Chapter 35: Wendell's Siege (5) Decision

The battle lasted until more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and because of the need to take into account the physical strength of the summoners, Zhang Shixin could only arrange for the troops on the front line to take turns to rest for a while.

And a lot of tanks and combat vehicles need to be replenished with shells.

However, Zhang Shixin, who was eating a can, received news that surprised him, that is, the enemy troops were constantly unloading reinforcements from the energy locomotive at the locomotive station in the eastern area of the city.

"No wonder we're pushing so hard." Zhang Shixin thought of this question.

But for him, this problem can be said to be quite serious or not too serious, after all, there is a considerable gap between the weapons and equipment of these rebels in Heiningen and him.

But after Grelian sent a telegram to him again, Zhang Shixin quickly realized what he had just thought.

He knew very well that the surname of the rail gun was Neng, even if it was a 203mm rail gun, and it was only the kind of medium-range gun mounted on the truck, which was quite a threat to his troops.

Zhang Shixin gritted his teeth and asked Gralian to order the artillery unit to use the six ultra-long-range artillery pieces that Zhang Shixin now has.

This is the most powerful and largest known self-propelled artillery model of the Soviet Union with a single shot and the largest caliber extending from the IS-8 chassis.

It's called 2**1, and this is the official number.

But he also has a nice written name, the 420mm "Oka River" atomic self-propelled gun.

As the name suggests, Zhang Zhi didn't want this thing to use its special shells, and each gun loader had a 420mm nuclear shell on it.

It has a range of 45 km, so its hit rate is ridiculously low when using conventional shells.

At the same time, even if the detonator of the GW-VIII "Mouse" is used in the shell firing method, the rate of fire of the shell will take two minutes to fire one round.

Its existence, for Zhang Shixin, has two meanings:

One is a range of up to 45 kilometers, and the second is the ability to fire nuclear artillery shells.

Firing shells from the current position of the 2**1 self-propelled guns made it easy to cover the locomotive station.

It's just that with a range of nearly 19 kilometers, under the blind shooting with only coordinates, the hit error reaches about one kilometer, and Zhang Shixin will not be surprised.

Zhang Shixin didn't want to use that kind of thing, he simply had a feeling of fear in his heart about weapons.

So, he asked Grelian to give the six 2**1 gun crew members half an hour to cover the firing time, so that they could destroy the entire locomotive station as much as possible.

There is another situation that 2**1 does not know about, that is, the twin brothers 2**1 and 2a3 have a characteristic.

Their muzzles were not directly in front of the hull, but behind the hull.

2**1 When carrying out shelling, it is necessary to turn the hull of the car.

Two minutes passed, and six 420mm high-explosive grenades were fired.

It's not that the artillery crew doesn't want to use airburst grenades with a larger killing range, but it's difficult for the gunners to grasp the time when the shells detonate, plus once the airburst grenades are blocked by buildings, then it can be said that there is no shelling effect at all.

The commander of a train that was hidden in the grass on the other side of the river more than 600 meters east of the locomotive station and set up a cannon platoon to observe the situation quickly pressed the telegraph and conveyed the situation in clear code.

It's not that he doesn't want to use the radio, but at almost 20 kilometers, the power of the radio simply can't convey such a distance.

A little more than a minute later, the shells exploded violently near the locomotive station in Wendell's East Town, on the roofs of some buildings, and only two shells landed a little in front of the locomotive station.

The two shells were not without success, one shell split several members of the rear truck of the rail gun locomotive into a very large fragment at once, and at the same time, the fragment cut into the barrel position of the 203mm howitzer, which was obviously unusable.

Another shell landed directly in a lined enemy infantry formation.

By the time the dust settled, there was only a crater left with shattered fragments of weapons and shredded limbs.

The more powerful the artillery shell, the less likely it is to form small shrapnel, so the number of enemies killed by fragments is much lower than that of those who are killed and injured by a certain distance.

However, large fragments in high-speed flight have a certain degree of destructive power for some lightly armored enemies.

There was a piece of fragmentation that even cut the energy tank of an armored car in half and stuck in the hull.

However, the commander of the WZ-131 was not responsible for reporting the results of the battle, he had to evaluate the landing point of the shells, and then convey it to the gunner, so that the opponent could directly adjust the firing elements.

Generally speaking, long-range artillery shelling, in the presence of observers, is generally not likely to be fired in a salvo, but each gun fires shells one after another at intervals.

