Chapter 345 Machine guns of the infantry battalion
"Alarm, combat alarm, the Polish cavalry is coming!" Conrad shouted loudly. As one of the 100,000 troops, Conrad participated in the First World War and had a lot of combat experience. This kind of vibration on the ground was a cavalry charging!
The Polish cavalry came up!
Everyone threw down their lunch boxes and ran towards the position. While running, they took out the Mauser rifle on their backs from behind, held them flat, and then lay down into the bunker that was just half dug.
On the opposite field, a cavalry appeared, waving a shining sabre!
(Seeing the information, some people actually said that the Polish cavalry of World War II were equipped with spears? The hero of East China was a little unbelievable, and I hope to understand it very much. The main force of the cavalry of World War II should be the sabers, right?)
The opponent's cavalry was charging, and on this side, the infantry battalion of the German army had just entered the position. They held the bolted Mauser rifle in their hands and looked at the cavalry coming from afar.
For the cavalry, rushing for two kilometers is quite fast and is also the easiest time to use the horse's power. In fact, they had been ambushing the opposite side long ago, and they waited until the German army started their meal before suddenly coming out and wanted to kill the other party off guard.
Now it seems that he was caught off guard by the other party. When the other party entered the position, he had already rushed to a few hundred meters!
As long as there is no Maxim heavy machine gun in front of it, this distance will flash by for the cavalry.
"Fire!" Conrad shouted loudly, and at the same time, the mg26 light machine gun opened fire.
Wait, what the hell is mg26 light machine gun?
This kind of light machine gun is the Czech zb-26 light machine gun. After Germany occupied the Czech Republic, all the Czech military enterprises merged. The backward 38t tanks in the Czech Republic were transformed, and the tank production line was also improved, producing the main Black Panther 3 tank.
In terms of light weapons, in addition to the large-scale production of mp38 submachine guns, the production line of this zb-26 light machine gun has been retained.
This is the most famous light machine gun in the Czech Republic, and its various performances are also very good. Therefore, Germany is compatible and accepted. Moreover, like the bullets of the German Mauser rifle, Germany's large number of 7.92mm bullets can be stuffed into the machine gun for use.
At that time, the Czech Republic had a large number of light machine guns in stock, all equipped to the German Army. Specifically, there were two soldiers who were transferred to the current army infantry squad!
Historically, all of this type of machine gun was provided to the SS, but now, the SS has not competed with the Army for this type of machine gun.
When the advanced 6.8mm mp38 "submachine gun" could only be equipped with elite SS, the German Army had very few automated weapons. The equipment of these light machine guns could greatly increase the fire density of the army's infantry squad and make up for the firepower gap before the arrival of the mp38.
According to the organization, each infantry squad has two machine guns. What is this level? In each company, there are 24 men, and one battalion has 3 infantry companies!
At the same time, the original machine guns were collected together to form a special machine gun company equipped with 12 mg34 light machine guns.
But now, because the German Army's expansion is too rapid and the supply of machine guns cannot keep up, each company is still at the level of 12 machine guns.
Now, these machine guns fired one after another, and under the dense firepower, bullets splashed towards the Polish cavalry.
In this era, the maneuverability of cavalry is no longer as good as the firepower of machine guns.
The 18th Polish Cavalry Regiment rushed over. When he heard the dense sound of bullets on the opposite side, he frowned, and then his voice spread throughout the regiment: "Roar! Their light machine guns have only 20 bullets!"
rush! What's there to be afraid of? The cavalry rushed towards the machine gun, and it seemed like they were looking for death, but it depends on what the opponent was? If it was a Maxim machine gun, the barrel was water-cooled, the bullet chain was supplied with ammunition, and the firepower was continuous, this was definitely the mortal enemy of the cavalry.
It was definitely a metal storm, and bullets kept roaring and flying over. No matter how many cavalry there were, they were all slags in front of a thrust of Maxim.
However, light machine guns are nothing, especially the Czech light machine gun with only 20 rounds of magazines.
A German machine gunner, pressed his face against the butt stock, aimed at the baseline from the side, and looked at the enemy in front of him.
Then, pull the trigger and shoot at two or three points. A cavalry fell off the horse's back.
Compared with other machine guns, the biggest disadvantage of this zb-26 machine gun is that the magazine is on top and the aim of ordinary rifles is directly above, but the aim of this machine gun can only be moved to the side, which is very unfavorable to the machine gunner's field of vision.
Moreover, the 20 round magazine has less firepower than the bullet link.
Then why use magazines?
Because this kind of machine gun is not like a heavy machine gun, a shuttle of bullets is swept directly over, and the shooting method is used by the shooter to shoot in short orders.
If you hold the trigger and let all the bullets be fired, you will be a pure novices.
Now, the machine gunners in the infantry battalion here are all old soldiers. Just like when they are in normal training, they use short shooting methods, with two or three bullets passing by, and they can sweep a cavalry.
At the same time, on one side, a deputy was lying on his side.
At this time, the deputy was counting silently in his heart. When it reached 19, he raised his arm keenly and quickly loaded the new magazine with a thud.
Why is the magazine on it? It is to facilitate the assistant to change the magazine quickly and ensure the sustainability of firepower.
For zb26, the magazine is not a problem, it is mainly the heat dissipation problem of the air-cooled gun barrel.
The zb-26 light machine gun was firing in a short time, while the mg34 light machine gun was almost thinking about the continuous firing of the opposite side.
Various gunfires were intertwined, and the Mauser rifles of various infantry were also constantly firing.
Neltz pulled the trigger, and a cavalryman on the opposite side fell off the horse's back with a crisp gunshot.
Kill one!
make persistent efforts!
Just when he wanted to fire a second shot, he saw a bunch of grenades flying from the cavalry opposite him.
Ordinary infantry, with strong arm strength, can throw grenades fifty meters away, and on the horse's back, with the help of the impact of the horse, the grenades can throw them one hundred meters away. The elite riders have a very high head when throwing grenades.
"Boom!" With the explosion, a scream came from the machine gunners beside Neltz's side.
"Squad Leader!" Neltz patted the soil on his body. As soon as he saw the grenade flying over, he immediately lowered his head. The explosion must have happened a few meters away from him.
He shouted that the grenades thrown by the cavalry just now were thrown on the machine gun positions, which was the greatest threat to them.
The machine gun position beside Neltz, his squad leader and a comrade were seriously injured by the grenade, and the machine gun was also tilted to the side.
Chapter completed!