When Zhou Yaolin heard the guard's call, he immediately looked up to the sky.
Densely packed small black dots in the sky, with tail flames and white smoke behind them, flew towards the Swedish army's position.
Zhou Yaolin's face changed drastically and he exclaimed: "These are rockets. There are so many rockets. Quickly avoid them."
They immediately ran from the bunker along the traffic trench to the underground fortifications.
Not long after they reached the underground fortifications, they felt the walls shaking and some cement blocks and soil spilled on the ceiling.
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin frowned and said: "The rockets Shu purchased from the Empire are too powerful.
This kind of rocket not only has a long range, but is also as powerful as a naval gun.
If Shu has too many rockets like this, it will be difficult for us to fight this battle."
Zhou Yaolin also frowned. The infantry and tanks of the Swedish army were hiding in trenches and other fortifications and behind them.
Shu's rockets will not hit these low-value targets. They are obviously aimed at artillery.
I wonder what will happen to the artillery casualties after this round of strikes?
Zhou Yaolin said helplessly: "The empire's industrial strength is strong, and its weapons and equipment are much stronger than those of our vassal countries.
The Metropolitan Governor must consider purchasing some imperial weapons in the future to use as the weapon of the army."
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin sensed the constant shock waves coming from outside.
The items in the house were rising and falling with the huge shock wave.
He agreed: "The empire's weapons are indeed very powerful.
But this powerful weapon is also extremely expensive.
The Shu Kingdom did not use this kind of rocket for the first time.
Not surprisingly, this kind of rocket is expensive. Even if the Shu Kingdom temporarily has a large amount of funds, the quantity they can purchase is limited.
The Kingdom of Shu is different from our Kingdom of Rui in that they have no military industry.
Every shell and bullet consumed needs to be purchased from the empire.
These seemingly cheap ammunition will consume a huge amount of money.
This war will not end soon as expected.
But as long as we persist, victory will definitely belong to our country."
A rocket exploded near them.
The huge shock wave was blocked by the Tucheng behind it, but part of it was still transmitted into the room.
Zhou Yaolin was directly hit by the shock wave and fell to the ground.
He stood up, patted the loose soil on his body, and said solemnly: "We must regard Shu as a respectable opponent."
After experiencing this blow, he did not believe that this war could end in a short time.
The explosion outside lasted for a while and then stopped.
When Zhou Yaolin heard the explosion, he immediately picked up the phone.
"I'm Zhou Yaolin. How are the artillery casualties?"
"The personnel were moved to the bombproof cave in time. The casualties were not too serious, about 500 people."
"What? The large-caliber artillery could not be moved in time, and twenty-seven of them were destroyed."
"The train gun was the main attack direction of the Shu Kingdom, and two train guns were destroyed by this bombardment.
Because the shell exploded, it destroyed the railway track on which the train gun was traveling."
Zhou Yaolin put down the phone. He had already foreseen that there would be a lot of casualties in this shelling of Shu.
But he never expected that the casualties caused by this shelling would be so tragic.
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin heard of such casualties.
He frowned and sighed helplessly: "Our army cannot act blindly like this. The Shu army has repaired the fortifications in advance.
This time the Shu army's position had rockets.
Within the complete fortifications, I don’t know if there are any secret weapons.
In the fortifications built by the Shu army, the cannons were protected by forts.
As long as heavy artillery cannot accurately hit the fort, the artillery in the Shu army's fortifications can fire continuously.
Our artillery, however, needs to be constantly transferred.
Once you stay in a certain place for too long, you will be continuously attacked by the Shu army.
This method of combat puts our army at a constant disadvantage and must be adjusted."
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin has realized that there are some mistakes in Switzerland's combat methods.
Rui is now concentrating its firepower to attack Shu and build a complete defense line.
This is equivalent to a battleship attacking a port guarded by coastal defense artillery.
The Imperial Navy has repeatedly used warships to attack ports with coastal defense guns.
Unless the range of naval guns is used, it has exceeded the range of coastal defense guns.
The naval gun uses its range advantage to slowly consume the enemy's defensive fortifications.
When the navy does not have the upper hand, it will not attack ports defended by coastal defense artillery unless it is forced to do so.
When he was in the Imperial Military Academy, he learned examples of Imperial Royal Navy exercises.
Even if you use old coastal defense guns for defense, as long as the range is equivalent to the range of naval guns.
Use the most advanced battleships to attack, and the battleships still have the upper hand in terms of the number of guns.
