Expedition to Europe

When the heavy machine gun is fired, the muzzle flame of the 12.7mm bullet can reach more than one meter long.

Under normal circumstances, in order to maintain a better shooting range for the shooter, a flash cap is installed on automatic weapons such as heavy machine guns and light machine guns. In order to increase the deterrent effect, the weapons issued by the "exploration team" have cancelled the small device of the flash cap. So when Huang Li ordered to open fire, the camp walls, including the bunkers outside the walls, really looked like a fire dragon that had just woken up. It was really irritable when getting up.

When all the automatic weapons fired at the same time, there was no "dong dong dong" rhythmic shooting sound at all. All the shooting sounds gathered together to form a huge sound wave. Coupled with the dust and gunpowder stirred up by the gunfire, the entire temporary camp seemed to be thrown into the sky and then hit the ground heavily.

Both the sound and the movement were quite similar.

The charging Malagasy people were in trouble.

Before the defenders opened fire, the Malagasy people lined up in neat rows, marched in neat steps, held their heads high and marched towards the temporary camp with a firm expression, just like warriors who were brave and dignified.

This is a scale of more than 10,000 people, which looks really impressive.

But after the firing, the natives who were just walking in front of the crowd were like being hit by a sledgehammer. Their upper bodies flew backwards, while their lower bodies were still in place. Some of them took another step forward by inertia. The situation was very strange.

It was not until they flew out that these people realized that their bodies had been broken into two pieces. Only then did they let out earth-shaking miserable cries, no matter how brave the warriors were.

But it was too late. With such serious injuries, even the Lan Fang military doctors could not save them. These warriors who were just so heroic could only die slowly in wailing, and there was no other possibility.

Standing in Huang Li's position, he saw the Malagasy people falling down in rows like dominoes, and then the follow-up troops rushed up again and fell down again, and it went on and on.

However, Huang Li definitely had no mercy at this time. If these Malagasy people were allowed to rush into the camp, Huang Li and the soldiers of the "exploration team" would not be spared, so there was no mercy or no mercy. It was either you die or I die, and there was no such humanistic sentiment.

Huang Li didn't care about being sad. Seeing that the Malagasy people were speeding up, Huang Li was also actively responding: "Mortar ready, three rapid shots!"

It is necessary to choose the right time to deploy artillery on the battlefield. Generally speaking, when the light machine gun finishes a drum, the mortar will launch a rapid fire attack, which can effectively form a battlefield partition, which can not only reduce the pressure on the front-line troops, but also give the deputy shooters time to quickly replace the drum and barrel.

The mortar unit of the "exploration team" has also been strengthened. In the ordinary Lan Fang Army, one company has a machine gun platoon, equipped with six heavy machine guns and six 80mm mortars. The company-signed mortars of the "exploration team" are still six, but the mortars equipped by the machine gun company of the battalion have doubled to 18, so the "exploration team" is actually equipped with 36 mortars instead of the normal 27. Don't underestimate these nine mortars. At a critical moment, they can change the course of a battle.

Specifically on the side that Huang Li is responsible for, the supporting firepower is composed of 18 mortars. These 18 mortars can throw out 54 shells in an instant, which is enough to form a battlefield partition on the front of Huang Li's side.

Compared to the chaotic machine gun shooting, the explosion of the shells was much clearer. The orange flames exploded, and with them rose not only smoke and shrapnel, but also countless broken limbs and even whole human bodies. Those human bodies were extremely twisted in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground like rag dolls, without any movement.

There is a popular saying in the army, called "veterans are afraid of machine guns, and new soldiers are afraid of artillery." This rule does not apply to the Malagasy people. They have no experience in fighting with hot weapons, so they don't understand how lethal hot weapons are. When the adrenal glands are secreted faster and they enter the battle state, the Malagasy people will not pay attention to the casualties of their companions. They will just charge forward like robots without caring, until the moment they are also hit.

In the desperate and crazy attack of the Malagasy people, the battle entered a white-hot stage almost from the first minute.

The firing frequency of all the machine guns of the "exploration team" was kept at a very high level. Facing those fearless and undeterred Madagascar people, the shooters of the "exploration team" did not even have the opportunity to stop and take a breath. They only knew to mechanically repeatedly pull the trigger in their hands, knock down the enemy in front of them, and then continue to aim at the next target.

