Even during World War II, the Japanese army was not world-class, that is, they bullied the colonial army that fell from Britain and France in Asia. Before fighting bayonets, they had to push off bullets to prevent fire, save bullets, and pig burst tactics. These tactics that European powers had eliminated during World War I. Trench warfare declared the end of intensive charges. Under artillery and automatic weapons, dense straggler charges were no less than suicide. n∈n∈,.

At this moment, under the command of Kawamura Jingming, the vanguard troops drew 6 corps forces and attacked under the cover of artillery fire on the 12-kilometer front line. A large number of Japanese troops were roaring into a dense camp, and the artillery behind them also rang out, aiming at the front line of the Northwest Army, and a cloud of smoke was shrouded in smoke.

Seeing the artillery sound, the school officials and lieutenants at the bottom pulled out their battle knives and rushed up under the cover of artillery fire. According to their training, in such artillery fire, they could rush through the dangerous area of ​​hundreds of meters before they could walk halfway between each other, a strange whistle suddenly came to the sky.

Some professionally trained officers immediately changed their faces when they heard the sound. This was the sound of large-caliber artillery shells flying, and they lay down almost instantly, but there was no explosion sound around them. The shells passed them and flew towards another section. Obviously, the target was not them, but the artillery position located in the rear.

Since the Age of Heat Weapons, artillery has gradually become the most important weapon of the army. Artillery is the king of the army. Whether or not there is artillery is very critical in army combat. The Battle of Baliqiao during the Second Opium War declared the end of the cavalry. The key is that one side has artillery, while the other side does not have artillery. Around 1860, muskets were far less advanced than later generations. In the era of gun platoons, cavalry still had a considerable role, assuming that artillery must be equal, otherwise, under dense artillery fire, horses are also creatures, and it is impossible to face artillery without fear.

Entering the 20th century, the power of artillery is getting bigger and bigger, and it is no longer a problem with existence and non-existence. The range, power, maneuverability and other aspects have been greatly improved, and the performance comparison between them is becoming more and more important.

Japan was prepared for this time due to Qingdao's previous defeat. After equipping with American cannons, it was even more motivated. A large number of Kawamura Kyoko and other groups appeared in the backbone of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Russo-Japanese War. It further consolidated the strength of the army. The huge number also flattened the problem of a large decline in combat effectiveness, but the result was only missing an important aspect, the problem of range and power.

The Japanese soldiers charging in the middle found that the shells were coming and they were in chaos, but the Japanese artillery positions were even more chaotic, and they saw more clearly than the Japanese rushing forward. I don’t know how many large-caliber shells were rushing towards them through the middle position.

The most feared thing about artillery soldiers is that the other party has artillery fire to block the attack. The Japanese artillery is very strange. Why do the other party know their location so accurately and have such a long range. The current Japanese artillery is still in the Russo-Japanese War. The artillery fire between the two sides is far apart, and basically, they can only get the army attacking in front. They also arranged this way and took out the maximum range.

However, the artillery fire in the northwest was far beyond their imagination. Whether it was the level of artillery, the quality of the runners, and many other aspects were much stronger than the Japanese. In this case, the range of the artillery was increased by three to five kilometers, which was simply casual. After all, when the load-bearing capacity of the artillery barrel increased, more gunpowder could be filled into it. With more gunpowder and greater power, the range of the artillery could naturally be increased.

Of course, if it is only an improvement in this aspect, the improvement of the artillery is only a little bit. It is impossible for the opponent to just attack your front line. The cannon group you place in the rear cannon cannon position. Under the leadership of Yang Yuanzhao, the Northwest has fully understood many sub-items of the artillery. Even under his guidance, he began to study more in-depth things, such as what shape of shells can fly farther, what is the initial speed, what is the state of flying out, and what is the aerodynamic power.

In the era of consulting explosions, Yang Yuanzhao also knew in the military that the so-called remelting of electric slag, tightening of the tube, and discharging bombs at the bottom can greatly increase the range of the artillery. 155 can even hit 40 kilometers away. That is a complete change. However, the Northwest science and technology level does not have the ability for the time being. It must be done when aerodynamics, even computers and CNC reach a certain level, and smelting technology reaches a certain level.

