"Look for the devil's artillery position."

Through walkie-talkies, Xu Ping, commander of the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment, gave an order to the three groups of forward artillery observation posts.

On a vast battlefield spanning several kilometers, even on flat and open terrain, it is not easy to find the position of enemy artillery, even if the enemy artillery is constantly firing.

Not to mention, the observation post also needed to guide the artillery to annihilate the enemy artillery.

Concealed artillery positions are the basic skills of any artillery unit.

It is impossible to observe the full trajectory of an artillery with the naked eye alone, and then reverse calculate the enemy's artillery position, even for a slow mortar, let alone a barrel gun with a high shell velocity.

Otherwise, the future will not vigorously develop counter-battery radars.

Following Xu Ping's order, three groups of artillery observation posts, divided into six groups, rode military horses with the latest equipment, and spread from the flanks to find suitable commanding heights.

"We need time."

Xu Ping reported to Zhang Dabiao, who was in charge of the command.

Although there are high-magnification and high-definition observation glasses, walkie-talkies, six groups of observation posts, and new-style military horses, it also takes a lot of time to find and locate the devil artillery position.

"Got it."

Hanging up the communication, Zhang Dabiao set his eyes on the battlefield where the battle was raging.

He knew that it would take time to find enemy artillery positions.

And it's long.

It was different from what was expected before the war.

According to the report of the front-line troops, the two battalions of the devils staggered forward, one to attack and the other to cover, the cavalry squadron to reconnoiter on both flanks, and the artillery brigade to cover with fire in the rear.

At the same time, there was also a brigade as a reserve.

Steady and steady, step by step.

The idea of a complete partition encirclement.

Although a large number of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment equipped with new 82 mortars are currently able to suppress the attack of a wing of the devils in the plains, even if they are against the mountain artillery of the devils.

However, considering the task of attracting the devils to attack, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the independent regiment could only show part of their firepower in order to retreat the devils.

thereupon

Zhang Dabiao set his sights on the devil's artillery.

You can't be beaten in vain!

"Order that the 1st and 2nd battalions belong to a third of the mortars and can open fire."

Zhang Dabiao lifted some restrictions on the battalion's artillery.

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Boom Boom Boom ·

On a rare commanding height on the left side of Lixian, as the five 41-type mountain guns burst into the wind, five shells crossed a straight arc and fell towards the position of Tuba Road in the distance.

"This is the real artillery."

The wing headquarters of the Nishida Wing, which was also on the artillery position, looked at the smoke of the explosion in the distance, and the corners of Nishidano's mouth hooked up a smug smile.

Mortars are, after all, crooked.

Only barreled guns with excellent accuracy and range are real artillery.

Shells that can't hit the enemy are just fireworks, and they are not even as good as fireworks.

"Co-Captain."

The chief of staff on the side finally couldn't help it and asked:

"What the hell do you want to do?"

Command at the wing level should logically be issued by the wing commander, and the chief of staff and the wing staff department are responsible for implementation.

But this time, Nishida Dazuo insisted on going his own way and directly overstepping his authority to command the staff and troops, so that as the chief of staff, he never knew what his wing commander wanted to do.

Although this is also the norm for locust armies.

"What do you want to do?"

Nishidano sneered:

"On the opposite side is the troops commanded by Li Yunlong, what else can they do?"

"Drag the battle into the night, and then send a small force to attack our wing headquarters."

"Assault on the wing headquarters."

The chief of staff of the Westfield United was stunned, and then flew a sycophant

"The co-captain is insightful."

Throughout the battle between Li Yunlong and the Locust Army, whether it was the Sakata Wing or the Yamashima United, the headquarters of the wing was attacked, and the occupation gradually failed.

According to the investigation of the First Army Command, if it were not for Li Yunlong leading the team to attack the headquarters of the Yamashima Wing and destroy the command system of the Wing, with the strength of the Yamashima Wing at that time, it would have been absolutely possible to choose to break through.

Although it is possible to lose a lot,

But there will never be a complete extinction later.

"I'll wait for him here."

Nishidano disdainfully spoke:

"I'll see if they dare to come."

"If you don't dare to come, you will inflict heavy damage on his troops."

Compared with other devils, Nishidano obviously has an advantage, that is, he has a little self-knowledge.

From the very beginning, Nishidano knew that it would be impossible to annihilate the Independence Regiment.

So the goal was to attract small forces that raided his command, as well as to inflict heavy damage on the main forces of the Independent Regiment.

For this goal, he even left the flag guard team in the Lixian military camp.

"Wing Captain wise."

The chief of staff of the devil flew again with a sycophant.

Judging from the situation at this time, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Xitian Wing attacked alternately under the cover of artillery, but they bit the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment to the death, and pressed and beat them to the death.

There are considerable advantages.

Even if the Tubalu came up with a large number of 82-mm mortars with a power comparable to the Imperial 75 Mountain Artillery, it was only partially saved, but it was powerless to change the overall situation.

