Oshihara Junsi said, "Your Highness, nothing is impossible. ”

Higashikure said: "Where did the independent regiment get the long-range fortress artillery? ”

"This is not a long-range fortress gun." Okahara shook his head and said, "This is the Type 96 150mm caliber heavy field howitzer of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, this type of artillery has high accuracy, and the maximum firing range is nearly 12 kilometers, and it is only less than eight kilometers from here to Meizhen, which is completely within the strike range of the Type 96 heavy artillery." ”

"Type 96 heavy howitzers of the 5th Brigade of Heavy Artillery?" Higashikure was dumbfounded.

"Hello." Xiaoluyuan Junsi suddenly said, "The 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery was wiped out in the suburbs of Feicheng, and all the artillery and trucks fell into the hands of the Independent Regiment, and later Xu Rui traded with the Nationalist Army with this batch of heavy artillery in exchange for all the equipment of the Jinling Arsenal, and the Nationalist Army formed a heavy artillery brigade with this batch of artillery, which was assigned to the 74th Army and participated in the First Battle of De'an. ”

"I know that." "Now this heavy artillery brigade has returned to the hands of the Imperial Army. ”

"It's not all." Xiaoluyuan Junsi said, "The 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery has ten heavy artillery brigades, but the Imperial Army only captured nine heavy artillery brigades on the De'an battlefield, that is to say, Xu Rui is not honest, he did not hand over all ten heavy artillery brigades to the National Army, but detained a heavy artillery brigade." ”

"A heavy artillery brigade has 12 large-caliber heavy guns, which is enough to deal a deterrent blow to the artillery positions of the divisional headquarters of the Little Pig Division and the 10th Field Artillery Wing." Higashikuri took a deep breath, turned his head to look back again, and saw that the division headquarters of the Little Pig Division and the artillery position of the 10th Wing of the Field Artillery had been blown into a sea of fire.

In particular, the artillery positions of the 10th Field Artillery Wing were bombarded with ammunition, and the explosion became even more violent.

Just looking at the sky-high fire and the intensity of the explosion, Higashikure Twisthiko can think that the Little Pig Division must have suffered very heavy losses this time, because of the timely warning of Kokahara Toshisi, the casualties may not be too large, but the loss of equipment and materials may be catastrophic, not to mention, just the large amount of military supplies stored in the division headquarters and the artillery equipment of the 10th Wing of the Field Artillery will be left, as well as trucks and horses, because the baggage wing is with the division and regimental headquarters.

It is completely conceivable that after the destruction of trucks and horses, the mobility of the 10th Division will be seriously reduced, and the decline in mobility means, in a sense, a decline in combat effectiveness.

But there's still a problem, and Higashikure Twisthiko still can't figure it out.

Higashikure asked: "Oshihara-san, although I am not an artillery expert, but I also know that large-caliber long-range guns need to be guided by observers, and in order to achieve accurate shelling, we must first conduct test firing, calculate the difference between the impact point and the target area, and then make corrections, and then calibrate the shooting elements, and then carry out large-scale artillery bombardment." ”

Oshihara said: "Hai, the standard artillery operating procedures are indeed like this. ”

"Then I don't understand." Higashikuri said, "The artillery bombardment of the independent regiment just now, neither did it carry out test firing, let alone the guidance of the observers, and the other side came up with a large-scale cluster fire, and the shells were like long eyes, and they accurately landed on the division headquarters and artillery positions of the Little Pig Division, what is going on?" Could it be that the artillery of the independent regiment is clairvoyant in myths and legends? ”

Toshimi Oshihara said, "Your Highness, artillery is not just a standard operating procedure. ”

Higashikuri gasped and said, "Non-standard operating procedures? ”

"Hello." Xiaoluyuan Junsi said suddenly, "The other party can completely divide the area within a radius of 10 kilometers of Qingniuping into countless small areas, each area is marked with a serial number, and then determine the corresponding shooting Zhuyuan in advance, and then dispatch aerial reconnaissance to determine the area where the division headquarters and artillery positions are located, and then you can carry out accurate cluster artillery bombardment of the division headquarters and artillery positions according to the shooting elements determined in advance." ”

Higashikure finally reacted and said, "The fighter just now is from an independent regiment?" ”

"Hello." Xiaoluyuan Junsi suddenly said, "Your Highness may not know, but the humble position does, in the battle where Feicheng was lost, there was once a fighter plane intercepted by the independent regiment, and Xu Rui even personally piloted this fighter to shoot down two fighters and an attack plane of the Central China Dispatch Army Aviation Regiment. ”

"Nani?" Higashikuri said in surprise, "Xu Rui can also fly a fighter jet?" ”

"Hello." "Xu Rui is a sparring instructor at the Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp, and it is not surprising that he can fly fighter jets, in fact, in the Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp, the piloting of aircraft is a compulsory course, and almost all special forces can fly most fighters." ”

"That makes sense." Dong Jiu Yan nodded, and said hatefully, "Xu Rui is really cunning, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks are really endless, if you are not careful, you will fall into his calculations, and if you are not careful, you will suffer a big loss!" Last time in Qiaotou Town, if it weren't for Xiaoluyuan Sang, you just arrived, I'm afraid I would have already broken on the spot. ”

Higashikurehiko still has lingering palpitations when he thinks back to the cavalry clash three days ago.

