"The coordinates of the first gun, lateral deviation X point left! It's close to the Z point! Miss! "Removing his gaze from the eyepiece of the artillery mirror, one of the German artillery observers shouted into the radio.

His combat mission was to direct the shells fired by the German long-range artillery to the target.

Doing this work is a very delicate technical job, and the slightest carelessness will cause trouble or problems for yourself or the artillery unit.

First of all, it is necessary to have a very sensitive and intuitive understanding of the map coordinate parameters - don't underestimate this, in the era of World War II, when the school attendance rate was generally low, this requirement was not low.

Only those who have a talent in this area are qualified to serve as a proofreader of artillery, providing artillery fire proofreading parameters.

In addition, it is not enough to have an intuitive understanding of the coordinate parameters of the map, because there are other aspects of this work.

For example, radio operation and maintenance is a very challenging technical job. In fact, all electronic products in this era are not too stable, and users need to have a certain maintenance ability.

The Germans' stubborn use of five-man tank crews is also in this regard. The radioman cannot be easily streamlined, after all, such a person is also a labor force when repairing tanks.

Don't underestimate the battlefield maintenance capabilities of the tank five-man crew, the German five-man crew was able to deal with more than half of the simple problems of tank breakdowns, allowing the tank unit to participate in the battle with a high attendance rate.

If there is such a person missing, not to mention the tiring work of cleaning the gun chamber, the installation of the track is definitely a tangled and depressing thing.

Speaking of returning to the position of artillery observer, in fact, in addition to repairing radios, he also has the ability to assemble artillery mirrors.

In addition, choosing a place in front of the gun, where you can observe the artillery landing point with peace of mind and not be harassed by the opposing snipers, is also a technical job, so the work of an artillery observer requires a lot of professional knowledge.

In addition, when using radio communication, artillery observers also need to use a "special language" to direct artillery dispatch and operations.

This work is not like the radio communication inside the tank, it is extremely time-sensitive, and it can even be contacted without a password in an emergency.

The enemy is eavesdropping on their battlefield communication channels in real time, and they will detect useful information and use it immediately.

Therefore, the observer of the artillery commands the artillery behind him, and the terminology used needs to be encrypted, and in the state of relatively relaxed conditions, fixed parameters should also be used to communicate, rather than common sense parameters.

For example, at this moment, the German artillery spotter said, "Lateral deviation X point left!" It's close to the Z point! In this sentence, the X and Z points are fixed parameters, not common sense parameters.

In other words, before you take action, mark any point on the map as an X and another point as a Y, and calculate the distance first. Then, after the call, let the dispatcher of the artillery position, calculate the relative landing point of the shell himself.

The advantage of this is that even if someone on the Soviet side wiretaps the call channel with a radio tap, they will not get any useful intelligence parameters.

If common-sense coordinates are used, then based on the description of the distance from the target, etc., it is possible for the Soviet troops to calculate the approximate position of the observer, or the approximate location of the German artillery position.

However, under the interference of advance points such as XY, these Soviet troops could not calculate the specific location of the German artillery positions, nor could they easily grasp the observation positions of the German observers.

The battlefield communication routine of tank warfare is actually similar, except that in times of emergency, German tank commanders often communicate in plain language, because they really can't find a core reference in frequent movement.

In an emergency, instead of using confidential code words or secret words to cause trouble for yourself, it is better to simply call directly, which is more beneficial to your own side.

"Boom!" Half an hour later, another shell whizzed down and exploded near the target, sending another cloud of black smoke up from the other side of the Moskva River.

"Horizontally still left at X point! The distance is still close to the Z point! Grabbing the radio intercom, the German artillery observer continued.

After he finished speaking, he put his eyes on the eyepiece of the artillery mirror, and looked at the bridge over the Moskva River in the distance, which had been exposed to the field of vision of the German observers.

"Little boy! You're just waiting to be interrupted...... Don't struggle any more......" he said, waiting for the third test shell to fall.

"Whoa!" This time, the shells fell in the waters of the Moskva River, stirring up a huge column of water. It's not that far from the bridge, so it can be said that the bullet point is right next to the bridge.

"Great!" Excitedly grabbing his intercom, the observer laughed and shouted over the radio, "Mole! Mole! ”

He repeated the mole twice, which showed that the landing point of the shell was very close to the target, which was equivalent to giving an order to the artillery position to open fire.

Soon, shells whizzed over his head where he was, and then landed on the banks of the Moskva River not far away.

Some shells exploded in the river, others on both banks. The railway bridge in front of him is still standing under artillery fire, stubbornly unwilling to be hit.

The first round of shelling quickly stopped, and with the exception of one shell that landed on the bridgehead, which blew up the bridgehead and reimbursed many Soviet troops inside, it did not achieve much success - the railway bridge was still across the Moskva River.

"Boom!" There was no need for the observer to continue to say anything, and the second round of shelling began, this time the ground was still shaking, and the Soviet positions were already submerged in a cloud of artillery fire.

The Soviets on the other side seemed to want to return fire, but they could not find any target at all, and could only struggle under heavy German fire.

The second round of shelling ended quickly, and the railway bridge that was the target was still standing there, and it was stubborn and moving.

Unfortunately, the Germans' aim was to cut off the railway bridge, so even if the bridge was stubborn, it could only withstand the cruel test of the third round of German artillery fire.

In the thick smoke filled with the smell of explosion and burning, a shell landed accurately on the deck of the railway bridge, directly blowing up the bridge.

In the explosion, the piers of the bridge trembled and began to collapse, the rails on the bridge deck twisted and collapsed, and then the German artillery fire stopped, leaving only the Soviet troops on both sides of the river, helplessly looking at the broken bridge in a daze.