Chapter 224 is in full swing

The war was not isolated, when Ni Si rushed down in a pool of blood, and Cai Yi slapped the table in Nanjing to show thunderous means, Wu Sheng closed Yue Peng and He Xi stood side by side (). (Baidu search ", watch the latest update of this book)

After the infantry cleared the periphery for several days, an open field had been torn north of Wusheng Pass, and the famous Beiyang Second Division a few kilometers away also fought a defensive battle for the first time.

He Xi glanced at him, and at the same time, as the commanders of the two strongest field divisions of the National Defense Army, the two have always had a good personal relationship, but there is one thing he secretly wonders, this Yue Peng usually looks silent, but as time goes by, he looks more and more like the epitome of Yang Qiu, and even his standing posture is almost identical. He knew that Yue Peng was estimated to be one of the officers in the National Defense Force who was looking for the commander the most, and his behavior was unknowingly affected.

Yue Peng didn't pay attention to He Xi observing him, Yang Qiu's forward-looking and strategic thinking on military affairs shown in his words had deeply fascinated him, especially the construction of the National Defense Army's army completely reflected his personal will, such as the artillery position not far ahead. With the growth of the national defense force, all troops need artillery, in order to equip as many troops as possible, the limited artillery resources have been diluted a lot, first of all, the artillery battalion has been changed to a 4 * 3 system, that is, each battalion has 3 companies, each company has 4 guns, unlike the previous study of the 18 Beiyang formation, such a regiment has a total of 36 guns.

It seems to be a lot of weakening, but in fact, due to the gradual increase in the production rate of 70mm infantry guns and mortars, each infantry battalion is equipped with some of its own artillery, so the combat purpose of artillery at the division and brigade level is more clear, that is, to suppress enemy fire before the infantry attack, tear the gap, and use it as a support node when turning to the defense ().

The 1st and 2nd Divisions have been restructured into field divisions for a year, and they have not only taken the lead in equipping themselves with field telephone systems, but are also the first in the Wehrmacht to be incorporated into the main division of the artillery brigade, and the 105-mm howitzers have to be divided equally with the guard divisions, and their own production has only begun to be slow, so each brigade has temporarily organized two 105-mm artillery battalions and two 75-mm field artillery regiments.

Even so, the 1st and 2nd divisions combined had 48 105-mm howitzers, 144 75-mm field guns!

A year and a half ago in the Hubei War, the newly-born Wehrmacht faced Beiyang's superior artillery all the way from Xiaogan to Hankou, and almost lost the whole war in one step, it was precisely because of that stimulus that the Wehrmacht attached great importance to artillery, not only introduced a variety of field guns and howitzers, introduced production lines, but also opened a special artillery training class, the National Defense University also invited German retired artillerymen to open an artillery department, and today it is time for Beiyang to taste what is called fire suppression!

In the position composed of 48 divisional 105-mm howitzers, the artillerymen went back and forth to make preparations, and many of them came from the artillery section of the National Defense University, and they were young gunners who had been temporarily transferred to practice. \\9vk。 Starting\\

Yue Peng didn't ask about all this, he was waiting!

Buzzing like a bee whistling over the mountain peak, looking up at the two planes that had come to serve as artillery observers, the soldiers kept waving their hands and looking at them Yue Peng remembered what Yang Qiu said. "The future of artillery is long-range suppression, and in the future there will be artillery with a range of 30, 40 or even hundreds of kilometers in the army, so the future of artillery will depend on the strength of reconnaissance and aviation.

Yue Peng confidently hooked the corners of his mouth, he didn't know what the future would be, but now his aviation strength was stronger than Beiyang.

As the plane began to circle, the signalmen climbed up to the top and raised a small red flag, and saw that the red flag gunners had opened their bolts one after another, and one after another expensive shells were filled into the chambers ().

Suddenly! The signal corps flags staggered and sent out the signal of school firing, and the artillery group let out several roars at the same time on the left, center, and right, and in the dazzling artillery fire, the shells swept into the void like lightning and smashed towards the Beiyang position. It didn't take long for a few flames to rise from the Beiyang position in the distance, and after observing three rounds of shooting in a row, the Beiyang artillery also began to counterattack this side, but everyone didn't see it, because the 75mm field guns made by Nissan or Germans could not hit that far at all, so the position could be carefully calculated with a mechanical computer purchased from the United States to fire the new shelling Zhuyuan, while waiting for the aircraft to send a signal.

Curtis racing machine quickly swept over the position, a small bamboo tube was thrown down, was waited for a long time by the soldiers sent to the artillery command post, the new shelling Zhuyuan was locked and heard the phone to the front line, the use of new combat methods made the artillery much more efficient, after a while the artillerymen began to shake the handle according to the new Zhuyuan, when all the artillery squads sent a signal to be ready, the signalman hissed and shouted angrily to open the cannon, and at the same time waved the red flag in his hand.

His voice may not reach everyone's ears, but the wave of the red flag is a signal!

Open fire, gather fire!

