"Report to the battalion commander, the first gun is ready for test firing!" A cannon commander shouted from afar.

"A test shot of an artillery shell, immediately open ......fire," Yuan Qingfeng ordered very calmly.

As soon as the signal flag held by the gun commander in his hand was waved, the dull sound of artillery bombardment sounded.

The Baise smoke emitted from the muzzle of the gun instantly enveloped the entire gun position, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

Four kilometers away, shells screeched and smashed into the ground, making a detoxifying explosion.

The bullet hit at least two hundred meters away from the devil's artillery position, and still startled the gunners inside.

They are all the people who are most familiar with artillery, and they know the caliber and power of artillery by listening to their sounds.

Many people were so frightened that they trembled all over, subconsciously lying on the ground, and then looked at the chief, waiting for him to give the order to transfer.

The chief looked at his superiors, also waiting for orders.

They all knew that the shell just now was just a test firing.

Three minutes at most, and there will definitely be more shells coming over.

If the opponent only has a few artillery pieces, take advantage of the gap between the shelling, and everyone still has a chance to transfer.

If the opponent is equipped with more than 10 heavy guns, an area the size of a football field will be covered by artillery fire, and there will be nowhere to run.

The best thing to do is to move now, and get out of here as quickly as possible while the opponent hasn't fixed up the new shooters.

Disappointingly, several artillery squadron leaders did not make a decision on the spot, but waited for the order with a hesitant expression.

The defeat of the Imperial Army in the last round of attack was a disastrous defeat, and the result of the defeat analyzed after the war was: if the artillery had fought a little more resolutely, not so bent on preserving strength, and killed one of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army a few minutes before the defeat of the army, and freed up some artillery to support the attacking troops, everyone would have broken through the Chentouling defensive line.

But there are not so many ifs.

In this round of attack, in addition to learning the lessons of the previous round of attack, scattering and arranging artillery, and reducing losses in artillery battles, the biggest change is that they fought more resolutely than just now.

Now is the critical moment of the second round of the offensive, if the artillery drops the chain, in order to protect itself, abandon the infantry and move to position.

The attacking troops would be completely exposed to the firepower of the Eighth Route Army and suffer heavy losses.

If it is not good, the second round of the offensive on which the chief of staff has high hopes will also be defeated.

Even if everyone keeps the personnel and equipment of the artillery because of this, they will become the main culprits of the defeat.

If the chief of staff is ruthless enough, it will be no problem to send several artillery squadron leaders to a military court.

In order to avoid this from happening, no matter how much they wanted to retreat, they did not dare to make decisions on their own, and reported to the higher authorities as soon as possible, and only dared to move when they had the order of the chief of staff.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the opportunity to save your life is no exception.

After the heavy artillery battalion was positioned, after the test-fired shells were fired, the battalion commander Yuan Qingfeng stood by the radio station and waited for news.

Two minutes later, the radio station finally moved, and after another half a minute, the operator put down the headphones and excitedly reported.

"Battalion commander, the observer has sent the corrected shooting officers."

While reporting, he handed the two sets of data that had just been translated to Yuan Qingfeng.

Yuan Qingfeng took it and handed it to the deputy battalion commander with a serious face: "All artillery pieces are reloaded with Zhuyuan, each cannon fires five rapid shots, and when the fire is finished, the artillery fire is extended, and each cannon fires another fifteen shells, and then the shelling ends and the position is transferred." ”

The artillery position immediately became busy, and the platoon commander shouted at the top of his voice for new shooters.

The gunner turned the joystick, adjusting the gun.

"Gun No. 1 ready!"

"Gun No. 2 is ready......

"The company is ready, ready to open fire!"

Various reports began to echo in the artillery positions, and when all the artillery was ready, the deputy battalion commander gave a decisive order. "Shoot all!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

Sixteen shells flew together towards the devil.

As soon as the piercing screams reached the artillery positions, the gunners inside panicked.

Artillerymen are literate and thoughtful, and are least susceptible to being poisoned by the spirit of bushido.

Compared to ordinary infantry, they are very afraid of death.

In the face of the impending storm of death, many people have completely forgotten military discipline, dropped their artillery and rushed to the place where they could hide people, and their reaction speed was definitely faster than ever.

The screaming was too dense for no ten shells to make such a big movement.

So many shells smashed into the artillery positions at the same time, and all of them were heavy artillery shells.

It is conceivable that a range of two or three hundred meters around the perimeter will be shrouded in artillery fire.

In this case, it is definitely too late to run.

No matter how fast you are, you can't match the speed of a cannonball.

More importantly, if you don't lie down when the shell explodes, because the force surface is large, you can be shocked to death by the shock wave thirty or forty meters away from the shell.

Only by lying on the ground, keeping your body as far away from the ground as possible, and keeping your mouth open, can you minimize the threat of the shock wave.

The shells that fall a little farther away, you have a chance to live.

"Boom ......"

The shells exploded, and the nearest gunners were instantly torn to shreds.

Soldiers and equipment that were a little farther away flew into the sky like papier-mâché toys in the face of powerful waves of air and shockwaves, along with the splashes of fire.

The chief of staff of the devil was more than 400 meters away from the artillery position, and was temporarily safe, but he was stunned by the sudden artillery fire.

He received the artilleryman's request to transfer positions, and although his subordinates swore that it was a heavy artillery shell that had just exploded, the chief of staff did not believe it very much.

The Eighth Route Army in Datong is rarely equipped with mountain artillery, how can there be heavy artillery.

At that moment, a very bold idea even popped up in the chief of staff's mind: "What exploded just now was not a heavy artillery shell at all, but a conspiracy made by the Eighth Route Army to bluff in order to block itself." ”

Besides, the second round of the offensive has reached a critical moment, and if the artillery stops firing in order to shift positions, this round of attack is likely to repeat the mistakes of the first round of the attack and return with a crushing defeat.

The troops have already been delayed here for more than half an hour, and if the second attack fails, they will have to stay here for another half hour.

By the time the troops tried their best to reach the hiding place of the Eighth Route Army, they had already run away.

After thinking about it, the chief of staff decided that the artillery units would not be transferred for the time being and would continue to cover the infantry attack.

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army not only had heavy artillery, but also a heavy artillery group.

Just one round of shelling blew up the artillery positions in smoke.

If something happens to the artillery here, everyone will not even be able to rush to Chentouling, let alone go to the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a decisive battle.

The chief of staff was in a hurry and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly give an order to several artillery squadron leaders, and the troops will be dispersed and transferred." ”

"The attacking troops immediately retreated, and without artillery cover, they would definitely not be able to rush to Chentouling, and there was no point in continuing the offensive."

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