"I suspect that they are really preparing, or conspiring with some conspiracy, that these troops who are fighting us in Samarra are just trying to stall for time." Natasha further analyzed.

"No matter what plot they are planning, our ultimate goal is to occupy Samarra 100 percent. The secondary objective is to reduce the casualties of our troops as much as possible, and the rest must be compromised for the sake of these two objectives. ”

Cai Ruichen took a deep breath and continued: "No matter what conspiracy the other party is playing now, what we have to do is to fight with our ultimate goal. Now, since the other party is not taking the bait, then we will also adjust our tactics and order Zhao Long to weigh whether to start the second step of the battle plan in advance according to the changes in the battle situation. ”

Cai Ruichen did not directly order Zhao Long to directly start the second-step battle plan, and Zhao Long, as the front-line commander, should also have his own judgment.

Compared with Zhao Long's tactical command talent and the use of troops, Cai Ruichen thought that he was still immature, so he also fully delegated power to Zhao Long and let him play.

Natasha, who received the order, was about to pick up the communicator to inform Zhao Long, who thought that Zhao Long happened to take the initiative to contact her.

Natasha, who had already reached a conclusion, ended the communication after exchanging a few words with Zhao Long, and said to Cai Ruichen: "Zhao Long also sensed the unusual aura, and came to ask whether to start the second step of the battle plan in advance, and I have agreed." ”

"Okay, tell Zhao Long again, let go of your hands and fight, it's best to fight the enemy's true intentions." Cai Ruichen nodded and said.

In the front-line headquarters, after Zhao Long received the order. He also decisively gave an order: "Order the 3rd Infantry Battalion to continue to hold off the enemy in the city at Samarra;

The artillery cluster is according to plan. Fire coverage of the enemy on the periphery of Samarra. All artillery was fired.

The third machine infantry battalion is to cut directly into the core of the opponent along the central axis;

The 4th Infantry Battalion was on the left and the 2nd Infantry Battalion was on the right, cooperating with the 3rd Infantry Battalion to cut the enemy into five parts.

The 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion, with the fastest maneuver, went around to the rear of the enemy's flanks and waited for my command to attack......"

All the orders were quickly transmitted, south of Samarra. Located behind the south bank of the Tigris River, a group of 500 heavy artillery pieces stretched out for the whole battle.

All the artillerymen who were resting were in combat positions for the first time.

All the barrels of the guns were slowly raised, and according to the already formulated shelling plan, each gun was quickly adjusting the angle of fire and the elements of fire.

Five hundred heavy guns in three echelons, four kilometers laterally and twenty kilometers longitudinally backwards, five thousand artillery and defensive forces, scattered around each artillery.

A large number of shells. All were quickly pushed out of their makeshift bunkers, and the order for shelling was given. All the artillery had only a few minutes to prepare.

Now, everyone needs to race against the clock.

Of the five hundred heavy guns, none of them had a caliber of less than 155 mm.

Cai Ruichen used practical actions to tell the world what is called the war of local tyrants. Or rather, what is called a war that is a serious waste of firepower.

However, none of the high-level officials of the countries who knew about these 500 artillery pieces laughed at Cai Ruichen's serious waste of firepower.

Because if there were such conditions to fight on their own doorstep, they would do the same, and no one could ignore the powerful deterrent power of such multiple cannons. After all, a soldier is worth more than a shell.

With the construction of modern troops, there are really not many countries in the world that can still maintain more than 500 heavy guns.

Even in the United States, all the army heavy artillery combined, there are not 500 pieces.

The whole world is afraid that North Korea and China and Russia have so many heavy artillery.

In the history of human warfare, there are few wars in which more than 500 heavy artillery pieces of 155 mm caliber or more have been used at one time.

This battle will once again show the world the incomparable super lethality of the heavy artillery group.

Xie Xiaolong, who was broadcasting live, seemed to have received the news, and the picture of the live broadcast also shifted to the heavy artillery group.

But the heavy artillery group that was discharged was not a picture that could be loaded at all, and only one part of the artillery position was seen on the live broadcast.

"Audiences all over the world, wait a minute, we will see with our own eyes the powerful charm of the former king of war, the Marin division that has been ready for an all-out attack, and the five hundred heavy guns of the heavy artillery cluster are about to sound the clarion call for an all-out attack."

As soon as Xie Xiaolong's words fell, the picture of the augmented reality projection began to rise, and the huge artillery group was displayed more comprehensively in front of everyone, and the shelling unfolded randomly.

The senior officials of the Islamic State who were also watching the live broadcast saw the picture and wanted to notify the frontline troops, but they could not be contacted in any way.

By this time, the shelling had already begun.

The picture of a salvo of 500 heavy artillery pieces, I'm afraid that few people in this world have really seen it.

But from today onwards, more and more people will see the charm of war displayed by artillery.

That's right, it's the charm, the stretch of guns, and at the same time there is a roar, and everyone can see the flames from all the muzzles, and at sixty-four times the speed of slow playing, they can see the flames and shells coming out of the barrels.

The camera also zoomed in, and the dense explosions and fires instantly covered hundreds of square kilometers of land between Samarra and Tikrit.

The dust and smoke of the explosion rolled up the yellow sand in the desert, and the entire sky was suddenly covered with gunpowder smoke and dust.

All they could see was the incessant explosions in the dust and smoke, and the sound of explosions could be heard from the video footage.

In a minute of rapid fire, more than 3,000 shells landed on the side of the ISIS soldiers.

However, the shelling did not end there, and Natasha in the base quickly sent the target to the rocket artillery battalion in the areas where the ISIS soldiers were more concentrated.

Behind the rocket artillery battalion, which had never opened fire, the launchers had been erected diagonally at a 45-degree angle behind the eight 333-mm rocket missile launchers.

As the order to launch was laid, large-caliber rocket artillery rushed to the battlefield like a rain of arrows under the propulsion of solid-fuel engines.

The wake of the rocket propulsion rolled up a large area of dust on the launch site, and when more than 100 rocket missiles were launched, the entire position was already covered with dust and smoke.

The rocket missile, which flew 70 or 80 kilometers, cracked 300 meters above the target, and 400 submunitions fell from the warhead like a rain of steel. Each submunition contained a high-explosive incendiary bomb weighing 1.27 kg.

One such rocket missile, capable of covering an area of 4,000 square meters, can be called terrifying for the killing and injury of the people inside. (To be continued.) )