Mortars are mortars after all, and their range and accuracy are far inferior to those of the Imperial Mountain Artillery.

If you can't hit a shell, it can only be fireworks.

The battle continued on the offensive.

At this time, although the night is getting darker, a full moon hangs high tonight, and on the plain on the left side of the vast Lixian County, the field of vision is enough to see people and things several kilometers away.

From the devil's point of view, in the face of the steady attack of the locust army, although the independent regiment tried its best to resist and once blocked the attack of the imperial army, but after a stalemate for a period of time, it was still defeated and suffered heavy losses.

"Go on the offensive."

Seeing this, Nishidano commanded the troops to continue the attack.

Therefore, the artillery positions also had to move on.

The requirements for the 41-type mountain artillery position were low, coupled with the pre-prepared position, and the assistance of the 3rd Brigade, the transfer was completed in more than half an hour, and the five 41-type mountain artillery guns again threw one shell at a shell at the retreating 1st and 2nd battalion positions not far away.

As the two sides came into contact again, the time had come to ten o'clock in the evening.

"Come on, Li Yunlong!"

On the second artillery position, arrange a part of the strength of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, as well as the cavalry units directly under the wing, to spread around to avoid the use of mortars by Tubalu to raid his artillery position.

The corners of Nishidano's mouth were hooked, and his tone was hideous and proud.

···

Meanwhile.

"Report."

"Enemy artillery positions were discovered."

"Location..."

"Five 41-type mountain cannons, surrounded by a large number of devil infantry."

The artillery observation post finally discovered the location of the artillery positions of the devils.

And at this time,

"Let's go."

Li Yunlong had already approached the outside of the devil's camp.

···

"Devil artillery positions found."

"Location..."

"There are a large number of devil infantry around, and it seems to be the headquarters of the devil wing."

"Haha..."

After Xu Ping received the information from the observation post, he was immediately overjoyed.

He didn't expect that there was not only an artillery brigade with five 41-type mountain guns, but also hundreds of devils around, even if it was not the headquarters of the devil wing, it was a nest of big fish.

Two nests of big fish in one net.

"Calibration."

Xu Ping immediately began to direct the artillery bombardment.

With Xu Ping's order, the artillery staff immediately calculated the distance:

"Direction 223..."

"Five kilometers away."

Twenty new long-range 82 mortars were pointed at the position of the Devil Artillery Brigade in unison.

"Remote charge."

The ammunition hand began to adjust the tail charge of the mortar, the firing range of five kilometers, the need to use the maximum charge, and adjust the fuse.

"Fire."

"Fire!"

"Observe the guidance."

Following Xu Ping's order, two new long-range 82 mortars began to fire shells at a slow rate of fire of two rounds per minute, at the Devil's Artillery position, five kilometers away.

At the same time, Xu Ping ordered the forward observation post to observe the calibration shot.

···

At night, relying only on the moonlight, the devil naturally could not detect the mortar shells falling in the dark.

Boom··

The first round of two shells deviated far from the target and landed 500 meters away from the east side of the devil's artillery position.

Although the technical level of the new 82 mortar has reached the level of the millennium in later generations, and its accuracy is comparable to that of the old barrel cannon, such as the 1903, the firing range of five kilometers is still too far.

It's impossible to hit the starter.

"Enemy shelling!"

Spotting the explosion of shells nearby, Nishidano did not panic at first.

This was expected by him.

Although the mortar has many shortcomings such as low accuracy and short firing range, its high mobility can not be matched even by the Type 92 infantry gun, and the night is also the best interspersed cover, and throughout the battle commanded by Li Yunlong, this person's favorite use is the interspersed tactic.

Using a small force to attack his artillery positions is an inevitable move for the enemy.

"The first squad of cavalry, the second squad spread out in the periphery, looking for enemy artillery positions."

He responded immediately.

Nishida had been prepared for this.

The 82 mortars equipped with the Eighth Route Army have a maximum firing range of about three kilometers, but at this distance, the accuracy will become very low, so it needs to be close to about two kilometers to form an effective threat to the artillery brigade.

In the case of a cavalry squadron on alert to the perimeter, it is impossible for a large number of enemy forces to penetrate closer, and only small forces can approach within a two-kilometer range, carrying at most one or two artillery pieces and a hundred rounds of shells.

Not much of a threat.

At this time, Xitianye is still confident.

However, as the shells gradually approached the artillery position, the artillery group's five 41 mountain artillery shelling began to be affected, and more than 100 people in the cavalry squadron never found the enemy's artillery position.

He began to feel that something was wrong.

"Wing Commander, the enemy has an artillery observation post providing real-time correction!"

"Or very close to us!"

The gradually accurate shells made the captain of the devil artillery brigade realize that something was wrong, and he shouted:

"We need to shift positions."

"It was reported that the artillery fire of the enemy's front line suddenly intensified, and the attack of the 1st Brigade was blocked."