It is unimaginable to roar 48 heavy guns at the same time, especially the more powerful 105mm howitzer, which shakes the surrounding dust every time it fires. All distractions disappeared in the battle, the bombardier kept going back and forth between ammunition and gun emplacements, the gunners pulled the bolt again and again to cover their ears, and the infantrymen waiting for the attack all widened their eyes, they knew that their artillery had grown a lot in the past year or so, but only now did they understand that it had reached such a terrible point.

The recruits lost their eyes even more, and they couldn't imagine that the sound of the heavy artillery cluster firing at full speed was so terrifying that the logistics officer had to run to everyone to remind them to deliver the shells.

Only a few military observers from Germany, the United States, Britain and other countries still feel that the Wehrmacht is a bit boastful, and compared with the 150, 203, and 240 mm levels that are common in Europe, the 105 mm howitzer can only be regarded as a light gun in Europe, and the actual firing range is only about 7 kilometers. Of course, in this backward country, this kind of momentum can still frighten many people, such as the Beiyang Second Division () opposite.

"Grass mud horse! And what about artillery? It's all dead! What about the fifteen-life heavy artillery sent? Call me back! Wang Jinjing jumped to his feet and scolded in the bunker, and the staff officers next to him turned grim, they couldn't imagine that after more than a year, the National Defense Force would be able to pull out such an artillery unit, and the momentum was more than the artillery of the entire Beiyang First Army.

The signal soldier who was captured took a few breaths and rushed out of the bunker to his artillery position to convey the order, and along the way, there were shells falling from the side, and I don't know what the Wehrmacht colleagues filled the shells, and every time the explosion would splash yellow mud, and the rocks would crack, so frightened that it took him nearly 20 minutes to crawl and stop before he ran to the 150 mm heavy artillery position.

The soldiers of the Second Beiyang Division scolded even more, how could they have suffered this kind of hardship, they used to bully others all the way with their powerful artillery, how long has it been? It was his turn to be pressed and beaten by the shells, and the loess fell on his body layer after layer, and in the blink of an eye, the soldiers in the trenches all became unkempt, but this was already calculated, many unlucky ghosts were directly thrown into the trenches by the shells, and even the whole body could not be found.

The Beiyang artillery finally began to return fire, but the sparse shells could not form an effective suppression, but were captured by the aircraft because of exposure, and the 105-mm heavy artillery group was notified to suppress it.

"Hurry up!"

"Made, haven't you had enough to eat?!"

The old German-made 150mm cannon was more cumbersome to operate, each shell weighed 40 kilograms, and because it was a sub-charge package, and the artillery operating this gun was not well trained, it could only fire two shells per minute.

Although the officer drank his throat, the results were almost nothing, because these were cannons. The cannon's ballistics are straight, the firing range is short, and the maximum firing range of the 150 mm caliber big guy is only 6100 meters, which is far from the opponent of the howitzer on the opposite side, but due to the distance and the need for the Wehrmacht to take the lead in solving the fortifications that hinder the infantry, they can continue to shell for the time being.

Franticly, artillery shells were still raining down in front of the positions of the 2nd Beiyang Division, and the frontage, which was ten kilometers wide, was obscured by dust and gunsmoke, and it was impossible to see anything (). Later statistics showed that the artillery fire cluster composed of 48 howitzers poured a total of 7,816 shells on the first line of defense in Xinyang during the full 30 minutes of suppression! I really don't know if I will faint if I am seen by the logistics officer.

Machine gun forts that threatened the infantry were blown away in the explosion, civil fortifications were pierced by shells, and the infantry was so suppressed that they could not raise their heads.

Yue Peng really didn't have much interest in this kind of war, and the more he chatted with Yang Qiu, the more he expected to fight with the world's military powers, as for the simulated Japanese Army, it had been stripped of its bright coat by the Wehrmacht, and the Beiyang Army was really not a too amazing opponent.

However, he was not bored enough to reduce the intensity of firepower, like Yang Qiu, he would worry about logistics and supplies before the start of the fight, but after the start of the fight, he would not shrink back because of logistics, so he insisted on the requirement of 30 minutes of firepower coverage. First, it clears the way for the infantry, and second, powerful artillery can cause great psychological pressure on the enemy soldiers, forcing them to tie their hands in the later attack.

After a nightmare 30 minutes, the artillery fire finally began to subside, and when the Beiyang soldiers climbed out of the trenches one by one, the Wehrmacht infantry began to fight again, and the large number of mortars and machine guns became a new nightmare.

The 1st and 2nd Field Divisions of the National Defense Army launched an offensive on a 70-kilometer front from Xinye to Guangshan at the same time, and at the same time, the 11th Brigade of the 4th Division of the National Defense Army also took the lead in recovering Hanzhong in Shaanxi Province and began to cross the Qinling Mountains and enter the Baoji line diagonally.

On the first day of Xinyang, the core battlefield, the Wehrmacht invested 48 105-mm howitzers and more than 50 75-mm field guns, using superior artillery to open the way, and tore through the frontal defense line of the Second Beiyang Division in the afternoon of the same day.

At this point, the war for reunification was declared to be in full swing