The weather had just cleared up, and Commander Xu Fei summoned all the generals.
He said solemnly: "The rise and fall of a kingdom depends on this battle.
My lords, the time has come to serve your country.
Those who succeed will be promoted to official positions, riches and honors, and have everything they want.
The victims will be enshrined in the Pavilion of Heroes forever, and their parents, wives and children will be supported by the country.
If you cannot do the former, military law will never be merciful.
I announce that the combat plan codenamed Moving Mountains will begin now."
Commander Xu Fei waved his hand and shouted: "Beat the drum, attack."
Xu Fei's main force, with drums beating loudly and soldiers shouting slogans, continued to dig trenches to approach the Shu army's position.
Engineers worked hard to lay rails at the rear.
Switzerland's temporary railway has been built to its position.
Five train guns urgently transferred from the rear of the Swedish army began to stand by on the railway.
The ferocious muzzle of the train cannon has been pointed at the fortress cannon turret.
As long as the opportunity is right, he will immediately rush out and shoot with the Shu army's fortress artillery.
The main force of the Swedish army moved frequently to cover an army unit headed by light infantry and quietly left the camp.
The Swedish army urgently modified the airship yesterday, and they are also observing the wind direction above to find a suitable take-off and landing location.
The Rui army's big move immediately attracted the Shu army's attention.
Yan Baizhi, the commander-in-chief of the Shu army, did not change his expression at all, and just said lightly: "The enemy's performance yesterday was indeed a sign of weakness.
Switzerland must have many spies in our country.
The news that the supplies transported by the Logistics Department will arrive in Jishan Town tomorrow must have been learned by the Swedish army.
The Swedish army really couldn't bear it anymore and chose to launch a full-scale attack at this time.
Inform the entire army that as long as we can withstand the Swedish offensive today, the next battle will be much easier to fight.
If there is a problem in the place where the person is responsible for defending, I will not be merciful and will handle it immediately with military law."
After Yan Baizhi said this, he immediately ordered: "Send the military police to the front line. The Swedish army's attack this time will be very fierce. There must be no problems."
The Shu army received orders from top to bottom, and they began to become nervous.
The military observation team observing the movements of the two armies quickly noticed the changes in the Swiss and Shu armies.
Wu State General Qi Long shook his head and said: "The Rui army should take advantage of the Shu army's lack of ammunition to attack fiercely.
Don't be afraid of the casualties caused by the war. The number of casualties now is definitely higher than the number of casualties after the Shu army received supplies.
The commander-in-chief of the Swedish army is somewhat kind to a woman.
A fierce attack was launched yesterday, and a fierce attack was launched today.
This may also consume the Shu army's ammunition.
This kind of forward-thinking attack now will result in high casualties and very limited results."
General Su Zihai of Gui State said disdainfully: "General Qi's vision is limited, and he obviously did not see the train artillery behind the Swiss army.
Yesterday's attack by the Swedish army was very weak, as I expected. They moved part of the army out of the front line to help the engineers build the railway.
Now that the railway has been built, the Swiss army can use train artillery to suppress the Shu army's fortress artillery.
The Swedish army's trench digging and large-caliber mortars were able to deal with this dense fortress group and achieved good results.
The main reason why they were unable to expand their results was that the fortress artillery was too powerful.
Only when the train artillery attracts the firepower of the fortress artillery can the Swedish army replicate the tactics and achieve better results."
Imperial General Niu Feng saw that the two were quarreling, so he quickly smoothed things over and said: "We only observe the tactics of the two armies, and do not evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of this tactic.
I don’t think Switzerland will only have the train gun as its trump card.
No one had thought of the trump card of large-caliber mortars before.
Since Switzerland can give us a surprise, it must have a second surprise.
We just have to keep watching."
While General Niu Feng spoke, changes had already occurred on the battlefield.
Imperial General Wang Shangfu said in surprise: "The Swedish army actually took out airships. These airships don't look like pocket-sized airships used for reconnaissance.
Could it be that the Swedish army wanted to use airships to bomb the enemy?
Before the emergence of anti-aircraft weapons, this could achieve certain results.
Today's anti-aircraft machine guns and cannons can easily tear apart unarmored airships.
Airships are used for reconnaissance and have certain effects, but it is basically impossible to expect them to achieve results."
General Hou of Cao State confidently said: "You see, the airships of the Swedish Army are different from ordinary airships.
The Swedish army is also very aware of the advantages and disadvantages of airships.
