!" I clicked.

The corners of most tunnels on Shangganling are only ten meters away from the tunnel entrance. I believe the soldiers will still be able to hit the shells in the enemy's recoilless cannon at a distance of more than ten meters. Moreover, the puppet army does not have many recoilless cannons in their hands. If they shoot a few more times, they will be unable to use this method.

But the so-called Taoist is one foot higher than the demon is one foot higher. The puppet army realized that this method would not work and would soon think of other methods. So I was not only worried about this, but I didn’t know what other tricks the puppet army would come up with. They could come up with the method of shooting with recoilless cannons in such a short time, which is enough to prove that they are more troublesome and more vicious than the US military!

Sure enough, the facts that followed were the same as I thought.

The Second Puppet Division, with the creation of the oriental minds, brought great damage to our tunnels in the subsequent wars. They smoked poison gas bombs and sulfur bombs, wrapped them into a ball with barbed wire or blocked the entrance of the tunnel, or drilled the holes at the top of the tunnel to bury explosives. The US military was busy for five days and had no choice but to do anything to us. The puppet army broke our tunnels in just one day after coming up.

I have never been so tired. The puppet army outside the tunnel is like a bunch of flies to us, and we can't drive away, and we can't fight. After working hard all day, every soldier was in a panic and paid more than thirty soldiers' lives, he finally survived until evening.

"Chief of Staff! This is not a solution!" Director Qin said with a frown.

The tunnel changed the joyful scene of last night, and every soldier had a blue face and silent voice.

They are not afraid, they are angry. If they are fighting the puppet army on the ground, those puppet army are not the food of our volunteer army at all. But these puppet army that the volunteer soldiers looked down upon have caused us such great trouble and casualties, so how could the soldiers be convinced?

"That's..." Miao Huaizhi stood up and said, "The puppet soldiers found out our vent holes one by one, and there were not many left in the tunnel entrance. If this continues, we will let those turtle sons suffocate to death!"

"It's not enough to be suffocated!" Li Baocheng shook his head and said, "The tunnel project in Shangganling is very large, and it is connected to each other. There are dozens of tunnel entrances. When we are in a tight air, we just need to dig a few tunnel entrances casually. If the puppet army can defend this side, it won't be able to guard it. I think... the more important problem is that after the tunnel entrance is blown down by the enemy, it will lose mutual support and cover, and it will not be able to provide cover for the main peak of the Five Sacred Mountain. This won't take long to attack the Five Sacred Mountains, and the enemy can safely attack the Five Sacred Mountains!"

"Yeah!" I couldn't help but nod.

Li Baocheng's analysis is correct. There is water and food in the tunnel, so it is no problem to survive in it for ten days. But if the entrances of the tunnel are sealed by the enemy, for this battle, we will not pose a threat to the enemy and will lose the meaning of existence.

"How many tunnel entrances are left?" I asked casually.

"There are thirteen more!" Director Qin looked at the notebook in his hand and replied: "There are no losses in several tunnel entrances of tunnel No. 2 and tunnel No. 4. There are very thick rock layers on the two tunnels, and the puppet army cannot dig an eye and blast it!"

"Chief of Staff, can you let your superiors think of a solution?" Li Baocheng hesitated for a while, and then said helplessly: "There is our artillery troops in the direction of Wusheng Mountain? Only they can attack these puppet troops that destroy the tunnel!"

I couldn't help but look at Li Baocheng with some surprise, because I knew that grassroots officers of Volunteer Army soldiers generally would not raise difficulties or demands from their superiors. But now, as the company commander of the 45th Division's ace unit, Li Baocheng, would say such words, which is enough to prove that he has no choice but to do anything about the current situation.

I shook my head helplessly and replied: "We have reported the difficulties to our superiors, but the problem is that we do not know the actual coordinates of the location of the puppet army. The smoke and dust above Shangganling are very thick, and the artillery observers in the direction of Wusheng Mountain cannot see the enemy of Shangganling at all. In addition, the enemy's eye-drilling and blasting cannot be used, so our army's artillery fire is difficult to hit. If the artillery is to work, only artillery fire cover will be covered! But the artillery fire cover will be greatly damaged by the shells, once or twice, and once the number of times, the logistics will not be able to hold on. What's more, this will not kill many puppet soldiers. Once our artillery fire passes, the puppet army will drill out of the bunker again. It is not a long-term solution!"

