Chapter 50: The First Divine Cannon 88 Cannons
Second Lieutenant Bao Shi, commander of the logistics supply convoy, briefed Li Jing on the situation of the convoy: "There are a total of 10 trucks, eight of which are full of supplies, and the other two are escort vehicles, each with a squad of infantry, and two partial three-wheeled motorcycles, which are responsible for ......."
"Are there only two squads of soldiers? That's too little, right? No wonder it was so easy to get caught up in a sneak attack. Li Jing complained weakly: "What is this soldier enough for?" ”
"Gottlieb's convoy had two vehicles towed 88 mm Flak36 45 times diameter anti-aircraft guns with plenty of ammunition." Bos added.
Li Jing let out a big breath and complained to Bao Shi: "Oh, I'll go, I said Bao Shi, don't gasp when you speak?" ”
A large group of people looked at the 88 gun hanging on the back of the truck with great interest, and Li Jing felt the thick three-section gun barrel, feeling that the small tube on the turret of his tank was instantly not fragrant.
A group of people in the tank squad drooled when they touched the barrel of the cannon with a length of nearly 5 meters, and the monkey couldn't pull out his eyes, and his mouth unconsciously chanted: "I X...... I X...... I'm ...... "I can't wait to get on my stomach and take two bites."
In 1940, during the Battle of Gallic Chicken, General Rommel brought 88mm anti-aircraft guns into the battlefield for the first time to deal with the B1 heavy tanks of Gallic Chicken, making German 88mm anti-aircraft guns famous in the Battle of Gallic Chicken. The gun can not only fight anti-aircraft but also tanks, and it is said that the first country to use anti-aircraft guns to fight tanks was not Germany but Spain, Germany began to improve the original anti-aircraft guns by observing the use of weapons by the Spanish army on the battlefield, and then there was a German 88 mm 54 times diameter anti-aircraft gun.
In fact, the 88 gun is not suitable for infantry to participate in ground warfare, it is too high and too big, it can be discovered by the enemy from afar, and it is inconvenient to move, once it is discovered by the enemy, it is more auspicious, but it can reach a maximum rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute and make the enemy frightened.
Looking at the 88 gun in front of him, which was known as the first magic cannon of the German army in World War II, an idea flashed in Li Jing's mind, and he turned his head with great interest and asked Gottlieb next to him: "Is there any accompanying artillery in the convoy?" ”
"No, the convoy is accompanied by ordinary infantry, these two guns are to supplement the loss of the front line, mainly used for the air defense mission of the ground forces, the road is too difficult to walk, you fight fast, it is not easy for us to get here." Gottlieb replied.
Li Jing was puzzled: "Loss? Don't you see any artillery losses? Besides, I haven't heard of any hard bones in front of me? ”
"Hehe, the main thing that is lost is some small guns, plus the PAK 37mm light anti-tank guns that are heavily equipped in the hands of the infantry are really embarrassing and useful, and the opinions of officers at all levels are very big, and they took a lot of telegrams to complain to the General Staff, and the General Staff simply gave them some big guys...... "This is the explanation given by Bao Shi.
Li Jing nodded in understanding, and the sarcastic code name of the soldiers' 'troop stepping stones/tank tapping guns' speaks for itself, and then asked Gottlieb: "Will you use this big guy?" I mean...... Let it bombard the enemy's infantry? ”
"I've operated it a few times in training before, and I haven't used it for a long time, but as long as I adjust the shooting Zhuyuan, it's still no problem to bombard the enemy's fixed position, and after simple training, even a group of pigs can fire it, but the rate of fire can't be guaranteed......" Gottlieb said with a little hesitation.
Li Jing glanced at Gottlieb angrily: "You will have no friends if you say this, I suspect that you were demoted not only because you disobeyed military orders on the battlefield, but also because of your broken mouth, your comrades-in-arms are not a group of pigs......"
Gottlieb probably knew his own problem, his face was already black, his face was rough, and he bowed his head and didn't speak, making him look even uglier. Then the monkey came up and put his arm around Gottlieb's shoulder, and said loudly with a grin, "Hey! Dude, you have to teach me how to use this, just look at it! Let's start with it, don't teach me like a pig......"
The appearance of the monkey defused Gottlieb's embarrassment, and Gottlieb replied embarrassedly: "I didn't mean to, but to use an analogy, this mouth sometimes involuntarily ......"
"Alright, alright! Everyone understands that Boss Li is also kind enough to remind you, don't care, he is like this, he is usually a very kind person. With that, Gottlieb had been pulled by the monkey into the crowd next to the 88 cannon.
Li Jing didn't care, beckoned Randall and Bao Shi, and the three of them found a place where no one was there and discussed the next battle plan.
As soon as Bao Shi sat down, he put away his smile and said: "I'm not good at commanding battles, and I don't want to get involved, I have cooperated once before, I believe in you, you have a plan, I fully cooperate!" ”
Li Jing and Randall blinked blankly, and said in their hearts, okay, this one is refreshing enough, and he originally wanted to ask Bao Shi to make some suggestions, but now it's okay, it's in vain.
Fortunately, after seeing the 88 guns in the supply convoy, both of them felt a little comforted in their hearts, and they finally did not work in vain. Now that Bao Shi is so refreshing, the two of them have all the bottom, the two of them glanced at each other, and Li Jing spoke: "According to the information we received before, there is probably 1 battalion of infantry hidden in the front, at least one 47mm anti-tank gun, and the location is uncertain, there are too many enemies, and our firepower is not strong, so it is very difficult to completely destroy the enemy." Fortunately, you have two 88 guns in your convoy, so that our lack of firepower will be filled. ”
"Our general plan is: my tank will first reconnoitre, detect the enemy's location, and then the specific combat plan will be divided into two steps, the first step is to bombard the enemy from a long distance with 88 guns, and try to cause damage to the enemy, and at the worst, we have to break up the enemy and throw away heavy equipment. In the second step, the tank squad ambushes the enemy who is fleeing in a group, preferably killing the enemy's commander and turning the enemy into a straggler again. ”
"With our firepower and manpower, we will definitely not be able to completely annihilate the enemy, so we can only do our best to make them unable to form a big threat for the time being!"
As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, Randall said: "I would like to add, there is no ready-made artillery in the supply convoy, and I don't know what the effect will be after simple training, so it is still unknown how much damage it can inflict on the enemy, our situation is special, so we have to think about defeat before we win, and it is necessary to retreat plans and contingency plans......
"Agreed!" Bao Shi listened to the plan and felt that the feasibility was very high, as long as the retreat plan was okay, he could still try it, and now he had a bottom in his heart.
A map was immediately laid on the ground in front of the three of them, and half an hour later, the draft battle plan was freshly released, the reason why it was a draft was because the battlefield situation could only be thoroughly understood by the battlefield, and it was useless to think about it here, during which Gottlieb was also called over and asked in detail about the deployment of the 88 gun, the time of retraction, the firing range, the rate of fire of the novice, and other parameters.
Next, the three of them discussed the retreat plan and contingency plan if the plan failed, which made the three of them fight red......