The division's self-propelled heavy mortars have all been fired behind their butts?!

This news made Little Ma Kensen a little shocked, he had served for so many years, and he had never heard of divisional artillery to carry out close fire support tasks on the front line, which has always been the work of infantry artillery.

After the assault guns were equipped with troops, these combat vehicles with heavy armor and 75-mm guns that originally belonged to regimental firepower became the perfect close-range support weapons in the hearts of German officers and soldiers.

The Peony self-propelled mortar and the Wasp self-propelled howitzer use the same chassis, weak armor is better than nothing, and the open fighting compartment is not much different from being completely exposed in the complex environment of the town.

But now, the support of two peonies means that in order to take Wovich as soon as possible, the division headquarters has also pressed all the chips in their hands.

"It seems that Division Commander Herman is also in a hurry."

As the son of the commander of the 1st Army, he knew his division commander better than his comrades.

Lieutenant General Hermann Karl Bruno von François was a combatant who never hid his attack, and now the close support of the division's heavy mortars is a perfect example of this.

Markenson Jr. estimated that if it weren't for the division's 150-mm towed cannon, which was too heavy to be dragged for a while and a half, Division Commander Herman might have been able to let the Russians see the scene of the 150-mm tube facing him with his own eyes.

Come to think of it, the 150-mm cannon bombardment at close range is spectacular, but it would be too much of a loss if it was fired by the Russian field artillery.

Pony Kenson, who thought it was a bit funny, shook his head, and then let his car back to stop Peony.

Although they don't have to face the Russians like cannons, mortars also have mortar trouble, and the 150mm mortar on the peony has a minimum range of 400 meters, although it is close support, but the little horse Kensen still has to let them stop a little farther away.

And trying to smash the shells on the heads of the Russians across a pile of buildings is also a technical job, and the artillery crew on the peony has to send a school shooting observer to the front.

After turning around, he summoned two cavalry chariots from the nearby street and the soldiers who had disembarked to meet the reinforcements coming from the north.

Although the other crews of the Pony Kensen Company could go around the surrounding streets and bypass the district court to the south to encircle the Russians, the cavalry chariots had nothing to deal with the weapons of the building's façade, and the devil knows how many Russians were in the building, and how long it would take for the two field guns to change firing positions. If you can't attack, you may suffer a loss, and if you besiege it, it will be a white siege. If you get too close, you will be missed by the peony and hit your own head, but you won't be able to cry.

No sooner had he rounded the two streets with three cars and a class of men to the adjacent neighborhood to the north than he saw two peonies turn the corner from the north side of the mission.

Didn't even accompany the infantry to rush into the city straight and straight? Pony Kensen had to sigh to the two peony wagons, but that's exactly what the German infantry needed to attack the thwarted ones now!

The decision to come over and pick up the Grw.12 on the SfG.1 self-propelled mortar was a vehicle-mounted version of the GrW.08, which eliminated the traditional gun mount and seat plate, and was mounted on the chassis with a hydraulic gun mount, so that the gun body could be folded down in the fighting compartment when marching.

In order to allow all the suspension of the chassis to absorb the recoil of the mortar when fired, the tail of the Grw.12 is installed in the front of the fighting compartment near the middle of the body, so the muzzle of the Grw.12 can naturally only point to the rear of the car, which makes Peony can only fight against the enemy in the ass.

It was not easy to turn around on Wavich's not wide road, and now the two Peonies had to overdrive and reverse, and the small square to the west of the mission had enough space for the two self-propelled mortars to turn around and adjust their firing. Two cavalry combat vehicles and a squad of guys brought by themselves can also provide protection for two self-propelled mortars here.

But it's not over yet, and Pony Kenson still has to act as a mouthpiece.

After communicating with the captains of the two peony crews, Kenson climbed up to the top floor with the artillery sergeant who had returned to the Higher School of Humanism in half a circle.

The school shooting observer pointed north at the local court not far away, and after a short while, he gave an approximate shooting parameter.

However, it was not so convenient to inform the artillery to the north of these parameters, and the school firing observer had to stay on it to observe the impact point, so he had to let Pony Kenson run an errand down the stairs and return to his chariot and use the on-board radio to contact the Peony crew.

"Azimuth 1-5-0, distance 450, one shot, grenade." After thinking about it and making sure he was right, Kenson repeated over the radio: "Yes, that's right. Azimuth 1-5-0, distance 450, one shot, grenade. ”

"Okay, azimuth 1-5-0, distance 450, one shot, grenade, on the road."

As the sound fell from the headphones, there was a dull roar from the north, the sound of subsonic mortars breaking through the air overhead, and then a huge explosion from the east and a vibration from the ground!

Through the roof of the humanist school, you can see the huge dust from the explosion and the debris of bricks rising into the sky.

