Chapter 375: Cannon Rumble (Part I)
"Since the Spaniards are unwilling to surrender, then we will give them a very strict warning!" Ma Junhui said.
"Let the three artillery regiments bomb me hard, you're welcome. We just want to let them see that not only you foreign devils have strong ships and guns, but we Chinese also have strong ships and guns. Moreover, we have more cannons than you, fiercer than you! Ma Junhui continued.
"The 1102 Artillery Regiment is loaded!" "The 1201st Artillery Regiment is reloaded!" โฆโฆ
Soon, all three artillery regiments were also loaded, and then the artillery commander immediately said: "Fire!" โ
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
More than 100 guns of the three artillery regiments were fired into the distance, and these cannons were all 75 mm caliber guns with a range of five kilometers. And the Spaniards were immediately saturated with shelling, and immediately there was no wolf bรจi.
"Boom-boom-boom-"
The shells fell into the positions of the Spanish Army soldiers, and the Spanish Army began to be subjected to heavy saturation shelling. And they hid in the trenches, and did not dare to raise their heads, because once they did, they felt a wave of air that was enough to blow them over. Sometimes, there will even be violent shrapnel flying at them and killing them. And after paying the price of more than thirty Spanish Army soldiers, those Spanish Army soldiers did not dare to raise their heads at all, apparently knowing that these shelling were too fierce.
"Why is the Chinese's shelling so fierce, don't they all say that the Chinese are fighting with cold weapons?" Immediately a Spanish soldier asked.
"I don't know! In the past, we all thought that the Chinese fought with cold weapons, why was the enemy's artillery so fierce. Moreover, I heard that the squadron on the opposite side only has more than 40,000 people, but they have more artillery than our army group of hundreds of thousands! With such heavy artillery fire, we couldn't raise our heads at all. A platoon commander in Spain said.
And the shelling of Taiwan continued, and then this saturation of the shelling made the Spaniards suddenly unable to raise their heads at all, and it was obviously impossible to raise their heads.
"Don't show your head, hide in the hole in the cat's ear, don't come out. This is the experience of the Taiwanese in anti-artillery, which can effectively prevent the shock wave of artillery shells and shrapnel. They're all so anti-artillery. We now have to learn from Taiwan's experience. The Spanish platoon commander said.
"What about our cannons? Why not fight back? Immediately a soldier asked.
Outside the range of Taiwan's artillery, there was a meeting in the Spanish command, and then they obviously wanted to discuss how to deal with Taiwan's shelling.
"Commander Boris, let's hurry up and let the artillery return fire! If the artillery does not return fire. Then we will not be able to make the soldiers resist with confidence. The artillery of the Taiwanese is so powerful that their artillery directly hits our soldiers to the point that they don't even talk about raising their heads, and now the soldiers can only blame them for hiding in the cat's ear holes, and they don't dare to come out. If this continues, it will be a very serious blow to the morale of our soldiers. Originally, they looked down on the Chinese. Dare to fight the Chinese, but if we are so passively beaten for a long time, then our soldiers may really have no confidence to fight. A staff officer said.
Although the shelling of Taiwan did not kill many of the Spaniards, such a fierce shelling dealt a great blow to the morale of the Spaniards. Because such a fierce artillery fire was enough to demoralize them. After all, the feeling of not being able to fight back just being beaten is really helpless. Originally, the Spaniards' attitude towards the squadron was very arrogant and looked down on the squadron. There is not as much information about ordinary Spaniards as those high-ranking officials, and they do not know how powerful Taiwan's army is. And after the Taiwan army defeated the Japanese, they would not feel anything special, after all, Japan is also a country that does not enter the stream in the eyes of Western countries. A non-conforming country defeats another non-confluent country. How can they be taken seriously by the old powers? In their eyes, no matter how much new news there is about China, they all think that China is still the China of the past few decades, and the British can send tens of thousands of people to beat China to the point of admitting defeat and surrendering. Therefore, now these Spaniards are still very confident in China, and they are confident that they will defeat the Taiwanese army.
