Chapter 350: Practicing the Beyond Shooting Method
The training plan for the cadets has been drawn up in general terms, and the main training of the teaching brigade has also been put on the right track.
Not long after the squad platoon tactical drill, Li Shaoyan's heavy firepower detachment gradually became proficient in training, like that of the infantry squadron.
Li Shaoyan asked Zhang Wei to inspect and guide, and planned to go with the heavy machine gun beyond the shooting method that Coach Zhang Wei had not tried.
However, Li Shaoyan said so, Zhang Wei definitely couldn't discourage the enthusiasm of his subordinates, and beyond the shooting method, Zhang Wei really had to try to fight with the heavy machine gunners.
Under the leadership of Li Shaoyan, Zhang Wei came to the position of the heavy fire squadron, and all the personnel were transferred to the combat state, and the nine heavy machine guns of the whole squadron were arranged in a scattered manner, and a heavy machine gun position with a communication trench was constructed in good condition, and two 82 mortars set up positions behind the heavy machine gun position.
The mortar positions were dug very standardly, with ammunition stations and anti-artillery holes, all the officers and men of the heavy fire squadron were fully armed, and all soldiers who were not directly operating heavy machine guns and mortars were holding rifles and guarding the dug rifle positions.
"Captain, please inspect, the whole squadron is ready for the drill." Li Shaoyan pointed to the officers and soldiers who had finished preparing and said.
"Okay, let's fight!" Zhang Wei had already vaguely seen the target in the distance, and the range of the heavy fire squadron was much larger than that of the infantry squadron, so the target target was set at a very far distance, and in the eyes of the firing position, it was very small.
"Start shooting!" When the order to shoot was given, the gunfire did not ring out immediately, and several fully armed sergeants carried small red flags and repeatedly roamed around, giving orders, and only after dozens of seconds did the gunfire of heavy machine guns erupt.
"Da Da, Da Da" nine heavy machine guns successively fired in a short burst of fire, a string of bullets fired into the distance, and then fired a burst of continuous fire, Zhang Wei listened to the sound of these Czech-made machine guns is different, when firing, the bullet chain into the magazine made a burst of friction sound, it is a completely different sound from the previous use of the 24 type, the rate of fire is extremely fast.
After firing, it is impossible to transfer positions, heavy machine guns cannot be fired continuously on the battlefield, the Japanese army has a hundred ways to knock out machine guns, and transfer is something that every qualified machine gun group must learn.
Compared with the previous Type 24 heavy machine guns, the weight of this batch of Czech-made ZB37 heavy machine guns is much lighter, and the disassembly is also very simple, and it takes more than a minute to disassemble and transfer a Type 24 machine gun and ammunition at the earliest.
In front of Zhang Wei, the soldiers of the heavy firepower squadron equipped with Czech machine guns only needed dozens of seconds to carry machine guns and ammunition and leave, and the survivability of the battlefield was greatly improved.
"It's a good job to shift positions!" Zhang Wei praised as he watched.
Nine heavy machine guns repeatedly fired and diverted, attacking distant targets, and the final end was a rare anti-air shot, the heavy machine guns used anti-aircraft tripods to raise the elevation angle of the barrel, and the scene of nine machine guns firing at the same time in the air still looks spectacular.
However, Zhang Wei knew that it looked spectacular, but it was of little use when it actually fought, and the Japanese army's fleet could not be stopped by heavy machine guns.
As soon as the gunfire of the "boom" heavy machine gun stopped, two explosions followed, and it was the mortar platoon of the heavy fire squadron, and the platoon commander of the mortar platoon was Dong Erli, an old mortar with rich experience in actual combat and operation.
Under his command, two rounds of bombardment knocked out the set targets, heavy machine guns were direct-fire firearms, the main task was to hit exposed infantry and suppress fire points, mortars were support firearms, and curved shells could complement flat-fired weapons, and in some cases inflicted more casualties on the enemy than machine guns.
The firing of the two 82 mortars was very orderly, and the firing range was constantly increasing, and after firing more than 20 shells, all the targets set were blown to pieces.
"Captain, the heavy fire squadron has completed the drill, except for the heavy machine gun's beyond the shooting subject, the rest has been completed!" Li Shaoyan said.
"Okay, you're good with it." The heavy firepower squadron can have such a performance, and Li Shaoyan, the squadron leader, has made great contributions.
Zhang Wei praised the soldiers who walked to the heavy fire squadron, the machine guns and mortars were very orderly just now, and the platoon commander of the mortar platoon, Dong Erli, saw Zhang Wei coming over and gave Zhang Wei a standard military salute.
"Hello Captain!"
"It's a good fight, but the skills in your hands haven't fallen!"
Dong Erli smiled: "Don't dare, playing mortar is a guy who eats and has the ability to save his life." ”
"Dong Erli, I remember that after you came to Xuzhou, you didn't bring a mortar."
"Yes, Captain, without mortars, we can only go to the local rats." Dong Erli had been by Zhang Wei's side during the Battle of Xuzhou, in charge of the 82 mortar, or using the captured 92 infantry guns, and Zhang Wei relied on him a lot in the Battle of Xuzhou.
Later, after entering the 200th Division, because he had not replenished mortar equipment, he had to go to the infantry platoon to become a platoon commander.
"Now that you have artillery, feel at ease as your mortar platoon commander." Zhang Wei said.
"Captain, all subjects have been completed, and now there is only transcendence shooting and no training." Li Shaoyan, who followed up, reminded.
Zhang Wei came here today not only to inspect, but also to organize a plan for heavy machine guns to shoot beyond the bounds.
Through-shot shooting, also known as deep dispersion shooting, uses the elevation angle and ruler of a machine gun to make the bullet fly long distances and then land in the target area.
Because this kind of shooting takes into account the ruler, bullet trajectory, as well as the target area and distance, it is not easy for the heavy machine gunners of the national army with poor cultural quality.
The shooting of heavy machine guns includes fixed-point shooting, longitudinal shooting, search shooting, maneuver shooting, etc., and in general, the actual operation of surpassing shooting is the most difficult.
As early as World War I, this transcendent shooting method was developed to attack enemy troops hiding in trenches.
After that, this method of shooting was gradually formalized and became a shooting tactic.
It is difficult to operate, but its principle is simple, that is, the bullet is projected to a long distance in an arc, so that the bullet falls to the target area, and the purpose of killing and injuring the enemy.
"Let's arrange a gun to shoot first."
"Yes."
Heavy machine guns and mortars knocked out most of the targets, and in the open space next to them, there were a number of targets, specially prepared for overshooting shots.
Zhang Wei was prepared to miss the target before the shooting began.
Beyond the method of shooting, it exists in various current textbooks, a long time ago, it was practiced with a Maxine machine gun, it was difficult to operate, and the hit rate was not high.
In particular, the test for the shooter is great, not only to strictly control the ruler and use it skillfully, but also to keep in mind the approximate safe range and dangerous distance of the machine gun shells at different distances, as well as the killing area.
Overshoot is often used to cover your own infantry attacks, and if the shooter is inexperienced and does not remember to capture the range and area, it is very likely to hurt your own people.
Moreover, this kind of killing area will change its shape with the change of shooting distance.
This is also the reason why the national army does not dare to abuse this style of play.