The early spring sunshine warmly on his body, near a valley, Zhao Shuang pushed aside the grass, aimed the rifle in his hand at the front, the special forces, from the time of dealing with the fifth and sixth towns, played a huge role, in the rear trimming, small range of attacks, plus Baotou, there is no plan, the fifth and sixth towns are beaten to death with a stick, they have been idle for many days, and they have to insist on military training to ensure the state.

Now, when the news of the appearance of the third town came, the special forces were dispatched, and their task was to find out how many 105 guns the Beiyang Army had and where it would be deployed.

So a single team like Zhao Shuang, currently walking in this area, there are more than 100 people, they form an airtight net, monitoring the surrounding dozens of kilometers, although the cannon has not yet completely arrived in Zhangjiakou, but the type of artillery supported by Britain and Japan has been clear, his range is not far, just a lot farther than the French 75 miss, behind the range of the current cutting-edge 105 howitzer.

Duan Qirui is a very cautious person, he followed the third and fourth towns, after coming to Zhangjiakou, even if the whole of Shanxi was occupied by Baotou, he was not in a hurry, carefully reconnoitred on the front line, and after coming to Zhangjiakou, he automatically became the commander-in-chief of the four towns, so that the fifth and sixth towns carried out fire reconnaissance, company platoon, and even battalion level reconnaissance respectively, and did not hesitate to sacrifice for this.

But the results of the reconnaissance made his heart sink completely, the firepower on the opposite side was too fierce, with Duan Qirui's understanding of the entire Chinese New Army, such firepower was simply unheard of, less than 5 square kilometers of land, vertically and horizontally densely covered with various permanent and semi-permanent fortresses, these fortresses, according to Zhao Guoxian and others, were also hit head-on by 75 guns, but there was not much effect, and they were hard as if they were stones.

Reinforced concrete structure, Duan Qirui is no stranger, Duan Qirui has the experience of staying abroad, sent to Germany to study artillery for a year and a half, the large-scale defense of the West is similar, back then, during the Russo-Japanese War, the fortress of Lushun is also a reinforced concrete structure, there are warships outside, there are no reinforcements on the road, it has fully resisted the attack of many divisions of the Japanese army, and the current one, except that there is no fortress heavy artillery, there is not much difference from a fortress, Even the density of Makqin here is much higher than that of Lushun Fortress, but the Makqin they see is about 500 pieces, such a huge density of Makqin, any troops, forced attack, will always encounter the impact of various heavy machine guns, and the casualties will be very heavy.

If you don't go to the real battlefield, you never know what will happen, what happened to the fifth town before, so that Duan Qirui has a basic feeling about the entire Baotou New Army, a certain Cheng dù, at least, the combat effectiveness is above the other new armies in the country, this is just basic equipment and military literacy, but now, Duan Qirui hesitates that if you want to break this defense, at the very least, you have to fill in one or two towns, which is still on the standard of the third town and the fourth town, maybe, after the break, the third town and the fourth town, basically, It's going to be crippled, and there's not much left.

What a cruel fact this is, even Duan Qirui didn't dare to fill in the third and fourth towns, this is the most fundamental old foundation of Beiyang, once it is disabled, the entire Beiyang, basically, will no longer exist.

"The cannon is there!"

"The artillery mark has been unloaded, but it is a little far from there to the position, and it will take a day or two to get over."

"Zhiquan, the range of the opponent's 75 guns is a bit far! The firing range is at least about a kilometer farther than our 75 guns, which is also the fundamental reason for our heavy losses! Zhang Yongcheng reminded.

One kilometer away, for heavy artillery, a distance of several hundred meters is already a grade, let alone a kilometer, such a distance, for the artillery standard, it is simply a disaster, obviously, their 75 guns are basically, it will not be useful, in this case, fortunately, there are 105 guns, if not, Duan Qirui is even, ready to retreat.

Dozens of horses, pulling a heavy 105 cannon, weighing 10 tons of cannons, on the railway, it's good to say a little, once off the railway, a distance of several kilometers, let them pass, it's really difficult, horse-pulled, almost a little bit moved, many soldiers have stepped forward to help, let it move forward with difficulty.

In the grass, dressed in camouflage, very tightly protected, not in the nearest place, in the case of not being able to detect at all, several snipers, observing at close range, the most recently, is less than 500 meters.

And in this area, there are many soldiers, and they have little by little the number of cannons, just like the previous information, a total of 20 105 cannons.

