The open and flat plains allowed the artillery of the 12th Division to give full play to its firepower, but it also made it even more difficult for the devils to infiltrate the squads that the devils used to use. Hu Weidong originally wanted to repeat the old trick of letting the air force bomb the artillery positions of the devils, but the 12th Division of the army brought a full 54 large-caliber antiaircraft guns alone, and the Red Army lost two planes (trainer aircraft modifications) just for reconnaissance, which made Hu Weidong quickly calm down and give up the unrealistic idea of air raids.

Originally, according to the tradition of the 15th Red Army, field battles were generally commanded by Su Yu, its commander and deputy commander of the Red Eighth Army, but after discovering that the enemy had a large number of artillery pieces and a large number of long-range and powerful heavy artillery, Hu Weidong resolutely decided to personally command the campaign. Because the strength of the enemy army was underestimated before, the original battle plan was no longer feasible, and the devil's artillery must be solved first, otherwise the Red Army units interspersed behind the enemy would inevitably suffer heavy casualties under the devil's fierce artillery fire, and for the artillery battle, Hu Weidong was far more confident than the field battle

However, although Hu Weidong is very confident in his ability to command artillery battles, the lack of reporting still makes him a little uncertain. But it is useless to sigh, Hu Weidong has to at least give it a try now, if he retreats without fighting just because the enemy is unknown, he will not be reconciled

Although Hu Weidong was a little worried, the Red 15 th Army still took advantage of the cover of night to move the front forward by a large margin and seized the time to build improvised field fortifications on the spot. Get rid of the dilemma that the enemy can hit you before, but your own artillery can't reach the devil. And compared to the army. The Red 15 th Army still had some advantages, first of all, it had the convenience of air reconnaissance; although the devil's large-caliber antiaircraft artillery posed a great threat, the Red Army Flying Regiment immediately reassigned Type 95 fighters with extremely high ceilings to serve as reconnaissance planes, and the devil's antiaircraft artillery was now beyond the reach of the whip, and although the high-altitude reconnaissance effect was poor, as long as the devil's assembly place was found, the Red 15 th Army's several hundred artillery pieces were also not vegetarian. In addition, at present, the camouflage of the Red Fifteenth Army has matured, and there are a large number of cavalry that can be sent out to intercept the enemy's spies, at least he can also become deaf and blind. Although the army launched several shelling for this. However, the rangers scattered over the vast area did not achieve much effect, but because the specific artillery positions were exposed, they were heavily shelled by dozens of long-range cannons of the artillery unit of the Red 15th Army. Due to the existence of Hu Weidong's "humanoid artillery sighting radar," the Red Army's artillery bombardment was rapid and accurate, and continuous explosions were soon heard in the target area

However, the long-range artillery bombardment of the Red 15th Army achieved certain results. But after hearing the explosion in the distance, Hu Weidong was a little disappointed to find that there was no serial martyrdom, and it seems that the artillery commander of the 12th Division still has two brushes, at least a strong sense of prevention. Of course, it may also be that after the devil artillery wing suffered a big loss, the other devil artillery units also learned to be obedient, understanding that even if they clashed with the squadron, they might be threatened by the artillery, and the distance between the gun positions was widened.

Furthermore. The devil's counterattack was also very fast, just ten minutes after the Red Army's shelling, the devil's several rows of large-caliber shells came over, blowing up several slow-moving cannons, once again proving that the opponent's artillery commander was indeed experienced, although the estimated speed was far from being comparable with Hu Weidong. However, the maximum range of the artillery had a clear advantage, which allowed them not to fall behind in the first round of artillery battles. That night, he ordered the whole army to take advantage of the night again to move the front forward, and the forward positions of the two sides were less than three kilometers apart, on the one hand, in order to weaken the enemy's advantage of longer artillery range, and on the other hand, to give full play to the strength advantage of the infantry of the Red 15 th Army, because at present, although the Red 15 th Army has been seriously reduced, there are still more than 40,000 elite infantry, and the infantry attached to the artillery wing of the Israeli army will generally not participate in the attack. So now the regular infantry of the 12th Division, that is, 3 wings, is less than 12,000 people...,

With the order of the army commander, more than 2,000 commanders and fighters of the 2nd Regiment of the Independent Division of the Red 15th Army, who were responsible for the tentative attack, immediately began to dig hard and continue to extend the communication trenches. And was caught by the second echelon of the Red Army artillery, which had been holding back before, and then the devil counterattacked, but he didn't expect that the Red Army also had a third echelon

Due to the full preparation, the first large-scale artillery battle of the Red 15th Army was a great success, only a few artillery pieces were destroyed by the enemy, and because of the close distance, the 150mm howitzer and other old-fashioned guns with a relatively close range were also able to come in handy, and the loss of those "strategic artillery types" in Hu Weidong's eyes was avoided, so after four consecutive shelling by both sides, the Red Army only lost 4 150mm howitzers and 7 old 75mm field guns, but the army's artillery was completely dumb. It's definitely a big win. But to Hu Weidong's disappointment, in such a bad situation, the devil was still able to calm down and not let those long-range heavy artillery fire, so he kept this hole card, so that Hu Weidong did not dare to order a general attack.

Out of respect for Hu Weidong's official position, Su Yu did not express any opinion after he decided to personally command the battle, but seeing a huge flaw there, Hu Weidong turned a blind eye, and he finally couldn't help but say, "Commander, it is indeed worth rejoicing that the artillery battle has been won, but if it continues like this, it can only be a routing battle." This battle is different from the previous one, there is a division behind the enemy to respond, and it is very unrealistic to rely on mobile troops to take advantage of the situation to cover the killing, but on the contrary, the enemy's strength will increase greatly after joining forces, and it is more likely that the tide of the battle will be reversed" (to be continued......