My Bright Sword Logistics Career

Chapter 205 Fire!
"Found the enemy's heavy artillery position."

"Model 150 Type 3378 howitzers, two in quantity, coordinates 4427, [-]."

The front reconnaissance battalion, the commander of the reconnaissance company confirmed the artillery position and the number of artillery in the distance through the high-power observation mirror, and then quickly located the artillery position of the devil through the map and reference coordinates.

And according to the pictures in the information given by Li Yunlong's friends, the model of the Devil's artillery was also determined-the 150-type [-] howitzer.

At the same time, the performance parameters of this artillery also appeared in his mind.

The self-weight is 2090 kg, the caliber is 149.1 mm, the barrel is 12.6 times, the weight of the projectile is 36 kg, and the maximum range is 5890 meters.

As an old-fashioned artillery that was in service in 1911, it has been 30 years now, and its performance has long been outdated.

Its maximum range of 5800 meters is not even comparable to the Devil's [-]-type mountain cannon, and its mobility is also due to design problems. It takes a long time from placement to transfer, and its mobility is poor.

But because of the caliber,
As well as the insufficient production capacity of new artillery and insufficient military expenditure, the devils have been reluctant to part with it, and there is no way to eliminate this outdated artillery.

"Hey, it's still a Pelton horse."

A soldier holding a sight glass let out a hey.

"Little devil can't do it by himself."

Another soldier pouted.

Pelton horses are large and strong, making them perfect for towing artillery, but the Devils don't have Pelton horses. Obviously, these horses were captured.

"In this kind of terrain, even the best horses are not as good as jeeps."

The first soldier sneered and mocked.

If it was before, when he saw his horse being captured by the devils, he would be angry, and even this anger would be directed at the troops who let the horses fall into the hands of the devils.

But now, after training in the new barracks and learning the knowledge of war, he knew in his heart that in a war involving millions of square kilometers and millions of troops participating in the war, being captured was a very normal thing.

You can't guarantee that everyone will be a stoic, fearless fighter against all odds.

Besides, many unexpected situations cannot be changed by manpower.

Just like the devils, before, they did everything possible to prevent the troops from capturing the Type [-] infantry artillery. In the end, didn't they seize more than a dozen of them by their own troops?

In the Hundred Regiments War, a bunch of cannons were seized. Counting the mountain cannons, the total was almost a hundred.

Even tanks, one was captured by the Independent Regiment!
"Report the location to Command."

The company commander's order made the soldiers stop talking and start working.

A soldier took out a map and accurately mapped out the location of the Devil's artillery position, while the soldier with the radio on his back contacted the headquarters.

"Come on, everyone, and try to kill all these devils when you guide the artillery."

The commander said at the same time:

"Humph!"

"Dare to capture our military horse?!"

Although the Pelton horse has not been in service for a long time, and is now covered by jeeps and gradually retreated to the second line in the main force, the soldiers still love this kind of tempered and powerful army horse from the bottom of their hearts.

Has long been recognized as a companion comrade-in-arms.

"Yes."

A few simple words instantly boosted the morale of the reconnaissance company.

A good officer must not only be able to command battles and lead the troops to complete the tasks assigned by their superiors, but also know how to inspire the morale of their subordinates.

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"Heavy artillery position?"

"Type 150 [-] howitzer?"

In Wen County, in the command room, the staff officer quickly marked on the map the location of the Japanese artillery found by the reconnaissance company.

“The location is very good!”

Looking at the coordinates on the map, the commander-in-chief of the Wenxian campaign sneered.

The 5700 mortar with a range of 82 meters has been in combat for more than ten days, and the devil has almost figured out the performance of this gun. It may not be able to accurately grasp it, but the error will not be too large.

The Type 150 5890 howitzer has a range of only 5000 meters, and if you want to shoot accurately, you can only do it within [-] meters.

Within the range of the new 82 mortar.

The devil obviously knew about this, so the positions of the two 150-type [-] howitzers were very particular.

It is just over five kilometers away from the forward position, and it can attack the Wenxian forward position. If one wants to counterattack, it must deploy long-range mortars on the forward position.

The 82 mortar is not the 60 mortar, and the requirements for the site are still higher, and the deployment time is longer.

Under the suppression of the devil's crazy artillery fire, this is difficult to do.

After all, the accuracy of the mortar is low, and it is impossible to accurately hit it at a distance of five kilometers. There are only multiple shells to cover the shelling, and the Devil Artillery will not give him this time at all.

but well...

