In order to be able to cross the river in the early stage, part of the artillery, especially the division's 75-mm field guns and howitzers, was transported across the river through pontoon bridges.

In addition to the first small pontoon bridge for the passage of personnel, the engineering unit will also use this small pontoon bridge to build a medium pontoon bridge for the passage of all kinds of artillery and horse-drawn carriages weighing less than one ton.

At the same time, in order to allow the artillery to quickly pass through the soft ground of the beachhead, a number of hardened roads have been built in advance on the beachhead, and on the other side of the river, it is ready to directly lay heavy planks, which are very thick planks, and after being temporarily laid and fixedly connected, even a 75-mm field gun can quickly pass.

If there were no such contingency measures, then it would only be like what HD has seen now, and the heavy artillery will sink directly into the soft sandy river beach, and it can only be pushed up by piled up people, and its speed can be described as a snail crawling.

After all, the first batch of 75-mm guns transported across the river through the second medium emergency pontoon bridge were lighter howitzers, weighing only three or four hundred kilograms, but the 75-mm field guns were more than 800 kilograms, and the ammunition trucks were also heavy.

These guns usually don't have high requirements for the road surface, but they are only limited to ordinary dirt roads, but what is on this river beach now?

Sand, silt......

It is extremely difficult to transport artillery in such a place! Without corresponding measures to harden the road, it is difficult to pass dozens or even hundreds of artillery pieces.

And once these artillery pieces could not pass quickly, the infantry units of the Eighth Division, which had crossed the river in the early stage, would not be able to get artillery support after attacking the deep area and getting out of the effective range of the artillery on the other side of the river.

But although there was some dissatisfaction, HD didn't say much.

Although the beachhead is chaotic now, there are a lot of people behind it to solve the problem, and there is no need for him, the division commander, to worry about these details.

After crossing the beachhead, he came to the preset headquarters of the Eighth Division.

It is said to be the headquarters, but in fact there is only a simple tent with shade, the kind that leaks on all sides, and the tables and chairs inside, all of which are empty ammunition boxes.

After entering, Gao Gao Cai also saw a few subordinates waiting here, all of whom were the commanders of the troops who crossed the river in the early stage, but after a glance, they found that the commander of the 31st Regiment of the 16th Brigade of the 16th Brigade of the first batch of Jiang crossed the river, Dr. Qiu Rongbing, had his left arm hanging from his neck with a bandage!

"Hurt?" HD took two steps forward: "Serious, no? ”

Qiu Rongbing, the commander of the 31st regiment, was his confidant and favorite general, and after seeing this person injured, Gao Gao was a little worried.

Qiu Rongbing is a student of the ninth phase of the Military Academy, and his military literacy is very good, and he is the most talented one among the many regiment commanders under him, including the brigade commander, and Gao Gao is also more optimistic about him.

If you are injured and unable to command the battle, it will be a problem.

Qiu Rongbing's expression was flat: "Don't worry, my lord, this is just a flesh wound, and it won't get in the way!" ”

Gao Gao nodded slightly: "That's good, in this follow-up war, the 31st Regiment can't lack you!" ”

HD is a veteran soldier who has been in the army for many years, before he surrendered to Lin Ziran, he was already an old sergeant who had served in the Guang'an Army for many years, and he had rich experience in the army for more than 20 years.

He himself knows this very well, so when he led the troops to fight in the past, he relied more on the officers under his command.

HD is what values Qiu Rongbing more, this person has a good ideological awareness, excellent military literacy, and dares to fight, such a subordinate, any boss likes it.

The only drawback is that the temperament is a little colder!

But HD doesn't care!

As long as this person fights under his own command and plays well, who can get the most benefit but himself?

He's high-definition!

If Qiu Rongbing can't bring victory to himself, even if he shouts dad around him every day, he won't give him a good look!

After briefly greeting his subordinates, Gao Gao Cai stood in front of the table where several empty wooden ammunition boxes were spliced together, and began to inquire in detail about the progress of each unit.

He was on the other side of the river before, and he couldn't directly command the troops at all, and he didn't even know much about some of the situations, and the early battles were all solved by the 16th Brigade itself, and Qiu Rongbing and other front-line officers were responsible for commanding.

However, now that the entire Eighth Division has been killed, the various units can no longer fight separately as before, and they need to be planned as a whole.

With Gao Gaocai crossed the river with a large number of personnel from the division headquarters, and accepted the operational command of the entire Eighth Division, coordinating the whole army.

More importantly, the divisional artillery regiments of the Eighth Division also crossed the river one after another, and although it was difficult to cross the river, it was also very difficult to maneuver after arriving at the beachhead, and it was often necessary for the soldiers to carry the artillery and move it forward slowly, but the strength of the people was large, and in the final analysis, these artillery pieces were only 75 mm guns, the 75 mm howitzers were only more than 400 kilograms, and the 75 mm field guns were only more than 800 kilograms.

If there are too many people, even if it is a hard push, it can be pushed up!

After the artillery of these divisional artillery regiments of the Eighth Division has left the sandy mud of the beachhead for several hundred meters, they will be able to advance rapidly on the hard road surface, and finally enter the predetermined position, and then open fire to support the front-line troops.

And this greatly improved the situation of the landing force of the 8th Division.

After the troops of the 8th Division, especially the troops of the 16th Brigade, had landed, the vanguard was already almost three kilometers from the river bank before it advanced forward.

In this case, the only ones that can provide artillery support to these vanguard units are those long-barreled large-caliber cannons with an effective firing range of more than 7,000 meters.

However, it is impossible for these long-range suppression artillery to support these troops at any time, because the distance between the two sides is too far apart, and it is difficult to communicate effectively and in a timely manner.

So far, these long-range suppression guns have relied on artillery observers on hot air balloons to find and distinguish high-value targets, and then fire themselves.

There was still relatively little contact with the infantry units, although some special methods of communication were developed before the war, such as through the transmission of flags, or through the lighting of fireworks of a certain color by the infantry units to guide the target.

However, in practice, this method of communication is still very unreliable for ultra-long-distance artillery operations.

So much so that many hours after the start of the war, long-range suppression artillery, especially long-range heavy suppression artillery such as 150-millimeter cannons, relied solely on artillery observers holding high-powered telescopes on hot air balloons to find, analyze high-value targets, and then guide the shelling.

As for effective coordination with the infantry, it is not at all possible.

In this case, the infantry unit is in urgent need of its own supporting firepower, which can support the artillery fire of the infantry at any time.

Divisional artillery regiment, that's what it does!

Therefore, before the artillery regiment of the 8th Division crossed the river, the troops of the 16th Brigade could hardly obtain the support of artillery fire from the rear after breaking through for 3 or 4 thousand meters, and could only rely solely on their own infantry and small arms firepower to fight.

However, after the artillery regiment of the 8th Division successfully crossed the river, the combat environment of the 16th Brigade changed considerably.

With the strong support of the artillery units of the rear division, the two infantry units of the 16th Brigade and the 15th Brigade began to launch a new round of offensive!

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