However, the Taiwan army used more than 100 cannons to teach them a hard lesson, and told them that China also has artillery. And the artillery is not inferior to theirs, more advanced than them, even better. The Spanish soldiers also knew in their hearts that Taiwan's artillery was not the kind of Qianzhuang copper cannon of the past few decades. It's the most advanced howitzers, which hit them so much that they simply couldn't raise their heads to fight back. And this situation made the Spaniards demoralize plummet, obviously such a fierce artillery fire, so that the Spaniards could not have the confidence to fight back.
"I don't agree to let our artillery fight back! Because our artillery has only nine artillery batteries. Taken together, it is less than one-third of the other party. We only have one artillery company in each division, and each of their artillery divisions has an artillery regiment, and they also have a lot of light mortar grenadiers and so on. So we are extremely backward in firepower, so our artillery should be cherished at this time. In the words of the Chinese, that is, good steel is used on the blade, and only the limited artillery is used in important places. Press is the most fundamental. I think that if the artillery is used too early, it will not only be useless. Because the opponent's artillery firepower is more than three times ours, we simply cannot suppress the opponent. On the contrary, if we use artillery too early, then the other side can take the opportunity to calculate our ballistics and then carry out targeted strikes on our artillery. At that time, once we have all the artillery, it means that we have one less important basis to restrain the other side, so we can't expose our artillery too early! โ
"But if artillery is not used, what about the morale of our soldiers? Could it be that the Taiwanese army is bombing us so violently? At that time, the confidence of our soldiers will be lost, and that situation is the most terrible. โ
"And what if the artillery is wiped out? If we don't have artillery at that time, how can we block the enemy's charge? So, we can't use artillery so early! โ
Looking at the quarrel between the two staff officers, Boris, the commander of Spain, felt that the public was justified and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and each had its own ideas. And the core problem here is that there is too little artillery, and they Spaniards simply do not have much artillery to use, although the Spaniards are old powers, even before the British were called the empire on which the sun never sets. But since losing the war with the British hundreds of years ago, it has also lost its status as a maritime power. And now the economic situation of the Spaniards is also tight, and one of their infantry divisions is just an artillery company. You must know that even if the Germans in this period, an infantry division only has an artillery battalion, which is already very remarkable. There is a situation where the price of weapons like Taiwan, which is more than 10 times cheaper, is completely like a golden finger, and the artillery is all matched with all its strength. Anyway, spending one amount of money is enough to equip more than three divisions of artillery, and this situation makes Taiwan really fierce and makes the Western powers want to die. Taiwan, which is completely a tyrant tactic, specializes in using bullets and dense artillery to hit you, and behind this is a lot of money. So Taiwan is spending money to stone them, which shocks Westerners.
Even the British, who are known as local tyrants, have to marvel at Taiwan's financial situation. Taiwan's financial situation is a complete miracle of the world, so this made the Spanish commanders want to die. Now that other people's artillerymen are bullying themselves so much, then there is nothing to say about this.
"Well, in that case, our artillery is really insufficient, and this is an important factor. So, we must protect our artillery from enemy bombardment! Boris said.
And the artilleryman, who could not open fire, immediately smiled, apparently thinking that Boris had agreed with his idea. However, Boris's next words made everyone feel a little vomiting blood.
"However, the morale of the troops is also very important. If we are hit like this for a long time, then I am afraid that our soldiers will face a huge blow next. And we have to find a way to fire the artillery properly, and then let our soldiers not be demoralized. Therefore, we must carry out a certain range of counterattacks against the Taiwan army under the condition of ensuring that the artillery is foolproof, so that we can solve this problem by giving us the best of both worlds. Boris said.
"Commander, what should we do then?" Immediately, a staff officer asked.
Boris immediately said: "Ask me what I do, it should be a problem for you staff officers to solve!" You must come up with a way, and you must use artillery to effectively counterattack Taiwan's troops under the condition of ensuring the safety of our artillery, and this is the task you should accomplish! Okay, that's all for me, go figure it out for yourselves! โ
"!" Everyone scolded in their hearts.
After talking for a long time, this Boris is completely playing with the mud haha, a word that is not useful. As an aristocrat, the composition of the political family is far more than that of a soldier, so when others ask him to make an idea, he always seems to be calm and steady when he speaks, as if there are no loopholes. At the end of the day, he seems to have said everything, but on closer inspection, it's all fart nonsense. So, this is a hard time to kill those staff officers. (To be continued.) )