At this time, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, which had been defeated and retreated, finally opened fire at full speed, with six 82 mortars in the battalion, a total of 12 mortars, firing at full speed.

Artillery fire increased sharply and tripled.

The attacking first and second brigades of the Westfield United were suddenly unable to parry, and the attacking forward troops suffered considerable losses.

"Yaga!"

"Keep shelling!"

After thinking for a moment, Nishidano gritted his teeth and decided to fight hard:

"The alert squad went to search for enemy artillery observation posts."

"Hey."

The commander of the artillery group had no choice but to continue to provide artillery support and fire suppression to the front.

Nishidano's decision was not a mistake.

The terrain of the mountain artillery brigade of the Xitian Wing is flat and open, and there is a lack of suitable positions for artillery observation posts in the surrounding area.

It is nighttime, and even with moonlight illumination, it is necessary to be very close to see exactly where the shells will land, within a kilometer.

But the problem is...

"Hey, that's a pretty good goggle."

On a tree trunk located on the top of the mountain bag about two kilometers away from the devil's artillery position, a soldier of the independent regiment held a huge observation glass, looking at the panicked devils on the devil's artillery position in the distance, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.

Telescopes are a good thing,

But there is also a drawback,

That is the narrowness of vision.

The greater the magnification, the narrower the field of view.

This is also one of the reasons why snipers must be equipped with an observer, the scope of view of the sniper scope is too small, and it is difficult to accurately judge the situation on the battlefield.

However, large-magnification telescopes also have the problem of poor field of view, with a wide field of view and a large size, which is not suitable for motorized carrying.

Also, night telescopes are very poor.

And the sight glass, which is equipped with the new 82 mortar, not only has a magnification of up to 12 times, but also can adjust the magnification, and there is also a simple ranging depiction.

As well as very clear at night.

At least, it's much clearer than the artillery mirror of the captured devil.

Although the sight scope that accompanies the mortar does not have night vision technology, it relies on optical technology that has advanced for decades, and night observation is also much better.

Relying on this observation mirror, the artillery observation post can accurately observe the devil's artillery position at a distance of nearly two kilometers and provide calibration.

"Hit!"

At this time, the observer found that the two school-fired shells had fallen fifty meters around the Devil's artillery position.

"Hit."

The rear correspondent immediately reported the news.

"Adjust the pitch."

"Mortar at full speed."

Xu Ping, who received the report, immediately ordered the remaining eighteen guns to adjust the pitch and firing angle, and then launched a full-speed artillery bombardment of the devil's artillery position.

Less than a minute later, 20 82 long-range mortars dropped shells weighing 4.5 kilograms at a rate of 400 rounds per minute at the location of the Devil Artillery Brigade and the headquarters of the wing.

Nishidano did not wait for the expected small unit of the Independent Regiment, but waited for the cannonballs falling from the sky.

"Nani!"

From the moment two shells landed precisely in the artillery position, two artillery soldiers were wounded, and the guard unit never discovered the position of the enemy's artillery, Nishidano had the idea of retreating.

But he didn't expect that before he could make up his mind, what followed was a rain of bullets, as well as two 41-type mountain guns that were destroyed in the first round, and a large number of casualties.

At this moment, Nishidano suddenly understood.

The range of the enemy's artillery must have been far greater than he had imagined.

He thought that enemy artillery was nearby, within a kilometer or two, but in reality, it could be four or five kilometers away.

"Can a mortar be so far away?"

"It turns out that artillery coverage is the king!"

"Cluster shelling is the most beautiful!"

Looking at the fireballs that exploded all over the sky, at this moment, Nishidano's persistence for more than ten years was shaken.

Although the shock in his heart was indescribable, Nishidano's movements were not slow at all:

"Retreat!"

"Transfer!"

But at this time, a communication soldier suddenly ran over in a panic:

"Your Excellency."

"Your Excellency."

"The barracks telegraphed, the camp of the flag protection squad was attacked, the flag protection team suffered heavy losses, and the wing flag was captured by the enemy."

A military camp that can garrison 2,000 people has less than 200 people, and it is still around 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Li Yunlong still has a detailed position of the wing flag, so the process of fighting becomes very simple.

Quietly approached, then suddenly attacked, captured the flag, and then broke through.

"Nani!"

This news made Nishidano stunned for a moment, and stood straight in the midst of the artillery fire.

It turned out that Li Yunlong's purpose was not him, but the wing flag of the Westfield United. At this moment, Nishidano finally figured out that the purpose of the independent regiment's attack tonight was not to attack his wing headquarters and ask for his life, but to capture his wing flag.

How did Li Yunlong know the location of the United Flag?

There are moles in the empire?

Nishidano didn't have time to figure out the doubts in his heart.

Another round of shells fell.

"Co-Captain, be careful."

A devil realized that something was wrong and hurriedly reminded him.

But late.

An 82 mortar shell landed at the foot of Nishidano, and after the explosion, this devil Dazuo suddenly disappeared into the night.

(End of chapter)