In Baotou, the artillery unit is divided into several types, the most high-end, of course, 108 and 155 guns, these as strategic artillery, there are 75 guns at the bottom of the group, which have been reduced to the regimental firepower, and 120, 8 and 60 mortars, because of the convenience of carrying and limited power, as the firepower below the battalion, or even the company platoon, the overall firepower layout is very average.!

Divisional firepower, heavy artillery of more than 100 mm. In the past few months, Baotou has used regimental firepower or mortars, and divisional subordinates have basically not used them. Everyone else has caught the battle, and the artillery is the same, annihilating the Beiyang Army of a town at once, such a feat, even in Baotou, is outstanding, but in the artillery, the highest-grade, highest-level strategic artillery unit, nothing can be fished.

The strategic artillery unit has been waiting for a long time and is a little anxious, no matter what the commander says, he is always unhappy, and now that the order has been issued, in the past days, he has already been idle, and all the surrounding design elements have been confirmed, and the surrounding hills are even more focused on the direction of surveying and mapping, because the artillery will be set up in a relatively high position, so that the firing range is relatively far away, for the artillery, the firing range is very critical, and the place where the opponent may set up the battlefield has already been the earliest setting.

"Sure, bearings, F51!" Such a number has long been remembered in everyone's minds, and the commander quickly changed the direction number, 24 105, 12 155, all of which have faded their gun suits, and the huge muzzles of the guns show the demeanor of the king of land warfare, and everyone is active. Shells were filled into the cannons.

"Report to the commander. You're all set! ”

The commander quickly called the radio and reported to the headquarters. After receiving Cai Yi's affirmative reply, the commander said solemnly: "Three shots, start." ”

The command flag swung down vigorously, and the muzzle of the cannon spewed out flames almost at the moment when it was swung down, and 36 shells of different sizes were launched, heading into the distance, and began to pour out their own anger. Huge shells fired at the front with precision.

On the front line, observing the situation in Zhangjiakou with his glasses, Duan Qirui almost subconsciously asked: "Where is the artillery?"

The adjutant hurriedly replied: "The artillery is already in place, and in half an hour at most, it can be aimed at Zhangjiakou to bombard!" ”

Duan Qirui nodded, in his opinion, although Zhangjiakou is a difficult bone to gnaw, it has the help of artillery. It shouldn't be difficult to take, the only thing to consider is the shells, 20 guns, 108 guns. There are only 6 base shells, one base 60 rounds, and the total number is not small. Faced with reinforced concrete fortifications, it can be completely destroyed. That's really a problem, but after most of it is destroyed. With the personnel advantage of the four towns united, he was bulldozed, but the casualties would be stronger than imagined.

Whoosh, a huge roar began to come, and everyone present, all of whom were old, knew very well that this should be the sound of cannons.

"Where is the artillery, is our artillery ready?"

Duan Qirui frowned, this is an act of disobeying military orders, the discipline of the Beiyang Army has always been not very good, their third town is an exception, under the strong leadership of Duan Qirui, the third town, the overall discipline is still good, but 108 guns, there are not many people who can manipulate them, he is still in the town, seconded a part of the artillery, plus the 108 shells are very precious, and they have not started training, left and right the entire Zhangjiakou, there are more targets, and it is a big deal to train gradually in the battle.

"It's not ours, it seems to be in the other direction!" The adjutant's face was a little unpleasant, and he looked at Duan Qirui's face and tried to say.

"The other way?" Duan Qirui said in surprise, his telescope was aimed at the position of the cannon mark almost instantly, and the cannonballs in the sky rushed to the direction of the cannon mark with lightning speed, the huge fire ball, it was not clear what caliber it was, but it was obvious that he could get their cannon mark, and his heart sank suddenly.

At this time, the shells had already flown through the air, 10 kilometers away, and fell, and the position where the shells fell, exactly 5 kilometers behind the place they observed, 36 shells of different sizes, the roar produced, made the earth shake, those gunners who were resting, and had not yet stepped on the gun position, were the first wave of targets, and the roar was bursting, and they immediately cried wolf.

Without waiting for a reaction, another wave of bombardment came, Baotou's artillery, everyone, the least, operated more than 500 rounds alone, and some elite gunners even fought more than 2,000 rounds, which is a huge number, whether it is the accuracy of the shells, or the speed of launching, they are far beyond the imagination of the Beiyang Army, 3 rapid shots, not even a minute, it was all completed.

