Chapter 224: Full fight

War is not isolated. When Ni Si rushed into a pool of blood and Cai E slapped the table in Nanjing to show his thunderous means, Wu Sheng closed Yue Peng and He Xi and stood side by side. (Baidu search "" to watch the latest update of this book)

After several consecutive days of infantry clearing the periphery, a wide area north of Wusheng Pass had been torn open. The famous Beiyang Second Division several kilometers away also launched a defensive battle for the first time. The trenches were dug circles after circle, and the bunkers were covered with fortifications. He Xi frowned secretly, but only Yue Peng was still calm and seemed to take nothing seriously.

He Xi looked at him. At the same time, as the commander of the two strongest field divisions of the National Defense Forces, they had always had a good personal relationship, but one thing he was secretly surprised that Yue Peng usually looked silent, but as time went by, he became more and more like a microcosm of Yang Qiu, and even his standing posture was almost exactly the same. He knew that Yue Peng was probably one of the officers in the National Defense Forces who had the most skills to ask the commander to make small calls, and he unknowingly even his behavior was affected.

Yue Peng did not pay attention to He Xi's observation. Yang Qiu's usual words showed his forward-looking and strategic thinking about the military had deeply fascinated him, especially the construction of the National Defense Army fully reflected his personal will, such as the artillery position not far ahead. As the National Defense Army grew, all troops needed artillery. In order to get more equipment as much as possible, the limited artillery resources were diluted a lot. First of all, the artillery battalion was changed to a 4*3 system, which means that each battalion had 3 companies and 4 doors per company, unlike the 18 doors that were learned in the Beiyang before, such a regiment totaled 36 doors.

It seems to be a lot weakened, but in fact, as the production speed of 70mm infantry artillery and mortars gradually increased, each infantry battalion was equipped with some of its own artillery, so the combat purpose of artillery at the division and brigade level was more clear, that is, to suppress the enemy's firepower before the infantry attack, tear open the gap, and act as a support node when turning into defense.

It has been a year since the 1st and 2nd Divisions reorganized the field division. Not only have they been the first to equip the field telephone system, but they are also the first major division of the National Defense Forces to be incorporated into the Artillery Brigade. Since the 105mm howitzer must be divided equally with the Guard Division, it will start to be slower when it is produced by itself. Therefore, each brigade temporarily organized two 105mm artillery battalions and two 75mm field artillery regiments.

Even so, the 1st and 2nd Divisions have 48 105mm howitzers and 144 75mm field guns!

In the Hubei War a year and a half ago, the freshman National Defense Force retreated from Xiaogan to Hankou in the face of Beiyang's superior artillery, and lost the entire war one step shortly. It was precisely because of that stimulus that the National Defense Force attached great importance to artillery. It not only introduced a number of field artillery and howitzers, production lines, but also opened a special artillery training class. The National Defense University also invited German retired artillery to open an artillery department. Today... it is time for Beiyang to taste what firepower suppression is!

In the position composed of 48 divisions of 105mm howitzers, the artillery soldiers were preparing back and forth, and many of them came from the Artillery Department of the National Defense University. They were young gunners who were temporarily transferred to internships. After realizing the strength of their troops, they were more excited than those veterans. Many people even discussed with the veteran gunners privately to let them get some fun.\\

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Yue Peng didn't ask about all this, he was waiting!

The buzzing like a bee roared across the mountain, looking up at the two planes that came to serve as artillery observation. The soldiers kept waving and looking at them, Yue Peng remembered what Yang Qiu said. "The future of artillery is long-range suppression, and the army will also have cannons with a range of 30, 40 or even hundreds of kilometers in the future, so the future of artillery will depend on whether the scout and aviation power are strong in the sudden forward.

Yue Peng confidently curled the corners of his mouth. He didn't know what would happen in the future, but now... his aviation power is stronger than that of Beiyang.

As the plane began to hover, the signal soldiers climbed up to the high place and raised the small red flag. Seeing the red flag gunners pulling the bolts one after another, expensive shells were filled into the bore.

Suddenly! The signal soldiers interlaced with two flags and sent out a signal of shooting. The artillery group roared several times at the same time. In the dazzling cannon flowers, the shells flew into the void like lightning and smashed towards the Beiyang position. Not long after, several balls of flames rose from the Beiyang position in the distance. After observing three rounds of shooting, the Beiyang artillery also began to counterattack here, but everyone pretended not to see it, because both Nissan and Dezhou 75mm field guns could not hit that far, so the position could leisurely use mechanical computers purchased from the United States to calculate the new artillery bombardment after shooting, while waiting for the plane to send signals.

The Curtis racing plane quickly passed over the position. Shortly after a small bamboo tube was thrown down, it was sent to the artillery command post by soldiers who had been waiting for a long time. The new artillery attack was locked and heard the phone being transmitted to the front line. The use of the new combat method made the artillery much more efficient. After a while, the artillery began to shake the handle according to the new artillery. When all the artillery squads sent the prepared signal, the signal soldiers shouted to fire the artillery with great gust, and at the same time waved the red flag in their hands.

His voice may not be able to be conveyed to everyone's ears, but the wave of the red flag is a signal!

Fire and concentrate fire!