The final result surprised everyone.
The defenders on the shore achieved victory despite being at a disadvantage.
With a huge advantage, nearly half of the battleships were sunk.
This is the result of the battleship's attack on the coastal defense batteries.
They are now attacking Shu's defense line and are in a similar situation.
Chief of General Staff Lu Qianjin once again emphasized: “I will work with the staff team to adjust the combat plan based on the situation on the battlefield.
The frontline temporarily adjusts the intensity of the war."
When Zhou Yaolin heard this order, he felt relieved.
Reduce the intensity of the war, reduce casualties, and he does not have to bear excessive responsibilities.
He did not have much experience in leading troops, but the battle went extremely poorly.
Zhou Yaolin also realized that the current combat method was not conducive to unleashing the true strength of Rui.
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Yan Baizhi saw the chaotic scene of the Swedish army's position.
He said excitedly: "Rockets are so useful. This kind of weapon is really a big killer that is hard to guard against on the battlefield.
Immediately request the Metropolitan Government to allocate more rockets.
As long as there are enough rockets, we are confident that we can hold the line of defense."
Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen agreed: "Even if the Swedish army suffers a temporary setback, they will never give up.
We are about to face a storm of revenge from the Swedish army.
Our current defensive strength alone is still a bit weak.
Taking advantage of this great victory, let the imperial court send more reinforcements to us."
Generals Yan Baizhi and Qiu Lushen had been worried about the fierce attack that the Swedish army would launch.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, they found that the intensity of the Swedish army's attack had become lower.
Although the Swedish artillery still launches attacks on the defense line every day.
But the saturation attack like the first day has never happened again.
Yan Baizhi and Qiu Lushen discussed for a long time. They agreed that this was the arrival of the New Year, and Rui Jun did not want the New Year to be a river of blood.
After the New Year, the Swedish army will definitely resume its fierce offensive.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the Shu Army dispatched engineering troops to repair the damaged fortifications.
Yan Baizhi inspected the situation on the defense line. Behind him, there were logistics soldiers carrying hot dumplings and distributing them to the soldiers who stood firm.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Baizhi received news that the imperial court had sent reinforcements.
He said happily: "The imperial court acted quickly and sent reinforcements in such a short time.
During this period, the Swedish army still maintained a low-intensity offensive state.
It is now the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and the festive atmosphere has faded.
The Swedish army may launch a large-scale attack at any time.
The intensity of the Swiss army's attack will definitely exceed the intensity of the war at the beginning.
Now that the reinforcements supported by the imperial court have arrived, we don't have to worry about insufficient troops.
When soldiers come, they will block it; when water comes, earth covers it.
Our mission is to keep the Swedish army out.
The Hongshanling area will always belong to our Shu Kingdom and no country will be allowed to covet it."
Chief of Staff Qiu Rushen frowned and said: "This time it is not just reinforcements, but also military observation groups from various countries.
Not only European countries sent military observation groups, but Liao, Jin, and Wei also sent military observation groups.
Even the Empire is very interested in this conflict.
The empire also sent a military observation mission.
While we are fighting, we also have to take care of these military observation groups."
Chief of Staff Qiurushen was very resistant to the arrival of the military observation group.
These military observation groups, coming to observe the war situation, will inevitably lead to the leakage of military intelligence.
Yan Baizhi also had some resistance to the military observation group, but he knew the reason why the imperial court allowed the military observation group to come.
"Brother Qiu, our country has no choice but to let the military observation group go.
The empire's military observation team must be released.
We were able to fight this war thanks to loans from the Empire.
We purchase large amounts of weapons and ammunition from the Empire.
The reason why the empire sold our country advanced weapons.
They also wanted to take advantage of the European war to test the performance of the weapons.
No matter what direction it was considered, the imperial military observation group and the imperial court had no reason to refuse.
As for other military observation groups, they are all countries that are friendly to Shu.
For example, the State of Wei, although it is an American country.
But he had to fight against Cao Guo, who had to support Rui Guo with a lot of technology.
Some of Rui's weapons can be said to be replicas of Cao's.
Wei State sent a military observation group to observe the performance of Rui State's new weapons on the battlefield.
There are also observer groups from other countries.
Those are all potential allies of our Shu Kingdom.
For a country that has close exchanges with Switzerland, it is impossible for the imperial court to allow them to come over."
Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen actually knows the reason behind this.
Their current war with Switzerland is a preview of the future European war.