On the hill, because of the smoke produced by the artillery fire, the vision was blurred, and the effect of the bombardment could not be seen, but the commander was still very calm, and the special forces, for the monitoring over there, were almost accurate to the meter, and the numbers reported by the radio station, combined with the demarcated firing boundary, they hardly had to observe much, just continue to fire artillery.

"Observe the effect, prepare for 5 consecutive shots!" The starting officer ordered again, the 108 cannon can be said to be the biggest threat to Zhangjiakou, and it must be confirmed that it is completed, and the fight can only be guaranteed to be safe.

"How come Baotou also has 108 guns, how did they find out the location of our artillery!" Duan Qirui's face began to turn black, at this time three rounds of continuous shelling, how could he not be clear, the direction of the shells is exactly where the artillery is located, 108 guns can deal with, only 108 guns, this is recognized by everyone, 108 guns are different from 75 guns, this is a strategic artillery, but also in the European and American armies, the mainstream artillery, generally rarely imported, the Qing Dynasty used a lot of strength, this is to complete a full town of equipment, this time, because of the time after Baotou, the Beiyang Army can get 20 108, I didn't expect that Baotou also has it, where did they get it from.

Before, Duan Qirui and the top management of the Beiyang Army have always suspected that Baotou is not a simple matter, behind him, there should be a force behind it, supporting it, but after searching the power of the whole of China, even abroad, they have not found it, but the 108 cannon is different, this represents the strategic materials, the countries that can produce are limited, and there are only seven or eight of them, and the supporters must be among them, is it the support of foreign powers.

In any case, the shells of the Baotou side continued to pour towards the hill, back then, the 75 guns had already made them taste the carpet bombardment, although the 108 and 155 guns were a little worse, the shells were enough, and the strategic artillery units had already been waiting a little impatiently, since they had the opportunity to launch so unlimitedly, of course they were happy.

From 3 rounds, to 5 rounds, and then to indiscriminate shooting, the gunners in Baotou have been trained very strictly, 108 can guarantee 10 rounds a minute, and 155 can reach 8 rounds a minute.

Close to the artillery position of the Beiyang Army, the special forces, have been monitoring the artillery fire, when the artillery hit the head of the artillery mark, Zhao Shuang and Zheng Yu are full of excitement, the strategic artillery unit finally moved, the special forces, for various reasons, they are equipped, at most only 120 mm mortars, this is still owned by the battalion headquarters, the ordinary is about 60 mm, these mortars, easy to carry, suitable for special forces use, but any soldier, for heavy artillery, is full of expectations, Watching the shooting of heavy artillery, my heart was extremely excited.

In the 4 times sniper scope, looking at the situation of the other party, they originally needed to command the extension of the artillery fire in real time, but put it aside for the time being, everyone could clearly see that the artillery fire had played a role, and the artillery of the Beiyang Army was destroyed, just a countdown.

Finally, an hour later, when the strategic artillery unit was no longer sustainable, the artillery mark of the Beiyang Army had been completely beaten, and there were still survivors, but the focus of the artillery fire, the 20 108 heavy guns that were hard to get, were basically blown to pieces, even if Yuan Shikai came in person, he could not play the role of the artillery standard.

Duan Qirui's heart is simply choppy, there are 108 guns in Baotou, and even more powerful runs, their cannons have all been destroyed, next, what to do, even Duan Qirui, who has been in battle for a long time, has no bottom in his heart, he can't fight, the opponent's Makqin, heavy artillery, plus a solid defense, not to mention their four towns, even if the Beiyang Army is all pulled out, it is useless, as for the green forest, they have long lost hope, what kind of virtue is the green forest army, whether it is Duan Qirui or other high-level officials of the Beiyang Army, It's all very clear.

Duan Qirui was like this, he was suppressed by the 108 cannon, he stopped, built a defensive line in situ, they didn't fight, Cai Yi was also happy, for Baotou, what was lacking was time, the strategy of the entire Baotou, they were already clear, it was to take advantage of this opportunity to occupy and build such a piece of Suiyuan, Datong, and even Zhangjiakou in Mongolia, and by the way, take Shanxi, and start the preliminary digestion process, the territory is not as big as possible, but to build a place, to digest a place, Let him really become a place where he can create zào value and even provide all kinds of services, China is so big, Yang Yuanzhao knows very well that even if he takes down the city of Beijing and overthrows the listening, what he is waiting for is a divided China, whether it is a great power or a careerist, he will not let go of this opportunity. (To be continued......) R527