Standing on the observation platform of the command fortress, Lin Ziran saw with his own eyes that three huge mortars took the lead in shelling.

The loud sound of cannons and the white smoke from the muzzle of the cannons all announced that this large-caliber mortar was the most powerful weapon on the planet.

But when he saw where the shells landed, he was a little speechless.

The cannon shook the sky when it was fired, and the explosion of the huge cannonball when it hit the ground was absolutely powerful.

But!

These shells did not hit the artillery units of the Guang'an people at all, and the landing point was far away.

"The accuracy of this mortar cannon is too poor!" Scar sighed immediately.

But Wu Guanlin and Xu Zhongshu next to them had a normal face, Wu Guanlin said: "When the large-caliber mortar cannon is shelled at a long distance, the accuracy is not very important, and the main thing is to rely on a wide range of kills to obtain results!" ”

Xu Zhongshu also said: "It's normal to miss, but as long as you hit too much, as long as you hit one shot, hum ......"

Indeed, as Xu Zhongshu said, this kind of grenade fired by a 200 mm or even 300 mm caliber mortar cannon, as long as it hits one shot, then it can cause great losses to the enemy.

As for how many hits you have to hit to get a shot, you have to ask God.

Anyway, the artillery units themselves can't decide.

Although the Guang'an artillery unit on the opposite side was shelled, it had no intention of stopping.

People also know that at this distance, especially since they also use the cover of the terrain to maneuver, the only ones who can shell them are those large-caliber mortars.

And everyone knows that large-caliber mortars are not very accurate within a kilometer, let alone three kilometers away.

"If you want to take out the enemy's artillery units, you still have to rely on those cannons!" Wu Guanlin said at this time: "Wait, the enemy's artillery unit will soon have the range of our cannon!" ”

The effective firing range of an eighteen-pound cannon is enough to reach more than two thousand meters.

And if the enemy's artillery unit wants to shell the head of Nanguang City, it also needs to enter a distance of two thousand meters.

Otherwise, it will basically be an empty cannon when it comes to fighting, and it will basically have no effect except for wasting ammunition.

As for shooting directly at a long distance regardless of accuracy, in order to destroy targets such as buildings in urban areas, the people of Guang'an did not think so.

Because they all know that this Nanguang City is a military fortress to put it bluntly, and there is no urban area at all, it is a lonely fortress defense line.

Therefore, the artillery units of the Guang'an people continued to advance, and they maneuvered with the help of undulating terrain to evade the direct aiming attacks of the artillery.

And the artillerymen of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment also unhurriedly used large-caliber mortars to fire grenades at large angles, and they basically didn't expect accuracy at this distance, so they didn't rush too much, and it took a long time to fire a shell.

At such a time, the shelling of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment was purely counting on whether it could be hit once.

It's a pity that God has never been too face-saving, so their blind shelling is basically useless except for wasting a small amount of ammunition and scaring the Guang'an people on the opposite side by the way.

However, the real main artillery of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment, that is, the nine eighteen-pound cannons, remained silent all along.

Although the artillerymen had already made all the preparations, and even loaded their ammunition in advance at a range of two thousand meters, they only needed to wait until the Guang'an people reached the predetermined distance before they would shell.

Time goes on.

The movement speed of the Guang'an heavy artillery unit was not very fast, not to mention that in order to avoid the shelling, they still advanced along the undulating terrain depression, so the advance speed was even slower.

The rate of fire of the mortar guns of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment was also very slow, and sometimes it could not be fired for a long time.

The battlefield seems to have fallen silent.

But as the artillery units of the Guang'an people gradually approached a distance of about two thousand meters, everyone knew that the artillery battle of the war was coming.

On the Guang'an side, a doctor shouted loudly: "Quick, speed up, there is not much time left for us!" ”

He was directing his artillery unit to the preset artillery position.

This is not a hill, it is actually a small depression, but this small depression is just enough to accommodate their artillery units, and has the same effect as an artillery position, otherwise, the Guang'an artillery would not have specifically chosen not to deploy heavy artillery units here.

At this time, many soldiers who arrived early were wielding hoes and sapper shovels to strengthen their defenses.

As soon as Kong De didn't have to command the communication on the fortress, he had already vaguely seen many Guang'an artillery through the telescope.

Immediately no longer hesitated: "All guns are ready, aim and shoot!" ”

Soon after the order was given, several artillery officers under his command waved their command knives in unison and shouted at the same time: "Shoot!" ”

The shells that had been loaded a long time ago were fired out by the artillerymen as soon as they were aimed.

A loud rumbling sound sounded over the city, and a few seconds later, the Guang'an artillery position two thousand meters away also rose in clouds of smoke and dust, accompanied by a huge explosion.

On the observation platform of the command fortress, Lin Ziran had been observing the battle situation, and after seeing the cannon of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment firing, he set his eyes on the artillery position of the Guang'an people.

The nine grenades, although they all fell within the range of the opponent's artillery positions, the casualties caused were not large.

Lin Ziran clearly saw that only one shell landed near a deployed artillery, while the other landing points were still relatively far away, more than ten meters close, and even tens of meters away.

The scene of this shelling seems to be tragic, but Lin Ziran knows very well that the number of casualties killed and injured by the shelling on the other side is at most a single digit.

As for the destruction of enemy artillery, then don't count on it.

It was all extremely heavy artillery, and if it only used grenades or grenades to scatter bombs, the opponent's artillery would be wiped out, and the artillery would still be unscathed, at most it would be overturned or something.

So, to deal with this heavy artillery, it is not about destroying the enemy's artillery, but about knocking out the enemy's artillery.

Knocking out the enemy's artillery, their artillery will naturally not be useful, which is why the artillery units of the various feudal towns like to use grenades or grenade shots.

This is true against the enemy's infantry, and the same is true against the enemy's artillery.

As for solid shells, they will also be used, but less often.

After seeing the effect of the shelling, Lin Ziran immediately said: "Pass the results of the shelling to Kong Deyi and ask him to adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan!" ”

After receiving the message of the flag commanding the fortress, Kong Deyi directly calculated with several officers under his command, adjusted the weight of the propellant, adjusted the angle of the shelling, and immediately carried out emergency reloading.

Comte yelled, "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

He knew that there would not be a lot of time left for them, and once they could not inflict effective damage on the enemy before the enemy's artillery was deployed, then the heavy artillery of the Guang'an people would counterattack them later.

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