Then, at my request, Wu Dengxiong and a few other artillerymen demonstrated for us a complete set of procedures for calculating coordinates.

"The establishment of a reconnaissance squad is five!" Wu Dengxiong said to us: "Among them, there are three subjective people, two people from the side, and two people from the side, respectively, the observer and the cover personnel, of which the observer is responsible for observing the target and reporting the secret position (angle), and the covering personnel are responsible for observing the enemy situation with a submachine gun and using walkie-talkies to communicate with the subject. Subjectively, the two are similar, with an extra calculator who is responsible for calculating the data or quickly deriving the final result with the cooperation of the cover staff. ”

That's when I remembered...... Marx and his party had five artillery observers, and I always thought they were for the convenience of replacement...... Unexpectedly, the artillery observers were in units of five. But strictly speaking, two people can also achieve the purpose of observing coordinates, but it will be slower and more dangerous.

Soon the two observers who were watching from the side set off with submachine guns and steering wheels and walkie-talkies on their backs, and the fighters and I naturally stayed in the subjective position because we wanted to see the whole calculation process.

At this time, the subjective battalion commander and others were all lying on the ground motionless, and after a while, he turned back and explained to us: "Artillery observers are the enemy's key targets, so we must pay attention to covering, and at the same time, we must minimize the time of exposure. ”

It didn't take long for a voice from the sideways to come from the walkie-talkie: "Ready!" ”

"Sideways attention!" Battalion Commander Wu said into the microphone: "Target No. 2 rock down to the left, about ten meters in the cave......"

At this time, Battalion Commander Wu turned back to us and said: "Key points of observation: First, according to the principle of minimizing exposure time. Determine that the target is to be done in a masked situation. Two. In order to avoid confusion in the recognition of the target from the side. Number the more obvious identifiers of the enemy position, such as rocks, caves, pine trees. Third, the description should be clear. ”

Then he shouted into the footsteps, "Prepare ......."

When the battalion commander shouted to prepare, the observer beside him was also ready, and then with the battalion commander Wu's shout, "Start!" The observer immediately jumped to his feet......

The steering wheel is shouldered, the level is adjusted, and a target is aimed at, and a secret position is reported in the mouth. Aim at another target and report another secret position.

The battalion commander of the same army also reported the secret through the walkie-talkie...... This secret position is actually an angle, but the angle we use is 360 degrees, and in the military, for convenience, the 360 degrees are converted into 6000 equal parts, and each equal position is divided into a secret position, that is to say, each secret position is 0.06 degrees, so that the reported secret position will not produce confusion.

For example, if you report it in degrees, it will be 225 degrees and 36 minutes...... Not only is there a lot of digits, but there are also two words "degree" and "minute", but the secret bit is different, 6000 equal parts...... It's only four digits at most, and it's just numbers. For example, 3750......

And then the calculation is also calculated in the secret position, and then there is a whole bunch of numbers in the horn and horn. The calculators, observers, etc. were all busy, and soon came down after ten seconds, when they heard the calculator shouting: "Distance 1207, elevation 219!" ”

"Wow!" The soldiers watching from the side consciously burst into applause.

"Key points...... Wu Dengxiong said after a pause in applause: "We are just demonstrating just now, under normal circumstances, the selected observation points should be able to observe both the known buildings in the rear and the enemy's positions, and it is best to observe them in sheltered conditions, if they are limited by conditions, they cannot find suitable observation points...... The distance between the main and side views, as well as the distance and elevation between the subjective and the known buildings, should be calculated first, so that the exposure time can be shortened as much as possible! ”

"Wow!" The fighters burst into applause again.

"Battalion Commander Wu!" Still a little incredulous, I asked, "I see that you almost immediately get the corresponding distance after you get the secret position, how can you do it so quickly?" ”

"That's right! Are there any secret decisions? The scholars were also very curious, as well as the students under him who were a little literate.

"There is a secret decision!" Battalion Commander Wu nodded and asked rhetorically, "Where do you start doing addition and multiplication?" ”

"Then you don't need to ask!" Liang Lianbing replied: "Of course, it's from left to right, you have to carry it!" ”

"We're counting from right to left!" Battalion Commander Wu said: "We are counting and reporting at the same time, in other words...... It's that we haven't finished counting when we count, so when you hear us count, we're actually counting at the same time......"

As soon as we heard the words of Battalion Commander Wu, we couldn't help but be stunned, especially for soldiers with some education level like Scholars...... This is a complete overturn of our educational and computing habits since childhood!

