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This distance is just over the maximum range of 12 kilometers of the American 152 mm heavy howitzer, and after the Chinese Imperial Army occupied Fort Meade, they began to plot to build a large long-range support artillery position here.

Since Washington, D.C., was far from the coastline, the Potomac River was completely blocked by U.S. military stakes and iron cables, and countless water radiums were laid out, making it impossible for the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet to reach downtown Washington along the Potomac River.

In this way, the imperial Chinese army attacking Washington had no fire support from naval guns, and could only rely on the army artillery regiments in the towns.

Li Weijun reorganized the artillery regiments of the attacking units, and the independent artillery regiments to which the troops of each town belonged, of which 12 75-mm infantry guns and 12 125-mm cannons were still left to the independent command of each town, and cooperated with the infantry of each town to launch a ground offensive.

However, the 12 155-mm heavy howitzers of each regiment were handed over to the American Dispatch Force Command, and Li Weijun also applied for an additional ten artillery divisions from the War Department, and a total of 3,000 155-mm heavy howitzers were deployed to Fort Meade.

The maximum firing range of these heavy howitzers reached 21 kilometers, which is 13 kilometers away from the US heavy artillery positions, which is not only far away from the danger of being attacked by US heavy artillery, but also has an extra range of 8 km, which just covers the eight defensive positions of the US heavy defense.

"Fire!"

At 7:30 a.m., the commander of the Imperial Chinese Artillery at Fort Meade gave an order and fired a salvo of 3,000 guns, kicking off the Battle of Washington.

3,000 155-mm heavy howitzers fired a salvo of fire, and the momentum was so great that it was like a landslide and the ground cracked in an instant.

The howling pierced the silent sky, and shells rained down on the forward positions of the American troops.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Boom Boom Boom ......

Countless shells exploded, the terrifying explosion power instantly exploded the ground into a huge hole, five or six meters deep, more than ten meters in diameter, the boulder in the pit was shattered, the sediment was melted, the black smoke **** hundreds of meters high, the dust spread, flying sand and stones, the shock wave within a radius of 100 meters was more fierce than the 12-level sandstorm, as long as any American soldier showed his head outside the trench, his head was cut off in an instant, and the body was thrown out more than 100 meters away with the shock wave.

"Hide!"

"Lie down!"

"Don't look up!"

Some US military officers shouted loudly and took the lead in finding hidden anti-artillery holes, but it was too late to lie down in the nearest trench and remind other US soldiers not to raise their heads.

The American soldiers who came down from the battlefield in New York understood this, and they would stick their heads and bodies directly into the trenches like ostriches, while those American soldiers who had not experienced the Battle of New York, or had not fought head-on with the Chinese Imperial Army, were frightened by the explosive force of this terrible shell and peed their pants.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The big explosion in the blink of an eye caused heavy casualties to these US soldiers who were still running wildly, and their bodies were instantly torn apart within one or twenty meters of the explosion point, and their flesh and blood flew to death on the spot. The distance of about thirty or fifty meters was lifted away in an instant, and if the fate was good, it would not be hit by a single piece and gravel until it landed, and the American soldiers who had a bad life would hang up or fall to their deaths on the spot.

Even the American soldiers who were 100 meters away from the explosion point could still feel the power of the level 8 wind.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Tens of thousands of shells continued to fall, like ploughing the ground, instantly blowing up the US positions like a beecom's nest, and the ground was full of huge craters with a diameter of more than ten or twenty meters.

The ground shook, the mountains shook, the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky and the sun, the stream formed by the spring rain broke off instantly, and the stream water was evaporated by the high temperature.

"Damn it! The Chinese Imperial Army dared to expose its artillery position first, which is a clear contempt for our artillery! ”

"Order all artillery positions, give me a salvo of fire, and destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese Imperial Army!"

Miles was furious when he saw his position being ravaged by the artillery fire of the Chinese Imperial Army, and ordered the American artillery unit to immediately counterattack.

He thought that he had won the jackpot, and when he saw the salvo of at least thousands of heavy howitzers of the Chinese Imperial Army, he thought that this time the US artillery cliff could wipe out all the Chinese Imperial artillery in one go, and at worst it was a heavy loss.

However, the next moment, the artillery general beside him broke Miles's dream with a wry smile.

"Commander, the opponent's artillery position is at least thirteen or fourteen kilometers away from our artillery position, which has already exceeded the range of our army's 152 heavy howitzers!"

Burst!

Miles glared back at the other man, almost spitting him in the face.

The artillery general shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, looking innocent.