Even so, after the Northwest has thoroughly grasped a large number of foreign artillery and has unique metallurgy, the development of artillery is quite powerful. Take the current 155mm, heavy infantry support artillery as an example. In terms of weight, it has been reduced by at least 36% compared to the previous use of German Krupp, and the range has increased by more than 30%. The addition of a series of advanced facilities has reduced the number of operators from about 15 to 9. At some critical moments, 7 people can also fire, which has saved a large number of grassroots gunners and further increased the number of artillery.

The use of automatic loading system, the use of pipe retreat technology, and the automatic return system. In short, everything that is conducive to the range of the artillery and the rate of fire of the artillery have been deeply transformed. Its range immediately made the Japanese suffer. According to the previous experience of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan placed the artillery at the direction of the maximum range. This was predicted by the northwest. The strategic artillery troops were in advance and were not arranged in the rear, but in the middle of the entire position, just in the middle of the position, just putting Japanese artillery into the range.

The high-power telescope and the camouflage of the special forces, the two are less than 3 kilometers away from the Japanese artillery position. In a very inconspicuous grass, the Japanese army closest to him was less than 300 meters away, and he was not visible. This special forces could clearly see the artillery and use radio to encode the position of the artillery back.

The Second and Third Divisions had roughly determined several positions suitable for the placement of artillery. During the long period of four months, the Japanese were preparing, and the Northwest Army was not idle either. They were also spending time preparing, including a large number of fortifications and tunnels, as well as various previews.

In order to better block the Japanese army, in three months, the staff of the First Army traveled all over Texas, even all parts of the Shandong front line, outside the Texas city, and only conducted 21 offensive previews, and 18 military exercises, which consumed huge resources, all places where Japanese artillery could be placed were clearly drawn and coded. In this way, the special forces only need to send the codes easily. For special forces players lurking on the front line and monitoring the Japanese, they only need to press the two buttons on the radio publisher, and use the position coordinates of the horizontal and vertical directions to form a message.

As soon as the artillery was fired, the approximate position was determined, and the guidance of the special forces guided the precise position. This result was first sent to the headquarters by the special forces, and then sent from the headquarters to each artillery position. The commander gave the order and said a direction code.

In less than half a minute, all the 155 artillery were prepared. The mechanical rotation system, under the control of the skilled gunner, accurately aimed at that position. 48 155s were fired together, and with anger, they crossed over 12 kilometers of distance between them and flew towards each other.

At the initial speed of 900 meters per second, the time for shells to fly in the air will not exceed 15 seconds. The screams of high-speed shells shocked everyone. After a brief moment of stunned silence, the artillery began to escape. However, the truth that had been unfolding was not easy to escape. Some ran in the wrong direction, some tripped the shells on the ground, and some hit people. 15 seconds passed, and in a panic, there were very few people running out of the artillery position. Even if they left the artillery position, they were still within the hit range of the 155 artillery.

High-explosive bombs and new gunpowder bring the power of chain. Each shell can cover at least dozens of square meters, and 48 rounds are a radius of four or five acres. Due to unified command and practiced in advance, no shell deviates too much, and the entire artillery position is shrouded in a sea of ​​fire.

The flames soared into the sky, especially the Japanese artillery that had already launched its camp. Most of the shells were placed in easy-to-get positions. Next to each cannon, the shrapnel of the high-explosive bomb and the explosion caused by the explosion suddenly turned the artillery position into a sea of ​​ice and fire.

Later statistics showed that there was a total of the heavy artillery units of this regiment. In the first round, 60% of the artillery were destroyed and 73% of the personnel were eliminated. What made them even more desperate was the firing rate of the 155 artillery in the northwest.

In this era when 155 artillery may be one or two or three or four shots per minute, the firing rate of the 155 artillery in the northwest was amazing, reaching 10 shots per minute, with an average of 6 seconds. In just one minute, almost 500 large-caliber shells were tilted towards the Japanese artillery position. Each artillery was 3 high-explosion, and 2 rounds of infantry killing. In the end, a corps and more than 3,900 combatants were survived, and only 12 were intact!

After a wave, in less than a minute, under the influence of efficient and powerful artillery, a heavy artillery corps of the Japanese army did not cause any damage to the northwest. The front line in the northwest had anti-aircraft gun positions made of reinforced concrete, and most of the defenders hid in permanent fortifications. Japan only carried out a round of volleys, but was fired by the artillery, with minimal casualties. (To be continued.)

ps: I was so busy today. I only got one and sent it to you first. Another chapter is in rush. It is estimated that it will be delivered from 8:00 to 8:30. I'm sorry again!
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