If the Swedish army can produce an airship, they must have figured out how to use it.
We'll wait and see, maybe we can learn new ways to use airships."
Before that, the airship camp was at the rear of the Swiss army.
General Zhao Datian looked at the airship soldiers whose average age was only twenty years old.
They are smaller and smaller than ordinary soldiers.
The airship has a limited load capacity. If you want to carry more people and objects, your height and weight must be limited.
General Zhao Datian said loudly: "Our mission today is to bomb the enemy's fortress artillery.
This mission has a narrow escape, and most people will never come back.
People who are opting out are now stepping forward.
I guarantee on my honor that you will not be treated as deserters."
After General Zhao Datian finished speaking, he saw that none of his subordinates chose to be deserters.
He gave a thumbs up and said: "You are all good.
I will act with you and vow to restore the glory of the airship soldiers.
Our airship soldiers are also of great use, and can never be used only as scouts."
General Zhao Datian personally sent each of the airship soldiers aboard the airship where they served.
When he said goodbye, he emphasized to these airship soldiers that once they were hit, try to control the airship and rush towards the enemy's valuable target.
Even if they sacrifice, their sacrifice must be worthwhile.
General Zhao Datian finally boarded the airship. He led the airship troops and flew towards the No. 1 peak where the Shu army was located.
Some people are bound to die in the war, but now it's their turn.
When the airship floats slowly in the air towards the target.
General Li Zhenhai led a partial division, and they were preparing to go around to the rear of the fort.
It is difficult to break through the front of the fort, which is where their firepower density is greatest.
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They chose to sneak attack behind the fort. As long as they could break through the enemy's defense line, they could occupy the fort.
Li Zhenhai looked at his panting subordinates and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, let's go faster.
We must rush to the designated position before attacking."
Li Zhenhai urged his subordinates to march quickly, and some soldiers who were not physically strong enough fell behind.
These people can only be allowed to gather in the rear, and the main force abandons them and continues to advance.
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After Yan Baizhi saw the Swiss army's actions, the scale was larger than yesterday, but the Swiss army's fighting method was still very cautious.
This was somewhat different from what he had thought before, that the Swedish army would adopt a reckless and all-out war approach.
He is observing the overall movements of the Swedish army.
Chief of Staff Qiu Rushen exclaimed: "Many airships attacked us from the sky."
Yan Baizhi looked at the sky and saw some small dots that were not clearly visible.
He was not worried at all about the airship attack.
In previous wars, when the empire encountered a difficult problem, it would try to use hot air balloons or airships to solve the problem.
Because at that time, there was basically no way to deal with the enemies in the sky.
Today is different from the past, with the advancement of industry.
Machine guns and cannons with longer ranges can already be used as anti-aircraft weapons.
When the airship is conducting reconnaissance, it can be at high altitude.
If the airship wants to drop bombs, it must drop the bombs at a low altitude, completely within the range of the machine guns and cannons.
Before these airships get close, they will be shot down.
Yan Baizhi said disdainfully: "Guizhou Donkey is just a poor man, so there is no need to worry about airships.
If the Swedish army wants to capture Jishan Town, it still has to rely on infantry.
As long as we nail the infantry, everything else is just a small problem."
Yan Baizhi was very confident. Before the war, he had considered the tactics and tactics that the Swedish army could do.
He just needs to remain unchanged in response to all changes and crack the Swedish army's tactics, and there will be no problems in Jishan Town in a short time.
The fortress cannon on the fort is a masterpiece of the imperial military industry.
It has almost no shortcomings except that it costs money.
The Swedish army was unable to deal with the fortress artillery, and no matter what tactics they used, they could only retreat in despair.
Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen saw Commander Yan Baizhi's confident look.
He did not continue to speak, but kept silently watching the airship troops in the sky.
What they know, the Swedish army must also know.
The Swedish army knew the advantages and disadvantages of airships, but still chose airships.
If the Swedish army can do this, they must have a trump card that they don't understand.
They have the advantage now, but if they underestimate the enemy and lead to failure, they will regret it for the rest of their lives.
Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen discovered that the Swiss airship was flying at a completely different angle from ordinary airships.
The airship is performing a bombing mission and should now lower its altitude and search for targets on the ground.
The Swiss airship still maintained its reconnaissance posture, flying high in the sky.
There is no accuracy at all in dropping bombs at this height.
While Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen was wondering, the situation had changed.
Rui's airship arrived in the sky above Peak No. 1, and they slowly descended.
