At this moment, people from another helicopter also arrived. Seeing this situation, they consciously hid behind another big rock. They knew that removing the booby trap was very dangerous and they might end up losing everything.
At times like this, we should reduce casualties.
Seeing that everyone else had hidden, Shelov picked up another cigarette and said to Ilyich, "Lift your butt up slowly. Pay attention, it must be slow."
After saying that, Shelov lay down on the side, his eyes could see Ilyich's buttocks, and at the same time, he put his arm in.
Ilyich knew that this was the most dangerous moment. He felt the grip of the grenade, which was the last thing he had to loosen.
Ilyich did it very successfully. When his buttocks were completely off the ground, he turned his head and saw that Shelov had pressed down the grip of the grenade.
Although he was caught, Ilyich did not move.
"Look for the pull ring of the grenade on the ground," said Shelov.
Shelov maintained this posture, watching Ilyich searching around. At this time, Shelov was already somewhat impressed by the man who had laid the booby trap; he knew so much!
This is a common Soviet-made F-1 grenade, which was designed and produced by the Soviet Union during World War II. However, the development and improvement of this weapon was not as rapid as other weapons, so even though it is now the 1980s, it is still in use and has spread to third world countries on a large scale.
The outer shell of this grenade is a pineapple-shaped iron lump, so that it can quickly break into many pieces after the explosion. The killing radius is 30 meters. The standard action is to lie down immediately after throwing it, otherwise the throwing hand may be injured.
At this time, the safety pin of the grenade had been pulled out and the grip was pressed down. If this state was maintained, it would never explode. This is why these two unfortunate tank soldiers are still safe until now.
When the grip is released, the external force on the grip is gone and the firing pin spring inside drives the firing pin to pop the grip out from the tail. At the same time, the firing pin fires the primer downward to ignite the delay charge. After a few seconds, the explosive will be detonated and then the grenade will be detonated.
This is also the process of using a normal grenade: press the grip, pull the safety pin, and then throw it out.
If this is the case, the easiest way for Shelov is to throw the grenade out and let it explode, and that would be it.
However, it was not that simple. Shelov knew that the guy who set the booby trap was waiting for him to do this stupid thing.
Because, with this kind of grenade, the delay time can be changed by rotating the spiral on it. Now, the delay time of this grenade has been adjusted to zero.
In other words, if the grip of the grenade is loosened, it will explode immediately. Even if Shelov picks up the grenade, if he doesn't hold it firmly, it will explode immediately.
In reality, no one who uses a grenade would do this, because grenades are meant to blow up the enemy, not oneself. Therefore, most soldiers forget this feature of grenades.
Shelov did not forget.
Pressure mines? There are no pressure mines for the Afghan guerrillas. The guerrillas who have these grenades are very wealthy. A few days ago, they defeated a guerrilla group that used machetes as weapons.
"Found it." Just then, Ilyich came over with a pull ring in his hand.
"Give it to me." Shelov took it and then inserted the pull ring back into the grenade.
This kind of grenade with a fuse set to explode in zero seconds, if you want to eliminate the danger, it is also very simple, just put the safety pin back in. Generally speaking, people who use grenades will throw away the safety pin after pulling it out, and will not keep it, and they will usually just throw it aside.
Sure enough, Ilyich found it soon.
After Shelov finished all this, he completely relaxed. Then, he picked up the grenade from the ground with his hands. There was a small hole underneath, so he buried half of the grenade in it.
Are the Afghan guerrillas really good at fooling people? Are they going to install pressure-detonated mines like this?
Shelov was thinking as he took the grenade. Unexpectedly, when he took it, he felt that the grenade seemed to be supported by something, and then he heard a crisp sound.
"Ding." The sound is not loud, but it is the sound that brings death. It is the sound of the grenade handle being bounced off.
Shelov looked at the grenade in his hand, which had been picked up and had a half-broken string underneath.
Damn it, there was another grenade underneath this grenade! This grenade was just a fuse. When I picked up this grenade, I pulled the thin wire underneath. On the thin wire, there was another grenade with the delay also set to zero and the safety pin also pulled out!
I was just attracted by the grenades above and thought that was all there was. I didn't expect that the real booby trap was below!
In an instant, Shelov figured it out, but unfortunately, his life had come to an end.