"Damn it!" Miao Huaizhi stood up and cursed: "We can't just let the puppet army pass through us like this. We must complete the task assigned to us by our superiors and prevent the puppet army from continuing to destroy the tunnel!"

"Platform Leader Miao is right!" Instructor Qin nodded and said, "But it is not easy to say that! Who would have thought that these puppet army spirits were as good as ghosts. They were chiseling eyes in places we couldn't see, and exploded one after another along our tunnel. When it exploded, they piled stones and wires into it. What can you do with them? Our bullets will not turn around, can they hit them?"

"Huh!" Listening to Instructor Qin's words, I couldn't help but answer: "The bullets can't hit them, but the mortar can!"

"What?" The soldiers were stunned when they heard this, and they all turned their doubtful eyes to me.

"Chief of Staff!" Instructor Qin asked in confusion: "You mean, let our soldiers go outside the tunnel to set up artillery? The enemy's firepower controls the tunnel entrance. Can we get out?"

Instructor Qin’s concerns are also reasonable. Although it is not difficult to mount a mortar cannon, a few minutes will be enough if the movements are fast. However, it is obviously unrealistic to do these actions under the control of the enemy’s firepower.

But I was not thinking that way, so I shook my head and said, "The soldiers don't need to go outside the tunnel to set up guns, because we are fighting enemies that destroy the opposite tunnel. This is the same as the principle of supporting each other between the entrances of our tunnels. Even... we don't need to set up guns, so we hold them with our hands, run to the entrance of the tunnel and fire a few shells to the opposite side and then retreat!"

"Chief of Staff!" Li Baocheng couldn't help but answered in confusion: "This is holding the body with his hands and has not adjusted the elements, not to mention that we can't see the enemy... Can the mortar be shot accurately?"

"We don't need to see the enemy, right?" I replied: "If the enemy wants to dig an eye to destroy the tunnel, it must be right above the opposite tunnel. We will fire a few shells at different angles in the direction of the tunnel entrance. Even if we can't hit, we can scare the puppet troops to death!"

With a "coax!", the soldiers started to talk. Although they had been rolling on the battlefield for many years, they had never hit the mortar with their hands like I said, so their opinions were different for a while, and many soldiers were skeptical about this.

In fact, I used my hand to hold a mortar to hit the enemy. I don’t know that the soldiers of the 45th Division have participated in the vigorous cold gun and cold cannon movement. I am very familiar with my opponent holding a mortar to hit the enemy.

There is no need to say much about the cold gun, just sniping in concealment.

Cold cannons are very inappropriate if they use heavy artillery to fight. Because for our volunteer army, each cannon is a considerable asset. If it is only to annihilate a few enemies, it is very unprofitable to risk being discovered by the enemy by the ballistics, and then send planes or bombard them directly with artillery. So the soldiers of the artillery unit thought of a way, that is, to use mortars that can quickly transfer positions.

But later I found that the mortar was not fast enough, and it was easy to be discovered by enemy snipers and caused losses. So I simply stopped placing the cannon and held it with my hands, quickly fired a few shots in the direction of the enemy and immediately drilled back to the tunnel.

At that time, because I mainly organized cold gun operations, I rarely involved this cold gun operation. I usually only saw the soldiers of the artillery troops fighting but never participated. I didn’t expect that this method can come in handy now.

"Chief of Staff, I think this method may work!" The soldiers talked for a while before someone stood up and said, "There are more than a dozen mortars in our tunnel, and there are also many shells. Because they have been staying in the tunnel these days, the gunners are worried that they will not be useful!"

"Yes! Chief of Staff!" Some soldiers also said: "Anyway, we have no other way now. Let's try it tomorrow. Maybe it's really OK!"

"I agree too!" Li Baocheng nodded and said, "There are several famous mortars in our company. They have been fighting mortars for more than ten years. I think even if they are asked to hold them with their hands, there will still be accuracy. There should be no problem in scaring the puppet army!"
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