"Let Pao No. [-] Battalion kill him."

After giving the order, the commander clicked his tongue.

For a long time, the main firepower responsible for suppressing the devil's attack is the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters, and the two artillery reinforcement battalions of the division headquarters, equipped with more than 300 82 mortars.

Today, although he is in command of an artillery battalion.

But this battalion, in addition to the number of artillery, its personnel size and equipment scale, are not inferior to the artillery regiment of the headquarters.

The barrel gun has great power, long range, and high accuracy, but it is more troublesome to operate than a mortar, which is incomparable.

Even, this battalion is larger than the devil's artillery wing.

The Devil's 105 howitzer regiment, a full regiment, only has 24 artillery pieces.

Li Yunlong still calls such an army a battalion, which is too...
"Damn it."

"It's still Li Yunlong, this dog is so enjoyable!"

Thinking of such ferocious artillery fire in a battalion, the commander couldn't restrain his excitement. He walked back and forth in the command room, cursing and expressing his envy.

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"Enter coordinates."

"Solve ballistics."

"···"

After receiving the order from the command headquarters, six artillery guns raised their barrels on the position of the No. [-] Battalion of the Independent Regiment Artillery in the rear.

The target is only two 150-type [-] howitzers. Although this kind of artillery weighs only two tons, due to the lack of recoil buffer design, it has high requirements for the formation of the ground, which leads to poor mobility.

Therefore, the No. [-] Pao Battalion only used six artillery pieces to deal with it.

Several artillery staff officers wrote and drew pictures, compared the gun tables, and calculated the ballistics. At the same time, they communicated the coordinates and the pitch angle of the artillery to each gun position through the phone.

"fire!"

Following the order of the first artillery battalion, six M56-type 56 howitzers originated from the service of Italy in 105, and the muzzle fireballs burst into flames.

In the distance, around the Devil's artillery position, six huge fireballs suddenly shot up.

"Falling point..."

"Azimuth angle..."

Through the timely feedback from the front reconnaissance battalion, the artillery staff quickly calculated the adjustment angle and communicated it to the six artillery positions by phone.

In the third round, the artillery shell accurately hit seven kilometers away, near the devil's howitzer position.

In the fifth round, a grenade weighing 15 kilograms hit a devil's Type 150 [-] howitzer, blowing up the entire artillery position and the devils who were being transferred urgently.

Thanks to the devils who transferred the shells in time,
Otherwise, a 150-type [-] howitzer nearby will also be destroyed.

Through the selection of the most elite fighters, the master of the system sent people to train them, and the No. [-] Artillery Battalion, which was fed with live ammunition, was no less elite than the Devil's elite artillery group, and even surpassed it.

At this time, the overall quality of the First Pao Battalion has already faintly touched the tail of the victorious artillery during the battle in southern Xinjiang.

Coupled with the high-precision artillery produced by the master of the system, it is possible to destroy the enemy in the fifth round.

"Destroy the target."

"The target has shifted, the target has been lost."

In the artillery battle, even if there is an obvious difference in the performance of the artillery of the two sides, there are always obstacles and serious delays in the communication between the artillery observation team and the artillery positions, and the combat efficiency is actually relatively low.

After all, the devil escaped with a cannon.

"Transfer position."

The devil ran away with one cannon, and the battalion commander was not angry, but ordered the six exposed cannons to quickly move their positions.

Unlike the peninsula, there is no dense forest around Wenxian County, and it is winter now. The new 105 artillery has huge targets, and Wenxian County does not have a solid and perfect concealment position, so the new artillery cannot be perfectly concealed, and will soon be observed by the Devil Artillery The balloon was discovered, and the devils artillery counterattacked.

After giving the order to retreat, he glanced at the Devil Artillery scout balloon floating high in the sky, and the commander of the First Pao Battalion's eyes flashed sharply.

Condescending vision is too important for artillery.

I don't know when my own troops will have high-altitude reconnaissance vision?
Or, there is a way to shoot down the devil artillery balloons that are a few kilometers away.

but,

As long as the artillery range is far enough, it is actually possible to avoid the observation of the devil's high-altitude detection balloon.

The ground is no better than the sea. The complex terrain makes the position of the artillery not so easy to be found, and it is also easier to camouflage.

