After returning to the base, I immediately called the commander of the artillery battalion, Wu Dengxiong.

"Battalion commander, are there any more troops that need our artillery training?" After bowing to me, Wu Dengxiong took off his hat and threw it on the table, looking reluctant.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Jingping was a little unhappy, and immediately scolded: "Why did you talk to the battalion commander like this? What does it mean that there are troops in need of artillery training again? The training tasks of your artillery units are very heavy ?! ”

"How can it be heavy?" As soon as Wu Dengxiong heard Zhao Jingping's words, he was angry, lowered his hair and complained: "Battalion commander, chief of staff, our artillery can be idle!" When we agreed to join the synthesis camp training, most of us came here for a fight, but who would have thought ......"

"Who thought of anything?" I asked.

"Battalion commander!" Wu Dengxiong stepped forward and replied, "I don't have an opinion about you, but you also have to consider our feelings. What have our artillery done since coming to this synthetic battalion? Either to train other troops to observe coordinates or to participate in exercises, this task of fighting devils on the battlefield has not been our turn once...... We're in a panic! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jingping and I couldn't help but glance at each other and laughed, it turned out that this Wu Dengxiong couldn't be idle.

"Battalion commander!" Wu Dengxiong continued: "If this is a tank unit, there are few places in the entire southern Xinjiang where tanks can be used, and most of the tank soldiers in the whole country are idle, so it is naturally not surprising that the tank soldiers of our composite battalion are idle." But our artillery is not the same, the artillery on the battlefield you come and go happily, last holiday I got together with a few comrades. They've all taken turns and fought several battles. But the artillery of our synthetic battalion has nothing to do...... No. I'm not right, we have something to do, let's come here to be instructors, teach other troops to observe coordinates and watch them go to battle! ”

I couldn't help but feel amused for a while when I heard this, but what Wu Dengxiong said was really true, and the reason naturally goes without saying, on the one hand, the tasks carried out by the composite battalion since its formation have relatively little demand for artillery, and occasionally they need to be used to facilitate mobility, as long as the mortar unit is needed.

On the other hand. Even if the Synthetic Battalion needs long-range artillery fire on the front lines...... Then you just need to say a word to the commander of the front, and if it is not very necessary, there is no need to transfer the artillery battalion under the synthetic battalion from Beijing.

Of course, the artillery battalion still fought a few battles, and when we regained Mount Faka, we transferred some artillery battalion backbones to assist in command in order to be able to coordinate closely with the infantry and artillery.

But the number of participants and the frequency of participation in the battle are undoubtedly too small, as Wu Dengxiong said, and even ordinary artillery cannot compare.

"Sit, sit!" Zhao Jingping smiled and beckoned Wu Dengxiong to sit down, and said: "There is a saying that raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while......"

"What do you mean to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while!" Wu Dengxiong replied impatiently: "How long will this be raised, if we continue to raise it, our artillerymen will be moldy!" ”

"Is it moldy?" I put on a look of disappointment and said, "That's a pity, I just wanted to assign you a task?" ”

"What?" Hearing this, Wu Dengxiong couldn't help jumping up from the stool, and was stunned for a while before he stammered and asked, "I said camp...... Battalion commander. Did I hear you right, got a mission? ”

"Yes!" My face was full of helplessness: "My superiors just gave us a task. It's a pity you're all moldy......"

"No, no...... How could it! Wu Dengxiong couldn't help but be anxious: "Battalion commander, don't listen to the foolish words I just said, our training has not fallen for a day, Staff Officer Zhao is right, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, we are raising them, not moldy!" ”

Seeing Wu Dengxiong's anxious appearance, Zhao Jingping and I couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Jingping patted Wu Dengxiong's shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, Battalion Commander Wu, the task is yours, you can't run!" ”

"Huh!" Wu Dengxiong nodded, and asked with a eager expression: "Battalion commander, give the order, where to fight?" How to fight? ”

"You still say that the wind is the rain!" I replied, "Don't worry, we have the initiative in this mission, that is, we have plenty of time, and we still train at the beginning!" ”

"What? Training again? Wu Dengxiong objected: "Battalion commander, we have been training for a long time, not to mention blowing, no matter what the task is, we can do it!" ”

"Really?" I asked rhetorically.

"Of course!" Wu Dengxiong responded with confidence.