Such a way of shelling helps the observer to correct the next shot.

The commander of this WZ-131 sent six telegrams in a row.

They are:

1: The coordinate point moves one hundred and forty meters to the left front.

2. The coordinate point is moved to the right by 250 meters.

3. The coordinate point is 75 meters to the right.

4: The coordinate point moves 200 meters in front of the right.

5: The coordinate point is shifted to the left by 130 meters.

6: The coordinate point is moved forward by 180 meters.

These numbers refer to the firing serial number of the artillery.

The distance and range are the shooting elements that the gunner needs to adjust.

However, after the gunner re-moved the gun to the position of the first firing, he quickly adjusted the firing elements according to the gunner's coordinates and fired the shell again.

However, these gunners forgot one point, that is, the recoil that was simply uncontrollable in 2A1, the ability to make up for the Hawkeye in the case of blind fire could not be achieved, and the sunken ground made a big error in firing the elements.

As a result, after more than a minute, the gunner got not a new coordinates, but an angry curse:

"That bastard fired the fourth shot! You want to play murder! ”

……

The commander looked at the crater more than 60 meters behind the WZ-131 and a fragment with a size of more than 30 square centimeters, which was inserted into the ground more than six meters to his left.

He was still very clear about maneuvering, and at that time, his hand holding the gun mirror was almost thrown away by the violent vibration transmitted by the car body.

And his tank cap, as well as his shoulders, were also covered with a less noticeable layer of dust.

He could even smell the faint smell of black sorkin dynamite coming through the air.

It can be said that if this shell deviates by another twenty or thirty meters, it does not need to hit directly, and the shock wave alone can make his crew, including him, go directly to hell.

He even felt a little tinnitus in his ears.

……

On the 2**1 of the fourth car, the gunner looked at his commander very innocently, because he fired the shell after firing Zhu Yuan according to the coordinate adjustment.

At this time, after the loader said that the shell was loaded, the driver of 2**1 drove the hull to the original firing point again.

The gunner adjusted the firing element, and after a while, he was about to ask the communicator to ask for the coordinates of the reconnaissance vehicle, but the commander hurriedly called a stop.

Because of the commander, he found that the track had sunk into the ground several centimeters deep.

At this time, he thought about the reason why the gunner of his artillery group almost killed the scout by mistake.

Well, after the commander reported the situation to the commander, several commanders received orders to stop firing, and then discussed a solution to the problem together.

In the end, they only thought of a stupid way to drive the cannon into some hard ground.

At this time, the commander was envious and jealous of the GW-VIII "mouse" that had the function of a railroad gun, reduced recoil, and the ability to use the Eagle Eye to correct the shot.

Because even if the whole car is buried, the Eagle Eye will not directly shoot the shells away because of these "small problems".

But they don't have this ability, it's too far away.

After nearly five minutes, under the astonished gaze of a vote of VI-**-WT, they occupied several badly damaged bunker foundations, but not to the point of soft terrain, and then fired again.

This is effective in preventing the previous problem, but because of the imbalance of the terrain, when they are loading, they have to go backwards to the back and let the loaded cart stop there reload.

At the same time, this not only slowed down the frequency of firing, but also led to the emergence of a problem, that is, the concrete foundation could not withstand the uncontrollable recoil, and gradually cracked.

No matter how heavy the weight of a tank is, it does not exceed the pressure it bears, and there is nothing on the ground, it is all for 2**1, the recoil generated during shelling, and the pressure on the ground in such a short period of time will not be much different than two rat tanks stacked on top of each other.

It can be said that these foundations, which were themselves damaged, broke directly without firing the cannon, which can be regarded as saving face.

By the time these 2**1s had fired their fourth shells here, after reloading and driving to the firing position, the concrete foundations cracked.

So, almost a minute after the cannon fired, they received a message:

"I bought a watch last year! You TMD really want to murder, this time it's better to come with three guns, but fortunately I'm lucky. No, I want to complain! ”

At this moment, the commander with the message did not look at the gunner first, but at the position of the foundation.

Well, there were cracks, and some pieces of concrete, which were sticking to the tracks, had become grayish-yellow dots.

The commander had to personally send a telegram to the commander of the WZ-131 to apologize, and then tell the problem he was experiencing.

As a result, such a thing has become a criterion, that is, being killed or shocked to death by a 2**1 shell can only be considered unlucky.

