Chapter 51 The firepower of the whole brigade is under my command
This guy who talks a little bit is surnamed Zhu Minglishuo, and he is a member of the Zhu family's clan, but he is already very biased, and he will come out of five suits and will not be counted as a clan.
It is natural to take history as a mirror, and the Later Ming Dynasty did not dare to follow the rules of hereditary replacement of princes and grandsons, but changed to a similar to Li Tang and the Manchu Qing Dynasty of "demoting the lord and removing the fifth generation".
Interestingly, after the Gaozu Dynasty established this system, there was a large-scale clan rebellion, and the reason was naturally that the other Zhu family clans were not happy. But the descendants of the Zhu family pulled their hips as always, although the momentum was huge, but they were pacified in a few months, and they could only pinch their noses.
At that time, it was a scene of "thousands of descendants of the Zhu family were expelled from the clan, the jade plate was removed, and property was given to fend for themselves, and they left home with tears".
At this moment, Zhu Lixuan was a little surprised and said, "Yo? You want to show your hand? Okay, let's open our eyes. ”
Guiding long-range shelling is by no means as simple and casual as it appears in film and television dramas, and the process of intermittent shooting can be described as very cumbersome.
There are four main types of intermittent shooting methods: simple method, precision method, achievement method, and optimal method. Before opening fire, the artillery should make a series of preparations, such as reconnaissance coordinates, humidity and temperature, inquiry of firing tables, and calculation of yuan.
On the other end of the phone, Zhou Changfeng asked Xiao Li to hold the telephone and rangefinder, while he held the artillery steering wheel in one hand and the map and slide rule in the other, and the two ran to a window on the second floor of the post office.
He tucked the microphone over his shoulder to the right side of his face, tilted his head and asked, looking at the map, "Hey?" Report the coordinates of the command post. ”
"Horizontal and vertical, 3503, 2150."
The only thing to note is that the Ming army's secret position system is the same as that of the Western army, which is 6400 secret positions for a week, while the 6000 secret positions used by the Soviet Union and China are not used by the Soviet Union and China for a week.
Zhou Changfeng picked up the small optical rangefinder, measured the distance from the enemy's circular position, and the distance from his own artillery command post, and then used the steering wheel to determine the direction of the shot, and then quickly completed the continuous test battle formation.
He took a deep breath and said: "The viewing distance is 1780, the elevation is 32, the enemy's second-line artillery position, killing and explosive shells, school shooting." ”
"Roger."
In a few moments, the staff officers and calculation soldiers in the artillery command post immediately began to calculate the firing yuan, the calculation board and slide rule were slipped with a rattling sound, and the pencils were also squeaked.
After the calculation of the elements was completed, the mountain artillery battalion and the field artillery battalion immediately organized a test firing.
After two booms, a 112mm shell and an 80mm shell whistled out one after another, and after a few seconds of flight, smashed in front of the enemy position.
Seeing this, Zhou Changfeng, who was holding the telescope, immediately shouted: "It's off, correct the 60 secret position, kill the explosive bomb, instantaneous fuse, and shoot eight shots!" ”
Zhu Lixuan, who was drinking water with a kettle, was surprised when he heard this: "This is effective shooting?" Are you kidding me? Keep up the proofreading. ”
The data obtained through the simple method is not accurate, after all, its name is "simple", in this case, it needs to go through several calibrations and corrections to confirm that it can accurately hit the target before firing effectively, otherwise it is equivalent to wasting shells.
If you want to shoot directly without calibration, you have to use more complex methods, such as the precision method and the optimal method, but it is very troublesome - determine the front, direction, depth of the shot, interpret the weather report, determine the amount of conditional deviation, modulation diagram, and so on.
"Since you agree with my command, don't grind, don't talk nonsense, hurry up!" The perimeter wind on the other end of the phone urged.
Zhu Lixuan, who was not at ease about this, hesitated, but did so in the spirit of trust between brothers.
"Each cannon corrects the elements!"
"Eight rounds of rapid fire, kill bombs, ready!"
Now, although the bright stars are still dotted in the night, the eastern sky has revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and soon those shining stars will come to an end.
The figures of the signal corps flashed back and forth on the artillery position, constantly conveying the latest orders, and the officers of the various artillery units also held telephones and listened to instructions.
The sun slowly showed the horizon, the first rays of morning light sprinkled on the earth at a speed of 300,000 kilometers per second, and on the artillery position four kilometers east of Demagi, eighteen 112mm howitzers and eighteen 80mm cannons were lined up, the muzzles of the guns were pointed obliquely, and the gunners next to them covered their ears one after another.
"Boom-boom-"
For a moment, the mountains shook, and the thirty-six barreled cannons roared in unison, and the muzzle flames gushing out were like blazing flowers blooming.
The time required for howitzer shells and cannon shells to fly from high and low ballistic trajectories to the target is also different, but because the distance is not far, it is not noticeable.
Suddenly, Zhou Changfeng, who was crouching behind the artillery mirror, saw a series of fireworks in full bloom, and they all bloomed impartially on the artillery positions of the enemy's circular position.
At 6:46, after eight rounds of 288 shells fell, the Anglo-Indian 4th Artillery Regiment (Battalion) was destroyed. After being suppressed by the mortars of the Ming army for a long time, they had not fired a few shots, and they were all annihilated on their positions so aggrieved.
As the ammunition exploded, all sorts of metal shards and severed limbs scattered, and the ever-proud Lieutenant Aric died quickly and painlessly.
After witnessing all this, the enthusiastic Perimeter Wind continued to guide the artillery bombardment, and in less than ten minutes, the circular position of Task Force Wilson was smashed into three large openings by the ferocious artillery fire.
The shrill whistle and the terrible suona sounded again, and in the face of the surging Ming army, the frightened British and Indian soldiers had no will to fight, and they began to run westward involuntarily, completely ignoring the shouts of the officers and non-commissioned officers.
"Sir, we must break through! Immediately! ”
"Please follow me!"
Moments before the collapse of the troops, Major Sampson and several staff officers took Major General Wilson into off-road vehicles and trucks and prepared to break out.
Escorted by a relatively well-formed Gurkha battalion, with the remnants of a dozen tanks as the core, they rushed to the west, fired blue smoke bombs along the road, and forced their way out under the cover of the British and Indian air forces.
In line with the principle of not chasing the poor soldiers, the five battalions that arrived in a hurry did not stop them, and after destroying four tanks and killing and wounding dozens of enemy soldiers, they allowed the remnants of the defeated soldiers to flee westward in panic.
At sunset, the sporadic gunfire finally ended.
Standing on the second floor of the post office, Zhou Changfeng looked at the battlefield in the distance, and within an eccentric circle centered on Heights Zero, there were corpses of our two armies everywhere, and the wreckage of more than a dozen tanks was still burning, and wisps of black smoke shot straight into the sky.
In the northeast direction, where the battle was most intense, a total of hundreds of corpses of Ming soldiers fell in a square area about one mile long, lying down or lying down, in different shapes, and some still maintained the posture of lying down to aim, close work, and self-first aid.
Seeing this, Zhou Changfeng muttered: "Hey, the inevitable price......"
"Grandma's, after holding it for a few days, it can be regarded as raising eyebrows." Xie Wancheng, who was beside him, took a sip and said happily: "The establishment no longer exists, this can be reported as a total annihilation." ”
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[Chapter 49, a schematic diagram of the heavy machine gun layout has been sent.] 】