Chapter 1098: The Collapse of the Persian Campaign
In the face of countless roaring Persian iron cavalry, the hidden artillery positions behind the array of the Far Eastern Army's daredevils also began to get busy.
In a very short period of time, the artillery positions of the Far East artillery positions were ready for design, and countless artillery men skillfully operated the artillery, and after thousands of training on weekdays, a subconscious action had been formed on the battlefield, and the aiming hand quickly adjusted the gun position, and the loader stuffed the shells into the gun chamber.
In order to effectively kill and injure the enemy's living forces, the Samurai Army assigned a large number of artillery support units to the three offensive directions. Hundreds of 105-mm assault guns, 120-mm mortar guns, 75-mm mountain guns, 70-mm infantry guns, and 82-mm mortar guns are raised at any time.
In addition, in order to inflict a large number of casualties on the targets of the Persian group, the Military Commission allocated more than 100 107-mm guns of 12 units to the Warrior Army, striving to cover the targets of the enemy cavalry group with the greatest degree of damage in the first round of artillery fire.
In order to support the samurai army, the Air Department sent more than 200 airships to form a front-line tactical bombing group to carry out carpet bombing of the group targets of the Persian army. There are also more than 200 ********** aircraft, which will also undertake the task of front-line tactical bombing.
At present, the tactical bombing group of the Air Department has rushed to the airspace of the battlefield and is waiting for the best time to enter the battlefield, ready to launch a bombardment of the cavalry cluster of the Safavid Empire in Persia.
The distance between the two sides was only about a kilometer, and the Persian iron cavalry slowly pressed up like a big mountain. When it was four or five hundred meters away from the Far Eastern Army array, it began to sprint and accelerate.
But to the surprise of the Persians, there was not the slightest confusion among the officers and soldiers of the Far East on the opposite side. The Far Eastern military formations remained unmoved, quiet and frightening.
The four-wheeled carriages in the gap between each phalanx lifted their canvases one after another, revealing a water-cooled heavy machine gun, the bullets had already been loaded, and there were buckets of water next to each machine gun.
"Steady...... Hold ...... steady"
The non-commissioned officers of the Far Eastern Army's daredevils roared again. The atmosphere of the battlefield became extremely oppressive, with only the muffled sound of countless horses' hooves hitting the ground, like a torrential rain.
"Fire...... Fire ......"
As soon as the command was issued, a large number of water-cooled heavy machine guns on the four-wheeled carriages of the "Gun Truck" spewed out a series of fiery snakes almost at the same time.
"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"
Dense bullets rained down on the Persian cavalry on the opposite side, as if cutting wheat, sweeping off pieces of Persian cavalry off their horses, and the fallen cavalry was instantly trampled under the feet of the Persian cavalry that rushed up from behind. It was as if it had been swallowed up by the raging waves.
At the same time, other weapons of the Far Eastern Army array also opened fire one after another, and light and heavy weapons such as Type 28 rifles, double-barreled hunting guns, 40-mm grenade launchers, and 60-mm mortar guns joined the prelude to the attack.
"Woohoo...... Woo Woo ......"
In the distance, rockets roared down into the sky, and then smashed into the dense array of Persian iron cavalry, dense one hundred and seven millimeter fire arrow bullets, overwhelmingly covering the Persian cavalry in a sea of fire, every fire % arrow bullet fell, can tear the Persian iron horse within a radius of more than ten meters.
Huge Persian cavalry group. It was wiped out piece by piece in an instant, but the countless Persian cavalry behind immediately rushed up. Fill in the blanks.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
Other artillery fire of the Far Eastern Army also fired rounds of shells, tearing apart, crushing, and lifting off the dense Persian cavalry, especially the steel ball high-explosive shells fired by the new 120-millimeter mortar cannon, each shell fell on the Persian iron cavalry cluster, and the war horses and cavalry within a radius of several tens of meters were swept away in an instant.
"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
One ********** after another planes also flew to the battlefield. Carrying a variety of bombs, such as submunitions and 120-millimeter mortar shells, they did not bomb the Persian cavalry group, but launched a barrage of bombardment against the Persian infantry phalanx.
The tactical bomber group composed of the airboat unit lined up in the air and dropped bombs one after another into the dense Persian Iron Cavalry group. This was definitely a carpet bombing, and the entire Persian cavalry group was covered piece by piece, and piece by piece was crumbled and torn apart.
In the face of the frenzied strafing and indiscriminate bombardment of a large number of machine guns, artillery, ********** planes and airships of the Far Eastern Army, countless Persian iron horsemen suddenly fell into an endless hell.
In just a few moments, the artillery of the Far Eastern Army had already fired a rapid fire of eight rounds, and the fire arrow artillery had also completed the second loading, and there was another full fire coverage, and countless shells and fire arrow shells were overwhelmingly striking at the Persian iron cavalry.
Airships and ********** planes in the air also continued to drop bombs on the dense Persian army on the ground, causing unprecedented damage to the cavalry and infantry of the Safavid Empire, and the battlefield was littered with Persian corpses, piled up on the ground in layers.
At this time, the military formation of the Persian Safavid Empire had completely collapsed, especially the cavalry group was extremely chaotic, and countless Persian iron cavalry were densely packed together, desperately bearing the shelling and air raids of the Far Eastern Army.
The water-cooled heavy machine guns on the four-wheeled carriage of the ground troops of the Far Eastern Army have been continuously strafing, and the various machine gun positions have formed crossfire, splashing a dense rain of bullets in front of the Far Eastern Army's military formation.
The cooling water in the water jacket of the machine gun was already boiling, the shooter just numbly pulled the trigger, each machine gun had changed its chain several times, and several buckets full of cooling water had been replaced by most of it.
Even if some Persian iron cavalry occasionally managed to rush through the dense rain of bullets, they were immediately beaten into a sieve by other weapons of the Far Eastern Army and fell in front of the Far Eastern Army's military formation.
The attacks of the Far Eastern Army's airboat and artillery units also began to extend backwards, and heavy artillery fire and bombardment cut off the Persian army's front and rear contacts, further attacking the Persian army's infantry phalanx.
The troops of the Safavid Empire in Persia were overwhelmed by the heavy artillery fire and aerial bombardment of the Far Eastern Army. Such a powerful firepower density has subverted the worldview of all Persians, and the hearts of the Safavid Empire army have completely collapsed, and with it, the chaotic collapse will follow.
Countless Persians abandoned everything they had thrown away, and frantically turned and fled in all directions. However, the Persian army was extremely dense, which also caused an extremely tragic large-scale stampede, and the infantry and cavalry were entangled together, desperately trying to escape from the battlefield.
At this time, all the airboat units of the Far Eastern Army flew to the rear of the Persian army and dropped a large number of smoke bombs and vass bombs on the ground, and the thick smoke instantly formed a long smoke belt in the rear of the Persian army. (To be continued.) )