The engine on the airship started, and they circled around Peak No. 1.
Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen immediately understood that the Swedish army wanted to use airships to bomb Peak No. 1.
Seeing this situation, he shook his head disdainfully.
It would be more troublesome for the airship to choose to bomb the weak points of the Shu army.
This will cause a big blow to morale.
But Switzerland chose to bomb Peak No. 1. They chose the wrong target completely.
The top of Peak No. 1 is mainly the fortress cannon emplacement.
In order to ensure the safety of the fortress cannon, the reinforced concrete fort is more than three meters thick and is not afraid of ordinary bomb attacks.
Peak No. 1 is also a key protection place for the Shu army. There are a lot of machine guns and cannons that can attack air targets. There are a lot of equipment here.
A perfect air defense system will make Switzerland's airship troops fall into a nightmare.
Chief of Staff Qiu Lushen immediately ordered the air defense forces to open fire immediately to deal with the Swiss airship force that came to attack.
The target of the Swedish airship force is the fortress cannon.
Zhao Datian's airship came to the sky, but they did not descend.
They hovered over Peak No. 1, and the bombardiers observed the situation below and calculated the impact point of the shells.
When he was about to drop the bomb, he opened the safety of the cannon.
A cannonball equipped with a spring-loaded time fuse starts timing by the spring.
The bombardier dropped the shell immediately.
The airship shook violently, then quickly floated upward.
Zhao Datian was not surprised at all by this situation.
An airship only carries a single cannonball, as the cannonballs they carry are powerful, heavy artillery shells.
This is why the airship takes a day to refit.
The original combat goal of the airship was to carry a large number of bombs and bombard the fortress cannons.
Doing so will cause heavy casualties, and the airship will be sunk if not careful.
After a drill, it was found that the power of the artillery shells was too small and could not penetrate the fortress defenses at all.
In the end, Commander Xu Fei could only temporarily change his tactics and throw heavy artillery shells to make the final decision.
As long as a shell hits the fortress cannon battery, they can celebrate.
This is why Zhao Datian did not mobilize soldiers before the war.
The risks of their battle this time are high, but they do not require active sacrifice, and the psychological burden on the soldiers is not that great.
The airship where Zhao Datian was located dropped the bomb. This was a signal.
The airships began to drop bombs one after another, and heavy artillery shells fell from the sky one after another.
After the shell exploded, a large amount of hot air surged into the sky, causing the airship that had not left to float up and down in the sky.
Some airships did not grasp the distance well. They were too close to the ground and were hit by machine gun bullets. The airship began to slowly leak air and sink.
The airship surrendered and resigned to its fate.
When the airship was not finished dropping, they sounded the general's warning.
He barely controlled the out-of-control airship, turned on the timer safety of the train gun shells, and rushed towards the high-value target.
Heavy artillery shells fell one after another, and most of them exploded around the Shu army's camp.
A small number of artillery shells landed directly on important locations.
They exploded and achieved good results.
Commander Xu Fei watched as explosions continued to sound on the top of Peak No. 1.
He felt a little regretful that the airship had a limited load capacity and could only carry heavy artillery shells. The airship could barely carry the more powerful train gun shells.
However, such an airship cannot fly high because of its heavy load, so it can only become a living target.
Commander Xu Fei saw that the airship troops had successfully interfered with the fortress artillery emplacement.
The mission of the airship is not to achieve many results, but to interfere with the actions of the fortress's artillery batteries.
The smoke produced by the explosion of the artillery shell can obscure the vision of the fortress artillery staff.
The opportunity must not be missed, the time will never come again.
Commander Xu Fei immediately ordered the train artillery to attack.
The train gun quickly completed its activation and rushed forward.
As a weapon that can threaten fortress guns, train guns receive the focus of fortress guns.
When the train cannon enters the range of the fortress cannon, the fortress cannon will fire at it immediately.
The fortress cannon is located high up and has a longer range.
The train gun is on the ground and needs to shoot the fortress gun located higher. It needs to be close to hit the target.
This journey is the journey where train artillery is passively beaten.
If the timing of the train cannon's entry is wrong, most of it will be destroyed by the fortress cannon before the cannon is fired.
Xu Fei's mission is to give the train gun a chance.
Allow the train cannon to reach the designated location and launch a counterattack against the fortress cannon.
The train gun probably only has one chance of hitting.
But the train gun must be used to break the situation.
The fortress cannon's turret has extremely strong protection, and only train gun shells can destroy the turret.