Compared with the maximum firing range of 545 meters of the Brixia M35 mortar equipped by the battalion artillery, the German-made Gr.

The range of the Type 34 80mm mortar was much higher, reaching 2400 meters when firing Gr.34 mortar shells.

After all, one is a small-caliber mortar attached to the battalion and company level, and the other is a medium-caliber mortar attached to the regimental level.

Of course, this is only the attachment of mountain troops, if it is an ordinary mule and horse infantry (non-motorized, mechanized troops, simply put, ordinary infantry), the mortar attachment will be a notch higher.

For example, the German first-line mule and horse infantry, they are equipped with new Gr.40 50mm mortars at the platoon level (some second-line troops are still equipped with Gr.36 50mm mortars, with a firing range of only 520 meters), a weight of 14KG, and a firing range of 800 meters.

The company was equipped with a short-barreled Gr.42 80mm mortar, weighing 26.5 kg, with a range of 1,100 m when firing a 3.5 kg heavy projectile, and a range of about 2,000 m when firing a 2.2 kg light bullet (this shell was specifically used to suppress the French 1.3 kg light projectile with a range of 1,700 m Blond Mle 1935 60mm company mortar).

THE BATTALION IS EQUIPPED WITH THE GR.34 80mm mortar (that is, the 80mm mortar exported to Italy), which weighs 57KG and has a range of 2,400 meters when firing 3.5KG standard mortar shells (that is, the heavy shells of the company-level short-barreled Gr.42 80mm mortar).

As for the regimental level, the .42 type 120mm mortar (technology comes from the Soviet PM38 type 120mm mortar), weighs 256KG and fires 15.8KG Gr. The firing range of the Type 42 120mm shell was 6050 meters.

And now, the range of the Hatch Kais 25mm anti-aircraft gun equipped by the French on the opposite side is only higher than that of the mortar equipped by the German army platoon - it is only 200 meters higher - it is not difficult to see why the French will rush to eliminate this broken gun.

After determining the target position, the artillery company commander quickly ran down the roof and returned to his unit, and then ordered his soldiers to untie the mortar parts they were carrying on their backs and begin to assemble the artillery.

Thanks to the usual active training, each artillery squad of this artillery company cooperated tacitly, four of them quickly untied the artillery parts they were carrying and began to assemble, and the remaining four people pried open the four large boxes and a small box next to them, four large boxes with a total of 12 long 80mm mortar shells lying inside, and in the small box there were more than a dozen fuses covered by protective covers, after prying open the box, the soldiers carefully took out the shells, and then took out the fuses from the small boxes, After uncovering the protective case, he skillfully screwed it onto the top of the mortar shell, and finally gently placed the mounted shell next to the ammunition box.

All 12 shells were quickly fitted with fuses under the operation of 4 soldiers, and the soldiers who assembled the mortars were also assembled at this time.

The company commander was very satisfied with the speed of the soldiers, he nodded, and then sent the shooting yuan calculated by the company headquarters to each squad.

After making sure that everyone had adjusted Zhu Yuan, the shooting commander stood in front of the whole company with a small red flag, and then raised the small red flag in his hand and shouted: "One test shot!" Preparation! ”

The gunners picked up a shell, aimed the tail at the muzzle, and looked at the commander.

"Put!" The commander waved a small red flag downward.

The gunners immediately sent their hands away, and 16 mortar shells fell into the barrels one after another after the gunners let go, and then quickly slid to the bottom with their own gravity, and after a fraction of a second, they slammed into the fixed firing pin at the bottom.

"Knock knock!" After a muffled sound, 16 mortar shells flew quickly towards the target not far away.

The company commander immediately raised the telescope and looked at the small high ground, and after 6~7 seconds, an explosion appeared on the small high ground, and the company commander clearly saw several French flying.

"Shot done! 11 Rapid Fire! ”

"Understood! 11 Rapid Fire! The shooting commander repeated the order aloud.

After hearing the order, the first person picked up the shell from the ground and handed it to the second person, and the second person immediately stuffed it into the muzzle after receiving the shell, and the whole process of firing the shell took only 2 seconds, and all 11 shells were fired out in less than half a minute.

176 shells rained down on the French positions, causing huge damage to the French troops who were building improvised positions relying on four anti-aircraft guns, and the four anti-aircraft guns were all blown back to a state of parts.

"Brothers! Kill! The infantry battalion commander shouted around after the friendly shelling, then took a Beretta 38 submachine gun and three magazines from a staff officer beside him, pulled the bolt and rushed to the French position, which had become a scorched earth.

“Al Fine di Roma！” The Italian soldiers also roared, and those with rifles pulled out their bayonets and loaded them, while those with submachine guns picked up their submachine guns and rushed out of the camp after the battalion commander.

After all, it was a battle of life and death, and the French troops on the opposite side quickly reacted from the previous shelling, looking for cover on the spot and lying down, waiting for the Italian soldiers charging more than 600 meters away to approach a sufficient position.

The distance of 400 meters passed quickly in the desperate running of the soldiers, and at a position of about 200 meters from the French position, the Italian soldiers stopped one after another, and the rapid running of 400 meters only gave them a little breath.

It has to be said that Italy's mountain troops are the elite of all Italian armies, and all the soldiers in the Italian mountain troops are recruited from the indigenous people of the Alps, they have grown up in the mountains since they were children, and almost all of their entertainment when they were children was in the mountains and forests, so running in the uneven mountains is as simple for them as running on the track and field track as an athlete, and the growth environment in which they grew up in the mountains also makes their fighting will and physical fitness much higher than that of soldiers in other units.

Around 200 meters is the normal combat distance on the battlefield, and from this distance, the casualties of the troops on both sides will begin to climb significantly.

When the Italian troops ran to about this distance, they all stopped and began to look for cover, the soldiers carrying machine guns quickly set up machine guns and fired fiercely on the hill to suppress fire, while the soldiers with rifles began to shoot accurately after finding the bunker, trying their best to kill and injure the French troops on the hillside.

After nearly 10 minutes of shooting, the battalion commander who was lying behind a stone picked up the walkie-talkie on the signal soldier next to him and shouted: "One company! In a row! ”

It didn't take long for a company commander's voice to come from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Battalion commander! I'm here! ”

"Rush first! Rush up! The battalion commander ordered.

"Understood!" The commander of the first company put down the walkie-talkie and shouted to a group of soldiers lying on his stomach beside him, "A company! Follow me! ”

Shouting, he jumped out of cover first.

"Cover! Cover! Seeing that the battalion was moving, the battalion commander immediately shouted a command to the others, and then raised his submachine guns and began to pour fire, while at the same time, several heavy machine guns of the heavy fire platoon left in the camp also fired bullets on the French positions a few hundred meters away.