Preparations were soon in full swing.

First of all, all the artillery units were called for a meeting, after all, we were going to cooperate with the Fourth Artillery Division, and if we did not understand or discuss with each other before the war, there would undoubtedly be many unexpected problems in the war.

The 4th Artillery Division sent to our synthetic battalion for a meeting was an artillery staff officer named Lin Xing...... In fact, this staff officer is not just here for a meeting, because our synthetic battalion needs to cooperate with the 4th Artillery Division, so Staff Officer Lin was actually sent by the 4th Artillery Division to be stationed at our base to establish contact with the synthetic battalion.

"Comrades!" After conveying Division Commander Jiang's demands on our artillery, I said: "Judging from these demands that Division Commander Jiang has made of us, this battle has made great demands on our artillery, and this also shows a problem, that is, our army is gradually emphasizing artillery from the previous tactical method of mainly infantry. Of course, what this brings to the artillery is pressure and test, and whether or not they can withstand the test is not only a problem for the infantry, but also a problem for our artillery. ”

"Battalion commander!" At this time, Wu Dengxiong interjected and said: "These three requirements of Division Commander Jiang for us, such as clearing obstacles for the infantry and striking at the artillery units of the Vietnamese devils, are not a problem, and it can even be said that under the command of the artillery sighting radar, our artillery can easily do this. But this one will work with the infantry to knock out the firepower of the Yue devils......"

"Is it still difficult to have infantry coordination?" I asked.

Although I have learned some knowledge of artillery, after all, I am still an artillery professional, so when it comes to experience and judgment, of course, I am not as good as Wu Dengxiong and others.

"Still having difficulties!" Staff Officer Lin also interjected: "In fact, we have already done some drills for this kind of coordination before this. That is, let the infantry give us the coordinates. Then our artillery will try to destroy the enemy's fortifications. But the problem is not in the coordination of infantry, artillery, or infantry. Rather, it is on the fortifications built by the devils. ”

"Hmm!" When I heard this, I vaguely knew what the problem was.

Sure enough, I heard Staff Officer Lin continue: "Because the Yue devils have enough time in the old mountain, they have occupied the old mountain for more than three years now, and they have not done anything in the past three years, what they have done is to build fortifications on the old mountain, and after the construction is completed, they will continue to reinforce." Our scouts once captured a few prisoners, and from them we figured out the situation of the Vietnamese army's fortifications, such as hidden forts and tunnels: they first dug a deep pit and put I-beams on the bottom supports. Spread a layer of logs on the top, a layer of soil, a layer of corrugated boards, a layer of soil, and so on several times, it is said that every fortification has at least two layers of logs and two layers of corrugated boards! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help frowning, I know this thing of corrugated board, because our army also has this material when building cat ear holes.

It is called corrugated plate because its surface is undulating like a wave.

The reason why we want to make steel plates like this is very simple, we know that the reason why stone arch bridges have "arched" bridge holes. It is because of this "arched" bridge that the pressure of the bridge deck is dispersed, so that the stone arch bridge has a great increase in both compressive capacity and life.

Equally. Corrugated sheets also have this effect, and it is said that the test number obtained from the factory is ...... Corrugated sheet is ten to thirty times stronger than flat steel of the same thickness.

So, this thing is actually used to protect against artillery or to increase the pressure resistance of the top of the tunnel.

"For such fortifications...... Staff Officer Lin continued: "On the one hand, the Vietnamese army has been prepared from the beginning, and these fortifications are not only strong but also occupy a small area, sometimes only a few square meters, except for ammunition and weapons, which can only accommodate three or four people.

On the other hand, even if our army's long-range artillery fire is calculated accurately, there will always be errors, so it is difficult to hit such fortifications.

And the fortification of the Vietnamese military fortifications, if they were not directly hit, basically had no effect on them. ”

"Yes!" Wu Dengxiong nodded and said: "It's not impossible to destroy this kind of fortification, that is, to cover a point with a large number of artillery, but the problem is that there are too many fortifications like this in the Laoshan area, and once the battle starts, there are many possibilities that our infantry will encounter such fortifications at the same time." And we have to use several, or even a dozen artillery pieces, to cover and bomb a point...... If you fight like this, an artillery division and 2.5 base shells may be far from meeting the requirements! ”

"Isn't there a way to deal with such a fortification as the Yue Devil?" I regret a little that I accepted this task with Master Jiang.

Obviously, Division Commander Jiang, who has been on the front line, will definitely know about this situation, and he just doesn't say anything for the time being because he is worried that I will not take on this task.