The Madagascar people are still smart. They have the sharp intuition of hunters and will subconsciously adopt the most advantageous combat method for themselves. Facing the machine gun shooting, some Madagascar people soon adopted a serpentine route to avoid bullets, and some even took advantage of the terrain to gradually advance and strive to get closer to the bunker of the "exploration team".

These people are actually the most dangerous. They must be killed first before they can continue to deal with other soldiers. If the shooters' energy is dispersed by these "elites", they will ignore the overall control.

So as the battle progressed, although the Malagasy suffered heavy casualties, the front line kept moving forward, starting from about 600 meters at the beginning, to 500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters, and even 200 meters, getting closer and closer to the bunker of the "exploration team".

"Mortar, 500 distance, three rapid shots!" Huang Li's expression became more and more solemn. He now understood the meaning of Magnum's words that these Malagasy people were "fearless and fearless".

In Huang Li's impression, there are many armies that can be described as "fearless and fearless", such as the British and French who bravely charged against machine guns and artillery in the World War. Everyone can be described as "fearless and fearless", but Huang Li can be sure that there are not many people who are as "fearless" as the Malagasy people in front of him.

Although the British and French were brave, they still had certain rules for fighting. When the commander found that the progress was unfavorable, he would adopt smarter tactics, such as increasing the intensity of firepower, or using night attacks, or detours to change the unfavorable situation. In any case, even a "butcher" like Mankin would not ignore the casualties of the troops and exchange the precious lives of soldiers for the enemy's bullets. It would almost certainly cause a mutiny in the troops. Even if the battle was won, they could not escape the post-war accountability.

And these Malagasy people in front of them seemed to have no idea what "death" meant. They had no fear at all, and no intention of adjusting their tactics. They just rushed, rushed, and rushed without any fear, as if it was endless, and vowed to use human sea tactics to submerge the temporary camp of the "exploration team".

Huang Li was not worried about the fighting will of the troops, but he had to consider the tolerance of the weapons. Even a light machine gun with a replaceable barrel could not withstand the intensity of continuous shooting.

Generally speaking, if an automatic rifle fires 300 rounds continuously, the barrel will turn red. If it continues to fire, the barrel will be scrapped. Although the barrel of the light machine gun of the "exploration team" can be replaced to extend the service life, the handguard cannot be replaced. In the case of continuous mechanical movement, the bolt part will also heat up. If the gun oil is not cleaned, the bolt will even smoke, which will increase the possibility of failure.

The battle has only just started for half an hour. It can be clearly felt that the density of machine guns is much sparse, and there are even sporadic rifle shooting sounds. On the one hand, there is certainly a reason for the failure, and on the other hand, the number of drums cannot keep up.

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Although the 20-type light machine gun has been greatly improved on the basis of the original Lewis, it is much more advanced than the Lewis machine gun, but it still has defects, mainly in that it cannot fire belts.

At the beginning of the birth of the Type 20 light machine gun, Qin Zhiyuan proposed the idea of ​​transplanting the ammunition feeding device of the Maxim heavy machine gun to the Type 20 light machine gun, but after verification by Lan Fang military experts, this idea was ultimately not realized.

The reason why it cannot be realized is that on the one hand, the use of ammunition belts will increase costs, and on the other hand, the weight will increase too much, which will make the light machine gun inconvenient to carry, which conflicts with the tactical use of light machine guns.

The so-called "light machine gun" has an important role to accompany infantry operations, so weight is a key factor to consider in determining the specific model. Every kilogram of weight increase will increase the weight of soldiers by more than ten kilograms in actual use, which is a nightmare for soldiers who originally have to carry thirty or forty kilograms.

Therefore, considering all factors, the Type 20 light machine gun did not change the original ammunition feeding design, and still retained the upper drum design of the Lewis machine gun.

But now it seems that this drum ammunition supply is too fatal for the continuity of firepower. If it is a belt ammunition supply, then the shooter does not need to consider the bullet problem at all, just need to grasp the rhythm of changing the barrel, but with a drum ammunition supply, first of all, the boxes of bullets must be pressed into the drum, and then they can be supplied to the machine gun. Although it is just an extra procedure, it is a very fatal problem in actual combat.

Sure enough, in the face of the continuous attack of the Malagasy people, this hidden danger was finally exposed.

Even though the artillerymen have tried their best to fire shells, they still failed to stop the Malagasy people from approaching. After a violent explosion of grenades, the Malagasy people flooded the outermost bunker.

Huang Li suddenly felt a pain in his heart. He should have asked the names of those guys and talked to them more.