NCCnovel Chapter 590 Never Give Up Any Brother
Chapter 590 Never Give Up Any Brother
After Monk Wei finished speaking, he pushed the squad leader down on the ground covered with camouflage canvas.
At this time, Wang Meng, who was far away in Hohhot, had already received the information sent by Monk Wei.
"Type 4 anti-tank mine?"
Li Yunlong looked at the telegram and went over in his mind all the Japanese weapons he had seen, but he couldn't find a weapon that corresponded to the name.
"Mengzi, do you know what this little devil's secret weapon is?"
Wang Meng's face was gloomy. Of course he knew what this thing was. It was a "toilet plunger".
He had seen this toilet peg in a game before. The protagonist of the game held a long toilet peg and stabbed it into the enemy's tank or armored vehicle. Then, with a bang, the tank was blown to pieces.
Of course, the protagonist was also blown into a pool of meat by the huge explosion, and stuck to the ground, unable to be scooped up.
In fact, the toilet peg is a weapon called a spike mine, also known as the "spike mine" or the "Type 4 anti-tank spike mine". It is a suicidal individual anti-tank equipment invented by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Its appearance is roughly composed of a nearly two-meter-long wooden pole and a conical explosive head with three sharp spikes.
The three steel nails on the head of the stinger have two main functions:
First, it is to leave a certain space between the hollow shaped charge and the tank armor when it explodes, which makes the explosion effect of the explosive more excellent and the blasting ability stronger;
The second is to allow soldiers to use the thorn mine as a long-bladed weapon to stab people without releasing the safety. Of course, the effect of using this thing to stab people is not as good as the Chinese spear.
The original intention of designing the Type 4 anti-tank mine was not to use it as a suicide weapon to make the Japanese fight to their death with it, but to use it as a single-soldier anti-tank equipment for soldiers to throw at close range like a javelin.
However, the requirements of this design are too high. The thrown sting mine has strict requirements on the angle and strength of the hit. It is extremely difficult to fire in actual combat and basically cannot achieve the ideal destructive effect. In desperation, the Japanese can only use it to "fight with bayonets" with tanks.
The following experiments were conducted by the Japanese in Manila, Philippines:
When a mine is used to pierce the vertical armor of a tank, 2.9 kg of explosives can penetrate 150 mm of armor.
When piercing a tank's inclined armor at 60°, it can penetrate 100 mm of armor.
This kind of power is more than enough to deal with not only the common Sherman M4 tank, but even the "big killer" of the American army, the M26 "Pershing" heavy tank, can hardly withstand the impact of the sting mine.
However, in fact, after the Japanese destroyed a self-propelled artillery vehicle with a toilet peg, they attracted the attention of the M country army.
Later, the results of the battle are unknown.
"Humph, I didn't expect the Japs to come up with this thing in advance. It seems that we are putting too much pressure on them! Lao Li, this thing is a secret weapon that the Japs made specifically to deal with our tanks. It can be called a toilet peg or an emperor's happy stick!"
Li Yunlong was confused by what he heard, but he didn't bother to care. What he cared about most was the power.
"Mengzi, I don't understand anything else you said. I just want to ask you one question: how effective is this thing against our tanks?"
"I really don't know about this, but according to what the Japanese said, there shouldn't be any problem in blowing up our tanks!"
Li Yunlong's face was gloomy. These tanks were his treasures. Could he just blow them up at your will?
"any idea?"
Just as Wang Meng was about to speak, the communicator quickly walked in and handed the telegram to Li Yunlong and Wang Meng.
"Commander, Chief of Staff, 201st Airborne Brigade Commander Wei Dayong sends an urgent message!"
Li Yunlong opened the telegram and slammed it on the table with a loud bang, which even caused the lid of the teacup to flip over.
Wang Meng took the telegram eagerly, and his face also became gloomy.
"Old Li, we'll do whatever you say."
"Alright! Since the day our independent column was established, we have never abandoned our brothers, and this time is no exception!
I order the First Army to launch an all-out attack. The most important goal right now is to rescue Wei Dayong!"
Wang Meng immediately organized his staff and formulated a battle plan.
The Second Corps of the First Army advanced at full speed towards Chahar.
The Third Army of the First Army launched a full-scale attack on Zhangbei.
The First Army of the First Group Army moved to 50 kilometers north of Zhangbei as the general reserve.
At the same time, other troops of the 201st Airborne Brigade were airdropped to Heishan in the Yanshan Mountains where Monk Wei was trapped, with the aim of rescuing him.
Shen Quan from the Third Army couldn't help but want to sing a song. He had waited for a long time and finally waited until today.
According to intelligence, there is a pseudo-Mongolian cavalry division stationed in Zhangbei County, with Wu Yunlong as the division commander.
This cavalry division is no different from the other loose cavalry divisions. It is a model division created by the Japanese.
There is no need to mention the weapons and equipment, all of which are Type 44 cavalry rifles, machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns.
As for why the Japanese were willing to spend a lot of money to build a model cavalry division, the main reason is of course because Zhangbei is the gateway to Zhangjiakou and the throat of North China, and Zhangjiakou is the last barrier to Beijing.
If Zhangbei fell, the large group of troops could break in from north to south, following the passages between the mountains and heading straight for Zhangjiakou.
Zhangjiakou had no strategic location to defend and would soon be captured, and Beijing was also in imminent danger.
Therefore, the Japanese spared no effort in spending a huge amount of resources to create a model cavalry division with more than 6,000 puppet troops, and these were all brave and combative Mongolian cavalry.
The Japanese were definitely not safe with just a cavalry division of the puppet Mongolian army, so they set up another brigade in Zhangjiakou, forming the Second Independent Mixed Brigade.
The commander of the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Toyotomi Matsuura, is stationed in Zhangjiakou area.
下辖：独立步兵第1、2、3、4、5大队、炮兵队、工兵队。
Since the independent column launched the Mongolian offensive, the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade has been completely relocated from Zhangjiakou to Zhangbei, where it built a solid fortification to the north of Zhangbei and constructed a large number of bunkers and anti-tank trenches.
The brigade commander, Toyoichiro Matsuura, made a bold statement that he would live and die with Zhangbei.
Wang Meng estimated that even if the Japanese sent another brigade to Zhangbei, it would only be 16,000 Japanese and puppet troops, which was more than enough for an army.
Therefore, he decided to ask Shen Quan to consider sending the 109th Infantry Brigade to march directly through the mountains towards Heishan in the Yanshan Mountains, marching simultaneously in the air and on the ground to ensure that nothing could go wrong.
"Order all troops to speed up the operation! Also, call Wei Dayong back and tell them to hold on. Our independent column will not abandon any of our comrades, and we will take them home soon!"
At this time, in Montenegro, hundreds of kilometers away, the Japanese search team's hunting dogs were following the blood trail and gradually moving towards one place.