My Bright Sword Logistics Career

Chapter 207 The Beating Before Retreat!

Wen County.

Located in the combat headquarters in the underground tunnel.

"Fifteen days."

Standing at the entrance of the tunnel, watching the sunset gradually sinking to the skyline outside, the brigade officer who served as the commander-in-chief of the Wen County battle let out a sigh of relief.

It has been fifteen days since the devils stormed Wen County for the second time.

He also led a force comparable to the total size of the initial stage of the reorganization, including the reserve team. Under the strong attack of tens of thousands of devils supported by heavy artillery, tanks and planes, he held on to Wen County for fifteen days.

According to the order of the headquarters, they are ready to retreat.

"Report."

At this moment, the chief of staff came over.

"How about the troops?"

the Commander-in-Chief asked.

"not bad."

The chief of staff spoke excitedly:
"The effect is very good, and many troops can be said to have been reborn."

"Although the casualties are relatively large, the overall morale of the troops is still very high."

"After this battle is over, we will go back to the base area for a period of rest and recovery training. Our army needs at least [-] more hard-working main regiments."

"it is good."

The commander-in-chief couldn't help applauding.

From the very beginning, the order from the headquarters was very clear. The purpose of this Wen County defense battle was not to defend Wen County, but to hone the dozen or twenty new regiments.

as well as,

Attract the devil's attention.

Now, they have successfully completed the task.

Especially the actual combat training of the new troops is much, much better than expected.

"Prevent devils from attacking at night."

During the Battle of Wenxian, the devils rarely launched night attacks. Firstly, the defenders of Wenxian County had superior firepower and troops, and the flares fell like rain. Secondly, the high-altitude detection balloons could not be launched at night, so the devils had no advantage in long-range artillery. unable to play.

After looking at the sky, the commander-in-chief continued:
"Tomorrow is the last day. Give the devils a hard time. The artillery regiment of the headquarters and the artillery battalion directly under the division are all dispatched to shoot out all the shells in stock, and then retreat as planned."

In the rear, the ammunition warehouse has stored a large amount of shells, which obviously cannot be taken away, and must be consumed before retreating.

"Yes."

···
Day two.

"what happened?"

"Is Tubalu crazy?"

At the devil's frontline headquarters, a devil major general who was in charge of the command was stunned with a binoculars.

Even at a distance of several kilometers, he could see through the telescope that the overwhelming shells, like raindrops, slammed on the heads of the charging locust army.

This scenario is actually very common.

every day,

The locust army is used to it.

The reason why Major General Guizi was so surprised this time is because today's artillery fire density has increased by nearly three times compared to yesterday.

Originally, the density of the enemy's mortar shells was so high that it was unbelievable, and it was tripled, so that, when viewed with the naked eye, because of the low velocity of the mortar shells, not to mention the dense explosions of gunpowder fireballs on the ground,

There is a long, substantial belt of shells all over the sky.

It was like a torrential rain.

boom boom boom

Dense, real artillery shells rained down, and on the ground, explosions came and went, and the smoke of gunpowder enveloped the entire locust army.

In order to consume the excess shells, last night, the Wen County defenders prepared in advance overnight, moved the shells to the position, and planned the artillery positions under the unified arrangement of the brigade staff.

After the devil's assault team approached a distance of two kilometers, more than 300 82 mortars, more than 600 long-range 60 mortars, and a total of [-] mortars fired neatly.

Thanks to the bitterly cold February, it is more suitable for the heat dissipation of the gun barrel, so all the mortars can maintain a longer explosive shelling, that is, fire at full speed.

Both the 60 mortar and the 82 mortar have [-] rounds per minute at full speed.

A total of one thousand gates,

That is to say, at full speed, [-] shells will fall every minute. Even if the gun barrel is overheated and switched to a continuous rate of fire of [-] rounds per minute, it will still be [-] shells per minute.

The target of the bombardment was only more than 1000 devils.

"withdraw!"

"retreat!"

"Artillery, suppress enemy artillery."

Although I don't know what's going on with Tuba Road, the artillery fire is obviously overflowing too much, but Major General Guizi knows that if he retreats one step later, his entire infantry brigade will be wiped out.

Because the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, after the devil's brigade's large straggler line opened its formation, it was a charging formation nearly a thousand meters deep, which seemed to be scattered but actually implied regularity.

According to the rich experience of the devils, such a large skirmisher line formation can more effectively preserve the vitality in the face of heavy artillery fire.

But I can't stand today's Tubalu being too disrespectful of martial arts,
There are only more than 1000 locust troops in total, and you directly loaded a thousand cannons,
One locust army and one cannon.

You must know that even for 60 mortars, the actual effective killing range is a circle with a diameter of 15 meters, while the killing range of 82 mortars is a circle with a diameter of 18 meters.

However, after the unified planning of the staff of the brigade headquarters, there was not much overlap between the thousand artillery pieces, which formed the spectacle that the smoke of the artillery shells almost enveloped the entire devil brigade.

Although the Devils Artillery also struggled to suppress, but in the face of the 36 105 howitzers of the [-]st Battalion of the Independent Regiment Artillery, the suppression was very limited.

The plane has not arrived because of the voyage.

Ten minutes later, the devil finally withdrew from the range of artillery fire,

The only surviving ghost squadron leader counted the number of people, and there were only more than 300 locust troops who survived, or were withdrawn.

In less than half an hour, nearly [-] locust troops fell under the unprecedented intensive artillery fire, including three squadron leaders, and the brigade headquarters including the brigade leader.

Perhaps, there are still people alive, injured and unable to move, or fainted?
But not long to live.

