Chen Shao went home to have dinner with his family in the evening, and the base was very lively tonight, Chen Yun was very lively because her grandparents came to see her, and the whole base was her laughter.

Compared with Chen Shao's house, Haig's place is a completely different scene. The general headquarters of the Anglo-French army was full of Haig's angry scolding, it was really rare for him to be so old, and he was still full of anger.

Time goes back to dusk.

After Chen Shao and Jiang Baili discussed, an order soon appeared in Huang Bai's hands.

Although Chen Shao is nominally the commander of the Praetorian Guard, everything is managed by Huang Bai, and as the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, his status is no worse than that of Kong Wenhong and others. It's just because the military rank has not been officially awarded yet, otherwise Huang Bai's military rank can definitely be on the same level as Kong Wenhong and Chen Fuqin, and at least he is a lieutenant general.

After receiving the order, Huang Bai did not delay, and immediately conveyed the order to Fang Jiwei, the division commander of the heavy artillery division of the Praetorian Guard.

Fang Jiwei is also in the first phase of the Chinese Military Academy, and Chen Gengpeng, Du Yuming and others are classmates and friends. However, compared with Chen Gengpeng and Du Yuming and others, Fang Jiwei's position is worse, many of the students in the first phase of China are at the army commander level, and they are also deputy army commanders, and there are more division commanders, Fang Jiwei is in the middle, neither good nor bad. This is a position, but when it comes to military ranks, the Praetorian Guard will be one level higher, and if Huang Bai is a lieutenant general, those division commanders should all be major generals, not to mention the division commanders of heavy artillery divisions, and the rank of major general can't run away.

If you talk about the promotion speed of the first phase of the Chinese Military Academy, it can only be described as a miracle, in just seven years, many of them are generals, which is also very related to Chen Shao's lack of military commanders. However, they are all young people, more receptive to new things, and they still have a long way to go, and the opportunities and space are vast. Promising.

The heavy artillery division is very large, and in order to meet the logistical needs, it is all equipped with heavy trucks. And this heavy artillery division is different from other artillery divisions, all equipped with the latest 155 plus howitzers, as well as 203 heavy howitzers. The artillery is very powerful, but it also seriously restricts the number of artillery, and the previous heavy artillery brigade is still equipped with 75mm field guns and 105 howitzers, and the number can reach more than 300. At present, all the heavy artillery divisions are large heavy artillery, and although the establishment has increased, the number has fallen instead of rising. The artillery of the heavy artillery division of the entire Guards Army added up to only about 300 guns, and an average of 30 people per artillery piece was consumed, which consumed a lot of manpower. If it weren't for the strong capacity of nearly 1,000 heavy trucks, perhaps the number of this establishment would have been reduced by half, and having 150 such heavy guns was already the limit of the divisional establishment.

155 plus howitzer firing range 27000m.

203 howitzer firing range 21000m.

But if you add up all the guns that can be called heavy artillery in the entire Praetorian Guard, it can reach 800 guns, which is already twice as many as the corps-level units of the regular army of other armies, and you can also add self-propelled guns, and the Praetorian Guard also has an armored division, in which there is a self-propelled artillery brigade, all equipped with self-propelled guns. There were not many of them, but there were also almost two hundred self-propelled guns. If these are counted, then almost a thousand artillery pieces. This number can intimidate a large number of people, that is, in the Soviet Union at the end of World War II, an artillery regiment (the corps is not a regimental establishment, equivalent to a group army establishment) has only a few artillery. However, the number of artillery divisions in the heavy artillery division is actually similar to the number of artillery pieces in the breakthrough artillery divisions established in the Soviet Union at that time. It's just that the Janissaries didn't have 122 howitzers.

In addition to heavy artillery, there is also an air defense brigade in the heavy artillery division, all of which are air guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, ranging in caliber from 20mm multi-barreled anti-aircraft guns to 88mm single-barreled anti-aircraft guns.

The Praetorian Guard is actually a group army with a military-level brand, with its own air force directly under it, so that it can have both air and ground. It's just that compared to the infantry of the army group, it is relatively less, only three divisions of infantry.

After receiving Huang Bai's order, Fang Jiwei came to the artillery position early, he had a habit, that is, he would inspect the troops every day, and he always adhered to a sentence, only by thoroughly understanding his own troops, can he use his troops. He has been like this all these years, when he is a company commander, he looks at a company, when he is a regiment commander, he looks at a regiment, and so on. As a division commander, there is no way to go through the troops at one time, so he is divided into four times, and he sees one brigade a day.

Artillery positions have been constructed.

Fang Jiwei sat on a Humvee and inspected all the artillery positions. The results of the inspection were okay, and Fang Jiwei was very satisfied. The bunker and camouflage are well done, and if you look at it from above, you can't find a heavy artillery group here, because it has been covered in a green coat, which blends well with the surrounding trees and flowers.