Before that battle, Higashikuru had never thought that a person could be insidious and cunning to that extent, saying that he would want the cavalry to hedge, but in the end it was actually a disguise, and he actually used heavy machine guns to surprise them, and in the end, the entire 10th Cavalry Wing was wiped out.

"And that's to be expected." Oshihara Toshisi said, "Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many imperial army generals planted under him, not to mention Inaba Shiro's wreck, Shigeto Chiaki, Tachibana Keio and Kawaguchi Heiji are all outstanding generals, but in the end they were all defeated by Xu Rui's men." ”

Higashikure said: "In this case, we must eradicate Xu Rui as soon as possible, otherwise, when this person has grown up completely, he has a division or even a group army in his hands, and it will be difficult to exterminate this person." ”

"Hello." Xiaoluyuan Junsi suddenly said, "I fully agree with His Highness's opinion, and it must be as early as possible to eradicate Xu Rui, because intelligence shows that Xu Rui's independent regiment has expanded from the initial three battalions to eighteen battalions, which is already a division, if it can't be eliminated as soon as possible, it won't be long before the independent regiment may be expanded to one hundred and eighty battalions!" ”

"Yo Si." Higashikuru nodded and said, "Then, we need to make a good calculation of what we should do to make it possible to eradicate Xu Rui and eliminate the Dameishan Independent Regiment." ”

(Dividing Line)

How to eradicate Xu Rui by Higashikure Twist and Kokahara Toshihiko and Ojihara Toshisi has passed overnight, and there is no good way to sum it up, but the losses of the 10th Division in last night's shelling have been counted, as Higashikure Tsuruyan had predicted before, the 10th Division was extremely damaged this time.

More than half of the interception trucks of the 10th Wing of the Baggage Detachment were damaged, and more than 40% of the materials were damaged.

More than a third of the artillery of the 10th Field Artillery Wing was damaged, and more than half of the shells were lost.

However, compared with the division and regimental headquarters, the losses of the baggage wing and the field artillery wing were nothing.

In yesterday's shelling, the divisional headquarters of the 10th Division was the key target, and at least more than 60 percent of the shells were encountered, and the result was also catastrophic, and the logistics support department and the medical department that stayed with the division headquarters were devastated, and almost half of the supplies and all the horses were lost.

After reporting the loss of materials, personnel and horses to Higashikure, Yoshio said: "Your Highness, the loss of personnel, materials and horses of our division this time is very serious, especially the horses, which are almost completely lost, and if the group army headquarters cannot replenish them in time, it may seriously affect the mobility ability." ”

The 10th Division was a horse-pulling division, and the mobility of supplies and heavy equipment relied heavily on horses.

However, in the sudden shelling last night, the 10th Division was completely defenseless, resulting in many horses being killed in the centralized care, and more horses were rushed into the wilderness under the raging artillery fire.

Higashikure was an eyewitness to last night's shelling, and he was mentally prepared for the loss of the 10th Division.

At that moment, Higashikure Twist Yan said: "Little Pig San, rest assured, the base camp has just requisitioned 50,000 military horses on the mainland, of which 30,000 are prepared for our Central China Dispatch Army, and I have sent an urgent telegram to the Dispatch Army Headquarters, asking them to urgently replenish 2,000 military horses to the 10th Division, as well as the combat materials needed for three months of operation. ”

After a slight pause, Higashikure said again: "But little pig-san, you must learn the lesson of last night, and you must not repeat last night's mistakes, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to help." ”

"Hello." Xiao Zhu Yoshio paused, "Your Highness rest assured, the humble post will never make the same mistake again, the humble post has ordered the division headquarters to retreat five kilometers, and at the same time ordered the 10th Field Artillery Wing to retreat to the corresponding distance, in addition to all equipment and materials must not be stored in a centralized manner, to prevent the Chinese army from shelling again." ”

"Yo Si." Higashikurehiko nodded happily, and was about to continue with a few words of encouragement, when he suddenly heard the roar of an aircraft engine in his ears, and when he looked up, he saw that a Type 96 carrier-based fighter had already penetrated through the clouds in the northwest direction, and then swooped down towards the chaotic camp of the 10th Division.

"Yaga." Higashikuri immediately cursed, "Here we go again." ”