In fact, this is also because I don't have much knowledge of artillery, and on the other hand, because I have the artillery sighting radar, I am a little arrogant, thinking that under the command of the artillery sighting radar, there is nothing that the artillery cannot do. But in this matter at hand, it is obvious that the artillery sighting radar will not play much role.

"There's a way!" Wu Dengxiong said: "It's just too dangerous, it's too difficult! ”

"Say!"

"Different artillery pieces have different functions." Ng Teng Hung explained: "The howitzer is mainly used for positional combat, such as suppressing the enemy's surface positions, semi-underground fortifications, or clearing obstacles for the infantry. But the cannon is different, the cannon has a large muzzle velocity and large kinetic energy, which can achieve the effect of fighting cattle across the mountains......"

"Oh!" When I heard that, I understood a little.

If the kinetic energy is large, even if it does not directly hit the fortifications but hits them near the fortifications, then the violent shaking will collapse the Vietnamese military fortifications like an earthquake.

But I also know what the problem with the cannon is, which is that the trajectory is relatively low and the elongation is straight.

Sure enough, I saw that Staff Officer Lin shook his head: "It is indeed feasible to use cannons to hit Vietnamese fortifications, but cannons are direct-aim artillery, and they must be arranged on a first-line high ground, and even on a positive slope facing the enemy's high ground...... Isn't this just a target for the Yue devils! ”

Everyone in the room was silent.

This is indeed a problem, you must know that the current front line is so tense that we can pile up a few sandbags casually will cause the shelling of the Yue devils, so if you set up a cannon up, it is not looking for death?!

Of course, there is also the possibility of building a tunnel on the positive slope to transfer the cannon into the tunnel in the dark or camouflage.

First of all, the soil in these highlands in Yunnan is very loose, and it is not easy to build a tunnel that can hide a cannon, which is also the reason why our army has always been popular in the battle of the two mountains and has not developed a large-scale tunnel like the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

The second is that if the Yue devil finds out that something is wrong, a large number of shells will come over soon.

Therefore, this is not a solution, even if we can get lucky enough to successfully transport a few doors, it will not play much role because the number is too small.

After thinking about it, I said: "Have you ever thought about a question, that is, once the war starts, our artillery will completely suppress the Vietnamese artillery!" ”

"Of course!" Staff Officer Lin said with some doubts: "Actually, it was like this before, before the war, the artillery fire on both sides was back and forth, once the war started, our artillery because of its absolute superiority in numbers and logistics, has always been pressed by the artillery of the Yue devils!" ”

"But it's different now!" I said: "In the past, we pressed the artillery of the Yue devils, but the artillery of the Yue devils still had a way to survive by fighting guerrilla warfare tactics. Now we have artillery sighting radar...... It can almost be said that it is good that the artillery of the Yue devil does not open fire, but it will be finished as soon as the cannon is fired! ”

"That's really our strength!" Staff Officer Lin asked a little confused, "But...... What does this have to do with our offense? ”

"Of course it does!" I said: "If we can suppress all the long-range artillery and mortars of the Yue Devils in one go, is that when we pull the cannon to the hilltop position and blatantly bombard the Yue Devils, the Yue Devils will not have much power to fight back?" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, the people in the conference room understood what I meant, and then they all looked at each other.

All along, these artillerymen were accustomed to hiding their guns or moving them when they were finished...... You must know that the Yue devils also have artillery, so the location of the artillery is absolutely a secret, otherwise it will definitely mean the loss of artillery.

It is precisely because of this that they have not thought about whether we can pull the artillery to the hilltop position and fight without hiding or camouflaging at all.

Thinking about it, it is also the condition that our army has artillery sighting radar, once this battle starts, the Vietnamese devils, whether it is long-range artillery or mortars, will be attacked by our army's artillery.

Of course, there may still be some artillery in the Vietnamese army that survives, but they will soon face the problem of being able to open fire as long as they dare to open fire...... That means death.

In other words, at this time, if we pull the cannon to the top of the hill, what can the devils do with us? Do you hit it with a mortar or a howitzer? I'm afraid that before the Vietnamese artillery blew up our cannons, they themselves would have been blown up into the sky by our artillery fire.

On the other hand, the cannon also has a firing range of several tens of kilometers, and as long as we arrange it properly, that is, avoid those positions that are too close to the positions of the Vietnamese army, then it is completely possible to strike at them outside the range of various firearms of the Vietnamese army.

In this way, it means that the Vietnamese army does not even have any equipment that can pose a threat to our cannons. (To be continued......)