At dinner time, Fang Jiwei and the soldiers under him huddled together for dinner, which is also a habit of his, there is no fixed place to eat, generally which unit is inspected, and which unit is eaten.

After chatting with the soldiers for a while, Fang Jiwei returned to his headquarters. The brigade commanders of the three heavy artillery brigades were notified to come to their headquarters for a meeting, and after everyone arrived, Fang Jiwei got straight to the point:

"Having received an order from the General Staff of Operations, this battle on land began with us, and it is now seven o'clock in the evening, and the shelling begins at half past seven. The target was the forward units of the enemy troops, where, according to intelligence, there were two Indian divisions, one British. Our task was to inflict a severe blow on the enemy's morale, the first shelling would last half an hour, after which three brigades would take turns until dawn tomorrow. Three and a half hours after half past seven in the First Brigade, three and a half hours after the Second Brigade, and the Third Brigade will take over until tomorrow morning. You have to have at least 15 minutes of shelling every hour, and I don't care if you shell for 15 minutes at a time, or if you take a five-minute break and then continue fighting. As soon as the enemy changes position, there are reconnaissance units in front that indicate the coordinates for us, and artillery shelling is carried out according to the coordinates. ”

"Commander, isn't this a way for them to rest?"

"Yes, according to the instructions of the command, the infantry will cooperate with us. Tonight will disturb their peace. Once the opponent's artillery dares to counterattack, it will be even better, take the opportunity to knock out the opponent's artillery. ”

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In Vietnam, it is also strange to say that the two armies are already close at hand, but no one has seen anyone. This just means that the large forces have not yet met, but when you count the time of fighting, in fact, when the war is declared, it has already begun to fight. In this jungle before, the scouts on both sides did not know how many times they had fought each other. The current Anglo-French forces no longer dare to send scouts to distant places, and only want to keep their own one-third of an acre.

A squad of scouts quickly weaved through the jungle, dressed in camouflage that blended in with their surroundings, and if they didn't move, they were a little farther away, making it almost impossible to spot.

When they came to the perimeter of the British forward troops, they all slowed down and took out their weapons one after another. They all knew that after this place passed, they would run into British and French patrols, so they had to be careful.

Under the cover of night, a group of twelve people quietly approached, dodging one patrol after another. Slowly touching a small hill with a relatively high elevation, four of them scattered out in all directions, climbed to the canopy of the trees, and looked around vigilantly.

Two of them climbed together to the highest tree on the hill, one carrying a walkie-talkie and the other carrying a telescope.

After the two of them went up the tree, they didn't need a telescope at all, and they could already see the light from the searchlights of the British and French defense areas in the distance.

"Send a message to the artillerymen and determine the coordinates." Holding the binoculars was the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad, whispering to the signal soldier beside him from the tree.

In order to conceal it, the walkie-talkie at this time was also camouflaged.

"Heavy artillery division, heavy artillery division, here is the third reconnaissance squad, confirm the coordinates one last time, xxxxxx"

"Reconnaissance three squads, the heavy artillery division has received the coordinates. The shelling began ten minutes later, immediately move away from the target. The signal corpsman's headset heard the reply of the heavy artillery division, and then the signal corpsman nodded to his squad leader.

At this time, there was a bird's call.

The six vigilant scouts under the tree silently disappeared into the grass behind them, and the squad leader in the tree also let out a bird call. After that, the whole forest fell silent.

A minute later, a platoon of Indian soldiers walked by, and they didn't realize it at all, and there were twelve Chinese soldiers hiding next to them.

Although the heavy artillery division told them to stay away, they had no intention of leaving, this place was at least a kilometer away from the British and French defenses, and they were not afraid of being injured by mistake.

Ten minutes later, the shelling began.

Fortunately, the inhabitants of this place have been relocated to other places, otherwise this movement will definitely make them unable to sleep.

The shells streaked a bright light under the night sky, and 300 shells accurately hit the British and French defenses. Explosions were heard continuously, and many soldiers went to the Garden of Eden of their dreams before they knew what was going on.

The entire defense area is very large, after all, it is the station of three divisions, tens of thousands of people, and the scale is too small to stay.

The sudden shelling stunned them, and the British and French soldiers who were resting in the houses hurried out of the houses, and some of the soldiers who were bathing ran out bare-chested. The three division commanders who led the team, with a number of officers and staff officers, gathered their respective troops in the defensive field.

Ten seconds later, the second shell landed on the defensive ground, and another burst of people flipped on their backs.

The shells ignited the houses and materials in the defense area, and the entire defense ground was in flames, and the scouts who were watching from a distance could clearly see the soldiers scurrying around in the firelight.

The horses carrying supplies were so startled by the explosion that they squatted around the stables, and some of them broke through the fence and ran around the camp, and many soldiers were injured at once. If you are unlucky, you will die directly under the hooves of the horse.

On average, about 300 shells fell every minute, and they were all heavy artillery with great lethality.

The roaring sound of artillery was deafening.

(To be continued)