"This is definitely not the remnant army from before, this is a complete Chinese army!" Major General Wilson said solemnly: "Because of our arrogance, thirty fine Englishmen have lost their lives. ”

Only the officers and non-commissioned officers in the Anglo-Indian army were British, as for the Indo-Dus? That, of course, is overlooked.

The Anglo-Indian army, which had been hit by the blow because of the light enemy, began to honestly prepare for the attack according to standard tactics.

A series of measures, such as digging bunkers, correcting artillery bombardments, calling in air support, dispatching reconnaissance detachments, and discussing offensive plans, were carried out rapidly.

DMG Hospital is actually not very large, with a total of four floors, with a single floor area of about 600 square meters, but it is the only reinforced concrete building with a frame structure.

Although the enemy had been met on the high ground outside the city, the second team of soldiers stationed there was still struggling to strengthen the fortifications, and a large number of empty fertilizer bags and two trucks found in several warehouses came in handy - first digging and filling the earth outside the city, and then transporting the bags back.

On the orders of the perimeter wind, every window of the hospital building was nailed with wooden boards, leaving only a one-foot-square firing port in the middle; Then stack dirt bags on both sides of the windows and underneath them, after all, the walls alone may not be able to withstand today's full-powered rifle rounds.

On the top floor of the building, Zhou Changfeng, who was holding a telescope, said in surprise, "Isn't it?" Is this funny for the British? Artillery positions put so close? ”

It can be seen that the British and Indian 4th Artillery Battalion is "seriously" building positions, and they did not bother to open their columns during the previous shelling, but now they must follow the rules.

It's just that the artillery positions they laid out seem to be a little too far forward?

"Xiao Li, bring me a rangefinder."

"Yes!"

At this moment, Major Sampson, the one who had previously thought that the Ming army had fled, was ordered to come to the position of the artillery battalion to inspect it.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw that the artillerymen were leisurely digging pits and piling up soil, and he couldn't help but say with some annoyance: "Lieutenant! What are you doing? Who made you deploy at such a close distance? What about your sir? ”

Lieutenant Aric immediately straightened up and replied, "Sir, this is more than two miles from the enemy... Belch... Four thousand yards to be specific, and their battalion-sized units did not have the weapons to attack so far. ”

Theoretically, the longest-range support weapon of the Ming infantry battalion was four 80mm mortars, which had a maximum range of 3,000 meters.

While Major Sampson and Lieutenant Aric were talking, the DMG Hospital building was ......

Zhou Changfeng took over a long tube, which is a small optical rangefinder produced by Hangzhou Jingrui Optical Company, and the principle of ranging is the commonly used triangulation - there is an eyepiece at each end of the left and right ends, aiming at the target, and the three are connected to form a triangle.

For example, the baseline of the optical rangefinder on the battleship may be more than ten meters long, while the small rangefinder in the hands of the perimeter is only three feet.

To be honest, he has always felt that the Ming Dynasty continued to use the old-style weights and measures after industrialization, which was a bit redundant, and the length units such as rulers, inches, cents, and cents were mixed with the metric system of meters, centimeters, and centimeters, which was really confusing at times.

But then again, Britain and the United States seem to be more stubborn in this regard?

Because in order to adapt to industrialization, the Ming Dynasty also specially re-finalized the ancient system of weights and measures, such as the traditional construction ruler is 32cm, the Seiko ruler is 31.1cm, and the tailoring ruler is 34cm, which are unified into the standard "ruler", and one ruler is equal to 32cm; The same is true for the unit of weight, one catty sixteen taels was re-finalized to one catty and ten taels, and one catty is equal to 500g.

In the United Kingdom and the United States, a pound is equal to 0.454kg, a gallon is equal to 3.785L, a foot is equal to 30.48cm, and a yard is equal to 0.914m.

"Three thousand six hundred and fifty meters?" Zhou Changfeng thoughtfully put down the rangefinder, and then pondered how to give these arrogant enemy soldiers a hammer, "Go, go and call Fan Wenhai." ”

Arrange artillery positions so closely? Are you sure we don't have the range of a weapon?

Later, Fan Wenhai, the captain of the cannon team, arrived.

Facing this emaciated captain, Zhou Changfeng asked straight to the point: "What is the limit of the eighty-zero forced charge?" ”

The Ming Army's Type 28 two-and-a-half-inch mortar is actually a domestic improvement of the French Blund M1927 81mm mortar, and this highly praised medium mortar has also been adopted by the United States, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and many other countries.

Under normal circumstances, the Type 28 mortar can be loaded with up to three additional medicine packs, and the maximum firing range at this time is 3,000 meters.

Fan Wenhai was stunned and muttered: "The manual recommends that the strong charge should not exceed No. 4, and it can hit about three thousand four hundred meters at this time. ”

"No. 5 strong charge, hit a few rapid-fire." Zhou Changfeng pointed into the distance, "Give the artillery position of the foreign devils a hard time." ”

It can be, but it will lose its service life, and mortars are not worth much.

Fan Wenhai, who was a little hesitant, said entangledly: "Battalion commander, the strong charge affects the accuracy very much, you can directly add two more medicine packs, I'm afraid you can't hit it accurately." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Changfeng waved his hand and said disapprehantly: "Then I'll come." ”

Aha? You're not trained in mortars, are you?

Fan Wenhai and several officers of the machine gun team watched in amazement as Zhou Changfeng left the roof, and then came to the mortar platoon headquarters on the fourth floor.

The mortar platoon has two artillery squads and one ammunition squad, each equipped with two Type 28 mortars.

The current deployment is that one artillery squad is on the roof of the building and the other is near the post office, and they are in contact with each other through a telephone line.

"The first and second shifts receive a reply and report their respective status."

"Received in one shift, on standby."

"The second shift is clear and on standby."

"How's it subjective?"

"Report, everything is normal."

"What about the sideways?"

"Normal!"

[Subjective is the main observation point, side view is the side observation point, and forward view is the front observation point.] 】

Because it is not an intermittent shelling, the process is simple. Zhou Changfeng looked at 64% of the hygrometer's instructions, then mentally calculated with reference to a booklet, and then issued a series of orders.

"All note, reference number four to the west fourteen secret positions, enemy artillery positions, rendezvous."

"Shoot Zhuyuan binding, No. 5 strong charge, one shot per shift, kill explosive bombs, and shoot proofreading."

"Roger!"

The artillerymen who had been ordered were somewhat discouraged to add a whole five additional kits to the tail of the mortar shells, then pulled out the safety pins, and immediately put the shells on the muzzles ... Let go.

"Bang-" The two shells flew away from the muzzle at a muzzle velocity far higher than normal, and flew towards the enemy in two exceptionally high trajectory.

The Anglo-Indian troops, who were digging unhurriedly in their bunkers, suddenly heard the screams of shells flying?

Immediately, two shells landed on the side and corner of the artillery position, one on the left and one on the right, and made a thunderous roar.

This... Where did this shell come from? The surrounding soldiers were stunned on the spot.

"Subjective report, the landing point is 60 meters west, invalid."

"Sideways debriefing, uh... The landing point is north... No, it is a valid hit. ”

"Good!" Zhou Changfeng, who was full of interest, took the microphone and ordered: "Correct Zhu Yuan, kill explosive bombs, instantaneous fuses, four rounds, effective shooting!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked to the window and couldn't wait to crouch in front of an eight-fold gun.