"And what if you were allowed to strike at the enemy's artillery positions with precision?" I asked: "It is also required to be able to determine the position of the enemy's artillery position within 12 seconds after the enemy opens fire, and the error is required to be within 40 meters." Can it be done? ”

Hearing my words, Wu Dengxiong couldn't help but be stunned: "Battalion commander, this is too demanding!" The enemy's artillery position can be judged in twelve seconds, and the error is still within forty meters...... If you want to have this skill, do you still need to fight the devil artillery? Directly surrendered and pulled down! ”

"You'd be wrong!" I smiled and said, "Really!" ”

Wu Dengxiong shook his head and smiled: "Impossible, get me!" Whoever has this ability, I will worship it as a teacher without saying a word! ”

"That's what you said?" I said, "One word is a deal!" ”

"The big husband counts when he talks!" Wu Dengxiong slapped his chest loudly: "I, Wu Dengxiong, don't believe in this evil!" ”

"That's it!" I casually handed over the information on the artillery sighting radar to Wu Dengxiong.

Wu Dengxiong didn't think so at first, but as soon as he opened the cover and read a few lines, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time.

"Battalion commander!" Wu Dengxiong looked at it and asked in disbelief: "What is this...... Is it true? ”

"Of course it's true!" I said: "This is the Cymberlin artillery sighting radar that we just imported from the UK, and there are only two in the whole country!" ”

"This ...... And this kind of goodies?! The more he watched, the more excited he became: "In 12 seconds, the position of the enemy's artillery can be calculated according to the trajectory of the shell, and 20 targets can be tracked at the same time......"

Wu Dengxiong's expression is completely unexpected by me, you must know that the most difficult thing in artillery combat is not actually how to operate the artillery and how to fire the artillery, as long as you practice more in peacetime training, practice will naturally make perfect. Of course, it is not an accurate hit on the target, and hitting the target is really a matter of mathematical calculations plus the correct guidance of the artillery observer.

The real difficulty is how to accurately know the enemy's artillery position.

If we follow our current approach, it is nothing more than three situations:

The first is more accurate and of course the most dangerous, that is, as we have seen on TV and movies, send a team of scouts deep into the enemy's hinterland, reconnoiter the exact position of the enemy's artillery position, and then guide our artillery fire to implement fire coverage.

The second, which is relatively inaccurate but most commonly used, is to set up artillery observation posts at high places.

When the artillery observer observes the enemy's artillery firing, it calculates the coordinates of the enemy's artillery position as quickly as possible and guides our artillery to fire.

This is also the reason why on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, the enemy and us often engage in a tug-of-war of life and death around a high ground with the highest elevation.

The third is to rely entirely on speculation, for example, if you suspect that there is a possibility that enemy artillery may be hidden in such and such a position, you will try to shoot a cannon shot.

But either of the above methods is very difficult for the artillery units.

Needless to say, although the first method is more accurate, it will come at the cost of the scout's life, and even after paying the scout's life, it may not be able to gain something, that is to say, this is a small incident, and it is not universal, a battle has begun, and it is impossible for us to say that we will pause for a while and wait for the scouts to infiltrate and reconnoiter the enemy's artillery positions before continuing to fight.

The second method has the same problem, and it can even be said that ...... In order to compete for an ideal artillery observation position, we and the enemy did not hesitate to pay the lives of hundreds or even more soldiers.

This is understandable, as once this position falls into enemy hands, your artillery will be on the back foot, resulting in even greater casualties and even forcing you to withdraw from the area.

Needless to say, the third method is ...... This method may be applicable to the US military with a lot of money, but for us, a poor and white country, if you guess correctly, you will be given credit, and if you guess wrong, you will be punished!

But now with this gun-sighting radar, all the problems are solved.

We do not have to risk our scouts to reconnoiter deep into the enemy's territory at the risk of their lives, nor do we have to expend a large number of troops to compete with the enemy for artillery observation posts, of course, if we are fighting for territory, that is necessary. And even more so to bother guessing where the enemy's artillery positions were.

All we need to do is wait.

Wait for the enemy to open fire.

As soon as the enemy opened fire, the artillery radar immediately calculated the position of its artillery position, and then it was time for the Vietnamese artillery to suffer.

"Here's the mission." I took a sip of tea and then continued: "The superiors want to know the actual combat table of this thing, so they plan to let us try it on the battlefield, this is what I just said about training, we have to familiarize ourselves with it before we go to the battlefield!" But if you're not willing to train...... Then I'll find someone else! ”

"Don't ......" Wu Dengxiong hurriedly replied: "Battalion commander, can't you count me wrong?!" With this thing, we're going to be fucking soldiers, and if we don't want to, we're not going to be fools! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jingping and I couldn't help laughing, this Wu Dengxiong is also an honest person, and today he will be amused by us faster than turning the book.

But he was really right, with the artillery sight radar, the artillery unit will become a heavenly soldier, the artillery of the devil...... To be exact, it should be the Vietnamese army, including the infantry, that it will be difficult! (To be continued......)