This is a disgrace to the artillery industry of the US military!

Miles is so angry that he wants to hit the wall!

"Damn the Chinese, they are really cunning!"

Understand why the artillery of the Chinese Imperial Army fired first without fear, this Nima is clearly a slap in the face of Chiguoguo!

Miles' face was suddenly hot!

After five rounds of artillery bombardment, the artillery fire of the Chinese Imperial Army began to extend, and at this time, the pillboxes, trenches, and barbed wire fences of most of the US positions had been leveled, the part protruding from the ground had been flattened, the tunnels more than ten meters wide and seven or eight meters deep had been filled with sandbags of sand, gravel and sand, and countless American soldiers were buried in the soil and rocks.

In the distance, Miles saw such a terrifying artillery attack, and his legs were also weakened with fright. The proud U.S. military positions were razed to the ground, and countless American corpses were scattered.

Only a small part of the American soldiers who had hidden in the anti-artillery holes in advance struggled to crawl out of the mud at the moment, and most of the American soldiers were suffocated to death.

They didn't have a chance to climb out until they were suffocated, because they were all stunned by the loud explosion.

Perhaps this way of dying is the most comfortable way for soldiers to die!

"Damn it, get up!"

"Find your weapons and go into battle!"

"Bastard! The enemy is about to attack your position! ”

Miles roared, gritting his teeth in hatred, wishing he himself had rushed up and kicked the dazed American troops into the air, reminding them that the Imperial Chinese Army had reached their position.

On the other side, also in the rear, Li Weijun and other generals of the Chinese Empire were in high spirits, and their joy was silent.

Li Weijun and others are closely watching their own vanguard troops, which are powerful tank formations, invincible, and will continue to break through the positions of the American troops, killing the American troops in a river of blood, and fleeing when they hear the wind.

The roar of the T23 tank cluster was deafening, I don't know if it was a problem with the engine, the tail of the tank was emitting black smoke, and the soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Army who followed behind were constantly scolding, and some even smashed the butt of the tank on the butt, and even kicked it to remind the comrades in the tank.

However, as a tank crew, in such a situation, I would never take care of the complaining infantry.

No, after Niu Thirteen, the shooter at the tank machine gun position, heard the sound, he quickly turned his head and glared at the infantry who kicked his tank behind, ignoring them at all, thinking in his heart: buddy is a tall and invincible tank soldier, you infantry mules can honestly smell the smell of gasoline and eat putty in the back!

Wowhaha!

Bang bang!

Niu Thirteen's tank touched the radium, and the explosion almost lifted the tank away, and Niu Thirteen stumbled one by one, so that he couldn't hang himself out of the air.

After such a dense heavy artillery bombardment, there was still a ground radium that had slipped through the net and was not detonated!

Niu Thirteen tilted his head to see that the body of the car was fine, the chassis was originally anti-ground radium, but the most fragile track chain was blown off several sections.

Meow a! It is unforgivable to blow up our Niu Ge's tank.

Niu 13 was furious, pulled the bolt, and the heavy machine gun fired at the American positions in front.

As if he was not angry, he patted the turret of the tank on the left side again, and the tanker inside covered his bloody head and cried out in pain.

Damn American devils, if you let Lao Tzu be bombed by radium, Lao Tzu will want you to be bombarded!

Boom!

The shell was loaded, aimed at a US military fire point and fired a shot!

A few kilometers away, the 37mm tank gun was a bit of a chicken rib.

In desperation, Niu 13 and his tank comrades had to temporarily give up the battle, jump out of the car and take out the tools to start repairing the tank.

The infantry brothers in the back gloated and watched the excitement, provoking Niu Thirteen to almost burst beans.

It's a pity that the tank soldiers who leave the tank are a hammer in front of the infantry masters, and if they don't keep a low profile, be careful to be beaten.

Niu Thirteen took a sip, uncle, I planted my back today, and I don't know as much as you group of big-headed soldiers, so I honestly went to repair the tank.

There were more than one Niu 13 tanks damaged by anchoring, and of course there were not many, because the artillery units of the Chinese Empire had previously shelled them in a saturated manner, and they were crushed like ploughs, and most of the ground radium was detonated.

The tank clusters of the Imperial Chinese Army, as always, moved forward, not at a fast pace, as if waiting for something.

According to the original fighting mode of the Chinese Imperial Army, after the saturation and artillery bombardment, it was time for the infantry to charge in groups.

Now with tanks, it should be easier for infantry to charge in clusters and more threatening to the enemy.