In order to collect intelligence about the war, various countries will definitely send military observation groups to the battlefield.
The reason why Qiu Lushen was in a bad mood was because he was angry at being treated like a monkey in a zoo and allowed to be watched by others.
Use the sacrifices of Shu soldiers to accumulate experience for other countries.
Thinking about this situation makes people extremely angry.
Qiu Lushen quickly overcame his dissatisfaction.
He knew the difficulties faced by the imperial court. This matter had already happened and military observation groups from various countries were about to arrive. He could only accept it helplessly.
When Yan Baizhi saw this situation, he suggested: "I will receive the military observation group, and the defense work will be left to Brother Qiu."
He could not let Qiurushen go to receive the military observation group.
Even if there is no conflict between the two parties, poor communication may still affect the court's strategy.
When Qiu Rushen heard that he ignored the military observation group, the somewhat angry look on his face calmed down a bit.
The reinforcements from Shu quickly reached the defense line.
Qiu Lushen arranged for reinforcements to enter various fortifications.
Yan Baizhi is responsible for receiving military observation groups from various countries arriving at the front line.
He accompanied a military observer group to visit the front lines.
General Wang Shangfu of the Imperial Logistics Department looked at the fort that had been blasted by heavy artillery.
Many forts were hit by powerful shock waves, and cracks have appeared on their surfaces.
He seemed to be asking: "I read it correctly, the cement used on the defense line should be Imperial high-strength quick-drying cement.
This kind of cement has high strength, and it only takes about two hours for its strength to withstand shelling.
Even a 400mm caliber naval gun directly hits the fort.
It will not be destroyed, it will only be destroyed if it hits multiple times."
Of course Yan Baizhi knew the representative of the empire. What did he mean by these words?
He just wanted to sell the empire's products to all countries.
He estimated that the main purpose of the empire's military observation mission was to sell products.
Yan Baizhi immediately began to cooperate. The empire's military observation group was satisfied that they, Shu Kingdom, would definitely receive some rewards.
A military observation group went to Shu. They were inspecting the layout of Shu's defense line.
This defense line looks like a defense line deployed by the Shu Kingdom, but it actually uses a lot of new imperial technologies everywhere.
This line of defense can be regarded as a concentrated display of the empire's new equipment and new technologies.
There are military observation groups from various countries in Shu.
Switzerland also welcomed military observation groups from various countries.
Even though several days have passed, many scenes left behind by rocket attacks can still be found on the position.
Many generals in the military observation group could estimate the power of the Imperial rockets when they saw these traces.
General Hou Dayou of Cao State was astonished and said: "The power of rockets is too powerful. This kind of weapon is powerful and easy to carry.
It will definitely become a battlefield-dominating weapon similar to a machine gun."
Imperial General Niu Feng said modestly: "Today's rockets have many problems.
He can only become a powerful supplement to artillery on the battlefield.
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The price of propellant is too high. In order to ensure the power, gunpowder is also a new type of gunpowder.
This has resulted in the price of rockets reaching one hundred taels of silver coins each.
Compared with artillery shells that only have a few taels of silver coins, there are still some problems with large-scale installation of rockets."
Zhou Yaolin was accompanying him. When he heard the news, he smiled slightly.
This was one of the good news he heard during this period.
Rockets are expensive, and Shu, which is already relatively poor, cannot use rockets as the main force of its attack.
General Hou Dayou of Cao State carefully observed the impact point of the rockets, and he analyzed: "The use of rockets does have great limitations.
The rocket's accuracy is not enough, and its weak points are too biased.
Some rockets were 100 to 200 meters away from the center of the attack.
Elite artillery can control the deflection of artillery shells to within one meter.
Rockets are only suitable for attacking densely packed targets, using an area-wide approach to achieve more results."
Zhou Yaolin listened to Cao Guo's general Hou Dayou's words, and he nodded gratefully.
Cao and Wei often clashed, and their actual combat experience was richer.
General Hou Dayou of Cao State used this method to tell the Swedish army how to respond to the rocket attack.
The military observation group continues to observe the Swiss army camp.
They were all professionals and saw something was wrong in the Swedish camp.
The artillery in the Swiss army camp, plus a small amount of infantry, deliberately gave the illusion of a large army attack.
The number of troops in the Swedish army camp is obviously not as large as the number announced by the Swedish army.
Some troops have now disappeared.
Military observation groups from various countries certainly know what this phenomenon means!
The Swedish army is engaging in strategic deception and its main force has been transferred.