But it's really good to think about it...... For example, when adding hundreds, first see if there is a carry in the ten digits, and give the number directly without a carry, and add one to the number if there is a carry, and then report a number, and then report another number, and when the report is finished, it will be over...... Of course, this will be faster than adding zuihou one by one and then reporting the numbers.

It seems that the things on this battlefield are different from those in the peace shijie...... The life-or-death environment of the battlefield can push many things to the extremes of speed and efficiency.

"Battalion commander......" At this time, Liang Lianbing couldn't help but feel a little difficult: "You say...... Can we learn this? ”

"What are you talking to me about?" I said, "You tell the Yue devil to go...... When you get to the battlefield, you go and tell the Yue devils, I haven't learned to report the coordinates, don't beat me......"

At the sound of "coaxing", the fighters burst into laughter.

"All of them!" I ordered: "The platoon that learns is divided into three howitzers, one for each class, and one for those who learn quickly, and those who can't learn will be assigned to other troops!" ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered.

Although the soldiers know that it is difficult to calculate quickly and accurately, there must be brave men under the so-called heavy reward, and they are also willing to give it a try and fight under the reward of howitzers.

Among them, the succession of scholars seems to have an advantage, after all, they have a foundation...... In fact, this is not the case, the reason is that people with a cultural background have the habit of counting from left to right, and it is very difficult to change this habit.

From this point of view, sometimes it is the uneducated who have an advantage......

And there are some extreme examples...... Don't look at the bayonet, he looks like he is powerful, he is good at this mental arithmetic, and he is the one who calculates quickly and accurately in the second company...... Even a company of scholars, few people can compare to him.

As soon as he asked the reason, he laughed and said: "Battalion commander, I killed pigs before I became a soldier, although I don't know a few big characters, but I only have a few catties, a few taels and a few cents all day long, and I have long been used to it......"

All right...... Count you ruthless!

And the small stone that usually looks very clever...... At this time, it shows weakness in this regard. He was the slowest in the second company, which made Li Zuolong, who had just become the platoon commander of the second platoon, jump to his feet in a hurry...... The platoon commander of the second platoon turned out to be a scholar, and after he was transferred to any company as a company commander, Li Zuolong became the platoon commander with his outstanding skills and performance on the battlefield. It is said that people in this era still admire the kind of people who can do martial arts, not to mention that Li Zuolong's martial arts are indeed good on the battlefield, so there is no suspense for him to be the platoon commander.

The rest of the people in the second platoon also kept forcing Xiaoshi to count, so much so that Xiaoshi came to me and cried: "Battalion commander...... I don't like numbers by nature, not to mention that there are so many people in our platoon who can report the coordinates, so I can't charge as an infantryman? Someone has to charge and fight! I don't want to hold back the platoon, so I'm one less ......."

Although he was right, I didn't dare to break this case, because once I broke this case, there would soon be another one, so I could only helplessly comfort him and let him continue to practice.

Rules are rules, and no one is allowed to jump outside of them, especially for an army that is going to play.

Later, I heard that Xiaoshi was forced to count when he was eating and training, so that he was still reporting the secret position and calculating the coordinates when he fell asleep, and what was even more amazing was that there were still people who responded in his dreams, and what was even more magical was ...... Battalion Commander Wu once went to check the room and was surprised to find that the data calculated by the secret position they reported in their dream was actually correct!

Battalion Commander Wu has some opinions about my approach.

He said, "Battalion commander, at first I thought you were just talking...... Now it seems that you really want to 'award' the cannon to the infantry, you must know that the accuracy of this cannon is not very high, and there will always be errors when hitting more than ten kilometers or even tens of kilometers...... So artillery shells need a certain amount to work, so isn't it appropriate to assign howitzers one by one to a certain squad? ”

"The grenades were assigned to classes just to make it easier for them to practice!" I said: "When the coordinates are practiced to a certain level, they will be allowed to practice guiding artillery fire for live firing, so that their tension can be increased, and secondly, they can also practice the coordination between infantry and artillery, so that they can have the awareness of using artillery to strike the enemy!" As for the question of accuracy...... The practice does not require much precision, and within a certain margin of error, the coordinates will be calculated correctly. As for how to fight the enemy, it all depends on the situation on the battlefield! ”

"Oh!" As soon as I said this, Battalion Commander Wu understood.

Therefore, these cannons are not actually "awarded" to the soldiers, but they have a kind of consciousness in their hearts: "We still have a few howitzers in our platoon!" ”。

Undoubtedly, this awareness will let the infantry know that they are not fighting alone, one branch of the army, so when they encounter a situation on the battlefield where artillery can be used, they will no longer use human lives to pile up as before. (To be continued......)