As for the artillery in the regiment... Thinking of the super artillery that appeared together with the new 105 howitzer, the commander of the first artillery battalion was very hot.

That is the real super artillery!

In front of this artillery, all the artillery of the Devil Army are rubbish,

With this artillery, he dared to confront the devil warships, and even, maybe he could kill a few devil destroyers or something.

When the transfer order was issued, the No. [-] Artillery Battalion moved quickly. The artillery crew retracted the tripod, hung the artillery on the jeep towing hook, then started the engine, and moved away in a hurry.

As expected by the battalion commander, not long after the six artillery pieces of the first artillery battalion retreated, the shells of the devils fell around the position that had just been evacuated.

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That night.

North review.

"Nani?"

"New barrel artillery?"

"More than [-] calibers, with a maximum range of [-] kilometers! The number exceeds [-]!"

"Even the mobility is very good?"

When Naozaburo Okabe received the news, his expression changed again.

More than ten days ago, the Tuba Road had only come up with the 400 mortar with a maximum range of more than 82 meters, which could threaten the Imperial Type [-] mountain artillery, so that the Locust Army Type [-] mountain artillery and Type [-] heavy artillery did not dare to fire casually.

It is also because of this new artillery, coupled with abundant shells, that the Wen County Battle has been stalemate to this day, and the North China Front Army has suffered thousands of casualties every day.

At its peak, there were even 3000 casualties per day.

Now come up with a new cannon?

and,

More than [-] calibers, a range of [-] kilometers, and high mobility. This data is also extremely good among barrel guns.

It poses a great threat to the Wen County campaign.

The reason why he was confident that he would win the battle of Wen County was because of the locust army's absolute advantage in guns.

No matter how powerful and terrifying the Tuba Road mortar is, and how many shells there are, as long as the locust army does not make mistakes and let the Tuba Road bring the mortar within the threat range, it is impossible to fail.

But now, Tuba road guns are also available.

Moreover, the artillery with a range of ten kilometers and a caliber of more than [-] is also very mobile, and the number is as high as [-], which is one more brigade than a heavy artillery regiment.

If such artillery also has plenty of shells, then...
Okabe Naozaburo's face became more serious.

"Report."

At this time, a ghost staff officer ran over and reported to Naozaburo Okabe:

"Frontline battle report, Tuba Road launched a counterattack, and the old stone village is lost."

"Nani?!"

Naozaburo Okabe snatched the detailed battle report from the staff officer, looked at it, and his complexion was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Whatever comes to his mind, he comes.

There are more than 30 Tuba Road guns, new ones, with a range of ten kilometers, and flexible and flexible body artillery. Taking advantage of the gap in the support of the aviation wing, they immediately launched a counterattack and suppressed the locust army's body artillery group.

The new guns are as well loaded as ever.

Except for a small number of Type 105 [-] cannons, the locust army's artillery cannot effectively suppress this new barrel artillery.

However, although the Type 105 [-] cannon has a range of eighteen kilometers, the number is too small, only eight. The enemy's artillery has too many artillery pieces and is highly mobile, so they cannot be effectively suppressed.

As a result, the Stone Village position that was captured yesterday was lost, and even the racecourse was in jeopardy.

If it weren't for the timely reinforcements from the air wing, I'm afraid the racecourse would have been lost.

"idiot!"

Okabe Naozaburo cursed.

The chief of staff bowed his head in silence.

Calculating the overall strength, in fact, the strength of the locust army far exceeds that of the Tuba Road, the defender of Wen County.

Even with the addition of [-] new barrel artillery, it is the same.

Especially the sky is the absolute domain of the locust army.

However, the Tuba Road on the other side is unreasonable and unscientific, and it’s okay to oversold mortars. The number of shells is incredible, and there is something wrong with the logistics supply.

Many positions that could have been captured were forcibly repulsed by the opponent's artillery fire. 10,000+ shells fell down every day, and the average person had three to five shells on their heads. The locust army really couldn't bear it.

He has seen crowd tactics, and he has it himself.
Pig rush charge tactics it!
But it was the first time he had seen the sea of ​​artillery tactics.

This poor, third chief of staff of the North China Front Army still doesn't know at this time that the sea of ​​artillery tactics he saw at this time is just a prototype, a seedling.

The real nightmare of the locust army has not yet begun!
But this battle is also recognized by later generations as the first battle in which the locust army was infected by "fire phobia".

(End of this chapter)