He didn't know that he still hadn't guessed it completely right.
He just took out the grenade and pulled the thin rope at the same time. The grip of a grenade tied to the other side of the thin rope was bound with a rubber band. The thin rope pulled the rubber band and the grip was bounced open. At the same time, the firing pin fired the primer. Then, this old F-1 grenade exploded immediately.
The pineapple-like shell cracked along the pineapple texture, flew in all directions, and flames leaped out.
Right next to the grenade, another pointy-headed creature immediately joined in the explosion as if it had been stimulated.
If Shelov could pull up the soil underneath at this moment, he would definitely regret his recklessness.
Armor-piercing bullet!
Muhammad called a few people to complete the arrangement. He would not waste the remaining armor-piercing shells on the tank. Although the warhead of the armor-piercing shell could not explode, once the propellant in the shell was ignited, it would increase the lethality.
"Boom!" In an instant, the earth shook.
The grenade was placed right on the primer of the armor-piercing bullet. When the grenade exploded, it immediately ignited the propellant of the armor-piercing bullet.
Armor-piercing bullets can penetrate into the enemy's armor because of their extremely high speed. In order to accelerate the armor-piercing bullets to this speed, high-energy propellant is needed. If this propellant ignites now, it will immediately blow up a large pit more than one meter deep where it is buried.
In the explosion, none of Shelov, Markov and Ilyich survived. If only the grenade exploded, perhaps they could have kept their bodies intact. But now, the three of them were almost blown to pieces.
"Squad leader!" The members of the reconnaissance squad hiding behind the rocks became very anxious when they saw this situation, especially Milo. It was he who was supposed to clear the booby trap just now, but now, the squad leader was dying for him.
He had already jumped up, not even afraid of the exploding fragments, and wanted to rush forward.
Behind another big rock, the soldiers of the other reconnaissance squad were also very anxious. They were a whole unit, and their comrades had died.
They all wanted to step forward, but before they could take a step, another gust of air rose up from under their feet.
Along with the huge explosion, countless pieces of rubble, shrapnel, and even wrenches flew up under their feet.
The explosive force was so strong that after the explosion, a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters was created, and even the huge rock was blown away several meters.
Everyone didn't know what was happening, and were all sent flying into the sky by the explosion.
Only the helicopter pilot witnessed it all.
After the explosion, there were no more living scouts on the ground. All the scouts, consisting of the best soldiers from the two squads, were left here.
They didn't know what happened until they died.
Only Muhammad, who was still walking on the mountain road at this time, felt very proud. He planned to go there again in a few days and think that the scene would be very beautiful.
Although the time was short, Muhammad set up a very clever chain of booby traps.
Under the buttocks of the two prisoners, there was a fake booby trap, a real booby trap connected by a thin rope, and an armor-piercing bullet. These arrangements were enough to blow up the people who were clearing the booby traps for them.
If it were an ordinary person, then these would be enough, but for Muhammad, these are definitely not enough.
All the armor-piercing and armor-fragmenting shells on the tank were taken out by Muhammad and buried next to the two huge rocks.
The reason why the two prisoners were allowed to sit next to the tank was also fully considered. They were more than 20 meters away from the two huge rocks. Therefore, when one person was left here to remove the booby traps, the others would definitely find a shelter nearby and wait. These two huge rocks were the best shelters.
It was not enough to just blow up the two prisoners and the man who was removing the booby trap. The Soviet soldiers waiting on the side were even more of Muhammad's target.
Next to the armor-piercing and armor-fragmenting shells, grenades with the safety pins pulled out are cleverly placed. When the explosion occurs there, the violent vibration from the ground will cause the grip of the grenade to be ejected, the firing pin will ignite the delay charge, and then the explosive will detonate.
Once the grenade exploded, the armor-piercing and armor-fragmenting shells buried together were also detonated. As for the grenades, Muhammad still kept them for important uses and was reluctant to release them.
In order to increase the lethality, Muhammad buried rubble on it, and also buried wrenches and other tools in the tool box above the tank tracks. When these things flew up, they were extremely powerful.
Muhammad, an elite special forces from the 21st century, made the Soviets suffer.
He calculated very accurately, without any waste, and those he killed were the best Soviet soldiers.