Chapter 1013 Confiscation (3)

The next towns No. 32 and No. 33 handed over their guns and ammunition obediently; but when the B-3 team flew to No. 34, they saw a long "ditch" at the entrance of the town. Seeing the helicopter flying over, the residents of the town who were digging these "ditches" scattered and hid in the town without a trace.

"Hey! Are you digging trenches?!" Because they did not encounter any resistance when they came to notify yesterday, they did not launch an attack on this town. But it is obvious that when they returned, the people in the town began to build fortifications. "These stupid guys are simply seeking their own death." Even the regular American army equipped with tanks and artillery is not their opponent. These guys still want to resist? This is not a dangerous place where one man can block the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. Just relying on the few broken guns in their hands? I don’t know which idiot organized it, or the whole town is full of idiots? !

"Then attack?" The machine gunner pulled the bolt, his finger on the trigger, ready to fire. Since these guys are so ungrateful, there is no need to be polite.

The pilot shook his head. "With only three helicopters, we can't destroy the entire town. It's better to call for support." He contacted the command center in the rear. "Command center, command center, this is the B-3 team. We need to carry out a fire attack on town No. 34. The town is about 1,500 households, most of which are wooden houses. Let the attack aircraft bring more incendiary bombs."

Like the island countries, the United States also has many wooden houses. The main reason why the islanders live in wooden houses is that the island countries have frequent earthquakes. The natural flexibility of wood can effectively absorb and consume external forces and can withstand severe earthquakes. According to the survey on the seismic performance of wooden structures after major earthquakes around the world, most wooden structures survived the earthquake and did not collapse or suffer serious structural damage. "The walls collapsed but the houses did not collapse." The number of casualties in wooden structures is also the smallest.

As for the United States, it is because the United States has a vast land and a sparse population, and has abundant wood resources, which can even be said to be "surplus". Wood for construction is much cheaper than cement and steel bars. Even if a family builds a big villa, it is fine. If cement is used, the cost will be very high, not only the material cost, but also the cement workers and engineering vehicles. Moreover, the extensive use of wood will reduce the cost of the entire house, which not only means saving money when building the house, but more importantly, saving future real estate taxes. Because the tax rate is based on the property valuation; for new houses, appraisers usually use the replacement cost method, which considers the cost of rebuilding the same house, and then adjusts it according to the land price and depreciation. Therefore, how much money was spent on building the house at that time can determine the property valuation, and thus can also affect the amount of real estate tax to be paid.

However, the disadvantage of wooden houses is poor fire resistance. At the end of World War II in the original time and space, LeMay bombed the island country. At first, he used high-explosive bombs. Later, he found that the destructive power of high-explosive bombs was not strong enough. Thinking that most of the houses in the island country were wooden structures, he gradually switched to incendiary bombs. From then on, the island country entered hell.

"The command center has received that an attack aircraft formation will be dispatched soon. You can go to the next town."

"Understood." The helicopter formation circled over the town and flew towards the next town. The machine gunner looked at the town below and spat with disdain. "These idiots only have half an hour to live, so enjoy the rest of the time."

"The German plane flew away!" After the helicopter formation went away, the old man with a cane came out and shouted. "Everyone hurry up to dig trenches. The German ground forces will come at any time!!"

The residents who had just hidden in the house came out one after another and returned to the outside of the town to continue digging trenches.

The mayor participated in the last war, was injured on the battlefield, and became a cripple. He hated the Germans. He sneered at the Germans' "persuasion to surrender" and led the residents of the town to resist to the end. And they did not resist blindly. In addition to the residents' own guns, the town also took in many fleeing American soldiers not long ago.

These American soldiers brought a lot of anti-tank rocket launchers and two M3 37mm anti-tank guns.

This anti-tank gun originated from Germany. A few years ago during the Spanish Civil War, the US liaison officer in Spain reported that the German PaK35/36 37mm anti-tank gun was very effective against tank threats. The US Army purchased an anti-tank gun for evaluation, but the idea of ​​purchasing a large number of German 37mm guns was abandoned. The general consensus was to copy the German model, especially its telescopic sight; production began in 1940 and was named M3 37mm anti-tank gun.

When the US military arrived at the European battlefield, it was found that the M3 was outdated and a larger caliber gun than 37mm was needed to penetrate the German tank armor. Although the US military used a large number of M3 anti-tank guns in North Africa, they were gradually replaced by larger caliber guns.

However, it still shined in the Pacific battlefield. Because the Japanese army was mainly equipped with light tanks, the M3 still had a lot of use. In the island-hopping campaign, the U.S. military used a large number of high-explosive shells and canister shells, while destroying the Japanese strong bunkers relied on armor-piercing shells. The light weight and easy operation of this artillery are very suitable for various amphibious landing operations in the Pacific theater, so the Americans continued to produce M3 for use in the Pacific theater. By 1945, no less than 18,702 M3 series artillery pieces were produced.

Obviously, the mayor's concept is still stuck in the past 20 years; he thinks that these rocket launchers and anti-tank guns are enough to resist the German tanks.

Although many American soldiers who were frightened by the Germans' fighting power persuaded the mayor to surrender their weapons and keep the town safe, they were all severely reprimanded by the mayor. As a result, these unfortunate soldiers could only be semi-forced to join the ranks of resisting the Germans.

"Grandpa Jones, can we really stop the Germans?" At this time, a teenage boy walked up to the mayor and asked with a worried face.

The mayor patted his chest confidently. "Of course, I am a sharpshooter who can shoot at a hundred paces. I think I shot countless Germans in the European battlefield. If they dare to come, I will kill one if they come, and kill two if they come."

The boy seemed to be relieved a little. "Grandpa Jones, when the battle starts, can I follow you? I want to watch you fight the Germans!"

The mayor reached out and touched the boy's head. "Of course you can, but you have to hide well and don't show your head. Bullets don't have eyes."

Just then, a dozen black dots appeared in the sky in the distance. Their shapes gradually grew larger, and the roar of their engines became louder and louder.