In the end, such an unwritten "rule" will soon be "a policy and a countermeasure", that is, even at the risk of a possible surname that is quite likely to be discovered, these reconnaissance tanks will not hide in a hidden position, but in a better place with a better protective surname.

Why, because the top of the engine baffle of the WZ-131 was pierced by a fragment, and the engine was badly damaged.

Between 60 and 80 meters of his concealed position, there were several more craters nearly 20 meters wide......

After the commander slapped a universal replacement part on the inner wall of the turret and repaired the engine, he expressed the aggrieved feeling of life insecurity for himself and the crew on his pale face.

The three consecutive artillery pieces brought the feeling of being so close to death, and they didn't immediately go back to settle accounts with the 2**1 artillery group that was more bastard than the enemy in their eyes, which could be regarded as giving Zhang Shixin the **oss face.

As a result, in this case, after that, the light tank troops and the medium Tan troops changed their name to the 2**1 self-propelled artillery formation, which became more and more large over time, and renamed the 2**-1 self-propelled artillery formation, which means very simple and literally understandable.

Of course, such a thing, the summoners never mentioned Zhang Shixin, and with the emergence of more and more summoned generals, many generals from other departments looked at the summoned generals of the S department and said one sentence, that is:

"If possible, can your own medium-Tans act as a reconnaissance vehicle for the 2**-1 self-propelled artillery formation? Our subordinates have a lot of complaints. ”

These S-series generals looked helpless, and then excused themselves.

After all, these generals also know very well that not to mention the MT of other departments, even the MT units of the S department, are not willing to act as reconnaissance vehicles with the 2**1 self-propelled artillery formation.

They were well aware of the range of the 2**1, but, due to the recoil, the cannon was the least popular artillery comrade in the eyes of the summoners.

Even if they were mistakenly killed by a self-propelled rocket artillery unit, they did not want to experience the feeling of life and death several times.

In one sentence: "Death doesn't let me die happily, what do you want to do, WTF!"

Of course, that's an afterthought.

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Of course, Zhang Shixin would not have thought of such an episode, but for him, whether the 2**1 self-propelled artillery formation can complete the tasks assigned by him is the key.

Minutes and seconds passed, and soon, the hands were about to reach their predetermined time.

He glanced at Grelian, who was busy, and took a deep breath before saying:

"Grealian, if I were a butcher, would you forgive me?"

"Why do you say that?" With bright eyes, Grelian looked at Zhang Shixin.

"Because, I have a weapon that can destroy this city in one fell swoop, but I don't want to use it, but unfortunately, you and I both know very well that if this continues, my troops will have to collapse, and the other side has too many reinforcements to deal with it."

After Zhang Shixin said this paragraph, he shook his head deeply.

When he opened his eyes and saw the complicated eyes of Grealian, he suddenly found himself afraid of losing the girl who had been with him for so long.

However, Grelian's answer relieved him:

"Since I kissed you, I, like Her Majesty De Perry and Her Royal Highness Princess Haley, and like those of your subordinates, we will stand with you no matter what you do."

After Zhang Shixin heard this, he took a deep breath, and then hugged Grelian.

……

"Sir! The enemy has retreated on all fronts! "A messenger conveyed the news to Husol, who was discussing the issue of the defense zone with the two division commanders who had already returned to the reinforcements? v? In Heiningen's ears.

He thought for a moment, and suddenly showed a smile, because he thought of Zhang Shixin's troops, it is possible to find a large number of reinforcements, which are constantly returning to Wendell City, and have to retreat.

At this time, he quickly ordered his troops to seize the city left behind by the enemy's retreat and strengthen the defenses.

However, he never knew that the sword of Damocles from another world was ready to fall on his head.

……

"Are you really going to do that?" Sinia looked at Zhang Shixin and raised her own question, and then she added: "You also know that this thing is not a good thing, but if you want to use it, the decision is in your hands." ”

Zhang Shixin nodded deeply.

Because, this is the best way to end this war, after all, according to the latest information he got from Grelian, that is, the Heiningen rebels actually used nearly half of their military strength to return to Wendell City.

Such a situation is simply not something he can face.

He took a deep breath, and then in front of the coded shell boxes, after entering his birth number, the electronic lock on the shell box was lifted.

As the vehicles transporting these shells gradually left Zhang Shixin's field of vision, Zhang Shixin could only close his eyes...... (To be continued.) )