Not only were the infantry of the Imperial Chinese Army following behind puzzled, but even the commander of the enemy's American forces on the opposite side, Miles, was also puzzled.

"Why didn't the Imperial Chinese Army launch a cluster charge immediately after the shelling? In the past, when they didn't have tanks, they would even start a charge when the shelling didn't stop, but now with such a sharp weapon as tanks, it has become slow. ”

"It's unusual!"

"When things go wrong, there must be demons!"

……

The U.S. generals around Miles were suspicious, but they didn't understand what was wrong.

"I can't care so much! Order the artillery positions to open fire and stop the enemy troops! The 8th and 32nd Divisions of the Reserve were immediately reinforced! ”

Miles had to be the first to judge before acting.

Five minutes later, a salvo of fire from the American artillery positions was fired, and numerous shells were fired at the attacking tank clusters of the Chinese Imperial Army.

Unless it was directly hit by the US 152 heavy howitzer, the T23 tank was not afraid of such artillery fire.

Majestic, high-spirited, and continue to advance under artillery fire!

However, the infantry company behind the tank, lacking protection, was temporarily affected.

However, the Chinese Imperial Army was well-trained, and in the face of the artillery fire of the US army, it did not show timidity, but consciously evacuated the formation, arched its body as much as possible, and relied on tanks in the front and rear directions to block the blast wave.

Of course, there were also shells that fell into them, causing a lot of sacrifices, but it did not stop their determination to continue the attack.

In the distance, seeing the infantry of the Chinese Empire braving artillery fire, but still maintaining a certain formation and not chaotic, Miles had mixed feelings in his heart.

If it had been the U.S. military, under such circumstances, it would have stopped advancing a long time ago, and it would have fallen on the spot or fled.

In fact, in the case of conventional warfare, the infantry of the Imperial Chinese Army would choose to lie down and wait for the artillery bombardment to pass before advancing. It was only because it was impossible for the tanks to stop and wait for the shells, which forced the infantry of the Chinese Empire to stop and lie down on the spot to avoid the shells, and this reason was precisely ignored by Miles.

Knock knock......

Just as Miles sighed, the artillery of the Chinese Empire fired another volley.

This time, the artillery of the Chinese Imperial Army was no longer aimed at the most advanced US positions, but at the artillery positions of the US army everywhere.

With the advantage of long range, the artillery units of the Chinese Imperial Army can choose to open fire first to expose the position of their artillery positions, and do not have to worry about the counterattack of the US artillery, because the distance of the US positions is more than 13 kilometers, and the strongest infantry support artillery 152 heavy howitzers of the US Army cannot threaten the artillery positions of the Chinese Imperial Army at all.

On the contrary, most of the artillery positions of the American army were within range of the 155-mm heavy howitzers of the Imperial Chinese Army.

Before the volley of the US artillery was over, it was frantically counterattacked by the artillery of the Chinese Imperial Army.

The artillery of the Imperial Chinese Army locked the position of the American artillery in such a short time, and such superb technology made Miles extremely frightened.

"Our artillery!"

Miles saw the dense rain of shells in the sky whistling and flying to the rear, and he hurriedly turned back to observe the situation of his various artillery positions through the binoculars.

At this moment, in front of the 152-mm heavy howitzers on the US artillery position, the US artillerymen are firing rapidly, quickly loading shells, and firing a salvo of concentrated fire, and there are still a few shells that have not been fired, and the artillerymen are still carrying out the order.

Some US officers were already shouting orders to stop firing artillery and quickly move positions, but unfortunately the sound of artillery was too loud, only the nearby US artillery heard the order, and the artillery in the distance was still meticulously carrying out the previous order.

In just a dozen seconds, the life and death of most of the American artillery were decided.

Boom Boom Boom ......

On more than a dozen artillery positions of the US army, thousands of shells were smashed in the blink of an eye, and they exploded with a bang.

Clouds of fiery mushrooms rose into the air, and explosions thunderclapped.

Soil and rocks splashed, and gunpowder smoke rose.

More than a dozen US artillery positions were engulfed in black smoke and red fire in an instant.

"It's over!"

Miles fell to the ground in a daze, looking at the US artillery positions in the rear in a daze, wanting to cry without tears!

At that moment, there was a dense humming sound in the northern sky.

Ordinary officers and men of the US military who did not have binoculars could not see the tragic situation when the rear artillery positions were destroyed, but they could see the dense airplanes in the sky.

So many planes, densely packed.

The US officers and soldiers knew without thinking about it that it was definitely not a good thing, and for a while fear spread. (To be continued.) )