"Push the cannon forward!"

"One, two, let's go!"

There was a commotion from the rear of the position under the responsibility of the preparatory battalion, and the soldiers looked behind them to see that behind the firing position of the 82 mortar, more than 100 people were crowded together, surrounded by four artillery pieces, many of whom were carrying various tools and ammunition boxes on their shoulders.

The assault column supports the preparatory battalion is a company of the battle defense artillery battalion, and one company has four Soviet-style 37 battle defense guns, and after the battle defense artillery company arrives at the combat area, it can no longer mobilize the division to move the people to take mules and horses to pull the artillery, and out of concealment considerations, it must rely on manpower, and the four battle defense guns, shell boxes, gun wiping rods, pushing gun rods, and simple repair tools are all carried by manpower.

The reinforced anti-aircraft artillery company had to leave some people to take care of the mules and horses, and the soldiers also carried basic weapons and equipment such as rifles and bayonets, but fortunately a platoon sent by the preparatory battalion helped push the artillery, and the artillery was able to move forward quickly, and the reinforced artillery counted four Soviet-style 37 anti-aircraft guns, each gun was equipped with 150 shells, of which grenades accounted for two-thirds and armor-piercing shells accounted for one-third.

"The company has two anti-aircraft artillery platoons, one ammunition platoon, and the ammunition platoon has left some personnel to take care of the mules and horses, and the rest of the personnel are all in place."

After the captain and company commander of the combat defense artillery company next to him reported the situation of the artillery company to him, Zhang Wei exchanged a few polite words with him, and then conveyed the requirements and orders of the operation to him.

"When the battle starts, the battle defense artillery company will follow my action, there will be an infantry company as a cover, the personnel are not good to go up too much, the combat goal of the war defense artillery company is to attack the Japanese fortress, when you go up, let the people of each artillery squad go, the rest of the ammunition soldiers stay, and the ammunition is best to carry it yourself, so as to avoid too many personnel and cause unnecessary casualties."

"Yes!" When the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company heard this, he nodded and replied.

"Brother, what is the best shell to attack the Japanese fortress?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Sir, what is the shape of the Japanese fortress?"

"It is made of sturdy logs, reinforced with building materials such as upper beams, and covered with sandbags and floating soil around the perimeter and roof."

The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company was silent for a while, and then said: "There are mainly two kinds of shells for our anti-aircraft artillery, one is armor-piercing, and the other is a grenade. ”

"Yes, relatively speaking, the repair is relatively strong, the 50 caliber heavy grenadier and the 82 mortar smashed on it will not do much damage at all, the log itself is very strong, at first glance, it is the construction material prepared in advance by the Japanese sappers, and the surrounding rammed floating soil and sandbags can also resist shrapnel to the greatest extent." Zhang Wei said in detail.

"Sir, as early as near Shanghai, when I used German artillery, I also encountered the fortifications of the Japanese army in the field, at that time, it was directly with a grenade to hit two cannons, and the battle could be basically solved, but that kind of fortifications were very simple, according to what you said, the fortifications of the Japanese army on the opposite side were relatively strong, I mean, grenades and armor-piercing shells were played together, grenades had a lethal effect on the fortifications, and armor-piercing shells could destroy the load-bearing structure of the pillboxes, as long as they were matched, the Japanese pillboxes would definitely not be able to stand it."

Zhang Wei nodded, this style of play is a good way, with grenades and armor-piercing shells cross-matched, no matter how the Japanese army's civil fortifications can be carried, they can't withstand the continuous flat fire of the battle defense artillery.

After accepting the task, the company commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company went down to give battle orders to each artillery squad.

The four Soviet-style 37 anti-aircraft guns that were reinforced were temporarily hidden behind the 82 mortar position, that is, the large rear of the battalion position.

Zhang Wei followed the commander of the anti-artillery company to inspect the anti-artillery in combat readiness, the four anti-aircraft guns were arranged in turn, the gunners wiped the artillery, the muzzles of all the guns were blocked by the cannon masks, the gunners removed them, and used the cartridge rod to clean the breech, empty the debris and debris in the breech, so that the shells could be fired smoothly, after the artillery, the ammunition box filled with the anti-war shells was opened, the grenades and armor-piercing shells were distinguished by color, the shells were tiled on the ground, the gunners wiped them one by one, and then loaded the shells into the simple portable ammunition box.

In front of the battle defense artillery is a mortar position, and further ahead is the trench, many soldiers of the preparation battalion are using wooden planks and dismantled ammunition boxes to build a simple board bridge on the trench, Mu Chao is organizing people to place wooden planks, Zhang Wei walked over, only to see the soldiers using ropes and the remaining nails, plus the construction materials sent by the war defense artillery, to put together many wooden planks and erect them on the trench.

"Battalion commander! The battle defense artillery is not good over the trench, we have to put on the board, so that we can push the artillery! ”

"Okay, hurry up!"

In order to speed up the movement, two board bridges should be built on the trench to undertake the two wheels of the war defense artillery, so as to let it pass directly through the trench and reduce the time for maneuvering, otherwise the cannon can only be dismantled and moved.

Infantry, battle defense artillery, what needs Zhang Wei to get in his hand has arrived, just waiting for everything to be ready, the artillery in the rear began to bombard the Japanese position.

According to the characteristics of the target attack, the mountain artillery battalion will first fire a small number of shotguns, mainly to kill and injure the Japanese infantry, and then the blasting grenade will suppress the Japanese position, hitting a fixed target, and the target position has also been shelled before, in terms of aiming, there is no need to adjust much, before 5:40, these artillery will begin to roar.

The first-line infantry is ready, the battle defense artillery is prepared before the battle, the board bridge prepared for the war defense gun is built, and the next thing waiting is the artillery bombardment in the rear, in the defensive position, the infantry is quietly squatting, and the 82 mortar platoon in the rear will accompany the attack, and the people of the two artillery squads will disassemble the artillery, carry mortar shells, and hide in the position with the infantry.

The anti-aircraft artillery was behind the position, and the gunners made a push-gun posture, and when the shelling began, they would push the anti-aircraft artillery across the board bridge and follow the infantry to attack.

The two battalions of friendly infantry were much more comfortable, and the soldiers put on their bayonets in advance and waited quietly in the positions, and the two battalions of the friendly forces did not even need to participate in the fight at the beginning of the battle, but only launched a large-scale attack after hearing the trumpet of the charge.

Zhang Wei was in the center of the position of the preparatory battalion, surrounded by two commanders seconded from the first battalion of friendly forces, carrying rifles and bugles, surrounded by rifles with bayonets and soldiers ready to charge.

On the other side of the telescope, their enemies were also staring at their opponents' positions.

Zhang Wei looked at his watch, it was fifty thirty minutes, and there were still ten minutes before the scheduled shelling time.