The scene of 48 heavy artillery roaring at the same time is unimaginable, especially the more powerful 105mm howitzer. Every time the gun is fired, it will shake the dust around. During the war, all the distracting thoughts disappeared. The losers kept going back and forth between the ammunition and the artillery position. The gunners pulled the bolts and covered their ears again and again, and the infantry waiting to attack all widened their eyes. They knew that their artillery had grown a lot over the past year, but they only realized that it had reached such a terrible level.

The recruited civilians even lost their eyes. They never thought that the heavy artillery cluster fired at full speed so terrifying that the logistics officer had to run to everyone to remind them to transport the shells.

Only a few military observers from Germany, the United States, Britain and other countries also felt that the National Defense Forces were a bit boasting. Compared with the common levels of 150, 203, 240 mm in Europe, the 105 mm howitzer can only be regarded as a light gun in Europe, and its actual range is only about 7 kilometers. Only the National Defense Forces' range measurement method using aircraft made them interested. Of course, in this backward country, this momentum can still scare many people, such as the Beiyang Second Division opposite.

"There are mud horses! Where are the artillery? They are so fucking dead! Where are the fifteenth life heavy artillery sent? Fight back for me!" Wang Jinjing jumped in the cover and cursed. The staff members next to him looked dirt-like. He never thought that after more than a year, the National Defense Force could actually pull out such an artillery unit, which was more powerful than the cannons of the entire Beiyang First Army.

The signal soldier who was arrested took a few breaths and rushed out of the bunker and ran to his artillery position to convey orders. Along the way, artillery shells kept falling from the side. I didn't know what the members of the National Defense Forces had filled the shells. Every time the explosion exploded, the yellow mud would splash and the rocks would crack. It scared him so much that it took him nearly twenty minutes to climb and stop and run to the 150mm heavy artillery position.

The soldiers of the Beiyang Second Division even cursed, saying that they had never suffered such a problem. In the past, they were bullying others with the power of artillery. How long has it been? It was their turn to be beaten by artillery shells, and the loess fell down on their bodies and covered them layer by layer. In the blink of an eye, all the soldiers in the trench became unkempt. However, this was already considered. Many unlucky people were directly caught in the trench by artillery shells, and even the whole body could not be found.

The Beiyang artillery finally began to fight back, but the sparse shells could not form effective suppression. Instead, they were caught by the plane because of their exposure, and they informed the 105mm heavy artillery group to suppress them back.

"hurry up!"

"Mad, didn't you have enough food?!"

The old German 150mm cannon is more troublesome to operate. Each shell weighs 40 kilograms. Because it is a packing package, and the artillery soldiers who operate this kind of cannon are not trained, they can only fire two shells per minute.

Although the officers drank, there were almost no results, because these were cannons. The cannons were straight and had a short range. The maximum range of the 150 mm caliber was only 6,100 meters, which was far from the opponent's howitzers. However, due to the distance and the need for the National Defense Force to take the lead in solving the fortifications that hinder the infantry, they could continue to bombard the artillery for the time being without any obstacles. As for the effect... Wang Jinjing jumped again.

Crazy shells were still falling like raindrops in front of the position of the Beiyang Second Division. The front ten kilometers wide was covered by dust and smoke and could not see anything clearly. Later, it was counted that the artillery cluster composed of 48 howitzers poured 7,816 shells into the first line of defense in Xinyang during a full 30 minutes of suppression! I really don’t know if the logistics officer would faint if he was seen by the logistics officer.

Machine gun forts that threatened infantry were blown away in the explosion, civil fortifications were blown through by shells, and infantry were suppressed so that they could not lift their heads.

Yue Peng was really not very interested in this kind of war. The more he talked about Yang Qiu, the more he hoped to fight with the world's military power. As for simulating the Japanese Army, he had been stripped of his bright cloak by the National Defense Army. He was not a very amazing opponent.

However, he was not bored to reduce the intensity of firepower. Like Yang Qiu, he would worry about logistics and supplies before starting the battle, but after starting the battle, he would not be frustrated because of logistics, so he insisted on the requirement of firepower coverage for 30 minutes. First, it was to clear obstacles for the infantry, and second, strong artillery can put a lot of psychological pressure on enemy soldiers, forcing them to be restrained in the attack behind.

After 30 minutes of nightmares, the artillery fire finally began to weaken. When Beiyang soldiers climbed out of the trenches one or two, the Wehrmacht infantry began to fight again, and a large number of mortars and machine guns became a new round of nightmare.

The Northern Line Battle was finally unveiled after a few days of preparation. The 1st and 2nd Field Divisions of the National Defense Forces launched an attack from Xinye to Guangshan at the same time. At the same time, the 11th Brigade of the Fourth Division of the National Defense Forces also took the lead in restoring Hanzhong, Shaanxi, and began to cross the Qinling Mountains and penetrate into the Baoji line.

On the first day of Xinyang, the core battlefield, the National Defense Forces invested 48 105mm howitzers and more than 50 75mm field artillery, using their superior artillery to open the front line of the Beiyang Second Division in the afternoon of the same day. Wang Jinjing hurriedly retreated to Xinyang when the artillery was completely suppressed, not only losing nearly 2,000 soldiers and a large amount of weapons reserved on the front line, but also losing all four 150mm cannons.

At this point, the battle of unification was announced to be fully launched.

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