Half an hour later, with the arrival of the aviation wing, the devils once again organized a brigade to launch an attack, and what greeted the devils was a dense rain of bullets made up of a thousand artillery pieces.

Even though the Devils planes fought hard to suppress them, even if they had been prepared for a long time, the skirmish line was drawn wider and the troops were more scattered, but facing the artillery group covered by anti-aircraft machine guns, the Devils brigade still left more than 300 corpses.

"Is Tubalu crazy today?"

After the two rounds of attacks were repulsed, a group of devil generals silently looked at the data of up to 1000 people.

It was broken jade, not casualties.

Ziqi fell silent.

Although the fighting time was not long, and the actual fighting time was only two and a half hours, they initially estimated that Tuba Road fired at least more than 35 shells in these two hours.

This is still the most conservative estimate.

All the devil officers were silenced.

And the face of the only devil general who howled hysterically was not anger, but more envy and jealousy-35 shells.

A full 35 shells!

Even if most of them are 60mm mortars, calculated as equivalents, they are beyond the reach of the locust army.

and!

This is still the most conservative estimate!
"idiot!"

The jealous teeth of each devil are about to be gritted.

too big.

The gap is really too big.

If the locust army also had such supplies, the Republic of China would have been destroyed three months earlier. How could it be dragged into a stalemate like it is now?

"Damn navy red deer!"

Suddenly, a devil major general changed the subject:
"If they hadn't devoured a lot of the empire's resources..."

"Damn navy red deer!"

"Damn navy horses..."

Suddenly, there was a uniform curse in the headquarters.

"Are you still attacking?"

Amidst the scolding, a different question suddenly popped up, as if the pause button was pressed, and the devil generals who had been yelling and cursing fell silent again.

After a long time, no one made a sound.

···
"Wen County Tuba Road retreated?"

The next morning, Beijing Review.

Naozaburo Okabe received a news that surprised him.

"Hi."

The staff officer explained in detail:
"According to reports from the frontline, yesterday morning, the defenders of Wen County fired all their artillery salvos, projecting shells at a rate of more than [-] rounds per minute, forcing the locust army to stop attacking."

"In the afternoon, the locust army also launched several squadron-scale tentative attacks, and the Tuba Road also used all artillery salvos..."

Hearing this, Okabe Naozaburo couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth a few times.

Fighting to this day, the locust army has figured out the strength of the Tuba Road, the defender of Wen County.

Around Wen County, the total strength of the Tuba Road is about the same as a full-scale division of the empire, that is, about 3 people, and it is equipped with nearly a thousand mortars of various calibers.

Artillery and troops can be replenished immediately after loss, but will not continue to increase.

There are also thirty 105 barrel guns.

Although a county is the target, because of the enemy's intensive artillery fire, the locust army's standard offensive against Wen County is a wave of a full infantry brigade. If the enemy's defensive position is broken, a gap is opened, and the artillery suppresses the enemy's artillery. Invest in two infantry brigades again to expand the results of the battle.

That is to say, yesterday morning, the locust army with a total strength of 1000 was blocked by [-] artillery pieces, and it was covered by firepower fired at full speed.

And yesterday afternoon...

An infantry squadron, more than 200 locust troops, also encountered the full-speed blocking coverage of nearly a thousand artillery pieces.

Even if these artillery are mortars, most of them are 60mm mortars.

But, this is also artillery!

Most importantly, one shell of a 60 mortar is equivalent to three grenades.

"This morning, the frontline troops organized another..."

"How many casualties were there yesterday?"

After interrupting the staff officer, Naozaburo Okabe asked the result directly.

He can guess the follow-up development.

Five thousand rounds per minute, 30 rounds per hour, this density of shells, let alone a brigade, even a full infantry division, must avoid the edge.

Thanks to the mortar,
If it is a barrel gun, 30 rounds per minute, [-] rounds per hour, that is [-] artillery pieces.

Not to mention the three brigades, even the 37 troops of the North China Front Army at its peak had to weigh carefully.

Encountering such a dense artillery fire, the troops attacking Wen County will naturally shrink and suspend their attack.

During this period, Tuba Road stubbornly defended Wen County with fierce artillery fire, and repeatedly competed for positions with the locust army. No one would have thought that it would suddenly retreat at this time. Naturally, the locust army would not be vigilant at night, so Tuba Road quietly retreated at night. Opportunity.

By the time the locust army found out, Wen County must have been an empty city.

It is estimated that the sudden increase in artillery fire yesterday was due to Tubalu's consumption of excess stored shells.

"300 casualties."

The staff officer answered immediately.

"How much is the broken jade?"

Okabe Naozaburo narrowed his eyes.

Sudden encounter with shelling of unimaginable intensity will inevitably cause great losses.

There were only four waves of offensive yesterday, and the accumulative force mobilized by two brigades and two squadrons was no more than 500 people, with 500 casualties, which is considered normal.

But the statement of casualties is very watery,
Scratched arms and severed hands and feet are all injuries and can be counted as casualties.
But the nature of the two is completely different.

The former can continue to fight without any impact, while the latter must be disabled if he survives, not to mention not being able to continue to serve the empire, but will instead become a burden to the empire.

"1000 people were killed, 300 people were injured, and there were no serious injuries."

The staff officer bowed his head and said.

"1000 two hundred jade pieces!"

"There are no serious injuries!"

Even though he was prepared in his heart, Naozaburo Kobebe was still shocked.

The number of casualties is not that great.

But the casualty ratio is terrifying, with only one injured among the four killed.

(End of this chapter)