53. The role of artillery
Seeing that the position was recaptured again, Sun Cripple did not have a trace of joy on his face. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The devil's desperate resistance from the beginning to the current "one-touch collapse" is nothing more than a change in tactics. Both sides are trying to get enough blood from their opponents, and the best tool is, of course, artillery.
He rushed into the command post in a rage and shouted at the staff officers:
"Let the first battalion of the machine step retreat, control our side of the ridge line, and be careful to guard against the surprise attack and artillery bombardment of the devils!"
But the devil's artillery fire did not come as promised, looking at the sun that had been brushing the side of the mountain, he said faintly:
"Commander, the enemy is going to counterattack, and there will definitely be a night battle today! The area of that mountain bag is so small that there is no way to repair the fortifications on it. The 1st Battalion also tried to dig a tunnel yesterday, but who knew that the soil below was too loose, even if it was supported by wood. The two guns collapsed, and the comrades of a squad were buried, and when they were dug out, only three people were still alive. â
The mourning star standing on the side whispered:
"The devils are very cunning, and they haven't caught the tail of their artillery several times, mainly because our artillery is inconvenient."
Qin Lang turned his head to look at him, and said angrily:
"Cripple Sun, what about the self-propelled guns I gave you? Won't you drive to the foot of the mountain and shell the devils on the other side and wait for them to lay cubs? â
Miss 75 above the self-propelled gun, the firing range reached 8000 meters. If you go below the 124 heights, you can completely cover the artillery positions of the devils.
Sun's lame face instantly drooped.
"My Commander Qin, self-propelled artillery is good, but there are so many failures! After a morning of fighting, all of them were lying on their stomachs, and the maintenance team worked hard for two days to repair them. The result was even more outrageous, the second time I only played for an hour, and all the wheels on the car fell off, and now I can only throw it in the machine shop to eat ashes. The advice of the General Staff was to use them as fixed firing points, and I did not dare to move them to the front line easily. â
Among the research projects of the Nariyu Institute, the items that start with 6 are tracked chassis. Add a 0 for light and a 1 for medium. And the first-generation chassis 601 project was indeed not very successful. It used a balanced suspension, which was difficult to withstand the recoil of the gun because of the quality of the leaf springs. When a certain number of shells hit, cracks appear in the spring blades. During maneuvering, the wheel group frequently falls off.
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"The special new institute is already working on the form of spring steel, and this problem will be solved sooner or later."
The reason why the 601 project was unsuccessful was not a design problem, but a material problem. The quality of spring steel produced by steel mills has not been able to catch up with similar products in Europe and the United States. For this reason, Gu Xin'an resigned from the position of director of the steel plant to concentrate on steel smelting research, and his main direction is now all kinds of special steel.
"When he comes up with the results, the battle is over!"
After laughing bitterly a few times, Sun Cripple said to the staff officer of the First Army:
"Send a report to the 1st Infantry Battalion that we must strengthen our vigilance tonight, and we must rely on tanks to form a circular defensive formation. The active crews of the self-propelled artillery company all drove to the position under the 124 hill. Mourner, you drag the captured 77mm guns up too. There is only one mission, to fully support the infantry in combat. Give as much ammunition as you want, and keep hitting the cannon if it doesn't break. â
Because the Feng army is also equipped with 75-mm field artillery, of course, there are a lot of shells in stock, and there are tens of thousands of rounds just counted. And their better artillery is the "Liao 14 type" 77 mm gun, the firing range actually reaches 11,000 meters, because a lot of new technologies are used, and the accuracy is good in all aspects.
For these sharp weapons, of course, the Mourning Star couldn't put it down, but he was sprayed by Qin Lang.
"That cannon weighs nearly two tons, even if it is broken down into parts, the North China Daqing mule can't carry it, let me mass-produce this thing, you can carry it!"
The output of the Yumen oilfield has not been able to rise, and the gasoline produced by the refinery cannot even meet its own consumption, so the oil used in the red zone is imported from the Soviet Union, and the cost of this is not small. And Qin Lang's westward expansion plan was also temporarily shelved because of the Mukden War.
Motorization cannot be achieved without solving this problem. The equipment of the artillery units had to focus on horses and manpower, which is why the Red Zone chose the Schneider 1923 infantry gun.
Of course, the Dead Star knew these difficulties, and he whispered:
"Commander, now that the devil's artillery is getting more and more advanced, we can't be pressed and beaten by them!"
Sun Cripple was a little unhappy when he heard this.
"Mourning Star, when we were in Hunan and Jiangxi, we fought well without artillery, are we still afraid of them? Besides, there are a lot of us, two can't do one of them, then three of them will do one, I don't believe that little devils are invulnerable! â
Qin Lang pointed at him.
"You don't give me eye medicine, we are not the opponents of the devil in the first place. If it weren't for the inventory of the young marshal. Not to mention that three can kill one, it is luck that five can kill one. â
Sun Cripple laughed dryly.
"Commander, the morale can be boosted, if this is known to the soldiers, we will ...... in the future!"
Qin Lang waved his hand and interrupted him.
"Tell the warriors the truth and let them know how difficult the devil is to deal with. Don't keep thinking that our guns are better, those devils will become meat on the cutting board. The current war is a three-dimensional war from heaven to earth, and many times they are killed by their artillery before they even see the enemy. â
Speaking of this, he pointed to the mourning star and said:
"Don't be too ambitious, use the Schneider M1923 in a down-to-earth way. Don't be like a bear pulling buds, always feel that the front is better, and you won't be able to get anything out of it when the time comes. â
A mountain looking at a mountain is a disadvantage of China.
For example, in the field of artillery, the president of the state government has bought a little bit of all kinds of guns, and wants to select imitations that suit the national conditions based on experience. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, but just when I figured out the clue and was ready to negotiate the production line, a new type of artillery appeared.
The original plan was immediately scrapped, and the focus was on the new artillery. And so on, and when it was time to really start fighting, I realized that I didn't know how to make cannons.
At this moment, a staff officer said:
"Report to the chief, the artillery has crossed the pontoon bridge, the shells are being replenished, and the perimeter of the position is defended by two battalions of the 1st Blue Brigade."
"Woo, woo!"
Amid the roar of car engines, thirty-five guns were successively transported to the ground of 124 heights. The artillerymen quickly deployed the artillery, and then, according to the instructions of the calculators, aimed the muzzle at the target.
Seeing that the red flags were raised, Qin Lang said:
"Let them start!"
"Boom, boom!"
In an instant, the huge explosion became the only sound between heaven and earth, and they seemed to be the thunder of the nine heavens, trying to cleanse those bloodthirsty demons.