Signalling guò gestures and unique signals were transmitted to a hidden area, where the view was better, and the commanders of several squads gathered here to give orders to their subordinates.

"They are also too slow, this gun is at least 105 tons heavier than our 2 guns." Zhao Shuang whispered to the sniper next to him.

"Yes, this is an old-fashioned British-made artillery, as well as a Japanese imitation of the British, the firing range will not exceed 12 kilometers, which is at least 3 kilometers less than our 105 guns, if you are not worried, the 105 guns will have a huge impact on the fortifications on the front line, we don't have to go out at all, you say it will fix the running position there!" The sniper, who had oil paint on his face and could barely see his face, said that he, like Zhao Shuang, was the leader of a small detachment, named Zheng Yu, looked around, and said affirmatively: "The gun position, it is estimated that it is on the top of the hill, such a higher position can make the firing range a little farther." ”

Yang Yuanzhao led the special forces and cultivated them, in a sense, they are all all-rounders, their grassroots officers, and even as company commanders or even battalion commanders of other troops, not only commanding, drawing maps, commanding artillery, or others, are very good at it, Zheng Yu is relying on strong military literacy to estimate their destination.

Zhao Shuang nodded, he also thought so in his heart, he swept the horse team that was working hard, and said with some worry: "It is estimated that the other party's protection will be better, I estimate that it is the groove on the hill, as long as enough sandbags are arranged in front, you can build an artillery position, this gun position setting, after the start of firing, there will be a long preparation time, after we determine the location, just send it to Zhangjiakou by radio." ”

Baotou in the miniaturization of radio, do not do a good job, but the finished product is too few, can only rely on Yang Yuanzhao to prepare a variety of originals, now, in addition to each division equipped with radio, that is, special forces, without good communication and instant communication, the efficiency of the special forces will never be able to play, Baotou is also continuing to study, Yang Yuanzhao's mention can not solve the problem, some too much of this era of things, although the all-in-one machine can be made, but I don't understand the concept, it is simply in vain, It can only be done little by little according to Truss's progress.

One by one artillery in order, a few kilometers away, for the artillery of the third town, it is equivalent to a painstaking process, it took a full day, many soldiers and help to help, this completed the construction of the artillery position, sure enough, it is on the hill, more than 100 meters of height, plus the hill is more than a unique structure, easy to purchase artillery positions, concealment and protection are very good, is the best place to arrange, this point, the command of the artillery standard, and Zhao Shuang and others of the special forces, it is simply coincidence.

"Confirm the location, send a report immediately!" Zhao Shuang immediately made a gesture, the observer took out the radio behind him, and began to send a report, the radio waves of Dididi, through the vast space, transmitted to Zhangjiakou, Zhangjiakou's command center, there is a special group of radio stations, used to receive this signal, when the signal is transmitted, it is immediately translated, transferred to the headquarters, and delivered to the headquarters.

In fact, when they went up the mountain, the scouts had already determined, but for the sake of accuracy, they still waited for them to go up the mountain, fixed the cannons, and began to arrange artillery positions and create positions, which is one of the professional military training in Baotou, including Zhao Shuang and others, all know that with the help of special military shovels and tools, more than two-thirds of the time can be saved.

But Beiyang is not like this, they are just based on experience and old habits, and the things that build positions are also varied, there are shovels, hoes, and even axes and the like, all kinds of things, which bring extremely low efficiency, and the scattered Beiyang Army does not know at all that there is such a team of people who are still monitoring them.

When the cannons were in place one by one, it was already 2 hours later, and even the protection at the front was not completely arranged, everyone in the Beiyang Army was tired enough, even the artillery, the officers were not in a hurry to urge, they first lay there to rest.

"Immediately design Zhuyuan, start attacking, and take out the cannon!" Cai Yi waited for this, and immediately ordered, for the Beiyang Army, the previous attack had already made him see that the Beiyang Army was still stuck on the old ideas, or the group strategy, the collective charge, in the face of artillery fire and heavy machine gun defense like Makqin, such a group impact, no less than to send to death, the third town and the fourth town came up, must have caused his vigilance, and even more Cheng dù, he was wary of the 105 heavy artillery, this kind of artillery, no matter what age it is, even if it was decades ago, They also have great lethality, at least, for unprotected trench soldiers, and even for some reinforced concrete fortifications, they must be uprooted, which is the fundamental reason why he sent out special forces a few days in advance. R1152