Chapter 420: The roar of the Krupp field cannon
Freud was completely unaware of the danger, and he and his men slept for only three hours at night before continuing their march in the moonlight. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The regiment passed through the devastated ruins of Homnich, and behind it another regiment of the 722nd Division advanced. Because it was a standard infantry regiment, armed with some artillery. There were ten Krupp FK16NA field guns, which were exactly the same captured and used by Doronin.
Because the equipment was heavier, the regiment did not move fast.
In order to join his comrades as soon as possible, Freud had been marching very fast, and they had left the men of the 722nd Division far behind. But the biggest disadvantage of this is that the soldiers are very tired, and because they have received orders to prepare for the attack, most of the soldiers are worried, "How can I get into the next battle if I don't have a good rest?" ”
The unit was still walking briskly, completely unaware that their every move was being watched by Soviet scouts.
The first platoon observed in the dense forest and reported to the position nine kilometers away, the approximate location of which had been informed to Doronin.
"Once again, the enemy's position has changed." Doronin marked another origin point with a pencil in his hand on the unfolded map.
Then the artillery was ordered to immediately adjust the elevation angle and direction of each gun, but the order to open fire was given by Yang Mingzhi.
There were five field guns, each of which was manned by five artillerymen. Doronin's veterans are very good at playing with artillery, and the recruits who have been trained look very reliable. Doronin is responsible for the complex mathematical calculations, and each gun position only needs to be adjusted according to specific data.
The artilleryman struggled to turn the muzzle of the gun, and then frantically turned the bolt to adjust the elevation angle.
Yang Mingzhi was watching every move of the artillery position from the sidelines, and couldn't help but shake his head: "The artillery of this era is very bad. If there is a fire control radar and satellite guidance, there is no need for soldiers to work so hard. ”
Carambola and Natasha crouched around her with guns on their backs, and behind the girl were warriors in full gear. Just now his words were said in Chinese, and star fruit didn't understand the meaning of these terms, but she could see clearly that the artillery was about to fire, so she subconsciously covered her ears.
Yang Mingzhi also turned his head violently, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw his wife's behavior. "You two hurry up and cover your ears, the sound of artillery is louder than gunfire!"
Zhu Yuan has been adjusted, and Doronin himself is holding a small red flag, which is the order flag for firing.
He then reported to Yang Mingzhi on the radio.
"Report to the sir, the artillery is ready, please instruct."
Doronin spoke in a good manner, and Yang Mingzhi grabbed the microphone and ordered: "Permission to shell!" ”
Order! The order flag fell suddenly, and Yang Mingzhi immediately covered his ears.
He and the others were staring from a hundred meters away, because the shock of the artillery fire was very powerful. The warlords had a rough temper, and they opened fire almost simultaneously, with a huge burst of fire from the muzzles of the cannons. This gun was equipped with a decompressor, gunpowder gas gushed from three directions, and a shell flew out at a speed of six hundred meters per second, and it began to make a parabolic motion.
At the same time, the barrel of the gun jerked back, and the artilleryman immediately opened the running bolt, and the smoking shell fell out.
The sound of the cannon startled the birds in the forest and woke Hoffman's troops from hibernation. The sleeping fellows were simply uncomfortable, they understood very well what they were hearing, and immediately prepared their armaments, as if they were about to go to war.
The sound of cannon echoed through the woods, and twenty seconds later the sound of an explosion came!
The Freud regiment on the march, they advanced in order, and when the sound of artillery came out, many people stopped. Just when everyone was still inexplicable, there was a violent explosion on the east side of the entire procession, the dust was kicked up, and the hot wind of the explosion blew the faces of the soldiers in the queue.
"It's an attack! Conceal it all! At Floyd's order, the entire regiment of soldiers split and fell to the ground. Even Freud, although he didn't know where the shell came from, must have come for himself.
The best way to avoid artillery in the wilderness is to lie on the ground and make a cross on your chest desperately, asking God to bless you as the lucky one who will not be killed by artillery fire.
The first platoon, which was ambushed in the forest, found that the artillery fire had not hit, and immediately reported to the position, "The distance is shortened by a hundred meters, and the angle is adjusted to the east by fifty meters." The scout was vague, and Doronin quickly calculated new adjustments.
"I didn't expect that the first salvo of the test artillery almost hit the enemy's column!" He immediately ordered the adjustment of the elements.
The artillerymen reloaded the second shell as fast as possible, and according to the new order, the artillerymen fine-tuned the elevation angles. The majority of artillery is now very confident, and they almost won the lottery when they tried the artillery, wouldn't it be beautiful to have another wave now?
"Five rapid shots each! Fire! ”
Doronin gave the order, and the artillery fire was fired again. One shell fired, and the artillery immediately began to load the second. Six rounds were fired in a very short time, which required a great load on the barrel. Doronin figured that after these few shots, either the enemy would be blown up, or most of their survivors would burrow into the forest, so that the artillery fire would not be of much sense.
It must be very hot after firing the six-shot barrel, and then let it cool down slowly.
Therefore, in Yang Mingzhi's ears, there was completely rumbling artillery fire, and the shells with corrected ballistics flew towards the target one after another.
Just as the elevation angle of the artillery was being corrected, Freud's soldiers lay on the ground, and after dozens of seconds passed, no next round of shells flew, and they gradually let down their guard and stood up.
"Maybe it's the enemy fighting around? But how could they have cannons? Without thinking so much, Freud ordered the troops to reorganize the ranks, and just as almost everyone stood up, a very sharp whistling sound was heard in the sky.
"It's a cannonball! Get down on my stomach! With that, Floyd, who had just stood up, crawled to the ground again.
This time it was real, and the artillery simply smashed into the crowd, causing huge damage in an instant.
It stands to reason that the 75-mm field guns were not very powerful, but these shells were too accurate. The accuracy of these artillery made by Krupp is very high, and it was Doronin who captured them, but this ten-year-old artilleryman who has monographed artillery is still very good in mathematics, and it is still the accurate reporting point of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company close to the enemy.
A total of twenty shells were smashed at Floyd.
The distance of nine kilometers was about to reach the limit of the artillery, and the shells were scattered a little, which had a very good effect - almost covering the scattered German formations.
The first platoon of the reconnaissance company was overjoyed, and the platoon commander immediately shouted into the microphone: "Well done, the enemy has been blown up to the sky!" Then he raised the headset, and Doronin and Yang Mingzhi, nine kilometers away, heard the explosion.
The shock wave and the broken surface swept through the crowd, and the people lying on their stomachs near the blast heart were also blown away by the air wave. The powerful shockwave pressure directly crushed the human bones, and those soldiers were bleeding in the end.
Freud knew that lying on his stomach was the safest, but he watched his soldiers die. The instinct to flee drove him to his feet, only to be blown down by the air waves.
He didn't die, he just fell into a coma. But when the deputy head Kubridge saw the head of the regiment falling, he subconsciously thought that the head of the regiment had been sacrificed. (To be continued.) )