The little Pony Kenson, who ran back upstairs excitedly, didn't need to hold a telescope, and could directly see the huge power of the 34KG grenade.

The shell was clearly misrouted, and landed in the southwest corner of the district court building, but even if it didn't hit directly, the huge explosion still gnawed off a large chunk of the impregnable exterior wall in the eyes of the infantry. And even if there is no direct hit, the shock wave from the explosion will definitely not make the Russians inside the building feel good!

"One more shot!" Pony Kenson couldn't help but slap the school spotter the back.

"Okay, Captain. Left 15, minus 20, try again. The grinning sergeant turned his head in response.

"Oh! Good! This time, Ponykenson was lazy, and he came up with his radioman, and threw out his job as a microphone as soon as he turned his head: "Do you hear me?" Left 15, minus 20, try again. Just go! ”

Then he picked up his binoculars and looked intently at the buildings not far away, expecting to see the wonderful scene of the Russians being bombed into the sky.

Just a few minutes made Pony Kenson feel a little difficult, just when he felt that he was so slow to report the direction downstairs and began to get agitated, the sound of breaking the air crossed his head again, and then almost at the same time, a violent explosion occurred in the building not far away! Dust mixed with red brick and tile debris rose to the sky, right in the red heart!

Dozens of meters away, I felt that the ground was shaking, and the strong vibration made the little Pony Kensen almost nauseous, but you can imagine what the Russians in the building felt!

Swallowing saliva to suppress the feeling of nausea, he shook his head again, and the uncomfortable little Pony Kenson, who was a little rumbling in his ears, shouted at the top of his throat: "Well done! ”

Affected by the tinnitus, he felt that his voice was not enough to express his excitement, and Pony Kenson raised his voice again and excitedly shouted: "Well done!" "It's the first time I've been so close to an explosion!

However, the sergeant's response to the captain's praise was also a little sluggish, and it was the first time he was so close to the explosion, and he was still ringing in his ears.

But this did not prevent him from continuing to give the Russians the verdict of death with an excited smirk: "Hit, full staff, 3 rounds, grenades, rapid-fire!" ”

The power of the 34KG mortar shell is enough, but the area of the opposite building is not small, and it is more difficult to clean up after the building is blown up with 2-3 shots, so it is simply demolished without doing two things.

Although the 150-mm mortar shell was much heavier than the 105-mm howitzer shell, the Grw.12 on the Peony was a little simpler to reload, and the shell was drawn from the ammunition rack on the left side of the fighting compartment and released to the muzzle, and almost simultaneously, the muzzle of the two Peonies burst into an orange flame!

A few seconds later, the second cannon flame bloomed, followed by the third! In 30 seconds, 6 shells fell on the heads of the Russians.

Although it is a bump fuse, the red tile roof is not a solid exterior wall and cannot play a role in triggering an explosion, and the district court is not a bunker or permanent fortification, and the floor of the floor is not enough to block the 34 kg shells falling from the sky, so the shells can smash through the floor and explode inside, which is enough to kill them!

The whole earth trembled with an even stronger tremor and roar, and everyone covered their ears and opened their mouths wide.

A few seconds later, an even more shocking scene appeared, the main building of the district court collapsed, and the shock wave that broke through the shackles of the building swept away in all directions, and a large amount of smoke and dust from the collapse of the house was carried by the shock wave, sweeping through all the surrounding places like a tsunami.

The smoke and dust mixed with debris instantly crossed a distance of less than 100 meters and sprayed into the rooms of the Higher School of Humanism from various windows! Everyone had to huddle behind the wall under the window to avoid the gray wave that was enough to suffocate themselves!

When the smoke cleared slightly, almost all of the Germans, who had turned to ashes, coughed and wiped the ash from their heads and faces, their ears filled with the sound of chirping that made their minds spin.

When they raised their heads and saw the scene not far away, it took some dim heads a while to react to what they saw, and the building that was originally blocking them was only a small half of the wall, and the rest of the place was only a pile of rotten bricks and rubble!

The infantry didn't need to rush up, and even if there were still living Russians in the ruins, he would have to be able to climb out first.

Although the obstacles in front of them were removed, the Germans, who were dizzy and tinnitus, would probably not be able to organize themselves for a while.

The smoke and dust would not dissipate in the room for a while, and he realized that he was afraid that he would fall downstairs in his current state, and the pony Kenson could only lie on the window and try to get a little fresh air.

Although he did not know the situation of the fighting in the nearby area, Wovich said that it was not small, and that the constant explosions in the northern half of the city indicated that the fighting in the city was not easy.

However, Wavich has a very good view of the low-rise buildings, and the pony Kenson who is lying in the window can see the smoke of the explosion rising from more than one place.

This scene has only been experienced by himself from a distance of less than 100 meters, and he believes that it will not take long to take Wovich.